Aztec Eternals

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February winds blow over Lake Texcoco, bringing a little chill. The winter sun is sunny and dry, and the people who shine are a little warm.

Early in the morning, Shulot took more than a hundred guards and rode the boat of the navy to inspect the production of soil nitrate and gunpowder. Dozens of boats cut through the morning sun on the lake, and within two quarters of an hour, they reached the Tianhuo Island in the Eastern Salt Lake.

The boat had already reported in advance, and Esco, the nitrate steward, had led the crowd and waited in advance at the simple port. As soon as the fleet docked, Warrior Commander Bertard waved his orders. More than a hundred warriors immediately boarded the port, quickly checked the surrounding situation, and then dispersed their vigilance and were heavily guarded.

Shirot shook his head. More than two weeks ago, the Noble Law was just promulgated, and there was a lot of discussion. Soon, the royal family and the priesthood dispatched thousands of warriors, arrested more than a dozen hereditary nobles of Tracopan, and directly sentenced them to sacrifice. Facing the thunderous pressure, the nobles and nobles around the lake area were once again shocked and forced to silence.

Then, in the fiefs of the nobles, according to the new nobility law, the village priests began to intervene in the management and participated in the collection of the New Year's tribute. These tributes, which are more than in previous years, have been brought in from around the Lake District, replenishing the Union's increasingly tense treasury. Under the calm surface of the capital, there were turbulent undercurrents everywhere.

The **** samurai of Shilot has doubled, and the boat has changed from a fast boat to a stable one. The samurai chief became more and more vigilant, guarding his Highness day and night. At this time, it was not until the inspection of the warriors was completed that Shilot was able to go ashore.

More than half of February has passed, and it has been almost a month since he last came.

Shulot looked around, and outside the island was a patrolling sailor, and by the lake was a simple port. A trail of blue smoke rose from the outside of the island, which was a bonfire for boiling salt. The salt workers in short coats were working hard beside the niter pool and the bonfire, and there was a hut to rest in the distance. At the center of the island, there are already dozens of large wooden huts and dozens of small thatched huts. At the big wooden house, you can vaguely see female workers in long coats, holding various pots in a hurry.

Between the outside and the center of the island, there is a circle of simple fences, dozens of erected wooden frames, and several flying flags of the gods. The Mexica warriors patrolled inside and outside the fence, screeching to supervise and urge.

Shulot nodded in greeting, holding up Esco, who was kneeling and salute. He smiled slightly, approvingly.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, but this place is orderly and prosperous. How much soil nitrate is in the inventory now? How many kilograms is the daily output?"

Based on the memories of his previous life, the boy roughly revised the weights and measures system. Now, inside and outside of the Shenqiu, the weight is in kilograms, the length is in meters, and the time is in engravings and hours. Of course, none of these basic units can be accurately measured, and they are enough for now.

Hearing His Highness's inquiry, Esco looked terrified. He lowered his head deeply and fell to his knees again.

"His Royal Highness, the number of salt workers has now increased to more than 100 people. The production of soil nitrate has been improved. The current output is a little more than 100 catties per day, and the consumption of nitrate is slightly less than 2,000 catties... As for the inventory, the existing soil nitrate About a thousand pounds or less..."

Hearing this, Shiloh frowned slightly, his tone stern.

"Esco, it has been in production for 20 to 30 days, why is there only a thousand catties in stock of soil nitrate?"

The Nitrate Manager touched his head on the ground and replied in a low voice.

"His Royal Highness, this is my guilt. About ten days ago, salt workers entered and left the warehouse. For some reason, the accumulated soil and salt suddenly burst into flames. The flames rose and expanded, bursting the entire wooden house, and large pieces of wood flew out. Several dozen meters away. The salt worker died on the spot, and his body was everywhere. The surrounding salt workers also died and injured several people...

Your Highness, I have decapitated all the salt workers in that group and hung their heads on a wooden frame, urging them to step up production day and night. Now the island has been divided into two layers, the inner and outer layers, the outer layer is the filtration of nitrate, and hundreds of salt workers sleep beside the nitrate pool. Half of the inner layer is for storage of soil nitrate, and the other half is for trial production of gunpowder. The warehouse is managed by special personnel, and idlers are not allowed to enter..."

