Release that Witch - Chapter 34

[Chapter 34]

As early as the beginning of the construction of the cement section firing room, Roland made plans for several subsequent project test houses. Most of them were built around the north slope mining area, and they could be effectively centralized and guarded—this kind of one-story house with adobe brick walls and a wooden roof. The construction speed is extremely fast, and it does not affect the construction progress of the city wall.

The saltpeter purchased in large quantities from Liuye Town was transported to a nearby warehouse for storage. When needed, the helpers grinded and weighed them, and sent them to the bungalows in batches.

The same is true for charcoal and sulfur. The handling and mixing of the three raw materials are done by different groups of people, which can minimize the risk of leakage.

Roland weighed out twenty pounds from the prepared black powder, and slowly poured it on a piece of cut sheepskin.

These gunpowders have been soaked, compacted, dried, hammered, sieved, etc., and are in the form of uniformly sized particles with excellent combustion performance.

In order to prevent electrostatic accidents, no metal utensils are used in the entire production process, and most of them are ceramic or log products.

After pouring the gunpowder, Roland stacked the sheepskin layer by layer, wrapped it up to three layers, and tied it tightly with a rope.

“Is that all right?” Carter asked.

Can this thing in front of me be called a weapon?

Although it is an improved product of Xuefen, who can be fooled by the sound alone?

It may be useful against farmers who have never been on the battlefield, and any trained fighters and mercenaries will not take it seriously.

But… the chief knight thought about it carefully, and what His Highness did recently seems to be unreasonable, but most of them have amazing effects.

If the IQ of evil beasts is similar to wild beasts, maybe this thing will be unexpectedly effective?

For example, a loud roar frightened them to scatter and escape, thereby reducing the pressure on the defending team.

Roland stuffed the packed gunpowder into Carter’s arms, and then took a bag of finely ground gunpowder powder for igniting the fire. “It’s almost there. Let’s go outside the city wall. The iron ax should be ready.”

About two miles to the west of the city wall, an open space between the Hidden Forest and the Impassable Mountain Range is the area he marked out for the explosion test.

Iron Ax and several other hunters have been waiting here for a long time. Except for Iron Ax himself, everyone is a local, and they are also the group with the best archery skills.

Hearing that His Royal Highness had assigned them a task, they immediately followed Iron Ax impatiently.

Everyone now knows that the new lord of Border Town has never been stingy with hiring remuneration.

According to Roland’s instructions, they erected long wooden poles around them and tied ropes to form a warning circle of nearly half a mile.

Near the city wall, knight patrols were arranged to prevent anyone from accidentally approaching.

Roland checked around the security circle and nodded, “Have you brought all the prey?”

“Your Highness, they are all here,” Iron Ax dragged a cage forward, and Carter noticed that there were several pheasants and rabbits inside.

“Very well, place them at a distance of five, ten, fifteen, thirty paces from the center point, and tie one to each stake.”

Carter shook his head secretly, and suggested, “Your Highness, the animals you selected may not be effective in the test. They are extremely timid, and they will scatter and run away at the slightest sound. Even if they can scare them, they may not be able to scare them.” Go evil beast.”

“Scare away the evil beasts?” Roland was slightly taken aback, and then realized, “I didn’t intend to scare them away, even though the sound of this thing exploding was indeed astonishing.”

He took the chief knight to the center of the circle, put down the gunpowder bag, and made a small opening with a dagger to let the gunpowder leak out.

Then he took out the leather bag containing gunpowder powder, sprinkled it from the breach, and turned back as he sprinkled it.

Today is a calm day, which is very suitable for this primitive way of detonating.

After retreating nearly 100 meters, Roland put away the leather bag.

“Okay, let’s light the fire here,” he repeatedly estimated the distance, and after confirming that it was correct, he said to Carter, “Go and call all the hunters.”

At this moment, Roland was also a little excited. He had done a small amount of flash test before, and he was not worried about the test results.

What he cares about is that this will be a great moment. From today, Hot Weapon will officially enter the stage, and he will be written into the milestone of history as the leader.

After everyone gathered, Roland ignited the gunpowder powder.

Carter lay on the ground, looking at the Mars that was going away quickly, feeling a little disapproving in his heart.

With such a long distance and not placed in a bronze bucket, it is still a question whether the sound of the snow powder exploding can be transmitted here. His Royal Highness actually made everyone lie on the ground.

But since the fourth prince took the lead in doing this, he couldn’t say anything more.

The ground in winter is very cold, and the chill can be felt through the chain armor.

Carter moved his body, and when he was about to turn his chest sideways, a loud noise suddenly sounded——

Because the distance was too close, the sound of the explosion and the shock wave arrived almost at the same time, and he felt his ears buzzing, and the world suddenly became quiet.

The earth tremor was fleeting, and when he looked up, he saw a black cloud rise slowly, and then gravel and mud fell like rain.

Roland was much less impacted than the chief knight. Even setting off firecrackers would block his ears, and he immediately made protective preparations after igniting the gunpowder powder.

The explosion point is not like in the movie, it will release a huge fireball.

The fire flashed away, and a large amount of mud was lifted by the air waves and rushed into the air about ten meters.

When the dust settled, Roland’s only feeling was: the sound was much louder than firecrackers.

As for Iron Ax and the other hunters, they were already dumbfounded.

Only Iron Ax knew that they were here to test a new weapon, but they didn’t expect the weapon to be so powerful.

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I am afraid that only the thunder of God’s Punishment can compare with it!

Roland stood up and led everyone back to the explosion point. There was a half-meter-deep pit on the ground. The rabbit closest to the explosion center had long since disappeared, leaving only a short wooden stake on the ground.

He checked the other animals one by one. The pheasants placed on the tenth and fifteenth paces lay motionless on the ground, obviously dead. Although no obvious trauma was seen, Roland knew that they died from the shock wave of the explosion.

The only survivor was the gray rabbit thirty paces away. Blood oozes from its thin ear walls. When it saw someone approaching, it stopped struggling, as if the loud noise just now took away its soul.

Carter swallowed, and his humming ears gradually returned to normal. Only then did he understand what His Royal Highness meant by “not intending to scare them away”.

Is this really improved by snow powder?

Based on this achievement alone, alchemists are probably far superior to astrologers.

The way Iron Ax looked at Roland completely changed, “Your Highness, if the militia can have such a weapon, Border Town will no longer be afraid of the threat of evil beasts. I wonder if it can be mass-produced?”

Roland spread his hands and said, “Probably not. When the month of demons comes, it is estimated that there will only be enough to make twenty or thirty.” The main key is saltpeter. The method of making saltpeter in this era is still very primitive. Lime mixture to collect the precipitated potassium nitrate crystals.

Except for the needs of the alchemy workshop and the upper-class nobles, there are almost no other uses, so there are not many such refineries, and if they are all used to make explosives, they will be exhausted soon.

As a killer feature, this weapon must be used in conjunction with muskets and crossbows.

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