When it comes to the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, modern people will remember how diverse they were, and their power was also at the forefront of the world at that time.

However, few people rationally analyzed and inquired about the situation of his parents and family, Comrade Saltpeter.

Saltpeter is also known as flame nitrate, potassium saltpeter, etc. Colorless, white or gray crystalline with a vitreous luster.

It is one of the main raw materials for the manufacture of matches, pyrotechnic powder, black powder, glass and food preservatives!

Main components: potassium nitrate (KNO3) content: industrial grade 1 ≥99.5%; Level 2≥ 99.0%; Level 3 ≥ 98%. Well, if you say more, it's the number of water words, stop!

In the ancient Ming Dynasty, saltpeter mines were mainly produced in a few nitrate caves in Sichuan, as well as a little in Shanxi and Shandong, (but in Shandong, because Sun Yuanhua was first, most of the small amount of goods produced belonged to them.) ）

Things that can be described as seriously in short supply are by no means like the modern 21st century, where you can buy a lot of private and large quantities.

(This thing can also make ice, and large families and landlords also have to snap up some, one of the real hot goods.) ）

The ancients inadvertently discovered that saltpeter would absorb a lot of heat when dissolved in water, causing the water to cool down and even freeze. Soon some people took advantage of this property of saltpeter to make ice drinks in the summer.

The method is very simple, take a large plate, fill the dish with water, and place the jar in the pan water. Saltpeter was constantly added to the plate, and as a result, the water in the jar froze. Take a bite, it's cold and sweet, and it freezes straight into your stomach.

Every November 39th and 49th, there is the act of cutting down and hiding ice, which is quite a grand event.

"Huidian" "Ministry of Industry Shui Qing Officials Si Zang Bing" Tiaoyun: "Where the ice is cut and the royal river is taken...... In the second half of the winter solstice, a ministry official recruited a husband to cut the ice, and took the one who was clear and pure, and took the five inches of square feet as a block...... for public ...... It is used for summer soup. ”

Folk still had this custom until the time of the Republic of China.

Think about it, saltpeter can be used with gunpowder, and there are many uses, and large households will also rush to buy it, and there are few direct ore production areas. With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of troops collectively shot with muskets, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and countless ammunition was innumerable, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the spot of the enemy died in minutes.

Well, just think about this picture, let's wash and sleep first!

Let's not talk about whether it is possible to develop to such an NB, even if there is, the supply of saltpeter cannot keep up.

You know how to build an airplane, whether you can build an airplane, whether you can supply the plane with enough gasoline to fly around, and whether there are pilots who can fly N planes, maintenance personnel, etc. That's four or five, or even NNNN's different questions.

Just talk on paper, which one won't?

But let's face it!

In ancient times, you would often find something that made you smile bitterly.

That's the amount of social goods, which can't keep up with your expectations.

Sometimes, it is not uncommon for money alone to not be able to buy enough goods, and even in special periods, it is not possible to buy at all.

In the modern 21st century, you go to the supermarket to buy an item and find that the tally clerk says that it is out of stock and that it will have to wait a few days for the goods to arrive. You feel angry that you have money and no goods, right?

I'm sorry, this kind of thing was common in ancient times and the Ming Dynasty.

In modern times, you may only have to wait a few days for the supermarket to have a special car to deliver it. However, in ancient times and the Ming Dynasty, there were no automobiles and airplanes as means of transportation, coupled with the limited number of goods, and the road was difficult to walk. If you're unlucky, you don't just have to wait a few days.

It's possible to wait for a few weeks, and your face will be darker, and it will be possible for your son to be soy sauce when he is born and grows up.

(After all, there are too many people in the middle of the queue, and there are too many factors)!

Therefore, Ma Xiaosan's question of insufficient ammunition raised by Zhu Zilong, Zhu Zilong is really a little nerve-wracking.

Because of the amount of saltpeter in several nearby cities, it has been seriously out of stock.

If you want to replenish a sufficient amount of saltpeter in a short period of time, you can only buy it from other places, but you may not be able to buy much. In this way, you have to start anew, and the sword will go sideways!

Seeing this, I believe that readers who are interested will also understand.

Why hasn't Zhu Zilong developed any grenades, as well as grenades and mines yet?

In the case of grenades, with the current technology of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, it should not be a problem to make fuses. However, with the power of black powder, when used to make grenades, it must be very large to be powerful enough. If it is really made, mines and grenades will definitely weigh about eight to ten pounds before they can be thrown and killed a group of people.

Seven, eight, or even ten pounds of grenades, hehe, hehe, hehe, let me hehe a few times. This has to be thrown by a professional javelin thrower, right?

Ordinary people will never be able to throw it very far, and when the time comes, they will not be able to blow up the enemy, and the possibility of blowing up their own people is very high. The field effect is extremely poor, unless it is turned into a modern yellow powder inside, and the weight and volume can be reduced.

Of course, such native grenades and grenades may have a certain role in defending the city!

Just maybe, after all, throwing a grenade is better than throwing a rolling log and a rock, after killing a few enemy soldiers. Rolling wood stones can also be recycled, and grenades are thrown away and gone.

As for artillery, it's better to think about it, it's not that it's difficult.

After all, the materials can be modern, and bronze can also be used in the Ming Dynasty, but the gunpowder of the guns is barely there, so they will engage in cannons. Is saltpeter a stall?

Soon!

The next day, Zhu Zilong called all the younger brothers and stewards to a meeting.

There was a lot of content at the meeting, but the focus was on the supply of saltpeter, which could not keep up with the consumption of firearms.

For this problem, everyone is also at a loss, (after all, most of the younger brothers are illiterate)!

In the end, the housekeeper Wang Dayong offered a plan and said that he would post a notice to see that in addition to buying from outside. But who knows that there are related minerals nearby, or there is any soil method to accumulate nitrate. All give a big reward!

I believe that under the heavy reward, there will be a capable person one day.

This is not a solution, and it can only be done for the time being.

Compared to Zhu Zilong, he vaguely seems to remember a method of using feces and feces to convert saltpeter. But how does the specific process work, sorry, there is nothing in the laptop about this.

He can only wait until he returns to the modern 21st century in a little time to look for information on this.

Fortunately, he has planned in advance, inside and outside Zhuangzi, to concentrate on the discharge of WC products, and not 100% of the people in the gold pipe are in place on time. But only half of them are already doing what he says.

(In fact, this method of converting urine into cottage saltpeter was also understood by ancient people, but the number was very small.) ）

The main components of urine are water, urea, uric acid, and inorganic salts, if the nitrogen in the urea is decomposed and oxidized into nitric acid, and then potassium hydroxide is added (there are some existing items in nature), you can synthesize cottage potassium nitrate!

Of course, this purity may not be high!

However, for 1626, when firearms were only in the early stages of development, the Qing army on the opposite side was still using cold weapons. The rest of the world is also more than 70%, and the sword is also dominant, and some countries don't even know about firearms.

This kind of cottage saltpeter, as long as Zhu Zilong comes back from modern times again, or there are capable people in the Ming Dynasty who take refuge in him, it can be of great use as soon as it is produced!

Well, in a nutshell, yes.

The traverser wants to compare the cow, and under the existing conditions, he has to see how much and urine the people usually have.

Embarrassment!

(How does it sound like something is wrong there?) ）