When the alchemist said this, he looked gloomy and said, "I then ruled out the other ones. Finally, I inferred that gunpowder is actually just charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter. "

"As for the ratio, that's easy to say. I just need to separate saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur with water to know."

"The "Story of Heavy Qi" written by the Mohist School believes that gas also has weight. When water turns into gas, it can be pushed open the lid. From this we can see that the so-called gunpowder should not solidify into gas and push the projectiles out. I think if someone has divine power, blowing it hard on the barrel of the gun, it is actually the same. The same is true for the barbarians of Bashu to use blow drums."

"In the "Theory of Combustion" written by the Mohist school, an experiment was conducted. There was something in the gas that could make charcoal burn, but if that kind of gas was gone, the charcoal would not burn. And that kind of gas could be measured, only one-fifth, and it was called yang energy."

"Gunpowder can burn even without air. I thought, it is probably saltpeter that provides yang energy for charcoal and sulfur that can make them burn."

"In order to make sure that my guess is right, I calcined the salt in the furnace for a long time, without increasing or decreasing. However, saltpeter was calcined in the air according to the method of refining the 'Zhu Rong Blood' in the past, and it could obtain a kind of qi, which... can make the charcoal bloom like the scorching sun. It is likely to be yang energy."

"So I am even more sure that there is no salt or Glauber's salt in the gunpowder, only saltpeter. So gunpowder is just the yang energy hidden in saltpeter. It burns with charcoal and sulfur and turns into gas, pushing the projectiles out like a Bashu blower."

When the alchemist said this, he pointed to the pile of gunpowder below and said, "You can try it, or compare it with what you bought from the Mo family."

Shengchuo got up, bowed repeatedly, and said in surprise: "No need to try it anymore. You have already obtained the essence of "Thirty Questions". Your great wisdom is that you have already had the heart to use gunpowder!"

Qin Jun also laughed and said, "As you said, since Gongshuo squad passed away, no one in the world can surpass Mo Di's right as a skillful carpenter. Twenty years ago, Mo Di invited Gongshuo squad disciples to Si with a belt donated by Gongshuo squad. The Mo family guarded the city and had large crossbows such as shooting machines and crossbows. The crossbow-making technique was unparalleled, but the Mo family abandoned it and used gunpowder instead."

"I may not understand the evolution of the so-called heavenly aspirations of the Mohist school, but I understand the hearts of the people. The Mohist school in Si Shang can make the best crossbow but use gunpowder, which is the best proof."

"Human hearts are not the will of heaven as Mohist schools, but they can also know many truths."

Wu Qi and others all admired each other, and were either happy or convinced.

Qin Jun said again: "In addition, there is something that can strengthen your mind to use muskets."

After saying that, he pointed to the copper hook on the ground and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

The copper hook looks very simple, one finger long, not even as exquisite as the trigger of a crossbow. No one present knows what it is, nor why this extremely ordinary weapon can make the Lord think that this object can strengthen everyone's heart of using muskets.

Qin Jun smiled and said, "After Mo Di passed away, Dazhishi compiled books such as "Lu Wen" and "Shi Wen" that recorded Mo Di's words and deeds. There is a book that said that when he was guarding the city in Shangqiu, he said that in the future there would be something that could replace the squirting machine, the bed crossbow, and the bow."

"After the musket came out, and Kazhishi said again that flint can be used to light vinegar velvet, and it can also ignite gunpowder, and only requires energy and precision. He said that he had seen them with those two gentlemen. Have you ever heard him say lies whenever Kazhishi said and saw anything that Kazhishi had seen?"

"Can copper also accumulate power into a spring?"

Fang Shi said: "Sir, I don't know anything. To the south of Bashu, there is the Yelang Kingdom and the Lan Kingdom, both of which are barbarians. However, there are also bronze ware there, and there have been communication. I have seen an exquisite thing, which is also copper, and can accumulate energy."

The principle of the flintlock rifle is not that profound, and the only difference is a suitable, elastic leaf spring.

As for the ignition method, if chemistry is progressing rapidly, it can be hit by the power of a spring to hit mercury; it is the same when rubbing flint.

There have been primitive flintlock rifles on Si Shang, but the reason why they are not promoted in the military is that the ignition rate is too low. The reason why the ignition rate is too low is that the materials are not up to standard.

This era belongs to craftsmen, and they can be knocked out by craftsmen.

Materials are the fundamental reason that restricts many exquisite equipment from being able to be made today.

This time, the Mohist family in Si Shang was not hiding something like gunpowder, but because the so-called flintlock rifle leaf spring seen from the "Two Hermits" was really steel, and he didn't think about the copper parts at all.

