Chapter 244： Saltpeter

When Gong Yun came back, it was November 10th. It took him nine days to find the other half of the book on An Ziran. Some things may be different because of the name, so Gong Yun can only look for it according to the approximate appearance of things.

Fu Wutian did not enter the palace today, Fu Yuanfan has gradually become a one-off, so he does not need to follow up directly.

There are a lot of things, such as limestone, which are big stones, one box and one box. Fu Wangfu’s two or three people work together to move up. After a while, the palace of Wangfu is full of land.

Fu Wutian has already seen Wang Hao’s move to create new things. Every time the movement is not small, this time is obviously no exception, so there is no accident.

"Is it all found?" An Ziran probably looked at it.

"All are in place, but one is not very sure." Gong Yun replied.

"What is not sure?" An Ziran looked up at him.

Gong Yun went to the debris pile and opened two of the boxes. There were a lot of white stones stacked inside, and some were transparent.

"Under the uncertainty, which of the two kinds of stones is limestone, so I have a box, please confirm it."

An Ziran's gaze fell on the box of translucent stones, and he couldn't help but pick up his eyebrows to reveal some unexpected colors.

"What's wrong?" Fu Wutian noticed his expression.

An Ziran did not immediately answer, walked over and took out a piece of white transparent stone, and sniffed it under the nose, smelling a bit of bitterness and coldness. This spar is clearly saltpeter, but the appearance is slightly similar to limestone. It is actually a different kind.

Limestone is calcium carbonate and nitrate is potassium nitrate.

Thinking of this, An Ziran’s face changed slightly. “You brought this box of stones back like this. Did you have any bad things happening in the middle?”

Gong Yun was very smart and immediately guessed what he was worried about.

“Wang Hao assured that the locals said that this kind of stone would make strange noises, and the stones would suddenly fly out. Some people were hurt because of this, so there are people who are careful to transport them.”

"What is this?" Fu Wutian is very interested.

"This is saltpeter. The friction will produce sparks. The more the number, the greater the power." An Ziran replied, "Specifically you don't understand, but it is not limestone, it is a very unstable thing, transporting You need to be very careful, otherwise you will be in danger when you are serious."

Fu Wutian said: "What is the use of Wang Hao in such a dangerous thing?"

An Ziran showed a smirk on his face. "I am not looking for saltpeter, but limestone, but this thing is not useless."

He just discovered that Gong Yun actually helped him to make the raw materials for making certain dangerous things. It was really a surprise.

Fu Wutian touched his chin and suddenly said: "Wang Hao, what if this saltpeter falls in a crowded place?"

An Ziran looked at him unexpectedly, calmly said: "Probably dead."

Fu Wutian smiled silently.

An Ziran found that Fu Wutian is much smarter than he imagined, but it is not a surprise to be a man who has played a lot of jealousy.

“Is there any interest in Wang Hao?”

"The interest is there, but there is no time, and we have to open another arsenal."

The factory in Changzhou started to produce cotton armor half a month ago. It could have been faster, but the chaos in the city of Junzi, Guan Wei and Shao Fei were called back. The night feathers were too busy to come. I can't get in touch with this, so the plan is temporarily stranded.

But now there are good people and people.

A large amount of ramie was shipped from Ali Township. The ramie in Changzhou has also matured. The Fengcheng side is also fast. When it comes to the continuous supply of ramie, it is not afraid that the raw materials will break.

"This matter can be handed over to the king."

"Wang Ye is so busy, do you have time?" An Ziran looked at him jokingly. For Fu Yuanfan's kid, Fu Wutian could not help.

Fu Wutian returned a smile. "The next thing is his own problem. The king will not interfere too much, except for the draft."

The draft is very important, especially Fu Yuanfan’s harem is now empty, four, noble, queen, these positions are still no one, many ministers are savvy, one by one aiming at these niches, for him to not wipe Fu Yuanfan in the future, he I must take over this matter myself.

The next day, An Ziran began to prepare sulfuric acid.

