Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

With the advancement of electronic technology, triggering bombs and artillery shells becomes very simple.

However, even in the era before electronic technology, one could still find a solution using a clever mind.

These types of explosives that detonate upon landing are usually triggered mechanically. A firing pin is attached to the front of the warhead. Upon landing, the firing pin is struck and moved backward, triggering the detonator inside and igniting the explosive.

If there isn't even a detonator, then you just need to put a bullet inside the warhead, align the firing pin with the bullet's primer, and when the warhead hits the ground, the firing pin strikes the bullet and ignites it, and then the burning propellant of the bullet detonates the explosive inside!

This thing sounds simple, but it opened up a new idea for Amar.

His eyes were full of excitement: "Good, excellent, your idea is great!"

"Of course, to avoid accidental activation, the nail needs to be inserted only when it's being fired, and a rubber band is also needed to hold the nail in place and provide elasticity..." Qin Chuan continued gesturing.

"Good, good, not bad!"

Amal continued nodding: "What you're saying sounds perfectly feasible, but..."

"but what?"

"seeing is believing."

Amar said, "We need to see you build a prototype in this way, ignite it, and test it!"

"it is good!"

Qin Chuan nodded: "Let's go... let's find a place first, and make you a giant rocket!"

"Let me show you that trains aren't pushed, and bragging isn't just empty talk... By the way, how much do you want?"

There are more than 50,000 steel pipes in stock, and each pipe can be made into three rockets, which means there are more than 150,000 of them!

How big is the appetite of this customer in front of me? How much can he eat?

"How much does this cost?" Amal asked.

"These welded finished products cost fifty dollars each. Good quality, low price, and honest service..."

If you buy steel pipes separately, they certainly won't be this expensive, but these are pre-processed finished products that involve a lot of human labor and even ingenuity.

Don't underestimate the small size of a rocket; it still requires skill!

"Okay, let's buy 10,000 of them first."

What can you do with 10,000 of them?

Qin Chuan was certainly not satisfied: "Mr. Amar, there's no point in setting off too few firecrackers. If you only buy 10,000, how much area will that cover?"

"On average, even if one tube covers ten square meters, it would only cover 100,000 square meters."

“How big is a city? It must be at least 10,000 square kilometers! Even if you buy 100,000 of them, it won’t be enough to make them bloom all over a city.”

"When we Easterners celebrate the New Year, we set off fireworks, sometimes hundreds of millions of them."

Qin Chuan continued to deceive them: "Besides, you should also know that once this thing is used, it will be inconvenient to purchase it next time, as it will be subject to supervision everywhere. I advise you to buy more at once."

Upon hearing this, Amar realized that it made perfect sense.

He carefully considered the funds in his pocket, then nodded: "If the test flight is satisfactory, we'll buy 100,000 units to try it out!"

One hundred thousand rockets would cost five million US dollars. He came out this time with ten million US dollars to make purchases. He can buy less fertilizer and spend half of the money on these rockets first.

"Okay, then 100,000 of them. By the way, I can't get my hands on bullets. For now, we'll use sand to fly our test rockets."

In 93, there were still ways to get bullets.

After all, the Gun Control Law was only introduced in 96, and civilians began to confiscate firearms. Small armories in various places also began to hand over their weapons and equipment to large armories for unified management.

Qin Chuan also had a good friend, Li Jianshe, who encouraged him to steal a few from his father.

However... Qin Chuan has principles. We're selling rockets, and they can't have any military equipment on them!

“Okay.” Amal nodded. After all, he understood the warhead part, but the key was whether the mixture of fertilizer and sugar at the back could make it fly and how far it could fly. This directly determined the power of the rocket.

"Come on, let's buy some fertilizer and sugar at the nearby supply and marketing cooperative, and then I'll take you to a place to fill them and test fly them."

The motorcycle was in front, followed by the Xiali car, and they quickly disappeared on the road.

Fertilizer plant.

Yang Zhaojun and others, who were still anxiously waiting for their overseas clients, finally received the news.

"Potassium nitrate? What do they need potassium nitrate fertilizer for? Don't they want ammonium nitrate?"

Yang Zhaojun suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oh no, we might have been tricked. That young man isn't selling steel pipes; he's a middleman selling potassium nitrate fertilizer in Laiyang County!"

The motorcycle has a license plate, and the first few digits indicate the location. So the motorcycle definitely came from Laiyang County. It's either selling steel pipes or fertilizer!

"That's right, that middleman has a large stockpile of fertilizer, including potassium nitrate and ammonium nitrate! He's trying to steal our business!"

Laiyang doesn't have a fertilizer plant, but there's a privately contracted sales point that sells fertilizers. Buying too much fertilizer has led to a large backlog, especially potassium nitrate fertilizer, which few farmers use.

They trick overseas customers by first buying some samples from the market and then persuading them to buy in bulk. That's definitely how it works!

"Then what do we do?"

"Let's go settle the score with him! Humph, he dares to steal our business; he won't have a good ending!"

A group of men boarded two old Jiefang trucks belonging to the fertilizer plant, carrying sticks, shovels, and other weapons, looking menacing.

Qin Chuan was unaware that he had instigated a gang fight. He rode his motorcycle straight to his hometown and found the well house on a hill near his hometown.

Irrigation in mountainous areas is not easy. Besides relying on the weather, it also requires watering. In the past, people carried water on their shoulders and pushed it in carts.

Later, more than a decade later, when the household responsibility system was implemented, the county started drilling wells and building well houses to help farmers increase production and income.

On the one hand, we need to protect the equipment in the well; on the other hand, when irrigation is needed, we need to send people here to be on duty, as there must be a place for them to sleep and eat.

There was no need to pry open the door; a stove was set up outside the well house, with a large pot and firewood readily available. A large water vat was also placed next to it, and it was empty.

"Come on, let's assemble it here."

Qin Chuan stopped his motorcycle and waved to the people in the Xiali car behind him: "Bring the sugar and potassium nitrate down!"

Qin Chuan picked up a gourd ladle from the water vat next to him and began to scoop out white sugar and potassium nitrate. It seemed like he was doing it casually, but in fact, these two ingredients must be in a fixed ratio to achieve the best combustion effect.

One spoonful after another, and soon half the pot was filled.

"Okay, next we'll light the fire and simmer it, stirring constantly as we go."

Qin Chuan looked at the people behind Amar: "Mr. Amar, can your men come and help?"

"Of course, Abdullah, go and help!"

The contents of the pot slowly melted and blended together as it was stirred.

Amar stared wide-eyed. He only knew that ammonium nitrate fertilizer mixed with some flammable powders could explode violently, but he didn't know that potassium nitrate fertilizer mixed with sugar could actually be used as fuel.

A mixture of potassium nitrate and white sugar can send rockets flying into the sky.

A mixture of ammonium nitrate and flammable powder can send people flying!