Chapter 97: One nitrate, two sulfur, three charcoal, and some sugar, Big Ivan

[The art of explosion, one nitrate, two sulfur, three charcoal and some sugar, Big Ivan, the power of Big Ivan is beyond your imagination. #火药#火药的制作过程. 】

[Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions of our country, and its emergence has changed the way of warfare.

However, its manufacture is not complicated, and the gunpowder we commonly use is also composed of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal.

The proportions are 75% saltpeter, 10% sulfur, and 15% charcoal.

Among them, saltpeter acts as an accelerant, which can make sulfur and charcoal burn quickly in a limited time, so that the carbon dioxide produced by it can explode.

Sulfur is a natural substance, commonly found in volcanic eruptions, and is one of the essential materials for alchemy in ancient times.

The main ingredient of saltpeter is potassium nitrate, which can be found all over the country, and there are also such white crystals on the earthen walls of the countryside, and this mineral can also be collected in various saline-alkali lands.

Charcoal is easier to make, and in ancient times there was a large amount of charcoal firing, and they generally served as the main material for fire, especially for iron smelting.

There are two main ways to make charcoal, one is the kiln firing method, where a large amount of firewood is put into the kiln, the firewood is lit, all the kiln mouths are sealed, and the stickers are slowly burned inside to carbonize the wood.

Another method is to put the wood in an air-insulated container and heat and decompose it to carbonize.

The best charcoal is willow trees, and the charcoal burned is more delicate, and the gunpowder made is also better.

After the three materials are made, they are powdered, and they can be made according to different proportions, since different gunpowder.

Different gunpowder will have different uses, and will be used in different scenarios such as road construction, mining and even war.

Compared with the above three things, white sugar has been an important food in China since ancient times.

Because it contains a lot of energy, it is used in various fields.

Whether it is textile printing, medical chemistry or other fields, you can see him.

Moreover, sugar is also a flammable substance, and if it is mixed with saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal to make gunpowder, the power will be greatly increased.

In China, the earliest gunpowder can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty, which was originally invented by ancient alchemists when they were practicing pills.

Later, in the first year of Yongchun of Tang Gaozong, alchemists pioneered the sulfur fire method.

It is made by grinding sulfur and saltpeter into powder, and adding soaphorn (including charcoal).

Later, in the third year of Tang Xianzong's reign, he created the fire rock method, and smelted it with saltpeter, sulfur and aristolochia (containing carbon).

These two formulas are a mixture of three medicinal materials, and they already have the ingredients contained in gunpowder.

During the Song Dynasty, gunpowder began to be used for military and juggling.

As gunpowder was used more and more militarily, it eventually became a revolutionary weapon that changed the world's warfare.

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Qin Dynasty.

Qin Shi Huang looked at the information on the canopy, and he was stunned for a moment.

Then he hurriedly asked the ministers around him to write all the information on the canopy.

He originally thought that today's canopy, as usual, was a window to the afterlife.

However, what he didn't expect was that such an important weapon was introduced, and he had to stop today's court meeting and let all the officials record the information on the canopy.

Li Si, who was attending the court meeting, also kept waving the pen and ink in his hand, writing all the information on the canopy on the paper.

Ever since Qin Shi Huang saw him tampering with the edict on the canopy, Qin Shi Huang's trust in him has greatly decreased.

Although his trust in him had recently increased and he was allowed to attend the court, he was still indifferent by all the courtiers.

However, Li Si didn't care, he knew that what he needed more than the indifference of these courtiers was the trust of Qin Shi Huang.

This is the message on the canopy, and it is a good opportunity to perform.

He had to keep track of all the information and try to get that one chance of performance.

While all the courtiers were recording the information, Qin Shi Huang also watched the entire video.

He waved his hand and asked the eunuchs around him to bring the warlocks.

When Qin Shi Huang saw the materials that Tianmu said, he found that these materials were actually the ones he used to refine the elixir.

Later in the video, he saw that the inventor of the gunpowder turned out to be an alchemist.

It also reminded him of the warlocks who had not yet been dealt with by him.

Originally, Qin Shi Huang was going to dispose of them after Xu Fu went to find Xianshan, but he didn't expect that they would be able to use waste now.

In Daqin's palace, the warlocks who were closely guarded burst into tears when they saw the video on the canopy.

Since the appearance of the canopy, it has been constantly told that there is no immortality in this world, and their good days are coming to an end.

Although they were warlocks, telling Qin Shi Huang that they could practice calligraphy and the elixir of immortality, they also knew that this was nothing more than deception.

Later, Xu Fu went to sea to find the three immortal mountains of Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou, and they knew that the day Xu Fu returned would be the time of their death.

Today, however, with the advent of this video, they see life.

In order to survive, many warlocks even prepared gunpowder based on the information on the canopy.

When the eunuchs around Qin Shi Huang arrived, they also prepared gunpowder and came to Qin Shi Huang's side with gunpowder.

Qin Shi Huang was very happy when he looked at the gunpowder made by the warlocks.

When he knew from the canopy that there was no immortality in this world, he was so angry that he even wanted to kill these warlocks.

It's just that later, with a hint of luck in my heart, I thought that what Tianmu said was not true.

And that Xu Fu also said that there were three immortal mountains overseas, so he left these warlocks and waited for Xu Fu to return to verify their authenticity and then deal with them.

However, the information on the canopy this time made Qin Shi Huang have other thoughts.

If the warlocks could really make gunpowder from the canopy, it wouldn't be a big problem even if they were left alive.

When the warlocks came to him and looked at the gunpowder brought by his uncles, Qin Shi Huang was even more overjoyed.

Originally, he thought that this gunpowder would take a long time to be made, but he didn't expect it to be made in this short period of time.

However, compared to the weapons made into the canopy, there is only gunpowder now.

After thinking about it, Qin Shi Huang asked the eunuchs to take out a few blank pieces of paper and let the warlocks make firecrackers.

Then Qin Shi Huang led the ministers to an open place outside the main hall.

The warlocks gently placed the firecrackers on the ground and lit the fuses on them.

Then I heard a loud bang, and a firecracker exploded.

Qin Shi Huang looked at the scene after the firecrackers exploded, and he was slightly stunned.

There wasn't much explosives filled in the firecracker, and the explosion didn't have much power, but the sound of the explosion still startled him.

At the same time, Qin Shi Huang can also imagine that if a large amount of gunpowder is filled, I am afraid that the power is not simple.

If you put a large amount of stones and other materials in the gunpowder, I am afraid that the power will be greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Qin Shi Huang gave an order to the warlocks to continue to study gunpowder so that it would have greater power.

After the ministers saw the power of gunpowder, they also deeply understood that this kind of thing would change the war, and they were also very much in favor of Qin Shi Huang's order.

In the eyes of the ministers, if there is such an artifact, they are afraid that South Vietnam will be easily captured.

It's just that they are a little sorry, and they don't know what the white sugar is and how it is made?

They wondered how powerful this gunpowder would be if it were added to sugar.

At the same time, they once again understood why this gunpowder was called one of the four great inventions.

(End of chapter)