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Chapter 97: Monititrate, disulfide, and charcoal, add some sugar, Big Ivan

[The art of explosion, add a little white sugar to Big Ivan with mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal. The power of Big Ivan is beyond your imagination. #gunpowder#The process of making gunpowder. 】

[Gunpowder is one of my country’s four great inventions. Its emergence changed the way war is fought.

However, its production is not complicated. Our commonly used gunpowder is also composed of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal.

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

Saltpeter functions as a combustion accelerant, allowing sulfur and charcoal to burn quickly in a limited time, causing the carbon dioxide they generate to explode.

Sulfur is a natural substance that is commonly found in magma from volcanic eruptions. It is also one of the necessary materials for ancient alchemy.

The main component of saltpeter is potassium nitrate. This mineral can be found all over the country. There are also white crystals on the earthen walls in rural areas. This mineral can also be collected in various saline-alkali lands.

Charcoal is easier to make. In ancient times, a large amount of charcoal was burned. It was generally used as a material for making fires, especially for iron-making.

There are two main methods for making charcoal. One is the kiln firing method, which involves putting a large amount of firewood into the kiln, lighting the firewood, sealing all the kiln mouths, and burning the wood slowly inside to carbonize the wood.

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

The best charcoal is willow. The charcoal is finer and the gunpowder is better.

After the three materials are made, they are turned into powder, and different gunpowders can be used in different proportions.

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

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

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

Whether it is textile printing or medical chemistry and other fields, you can see his presence.

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

In our country, the earliest gunpowder can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty. It was first invented by ancient alchemists when they were making elixirs.

Later, in the first year of Yongchun reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, alchemists pioneered the method of burying fire with sulfur.

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

Later, in the third year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, he created the Huoji method, using saltpeter, sulfur and Aristolochia (containing carbon) to smelt it together.

Both of these formulas are a mixture of three medicinal materials, and already have the initial ingredients contained in gunpowder.

During the Song Dynasty, people began to use gunpowder for military and acrobatic purposes.

As gunpowder was used more and more in military applications, it eventually became a revolutionary weapon that changed the world of warfare.

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Qin Dynasty.

Qin Shi Huang looked at the information on the sky screen and was stunned for a moment.

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

He originally thought that today's sky, like always, was a window to understand future generations.

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

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

Ever since Qin Shihuang saw him tampering with the imperial edict on the sky screen, Qin Shihuang's trust in him has been greatly reduced.

Although trust in him has increased recently and he is allowed to attend court meetings, he still receives indifference from all courtiers.

But Li Si didn't care. He knew that what he needed more than the indifference of these courtiers was Qin Shihuang's trust.

This is the message on the marquee, which is a good opportunity for performance.

He wants to record all the information and strive for the opportunity to perform.

While all the courtiers were recording the information, Qin Shihuang also watched the entire video.He waved his hand and asked the eunuchs around him to find the warlocks.

When Qin Shihuang saw the materials Tianmu mentioned, he discovered that these materials were actually used by him to refine the elixir.

Later in the video, he saw that the inventor of the gunpowder was actually an alchemist.

This also reminded him of those warlocks that he had not yet dealt with.

Qin Shihuang originally planned to deal with Xu Fu after he went to find the fairy mountain, but he didn't expect that they could still be used as waste now.

In the imperial palace of Da Qin, the warlocks who were closely guarded burst into tears when they saw the video on the sky screen.

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

Although they were sorcerers and told Qin Shi Huang that he could practice calligraphy and have the elixir of immortality, they also knew that these were just words of deception.

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

But today, with the emergence of this video, they see life.

In order to survive, many warlocks prepared gunpowder based on the information on the sky screen.

When the eunuchs around Qin Shihuang arrived, they also prepared gunpowder and brought the gunpowder to Qin Shihuang's side.

Qin Shihuang was very happy when he saw the gunpowder prepared by the magicians.

When he knew from the sky that there was no immortality in this world, he became very angry and even had the idea of ​​killing these warlocks.

But later, with a bit of luck in my heart, I thought that what Tianmu said was not true.

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

However, the information on the sky screen this time gave Qin Shihuang other ideas.

If the warlocks can really make gunpowder according to the sky curtain, even if they save their lives, it won't be a big problem.

When the sorcerers came to him and saw the gunpowder brought by his uncles, Qin Shihuang was even more happy.

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

But compared to the weapons made on the canopy, now it only has gunpowder.

After thinking about it, Qin Shihuang asked the eunuchs to bring out some pieces of white paper and asked the warlocks to make firecrackers.

Then Qin Shihuang led the ministers to the open space outside the main hall.

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

Then there was only a loud noise and a bang of firecrackers exploding.

Qin Shihuang was slightly stunned when he saw the scene after the firecrackers exploded.

There wasn't much explosive in the firecrackers, and they didn't have much power when they exploded. Just the sound of the explosions still startled him.

At the same time, Qin Shihuang could also imagine that if a large amount of gunpowder was filled, the power would not be simple.

If a large amount of stones and other materials are put into the gunpowder, the power will be greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Qin Shihuang gave an order to the warlocks to continue studying gunpowder to make it more powerful.

After the ministers saw the power of gunpowder, they also deeply understood that this kind of thing could change the war, and they also agreed with Qin Shihuang's order.

In the opinion of the ministers, if there was such a magical weapon, South Vietnam would be captured easily.

It's just that they are a little bit regretful because they don't know what white sugar is and how it is made?

They really want to know how powerful it will be if sugar is added to this gunpowder?

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

(End of this chapter)