Chapter 120: Making Gunpowder! Nitrate is easy to do, but sulfur is difficult to do
Seeing Sang Hongyang's somewhat reluctant look, Huo Guang smiled faintly and said, "Sang Danong is really a clear stream in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, presumably in the future, he will also be a good and honest official, right?"
"Haha, let's be honest!."
"I didn't think I'd make the poor guy's money in the first place."
Sang Hongyang frowned and asked, "Didn't you just say that you would borrow money from those poor people? Money begets money or something? If you don't earn the money of the poor devil, whose do you earn?"
Hearing this, Huo Guang shrugged his shoulders slightly and said, "Whoever has money will earn whom!"
"What's the deal with money?" Sang Hongyang hurriedly asked.
Huo Guang immediately smiled and said, "This is to throw bricks and attract jade, first give the people of the Han Dynasty a habit of buying a house first and then paying back the money. Later, it is inducing those rich people to borrow money to buy more expensive houses."
"As for the price going up."
"Then the windfall profits of the real estate business will inevitably attract more businessmen to enter the game, and at that time, there will be more houses built, and those businessmen will have to reduce the price when they want to sell their houses."
"Besides."
"The price of a house will also vary depending on the advantages and disadvantages of the area."
"The places I chose have already occupied all the four good places near the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Chang'an."
"That's why I built the house."
"From the beginning, it was aimed at the rich and rich, or the officials in the court."
After some eloquent talk, Sang Hongyang also understood Huo Guang's intentions.
It's just that.
He was still muttering to himself: "Huo Yilang, will the price be different depending on the region?"
"That sounds interesting."
"Then Huo Yilang, when are you going to let me speak to Your Majesty?"
Huo Guang shook his head at this time and said, "This has to be a little later, and now Your Majesty is bent on going north and fighting with the Huns who are far away from the desert north."
"The treasury can only be used for military consumption."
"The rest of the things are not recommended to mention at this time. According to what I think, at least until the end of the war, when the treasury is depleted, and Your Majesty does not fight, the idea of increasing taxes will not be so obvious. When the time comes, I will give you this great peasant order."
"At that time, if you go and admonish again, it will be the most effective thing."
Listening to Huo Guang's analysis, Sang Hongyang couldn't help but feel a little surprised on his face.
The two of them drank and talked about things.
It may be that I drank too much fruit brew, and I had a little urge to urinate for a while.
So Huo Guang gave up his hand and said to Sang Hongyang: "Sang Danong, I have drunk too much, I need to go to the toilet, where is your Chang'anle's toilet?"
Sang Hongyang was still thinking about what Huo Guang said before, so he casually pointed to the small courtyard behind the restaurant and said, "Out of the box, to the left, in that small courtyard, is the thatched toilet."
"Oh, okay."
After Huo Guang nodded, he left the box and went to the toilet.
If you want to say that in this Chang'an music, the only thing that is different from his music here is only this place.
Pickled, dirty.
It's not even a clean toilet, it's a complete pit.
If you want to be large here, it's really not wrong to say that it's a squatting pit.
Toilets like his in this room.
Since the cement thing was made, Huo Guang has found someone to renovate it, similar to the flushing toilet that was repaired into a public toilet like the school in his previous life.
This is much cleaner than the toilet in Chang'anle.
Huo Guang untied his clothes and was comfortably releasing water.
Suddenly.
A figure slipped in, stared at Huo Guang in a daze, and said with a somewhat choked look, "Childe, Le Ya wants to go back to this place, do you think it's okay?"
"I'll wipe it!" The sudden sound frightened Huo Guang to quickly lift it twice, and then tie the restraints of his clothes.
Back.
He looked at the singer who spoke, and suddenly became a little annoyed.
This is the men's bathroom!
Is this a place where you can come in?
Huo Guang was very angry, probably because he was taken aback just now.
And the singer who called herself Le Ya still said to herself: "Childe, if you don't let the slave and maid return to this place, then send Le Ya back to Pingyang Mansion?"
Le Ya is one of the several singers who fled from this music to Chang'an Music before, because of her good looks, Huo Guang praised her as the "top brand" singer of this music at first.
It's like the so-called Oiran in film and television dramas.
What a pity!
These beautiful singers, who came to Chang'an for the first time, couldn't resist the temptation of prosperity and luxury.
Thereupon.
At the instigation of Sang Hongyang, he fled to Chang'an Lelai with a few sisters.
But Huo Guang is kind-hearted.
didn't think about pursuing the affairs of these singers, even if Princess Pingyang asked if she wanted to help "catch" these singers back last time, Huo Guang forgot it.