These chemicals are very cumbersome. In addition to the raw materials, the tools to be formulated also need to be customized. Because the glass is somewhat troublesome, he can only find alternatives.

On the other hand, Fu Yuanfan’s empty harem has also begun to be moved to the table by some ministers, especially those daughters who have flowers like jade in their homes. They even want to start the drafting the next day, but when they hear the emperor ready to put When this matter was handed over to the king, there was a dish.

Dealing with the unpredictable King of the Kings is definitely a matter of fear, let alone bribery, and it is not too bad.

The Queen Mother is also quite vocal about this, but Fu Yuanfan has already told him that he will hand over the draft to Fu Wutian, which has no room for negotiation.

Two days later, the draft event began with great vigour.

There is Fu Wutian sitting in the town, Ge Qianan and Zhong Yue as deputies. The process of drafting must be done in accordance with the regulations, and this time it is not only to choose beautiful and beautiful women, but also good and good, so Fu Wutian makes every region The housewives will select the showgirls in detail to write their favorite personality and the like.

In order to prevent some people from making mistakes, they also specifically warned that if they find that they are not in conformity with themselves, they will discuss crimes. Although they may not completely eliminate this phenomenon, they can always scare some courage.

The draft was in full swing, and Anziran had already extracted the sulfuric acid, and then began to carry the sodium carbonate solution.

In the palace, Fu Wutian was busy with the draft and did not forget to practice his promise to An Ziran, but another military workshop was not ready to open in Changzhou.

The saltpeter and limestone that Gong Yun found were found in Jingshan, which is where Fu Yuancheng let Zhao Yi go to the rescue.

When it comes to the emperor’s family who wants to return to the city of Junzi, he was also crushed by Fu Wutian. It was a good thing that he helped Fu Yuancheng to resist Fu Yuanyang and Yu Bofei, but the other party’s ill-fated, privately raised soldiers and horses were more than The number of the first emperor's stipulations, and later these soldiers were given to the military camp by Fu Wutian.

It is not easy to raise a soldier, especially in the backward Jingshan Prefecture.

In the hilly areas of Jingshan Prefecture, the area of ​​the plains only accounts for 40%, and the population is not as large as that of Changzhou, but the mineral resources are very rich.

An Zi then came to investigate and found out.

Although the profit of the military workshop is high, if the military workshop is opened in Changzhou, the transportation of mineral resources will be a big expense.

In their current situation, there is no need to be particularly unpretentious or cautious, so An Ziran decided to open the military workshop in Jingshan Prefecture directly, and then sent Yueqi or Ge Qianan in the past.

Fu Wutian obtained the operating license of the arsenal of the arsenal in the Ministry of Military Affairs according to the old method. However, he did not immediately send people to the past. The place where the arsenal was to be done was a problem. Jingshan Prefecture was the site of the emperor’s relatives. What happened, they were too late in the city of Junzi, not too worried about this matter.

Five days later, An Ziran finally took out the carbonic acid he wanted. Although it took a lot of time, it was finally successful, and the quality was better than he had imagined.

In order to teach the soldiers by hand, An Ziran let Gong Yun move his tools to the small farm. After Yu Shengming knew it, he immediately went out to pick them up.

Sulphuric acid and sodium carbonate are harder to produce than caustic soda. Fortunately, those soldiers have already had experience, not as clumsy as the first time, and failed to destroy the tools many times.

An Ziran carefully taught them many times from morning to afternoon, and even wrote down the names of various chemicals to let them remember them repeatedly. Later, some people slowly started to get started, and the quality of sodium carbonate produced was Not as good as his system, but you can try it several times.

The second step and the third step are no more troublesome than the first one. The required chemicals are twice as many as the first step. Some chemicals cannot be replaced because of the conditions, and can only be replaced by other things or omitted. One step, almost before and after the consumption of An Ziran nearly two months.

Later, in view of being too complicated and complicated, An Ziran did not intend to promote it, mainly based on the first formula, while the second was dominated by the upper stream.

After that, until the number of orders finally got together, the two black men did not appear again.

Fu Wutian over there, the vigorous drafting event has finally come to an end.