Chapter 294: Among Three People, One Must Be My Teacher
In the Leopard Room martial arts arena, Emperor Zhengde was reading memorials. When he heard Ou Zanghua asking for a meeting, he asked a young eunuch to bring him in.

"Mr. Ou, please sit down for a while." Emperor Zhengde waved at Ou Zanghua, motioning him to sit down first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

What Emperor Zhengde was holding in his hand was the memorial handed over by the Minister of War Yang Yiqing.

The bandits Liao Mazi and others in Sichuan had long been harassing the Sichuan-Han region, and even killed important officials of the vassal states and the judiciary. The court sent ministers to pacify and suppress them many times, but failed to put down the rebellion.

Yang Yiqing proposed that Peng Ze replace Hong Zhong, the Left Censor-in-Chief of Yingtian Prefecture, and take charge of the military affairs in Sichuan, Huguang, Shaanxi, and other places, and go to fight against the bandits in Sichuan. The town patrol officers in Yunnan and Guizhou were all under Peng Ze's control.

The cabinet believed that Pengze was strict in military discipline and experienced in using troops, and could be promoted to this job.

"Ah"

Emperor Zhengde laughed disdainfully and said, "A while ago, I proposed that Ou Qing go to Sichuan to quell the rebellion, but the officials in the court were not happy about it and found various excuses to shirk their responsibilities. I really believed their lies and gave up the idea."

"How come it's only been a short time? And yet the bandits are so powerful!"

With a "bang", Emperor Zhengde threw the memorial on the table and said coldly: "I shouldn't have believed what they said!"

Ou Zanghua was very calm. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am not familiar with the terrain of Sichuan, so I am not suitable to lead troops into Sichuan to quell the rebellion. Censor Peng is experienced and prudent, so he is more suitable than me."

"Is there anyone in this world who is born with the ability? I don't believe that with Mr. Ou's ability, he can't learn how to fight in Shu." Emperor Zhengde waved his hand and asked seriously, "I ask Mr. Ou, if it were you, how would you put down the Liao Mazi Rebellion?"

Ou Zanghua said decisively: "I will recommend Censor Peng."

"hiss!"

Emperor Zhengde took a deep breath. How much did he not want to enter Sichuan to quell the rebellion?
After a moment of silence, Emperor Zhengde did not force him to do anything, but asked, "Why did Lord Ou come to the Leopard Room today?"

Ou Zanghua took out his sketch and explained the reason to Emperor Zhengde.

"Can the range and crosshairs be improved?"

After hearing this, Emperor Zhengde looked at the sketch again and again, somewhat confused as to why lengthening the barrel could improve two attributes.

"Yes." Ou Zanghua nodded seriously.

"Then let the Armory Bureau build it!" Emperor Zhengde handed the sketch to Zhang Yong and ordered, "Build five gates first and see how they perform."

He held his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully: "If it is true as Mr. Ou said, then this cannon and the Zhengde sub-cannon can complement each other. This is a muzzle-loading cannon, so the firing rate must be slower. The Zhengde sub-cannon can fill the gap in the artillery fire during this period of time."

Ou Zanghua stood aside, listening to Boss Zhu talking to himself, feeling a little surprised.

Wow, can you figure this out just by looking at the sketch?
It's a pity that this guy doesn't become a general.
Then, Emperor Zhengde discussed the gunpowder formula with Ou Zanghua.

Emperor Zhengde also studied gunpowder and could explain it clearly: "According to the "Wu Jing Zong Yao", there was a fire medicine in the Song Dynasty. I searched for a long time before I found the formula."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand. Zhang Yong understood what he meant and immediately took a book from the bookshelf and handed it to him with both hands.

Boss Zhu took it and handed it to Ou Zanghua for inspection.

Jinzhou sulfur 14 liang, wohuang 7 liang, saltpeter 2.5 jin, hemp 1 liang, dry lacquer 1 liang, arsenic yellow 1 liang, Ding powder 1 liang, bamboo 1 liang, yellow ochre 1 liang, yellow wax 1/2 liang, clear oil 1 fen, tung oil 1/2 liang, rosin 14 liang, thick oil 1 fen.
Has this prescription passed down from an old Chinese doctor been lost?
"I ordered someone to copy this formula. Ou Qing, guess what the result is?"

"Maybe it won't explode!" Ou Zanghua looked at so many inexplicable things inside and felt that the effect of burning would be no different from burning a Chinese medicine shop. The thick smoke would probably be enough to suffocate a few people.

