After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Xingde pondered: "Brother Xie is good at refining saltpeter and gunpowder. Have you ever known that there is a kind of medicine powder that catches fire or even explodes once it hits?" He knew that bullets and shells in later generations were about to break out, but he didn't know what was used to create the base fire. He hoped that Gaochang would do the saltpeter gunpowder business for several generations, and maybe his secret recipe was unique to this.

Xie Ximin thought for a moment and shook his head: "I have never seen this medicine powder before." Seeing Zhao Xingde's eyes slightly dim, he asked, "What is the use of this thing? It's so easy to explode, I'm afraid it's not portable." Zhao Xingde sighed, and Chunyu Yuebai explained: "If Mr. Zhao mentioned this medicine powder, it is an ignition function. You just need to use a knock to make the firearm fire instantly, so that the cavalry will induce the firearm to fire."

"So that's it." Xie Ximin sighed, "Brother Xingzhi is still smart. If he really makes this medicine powder, he is afraid that the use of the musket will increase by more than ten times." Thinking about how fat this saltpet deal would be if the use of the musket increased by ten times. He smacked his lips, cut off a large piece of barbecue with a knife and threw it into his mouth.

The three of them here are all experts in firearms, and they are also aware of the defects of the firearms they use now. Muskets cannot be far away, so there is always some time to burn the lead. The cavalry only needs to lure the musketman to ignite the lead in advance, then take the horse away, and make a comeback after the musketman is fired, which can indeed be very effective in avoiding casualties. The cavalry is extremely fast. For the officers who command musketman, if they open fire within thirty or fifty steps, they will fall into the trap. If they don’t open fire, the cavalry will suddenly kill in front of them, which is really hard to defend. In comparison, although the crossbowman is not necessarily fast, the arrow is instantaneous, and the cavalry cannot use their lives to lure the crossbowman to shoot arrows. This is the fatal weakness of the muskets to the cavalry. Because of this, both the General's Mansion and the Guardian Mansion do not agree to replace the crossbow with muskets in the infantry, but only agree to promote muskets in the regiment training army.

Hearing Xie Ximin's praise, Chunyu Yue nodded in agreement, but Zhao Xingde shook his head indifferently. He took out an old book with a yellowed cover from his arms and handed it to Xie Ximin, and asked with suspicion: "Have you read this book by Brother Xie?" Xie Ximin took it and only looked at the three words "Element Theory" on the cover, and then smiled and said, "This is a strange book that has been circulated hundreds of years ago. However, it is too difficult and very few people learn it. There are many people who want to refer to the theory of this element to refine gold, but it has no effect. Later, it gradually disappeared.

He heard it." Chunyu Yue also leaned over and took a look and sighed, "A family also read these strange books when they were young. They forgot about the illusory element theory. That 'law of mechanics' is the real strange book. After reading it, it will be of great benefit to the craftsman's construction mechanism." He took the old book from Xie Ximin, and did not read it. He then reminded Zhao Xingde with kindness, "I heard that many people lost all their property in order to alchemy and silver. If it weren't for the same set as other real strange books, they would have been forbidden to destroy it."

Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "If what this book says is true, it will be very useful for us to improve gunpowder." Without proper raw materials and experimental methods, the element theory will not prove it, so Zhao Xingde first said "if" is true. The people of Xia Dynasty value practicality and often sneer at useless things. The law of mechanics already mentioned the theory of gravity of all things. Except for a few strange people in the Bachelor's Mansion, others are not interested at all, but it does not prevent those craftsmen from referring to the laws of mechanics to create various mechanisms. Thinking about this, Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "If you can't use this book to alchemy, you may not be able to create other useful things, such as more powerful gunpowder? Even explosives with ten times more powerful than now?"

Seeing Chunyu Yue and Xie Ximin's face full of suspicion, Zhao Xingde shook his head in his heart and continued to persuade: "The other books are of great use. How could this only "Elemental Theory" be vague? There must be articles here. In my opinion, this is a nine-story platform, which starts from the soil. The higher the pagoda, the larger the foundation. Gunpowder has been around for hundreds of years, and ordinary saltpeter refining methods cannot be called a secret. If you make better gunpowder, first according to the theory of this element, distinguish the various raw materials involved in the gunpowder prescription and study its properties. It is precisely the basis for broadening its foundation. On this, you will explore the secrets of the separation and combination of various elements and improve it.

Prescriptions and refining methods. Just like building a pagoda, as long as you distinguish the physical nature and the secret of elements separation and integration, these two bases are built with a wide and reliable foundation, and then trial-making new gunpowder, I think they are at least six or seven points." He hesitated for a moment, and then lowered his voice, "Brother Xie, although the risk of developing new gunpowder is great, the profit will be greater after the event is completed. The prescriptions and manufacturing methods are so difficult, and they are not as clear as machinery and equipment. Not to mention other businesses, the Ordnance Department cannot imitate them. At that time, there is no need to charge apprenticeships. Once successful, we can easily control the market. The rare goods are alive, and there is no difference between alchemy and silver."

