Zheng Zhi looked at the black powder in Luda's hand, and didn't know what it was for a while, so he stepped forward and looked at the jar again, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Everyone around him came up to look, but Yang Zhi recognized it at a glance, and said with a smile: "Xianggong, this is gunpowder." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zheng Zhi was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "What?" Gunpowder? ”

Yang Zhi said again: "Gunpowder, there are a lot of these things in Tokyo, and there are still sparks to see during the New Year's Festival." ”

Zheng Zhi looked at this black thing, and his heart was also shocked, this is the famous black powder, it is really black. Zheng Zhi himself has naturally seen gunpowder, and he also played with firecrackers when he was a child in his last life, and the gunpowder in the firecrackers is really not black, but has a silver gray color.

When I was in the Western Army, although I had heard of it, I really didn't use gunpowder. The gunpowder of this era actually did not play a big role on the battlefield. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, gunpowder was made into rockets, or thunderbolt fireballs. The power of the rocket is not as good as the crossbow, and the thunderbolt fireball is loud, but it is really difficult to blow up people without killing people, and the power is not as good as the explosion of fireworks in later generations.

It was not until later, when facing the Jin, especially the Mongols, that they began to use things like trebuchets to launch huge gunpowder weapons, and the power increased significantly.

The gunpowder is amazing, but it still has a little effect.

Zheng Zhi knew that this thing was gunpowder, and he was also overjoyed, so he hurriedly said: "Take the fire." ”

Hearing the order, naturally some people went to the camp of the gang leader.

Zheng Zhi also reached out and took out a handful of gunpowder into the jar, feeling extremely dry, and knew in his heart that if this thing was really gunpowder, it should still be usable. And he sent some oiled paper and linen cloth.

A moment later, a soldier came running with a piece of burning dry wood.

Zheng Zhi poured the gunpowder in his hand directly on the ground, took the torch and directly ignited a handful of gunpowder on the ground, just like dismantling firecrackers one by one when he was a child and igniting the gunpowder together.

only listened to a few "snorts", and the smoke was filled in an instant, making Zheng Zhi retreat again and again, this thing burned very fast, but the smoke was much bigger than the gunpowder in the firecracker.

Zheng Zhi was a little disappointed, and said, "I'm afraid this thing won't work." ”

This was not said to others, but Zheng Zhi was talking to himself. There is only one problem with this kind of smoke, and that is that the ratio of this thing is still wrong. In his previous life, Zheng Zhi had been a soldier for more than ten years, and he was naturally full of experience in making explosives, such as how to make bombs with things like detergent and paint, but he really hadn't learned the ratio of black powder, and it was really impractical.

If there is black powder, it will be used directly, and if there is no gunpowder, it is impossible to configure this thing by yourself.

Zheng Zhi looked at the black powder in front of him, thought for a moment, and seemed to remember one nitrate, two sulfur and three carbon.

Yang Zhi heard the words and answered: "Xianggong, this gunpowder is very good, and it is not damp." ”

Zheng Zhi was just thinking about himself, and the previous sentence was also talking to himself, and when he heard Yang Zhi answer, he asked again: "How much gunpowder is in it?" ”

Niu Da hurriedly ran into the warehouse and counted them, and came out and said, "Official, there are nine altars." ”

Zheng Zhi nodded and said, "It's a lot, how about trying the power." ”

After speaking, Zheng Zhi took the oiled paper and spread it out on the ground, held a few handfuls of gunpowder in his hand and put it on the oiled paper, hugged it tightly and tied it with a rope, leaving only a small gap.

Then he took the sackcloth, put a handful of gravel on it as shrapnel, and then wrapped the oiled paper on the sackcloth, tied it tightly, and placed it on the open ground.

Then he took a handful of gunpowder and sprinkled it from the gap to the distance, forming a straight line, and used it as a lead.

Fetch a square chair and cover it over the powder bag.

"Hide, don't show your head." Zheng Zhi held the still burning wood and told everyone to stay away.

Lighting the fuse, Zheng Zhi also flew out.

waited for Zheng Zhi to hide for a while, there was a loud bang, and the audience was filled with smoke.

