I don't want to make a new discovery today, which must be the same strange method as spectroscopy, and Dolgon can't help but be interested.

"Let's talk about it, this king wants to see what tricks your subordinate has, could it be that he knows how to formulate the gunpowder of the Southern Barbarians?"

"Exactly! Rajah! "Chen Banda will not take credit and be greedy for his own credit." But the prince didn't know that the reason why the fireworks looked so colorful and beautiful when they bloomed in the night sky was because of the addition of various ingredients to the gunpowder. The formula of gunpowder is different depending on the color and height, but it is all the same. ”

"That day, the servant gave a barrel of Nanban gunpowder to try to match, this Lao Li said that the reason why Nanban's firearms have a long range and can break through armor must be because some kind of auxiliary material is added to it."

"So what?!"

Dolgon's elongated eyes shone with a strange glow.

"At that moment, the servant asked him the same, and he said that if he was allowed to light a pinch of gunpowder and see the color of the gunpowder when it burned, he could roughly guess what kind of auxiliary materials were added to it based on the experience of making fireworks, and then he could gradually increase or decrease the weight and proportion of the auxiliary materials, so that the firearms used by my Eight Banners Army would be the same as those used by the Ming army and the Southern Barbarians."

Although the Nanyue Army also fought under the banner of the Ming official army, in the eyes of Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Fan Wencheng, Kong Youde, Chen Banda, Ma Guangyuan and other leaders at all levels of Liaodong anti-thieves, the Ming Army and the Nanyue Army were two completely different armies.

The combat effectiveness of the same weapon in the hands of the Nanyue Army and in the hands of the Ming Army is incomparable.

"Oh! Tell me about it! What happened? "Dordor came over too. He also had to be anxious to know that if this gunpowder could not be purchased from Nanban, the second brother could save a lot of money here.

"Patinos. Nanban added patina when making gunpowder. ”

Lao Li, who was behind Chen Banda, was also full of joy after the technicians solved a difficult problem in the dense wrinkles on his face like chrysanthemums.

Flame color reaction is a reaction in which a flame takes on a characteristic color when certain metals or their compounds are burned in a flame. The principle is that each element has its own individual spectrum. This reaction principle is mentioned in junior high school chemistry textbooks, and it is commonly used in chemistry to test whether a certain metal has a compound.

However, in the era when there was no concept of chemistry, people often used the principle of flame color reaction to add various metal elements to fireworks in an interesting way, making fireworks more colorful and colorful.

"Burn it with fire. Purple and green smoke rises. Clouds are true saltpeter. This is Tao Hongjing's record of the reaction to flame color in his "Commentary on the Materia Medica".

But for a long time, this principle and understanding was only passed down by word of mouth among fireworks craftsmen as a secret of the trade, father and son.

"Lord Chen listened to our words, so he tried to light a little Nanban gunpowder to check it, and sure enough, the flames of gunpowder appeared blue-green. Proof that there is a patina in it! ”

Lao Li proudly answered the question of the Prince Yu Duoduo in front of him.

"Say so. Nanban gunpowder, you made it? ”

Dorgon didn't say much. Just ask Chen Banda with a single knife.

"If the master of Prince Hui Rui is the master, the slave does not dare to make more because it is a trial production. It's just that fifty stone gunpowder was configured. ”

As a New Year's Day gift to Huang Taiji today, Chen Banda ordered people to put the prepared imitation Nanban gunpowder in a large jar, and several slaves from the craftsman's workshop carried it with him.

"You send this Lao Li back to the craftsman's workshop with this king's Bayala, and this king wants to test the difference between these gunpowders you concocted and Nanban gunpowder!"

With a tiger face, Dolgon nodded and summoned a few Bayala soldiers and the leaders of the house slaves, and motioned them to follow Lao Li back to the craftsman's workshop, take the imitation gunpowder they had prepared, find a place, and give it to the two white flag clothed firecrackers to drill and compare the gap between the two.

There is no doubt that Lao Li has a difficult face. Everyone knows that in this scene, Chen Banda led everyone to offer such a gift, and Huang Taiji wanted to give him a big reward, but at this time he left, if Huang Taiji gave a reward, he would not be able to get anything.

"You minion! Don't even listen to me?! Dorgon was a little annoyed.

"Master of Prince Huirui, Lao Li is not a slave, he is not a subordinate." Chen Banda tried to soothe Dolgon's anger on the side, and several domestic slaves next to him had already pulled out half of their waist knives, and many civil and military relatives and nobles who had just gathered around saw Dolgon's this, and retreated one after another.

