Shuhan

Chapter 337 The immortal touches my head, Liu Chan deceives others!
One sulfur dinitrate three charcoal.

Liu Chan naturally knew the formula of gunpowder.

But just knowing the recipe is not enough.

The quality of the sulfur, the quality of the saltpeter, the degree of grinding of the charcoal
These are all factors that restrict the formation of gunpowder.

Military stronghold.

In the tent of the Chinese army.

Liu Chan sat on the main seat and summoned the ten alchemists and alchemists.

The origin of alchemy is very early. In the "Warring States Policy", there are records of alchemists offering the medicine of immortality to King Jing.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also delusional "Longevity and long-term vision", seeks elixir from the people, recruits alchemists, and personally concocts elixir.

Since then, alchemy has become popular and has become popular.

Alchemy alchemists, the so-called alchemists, have appeared in all dynasties.

The alchemist's goal is to find the elixir of immortality, but such a goal is impossible to achieve.

Alchemy has been popular for more than 1000 years, but in the end it has achieved nothing.

However, some specific methods used in alchemy have merit, showing the original form of chemistry.

What immortality?
The science and technology of later generations are so advanced that they cannot do this. In this era, they still want to use this lead and mercury to create the so-called 'Nine Transformations Golden Elixir'?
Why not use your wisdom to invent and create.

"I will wait to see Your Highness."

These ten alchemists are still confused and don't know why Liu Chan brought them here.

If you want to make alchemy, you have to build a Taoist temple and choose a quiet place, right?

There are many houses at the foot of Sheshan Mountain. It is not a green and beautiful place. You should choose a famous mountain to build a Taoist temple and gild the Taoist Ancestor's golden body. Only then can you practice the Nine Turns Golden Pill, see it for a long time, and become an immortal.

"Get up."

Liu Chanxu gave him some help, and the latter quickly stood up.

"Your Highness, I don't know why you summoned me here, but to practice the Nine Turns Golden Pill?"

Among the ten alchemists, the most famous is Qing Xuzi from Yizhou.

This man was originally from a noble family, but in order to pursue the way to immortality, he sold his family property, escaped into the mountains and forests, and refined elixirs all day long, in order to find the slightest chance of immortality.

That's right.

If you want to be an alchemist, you either have to be rich or you have to be able to fool people.

Qing Xuzi's money had long been exhausted in batches of pills.

So he took a few boys to Chengdu to try his luck, hoping that someone would help him pursue the great cause of immortality.

When Liu Bei was ill before, he had gone to promote it.

But after Liu Bei took a so-called tonic pill, his condition not only did not improve, but worsened, so he regarded this man as a liar and was kicked out of the palace.

Just when he thought that the great cause of immortality could not be pursued, Liu Chan wanted to summon the Yizhou alchemist.

When Qing Xuzi saw the opportunity coming, he hurried forward.

I just thought that I would be able to start refining alchemy soon, but I didn't expect that after a few twists and turns, I would reach the top of Sheshan Mountain.

Alchemy
There must be a Taoist view.

At the very least, there must be an alchemy furnace!

I haven’t seen these objects in this mountain!

"The Immortal Way is misty. I summoned you all here not to refine elixirs."

Not alchemy?

Qing Xuzi looked disappointed.

He immediately waved his Taoist robe, held on to his long beard that almost reached his legs, and said: "The Taoist has been pursuing immortality all his life. If Your Highness does not practice the Nine Turns Golden Pill, I will excuse you."

Having said that, Qingxuzi was leaving.

Two of the remaining nine people bowed their hands to Liu Chan and prepared to leave.

As for the remaining seven people, they have no intention of leaving at all.

They don't know whether they can practice the Nine-turn Golden Pill or not, but they still care very much in order to hold it on their lap and live a life without worries about food and clothing.

"Wait a minute."

Liu Chan stopped Qing Xuzi and said with a smile: "I heard that the Taoist priest came to Chengdu this time just to ask someone to help him make alchemy. What? Now he has found someone?"

Found someone?

Qingxuzi's old face darkened and he said: "The trend of seeking immortality is not strong in Chengdu, so I have to go to other places to find a suitable person."

Most of the nobles in Chengdu are fighting on the battlefield, how can they seek immortality?
Qing Xuzi's theory was quite unpalatable in Yizhou compared with Chang Yu's prophecy skills.

