open sea

Chapter 1512 Neighboring Countries
There is no need for torture. It is no secret that the Netherlands buys nitrate from the north.

In fact, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden all have nitrate, but it is only a matter of production volume. What they have is neither sodium nitrate nor potassium nitrate, but calcium nitrate.

If the people of Ming Dynasty named the types of saltpeter according to the place of origin, salt nitrate is mainly sodium nitrate, and cave nitrate is mainly potassium nitrate, then calcium nitrate should be called wall nitrate.

These three types are not as good as mine nitrates from Chile and Gansu. It’s not that there is any problem in essence. The main reason is that the processing of impurities is more troublesome, just like potassium nitrate purified from urine and feces, but it is not as good as potassium nitrate purified from hole nitrate. .

Because even if the urea in it is removed, it is still unavoidable to be mixed with potassium chloride and a small amount of sodium chloride, and it can be purified to [-] to [-]% of the potassium nitrate content. In this era, no one can tell the difference.

Of course, correspondingly, the requirements for gunpowder in this era of firearms and artillery have not reached [-]%.

What is the difference between the expansion of gas by [-] times and the expansion of gas by [-] times?

At most, the soldiers under Hu Zongxian used urine nitrate during the anti-Japanese war and found that the same gunpowder was not as far as before. Reflecting it, Hu Zongxian
Finally came up with a more suitable ratio.

At most, it was the soldiers of Beiyang who said that the musket felt like it was closer to the Nine Sides than before. Ye Mengxiong frowned and said angrily: "Fart, this is the regulation set by Shuai Chen. Seventy-five percent of the saltpeter is the best match." Bi, you know a fart!"

There is no practical difference. After all, it is not only saltpeter that cannot be absolutely purified in these years?
There are hundreds or thousands of countries, alliances, federations, city-states, and tribes in the world these days, and no more than ten can figure out the formula for gunpowder.

Thousands and hundreds of others are trying their best to solve the problem of having nothing.

The eyebrows and beards of the Korean Kingdom boiled in the sea turned white, except for the inexhaustible salt, they did not produce a grain of gunpowder.

Quantity is the most important thing. 100 million catties is not the best proportion of gunpowder, or it is more powerful than [-] catties of gunpowder with the best proportion.

The same goes for Yang Ce, he doesn't care about the production process of these gunpowder, nor does he care what the Netherlands or the producers of this batch of gunpowder make of it, as long as it is gunpowder, it doesn't matter if it is granulated.

I shake myself.

"Waiting for death? What kind of place is that? This name is too unlucky."

Yang Ce, a native of Fuzhou, if he were to translate this word, no one would know what it was called except for the Fujianese; if the Cantonese soldiers in the army were to translate it, they might be called a wise brother, a wise younger brother, or a bad younger brother.

It would be even more amazing if this Cantonese soldier could also understand Yigelan. The pronunciation of the former is more similar to San, and finally he can be a better-sounding third brother.

However, Yang Jizhong, a member of the Han military officer corps, was from the north, and he was from the northern frontier army.

Although Yang Ce asked him to torture him, the merchants from the Netherlands were too quick to tell them all. Yang Jizhong wrote it down and handed it to Yang Ce to write it in their northern dialect, which means death is in danger. .

"Well... do you know where this place is? Is it big? How many soldiers?"

When Yang Ce asked this, his eyes lit up.

"It's on a large island in the north that is always ice and snow. There are several countries on it. The place is quite big, and there are not many people. There is a lot of iron produced in China."

Yang Jizhong's face was not as longing for a nitrate-producing land as Yang Ce was, and he was a little worried when he saw Yang Ce's expression of great desire. He was about to say something when he saw that Yang Ce's expression had changed.

"The name of dying and waiting is not good, not good."

Yang Ce waved his hands while talking, and said, "How many people are interrogating with you, two people? Go back and tell them, they don't call death danger, call, call, what is the name of that piece of land?"