Sherlot looked serious. He stared at the knelt knelt for a while, then raised his head and looked inside and outside the island. The salt workers and the women workers were orderly, and dozens of heads were hanging from the wooden frame between the inside and outside. The samurai patrolled back and forth, and saw no slack.

After a long silence, Shirou spoke calmly.

"Leading 20 whips and making meritorious deeds. Step up production and don't commit any more crimes!"

Hearing this, Esco was relieved. After kowtowing forcefully, he stood up, took off his shirt, took a whip dipped in water, and whipped it on his chest and back without hesitation, with a dull and powerful crack. After a while, blood seeped from the warrior's front and back, dripping on the ground, staining his feet red.

After the 20 whips were finished, Xiulote gestured slightly. The samurai commander stepped forward quickly, and applied the wound medicine he had prepared to Esco, and wrapped it in the steamed cotton cloth.

Esco's face twitched, and he thanked his teeth reluctantly. Immediately, he just paused for a moment, and then led His Highness to investigate the island. After a while, everyone arrived at the largest nitrate production point.

Moreno, the leader of the salt workers, kneeled respectfully in front of the bonfire. On the bonfire was a pottery pot for boiling salt, and bursts of pungent breath came. At this time, he lowered his head slightly, his face was much thinner, and the fierceness in his expression was deeply hidden, like a docile domestic dog.

While bowing his head, the head of the salt workers glanced at Esco, who was bloody, from time to time. He felt relieved and subconsciously fearful.

Shilot glanced at Moreno and commanded in a deep voice.

"What improvements have you made? In detail!"

"Dear Your Highness, I found out that these nitrates can actually be drenched in salt again and again. After dipping in salt water, just put a bird's egg in it, and you'll know if it's done. In fact, we used to have a similar method for boiling salt, but recently It was only after I found out that it was possible to…”

Moreno was respectful and whispered, and he stole another glance at the terrifying Knight Commander, trembling in his heart.

"Dear Your Highness, I also found that in addition to adding plant ash, you can also add small pieces of pumpkin when boiling salt, and the purity will increase. It seems that adding bird eggs will work..."

Having said this, the salt worker leader was slightly ashamed. In fact, he was just thinking about cooking some eggs secretly after work...

Shilot pondered for a moment and nodded slightly. These methods, he had a vague sense of familiarity, should be feasible. Repeatedly drench the salt, and judge the salt content in the salt water by the suspension degree of the eggs. The porous medium such as pumpkin radish can absorb the particulate impurities in the nitrate water and improve the purification effect.

After a while, Shiroute smiled.

"Moreno, you did a good job, what reward do you want?"

The salt worker leader secretly looked at His Highness's face again, feeling that the other party was in a good mood, so he tried to propose.

"His Royal Highness, I haven't been home for a month. I don't know if I can let my brothers and I go home and have a look... In fact, I am more familiar with the southern trade routes than salt making..."

Shirot smiled slightly, nodded, and interrupted.

"Okay! Moreno, for your contribution, you will be promoted to a senior craftsman and reward you with gold and silver cloth! Summarize your experience in making nitrate, and I will send a deacon over and record it in a book with your name on it. I They will send people directly to move you and the relatives of the salt workers to the community of Shenqisuo. You don't need to go home to visit your relatives, they will come to see you!

Next, a batch of toilet soil will be delivered. I have a new request, you have to experiment with different methods to also extract qualified soil nitrate from these soils. This is critical! From now on, you can settle down here, study hard and work hard, and Shen Qi will not treat you badly! "

After speaking, Shilot looked serious and stared at the chief salt worker.

Moreno looked around at the warriors around him, and then looked at Esco, who was covered in blood, slowly and weakly crawling on the ground. His heart still yearns for the vast world in the south, but his people will be imprisoned on the island for a long time.

"Your Highness, follow your will... Can you build a wooden house for me here?"

Shirot nodded with a smile, then turned around and walked towards the island.

Passing through the wooden fence separating the inside and outside, the young man raised his head slightly, glanced at the head displayed in the audience, and continued to move forward. Under the leadership of Esco, he first checked the stock of nitre, and then tested the purity of nitre, and nodded slightly. Although he is not sure whether this purity can meet the production of black powder, it is indeed slightly better than before.

