Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 796

After dealing with the guards in the metallurgy workshop, Wei Wu checked the interior of the workshop while waiting for others to come back.

Although it cannot be compared with the workshop in the Ming Dynasty, this metallurgical workshop is small but complete, and has everything it needs.

Even in the workshop, Wei Wu saw quite a few gun barrel blanks, but just by looking at their appearance he could tell that they were all defective products.

Just as Wei Wu was observing the situation in the workshop, Wei San ran up to him quickly.

"Master, can you lend me your high-intensity flashlight? I found a room over there, and there's something inside that I'm not sure about."

Wei Wu looked a little surprised, but he still took out a high-intensity flashlight and handed it to Wei San, while asking a question casually.

"What's so tense?"

"I'm not sure. It feels a lot like the gunpowder I saw at the Institute of Science and Technology before, so I don't dare to light the tinder to check."

gunpowder?

Wei Wu was a little surprised to hear Wei San's answer. He originally wanted to burn down the workshop, but now he has a better way.

But before a smile could appear on his lips, the expression on his face suddenly froze.

Gunpowder? In the metallurgical workshop?

Thinking of this, Wei Wu looked up and looked around in confusion, and then became even more confused.

This is the metallurgical workshop for sure!

Did those pirates get kicked in the head by a donkey and then fell into a river that was filled with water? They actually stored gunpowder in the metallurgical workshop?

There are no electric furnaces in this era, and metal smelting relies entirely on carbon and blowers to reach the required temperature.

Usually when smelting metals, a large amount of slag, coal ash and other materials are blown everywhere by the blower.

If a spark flew out of the furnace and landed where the gunpowder was stored, wouldn't it ascend to heaven on the spot?

Wei Wu did not dare to be careless about this matter and immediately reached out and patted Wei San on the shoulder.

"Come on, take me over there to have a look."

After hearing Wei Wu's words, Wei San immediately became hesitant. He hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"This... Master, it's too dangerous. I'd better go and take a look first. I'll take you there when everything is clear."

"Stop talking nonsense and take me there quickly."

Wei San had no choice but to take Wei Wu there. Finally, after Wei Wu's inspection, he confirmed that the room was filled with gunpowder.

At the same time, one thing was also confirmed: the Japanese pirates were indeed stupid, otherwise they would not do such stupid things.

What Wei Wu couldn't understand was that the Japanese pirates were stupid, but the craftsmen who were kidnapped were not stupid. Why didn't they remind him?

In fact, what Wei Wu didn’t know was that it was not that the craftsmen didn’t remind him, but that they didn’t know about it at all.

At the same time, the room where gunpowder was stored was strictly guarded, and the craftsmen could not get close to it, nor were they willing to get close to it.

But this is a good thing for Wei Wu. He only needs a fire to raze the metallurgical workshop to the ground.

Soon, seven minutes passed, and during this time, two more members of the Impermanence Team came back.

Now only Wei Si and Wei Liu are still outside. No need to ask, they must have encountered trouble.

"We can't delay any longer, we have to act quickly!"

Then, under Wei Wu's arrangement, the two hundred kilograms of black gunpowder in the room was moved to the core location of the metallurgical workshop.

But at this moment, Wei San ran in quickly from outside the door.

"Master, a large number of Japanese pirates are approaching. Judging by the torches, there are no less than a hundred of them!"

To be honest, Wei Wu thought that his plan would definitely be discovered by the Japanese pirates, but he did not expect the Japanese pirates to react so quickly.

Even though Wei Si and Wei Liu did not bring anyone here, the Japanese pirates still discovered the problem and sent people to the metallurgical workshop.

But it’s better this way. Wei Wu was originally planning to attract people here to relieve some pressure on Wei Si and Wei Liu.

Now that they came here on their own, it actually saved Wei Wu a lot of effort, and he could take the opportunity to give them a big gift.