Steel Dynasty - Chapter 160

[Chapter 160 National Action]

The warm wind floated, blowing the golden waves of wheat in the fields.

The Zhujia Village, which is close to the wheat fields, is in a hot mood right now, and every household is busy looking for fire salt in their own manure pits.

Zhu Wuliu ran the fastest. At this time, he already had a lot of white powder in his hand. He searched the latrine at home carefully. Zhu Wuliu carefully wrapped the white powder and immediately went to Qingzhou City. went.

“Zhu Wuliu, you go and have a look first. If it can be sold for money, we will go.”

“Yes, you run fast. We will wait for you to come back.”

“…”

Many people in the village are digging; Waiting and watching, the suffering people still do not fully believe in the government.

Although the farming order and the production team brought them some benefits, the deep-rooted impression of the government office in their hearts was difficult to change for a while.

They were afraid that they were just giving away things in vain.

Zhu Wuliu’s footsteps did not stop. His brother Zhu Sansi was in the army. He believed in the current Qingzhou government office and the current King of Qi more than others.

Holding the white powder tightly, Zhu Wuliu arrived in Qingzhou City and went directly to the government office.

At this time, at the gate of the government office, a young man of similar grade to him seemed to be waiting for something. Zhu Wuliu hesitated and stepped forward and asked, “Are you buying fire salt here?”

This young man was Lu Tong’s subordinate. In order to identify After the fire broke out, Lu Tong sent the remaining people to the government offices of various states to take charge of acquisition matters.

“That’s right.” The young man said in surprise.

So far, no one has come here to hand over saltpeter, and this boy is the first.

Zhu Wuliu breathed a sigh of relief, handed over the fire salt, and said, “That’s all I found.”

There was a scale in front of the young man. He weighed what Zhu Wuliu had brought and said, “A total of It’s five taels, because you are the first. His Highness said that the saltpeter brought by the first 100 people was purchased at twenty cents per catty as an incentive. This is ten cents. Take it. “

Ten copper coins are in hand. Zhu Wuliu smiled happily.

At this time, the young man said to Zhu Wuliu: “By the way, there is another way to get more saltpeter. Do you want to learn it?”

“Yes!” Zhu Wuliu agreed without hesitation, and the temperature of the copper coins in his hand made him feel warm. I believe in the government office in Qingzhou.

The young man nodded and told Zhu Wuliu how to dig out the old soil from the latrine and mix it with plant ashes to make fire salt.

Zhu Wuliu nodded and immediately returned to the village.

Seeing Zhu Wuliu return at this time, many villagers gathered around and asked: “Wuliu, how is it?”

Zhu Wuliu flashed the copper coins in his hand, “I said that our Highness will not deceive the people. The people from the government office said that the first hundred people who went there would pay twenty cents per pound.”

As soon as he said this, the people around Zhu Wuliu ran away. When they returned home, they picked up the saltpeter at home and headed to Qingzhou City. Run.

In an instant, hundreds of people seemed to have been chased away by dogs.

Zhu Wuliu smiled, pinched the copper coins in his hand, and thought about how to use the money he earned.

At this time, the news that the fire salt can really pay back the money spread slowly, and more people joined in the search and production of the fire salt.

After the chemistry laboratory in Gongfang District of Qingzhou City was short of materials for half a month, the first batch of saltpeter arrived. Although the saltpeter had a strong smell of urine, it was generally better than nothing.

“Your Highness, you are really amazing. You solved the problem of saltpeter like this. Hehe, the King of Shu still wants to take advantage of His Highness. Now it seems that he will have no place to sell the saltpeter in the future.”

Lu Tong was almost sent a The sack of saltpeter was so smoked that he fainted, but he still danced happily.

Xiao Ming smiled bitterly. If normal saltpeter could be used, who would go to the cesspit to find it?

And this is not a long-term solution. After all, the formation of saltpeter also takes time. This folk method of collecting saltpeter cannot replace the saltpeter mine.

This time he disclosed the method of soil saltpeter, firstly to save the situation, and partly to disgust the King of Shu.

When the people of the entire Chongqing Kingdom knew how to obtain saltpeter, he would see where the saltpeter from Shu could be sold.

“Now that there is enough saltpeter, we need to prepare as much gunpowder as possible.” Xiao Ming ordered.

Regarding the King of Shu, his letter from Chang’an has not come back yet, and I don’t know how Xiao Wenxuan will handle the matter.

But anyway, he got over it for the time being.

There was enough gunpowder, and now he was going to think about how to throw the gunpowder pot.

Xiao Ming has his own ideas about this gunpowder pot. Weapons are never single on the battlefield.

This artillery is used to deal with catapults and enemies that are farther away, but this gunpowder can is different. It is used to kill the barbarian troops gathered under the city and climbing the ladder.

The power of this clay pot lies in the fact that it can contain a large amount of gunpowder. If the gunpowder explodes with just a shock wave, it can knock the barbarians off their feet. This is different from the linear damage of artillery, but a range of damage.

In view of the fragility of the clay pots, Xiao Ming planned to wrap a thick layer of straw around the pots and tie them up layer by layer.

As long as a small trebuchet is set up on the city wall, the long-range artillery can be fully realized. The trebuchet is within 200 meters, and the short-range coverage of the soldiers throw allows the barbarians to enjoy the feast of gunpowder anywhere.

While thinking about this crazy defensive strategy, Xiao Ming went to the Equipment Department. Chen Qi was very busy now, but there was nothing he could do. This matter had to be left to him…

At the same time in Chang’an, a group of unwelcome people people arrived in Chang’an City.

These people were barbarian envoys from the Golden Horde. Their arrival broke the peaceful atmosphere of Chang’an City. From the first-rank officials to the common people, everyone was spying on the purpose of these barbarian envoys.

And this will also mean that the Chongqing Kingdom and the Golden Horde will be at war or in peace in the future.

“Three envoys, please take a rest in the post house. Your Majesty will summon three envoys from far away tomorrow.”

The envoy responsible for entertaining the barbarians is Zhao Xing, the minister of Honglu Temple, who handles foreign envoy affairs in Dayu .

It is the responsibility of Honglu Temple.

“Tomorrow! We will meet your emperor today. It has delayed our important event, be careful, you dog!”

The barbarian envoy who came this time was tall, with his hair hanging behind his back, with small braids hanging on his sides, and on his ears. The golden ring shone coldly, his face was dark, and his expression was stern.

With him were two guards in leather armor and felt hats. The one who made the rude remarks at this time was one of the guards.

Zhao Xing was shouted at and couldn’t help but feel a little frightened.

This barbarian clan was so powerful that all the officials in Chang’an became pale when they mentioned the barbarians, and Zhao Xing was certainly one of them.

When he saw this barbarian envoy, his legs trembled and his mind became flustered, for fear of upsetting these barbarian elders.

“Your Majesty the Messenger.” Zhao Xing smiled flatteringly and said: “I am also conveying the Emperor’s will, but I am really incompetent. Please forgive me. I will arrange wine and food for the three adults immediately. Can you?

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