The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141 Let You Know

Not only Xun Yu, even Xun You and Fang Xuanling were a little dizzy this time, what is the boss doing?
I want these three things inexplicably, and one of them is thousands of catties. Charcoal is okay, it is autumn now, and there are a lot of woodcutters and charcoal farmers in the Qingzhou border, and the purchase is released. It is not difficult to buy tens of thousands of catties in three days But sulfur is different from ground frost, even in traditional Chinese medicine, it is not commonly used. In a few days, collecting thousands of catties is simply a daydream!
"My lord, you are..."

Xun Yu was puzzled.

Liu Xiao smiled mysteriously, and replied: "Heaven-given prescriptions are not enough for outsiders..."

Fang Xuanling said helplessly: "My lord, at least you have to tell us what we are going to do, right? The frost and sulfur here are not so easy to come together..."

Liu Xiao picked up the brush and wrote four characters on the paper, and handed it to three people to take a look.

Shocked expressions appeared in the eyes of the three people, a siege weapon?It is really impossible to associate these three things with a siege weapon, how can they be used to siege a city?

Liu Xiao said indifferently: "You three, the people you transfer must be the most confidant soldiers, and the news must not be leaked, especially the craftsmanship and process of the production.

This is definitely not a joke. Liu Xiao knows that if he brought the use of black powder to this world hundreds of years in advance, it would definitely be a shocking thing, and these weapons are a double-edged sword. Once this Pandora When the magic box is opened, it is a magic weapon in your own hand, but in the opponent's hand, it is also a magic weapon, and there is no magic weapon for nemesis!
Zhao Yun and the other three were generals, so they naturally obeyed orders, but Xun Yu and the other three were a little noncommittal.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "My lord, there are many springs in Jinan County, and there are hot springs fifty miles outside the city. According to the Shennong Materia Medica, sulfur is mostly produced in areas such as volcanoes or hot springs. Most doctors also go to collect sulfur near here. If my lord needs a lot of sulfur in the future, you can include it in corvee service and order someone to collect it!"

Liu Xiao frowned, overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Xuanling's idea is good. Naturally, there are no volcanoes in Qingzhou, but there are many hot springs, which are the perfect place to collect sulfur. Immediately draft a government order and order all counties to go there. Sulfur is collected from various hot springs, and every catty of sulfur can be used to deduct ten buckets of grain tax; similarly, a catty of ground frost is divided into three grades according to its fineness, and saltpeter can also be used. Those with the poorest quality will be deducted five buckets of food!"

But these are far away water, if you want to solve the near fire, you need to do it yourself.

In just two days, Dian Wei was the first to come back. The charcoal was everywhere. Dian Wei ordered people to bring back ten carts of charcoal, which weighed tens of thousands of catties!

As for Tai Shici and Zhao Yun, the speed was indeed too slow, too much!
After four full days, Tai Shici and Zhao Yun finally came back. They brought back thousands of catties of sulfur, which is already very valuable. Frost, the so-called ground frost, is a layer of paste scraped from some lands, which is rich in nitrates. Even in the sixteenth century, this ground frost was an indispensable means of making gunpowder.

This thing is too difficult to collect, Zhao Yun mobilized five hundred soldiers at one go, followed Yao Nong and the doctor, searched for Dishuang everywhere, and collected it carefully. In four or five days, he only collected more than 500 catties...

Liu Xiao was speechless immediately. When making black gunpowder, the most important thing is ground frost. According to the ratio, ground frost should account for [-]% of it, and the rest of charcoal and sulfur will add up to less than [-]%. No matter how much charcoal you get Both sulfur and sulfur are useless, because ground frost is the shortcoming of the wooden barrel theory. No matter how much the other two are collected, there is not enough ground frost to make the most gunpowder.

There are no less than a dozen kinds of techniques for making various types of gunpowder in Liu Xiao's hands. This is the most primitive, easiest to master and make craft, and the only craft that can satisfy this era. With his own understanding of gunpowder, he can produce qualified gunpowder. It is definitely not difficult to obtain black powder, but the difficulty lies in the fact that there are no raw materials...

Make bricks without straw!

Liu Xiao finally realized now that without enough saltpeter, everything is empty talk!
As for the craftsmen, Liu Xiao had already prepared them. In order to best control the spread of gunpowder, Liu Xiao directly included these craftsmen in the army and listed them as one hundred households in the pro-military. It has been exempted from generation to generation, and at the same time, a hundred relatives have been photographed for protection, so that they are not allowed to contact the outside world at will.

Fortunately, these ground frosts weighed [-] catties. Although it is not a lot, it is enough to make [-] catties of black powder according to the proportion. Mixed with gunpowder, it was twisted and put into the army for use.

Regarding Liu Xiao's busy work these days, Xun Yu and the others were all scratching their heads. They gave up attacking Pingyuan County. The lord didn't hurry up to deal with government affairs, but he was completely immersed in the making of the so-called magic weapon. Put it down, it's really shocking, this is definitely not Liu Xiao's style!
"All right!"

When Xun Yu finally couldn't bear it and approached Liu Xiao, Liu Xiao shook his sleeves and said with a smile, "Wen Ruo, Gong Da, Xuan Ling, it's time for you to experience the power of the so-called magic weapon." , let's go, let's talk outside the courtyard, Dian Wei, hug those two small wine jars, and follow me..."

Dian Wei agreed, and as Liu Xiao came out, Xun Yu and the others felt a sense of confusion and followed closely.

After about a while, Liu Xiao came to a secluded place. It was an uninhabited house surrounded by green brick courtyard walls. Obviously, this family was also a wealthy family back then, but now it has long been gone. The building is empty.

Under Liu Xiao's instructions, Dian Wei used a hoe to pry open a small hole at the base of the fence, put the wine jar in, pulled out a cotton thread from the wine jar, and stretched it out for four or five steps.

"My lord, the last general is ready, and the two wine jars have been buried..."

Dian Wei said in a low voice.

Liu Xiao said with a smile: "Okay, you three, retreat to the opposite side of the chai gate with me, you can't occupy within fifty steps, otherwise, it's too dangerous, Dian Wei, after lighting the fuse, immediately fly back Fifty steps, look for a wall or a tree to hide, go, light a fire!"

(End of this chapter)