"As long as you help me do one thing, I will help you open ten furnaces of elixir, how about it?"

To do one thing, open ten furnaces of elixirs?
Qingxuzi's eyes suddenly lit up.

He was moved.

You must know that the main ingredients of the Nine Turns Golden Elixir he wants to practice are precious medicinal materials, which are worth a lot of money.

A furnace of elixir costs at least [-] yuan.

Ten furnaces.

That's millions of dollars.

What a great handwriting!
"His Highness has said so, and I am naturally willing to accept the order."

Liu Chan chuckled and said, "It's not easy to help me do this. Let's see what these are first."

Liu Chan clapped his hands, and immediately the prince's personal guards came over with trays of mineral materials.

There are dozens of them.

"Everyone take a look and write down what these things are on paper and write them according to their numbers."

This time, Liu Chan was naturally testing the abilities of these people in the school.

It's not that easy to eat royal food under his command, Liu Chan. He will catch anyone who cheats.

"For each mineral material, you have ten breaths of time to identify the type."

After that, ten positions were arranged in the main tent of the Chinese army, and paper and pen were placed in each position.

Qing Xuzi immediately laughed and said: "I have been refining alchemy for more than ten years, but I want to see which gold and stones I don't recognize."

After saying that, he sat directly in the first position.

Under Liu Chan's eyes, the other nine people also chose a seat and sat down.

After everyone was seated, Liu Chan waved his hand, and his guards immediately placed the mineral materials on the plate in front of everyone.

Qing Xuzi was originally confident of winning, but when he brought up the mineral materials one by one, he discovered that there were some things that even he didn't recognize.

ten kinds.

Twenty kinds.

Thirty kinds.

A total of fifty kinds of mineral materials were tried, ten of which were repeated, just to test their abilities.

"Okay, the time has come."

Liu Chan clapped his hands, and Chang Yu immediately stepped forward to collect the papers. The ten alchemists who answered the papers, whether they were Qing Xuzi or others, were already sweating profusely.

After taking the answer sheets from these ten people, Liu Chan looked at them hurriedly.

Saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, tin, tin, bronze, copper, silver, gold, gold, tin, iron, copper, copper, platinum, gold, realgar, corundum, topaz, jadeite, orpiment.
Liu Chan looked through the 'answer sheets' of these people and his brows gradually wrinkled.

The ten people in charge of the Chinese army's tent looked at Liu Chan and frowned slightly, and suddenly became breathless and uneasy.

At that moment, two people stood up and knelt there, banging their heads like garlic.

"Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, spare your life. We are not alchemists, but farmers. We pretended to be alchemists in order to gain wealth. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

really
We still have to give it a try. If we don’t try, how can we catch Mr. Dongguo who is cheating with two people?
These two people directly handed in blank papers to Liu Chan, which showed that they couldn't even write.

"Pull out, stick thirty, to serve as a warning!"

Since you want to strive for wealth, you have to suffer the consequences of failure.

The two men shouted for mercy, but Liu Chan turned a deaf ear. At the moment, his attention was already on Qing Xuzi.

"Among the remaining eight people, only Taoist Master can write more than [-] words correctly."

Being able to identify twenty kinds of mineral materials is enough to prove that Qing Xuzi is capable.

Liu Chan called the names of three more people and said: "Except these four people, everyone else, please disperse."

of course
They worked so hard to come here, but Liu Chan still gave them a hundred yuan to pay for their escape.

The remaining three people left behind were all people who could identify saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.

These three objects could still be identified when they were ground into powder, and they should be capable of completing the tasks Liu Chan gave them.

"You guys come with me."

Liu Chan stood up from his seat and slowly walked out of the tent. Qing Xuzi and others were confused, but they could only not keep up with Liu Chan's footsteps.

In the military camp, guards had already prepared a bag of gunpowder the size of a fist.Liu Chan picked up the bag of gunpowder and opened it. Liu Chan looked at Qing Xuzi and others and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

Qingxuzi and others stepped forward to see one of them, and saw that one of them had some gunpowder on it and tasted it on the tip of his tongue.

hiss!
He took a breath and said, "This is a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal."

