"Go away! Don't hold the knife at me!"
The king and the chief of the interior had just arrived at the gate of the Future Academy of Sciences, which was blocked by the Royal Guard, when he heard the angry scolding of the knight commander.
The House Chief looked silently and solemnly at the King.
"It seems that our geniuses are very motivated." The king said casually, "I hope he doesn't really irritate our vowed knight commander."
In the Academy of Sciences, the knight commander was wearing fine iron armor and looked at the anatomist vigilantly. A pair of detailed human anatomy pins were pinned to the wall, and on the laboratory table in front of the anatomist was a corpse that had been forcibly covered with a white cloth by the knight commander—presumably to prevent the king from seeing such a bloody scene.
The anatomist gestured at the knight commander with the knife, muttering words in his mouth.
The knight's long hair stood upright, and he felt that he was probably not a living person in his eyes, but a bone with countless blood vessels...
"His Majesty."
When the knight commander saw the king who came in, he hurriedly saluted respectfully. There was a hint of melancholy in his heart - he would be happy to serve His Majesty even if he gave his life, but the king sent him to watch over these lunatics... God! Can he ask His Majesty for a change of job
"Good job."
Kingdom Dynasty he nodded slightly.
The knight commander stopped his spine subconsciously, feeling incomparably honored.
The House Chief patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him silently. For the sake of the Holy Master, Mr. Knight Commander must persevere and continue to battle wits and courage with these lunatics.
"Okay, Mr. Jacob, please stop your work for a while, and please invite your companions to come here." The king clapped his hands in the hall.
As soon as the king's voice fell, there was a loud noise from upstairs.
The house chief immediately stepped forward and protected the king behind him.
The knight commander skillfully drew his long sword and rushed upstairs: "How many times have I warned you—"
"—Don't experiment with gunpowder in the room!"
"No—not even if it's less than a pound!"
"I'm going to throw you all into the snow!! You bastards!!"
The knight commander's roar echoed in the room.
The home chief looked at the king.
"Okay, my dear Mr. Steward." The king didn't change his face, the chemist brothers were still a bit counted, and they didn't really make any big bangs - of course, it's very possible that they couldn't make a big bang for the time being, "I Let them live alone in another house, okay?"
"For a penny, they definitely burned their hair off again."
The architect came out of his room, neatly dressed and every hair neatly combed.
"Bet."
The astrologer who just arrived took out the money.
The anatomist tried to join the gamble, but the architect kept a distance of at least half the hall from him at all times, so as not to fight with this guy who used the knife smoothly because of his own cleanliness.
Amid the confusion, the king saw all his "genius scientists".
"Gentlemen, my house chief has prepared a lot of strong oil for you. Can you tell me that the stake at the door needs to be used?" After the knight commander got the news that the king was coming, he cleaned the hall. Work, put a long table and a few chairs. The king sat down at the table, fingers touching, smiling at his scientists.
"We think those stakes looked better when they weren't turned into charcoal."
The madmen who made the knight commander riot every day had an intuitive awe of the young king, and they restrained a little in front of the king.
The anatomist was the first to speak, and he proudly showed the king the human anatomy map he had pinned in the hall: "Your Majesty, I can already confirm that human blood does circulate into the heart, let the church gang Fools bring their 'natural aura' to see their holy master! Blood circulation is determined by the structure and function of the heart itself! The human body itself is the greatest creation!"
That's why the king likes these "madmen".
The ultimate pursuit of knowledge in a certain field made them sneer at the Holy Court's set.
Then the pharmacist stepped forward with his diagram of the bacterial structure, a task he had done in collaboration with the doctor who was trying to cut open the human brain with a knife. The two hit it off, and their crazy thoughts collided.
It is worth mentioning that the astrologer also has a lot of credit for the research results of the pharmacist. The pharmacist grabbed the telescope that the astrologer used to observe the sky and transformed it into his own experimental instrument.
Although the microbial structure diagram is still very crude in the eyes of the king, it is already on the right path.
After seeing it, he nodded slightly: "I will ask someone to make suitable tools for you, please don't rob your companion next time, sir."
