Chapter 146

"Brother Shang Jing has capable people to help, like a tiger with wings, I will go back to Nanjing early tomorrow morning and tell the adults about this matter in detail."

When Xu Shangyong said this, he didn't have a little bit of emotion, his words were full of admiration, this strong general had no weak soldiers, Yang Rongneng didn't have any temper at all in the Yongle Dynasty, Hong Xi Dynasty, Xuande Dynasty and the Inner Court and Outer Dynasty in the first five years of the Orthodox Dynasty, and what kind of fuel-efficient lamp could it be to stay at hand as a follower?

Yang Shangjing also sighed with emotion: "Jian has been able to come to this day, thanks to Uncle Zhong's support all the way, there is an old man in the family who has a treasure, which is true." ”

Xu Qi may not be Wang Zhen's person, but if Wei Guogong and Xu Qi openly clash in Nanjing, I am afraid that they will be able to force this military secretary to Wang Zhen's side, which is what neither the civil officials nor military generals of the foreign dynasty want to see.

After a pause, Yang Shangjing smiled and said: "The news that Brother Shang Yong said is really too shocking, Jian forgot for a while, and there are still some things that need to be troubled Brother Shang Yong's help." ”

Well, it's not just shocking, it's almost stupid, why buy saltpeter to make gunpowder, if the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu is really Wang Zhen's person, he still thinks about how to resign and retire with dignity.

Xu Shangyong was stunned: "But I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Now this Jiangnan, it is the hot weather, in the county office, it is even more depressing, although we are waiting for the court as officials, should be diligent and thrifty, but the officials are also mortals, but also need to be cool and transparent, in order to do things well." Yang Shangjing sighed, with a bitter face, "Jian Xi is a county order, and he always wants to fight for some benefits for his colleagues, so I want to get some nitrate, add water to make ice, and put it in the various duty rooms in the county." ”

Saltpeter ice-making technology, in the upper layer has long been spread, and the mud legs do not understand, put in the past, in the summer rich and noble people want to eat some cold food, the next little with well water to cool down, a little cattle, dig deep into the ground, make an ice cellar, in the winter to store ice inside, in the summer and then take out, to later saltpeter ice-making technology spread among the rich and noble, the ice cellar was slowly eliminated.

However, like Yang Shangjing, there are really not many county orders that directly want to add benefits to the various classes of the county government, and when they get the opportunity, they basically put silver in their arms, so when they heard Yang Shangjing, although Xu Shangyong understood, he was still stunned, and after a while, he said: "Brother Shangjing has the skills of the emperor, and he is both powerful and powerful, but this is a thing, except for making ice, there are always other uses, if it is a small amount, it is a large amount, and it is a large ......."

Well, saltpeter can be called nitrate, and can also be called fire nitrate, flame nitrate, an important raw material for making gunpowder, although the imperial court is not completely prohibited, but if it is purchased in large quantities, it will definitely be targeted by people with a heart, such as the people under the eunuchs of Nanjing Town, when the time comes, a big hat of "bad intentions" will be buttoned down, not to mention that he Xu Shangyong is just a concubine of the Duke of Wei, even the prince of the world has to be killed to thank the world.

Yang Shangjing hurriedly waved his hand: "It's just for the use of a county government office, now Huangyan County has not been rebellious for a long time, and many officials in the county have exposed meritorious deeds, and there is no silver money and grain rewards, there must be some benefits, and it is good to eliminate the grievances of the people below." ”

Anyway, he just wants a laboratory output, first try out the formula, the short-term demand is not large, when the time comes, the saltpeter bought will be deducted and thrown into the Taoist temple that has not yet been built, plus the alchemy materials that the "Taoists" need daily, the experiment is enough.

When Xu Shangyong heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the amount is not large, it will not be difficult for him, the son-in-law of the Duke of Wei: "If it is only used in the county government, it is not a difficult matter, Brother Shang Jing estimates the number, and when I return to Nanjing, I will naturally send someone to send it." ”

Seeing that the other party agreed, Yang Shangjing smiled and nodded, the source of saltpeter has been decided, and the matter of making gunpowder is half decided, he stood up with a smile and made a gesture of "please": "The cook in the Jianfu is not as good as Brother Shang Yong's family, but he also has some skills, and it is still much better than the kitchen of this pavilion, if Brother Shang Yong does not dislike it, he will go to this back office tonight, how about it?" ”

Xu Shangyong's eyes lit up, and he nodded and agreed: "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

So the two of them laughed and walked towards the back office, and the officials along the way looked at the two people who were talking and laughing, and they had to talk about it again.

In fact, if you make saltpeter, in addition to saltpeter mines, there is another method, that is, to accumulate nitrate with fecal water, and then smelt, this thing is not too difficult to be honest, at most the ratio of dung and soil Yang Shangjing remembers not very clearly, you need to do a few batches of experiments, at best, it is a little more polluted when boiling nitrate, and the taste is a little bit, that's nothing, working people are hard-working, as long as they are willing to give money and food, regardless of whether it is a clanging, Huang Chengcheng's orthodox Tongbao or Xuande Tongbao, or a full stomach of food, There will be people who will volunteer to rush up.

However, this still involves a problem of raw materials, such a thing as manure and water, which is found in the reincarnation of grains, seems to be everywhere, but there is no synthetic chemical fertilizer in these years, and the crops grow in the field to make up for some fertilizer, all counting on this big dung, not to mention that the city is specially dedicated to the dung gang This kind of company points to the big dung in the city to make money, even the old farmers outside the city have to count on the city to give a little manure to the outside, right? In the era of the special planned economy, in addition to the common food stamps, cloth stamps, oil stamps and other things, in order to crack down on the bullies who monopolized the dung source in the city, there was also a kind of stamp, called dung stamps......

This gang of dung gangs in the city is easy to say, there is a huge Huang family, and he Yang Shangjing will be destroyed if he says that it will be destroyed, not to mention a gang organization that cannot be put on the table, and all the "Taoist people" who are coaxed by cowhide

, one counts as one, it is all garbage under the iron fist of the dictatorship, but if the old farmers outside have no fertilizer in the fields, and they can't pay taxes as soon as the grain production is reduced, they will really have to make a big news, and it is possible to cut off Yang Shangjing's backbone with a hoe at that time.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat, this truth was understood by His Majesty Li Er of the Tang Dynasty before, and he Yang Shangjing ...... Of course, he also understood, not only did he understand, but he also knew that if the water was calm, he could still race.

Anyway, now the county government of Huangyan County under his leadership Yang Shangjing, has just eaten and wiped off a big household, and he has taken a bite on other big households, the finances are good, and there is no need to grab that little organic fertilizer under the farmer's hoe, when he thinks of this, he is proud of eating with Xu Shangyong Yang Shangjing.