Qing Xuzi was also stunned, and then he said nervously: "Your Highness, be careful, this thing is violent and may hurt people."

"Oh?"

Qing Xuzi's words made Liu Chan raise his eyebrows.

"Have you ever done this before?"

Qing Xuzi shook his head, nodded again, and said: "Sulfur, arsenic and other highly toxic gold and stone medicines are often burned before use. "Fu" means to subdue. To lose or reduce the toxicity. , this process is called "subduing the fire".

There is a secret recipe for subduing fire on the trail, which is called the "Fuhuo Alum Method". It contains two liang of sulfur, two liang of saltpeter, and three and a half qian of Aristolochia.The right side is the end, mix well.Dig a hole and put the medicine in the jar at the level of the ground.Put a piece of cooked fire with big marbles and put them inside, and the smoke will gradually rise.This is a fire hazard.

Once, for some unknown reason, my alchemy furnace exploded using this method of subduing fire. It cost me more than [-] yuan to build a new alchemy furnace. "

That fire attack destroyed half of his Taoist temple, and the boy killed one person.

If he hadn't gone to the mountains to collect medicine at that time, he might have died in the Taoist temple.

So when I saw this object, I couldn't help but feel fear in my heart.

"You're right, this thing is indeed violent. If the formula is right, it can break down mountains and cities, kill enemies and destroy countries."

With that said, Liu Chan wrapped the bag of gunpowder, inserted the fuse, and said to Qing Xuzi: "Everyone, please step back fifty steps."

fifty steps?
The four of them looked at each other, but they had no choice but to obey Liu Chan's order and take fifty steps back.

"Light this thing up."

Liu Chan said to the 'researchers' brought back from Longshan Xingtai.

Immediately, he took fifty steps back and hid in the hut prepared in advance.

"Everyone, listen to this dragon's roar~"

The man lit the fuse and ran away.

sizzle~
The fuse burned, and after about ten breaths, there was only a bang, a loud noise on the ground, and then thick smoke billowing from the ground.

Qing Xuzi and the other four alchemists had looks of horror on their faces.

"This, this... is this thunder?"

Liu Chan laughed and said, "It's Tianlei, but I prefer to call him Gunpowder."

gunpowder?

Qing Xuzi was stunned for a moment.

"Sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal are ground into powder and mixed together to produce such power."

Qing Xuzi's face was pale, and it was obvious that he had not recovered yet.

Liu Chan said disapprovingly: "When it comes to this power, it is still far from what I expected."

Is this even worse?

Qing Xuzi said: "This is only a small bag, but it is so powerful. If it weighs a hundred kilograms, I am afraid the city gate can explode."

Liu Chan shook his head again and said, "It's just momentum, not powerful enough."

With that said, Liu Chan brought the four people forward.

Sure enough, I saw that the school grounds had been dyed pitch black by gunpowder, but there was a small hole in the middle. The wooden tables placed around it were still standing upright among the wooden tables, without wavering.

"This power is indeed a bit inferior."

The momentum was so great before, Qing Xuzi thought it was powerful enough to open mountains!

But now I stepped forward and took a look, and realized how powerful it was!

That's all.

"Do you know how I obtained this secret recipe for gunpowder?"

How to get it?

Qing Xuzi was curious and immediately asked: "Did an alchemist teach it to Your Highness?"

Liu Chan shook his head and pretended to be mysterious and said: "It was an immortal preaching in a dream. He said that the world is in chaos and the people are in dire straits. He hopes that I can stabilize the destiny of the Nine Provinces, and then stabilize the order of the three realms of humans, gods and ghosts, so he will teach me some immortal methods." , this gunpowder formula is one of these immortal techniques."

As someone who has read many Xianxia novels in later generations, Liu Chan felt no pressure at all to come up with a novel theory to fool Qing Xuzi.

Fairy way?

Qing Xuzi was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of ecstasy.

"Your Highness has really received the immortal magic?"

Liu Chan nodded and said: "He taught me three immortal techniques, one of which is the Qimen Dunjia technique, and this gunpowder is one of the secret recipes."

Three Immortals?

Qing Xuzi was doubtful at first, and then became enlightened.

No wonder His Highness has been victorious in many battles. It turns out he has the help of immortals!