The architect took out his handkerchief and carefully wiped the tabletop before opening the box he had brought with him, and spread out a drawing in front of the king. After he was thrown into this place, the king sent a detailed map of the town—a commercial town on the southeast coast.
In addition to that drawing, the architect has a thick explanation, noting all the details involved and his calculations.
The king turned over: "I will ask someone to evaluate it, congratulations on your great success first."
The results of astrologers are very limited. But that's not his fault. The survey of celestial bodies has always required a long time and complicated calculations. He looked pale and thought he was doomed, but the king was intrigued by one of the things he used to measure the angles of celestial bodies.
He perfected an ancient measuring tool, the Rod of Gilson.
This is a tool conceived by geometric thinking to measure the angular distance of celestial bodies, although it does not have the same optical properties as nightcrawlers. But it can measure the angle formed by the rays emitted by any two stars at a certain point on the ground, so as to avoid errors caused by the change of the ground reference and the observer's position. [1]
"I hope you can continue to come up with something useful in the future." The king said kindly, "However, in order to show respect for you, I will ask Mr. Manager to keep the strong oil for you, if you fail to achieve anything in the future. ...you know what to do?"
Of all the people, the king had the greatest expectations, undoubtedly the two chemists who almost burned themselves to death again.
The knight commander fished them out of the room.
—Thanks to the prudence of the knight commander, he never allowed them to keep too much finished gunpowder in the lab.
The king turned his attention to the two chemist brothers who had just packed themselves up and looked particularly embarrassed without their hair.
In the thirteenth century, gunpowder began to appear in people's sight. But for nearly three hundred years, gunpowder has not gained much attention. Because of its high cost, its power is also very limited at this time. In order to carry out military reforms, the king asked the Duke of Buckingham in detail about the current situation of weapons.
The answers I got were disappointing.
Nowadays, the gunpowder ingredients that can be hung with "military" are mainly saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. Among them, the proportion of saltpeter is as high as 66.5%-75% [2]. Today, saltpeter and sulfur are very expensive, and both Legrand and Blaise need to import them to make gunpowder.
Of course, the most important thing is that the power of gunpowder is limited at this time.
The use of gunpowder on the battlefield is mainly to use trebuchets to launch "fireballs" and "fire bottles" made of gunpowder. There are also some attempts at artillery, but under the condition of limited technology, the killing of artillery to one's own people is comparable to that of the enemy. The killings are much greater. [3]… But to the hard castles, they're just monsters with huge noise bluffs.
"We improved the gunpowder from powder to granular."[4]
The older chemist answered succinctly.
"explain?"
"Can we demonstrate it specifically for you?" asked the younger brother, a chemist, with excitement in his eyes.
"No, no."
The chief of the internal affairs groaned in his heart, and answered loudly in front of the king. He didn't care when the two gunpowder madmen blew himself up, but the king would have to jump into the river if he just lost his hair.
"Don't be so nervous." The king looked amusingly at the house chief who wanted to throw the chemists at the stake. "Of course I won't let them demonstrate here. I'll invite Mr. Duke to watch it together."
After all, he still needs to discuss with the old duke how powerful this new gunpowder can be in actual combat.
"All right."
The chemist brother was clearly disappointed, he had a soft spot for explosions.
"However, we accidentally recovered another thing during the experiment. Your Majesty may be interested."
"Tell me."
"Ancient Fire."[5]
The chemist brother replied.
The king sat up straight.
"I hope you're not kidding."
The king looked at the two chemists and said slowly.
"Otherwise the stake will be a luxury to both of you."
Ancient Holy Fire.
This is an unforgettable scar of the Rose family.
This is not an unfamiliar word, it was once the weapon that the Holy See used to deal with Legrand on the other side of the Abyss Strait.
By the fifth century AD, Legrand's Black Death had subsided. Dissatisfied with the Holy Court's control, the Rose Royal Family once launched an expedition to try to defeat the Holy Court and regain the supreme glory of the royal family.
