Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 175

[Chapter 175 Raw Materials]

“Quartz sand, soda ash, limestone.”

Wang Chong read the words on the paper, scratched his head, his mind was confused.

Only limestone is known to him about what’s in it.

It is used in ironmaking and calcined cement.

Zhao Xu knew that it was impossible for Wang Chong to understand this thing.

So he said: “This quartz sand is similar to the sand by the river, but this sand is white.”

“White sand? Your Highness, I have seen this thing before. When I traveled with my father, I passed through Liao County. There is a lakeside there.” It’s all this kind of sand, so it’s weird when I’m an official?” Wang Chong thought for a while, then suddenly remembered.

“Liao County, indeed, it is indeed an important place of production of this kind of sand.” Zhao Xu nodded with a smile.

The knowledge in his head is genuine.

Moreover, having lived here for such a long time, he has basically grasped what the administrative division of Dasong is equivalent to in contemporary times.

This Liao County is equivalent to the vicinity of Lingshan County in contemporary Hebei.

In contemporary times, this place is a famous quartz sand producing area.

So Wang Chong said that he was not surprised to find this kind of sand in Dai County.

“Well, it’s easy to obtain the raw material of glass.” Zhao Xu said to Wang Chong.

Liao County also belongs to Yanzhou, not very far from Yan County.

If the merchants knew that this kind of unnecessary sand could be sold for money, they would definitely go to Liao County to transport the quartz sand to him.

“Your Highness, what is this soda ash?” Wang Chong asked again.

Now that two of the three raw materials have been solved, as long as we understand soda ash, we can make glass.

“It’s the white powder used for steaming steamed buns.” Zhao Xu said.

Soda ash has a long history in ancient times. At the beginning, people obtained soda ash from shells and plant ash. After the discovery of trona ore, it became popular on a large scale.

In the north, soda ash is widely used in the production of various pasta, so soda ash is widely used.

“It turned out to be this.” Wang Chong understood, he looked at the method of melting the three ingredients on the paper and nodded slightly, thinking that he could try it.

“The quartz sand is in Liao County, and the soda ash is in Yuzhou. Before you let the merchants go to these two places to purchase raw materials, you can make the regenerator shown in the picture.” Zhao Xu added.

Dasong’s Yuzhou is equivalent to contemporary Henan.

And in Wucheng, Henan Province, there is the largest open-pit trona mine in China, with reserves of hundreds of millions of tons.

He had asked Yang He that all the alkali merchants in Yanzhou bought their alkali from this place.

In this way, there is quartz sand in Liaojun, and soda ash mine in Yuzhou.

In this way, the raw materials for making glass are not a problem.

“Your Highness is very knowledgeable and knows everything.” Wang Chong’s eyes were full of admiration.

Quartz sand was nothing more than that, but King Yan actually knew where to buy alkali.

It really saved him a lot of time.

Zhao Xu laughed twice without explaining.

Instructing Wang Chong to make glass, Zhao Xu left the Military Division and headed for the North Camp.

Last time in Shanggu County, he mentioned the establishment of a school in the army, not just casually, but to be implemented.

One of the purposes of his doing this is to improve the combat quality of generals.

The other is to strengthen his prestige in the army.

With the emergence of artillery, the destructive power of the royal army is also on the rise.

For such an army, he must firmly grasp it in his hands. He doesn’t want his army to turn its guns on him one day.

Arrived at the camp.

Soldiers are training under the command of generals at all levels.

Chang Wei patrolled the camp on horseback.

Seeing Zhao Xu coming, Chang Wei galloped over.

“Your Highness.” After getting off the horse, Chang Wei saluted.

“Excuse me.” Zhao Xu nodded.   He looked at the soldiers in the field who were sweating profusely from training, and instead of mentioning the school immediately, he asked, ” Have

you figured out how to use the artillery on the battlefield?”

Tell Chang Wei about the use of artillery on the battlefield, but let him think for himself.

After all, what you think of is more profound.

But if Chang Wei’s thinking is unreasonable, he can only show it to him.

When asked this question, Chang Wei felt a little less confident than ever.

He is not afraid of picking anyone from the Da Song Army for the usual training battle formation.

But for the cannon, it was also the first time for him to get on the sedan chair as a big girl.

“At the end of the day, I think it should be used similarly to the firecracker. Before the battle, put the cannon at the front and fire a few shots at the enemy.” Chang Wei said.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu frowned.

He felt that he had overestimated the ancient generals’ knowledge of firearms.

But Chang Wei couldn’t be blamed for this.

After all, in the contemporary Ming and Qing Dynasties, artillery was played in this way, just like bows and arrows, just three shots before the battle.

“Wouldn’t it be impossible to use the artillery in this way?” Zhao Xu asked, “Furthermore, if the opponent’s cavalry rushed past and nailed the hole with a nail, wouldn’t you be blinded?”

Chang Wei was startled when he heard this . I was stunned, if the gun hole at the back of the cannon was nailed, the cannon would be useless.

At this time, he looked at Zhao Xu.

The cannon was made by King Yan, and he believed that King Yan must know how to use it.

For him, face is not important, but being able to learn something is important.

So he asked with a playful face: “Your Highness, please teach me.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and he said solemnly, “But before again, there is a very important thing that needs you to do. It must be promoted by the whole army, so that both you and the general will benefit.”

(End of this chapter)