Just kidding, this Prince Rui, whose prestige among the Eight Banners is no less than that of Dai Shan, and whose strength is second only to Huang Taiji, if he wants to kill a Han craftsman, what is the matter? I'm afraid that Huang Taiji himself knows about it, and he just laughs it off, at most he says something like this, the fourteenth brother has such a hot temper.

"Not one of its own? Lao Li, you are now the coat of my Prince Rui's mansion, and you can be regarded as my servant of the white flag. After this errand is done, you and the steward will go to the house to receive your New Year's reward. Hearing that Lao Li was not a minion, Dorgon immediately showed the demeanor of decisiveness in killing.

"Send three copies to Lao Li! He is a man of merit! Duoduo explained to the housekeeper on the side, and the pretentiousness of the two brothers immediately made Lao Li die. Suddenly changed from a gunpowder craftsman in a craftsman's workshop to a servant of Prince Rui's Mansion, and he could receive three New Year's rewards from Prince Rui's Mansion at once!

The wealth of the two white flags is known to everyone among the eight flags, and countless people are salivated by the New Year's rewards issued by the two white flags.

Someone said in private that the Niu Lu population who was dialed out from the two white flags also received a copy because of the old master's benevolence and remembrance.

"The slave thanked the master for the reward!"

Lao Li immediately shook his spirits and gave a thousand salutes to Dolgon, Duoduo, and Azig to thank them.

Chen Banda's face next to him was shocked by Dolgon's actions. In this way, Dolgon easily poached one of his capable men, if Lao Li became a servant of Prince Rui's mansion today. So did he continue to present Huang Taiji with this imitation of Nanban gunpowder? If Huang Taiji Longyan Dayue is sacrificed, let the craftsman workshop make it in large quantities for the use of the former enemy, but this old Li who has mastered the gunpowder formula is also a coated servant in Prince Rui's mansion, wouldn't this put himself on the fire to roast?

"Chen Banda, although Lao Li is a slave in my Prince Rui's mansion, he is still a member of your craftsman's workshop, do you know the proportions of this?"

"Please rest assured! When the slave goes back, he will be promoted to the position of Master Li! He is the head of the gunpowder workshop, and is responsible for the manufacture and preparation of Nanban gunpowder! ”

I can hear that Dolgon did not take Lao Li away, but only used Lao Li as the coat of Prince Rui's mansion. This undoubtedly made Chen Banda feel relieved. It was as if I had walked from heaven to hell again.

However, Duoduo faintly guessed the intention of the second brother, and put Lao Li, a minion, in the craftsman's workshop to manage the manufacture of gunpowder, which was tantamount to installing the best spies in the craftsman's workshop. You can get gunpowder from the Nanban from the craftsman's workshop, and even open another gunpowder workshop in the place where there are two white flags in the dark!

So. The firearms of the two white flags had a safe source of gunpowder. And the other hand. It was quietly pinched on the life of Huang Taiji's firearms troops, who were regarded as treasures.

Three net whips were loud. People began to march in according to their grades and flags.

To the surprise of Dolgon and Chen Banda, after the princes and ministers presented their New Year's gifts to Huang Taiji in turn, only Chen Banda's imitation of Nanban gunpowder made Huang Taiji's black face smile from the heart.

Huang Taiji has had a very comfortable year. At present, the Ming State sent the superintendent Hong Chengchou to lead the eight general soldiers to lead more than 100,000 people to confront the Eight Banners on the front line of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. This is undoubtedly the first step into his strategic trap of encircling and reinforcing the point. If all the Ming reinforcements were wiped out under the city of Jinzhou, they would be able to seize all the strategic initiative in one fell swoop and complete the goal that had been coveted since the time of the old slave Nurhachi.

And、But if you want to achieve such a goal, you have to fight a lot of battles, and fight with Hong Chengchou, who is called a Hong madman, like a sea of corpses. That's why the blacksmiths outside the city never put out the fires during the Chinese New Year.

The spies and meticulous work everywhere sent information like snowflakes, Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan and other places were full of Ming troops from all over the country, and the mountains of grain, grass, baggage, gunpowder, artillery, weapons and armor were piled up from the Shanhaiguan Wharf and Jinzhou Wharf, it can be said that Chongzhen was gambling on the national fortune for this war.

It's just the comparison of materials and troops and equipment, the Eight Banners fought against the Ming Army, wasn't that time the Ming Army on the opposite side had much more grain and grass than their Eight Banners?

However, when the news returned from the investigation now, as well as the small-scale and small-scale contacts between the soldiers and the Ming army and the outpost battles, it was found that the large Ming army in front of them not only had a much higher fighting will than any previous Ming army, but also was much more proficient in firearms than before!

