In the afternoon, but because of the rain clouds, the whole light became gray, so the servants of the palace, under the command of the sweaty Stauracos, set up a dome-like canopy in a courtyard with stables, and in the crackling sound, Anna wore a robe, and the little sunfish carried a red umbrella cover, and stepped on the puddle of water, and came to the seat under the canopy, and a column of Saracen and Syrian technicians hurriedly saluted under it, and then Samuelfa went to the middle ground, bowed to the princess in purple, and said:

"The maids have reminded me that Her Highness the Princess has been blessed by the Virgin, so she must not make too much popping and loud noise, lest she frighten Her Highness. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"That's right, so I chose a secluded place, and I don't need to show weapons with loud noises, because a woman has just given birth in the acropolis."

Then, Stauracios took the slip of paper from the head of the Ordnance Department and handed it to Anna, "You used the masthead to indicate - the recipe for the Imperial Fire of the Roman Empire, the fire jar of the Saracens, and the spears of fire used by the Venetians and the rockets of the Turks before?" What are these four recipes? ”

"Yes, Your Highness the Princess, the recipe for the spear and the rocket is actually the same, and the Venetians learned it from the Saracens or the Persians when they were traveling. The recipe for the Guardian Fire and the Flare Jar is similar, both of which are made of fierce fire oil mixed with sulfur and asphalt. As long as the skill and calculation are right, after the canister flies to a certain distance, the fire on the straw rope ignites to the kerosene, and it can be burned, and once the canister is smashed on the target, it can fuel the fire. And what about the so-called gunfire? As he spoke, Samuelfa walked over to the three fixed launchers on the side of the awning, and Anna and the little sunfish could easily see that this launcher was actually a crossbow frame used by the Romans, and that a spear wrapped in a thin leather pouch had been inserted into each of the chutes, "and the leather pouch and the iron spear were coated with pine resin beforehand." In order to keep the heat unchanged during the ejaculation process, this leather bag contains a mixture of 'nitrate salt', asphalt and ointment, and is in the form of a black ointment, which can be pounded into powder form with a wooden stick after drying. But please take a closer look at Her Royal Highness the Princess. With that, Samuelfa picked up a piece of burning charcoal from the brazier beside him, and laid it on the leather sac, and Agnes hurriedly covered the princess's ears.

But after a little black smoke, the iron spear did not change in any way.

"Can't burn?" Anna asked with a frown as she pushed the little sunfish's hand away.

"Yes, so many people who have captured the Venetians will not use the spear, and they will not be able to spy on the mysteries." Then, Samuelfa walked to the second launcher, then used a hemp rope, borrowed fire from the brazier, and continued to light the skin containing the "fire salt", but still could not light it.

"Strange, how did this spear of gunfire come from carrying a fierce fire to a destructive effect?" Agnes muttered.

She knew that even in the previous battle for the defense of Bari, the Red Hand veterans who participated in the battle recalled that although the Venetian city-state had supported Gawain at that time, the control was all done by Venetian sailors and craftsmen, and they could not interfere - so Gawain also secretly became ruthless, capturing a group of Saracen craftsmen before and after the Battle of Antioch and forcing them to develop a formula.

"The secret isn't in the recipe at all, it's in the way it's ignited." Samuelfa replied, and then he raised his arm, "Please turn your eyes away, princess, lest you be frightened by the light of the third iron spear at once." ”

The little sunfish was just about to reach out and cover Anna's eyes again, but was pushed away by Her Royal Highness the Princess, "It's okay, I really look like I've seen what this kind of gunfire that shoots people or instruments looks like." I don't have the courage to do this, so what can I talk about protecting Seleucia? ”

"Yes, yes." Samuelfa bowed, and then he pulled out a wooden handle from the brazier, with a completely red-hot armor-piercing cone at the front, a weapon that the Guardian Brigade soldiers liked to use, and they would use it to chisel the enemy's helmets in hand-to-hand combat, and because it was completely burned red, they had to use a wooden handle to insulate their hands from burning.

In an instant, Samuelfa lit the skin, and after a lightning-like dazzling light, Anna felt that the entire launcher was almost swallowed by this white firework, and then another craftsman pulled the engine, and the fire spear that ejected was accompanied by a long whistling sound, with the incessant bright light like a comet, startled the horses in the stable to neigh and kick, and flew straight out a hundred feet away, piercing a large leather-wrapped wooden frame target on the wall over there, and the crazy flames were still endless—Anna and Agnes both saw this extreme heat, It may be a terrifying white fire ten times the degree of boiling water, how to expand the penetration of the molten iron spear, and completely burn the large wooden frame into a cloud of flying ash in a short time, even in the pouring rain.

"It's really like a white comet of death." After a long time, Anna exclaimed, "But Samuelfa you are so proud, you can't imitate the kind of gunfire that Venice and Saracens will have, right?" ”

"Of course not, Her Highness the Princess, according to the craftsmen from Persia (who were taken into custody by Gawain after the fall of Kobha, and only Gawain knew their value after the fall of Ataq), could make even more terrifying firing weapons by mixing Saracen firesalt, Lombard brimstone, and Anatolian charcoal. However, when I tried it, I was worried, and Her Highness the princess thought that I had unearthed something as terrible as the devil, and the Persian craftsmen said that in the far east, where the people of the country used the weapons made from these things in large quantities in war. When the director of the Ordnance Department said this, he kept drawing crosses.

"Fool Samuelfa, as long as such a weapon can be used in war against the infidels, it is the wisdom of the Lord and Our Lady." Anna leaned on the handle of the chair and was very angry with the other party's mud, "Besides, the Orientals have already used these things, so we must hurry up and equip ourselves, in case the Huns or Turks from the far east are strong enough to invade here, carrying such terrible weapons, but we are powerless, and they refuse to convert to Christ, then what is good?" That's your responsibility, fool Samuelfa! ”

"But you have to deal with His Majesty the Emperor right away, right? That's not an infidel. "The director is an upright engineering man.

"There must be an enemy to test first, and then to deal with the infidels more vigorously after improvement." The purple-clothed princess's answer was almost tongue twister, but she quickly became impatient and asked the director of the Ordnance Department to show the results as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )