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Chapter 9 Sugar Gunpowder

"Ten thousand pounds..."

Zhu Yijiong thought for a moment and then asked, "What about fire salt?"

Fire salt?

Yang Gong was stunned. There weren't many of these things, but they were also quite a lot. They were all old stuff.

It belongs to the time when the Zheng family was still the master of Taiwan.But this thing is of no use and can only be used as a raw material for gunpowder.

Why did King Zhu ask this?

"There is also a lot of fire and saltpeter. I don't know why the king is asking this..."

Yang Gong hasn't finished speaking yet.

Zhu Yijiong asked again: "What about white sugar? Or sucrose will do."

"There isn't much white sugar, but there is a lot of sucrose, and it's all in the warehouse in Fucheng."

Yang Gong said, "Originally, the cane sugar was supposed to be shipped out of Taiwan at the end of this month, but..."

The words didn't go on, but Zhu Yijiong also understood.

In fact, at this time in Taiwan, the sugarcane planting area was still very extensive.There is no other reason than that Taiwan has too many mountainous areas, too little cultivated land, and too few people.

In order to maintain the situation, the Ming and Zheng Dynasties converted a large amount of cultivated land to planting sugar cane, a cash crop.Use this to trade with foreign countries (Japan) in exchange for military supplies, food and other materials.

Later, the Qing Dynasty regained Taiwan and the Ming and Zheng Dynasties were destroyed. However, the Qing court did not give up Taiwan's sugarcane plantation economy.

In ancient times, navigation technology was underdeveloped. Traveling to and from the Taiwan Strait had to be done either at the end of each year or on days when the monsoon was mild.

Therefore, large quantities of sucrose like this are transported to the mainland, mostly in May and June.

It's a pity that this year I was unlucky enough to meet him, Zhu Yijiong.

The army was launched in April, and even the capital was lost in May.

It frightened the prefect Wang Zhen and a group of Taiwanese officials and fled in a boat. They didn't even have time to take away all the money they had embezzled for many years, let alone the cane sugar?
"It would be nice to have sucrose."

Zhu Yijiong nodded, and suddenly looked at Yang Gong with a smile on his face and said, "Master Fu, I will give you a task now. Immediately, as quickly as possible, collect all the sucrose, gunpowder, fire salt, and other sulfur, charcoal, etc. from the Fucheng warehouse. Yes, count them all. Is it possible?"

"Uh... I obey the order and will definitely live up to the king's trust!"

Yang Gong was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and answered with his hands in hand.

After saying that, I felt a little baffled again.

I made a special trip to see King Zhu to show my loyalty.As a result, it was over before I even had time to say anything flattering?
Counting all the cane sugar, gunpowder, and saltpeter in the treasury, what is King Zhu going to do?
Is it possible to make homemade gunpowder?But there is gunpowder in the treasury, and what is the purpose of using sucrose to make gunpowder?
It can't be for eating, right?
After thinking for a moment, I couldn't figure it out.Yang Gong didn't think about it again. Since he had decided to completely fall to King Zhu, he should be "loyal" to the king!
King Zhu asked him to count these things, no matter what the reason was, just do it.

Even if he is asked to find poop and urine, he must find it.

Moreover, this may not be a temptation from King Zhu.

……

For the next few days, everything was business as usual.

Zhu Yijiong was still in the military camp every day, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and occasionally chatting to enhance the relationship between them.

It is worth mentioning that since Wu Alan was rescued from Du Junying by Zhu Yijiong that day, he came to the military camp every now and then to wash and cook for him, and sometimes even brought water to wipe sweat.

Almost all the guards in the military camp knew this girl, and Li Yong even took the lead in making jokes about him, King Zhu.

Then Huang Dian gave him a slap in the face and taught him the difference between king and minister.

But Li Yong was just a rough guy, a little slower than Wu Waidu. He went in one ear and out the other, and turned a deaf ear to Huang Dian's words.However, Zhu Yijiong just saw it in his eyes. The girl came as soon as she came and left as soon as she left.

There is no way, no matter in the past life or this life, Zhu Yijiong is a single dog.

Let alone his girlfriend, he has never even held a girl's hand.Where have you seen this battle?
I don't even know what the situation is now and how to deal with it.Fortunately, his expression management is pretty good and he hasn't lost his composure so far.

But that's all. As a result, the most free time of the day for him is training, training, training.

After about three days of this, news finally came from Yang Gong.

this day.

Yang Gong personally came to the military camp to meet Zhu Yijiong, and at the same time presented a memorial recording all the gunpowder and saltpeter in the treasury, as well as the inventory of sucrose and other materials, as well as the address of the storage warehouse.

"Ai Qing has worked hard!"

Zhu Yijiong opened the memorial and glanced briefly.Oops!Not only cane sugar has been counted, but white sugar has also been counted. Is this Yang Gong really good at causing trouble?
When Yang Gong heard Zhu Yijiong's words of love, he felt that he was no longer sleepy after staying up for several nights with dark circles under his eyes. He quickly said with a respectful face: "As a minister, it is your duty to serve the king. How dare you say that?" tired?"

"Okay, my dear, you are worthy of being my loyal minister and pillar of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yijiong also had a smile on her face. With such a good dog coming up to her, she would be sorry if she didn't handle her well!

"In that case, let me entrust you to Aiqing."

"Please command the king!"

Yang Gong immediately expressed his stance.

"When I go back, I will first find a safe and hidden place, but it doesn't have to be too far away from the capital. Then I will take out all the gunpowder, saltpeter, sugar, cane sugar, etc. from the treasury and transport them there."

Zhu Yijiong said, "I will let General Wu and General Zheng lead the troops to escort you there. Remember, you must not let others know. Let alone let others know what you are transporting."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Yang Gong's heart was surging, even though he knew that Zhu Yijiong sent people to follow him for surveillance purposes.

However, being able to entrust him with such a hidden and important matter means that his family has become "simple in the emperor's heart".

All right!In fact, he was overthinking it.

Zhu Yijiong asked him to do this purely because he didn't understand these things, so he asked him to do it as a tool.

As for what to do, it's actually pretty obvious.

This thing is also the most commonly used and best-used dimensionality reduction strike weapon in the novels about the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life.

In this era, it is not difficult to develop weapons of mass destruction that span the ages, but it is simply impossible to do so.Not only can’t it be done, but I don’t have the time to do it.

In comparison, this sugar gunpowder is the simplest.If you really want to force it, just mix it together in proportion, stir evenly, and you can use it.

This kind of gunpowder was often used as a simple rocket propellant by later generations.

Even some areas that cannot be mentioned are still using this thing to fight wars.Its power is certainly incomparable to modern explosives.

But compared to the original black powder, it is much stronger.The most important thing is that it is easy to make and can be prepared with black powder.

Speaking of which, when the sugar gunpowder was discovered, it seemed that a Western gunpowder manufacturing factory had mistaken the ingredients and used sugar as fire salt, which resulted in a big explosion in the factory.

Then, they discovered that adding sugar to gunpowder can actually increase the power of gunpowder.

　As a result, the explosion became even more intense.

　　Just like the difference in power between granular gunpowder and black powder, they both increase combustion efficiency.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)