If these Ming troops used cavalry, artillery, and spears and halberds, the Eight Banners were not afraid, but now these Ming troops have greatly improved the use of firearms compared with before, and it is obvious that it is carried out on the model of the Nanyue Army of King Qin twice. The Nanzhong guns equipped by the Nanyue Army had at least 10,000 or 20,000 guns in the Ming army of Ningyuan Jinzhou under the command of Hong Chengchou. Hearing this terrifying number, the owners of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners were a little frightened, and the lessons of the two battles with the Nanyue Army had already been spread to the entire Eight Banners Group by the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Manchuria. A small projectile costs only one or two dollars of silver if you count the gunpowder, but just such a projectile can take away the most elite warriors in your own banner, and this kind of death is too worthless. The elite soldiers of each banner have been practicing their skills since they were young, just to be caught by this bullet? Three arrows are a knife, three knives are a shot, if you are hit by an arrow, you can also recuperate from your injuries, and if you are hit by a lead bullet, you will have to be crippled if you don't die!

In particular, when I heard that countless sub-medicine lead bullets were transferred by sea ships from the Jiangnvmiao Wharf and Huludao Wharf to the location of the Ming Army's Great Grain Station in Bijia Mountain, it aroused strong opposition from many people. Some Manchurian and Mongolian ministers said: "Those places in western Liaoning are all heavy cities and military forts, except for the poor military households on the side, there is wasteland, and there are many wastelands in my Qing Dynasty!" The gains outweigh the losses, if the main force of the Ming State is attracted in the direction of Jinzhou, my Eight Banners army will enter the customs in a big way, and plunder more grain, rice, and wealth. ”

Among these people, there were almost all the Eight Banners Mongol banner owners, who were the least interested in attacking the fortified city. Plundering more people and wealth is everyone's hobby, and even the banner owners of the two yellow flags, Bai Yintu and Ah Shan, also have many objections. In the war the year before last, the Qing soldiers took away more than 200,000 people from the Guannei, and countless silver and wealth were countless, and they broke through the governors and governors of Jinan and Baoding in Jiechengchi, and made up for the loss of Dingkou for the Eight Banners, and the remaining population also greatly enriched the Dingkou manpower urgently needed by the Qing State.

At this time, the Chongzheng Palace congratulated and talked about this year's war, and some Manmeng banner owners mentioned the old words again. However, many Hanchen thought that Huang Taiji was far-sighted. Support the siege strategy of Jinzhou.

Now Chen Banda suddenly offered homemade gunpowder that was as unique as Nanban gunpowder, which undoubtedly gave Huang Taiji an excellent opportunity to fight back.

"Someone. Carry down the gunpowder offered by Chen Banda, and hand it over to the Baya soldiers to launch it with the Nanban gunpowder, and check one or two! ”

Huang Taiji is ready to use the jar of gunpowder Chen Banda to completely block the mouths of those Manmeng ministers who still have some doubts about the Battle of Jinzhou!

"You think. Soldiers of the Ming Kingdom of Jinzhou. What should I do? And Zu Dashou, a guy who has repeatedly rebelled? ”

On their own throne. Huang Taiji's black and fat face remained silent.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that now the Ming army relies on firearms to show off its might in front of my Eight Banners army. Then our army should use firearms against firearms to shatter the illusion of the Ming army! From then on, when I saw my Eight Banners, I immediately fled! ”

Shuotuo, who has recently taken over as the owner of the Red Banner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, went out of the class to play the right one.

Shuoto's words are very appetizing to Huang Taiji!

"Whoever the enemy relies on must be the strongest of the enemy, and the backbone of the enemy is located, and this is true of the Mongolian cavalry, and the same is true of the firearms of the Ming Kingdom! And I, the Qing Dynasty, used cavalry against the Mongolian Lindan Khan, so that he was defeated and killed in the big grass beach. Now we have to fight the Ming army with firearms and break the backbone on which they depend! Then our Eight Banners army will advance with spears and halberds, and we will definitely be able to break the enemy in one battle! ”

Huang Taiji greatly appreciated and praised Shuotuo, a nephew, for being able to understand his thoughts and intentions so well.

"Shuo Tobel is loyal and courageous, and he is eager to make meritorious contributions to my Qing Dynasty. A piece of innocence is very relieved to my heart. , plus an east pearl. Dudu. ”

"The minions are here!"

After returning from the Battle of Changqing, Du Du has been closed, swallowing his anger, and striving to protect himself. Who made him really embarrassed? His father was Chu Ying, the eldest son of Nurhachi, and Du Du himself was "defeated and returned" in the battle of Jinan, and every time he saw the Dolgon brothers who held his fatal handle in his hands, he was worried in his heart, lest an unsuccessful scandal of his own affairs would be exposed, so that he would die without a place to be buried.