As long as the church of the Holy See is reduced to ashes, the light of faith spreading on the land of Legrand will naturally be extinguished.
At that time, Legrand sent a total of nearly a thousand ships. When they arrived at Sanling Bay, where the Holy Court was located, the Holy Court's battleship was first shown in front of the world. The white ships scattered lightly on the sea, and the priests in white holy robes poured black liquid into the sea.
Something that was incomprehensible to the Legrands at that time happened.
The fire raged on the sea, and with the help of the northeast wind at that time, it spread, and nearly a thousand Legrand ships were swept in.
The red fire swelled on the sea, and the heroic warriors fell into death before they set foot on the battlefield. They screamed and wanted to jump into the water and face the fire, but the water was fire. Black smoke floated into the sky like serpents, and the monks on the white warships of the Holy Court sang ancient hymns.
"God is a righteous judge
God who is angry with the wicked every day
…
He also prepared instruments for murder
He shot a rocket
"
In solemn chants, Legrand's warriors were reduced to ashes in flames. The three princes of the Rose family who led the army also died in the sea of fire. Before they died, they did something that was not worthy of the glory of Rose. They endured the burning of the fire, and drove their warships across the line of fire. The holy ship perished together.
But nearly a thousand of Legrand's ships were reduced to ashes in that war.
The Holy Court called the fire that burned on the sea "ancient holy fire". It was the time when the Holy Court was at its most majestic. They established their position with that war and declared to the world that "God watches the earth, and all things that go wrong will accept the fire of the last days.”
After the battle, Legrand was severely injured, and the Rose family had to suppress the anger and hatred in their hearts and accepted the kingdom of God imposed on them. Later generations of historians of the Rose family remember the war clearly, how many people were sacrificed, and how much shame Legrand suffered after that war.
It was a scar that was dripping with blood.
However, every crown prince of the Rose family will be repeatedly taught that past story since childhood.
The more pain, the more anger, and the more anger, the more powerful. It was in this pain that the Qiangwei family survived the most difficult period, and this was the result of the establishment of the Mad King, the battle of the Lion King, and the revival of the glory of William III's unification of the thirty-six kingdoms.
But that doesn't mean others can make fun of it.
There was no smile on the king's face, his eyes were like winter glaciers at this time, and beneath the glaciers was an untouchable abyss. His tone was still soft, but the keen lunatics felt a terrifying danger looming over the hall.
"Yes, this is not a joke."
The older chemist answered.
"We created the ancient sacred fire."
He stood up straight and was extremely proud: "That is not a holy fire that can only be used by gods, and mortals can also create it!"
The king looked at the chemist for a long time.
Finally, he smiled slowly and raised his hand to applaud the proud chemist.
"Congratulations, from now on, you are the president of Legrand First Academy of Sciences."
The author has something to say: There is a chapter on the addition of nutrient solution 35000 in the evening. The usual time is relatively late, don't wait~ It will look the same tomorrow.
Chapter aka "The Tyrant and His Mad Scientists"
[1] The prototype is "Jacob's Rod". According to records, it does have the function as stated in the text. It was mentioned in the writings of the Jewish-Spanish astronomer Levi Ben Gilson. It was appreciated by the then Pope Clement VI.
[2] The data comes from a compilation of Spanish-Arabic encyclopedic knowledge from 1275 to 1300, which at that time was gunpowder with a strong explosive effect and could be used for military use.
[3] A very typical example, in 1460, King James II of Socra died in the siege of Rutgersburg due to the sudden explosion of his own cannon. The history of military use of European artillery is actually the same nature as catapults for a long time. They are used to throw stone bullets into castles to destroy houses and churches, but they are not used to destroy city walls, because its Impact is very limited.
[4] The transformation of gunpowder from powder to granule is an extremely critical part of the European gunpowder revolution and a key step in the reform of gunpowder technology. Related Books "The Race for Wealth and Power: Techno-Military and Society since 1000 AD" by William H. McNeill
[5] The prototype is actually Greek fire, which was used by the Byzantine army in 678 AD when fighting against the Arabs. It can burn on the water.