bookrandom Chapter 755: Zhuang Ye, a thermal weapons expert from another world?
Chapter 755: Zhuang Ye, a thermal weapons expert from another world?
Baili Moqing introduced her to several places he had visited last time.
These warehouses are huge and not only heavily guarded, but also closely patrolled by guards. In this situation, it is very difficult to sneak in and out!
"This is the front half of the base. There's also a back half, behind another high wall."
"Last time, I didn't go to the back to investigate in detail because of time constraints. However, from a distance, I could see that there were several refining workshops there."
Especially the sound of iron hammering and all kinds of strange noises, which he had almost never heard of.
Shu He said: "Let's go and take a look at the back first!"
She had to know if this place could really be considered an arsenal. If it was a place where guns and ammunition could be manufactured, then she would have to be extremely cautious if she attacked it again.
Baili Moqing didn't say much and immediately took Shu He to the back of the base.
The second half is a large base built on the mountain, and its area is more than five times larger than the first half!
It looked like a row of huge factories, each with bright lights and constant clanging sounds.
Apart from the sound of iron forging, the only sound in each factory was someone cracking a whip, urging the workers to work harder.
Outside the factory, under the dim torches, several officers and soldiers in military uniforms patrolled back and forth in the center of the base, whips in their hands, and from time to time they whipped the civilians, forcing them to move things back and forth.
Behind the factory building was a hundred-meter-high mountain. From a huge cavernous opening, waves of heat emanated. The heat raised the temperature of the entire mountain considerably.
"There is……"
Shu He felt that the temperature there was extremely high and ordinary people could not stay there for a long time.
But there was clearly a sound in there...
Baili Moqing said: "Listening to the sound, it sounds a bit like something is being melted at high temperature."
Melting?
Shu He seemed to have seen limestone in front of him, and with the addition of carbon...
"There shouldn't be any hematite here, right?" She spoke silently, a definite denial, but in fact it revealed a bit of nervousness and disbelief.
"How do you know there is iron ore here?" Baili Moqing looked at her and found that her face was a little pale, as if she was frightened by something.
"Carbon steel!" Shu He felt her mind go blank, and she could only see these three big words swaying in front of her.
"They're making steel!"
She could no longer keep her balance, and just then she saw a team of patrolling soldiers passing by below. Her figure was like a ghost, and she kidnapped the last person in the team.
Seeing this, Baili Moqing frowned and, like Shu He, kidnapped a person from another patrol team.
After changing into brand new sergeant's uniforms and putting on hats, the two men swaggered towards the cave.
Since the two men were wearing military uniforms, the guards did not stop them too much.
Mainly because the things in this cave are so novel, there are often brothers coming to watch the fun, and some are coming to check the progress of smelting under orders from above.
No matter which one, as long as he is one of us.
The two of them didn't say anything and went straight into the cave.
When I went in, I saw a row of more than a dozen steel kilns and blazing charcoal fires.
Outside each kiln were several steel forgers, some pulling the bellows, some adding charcoal, some forging, and some supervising with whips...
Outside the smelting area, there were more than a dozen large boxes filled with forged steel...
Baili Moqing took out a piece of steel, his eyes showing surprise, "This steel is much harder than ordinary forged steel!!"
Shu He was not surprised because she knew that this was not ordinary steel, but high-carbon steel, also called carbon steel.
Carbon steel is a commonly used material for making gun barrels. It has high strength and hardness and can withstand the high pressure and high heat generated when the bullet is fired.
"Steel is a controlled material in every dynasty, and only the government can smelt it. But I never thought that such a large steelmaking base could exist in this small Geshan Mountain!"
Shu He was terrified and couldn't help but look at Baili Moqing, sighing, "It seems that the Eighth Prince's strength is far beyond our imagination!"
Baili Moqing's dark eyes darkened a little, "Let's go and check out other places."
After they had toured the entire base safely, Shu He had to sincerely admire the man named Zhuang Ye.
He actually turned Geshan into a simple modern arsenal!
In addition to developing black powder, he also made guns and bullets!
Pistols, rifles, grenades, and large explosives... Could this guy be a weapons expert from another world?
"It's too dangerous here, let's leave quickly!" Shu He said to Baili Moqing, "We'll discuss this after we get back!"
Baili Moqing was about to nod, but his face suddenly changed color.
He looked behind Shu He, and there seemed to be ice frozen in his deep eyes.
"Prince Li is visiting you so late at night, but what brings you here?" A casual and relaxed voice sounded behind Shu He.
Shu He's expression changed. He turned around and saw two people walking towards the front of the base.
One was the man she met in the eighth carriage before entering the palace, the man who had always been lingering in her mind.
Well, that might be a bit inappropriate to say, but it's true.
Zhuang Ye, this man full of mystery.
He also looked at her, and his seemingly calm eyes seemed to have a bit more joy and excitement.
She looked at him, her gaze fixed on his eyes. Why did she always feel like she had seen these eyes and this look somewhere before?
Baili Moqing's lips curled slightly, a hint of sarcasm on his face, "I didn't expect that the Jiangnan Gusu family, who had retired from the martial arts world, would actually mobilize all their forces and invite out the only two second-grade masters in the family!"
He clicked his tongue and shook his head, chuckling, "My eighth brother is such a great honor!"