As he said that, Yang Ce, the general of the Han Dynasty and the Taiwei of the Songhai Kingdom, clapped his hands together: "Yes, it's called Siwei."

abnormal.

Yang Jizhong blinked. He felt that his general was very abnormal now... They never cared what names they gave to others.

But this time, when Yang Ce heard the death threat, something seemed wrong.

He actually gave it a nice name!
But Yang Ce didn't care so much, the plan in his heart had already been arranged for the Four Guards, he raised his hand and said, "Send the fastest flying shark back to Yilan, and ask Yilan's Ying Zongbing to ask for help from the Dongyang Army."

Yang Jizhong didn't dare to speak, he poked his neck forward slightly, narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly, waiting for Yang Ce's next explanation.

Seeing that Yang Ce was silent, he said, "General, I have inquired. There is no large-scale enemy army nearby. Palma in Spain is leading an army to besiege Antwerp, and the two big cities next to it have been captured."

"Call the Spaniards from Yilan over here. The war in the Netherlands is expected to end within half a year. You shouldn't borrow troops from the military...Chen Shuai clearly marked the price for everything. We haven't made any money yet."

"Not this."

"Tell Chen Shuai, the Siwei area..." Yang Ce said firmly, he hesitated when he mentioned his new name, and asked, "What's their capital city called? Sita brother Fu, what the hell is this name?" ?Here is a four-brother serving, and there is a mother-in-law and four eggs."

Transliteration has always been confusing, so Yang Ce simply waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it, just call it four cities, and send someone to the Dongyang Military Mansion to report to Chen Shuai. We found a big island bigger than Spain. There is a country named Siwei on it."

"The people of the four cities in the Siwei area want to overthrow the nobles and become independent, and ask for help from the Eastern Military Government. Please support independence."

After all, Yang Ce still pointed his fingers, not knowing what he was calculating.

The most outstanding general of the Han Dynasty, Yang Jizhong couldn't keep up with Yang Ce's calculation speed at all. He was still wondering about the name of Siwei.

"General, why is this?"

"Think about it, if a small village in Naples wants to become independent, how much did Chen Shuai support Li Yuxi? Now that we are an 'island bigger than Spain', if the four cities want to overthrow the nobles and become independent, then Chen Shuai has to give us How many things?"

"Isn't this a profit?"

With that said, Yang Ce pointed his finger out again, and said, "Four cities, I really...I really admire myself!"

Immediately after Yang Ce thought of something, he asked vigilantly, "The Eastern Army on Yilan Island plans to send more troops to the big island to the east, those Japanese?"

"It seems that we must hurry up. We can't stay here any longer. When we send people back, let someone send a message to the Spanish Legion at the port, telling them to come here quickly. When the ship is repaired, I will help them build a city and go north. Walk."

At this moment, Yang Jizhong finally understood, no wonder he had to give him a good name, he would soon be his place, and only a good name made people feel comfortable.

He said: "By the way, general, if you want to attack there, you must hurry up. I also heard from the Dutch merchants that the island where the Four Guards is located will soon be our neighbor. "

"neighboring countries?"

These words were like pouring cold water on his head, calming Yang Cepo: "Whose neighbor is Songhai? Han? How big is it?"

"No, it belongs to the Celestial Dynasty."

The one from the Celestial Dynasty was even more terrifying. A huge map of the world appeared in Yang Ce's mind, and there was an extremely huge Four Guards local country in the middle, which made him shudder.

"I heard from a businessman in the Netherlands that there is a Raksha country in the east. It seems that the Beiyang military government of Ming Dynasty has sent troops and brought Mongolian soldiers all the way to fight with the Raksha country. It’s just a Rakshasa country.”

"The leader of the Beiyang army seems to be Marshal Qi. If Marshal Qi is, I don't think this Raksha Kingdom will succeed." Yang Jizhong nodded slowly as he spoke, agreeing with his judgment, saying: "When it fails, Daming and Siwei will be neighboring country."

(End of this chapter)