Copper can be used as a leaf spring for accumulation, but I don’t know it.

The Qin people didn't know either, but they knew that the characteristic of leaf springs was that they had enough elasticity and could accumulate power.

As for the size, lightness, and how much power is accumulated, they can be adjusted. If you can't achieve a 100% ignition rate, you may not be able to use it if you can't achieve such a lightness, you may not be able to use it if you can't achieve such a lightness.

There are many coincidences and many necessities in this.

Yingshi was displaced since childhood, and experienced coups, drove away, and went into exile. He watched the rise of Wei, seized the Xihe, and reformed the reform; he witnessed the development of the Mo family in Si Shang from hundreds of soldiers to tens of thousands of soldiers, and he also witnessed the rise of the Mo family with his own eyes; there was a rebellion like Shengchuo around him...

All of this made Master Ying attach great importance to the word "change". It is precisely because of this that he is good at absorbing useful things to him from the experiences of various schools.

Just like gunpowder, he kept staring at it, and inferred from the hearts that the Mohist school could clearly be the best crossbow in the world, but he insisted on using muskets, which shows that the future will be an era of gunpowder.

The tactics and battle formations depicted by the leaf spring flint firing gun are what he values ​​- it will be more suitable for the Qin reforms that break through the well fields. The soldiers recruited only need to learn the use of one weapon, and no longer need to be divided into many different types of infantry.

This is the premise.

The small states such as "Yarang and Qilan" mentioned by the alchemist are south of Bashu, and Qin has been fighting with Shu for decades around Hanzhong and has had a lot of exchanges with Bashu.

Yelang, Qilan and other countries were just a name for small states in the Yunnan-Guizhou region at this time, and they were all considered Baipu.

Anyway, when King Wu defeated Zhou, Bai Pu also participated in the oath of the country.

Before the Mohist school of Si Shang appeared, this was the Bronze Age, and a country could not be formed without copper.

There is already a bronze civilization there.

Hundred and fifty years later, Zhuang Jie, who was "reputable to Zhuang Jie", attacked Yunnan and Guizhou, establishing itself as the Dian Kingdom. The capital was the central area of ​​copper smelting in these Yunnan and Guizhou countries at this time.

Near Dianchi Lake is the essence of national civilization in Yunnan and Guizhou. There is naturally bronze smelting here. In addition to tin and lead bronze, there is also some phosphor bronze here.

Because near Dianchi Lake is the largest phosphate mineral area in the Xia Dynasty in later generations.

During the smelting process, the bronze state here should have accidentally mastered the skills of refining phosphor bronze, and gradually formed a circulating process that knew the truth but not the reason.

The bronzes in the Yunnan-Guizhou region flowed into the Qin State through the exchange between Bashu and Qin, and the special nature of phosphor bronze allows some exquisite copper objects to be made.

The exchange of civilization is more magical than the imagination of later generations.

More than three hundred years later, Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions and saw the cloth from Shu Kingdom in Daxia. He was shocked and asked him about the place. He said: From the southeast, he could be thousands of miles away and get the Shu people. Zhang Qian felt itchy. After digging the Western Regions, he was also preparing to open a trade line from Bashu to India.

Nowadays, there are many exchanges between these countries and the Central Plains countries, and the development of various trades has begun long ago, especially with the spread of technology in the Bashu area.

This bronze is one of the objects for trade and exchanges with the Central Plains countries, and is spread because of its speciality.

The made phosphor bronze requires tempering, etc. to have good elasticity. The ancestors there are mastering this method, which may be the reason why the Chu State sent Zhuang to Dianchi Lake in later generations.

The will of a king of a country can span thousands of mountains and rivers.

The Mohist school could send Solusan to travel thousands of miles west to the west; Qin Jun could naturally send people to Qilan and other countries to find this elastic bronze smelting technique.

With the early completion of Dujiangyan, as the Mohist family operated industries such as salt cooking and smelting mercury in Shu Kingdom, exchanges between Bashu and the surrounding mountains and forests and barbarian countries became more and more common.

This alchemist who mastered scientific methods to understand the formula of gunpowder did not know why the copper had elasticity, but he vaguely knew that the elasticity of copper was related to phosphorus.

Phosphorus, also called Zhu Rongxue, was tried to refine it according to the contents of the book, and it was successful.

And this alchemist also thought of some things. It is rumored that when Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang Mo Ye and others cast swords, they often used human sacrifices, and the swords were shocked.

When he used bones to refine "Zhu Rong Blood" in Sishui, he had many associations.

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Chapter completed!