The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 224

"Come here, hurry up!" Zhang Wu stood beside a big pit and said excitedly.

The others hurried over, only to see that the small earth pit dug on the ground turned out to be a big pit, which could almost bury a person.

"This, this! My lord, what is this that has such power?" Wei Yan asked.

Zhang Wu said with a smile on his face, "Shi Yuan, Yuan Zhi, do you know what this is?"

Xu Shu remembered the records in some books he had read, and then thought that there was a Taoist priest standing beside him, so he guessed, "Could it be the gunpowder made by alchemists?"

"Hahahaha, Yuanzhi is indeed well-informed. Yes, this is the gunpowder recorded in the pre-Qin period. It's just that what you see now is the improved gunpowder, which is hundreds of times more powerful!"

Seeing the power of this thing, Pang Tong couldn't help saying excitedly: "Master, such a small pack of gunpowder just now has such power. If it is used on the battlefield, wouldn't it be..."

Zhang Wudao: "That's right, that's exactly what I intend. It's just that this gunpowder has just been developed, and some key items are needed in the formula. I don't know if there is a large amount of it in Jingzhou, otherwise we can't make it in large quantities. Also, everyone must keep this matter secret , we may be able to surprise our enemies by then!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhang Wu looked at the big hole in front of him, thinking with joy that the scene when gunpowder is suddenly used on the battlefield in the future will definitely scare Cao Cao or Sun Quan!
Haha, gunpowder, kerosene bombs, gas bombs!Cao Aman, which one do you want to try?
Zhang Wu seems to be Da Vinci at this moment, holding the ultimate killer weapon in his hand, killing you three thousand, looking at Cao Cao or Sun Quan with a smile!
Let you know what science and technology is the first combat power, and let you know what it means to be beaten if you fall behind!

What a joy!Zhang Wu, who returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, kicked Ma Su home, handed his son to the maid, and took Ma Wei to the bedroom to fight for [-] rounds.

After the two sides stopped fighting, Zhang Wu held Ma Wei in his arms, and kept moving his hands, which made Ma Wei unable to bear it but felt powerless.

"Husband, don't move, the concubine has already surrendered!"

"Haha, how can Madam surrender so easily! Why don't we take a break and fight for a few more rounds?"

"Ah?" Ma Wei was so frightened that Huarong turned pale, and after a few rounds of fighting, she couldn't get out of bed today, and she would die of being laughed at! "Husband, please spare my concubine! I really can't do it anymore!"

Zhang Wu also saw that his wife was really tired after being tormented by him all afternoon, but he still hadn't enjoyed himself enough.

Since his force value reached its peak, he felt that his physical strength had also increased significantly, and it seemed to be the same in that respect.

Ma Wei also saw that Zhang Wu wasn't enjoying himself enough, but she really didn't dare to fight any more, so she said, "Husband, why don't you take a few more concubines!"

"Oh? Madame wants me to take a concubine?" It's better in this era, when the eldest wife takes the initiative to let her husband marry the younger wife.

"Yes, on the one hand, you can give birth to more children for your husband, and on the other hand, you can also help me share some of the burden!" Ma Wei said shyly.

"Oh~ so that's the case, hehe, okay, it's good to have a concubine, let's talk about it later!"

In fact, monogamy has been practiced in China since ancient times. This wife refers to the official wife who is being married by the Ming media, and the others are considered concubines.Moreover, in the ancient feudal society, those who have regular wives but marry another will also be severely punished.

Even concubinage is not something that can be taken as one wishes. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there was a clear regulation that those who were entrusted with meritorious service could take eight concubines, and high officials could take two concubines. Ordinary people were only allowed to marry one wife. Concubine.

Of course, it’s a troubled time now, and no one cares so much anymore. As long as you can afford it, you can accept as many as you want, and at most you don’t give them any titles. Just like Zhang Wu’s family now has quite a few Concubines, but they are all used to solve physical needs, and they don't even have the status of a concubine.

The world has been fighting for so many years, and the common people have changed their sons to eat each other. As long as they are given food, I don’t know how many women are willing to be supported by the rich.

This is the sorrow of ordinary people in troubled times, the so-called life is not as good as a dog in troubled times!

However, from the Han bamboo slips unearthed from Han tombs, it can be known that in addition to the main wives, the Han people also had partial wives, imperial maidservants, etc. That is to say, since the Western Han Dynasty, men have been able to have three wives and four concubines.

In addition, the second wife is at most called a flat wife, but no matter in terms of family status or social status, it is incomparable with the first wife.

Now that Zhang Wu is both powerful and rich, it can be said that as long as he wants to, no one cares about raising three thousand beauties in the mansion, but Zhang Wu is not such a person after all!

After all, it is still the period of starting a business, so the impact is not good!
Let's talk about it when you're done!
Therefore, since Zhang Wu married Ma Wei, he has never taken a concubine, but two former concubines were given the title of concubine by Zhang Wu because they were pregnant with Zhang Wu's child.

Now Ma Wei mentioned the matter of taking a concubine for Zhang Wu, but Zhang Wu had some concerns in his heart.

The successful development of gunpowder brought more confidence to Zhang Wu. Although cannons and muskets could not be manufactured in this era, the power of the explosion was enough to become Zhang Wu's trump card in the war.

For example, when attacking a city, you can bury explosives under the opponent's city wall, and then directly blow the city wall down with a bang.

For example, you can put gunpowder in jars and bury them in the ground for mines. When the enemy troops pass by, they will explode into the sky with a bang.

For example, you can use gunpowder to make explosive packets and use a trebuchet to throw them into the enemy's formation or on the enemy's ship. The effect will definitely be great.

But this primitive black powder is not the modern high-energy explosive (such as TNT) after all. To have enough power, it must be done in large quantities, and there is a key procedure, which is granulation.

In order to manufacture black powder in large quantities, there must be enough raw materials.In the past, Zhang Wu remembered the phrase "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal", but later found that this ratio was not good.

Charcoal and sulfur are very easy to obtain raw materials, but saltpeter is not easy to find.Generally speaking, a large amount of nitrate soil will be produced next to the septic tank, which can be used to refine nitrate, but the output is not high.

Besides, he is the governor of Jingzhou, so he can't deal with dung all day long.

Therefore, in order to prepare a large amount of black powder, it is necessary to find a saltpeter mine with a large output.

Zhang Wu also asked Ni Heng to write papers to officials from all over the country, and if a large amount of saltpeter was found somewhere, report it to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion immediately.

Officials from various counties below are a little curious. What on earth is our Grand Governor going to do?Today I'm looking for burning black water, tomorrow I'm looking for saltpeter, and next time I don't know what I'm going to look for!
Let's find it, anyway, they all know that the governor likes to tinker with strange things!
(End of this chapter)