"Since Your Highness has received immortal magic, why can't you create gunpowder?"

"I only know the formula, but I don't know the materials and details used in the formula. I need everyone to work together."

Qing Xuzi nodded.

"I wonder how powerful this gunpowder is, Your Highness?"

If it were TNT, it would blow the city gate open just a little bit.

But thinking that this was black gunpowder, Liu Chan thought for a moment and said, "A hundred kilograms of gunpowder can blow open the city gate."

The rice had to be eaten one bite at a time. The power of this black gunpowder could break open the city gate during the siege, and Liu Chan was already satisfied.

Qingxuzi thought for a moment and said, "I am willing to try it."

Liu Chan applauded: "I hope the Taoist priest will record the specific materials used for gunpowder. Of course, the most important thing is that these three raw materials must be manufactured on a large scale."

Qing Xuzi touched his long beard, but his brows wrinkled slightly.

"Charcoal is relatively easy, but sulfur and saltpeter are difficult to obtain."

Just use charcoal.

But natural sulfur is not easy to obtain.

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" says: Sulfur can turn into gold, silver, copper and iron. It is mainly obtained from volcanic areas in the Western Regions. The rocks beside the mountains are all scorched and melted. After flowing for tens of miles, they are solidified, that is, stone Sulfur too. But in the Central Plains region, if there is pyrite, some of it can be fired from the nirvana."

The so-called nirvana is black coal-bearing pyrite.

The Western Region is now beyond the reach of Liu Chan.

It can only be exchanged for sulfur through the merchant alliance.

But for large-scale production, it is natural to look for pyrite.

There are several iron mines in Yizhou, but they are not pyrites, so Liu Chan doesn't know.

"I will arrange the search for pyrite immediately."

If the power of gunpowder is increased and it can be produced, the military strength of the Han army will immediately increase to a higher level.

"As for saltpeter, there is a lot of it in Yizhou."

Qingxuzi smiled and said: "Nitrile and salt have the same parent. They are formed by moisture evaporating under the earth and appear on the ground. Those near water and thin soil become salt, and those near mountains and thick soil become saltpeter. Because when it enters water, it melts, hence the name Said "nitrate".

North of Changhuai, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can sweep the floor in your living room every other day and take a little for cooking.

There are three most common sources of saltpeter: those born in Sichuan are called Sichuan saltpeter, those born in Shanxi are called saltpetre, and those born in Shandong are called earth saltpeter.

When scraping and sweeping the saltpeter, put it into the vat and soak it in water for one night. The dirt and impurities will float on the surface. When it is swept away, it is then put into the cauldron and filled with water for decoction.The nitrate water is dried and poured into the vessel. After one night, it will form nitrate.

The one with the upper surface is called Glauber's Salt, the one with the longer awn is called Horse Tooth Salt, and the one with lower awns is called Pu'er Salt.If you want to remove impurities and return it to purity, add it to water and decoct it.Add a few pieces of radish and cook them together, then pour it into a basin. If it turns into white snow over time, the basin will be filled with salt water. "

Seeing Qingxuzi talking eloquently, Liu Chan confirmed in his heart that Qingxuzi was indeed a talent. If the matter of gunpowder was left in his hands, there might be a breakthrough!
As a leader, this big, round cake naturally has to be drawn for him.

"Sulfur production, saltpeter production, and charcoal production will have to trouble the Taoist priest. If the power of gunpowder increases and the problem of raw materials is solved, in Yizhou, you choose a mountain and I will build a temple for you to seek immortality. "

After finishing speaking, Liu Chan said mysteriously: "One of the immortal methods taught to me by the immortal is about immortality."

Hearing this, Qing Xuzi immediately became excited.

"Your Highness, are you serious?"

Liu Chan's face was serious and he said: "I, Mr. Liu, have never deceived others in my life."

Taoist temples can be built.

You can also pursue immortality.

There is indeed an immortal magic.

Just make it up.

But
If you want to exchange for this Immortal Magic, you have to act like a cow or a horse for me.

Now that gunpowder has been developed, it's time for you to research other things.

Mining, gunpowder firearms, red cannon.
With your old arms and legs, you don’t want to create a few more good things for me, Mr. Liu, and you still want to seek immortality?
Capital Zen thinks so.

(End of this chapter)