Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Wu Shu said: "I will not let my second brother down!"

Zongwang sighed again, and said, "Lou Shi died of illness."

"I've heard that too."

Zongwang suddenly asked seriously: "What will happen if the founders of the older generation will take the lead and then wither, and the internal system of Daikin has not yet been established?"

"There will be civil strife. We don't need Song to send troops, we will be in chaos first."

"It's good if you understand that being strong but not prosperous can only show off its power for a while. In the past, Ah Ma led the crowd to rebel against Qian Liao, not just to show off his power for a while."

Wu Shu thought for a moment, then said again: "I heard that Shangjing sent envoys to Song Dynasty?"

"I've already gone back."

"How's it going?"

"No talk."

Wu Shu said, "Emperor Song is unwilling to discuss peace?"

"It's because I don't want to pay tribute."

"Then what's next?"

Zong Wang took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "Wait for the arrangement in Beijing."

Wu Shu did not continue to stay in Yanjing, and left soon.

Jin Guo has a headache now, but in fact Zhao Ning has even more headaches.

As for the negotiation, let's see who can bear the temper.

Don't even talk about paying tribute to ministers.

Xixia was scolded by someone sent by Zhao Ning, and the pressure was pushed to Jin Guo again.

In short, the three countries are now tearing each other apart.

This is a good show for all parties to take advantage of the opportunity before the new balance comes.

However, if Wanyan Wu Qimai knew that Zhao Ning's finances were about to collapse, maybe he wouldn't send someone to negotiate a peace.

Why are you still angry with that dog emperor!

Immediately pour the power of the whole country to go south again!

what?

Zhao Ning's finances are about to collapse?

That's right!

It's about to collapse!

Even the money copied from the clan will be used up.

The cash income from various places is suppressed by the transshipment department offices in various places to distribute salaries.

Even the salary is not enough. If it weren't for the killing of several batches of officials and the confiscation of several batches of houses in the past few months, Zhao Ning's pocket might be even tighter.

Moreover, fortunately, Wang Zonglian made a lot of money by selling soap.

You must know that in the Song Dynasty, the salary of officials was as much as 1650 million yuan every year.

On December 28, Mei Zhili submitted a memorial.

The salaries of officials have been paid, as have the salaries of government officials in various states, as well as military salaries.

In the end, a sum of money was left for our Zhao Guan family.

Ten thousand!

This is a special New Year's gift money, and Zhao Guan's family has to hide at home before they dare to give it out.

The direct cause of this situation is also very clear:

First, the bureaucracy is bloated and the salary expenditure is too high.

If everyone is willing to work, it is easy to offer a high salary, but at present some officials not only do not work, but also obstruct the New Deal.

Second, the military expenditure is high.

This is understandable, after all, it is a time of war, and the northern line will continue to be invested in construction.

[-]. This year's summer tax revenue is too low, and all parties use this as an excuse to put pressure on the court for a new policy.

Regarding financial matters, Zhao Ning didn't immediately turn the tables, after all, it was the Chinese New Year, and everyone had a decent New Year.

Uncle Zhao also wanted to live a stable year.

In the blink of an eye, it has been the fourth year of Jingkang, and during the New Year holiday, when the officials are on holiday, Zhao Ning's ears are a little cleaner, and the Huaixi incident has temporarily eased.

Zhao Ning speculates that Jin Guo will express his opinion soon.

He also wrote a secret letter to Ma Kuo of the Military Intelligence Department, asking him to step up his infiltration into the Kingdom of Jin and inquire about the intelligence of the Kingdom of Jin at any time.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Xiaoxue.

Zhao Ning's carriage stopped in front of Gewuyuan, and after getting off, Chen Gui hurried over: "The official."

"Go, go in and talk."

The Gewuyuan, which had just been established, was heavily surrounded by the imperial guards, and no one could enter without the emperor's permission.

In the Gewu Academy, in addition to technical talents like Chen Gui, some young and motivated officials were transferred from the Ministry of Industry. In addition, a foreman with many years of experience was also transferred from the Military Weapons Supervision.

"Official, this way please."

Zhao Ning followed Chen Gui and walked inside.

Inside is a very large and spacious room, with all kinds of things placed in the room, which looks a bit messy.

"Your Majesty, according to what you said, I have ordered people to refine a variety of saltpeter, which are here."

In the front box, there is a white powdery substance.

That is saltpeter powder, an important material for making gunpowder.

Generally known as fire nitrate.

There are several main sources of nitrate:

[-]. There will be nitrate near the toilet, but the amount is not much.

[-]. Mining and refining saltpeter directly.

There are many saltpeter mines in northwest China.

The ancients have long mastered the method of identifying saltpeter.

