I am Da Song

Chapter 47: Song's Precise Gunpowder Formula

The world's first musket was born in the Song Dynasty, and it shined brilliantly in the 1132 De'an House Guard Battle.

It's only five years away.The technical conditions for the production of muskets are already in place, and it depends on which craftsman can promote them.

Zhao Huan has great trust in Da Song's pioneering and innovative spirit.With the guarantee of the system, it won't take long for Song Jun to enter the age of firearms.

Even at present, there are a large number of gunpowder bombs and rockets in the Song army.In the war with Xixia, the Song army used as many as 25 rockets at a time.

Zhao Huan asked the supervisor beside him: "Since you are in charge of monitoring the quality of military weapons, you must know the formula of gunpowder. Otherwise, how can you check whether the gunpowder is qualified?"

The Dujian breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly replied: "Report to the official family, the small ones know, the small ones know. My Great Song "Wu Jing Zong Yao" has strict records on the formula of gunpowder."

This recipe is already very simple and close to the perfect ratio.Perhaps any subjects of the Song Dynasty would not have expected that they thought this was the beginning of gunpowder technology, but it became the pinnacle of gunpowder technology in the Central Plains.

In the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of messy things were added to the gunpowder formula, such as tung oil, soybean powder, rosin, finless porpoise oil, wood coal, and even wolf dung.

When he arrived in Qing Dynasty, Aixinjueluo just wanted to ask: "What is gunpowder?"

Zhao Huan ordered: "Send an order to all the workshops to let the craftsmen re-study the ratio of gunpowder."

Du Jianchi questioned: "Officials, can gunpowder be formed according to this ratio? This ratio of nitrate content is too low. It is completely opposite to gunpowder technology."

Zhao Huan had a smile on his face, this is what he admired most about Da Song.With a gunpowder formula, countless people with lofty ideals will try to make innovations in various aspects.Never stick to rigid dogma.

"Let the artisans study on their own. Maybe this formula is not proportioned according to catty, but may also be proportioned according to size. Tell the craftsmen, I offer a reward of [-] pieces of silk and ten palace maids. As long as someone can study this and develop an explosion With an astonishingly powerful ratio, besides these rewards, it will also enter the third rank of civil servants."

Moreover, the gunpowder of the Song Dynasty has precisely controlled the three major elements of gunpowder, nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal. It only needs a lot of trying different ratios to achieve the best state. This does not even require much technology, as long as a lot of time and energy are invested in it. Can.

It may be difficult to improve gunpowder in other dynasties, but only in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan firmly believed that gunpowder would be perfected in a short time.

However, the truth is easier than Zhao Huan thought, as long as a bold craftsman can realize that the unit of saltpeter is catty, and the unit of sulfur and charcoal is tael.

Even in the process of adjusting the ratio, it is not impossible to find a ratio that is closer to the gunpowder of later generations.

Gunpowder and gunpowder can be improved, but it will take some time to wait for mass production. At present, the biggest difficulty facing Song Dynasty is to defend Tokyo City.

Zhao Huan asked: "How many military equipment can the Bow and Crossbow Institute produce in a day?"

The culture and governance of the Song Dynasty reached its peak, and the government was extremely meticulously controlled. The Dujian immediately replied: "Since the officials ordered the city to be defended, the Bow and Crossbow Building Institute began to produce at full capacity yesterday. A total of 150 sets of infantry armor and [-] sets of leather armor were produced. , Thirty pairs of divine arm bows, three hundred strong bows, and [-] hand knives. There are a total of one thousand spears, spears, and flags, and eight thousand crossbow arrows and feather arrows."

There are about [-] people in the bow and crossbow factory, and the scale of the northern and southern workshops is roughly the same. If there are no major accidents, the production capacity there is also the same.

Zhao Huan calculated that after doubling the production capacity, there would be about [-] sets of infantry armor, [-] sets of leather armor, [-] sets of divine arm bows, [-] strong bows, [-] spears and flags, and [-] feathered arrows every day. .

After increasing the production capacity, it can probably arm a commanding unit a day, and there is still a little surplus.

From this point of view, it is very necessary to take back the imperial armory outside the city.The scale of Yuqian Armory is larger than these two, and even if production is resumed, the production capacity will probably be equal to the two.

At that time, the city will be fully productive, and two commanders and about 1000 troops can be armed every day.

Although this number cannot keep up with the speed of military expansion, it must be known that most of the weapons and armor are not damaged and cannot be used anymore.A group of soldiers died in battle, and their armor can be recycled to the new army.

However, the newly-produced weapons are endless. It only takes ten days to provide a batch of brand-new suits to the new army of 1 people, and there will be a surplus of guards in the city in one month.

When the common people joined the army, many people would bring their own weapons. The Song army did not lack weapons, and the key was armor.Armor rate is an important difference between an elite division and a mob.

Zhao Huan looked at the capital supervisor at the side, and said very seriously: "The officials of the Xiuzhi capital were all executed by me because of corruption. I will not pursue the past affairs of the Military Weapons Supervisor. But from today onwards, if I If you hear that the armor is fragile and soft in the army, don't say it was unexpected."

When mentioning the officials of the Xiuzhi Capital Office, the prison guards shuddered. After all, these officials were all executed without any room for maneuver, which made other officials horrified.

Right now, countless officers and soldiers, Taiwan admonishers, even ministers and emperors are focusing their attention on the production of military weapons, and they will pay close attention to it every day.

Even if the officials of the department have the guts, they dare not continue to be corrupt and shoddy in the eyes of the public.

The Dujian quickly replied: "The small ones must strictly control the quality and provide excellent armor for the defenders."

When Zhao Huan and Mei Zhili walked out of the bow and crossbow building yard, it was dusk and the lights were just coming on.

Today is the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and there are three days left until the most lively Lantern Festival in Song Dynasty.

The soldiers and civilians in Tokyo are used to preparing lanterns on the mountain of lanterns on the seventh day of the lunar new year. When Chengyu returned to Yujie from the west, he could see the prosperity of the world.

There is a wall, as if separating the two worlds.

The area outside the city that was harassed by the golden men was dark and chaotic, but the imperial streets in the inner city were lined with colored lights, and tens of thousands of candles were hung, winding like two dragons flying away.

The lights in the inner city are dim, and the gold and jade are shining together, and the brocade is shining.

Originally, on this day in history, the Jin people would send envoys to the capital to ask for lanterns.All the lanterns all over Tokyo were handed over to the Jinjun camp, and the dirty military camp was decorated with Dongfeng night to set off flowers and trees, while the bustling Tokyo fell into a cold silence.

But now it is clear that history has taken a fork in the road.Not to mention sending envoys to ask for lanterns, the Jinren didn't even send anyone to negotiate.

Zhao Huan deliberately stopped in front of Xuande Gate, looking at the dimly lit inner city.

Such a beautiful Tokyo city is the beauty in the hearts of all Song people.Keeping this scene can inspire the hearts of the defenders.

It is enough to let all the soldiers know that their relatives still live in the inner city without any worries.

Their struggle, for the family and the country, is of great significance.

(End of this chapter)