The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 487: Sulfur Fire
His Majesty?

Cultivation?

Cao Pi never thought that these two words would be connected together one day.

As everyone knows, the emperor highly respects the teachings of "Lun Heng" and even avoids the theory of the correspondence between heaven and man. How can he seek immortals and ask for the Tao?
Moreover, if Your Majesty really wanted to seek the immortals, why didn't you go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth?

"I don't know either. It's just that His Majesty suddenly summoned the alchemists and said he wanted to ask them about the methods of making divine elixirs."

Cao Pi was also a little hesitant: "Your Majesty, are you really going to make an elixir of immortality?"

Sima Yi was also a little worried at this moment.

Although the emperor is still young, this speculation is somewhat absurd.

But precisely because the emperor was young, Sima Yi always had some bad guesses.

The emperor's achievements today are no less than those of the former Emperor Guangwu.

even……

If the achievements of opening up the Beiting Protectorate and the Annan Protectorate are also counted, even if Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang were to come back to life, the emperor at that time would be able to argue with Emperor Gaozu.

After all, even Emperor Gaozu was besieged at Mount Baideng and failed to resolve the issue of the Huns in the north.

In this situation, Sima Yi didn't know what the emperor could pursue.

Immortality...

In their eyes, it may seem a little hopeless.

But in the eyes of the emperor, perhaps it is not that out of reach!
This also made Sima Yi worried... If it weren't for the fact that the emperor didn't do anything more excessive, he would have really died with the emperor!
……

"Bang!!!"

Just when Sima Yi and Cao Pi were worried, a shocking loud noise suddenly came from the emperor's palace!!!
The sound was so shocking that it almost shook half of Linzi City!

Sima Yi was horrified and hurried towards the emperor's palace.

Cao Pi also felt a sinking feeling in his heart, not knowing what had happened, and hurriedly followed Sima Yi.

It's not just Sima Yi and Cao Pi.

Lu Bu, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Pang De, Guo Jia...

All the nobles in Linzi City rushed over at the first opportunity!

Lu Bu rides the Red Hare, which is the fastest.

When he saw Sima Yi, he immediately asked, "Zhongda! What happened at the emperor's place?"

"I do not know either!"

Sima Yi told Lu Bu that the emperor had recently summoned alchemists to make elixirs, and Lu Bu was horrified for a moment!
"Could it be a punishment from heaven?"

"Where does this divine punishment come from?"

Sima Yi didn't believe in those things.

"No matter what, the emperor's safety is the most important thing at this moment! General Lu, hurry over to protect him!"

"What do you want me to say?"

Lu Bu rushed into the palace, but saw a strange scene.

One of the palaces in the imperial palace had been completely destroyed.

The emperor Liu Xie stood at the door, raising his arms high: "I have done it! I have finally done it!"

……

Sulfur brings down fire!

It’s finally done!

Liu Xie turned around and saw Lu Bu, also with a smile on his face!
"Fengxian, today is a great day!"

Lu Bu gasped, thinking that the emperor had fallen into evil.

Sima Yi, who arrived later, twitched his nose and said, "Is this... sulfur?"

"It's sulfur!"

Liu Xie waved his hand, and the alchemists hiding around came out. Like Lu Bu and Sima Yi, these alchemists had shock written all over their faces.

They obviously didn't know that the things they tinkered with in the stove every day could have such power!
When Lu Bu and Sima Yi saw these alchemists coming out, they realized that

"This scene was actually man-made?"

"Exactly."

Liu Xie smiled and explained to them:

"This is gunpowder! It's made of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal."

"Mix it and light it with fire, that's it!"

It turned out to be human-made!
Even Lu Bu's eyes were gradually becoming filled with fear at this moment!

As a military general, Lu Bu was the first person to think of the use of this thing on the battlefield!
What is the difference between this thing and the meteorite thrown by Emperor Taizu during the Battle of Kunyang?
If the enemy gets hit like this, how will he have the energy to fight again?
There is also the most difficult siege battle in daily life.

If this could have happened when we were frightened at Muling Pass that day, then...

After a brief moment of daze, Sima Yi also thought of the role of this thing in war!
Liu Xie asked these alchemists to bring some prepared black gunpowder and demonstrated it to everyone again.

When everyone saw that a little gunpowder piled together could explode, they were all amazed!
Lu Xun even used the method of "Lun Heng" to start thinking about what the principle of this thing was that it could have such power!

Liu Xie also turned around at this moment: "When I was in front of Muling Pass, I was thinking about getting the gunpowder out."

"However, time was tight at the time, and Zhongda and his men broke through the defense line from the north of Qingzhou, so I didn't have time to study it."

"When I brought this thing out today, I didn't calculate the amount properly, which caused you to be alarmed."

The alchemist next to him secretly glanced at the emperor.

In fact, the number was not that large at the beginning.

But the emperor was instigating from the side, always asking people to add more and more, which led to this shocking explosion!
"It just so happens that I received military intelligence from Liaodong a few days ago, saying that Gongsun Du built two outer walls outside Xiangping City, intending to resist to the end."

When Liu Xie said this, he couldn't even close his mouth.

"If this thing is detonated under Xiangping City, then..."

Everyone subconsciously looked towards the palace that Liu Xie had blown up... and then they mourned for Gongsun Du in their hearts.

Zhang Fei was even more excited and took the initiative to ask the emperor: "Your Majesty, please hand it over to me and let me transport it to Liaodong!"

Everyone knew that Zhang Fei had not seen Liu Bei for a long time and was anxious to reunite with him.

But Liu Xie also pointed out a lot of problems with gunpowder at this moment:

"Yide."

Liu Xie suddenly became serious.

"You need to remember that this thing must not get wet, must not be shaken, and must not come into contact with fire."

"If there is even the slightest mistake, it will be just like what is happening right before our eyes!"

Zhang Fei was suddenly shocked!
Thinking that this thing might explode next to him, even Zhang Fei, who was a man of good temper, shrank his neck.

"But there is always a way."

Liu Xie looked up at the ruins not far away.

in fact……

The so-called "one nitrate, two sulphur and three charcoal" is actually a wrong ratio and cannot achieve the effect of blowing up the entire palace.

After all, in the formula of gunpowder, saltpeter and sulfur are the key, and charcoal only plays a stabilizing role.

The shocking explosion that Liu Xie just made was due to the increase in the proportion of saltpeter and sulfur, which is why it had such a terrifying power.

But one advantage of "one nitre, two sulphur and three charcoal" is that it is stable.

Even if the gunpowder made with this ratio is not as powerful as the gunpowder Liu Xie has made, it is more than enough to blow up a city wall made of rammed earth, right?
If it really doesn't work, just ask someone who understands the principle to go with you and change the amount according to the situation.

Liu Xie glanced at Sima Yi and immediately waved his hand enthusiastically: "Zhongda! Come here!"

"I'll teach you something fun!"

(End of this chapter)