Eagle Byzantium

Anna picked up the crystal ice cube with her fingers, put it to her lips, stretched out her small and red tongue and licked it. It was icy, sweet, and refreshing. In the past, in the Brachna Palace, ice cubes transported from the Bulgar Mountains were also stored in the royal cellar, but they could not be mixed with sugar. They were only preserved at low temperatures in the cellar and could not produce an alluring effect. of sweetness. However, Khitan Snow can directly turn sugar water into ice. Is this another magical feature of it?

Then, Anna continued to read Gawain's letter: "This is just a little surprise Anna, but such precious Khitan snow cannot be used to make sweet ice, but should be used to make 'Khitan fire' that can explode or launch. The latter For our situation it is It’s crucial. When I was in Varyag, I paid a lot of money for the manufacturing method of Khitan Snow from the Crescent Merchant who crossed the Youkxing Sea. (Gawain said nonsense again seriously, but he had previously talked with some There are deep connections with industry, so the Khitan He naturally knows the past history of things like snow), and when I was free to hunt, I also made a Khitan cupping jar for catching foxes. From what you have just seen, you can understand that this kind of thing contains moisture. In a cold environment, For example, in stables, pigeon coops, sheep pens, pig pens, chicken coops, etc., the 'wall frost' condensed on the roots of the walls can also be found on the ceilings. Whenever the dry season here comes, they will turn white in layers. Emerging from those moldy walls."

This sentence almost made Anna vomit, and she also understood a little bit why Gawain had never told her before. This kind of Khitan snow looked beautiful after being made, but the production process was such that Anna, an "aesthetic worker" ( She didn't even have a flax garden before I wanted to go because I couldn’t stand the stench) and couldn’t bear it. “Not only was it the frost on the walls, but also the dirty salty soil in the stable latrines. I had previously asked the farmers’ children on the land to use wheelbarrows. Collected them and sent them to the Mutt Valley In the workshop, these things were piled up in stone troughs, where the Syrians shoveled them out with shovels and put them into large barrels. The layers were separated by layers of Cyprus lime and Cilicia plant ash. Stacks of water, layer by layer, deeply Pour it down, put the precipitated solution into a tall wooden barrel to cool, then scoop it out with a wooden basket, pour it into a copper stove with a fire, and then pour some mixed with Phicaia produced by the female consul at the northern end of Thrace. Alum, ashes and urine--both human and animal. Water (Anna had already begun to cover her mouth unconsciously and retched, especially when she saw the melting ice cubes rolling on the table, and she had tasted it twice). Of course, in order to better remove impurities, you can also add Originated from Seleucia and Cilicia of celery and lettuce. After boiling, the alum and salt will precipitate to the bottom of the copper stove. Then pour the solution back into the tall wooden barrel to cool down. Then repeat the boiling process one or two times, pour it into a flat pool, and let it dry naturally. The Khitan Snow was formed... .Then we mix it with sulfur (there are many refined ones in Lombardy, Sicily, and Syria, which are worthless, and we can get them easily) and charcoal (the mountains in the north of our territory are rich) according to the recipe. , pound and grind with stone mortar Fine, the Khitan fire is formed, so there is no need to worry about the output - there is no need to worry about calling Samuel. Now that two kinds of Khitan fire are prepared, a lot of things can be done. The rest of the work will be completed by me in Tarsus. Finally, I will reunite with you and make long-term plans.

But Anna, the dawn is just around the corner. Khitan fire is a weapon far better than saltfire and defensive fire. Since ancient times, the most powerful and vicious element has been fire. Now we can mix thunderbolt, wind and fire. If used together, there will be no disadvantages. This may not only bring about the innovation of weapons, but also changes in the military system and even the times...

P.S. I don’t know whether I should tell you or not, but I’d better say it. Anna, in addition to wall frost and gray salt soil, there is also urine and feces of humans and animals, and even their corpses can be piled up and stored, put into large pools, mixed with lime and stirred, thereby condensing Khitan snow... .”

"Oh, oh, oh, oh!" Ana, holding the letter tremblingly, hurried to the washstand, held it and vomited.

Then, she called the fat eunuch, "I will inspect the workshop outside during tomorrow's trip."

The so-called Khitan Snow Workshop is located next to the market where the Paulist sect is supported by mountains and water. Anna forced a smile and sat on the shoulder cart. A circle of believers and Syrians knelt down outside and the female consul stood beside the shoulder cart to introduce, "This canal is still a defensive trench dug by the Kallegos brothers during the rebellion. We will use it to The stones were dredged and piled up, and a waterwheel and water wheel were set up here - the water wheel can drive four wooden pestles to pound and make Khitan fire, while the rest of the craftsmen did it manually, making the mixture and sifting The Khitan fire was put into wooden barrels, hooped, and transported on the smoothest mule carts to Milio Cephalon for camping.”

While Cabeamia was explaining this, on the road through the Mut Valley, large numbers of farmers who had been requisitioned were holding various tools, pushing wheelbarrows and carrying luggage, heading towards the goal mentioned by the female consul. Go away. In the open space next to the Khitan snow workshop, Paulist believers were pushing the wooden barrels containing Khitan fire onto the cart with great care. This kind of carriage was specially modified and was only made in small quantities. The box board behind it was hinged. It can be placed down, and the wooden barrels are pushed in sideways, and then the box boards on both sides are raised up, sandwiching the regulated wooden barrels in the middle. Slowly move along the road to guard against bumps and collisions!

"How many people can use it?" Anna suddenly remembered this and asked Cabe Amiya.

"According to the training regulations issued by the patron of the hospital, Gawain, um, His Highness Gawain, 300 garrison militiamen of Fort Alaman and 500 of my believers, under the supervision of a Syrian named Leotius, have already learned to use the Khitan fire. In addition, the sailors of the Seleucia fleet are also receiving training from His Excellency Andreev."

"Is Fort Alaman also needed?"

"Yes, my believers entered Miliocephalon to fight for Her Highness, while the garrison militiamen of Fort Alaman are stationed at the gate of the western coast of Seleucia-by the way, Her Highness should leave here quickly, it's too unsafe. Why don't I take you to see the purification workshop of wall frost and salt soil, which is in the north of here near Fort Mutte."

As a result, Anna vomited violently again, with anger, "No, I want to return to Seleucia."

"Yes, my believers and I will escort you back." Cabe Amiya snickered in her heart.

As a result, before the group had walked less than half a li, several civilian cavalrymen hurried over. They were scouts on the periphery and said, "The imperial army has reached a hundred li outside Miliocephalon. This is the news from the sentry post further ahead!" (To be continued ~^~)