Chapter 207: Brother, your pressure is too great, I must help you share it

As soon as Gao Yang's idea came up, it was rejected.

The reason was also very simple: he couldn't even figure out gunpowder, let alone cigarettes, and he also needed the corresponding filtering technology.

And thinking deeper, this is also a double-edged sword. If there is no modern filtering technology, the aftereffects of this ancient version will definitely be very great.

This is somewhat addictive. Once implemented, it will harm not only the six kingdoms but also Da Qian.

The Empress would probably be the first to destroy him.

If he were all alone, it wouldn't matter, but now there is the Duke of Dingguo's Prefecture. Once he offends the anger of the world, it will be troublesome.

Moreover, he still has a very good reputation among the people.

As for betel nuts, they mostly grow in tropical areas, commonly known as the Lingnan area. Generally, playboys who make big mistakes, and the court remembers the merits of their ancestors, will be exiled to Lingnan, which is like a nightmare for the playboys of Da Qian.

A group of playboys talk about it with fear, and Gao Yang has also heard a little.

The scenery in Lingnan is indeed good, with monkeys, cobras, all kinds of the most primitive and ferocious animals, as well as the sun and miasma that can peel off a layer of skin.

"Forget it, let's make gunpowder first."

Gao Yang sighed a little. If he had known he would travel through time, he should have read more books, otherwise he wouldn't have relied on high school chemistry knowledge to roam Da Qian.

Compared to poisonous plans, science is the primary productive force!

One night passed.

Gao Yang got up early the next day, not knowing if it was because the huge sum of 500,000 taels of silver made him feel guilty.

So he urgently wanted to make gunpowder, this big killer, to add some life-saving trump cards for himself.

Moreover, he always had a premonition that this stable situation in the world would not last long.

A big change is coming.

He immediately asked Chen Sheng and Uncle Fu to purchase a large pile of raw materials in batches.

The composition of gunpowder is not complicated: one saltpeter, two sulfur, three charcoal, plus a little white sugar for the big Ivan.

It was fortunate that it was catchy, and he saw it unintentionally back then, so he remembered it. This thing is not hard to find in Da Qian.

The key lies in the proportion. The best proportion for black powder is about 74% saltpeter, 11.5% sulfur, and 13.5% charcoal.

And the gunpowder produced can be boiled to remove impurities, or mixed with white sugar and egg white to increase the power of the explosion.

This requires a lot of experiments, but he hasn't even figured out the first step of gunpowder yet.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

At this moment, a voice came, and Gao Changwen, wearing a long robe, walked up quickly.

Gao Yang was a bit surprised, "Yo, did the sun come out from the west today? You got up so early?"

"Didn't go out to mess around?"

Gao Changwen's eyes were dim, and he hurriedly said, "Brother, what are you talking about? It's mainly because Father said the situation in Changancheng is turbulent these two days, so he grounded me."

"So having nothing to do, I came to find you, Brother. Father can't lock up my heart, but he can lock up my body."

Gao Yang wrote and drew on the paper while saying: "These two days are not peaceful; if you can't go out, don't go out."

Seeing this, Gao Changwen hesitated. After holding it in for a long time, he finally couldn't help but say, "Brother, I have been pondering this for the past few days, and the more I think about it, the stranger it feels. That 'freeloading' you mentioned the other day—were you intentionally setting me up?"

"With your wisdom, Brother, you should know that free prostitution is not illegal, but it might lead to a beating, right?"

When Gao Yang heard this, he looked at Gao Changwen highly, but his face was filled with heartache, "Changwen, you actually think of me like this; it truly breaks my heart!"

Gao Yang pounded his chest with his fist.

"Free prostitution is just a theoretical operation, but there is a big difference between theory and actual operation. As the saying goes, if you don't go for free prostitution, how would you know that not paying will lead to a beating?"

"That day, when you said you were going to read the books of sages, didn't I emphasize that you shouldn't go to brothels and other places?"