Bullets don't have long eyes, generals and soldiers die on the battlefield, no one has anything to say about this, stay away from the battlefield if you are afraid of death, since you are on the battlefield, don't complain about being killed by the enemy. Casualties in war are normal, but the slaughter of prisoners of war is tantamount to giving the gods eye medicine, and it also violates the social ethics generally observed by the intelligent races of the New World.

Although he was extremely annoyed that these second-class gods followed Ban En to coax and find fault with the death of the seedlings, the angry Luo Zhengdao still had his wisdom, and he was not crazy enough to be the enemy of the whole world, so it was true, if he seized the opportunity not to retaliate, it was not Luo Zhengdao's character.

In line with the simple idea of disgusting his opponent even if he was angry, Luo Zhengdao took up the pen and wrote a very ironic letterhead, which was handed over to the major temples and religious organizations to which these captured paladins belonged. In the letter, he explicitly laid out a series of terms, mainly focusing on the immediate payment of ransom in exchange for the freedom of the captured paladins. Aristocrats and professionals have the right to use money to buy their personal freedom, which is the prevailing rule in the new world of hierarchy, and no one can say anything wrong, as for the wording is very polite, hehehehe, today's weather ......

At the end of the letter, Luo Zhengdao declared, with great malice, that if the negotiators refused to pay the ransom, he would have to regretfully announce that the clergy would henceforth be engaged in hard labor to earn their share of the ration money for themselves.

Not abusing and killing prisoners of war does not mean that Luo Zhengdao has the obligation to raise them as uncles. In a word, it is one thing to kill or not to kill the captives, and His Majesty the king is not their own father, so he has no obligation to feed these paladins in vain.

The bleak future of the first unlucky ones did not stop the influx of followers, for whom the will of the gods took precedence over the laws and morals of the world. As long as the gods give orders, they will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire, and it is no problem to kill a heretic or something, and ask them to slaughter the city, of course, most gods will not give such an order.

Needless to say, this hilarious, almost old-world soap opera-like crusade of heresy at the beginning finally stopped being funny one day as the number and quality of attackers grew over time.

The so-called ants bite the elephant to death. I haven't seen empirical evidence in the real world, but it should be theoretically valid.

Already at the center of the maelstrom of this event, the protagonist Luo Zhengdao quickly realizes the difficulty of dealing with a group of religious fanatics, who don't care about sacrifice and death, not only their own but also other people's, and the suicidal fanatics make him feel more stressed than ever.

"Your Majesty, our ammunition stock is running out, and there are only five bases left in this morning's statistics of stone pine powder, and the stone bullet reserve is relatively abundant. The trade fleet of the Yaling Empire will have to wait for half a month to arrive at the port, and the profiteers of the Elf Federation say that the shipping route is blocked, and the risk of shipping increases, and they ask for a 60% price increase, and there is no guarantee that the goods can be delivered to Qiongzhou in time. Our situation is very difficult. ”

Hearing the oral report of the consul Coffey on his own strategic material reserves and replenishment, Luo Zhengdao was already a headache, the cannon fodder sacrificed by the temple and the order was valuable, at least these dead ghosts could exhaust Luo Zhengdao's limited armament, this is really a toad on the feet, if you can't kill you, you will be disgusted to death!

At this time, Luo Zhengdao didn't need to force his composure, he sighed in frustration, stroked his forehead with a helpless expression and said:

"Well, how's the progress of Project Six?"

Kofi Angel was slightly puzzled, turned his head to look at the change in Luo Zhengdao's expression, and then replied:

"Plan one qiēshun lì...... But what is the use of those substances? Shall we sell to a mage or an alchemist? ”

Hearing this, he didn't plan to uncover the mystery so early, Luo Zhengdao considered that it was also practical to boost the confidence of his camp in difficult times, so he immediately pretended to smile mysteriously and said:

"You don't understand, that's a substitute for stone pine powder, don't we have a lot of sulfur? Add a little more charcoal and you're ready to go. ”

Upon hearing this, the consul was taken aback and said:

"Uh, really? 陛xià? ”

"Kofi, am I in the mood to joke with you?"

"Oh, of course not, my majesty."

When it comes to air nitrogen fixation, which is quite a difficult industrial technology in the old world, it was not until the end of the 19th century that humans touched a little bit of ammonia technology, and in the early 20th century, driven by the needs of World War I, Hans Cat took the lead in the industrial production of synthetic ammonia.

For generations before that, the smooth supply of natural saltpeter from the Chilean desert in South America was even a key factor in determining the outcome of a large-scale war. For this reason, in many of the wars that had broken out earlier, the ambitious monarchs and generals had to change their careers to become sanitation workers, supervising all the toilets and stables in the country with an almost strict attitude, and sending people to collect soil containing natural nitrification as a temporary substitute for imported saltpeter, which was of course a modest effort, much of which was attributed to the inefficient efficiency of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the Old World.

In the new world, where biodiversity is abundant, not only is there magic and alchemy, but the biosphere is more than a hundred times more diverse than the old world, as evidenced by the fact that there are too many intelligent races to count.

Thanks to the unique natural conditions of the New World, it is no longer an impossible task to manually screen microorganisms with good nitrogen fixation ability, but there is always hope anyway.