"As expected of Ou Qing, you saw through it at a glance!"

Emperor Zhengde smiled bitterly and said, "I also believed what those Confucian scholars said. I thought that there must be something useful among the things that our predecessors created."

"That's why I put this book here to remind me all the time not to stick to the laws of my ancestors. Later generations are always better than their predecessors." Ou Zanghua didn't expect to hear such profound words from a playboy like Zhengde. For a moment, he was actually relieved.

He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it is a blessing for the world and all the people if you have such a heart."

"Haha. That's getting off topic!"

Emperor Zhengde smiled complacently, and then continued, "I ordered Wang Qing to study the formula of gunpowder. Now we can confirm that it is mainly composed of saltpeter and sulfur, with wood ash as the base. In addition, various secret recipes from various places have also been sent to the capital in recent months. Wang Qing is currently researching and developing it. I hope there will be a breakthrough!"

After coming out of the Leopard Room, Ou Zanghua did not go back to the Honglu Temple directly, but went to the Armory Bureau, found Taoist Master Wang Chengwu, and got the secret recipe and a lot of saltpeter, sulfur and other materials from him.

He didn't dare to conduct research at home, for fear that the explosion would scare Liu Qing, so he asked Chen Mengji to open up a small courtyard in the Honglu Temple for him to conduct experiments.

Ou Zanghua took out the secret recipe given by Taoist Wang Chengwu, opened it, and couldn't help but admire the imagination of the ancients.

The so-called secret recipe is to add arsenic, tung oil, rosin and other substances to gunpowder. There are a total of twenty-eight ingredients, corresponding to the twenty-eight constellations.

According to the description on the recipe, if these things can exert magical powers beyond imagination.
What else can adding tung oil and rosin do besides producing black smoke?

When adding arsenic, do you think it will release poisonous gases when it burns?

Ou Zanghua looked at these secret recipes and said "mmp" in his mind, not knowing whether he should say it or not.

After cursing, he silently wrote down these secret recipes and used them next time at sea. He could shoot into the enemy's cabin in one go, and the effect was amazing.

Over the next few days, explosions were heard from the Honglu Temple from time to time, making all the Mingzans very nervous, fearing that their boss would accidentally blow himself up.

No subordinate would want a boss who is so easy to talk to, doesn't delay wages, and even gives raises, to play them over.

They lived in fear for another two days, and the left and right Shaoqing could no longer bear it.

That morning, Cao Yu and Meng Zhao stopped the boss who wanted to go to the small courtyard to do scientific research.

"Dong Qing, that's enough, we are the Honglu Temple, not the Ministry of War, the Arsenal and the Qingli Division. You are just trying to catch a rat with a dog."

Cao Yu paused, and under Ou Zanghua's inexplicable gaze, he slowly said, "You are meddling in other people's business!"

"Yes, it's beyond one's authority!" Meng Zhao also nodded, with an expression that showed he was determined not to let Ou Zanghua make the same mistake again.

"Calm down, my experiment is about to succeed!" Ou Zanghua smiled and comforted, "I've paid attention to the dosage, I won't hurt myself."

Cao Yu said with tears in his eyes: "Dong Qing, you are the one who should be calm! We listen to explosions every day and dream of explosions when we go home to sleep."

"Don't worry, it will be within the next two days!" After saying this, Ou Zanghua twisted his arms and easily broke free from the two people's restraints.

Cao Yu and Meng Zhao looked at each other, speechless.

Ou Zanghua returned to the small courtyard and called out the plug-in. As expected, there was an additional option on it: Gunpowder Configuration

Without saying a word, he spent ten points of reputation and raised the gunpowder configuration to proficiency.

At that moment, Ou Zanghua's thoughts seemed to be pulled by a mysterious force, crossing the boundaries of time and space and arriving several decades later.

In the picture, several Ming Dynasty people dressed in Ming Dynasty official uniforms are sitting together with European explorers and missionaries. Their faces are filled with endless curiosity about the unknown world. Various books, drawings and sophisticated instruments are scattered on the table.

This is the spirit of the Celestial Empire. They are proud and arrogant, but never reject learning new foreign things.

They believe that if three people walk together, there must be one person who can be my teacher, and they are also practicing the words of the saints down to earth.

After an unknown amount of time, Ou Zanghua slowly opened his eyes. He exhaled, feeling somewhat emotional. He seemed to have found the correct way to use the cheat.
(End of this chapter)