Chunyu Yue sighed, "Yes, the pagoda needs to be built high, and the foundation must be laid wide. When the iron plant tried to use charcoal to smelte, it was much wrong for a long time, but after laying the foundation, it finally surpassed other iron plants."

The more Xie Ximin heard, his eyes shone brighter, and nodded, "Brother Zhao has given me a good advice. If this new gunpowder is made, we can control the market of firearms, what's the point of Chang'an's eight major industries?" He paused, raised his glass and smiled, "Brother Chunyu, I'm not talking about you." Chunyu Iron Factory was originally a time-honored brand in Chang'an, and its scale has become larger and larger in recent years. Chunyu Yue has already called for the head of the iron tin wood industry. After hearing Xie Ximin's words, he shook his head and smiled, "Don't say anything else, there are so many senior craftsmen in Chang'an, but I am not my turn." Although he said that, he was a vague sense of pride. He was a steady person. If he had not assured that he would have been at the head of the head, his words would not have been revealed in this way.

The three of them were having fun drinking and chatting. Li Ruoxue brought Zhao Zhuo and Zhao Yong to pay homage to each other. Both children were five years old, and their pink faces were red with cold and greeted the two uncles in advance. Xie Ximin and Chun Yu Yue both prepared gifts. Xie Ximin gave Zhao Zhuo a pair of golden locks, gave Zhao Yong a delicate little bow and arrow, and a rhinoceros horn to destroy it. Zhao Yong put the destruction on his thumb, and it was a little loose. Zhao Zhuo looked curiously. However, when Chun Yu Yue took out the gift, he immediately attracted the eyes of the two children.

These are two tricks. The same plaything is a monkey climbing a tree. It seems that a monkey is surrounding the trunk. In fact, a thin band is connected between the monkey and the smooth trunk. The band is the so-called spring in later generations. When he gently pushes the wooden monkey, he climbs to the top of the tree in a silly manner, and then pushes him, and he climbs down by himself. The other plaything is a fairy stick, but this thin stick is even more magical. As long as he leads it in the air, the monkey will climb up the tree with a slight lead down, and the monkey will climb down again. The mechanism is simple, the monkey hides an iron in his brain, and the end of the stick uses a magnet.

The two children had magical faces and even forgot about thanking them. They immediately had a lot of fun and let the little monkey climb up and down.

Xie Ximin nodded and said, "This child's things are so clever. No one would have thought that they were actually made by Chunyu Iron Factory, which made artillery." There are many such toys. When Chunyu Iron Factory asked him to sell toys on behalf of Gaochangxing, Xie Ximin was a little strange. Later, these things were sold very well in Guanzhong, Shuzhong and Hezhong, and the Bachelor's Mansion also bought a batch. Gaochangxing made a lot of money, and Xie Ximin then looked at him with admiration.

Zhao Zhuo heard a sentence, jumped up, held the immortal art stick and asked tenderly, "Dad, which immortal art stick is better than the iron barrel cannon?"

Zhao Xingde touched her little head and smiled and said, "Of course it's amazing to be fairy art." Zhao Zhuo then cheered and jumped and shouted, "Then I want to learn fairy art! I know fairy art!" Li Ruoxue gave Zhao Xingde anger and amused look. These incredible toys were created by Zhao Xingde and Chunyu Yue.

Just as he was having fun, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the courtyard, and Zhao Xingde looked slightly cold. As the captains, he and Xie Ximin exchanged glances at the same time.

Sure enough, as soon as the two stood up, the call of soldiers from the Guardian Mansion came from outside the door. It turned out that the Hebei Army of the Song State was ambushed by the Liao army on the way back to Bianliang and could not win. The Hebei camp deployed Wang Yan to die for the country, and the political affairs and the Hebei governor Qin Hui was captured, and the 70,000 troops were almost wiped out. The news spread that the morale of the Hebei army in Henan was very depressed. In order to prevent the Liao army from rushing to cross the ferry, Zhang Shuye destroyed the Liyangjin floating bridge overnight. However, there were still many ships on the shore of Hebei. After the Liao army defeated the main force of the Hebei camp, they had no worries. They were collecting ships with all their might. While crossing the river, they were preparing to build a new floating bridge with the wooden stakes that the Song army had not destroyed. Bianliang was already in danger.

In the Guardian Mansion, the early lieutenants were whispering.

Someone whispered, "I heard that Wu Baiyu led his troops to the battle." Another laughed, "Wouldn't Qu Andong be so angry?" Qu Andong was the general of the Andong Army Division, and Wu Baiyu refers to Wu Jie, the commander of the Baiyu Army. Qu Duan was both civil and military, and Wu Jie was brave and resourceful, and the two were called Yuliang in Guanzhong. But one mountain could not accommodate two tigers. The two of them were incompatible with each other and were well known in the Guardian Mansion. Someone hesitated and said, "It seems that they should be ready to go out to Hangu, so there is no need for Anbei Army Division to go to Mobei to attack Xijing Road to attack Shangjing?"
Chapter completed!