The so-called Project No. 6 in the Luo Zheng Road Crossing is a code name, and the research topic is a confidential project that revolves around the synthesis of saltpeter using biotechnology, although gunpowder has no advantages over stone pine powder in terms of combustion rate and corrosion against artillery. However, at a time when the supply of lycopodium spore powder, which is an important strategic material, is about to be cut off, black. An upgraded version of gunpowder, maroon gunpowder, was used as a cannon to fire. It is not surprising that alternatives to medicine have appeared on the stage of the new world for the first time.

For the uninitiated, maroon gunpowder with black. The difference in gunpowder is minimal, and the proportion of the formula has hardly changed, except for the incomplete carbonization of the charcoal component in it.

To ask what principle this has played, Luo Zhengdao regretfully said that he is just an ordinary military fan, he is not an expert in military history, let alone a perverted scientist like Ma Linxi, in fact, Luo Zhengdao himself did not understand what the principle was, but this did not prevent him from copying the successful experience of the old world according to the gourd painting.

Maroon gunpowder was certainly not a great technical achievement, but before the invention of smokeless gunpowder, guns fired in the old world. Maroon gunpowder was commonly used for medicine. There is no information on other optimization options that seem to support the fact that maroon gunpowder is superior to black. A substitute for gunpowder, Luo Zhengdao is now bent on relying on this new technology to reverse his own strategic disadvantage.

Guns and cannons are used for firing. The medicine is required with the filling in hand. Grenades and explosions. Bomb in the bomb. Medicine is not the same thing, and it is not as simple as the greater the power of the explosion, the better, but according to the actual needs, it is necessary to control the burning speed of gunpowder.

The people of the Old World invented nitrocellulose to be used as a cannon launcher. Medicine, in the early days, before the shell was fired out of the muzzle, the cannon exploded, and finally analyzed the cause of the disaster, only to know that it was fired. The burning speed of the medicine is too fast, so it has to be mixed with other substances to slow down the burning rate.

Maroon gunpowder was used as a launcher. The overall performance of the medicine is better than that of the black. Gunpowder is slightly superior, and the difficulty of tackling this technology is not high, so it was selected by Luo Zhengdao as the main product of Project No. 6. If he wants a fan of the outside army who doesn't know what it is, to make a more advanced bomb in a place where there is no industrial base. Frankly speaking, Luo Zhengdao, who majored in liberal arts in college, couldn't understand what the technical points were, and if he had to test the formula in an exhaustive way, the consequences would most likely lead to countless disasters.

The one who pioneered the fried with a huge inheritance. Frying of the Medicinal Awards. Nobel, the king of medicine, is researching a new type of fried. In the process of the test of the medicine, even his own brother's life was taken on the line, and it is estimated that not many people are willing to follow this brother's example and dedicate themselves to science.

Weapons and equipment do not have to blindly pursue advanced, everything just needs to be sufficient, and there is a relatively balanced competition and cooperation relationship between the quality and quantity of weapons. Mediocre weapons that are suitable for mass production and use are more suitable for the needs of war than sophisticated weapons that can only be built on a small scale, and this is the law of the real world that never pursues perfection.

The gunpowder workshop established near Haikou City by Luo Zhengdao's order had a strict safety inspection system, which did not allow the use of any iron and steel products, and all places where metal had to be used were replaced with bronze tools, and even the workers' boots were not allowed to use shoe spikes, so as not to accidentally rub sparks. The reason why such strict regulations are formulated is a very necessary precaution, the gunpowder workshop is guarding a large number of flammable and explosive high-risk areas, as long as you hit an inconspicuous little spark, you can immediately know how the Turkish plane flew into the sky, yes, it was blown up.

Black. Gunpowder is undoubtedly a chicken rib invention in the new world with the unique natural explosives of the stone pine spore powder, if it is not for the obstruction of the purchase channel, the stone pine spore powder is about to stop, whether it is from the convenience of use or the price cost analysis, the manufacture of gunpowder and the purchase of stone pine powder to make a horizontal comparison is not a competitive advantage.

Now Luo Zhengdao is forced to reluctantly plan the production of maroon gunpowder for emergencies, to put it bluntly, it is of the same nature as the Hans cat cut off most of the crude oil sources during World War II in the old world, and was forced to use local coal to study the "coal-to-oil" technology. Military products don't care about the cost or performance, and the core problem is not whether it is good or not, no matter how bad it is, it is better than no weapon!

The siege of Qiongzhou by the Temple and the Order was a protracted battle, and those fanatical believers would not give up the attack because of Luo Zhengdao's lack of resources, no matter how high the price paid for victory, it would be cheaper than suffering defeat.

In the old world, making guns was not considered a technical job, and no legal factors were considered, and any hardware workshop at the level of a township enterprise could be qualified for the work of making guns, which is how underground arsenals such as Hualongzao came about. The production of bullets involves both mechanical and chemical aspects, and is much more difficult than the purely mechanical process of making guns, and the situation is similar on the New World side, where the difficulty of developing a new weapon is much lower than developing a new ammunition to find an alternative to the stone pine powder in a short period of time. Medicine, Luo Zhengdao really has no other way out if he doesn't copy the experience of the old world.

Exhausting all his strength, he will never allow the people of the temple to land in Qiongzhou, this is the bottom line that Luo Zhengdao silently adheres to. No matter how high the price paid for a naval battle, after all, it will be fought outside, and if the enemy is put into the house to fight, and what pots and pots are smashed, it will be the net loss of the house, and this account must be settled and calculated.