Right now?
Why did you beg yourself again, saying that you wanted to go back?
It's hard to do it.
Seeing the relationship between him and Sang Hongyang, he was afraid that he was looking for trouble, so he begged for mercy first?
Huo Guang didn't know the reason, so he frowned and said, "This is the men's bathroom, what are you running in for?" I don't like to talk about things here, and if you want to go back to Le and Pingyang Mansion, it's impossible."
"When I was happy here, I said that I am free to come and go here."
"But if you leave, you won't be able to come back."
"As for you wanting to go back to Pingyang Mansion, heh, now that Princess Pingyang doesn't even live there, why should you go back?"
Although I don't know what happened to this Le Ya in Chang'anle, it made her want to go back to this place.
But.
Sometimes, when you take a step, you can't turn back.
So.
Huo Guang mercilessly rejected this Le Ya's request to return to this Le.
However, when he refused, Le Ya knelt directly on the ground of the pickled toilet with a "poof" and said, "Childe, please take Le Ya back!"
"In the past, in the Pingyang Hou Mansion, I only needed to serve the Hou Ye."
"Now here, I have to serve countless men every day, and if I don't serve well, I will be beaten."
"Those nasty court officials will also ask us to go to their mansions to dance in private."
"And actually do what."
"Childe, you should understand that Sister Xia'er was unwilling, so she was humiliated and beaten by them. In this Chang'an Le, Le Ya can't stay for a moment."
Huo Guang glanced at Le Ya, who was kneeling directly on the ground without being dirty, and only snorted lightly, "It's my business!"
The words fell.
He stepped past her and walked straight out of the latrine.
There is still a difference between a kind-hearted person and an honest person!
Treat your own people well, that is called kindness. Seeing that passers-by are pitiful, give some money to buy naan to eat, which is called kindness.
But if you ever backstabbed your singer?
If there is a little bit of pity, they are all honest people, and they deserve to be stabbed in the back.
Back in the box.
Huo Guang wiped his hands with the newly produced paper towel printed by Qingfeng Xiangyin, and then said to Sang Hongyang with a smile: "I suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask Sang Danong."
Sang Hongyang also smiled and said, "What's the matter with Huo Yilang, may I ask!"
Seeing this, Huo Guang asked, "At the beginning, Sang Danong, how did you deceive those popular singers from my music here to come to this Chang'an music?"
After Sang Hongyang heard this, he laughed and said, "Huo Yilang is still angry about this?"
Angry?
If it weren't for meeting Leya.
He forgot about it, and he was angry!
So!
Regarding what Sang Hongyang said, Huo Guang shook his head disdainfully and said, "What kind of anger am I angry with, I am just curious, how much money did you give
, just deceived my top singers? With my respect for those singers and the money I can get my hands on, there is no reason to come to your worse Chang'an Le!"
"Worse?" Sang Hongyang seemed to be a little sensitive to these two words, but thinking that the two would cooperate in the future, he had no choice but to say, "Forget it, don't dwell on this, let's answer your question!"
"Huo Yilang thinks respect and money are enough?"
"The human heart is always greedy."
"Greed is nothing more than money, fame, fortune, power, sex, and so on!"
"The people at the bottom always think about only one thing, that is, to eat enough and dress warmly."
"The money and respect you give to those singers is nothing more than the equivalent of feeding and dressing those at the bottom."
"And this."
"At best, it's only a momentary gratitude."
"When the people at the bottom have food and clothing, they will have all kinds of desires."
"When I poached a few of your Chang'an Le's top brands, I naturally told them something that could arouse their desires. I'm not afraid to tell you that when they came here, I didn't even say to give money, and they came here of their own free will."
Didn't even say you wanted to give the money, and just ran here?
Is this possible?
Huo Guang suddenly didn't believe it, and asked, "Sang Danong, please speak directly, this councillor listens."
Looked at.
Sang Hongyang, who had repeatedly failed to take advantage in front of Huo Guang several times, immediately said proudly: "I just said, Your Majesty will come to our Chang'an to drink, in addition, there are also princes and generals, and the princes of the court often come to cheer."
Speaking of which.
Sang Hongyang's words stopped abruptly and said no more.
This made Huo Guang quite curious, and asked, "This is gone?"
"It's gone."
Sang Hongyang nodded.
Huo Guang was suddenly puzzled and asked, "What desire can this sentence arouse? Sang Danong, don't tease me!"
However.
Sang Hongyang replied with a smile: "You are a man, and you are the champion brother, and now you are more favored by Your Majesty, so naturally you don't feel this sentence."
