"Not bad! The Rakshasa people's black medicine production is different from that in our army, but it seems to be more powerful! Shi Tingzhu got his wish and attracted Ji Xiha's attention, and he hurriedly nodded yes.

"Hmm......" Ji Xiha couldn't help but recall that when the two armies were fighting yesterday, the hastily released Rakshasa shotgun was indeed quite powerful, and it seemed to be more lethal than the Han army's habitual bird gun, otherwise with that group of Rakshasa bandits who had no fighting spirit, how could they piggyback on the lives of more than 20 of their own men when they were defeated?

"However, then again, it is more powerful, perhaps the power of my Daqing Black Medicine formula...... Some of them have been eliminated by this bitter cold place, and the so-called time and place are different, and it should not be a big deal. My pharmacist also said that the ratio of nitrate, yellow, and ash used by the Rakshasas is also an example of the Chinese material, but it is slightly different. The key is that their grinding method is a little different from mine......" Shi Tingzhu looked at Ji Xiha and was silent, and he was quite surprised to give himself a round. But just when he talked about the key process difference, he was interrupted by the anxious Jixiha.

"Okay, okay! It doesn't matter what it depends on the time and place, since it works in this realm where rabbits don't, it's a good thing! In this way, the old man agrees with the general's decision! Although Ji Xiha is a martial artist, he naturally likes the real things on the battlefield, so he got off the donkey and complied with everyone's opinions.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the proportion of gunpowder allocation between the East and the West reached an unprecedented and invariably "similar and similar" in the process of their different practices. Of course, this resemblance and proximity. To a large extent, it reflects the general situation of the technical exchange between the East and the West in the allocation of gunpowder at that time. In other words, if there were no Ming Dynasty and Westerners' sea troubles, and the Chinese people made cars behind closed doors, perhaps in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, China's gunpowder production technology would have lagged far behind that of European countries in the same period.

Although Westerners had only been making gunpowder for three or four hundred years at that time, and knew that gunpowder still depended on the Mongols' "learning from the East and learning from the West" at that time, the division of Western princes and perennial wars made the gunpowder production technology of the "Taixi countries" develop rapidly in competition and continuous practice, and even compared with China, the ancestor of gunpowder, it can be said that "the blue is better than the blue".

On the other hand, in the Ming Empire at the same time, the power to launch the "national war" was in the hands of the central government. There is no large-scale firearms contest among the people. Therefore, the production of firearms and gunpowder has always been limited to the oral teaching and transmission from generation to generation of a small group of craftsmen represented by the imperial craftsmen. On the whole, it is a slow development. Thereupon. In the gunpowder production process. The West is catching up, and the East is walking as a car, and it has become a situation where latecomers prevail for hundreds of years.

This. The Wa Kingdom is quite similar to the Celestial Empire. Shotgun technology in the Edo period advanced by leaps and bounds, as exemplified by the spread of Japanese shotguns to China. However, with the eventual unification of the Japanese archipelago, the shogunate imposed strict restrictions on the use and production of firearms, and the basic equipment of the civilian samurai returned to the era of cold weapons. So much so that before the Meiji Restoration, the firearms making process of small Japan did not develop greatly for hundreds of years, and it was naturally not as good as the Qing soldiers of the period.

However, the development of history has left many opportunities for the Chinese nation. It was recorded in the military book "Preparation of the Sea Atlas" that in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1548), when the Ming army annihilated the Japanese in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, it captured the "chieftain" who understood the method of making guns and cannons in Europe. At the same time, Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao" recorded a "prescription for making a combination of bird guns", which can be regarded as a representative of the formula for the fusion of Chinese and foreign gunpowder in the late Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and its ingredients are: one tael of nitrate, one coin and four cents of yellow (sulfur), and one coin and eight cents of willow charcoal. In this formula, the combination ratios of nitrate, sulfur and carbon are 75.75%, 10.6% and 13.65%. Since then, the Ming and Qing dynasties have published various military books and firearms monographs, most of which record and follow the formula of this kind of gunpowder.