"You are in charge of the errand in the Ministry of Rites, you have gathered men, and you have passed on my will, and I will give the king of the county of Shuo Tobelga, and you must draw up a good name."

This is undoubtedly after beating Du Du's twenty-four mouths, Du Du will rub the wrists of the beater! He was a Heshuo Baylor during Chu Ying's reign. As the eldest son and eldest grandson, if he is in the Central Plains regime, he is a proper heir.

Helplessly, the fate of the creation made people, first Ama was killed by Marfa, and he did not get any benefits from being a man with his tail between his legs for so many years, and after the defeat of Jinan, his status plummeted. Although he was not stripped of his title and seized the position of the banner master, the obvious authority to speak in the flag was not even as good as that of the two white flags.

What's even more outrageous is that everyone else has the official position of the official department and the household department, and he is the only one who has the name of managing the errand of the Ministry of Rites. On the side, Dai Shan, the old thief who was in charge of managing the entire Eight Banners pox, corn grass planting and other affairs, was still eyeing him, lest he Du Du would not die.

Listening to Huang Taiji's words, Du Du had a burst of blood surging between his chest and abdomen, and he almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood, but he was forced to vomit blood, if he vomited blood at this time, he would give someone a handle, in that case, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"The dog thief with two white flags, the dog thief with the red flag, you wait for Lao Tzu!"

How dare people not bow their heads when they are under the eaves? Cursing in a low voice in his heart, Du Du could only take orders from the class.

Everyone on the side had to come out to congratulate Shuotuo.

"Respectfully to the king, I ordered you to drill the firearms, how are you doing?"

"Your Majesty, what the King of Shuotuo said is exactly the most reasonable saying for the application of firearms! He bombarded with artillery, and I greeted him with artillery, and gave back to him in his way. Look at which one collapses first! ”

Kong Youde, who was the king of Sanshun of the Han army, was in charge of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion, and Huang Taiji handed over all the firearms of the Eight Banners to him to take charge of, and his status at this time was far from when he had just come to vote.

Hearing this, the banner owners who were full of eight flags suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on their backs, but in the blink of an eye, they were relieved. When the decisive battle with the Ming army Ningyuan and Jinzhou was held, it was the Han army firearms battalion led by Kong Youde who took the lead and used guns to fight against the guns of the Ming army.

As long as he opened the Ming army formation with artillery and firearms in the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion, he waved his iron cavalry and went straight to the Ming army formation.

While everyone was thinking wildly, Kabush Xian Kala Angbang Ubai led ten firecrackers into the city.

"Your Majesty! The minions took turns firing the gunpowder made by Lord Chen and the Nanban gunpowder in stock to see that the range, armor piercing, and hot after firing the gun tube were all normal! ”

At this moment, the ministers of Manchu and Mongolia are even more determined!

Originally, the Ming army could also rely on their firearms advantages, especially the strong power of gunpowder to confront the Eight Banners army, and now we can also make gunpowder that is indistinguishable from them.

"Chen Banda!"

"The minions are here!"

"If you make this gunpowder in large quantities, how many taels of silver will you need? I want you to make 10,000 stone before March, how much silver do you want? ”

At this time, the gunpowder production was very expensive because of the problem of technological process. In terms of purifying saltpeter alone, when purifying, it is necessary to add a large amount of gray water, gelatin, egg white, radish and other substances in order to adsorb and remove the impurities in it, which costs a lot. The nitrate obtained is not only of high purity but also extremely inexpensive. However, Jiannu here can only follow the gunpowder production method of the Ming Dynasty at this time.

What's more, there is sulfur, charcoal, and the most critical additive, patina.

After such a calculation, everyone frowned. If you make it yourself, it's about the same as buying it from the Jin merchants and the Ming army!

"It's strange, why is Nanban's gunpowder only a few taels of silver a bucket?"

Some people saw that Chen Banda had changed from a slave craftsman to Huang Taiji's coat in just a few months, and was dissatisfied with this rapid popularity, and quietly released a cold arrow in the crowd.

For the struggle for power and profit between Hanchen, whether it is Huang Taiji or Dolgon, they are all happy to see it. What if the Han Chinese are monolithic?

As a result, the court began to debate whether it was better to buy gunpowder than to make it, or to base it on making it yourself.

In the end, it was Huang Taiji who made the decision.

"The craftsman's workshop made it himself, and the former enemy also had to buy it from the Ming army! Fan Aiqing, you inform a few big treasurers in Shanxi and ask them to buy a large amount of Nanban gunpowder and patina! (To be continued......)