"You have to think about it, where did these singers you invited come from?"
"Pingyang Hou Mansion!"
"What kind of place is the Pingyang Hou Mansion? That's where the queen is today, and the young phoenix is in the forest."
"And where did this singer of yours come from."
"What does this mean, hehe, Huo Yilang, you taste, you taste..."
Good guy, sure enough, you can't keep your affection since ancient times, only the routine can win people's hearts!
Sang Hongyang said a few words.
deceived his good-looking singers, what can Huo Guang say?
Huo Guang even thought about getting a few anti-fraud slogans for his restaurant to warn his people not to be deceived by guys like Sang Hongyang again.
But!
It's just a matter of thinking about it.
Not to mention Sang Hongyang's clever way, it is in modern times, in that kind of deception that the information is transparent and the routines have been rotten on the street, haven't they all deceived many people?
"Hey!"
Thinking of this, Huo Guang couldn't help but sigh.
When Sang Hongyang saw him sighing, he asked, "What's wrong with Huo Yilang, why did you suddenly look sad?"
"No, no!" Huo Guang shook his head, and then said to Sang Hongyang, "Today, it can be regarded as being taught."
Behind.
The two chatted for a while.
I was going to continue chatting, but for some reason, Chang'an Le Restaurant suddenly caught fire, and the smoke was very big.
Ancient times.
This kind of wooden material structure is the main body of the house, how serious the fire is, can be imagined.
So Huo Guang could only say goodbye to Sang Hongyang and go back to the restaurant.
Meantime.
also commanded the next three times,
Pay attention to the fire prevention here. After all, the house structure of his restaurant here is also based on wood.
This is to burn.
I'm afraid that the fire is the same as Chang'anle, and it will be difficult to extinguish.
While it was still early, Huo Guang called some slaves, carried wooden barrels, and went to the garden where the small animals were raised for Sang.
Over here.
What used to be a desert land is now run like a zoo.
One of them is thanks to Sang Qian's contributions.
But.
For Huo Guang, the small animals in this garden are not important.
He asked for it.
It was the earthen walls that supported the shed, and he was splashed with dung on both sides.
Huo Guang summoned the servants, scraping the two sides of the earthen wall with a shovel to create a white moldy object, and at the same time scraping off the dirt.
That's it.
After collecting ten buckets of soil, Huo Guang asked the servants to pour all the soil into various tanks of different sizes, fill them with water, soak them, and remove the filth floating on the water.
All we have to do is wait for the night to pass.
By the next day.
Huo Guang took out this substance again, boiled it in a pot, and when the water dried, he would find the phenomenon of nitrification.
"Heavenly Creation" has said that the floating one is miscanthus nitrate, the elder mang's is horse tooth nitrate, and the lower one is simple nitrate, and then purified, poured into the basin, and crystallized into white snow after the stay, then the pot nitrate is called.
Where gunpowder is made, the function of tooth nitrate and pot nitrate is the same.
This is the ancient soil method of nitrate.
Of course.
This technology absolutely did not appear in the Han Dynasty, and there was not even the concept of nitrate!
So.
Huo Guang's nitrate-making technology is definitely the first person in the Han Dynasty!
Now there is nitrate.
The only thing that is bad is sulfur, and the production of sulfur, according to the preparation method described in "Tiangong Kaiwu", is to take pyrite as a raw material, wrap the ore in a briquette and pile it up and put it in a furnace for calcination.
The furnace is easy to do.
Briquettes are also easy to make.
Is this pyrite? It's hard to get it!
As long as the ore that is related to "iron", under the official policy of salt and iron, it is still necessary to avoid it as much as possible.
Otherwise.
Maybe one day he will be scolded by His Majesty, but I don't know for what reason.
Huo Guang was thinking about these things.
Unexpectedly, Wei Yan, this kid came over, staring at Huo Guang with an extremely dissatisfied look.
This made Huo Guang a little puzzled, touched his face, and asked, "I have dirty things on my face?"
"Nope!"
Wei Yan said loudly.
"No, no, what are you shouting so loudly for!" Huo Guang frowned, and then scolded, "Don't stare at me, go and go, stay while, I'm busy."
The words fell.
He pushed Wei Yan away.
on this.
Little Fat Dun was even more dissatisfied, and said angrily, "Why did you come back alone yesterday, and you didn't call me back with you, right?"
Huo Guang said lightly: "Your Majesty ordered me to enter the palace, and the eunuchs have been found, so I can't disobey the order, right?"
"Oh, yes."
"Old watch, can you find a way to help me get some pyrite?"