The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 56 Smokeless Gunpowder
Feng Yu wanted to make a simple human-powered or animal-powered machine tool. Dick could help him with the low-precision gears and transmissions, but the high-hardness alloy cutter heads and drill bits for machine tools were the domain of alchemists.

As Feng Yu's half-student, how could Clarence refuse Feng Yu's request? He agreed without thinking.

This requirement was met. Clarence, who liked to study metal alloys, was not good at Feng Yu's research on super gunpowder. Feng Yu also knew Clarence's expertise and did not count on him. He came here today just to ask for help from Clarence's alchemy laboratory.

In fact, this was also his fault for thinking things too simply. This world didn't even have the two basic sciences of physics and chemistry, and inventing things was all based on luck. It would be better for Feng Yu to do it himself than to expect them to develop efficient gunpowder.

Feng Yu couldn't wait any longer, so he came here by himself. Not only did he want to borrow Clarence's laboratory, he also wanted everyone in Clarence's laboratory to be his assistants, and then he slowly revealed the news.

After listening to Feng Yu's explanation of the principle of gunpowder, Anthony found a way to replace the efficient gunpowder, which is the magic circle.

By releasing the reduced-power wind magic violent wind through the micro-carved magic circle, it can play the role of black gunpowder and push the projectile out.

However, there is a problem with this thing, that is, the primer of the magic circle is magic crystal, the value of this thing is one by one in the whole continent, everyone knows that this thing is expensive.

Although the elves still have some savings, they can't withstand such consumption.

You know, guns are the little brother of hot weapons. What will happen to the God of War's cannon? One shot will cost one top-level magic crystal? It would be better to give the magic crystals to magicians and let them use new magic to fight.

After knowing Feng Yu's purpose, Clarence not only did not show any displeasure, but was very happy. He was looking forward to experiencing the operation mode of Feng Yu's laboratory firsthand.

Although he was also moving closer to the experimental mode that Feng Yu mentioned, he could not find that silky smooth feeling, and instead felt awkward everywhere.

Clarence called all the people in the laboratory over, including the apprentice who followed Feng Yu to attend the class. Through Clarence's introduction, Feng Yu learned that this half-grown elf boy who was ordered around by Clarence was actually a formal magician.

Feng Yu asked Karalens if they had any liquid that could quickly corrode metal, and he got a positive answer: quite a few, three in total.

After Clarence asked his assistants to get the liquid, Feng Yu arranged for them to label the name of the liquid on the container, and then went through the process according to Clarence's requirements to make it easier for Clarence and his assistants to learn.

Feng Yu took out a blackboard and wrote on it:
The purpose of the experiment is to produce highly efficient gunpowder.

Method: soak cotton fiber textile in acidic corrosive liquid.

After Feng Yu finished writing, he said, "My profession is far from alchemy, and I have only heard of this formula, so I'd like to trouble everyone to help me experiment."

Feng Yu didn't hesitate to say anything. He arranged for three kinds of acid to be soaked in cotton fabrics either alone or in combination. Each person was responsible for one. The wet fabrics were heated with fire to observe their reactions.

After assigning the experimental projects, Feng Yu waited for the results.

Maybe the fairy sister who sent Feng Yu here didn't want to see him fail, so this nitrocellulose that only works on Earth was actually found in another world, although Feng Yu didn't even know what the liquid was made of.

Good news came from the young man who was responsible for mixing the two liquids. He reported to Feng Yu and Clarence that after the cotton ball was soaked with the liquid he was responsible for, the wet cotton ball exploded after it approached the flame. Except for very scarce ashes, it was burned completely, as if it had disappeared.

Feng Yu immediately recorded the two liquids and asked Clarence whether they could be produced on a large scale. After getting a positive answer, Feng Yu was very happy.

After repeating the experiment to confirm the effect, he asked his assistant to re-mix the mixed solution, then soaked a large amount of cotton cloth fragments, and took out three sealed porcelain bottles from the box he brought.

This was the result of Feng Yu's painstaking efforts in the Internet database. The porcelain bottle contained a high-proof alcohol that was distilled from three large jars of swill wine that Alan had consumed.

By the way, Feng Yu felt that using the large pottery vats he made to brew swill wine for Alan was really an injustice to those vats.

Feng Yu poured out some alcohol and put a piece of soaked cotton cloth in it. Sure enough, the wet cotton cloth slowly dissolved. He divided the solution into several portions and tested the stabilizers he brought with him. Finally, one of them turned the solution into a jelly.

Feng Yu carefully took out the jelly, took out a small amount and pressed it into sheets, then cut it into thin strips and dried it to harden. He cut the hardened strips into small particles and compared the ignition effect with the same amount of gunpowder.

It was obvious to the naked eye that the explosion of the small black particles was much more powerful than that of the dwarven gunpowder, and unlike the dwarven gunpowder, there was not much smoke, only a small amount of green smoke. This gave Feng Yu a sense of destiny and the fulfillment of his wishes.

He also arranged for assistants to adjust the amount of alcohol solvent and the dosage of stabilizer to prepare different gunpowder particles for comparison, and finally obtained a ratio that was obviously more suitable.

Clarence stood there blankly, saying, "The dwarves haven't updated the recipe for hundreds of years, and you made it so easily?"

Feng smiled modestly and said, "That's because my hometown already had this plan, otherwise who would have thought of using liquid and cotton cloth to make gunpowder!"

Clarence nodded: "That's right... That's not right. How did you come up with this?"

Feng Yu asked Karalens with a smile: "If you happen to spill these two liquids on the laboratory table, and there is a cotton rag on the laboratory table, what will you do?"

Clarence said in surprise: "Wipe it off! ... Then the rag that has absorbed the corrosive liquid cannot be used anymore, so just throw it into the stove and burn it!"

“That’s right, that master did the same thing. Before he threw the rag into the stove, the high temperature ignited the rag. After the explosion, there was only a large ball of rag and not even any ash left. How could this not surprise the master who specialized in gunpowder?

So this highly efficient gunpowder was born by extreme coincidence.

However, the master dried the rag directly and made it into gunpowder, which was very dangerous and could even explode. The latter method of dissolving and making gunpowder into blocks was the masterpiece of another master.

It is thanks to these two masters that we are able to use powerful and safe smokeless gunpowder.”

(End of this chapter)