For example, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing proposed a method of identifying saltpeter, which was quite scientific.

He said: "Burning it with fire, the purple smoke rises, and the cloud is real saltpeter. Today, there are salty soils in the mountains north of Dangchang (Gansu)."

That is to say, if you put real saltpeter on the flame and burn it, it will make the flame purple, which is different from Glauber's salt.

From this point of view, ancient China was the world's largest producer of nitrate, and it is no wonder that gunpowder was born in China.

With the saltpeter powder in front of him, Zhao Ning said, "Let's start."

Artisans began to make ratios, mixing different powders together.

Then take it very far.

There are imperial guards guarding in front of Zhao Ning.

After the craftsmen finished matching, they started to do some operations.

The main thing is to store them in iron balls and draw them with matchlocks.

This is exactly the thunder and fire thorns.

Zhao Ning watched this scene with excitement.

There are ten groups in total, placed near the wooden man.

After a while, there was an explosion.

With the blast, some fragments picked up on the wooden man, and even stuck in the wood.

Chen Gui was a little surprised, the power of this thunderbolt was a little bit stronger than the previous one.

This formula is an improvement made by Zhao Guan's family.

But Zhao Ning is obviously still not very satisfied.

For a modern person like him, the power of Zhen Tianlei is too small, at most it is similar to the "Thunder King" firecrackers played during the Chinese New Year, and sometimes it is not as powerful as that.

Not to mention actual grenades.

Moreover, there is no fuze for Zhentianlei. There is no pulling wire and throwing it out. You can only ignite the matchlock and wait for the explosion.

Its lethality is extremely limited, and in many cases it can only intimidate the enemy.

Zhao Ning said: "Is it according to the ratio I made for you last time?"

"Yes." Chen Gui handed over the documents in the manufacturing process.

The main components of gunpowder are nitrate, sulfur and carbon.

But not as long as there are these three materials, bombs can be made.

The core is the ratio of materials.

However, ancient weights and measures and refining containers cannot quickly and accurately measure the ratio of the three substances.

This is the biggest problem facing Zhao Ning.

For example, the nitrate in gunpowder is mainly potassium nitrate, how to extract high-concentration potassium nitrate?

The ratio of gunpowder recorded in the "Wu Jing Zongyao" of the Song Dynasty is 48.66% for nitrate and 17.03 for sulfur. There is no record of carbon, and some are other impurities.

In the 19th century, the French chemist Bertero’s gunpowder ratio was 82.28% nitrate, 9.78% sulfur, and 7.94 carbon.

Zhao Ning looked at the process record for a while, and said: "The nitrate still needs to be refined. This time, more carbon has been added, so the power is a little bit stronger."

Chapter 252 Da Song's firearm? (first update)

It is not difficult to refine nitrate, as long as it is continuously heated and cooled, high-purity nitrate can be obtained.

The difficulty lies in the ratio.

For people in the 21st century laboratory, the ratio is of course simple. After all, the chemical system is mature, there are various equipment, and the accumulation of knowledge accumulated over hundreds of years in the industrial age of mankind.

However, the ancients did not have the knowledge of chemical systems, let alone the equipment, and they did not have the concept of mixing several chemical substances from the basic level of cognition.

The ratio of gunpowder in the Song Dynasty is not the ratio of nitrate, sulfur, and carbon.

After saltpeter is ground into powder and refined, it is called fire salt, and there is no concept of potassium nitrate.

It is even more impossible for sulfur to call out sulfur element, which is called sulfur. Sulfur is a kind of mineral, and it has impurities.

Carbon is easy to say.

However, there is no standard for testing the purity of fire nitrate and sulfur. How do you know the impurity ratio or purity content in it?

Therefore, what stands in front of the traversers is not the methodology, but the basic theoretical knowledge system accumulated for hundreds of years in the industrial age of mankind, more accurate weights and measures, and the industrial system.

It's not that there is no way to solve it.

The most effective way is to keep experimenting, keep recording, and finally succeed.

Experiments are normal, and this practice process, under the control of Zhao Ning, still creates scientific skills for recording, summarizing, and analyzing.

Of course, this takes time.

Even if the powerful gunpowder is manufactured, it is impossible to mass-produce it immediately. After all, the entire supply chain is too weak to support mass production.

Even the previous Great Song Dynasty failed to manufacture gunpowder in large quantities.

Moreover, even if the energy is produced, it cannot immediately go to war.

For training?

No, because if this thing is put into use on a large scale now, it will be easy for Jin Guo to obtain the technology.

When the enemy is strong and we are weak, if we make this kind of thing again, we are not killing the enemy, but digging a grave for ourselves.