By 1653, the ratio of the three to the firing powder used in England had improved to 75%, 12.5%, and 12.5%. In other words, by the tenth year of Shunzhi, the formula of gunpowder fired in China was still a hundred years ago, and the most advanced gunpowder formula in Europe at the same time was closer to the optimal ratio of black gunpowder.

Shi Tingzhu's "time and place" is different from the existing theory of firearms in the Ming Dynasty on "use according to the time, according to the place, according to the enemy's victory, according to the weapon, according to the war and choose (weapon)". Regardless of the technical level, in terms of the theoretical system of firearm use, it is quite reasonable today, so it has also become an enduring theory of the use of firearms in China.

Where can the old general Ji Xiha really grasp the subtleties like Shi Tingzhu, but as for the most simple and effective truth - a firearm that can kill the enemy is a good weapon, he still knows it well. So, Jishiha "got cheap and sold well" added:

"However, general, you have to send a few Rakshasa people with this skill to my army, you can't just cheap Lan Bai and Lao Shi!"

"Good! You can't miss out on you, General! Haha......" Jidu agreed.

"Haha, you old boy!" Lan Bai also laughed and scolded Ji Xiha's "greed", and finally laughed and laughed in the big tent.

After some laughter, Jidu first brought the topic back to business and said:

"Ladies old generals, since we are going back to Beijing to offer prisoners, how to deal with the remaining three castles on the shore of Suwu Lake, we need to come up with a charter now. Whether to take or continue the siege, please teach me. ”

This is a seemingly unproblematic question, but it is very important in Jidu. Annihilation of the Rakshasa mobile force, that is imperative. However, if the castle is attacked, there will be losses, and the "team members" of the "former enemy headquarters" must be of the same opinion and share responsibility. Second, if a castle is not left, it is equivalent to saying that the Rakshasa people will be wiped out in the Suwu Lake area, and it will inevitably become the fuse of the "national war" between the Qing Dynasty and the Rakshasa - whether the imperial court will make this determination, Jidu is really uncertain! Because there has been no news from the old man Zilharang for a long time.

"General, now that they have destroyed their 'undead' overseer's grain transport team, this hidden method can also come to an end. In less than a month, I reckon the Overseer will understand that none of the forts scattered along the lake have come out with a letter, and that the five hundred men who had transported grain and grass are gone, and that no matter how stupid he is, he will understand that something is wrong. "This time, it was Jixiha who made the first statement. This unruly old general unconsciously changed the "son" in his mouth to the honorific title of "general".

These words are true and unquestionable. To fight or not to fight is no longer an option.

"In that case, why don't we uproot all the strongholds of the Rakshasas on the shore of Suwu Lake and clean them up, so that we can concentrate on dealing with the enemy from the west!" Encouraged by the nods of the crowd, Jishiha enjoyed saying his strategic proposition - to prepare for the defense of the west.

"Yes, the old guy is right. If we still need to be careful when we first arrived, now that we have been sharp, we don't have to be afraid to do it, just start the battle and do a good job! Rambai agreed with Zishiha's opinion.

The lower officials also agreed with the high arguments of the two generals. Besides, isn't the envoy of the Rakshasa country still in the army? When this Suwu Lake is completely leveled, it is just right to follow the latest will of the imperial court to see whether to let him go back, or how, or how to prevent him from going back. Shi Tingzhu considered jealousy very much and gave a way to deal with the imperial court. At the same time, he further mentioned a "historical legacy" - Abrin, a Bukharan merchant.

"Oh, yes! General Shi didn't mention it, I almost forgot about this distinguished guest. Ha ha...... Come on, spread the word that Wu Enqi is in the account! Jidu was inspired, and then called out loudly.

(Chapter to be continued)

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Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

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