Zheng Zhi immediately looked up and saw the square chair flying a few feet high.

Ruda came up and exclaimed, "Brother, it's so loud, it's so powerful." ”

Zheng Zhi walked to the square chair, picked up the chair that was about to fall apart, turned it over and looked at it, and said, "The power is too small." ”

It turned out that the wooden board of the chair cushion was not broken, and although there were many traces of shrapnel hitting by stones behind it, it did not penetrate the wooden board, which shows that the power is really not great.

"Brother, isn't this powerful enough? The earth-shattering sound, from the point of view of the Sprinkle family, is really powerful. Ruda said.

Zheng Zhi didn't explain, playing with the explosion, Zheng Zhi is naturally a master, how powerful it is, Zheng Zhi saw through it at a glance, and only said: "Seal this jar and carry it in." ”

Everyone saw the excitement, so they naturally continued to work and slowly cleaned up the warehouse.

Zheng Zhi was pacing slowly not far away, and he was also thinking in his mind, this gunpowder is really a good thing, if there is a powerful black powder, I really don't know how many people will die in the battle array.

The musket doesn't think much about it, the musket involves too many industrial problems, the main thing is a seamless barrel, which is difficult to solve. What's more, there is also the problem of loading and ignition, even if there is a barrel, the reload can only be frontloaded, and the ignition can only be with a fire rope. The power is also really limited, there is no rifling, and the accuracy is a mess. Mass-produced muskets that cannot be equipped in large quantities are also chicken ribs on top of the battle array.

In this era, the crossbow has developed to the extreme, and an arquebus is not as good as a strong crossbow.

This is not the case with artillery, the barrel can be directly chiseled, that is, a solid iron pillar is used to manually chisel from the middle, even if it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is also feasible. What's more, you can also add a sleeve directly to the barrel.

It is also feasible to use the pouring method, the barrel is large and thick, not smaller and thinner than the barrel. The technical requirements for pouring molding are also not high.

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Zhi suddenly called Yang Zhi and said, "Yang Zhi, you go to Tokyo." ”

Yang Zhi naturally knew that Zheng Zhi had an order, so he said, "Xianggong ordered." ”

"There is a gunner in the arsenal of the first battle in Tokyo, called Ling Zhen, you bring more money to fight it, up and down to fight it, give more money and this Ling Zhen, and transfer it to Cangzhou, if you can't transfer it, you can directly make it so that he can go to the military and come to my Cangzhou." Zheng Zhi said directly, the armor warehouse is actually the meaning of the warehouse and the ordnance office, and it is naturally under the jurisdiction of Gao Yu's palace front division.

To transfer Ling Zhen to Cangzhou, it is actually not so simple, so Zheng Zhi also arranged it in detail. As for Ling Zhen himself, there are really few people who are living happily in the forbidden army in Tokyo now, not to mention that it is still such a place as the Jiazhan Warehouse, as long as the money is enough, Ling Zhen can't help it.

When Yang Zhi heard this, he seemed to feel that it was not cost-effective for Zheng Zhi to spend such a big price to find someone, so he said: "Xianggong, is this person worth it?" ”

Zheng Zhi nodded: "You just do it, and find Pei Xuan as soon as you do it." ”

Yang Zhi didn't say much when he heard this, and turned around to beat his horse and entered the city and went to Jingluo Mansion.

To say that Ling Zhen is not worth spending such a big price, it is naturally not worth it, but with Zheng Zhi, Ling Zhen is worth it. Ling Zhen is a professional in this area, Zheng Zhi has professional knowledge in this area, and the cooperation between the two makes this matter of different significance.

Wu Dalang's injuries have slowly improved a lot in the past few days, Wu Song is also relieved, after inviting a servant woman to take care of him at home, he took a dozen military men to dress up in the rivers and lakes, and went straight to Shandong, that is, to find a few salt-drying professionals to come back, after going to Yanggu to kill people last time, he hurriedly returned to Cangzhou, and this matter was naturally not done.

Drying salt is not as good as boiling salt, there is still some technical content, how to dig the salt pool, how to determine the salt content of each salt pool, are all technical work.