Next, Shilot came to the newly built gunpowder workshop. There are several warehouses here, which store dark charcoal, bright yellow sulfur, snow-white soil nitrate, and a small amount of gunpowder that has just been made. The young man looked around, a group of female workers waited for a long time, knelt down and saluted together.

Shirot nodded slightly and smiled.

These women workers are now responsible for allocating and managing the gunpowder, and they also manage the storage of soil nitrate. These female workers are all potters from the capital. They have been firing pottery for many years, with patience and meticulousness, and they are dexterous in their hands. They need to configure clay in proportion, so they are also good at mixing gunpowder. The production of gunpowder is a delicate job, which requires the craftsmen to be meticulous and accurate, so these potters are the most suitable.

Xiulott signaled to be excused, and the leading female worker stood up and looked up at the young man. The young man looked at her carefully, she had shining eyes, a delicate face, and slender white hands, and she smiled gently at him.

Seeing the familiar face, Shulot was sluggish for a moment. He pondered for a while, and immediately guessed something, turned his head to look at Bertard.

"Why is she here?"

The samurai chief raised his head in embarrassment and looked at the clear sky, but did not find a white cloud for him to hide.

"Talaia is one of the daughters of the heroic mother Tanari. After she met with His Royal Highness last time, she was brought into the High Priest's Palace, and then dispatched by the High Priest as the gunpowder manager here..."

Bertard was succinct, cutting things out and telling a general idea. In fact, at that time, His Highness held the opponent's hand and looked at it with affection for a long time. He silently wrote down the potter girl's residence and went back to report it to the high priest. He did this to be considerate of the young man, but also to have some selfish intentions, and wanted to put some civilian girls around the young man. After all, Shulot's mother was also a commoner, and it will not be known in the future.

Hearing the reply from the samurai chief, the high priest frowned slightly, but still sent someone to ask for her name, and brought the potter girl Talaia into the mansion, temporarily serving as a maid. As a result, after waiting for several days, Shulot was busy inside and outside all day, and did not mention this at all, it seemed that he forgot. During the subsequent night talk, although the high priest persuaded the young man to relax and enjoy it, he was very satisfied with the young man's reply in his heart, but he did not want him to contact Huange too early.

With the operation of Skyfire Island, the gunpowder workshop lacked a manager, so Taliyah was dispatched to manage the important gunpowder production on behalf of the high priest and His Royal Highness. With this status, and her mother's prestige, she was also strong enough to command other older potters.

With a sudden change in his mind, Shiloh thought about it in a blink of an eye. He glared at the samurai chief, then remembered the look in the eyes of Tanali, the brick kiln steward, two weeks ago, and the boy's face was embarrassed.

After a while, Shirott sorted out his emotions and smiled at Taliyah.

"Talaia? Take out your newly configured gunpowder and demonstrate the effect of burning. Be careful!"

The potter girl nodded, glanced boldly again, and turned back to the house. After a while, the female workers took out several clay pots, which contained dark gunpowder. Afterwards, one of the pots was placed on the test platform, surrounded by tied straw figures.

Sherlot watched carefully. A female worker directly held a metre-long torch, the cotton cloth soaked in oil on the top was burning, and the clay pot near the gunpowder was about to ignite. UU reading www.uukanshu.com The boy was startled and shouted.

"Stop, stop!"

The female worker stopped in surprise, but saw His Highness hurried forward, snatched the torch, and threw it into the distance.

"How can gunpowder be ignited directly? You need to add a hemp rope to ignite the fire, and keep it away from explosions!"

The female workers around looked at each other, and after a while, Taliyah, who had the highest status, spoke softly.

"His Royal Highness, this gunpowder just made the fire burn violently, and there was no explosion."

Shilot was stunned for a moment. He told everyone to stay away carefully, put a fuse on the pot, and then lit it.

After a while, the gunpowder in the pot was abruptly ignited, and the raging fire suddenly rose, bright and dazzling. After the bright flame burned for dozens of breaths, it slowly extinguished, and the air was full of smoke and dust. When the smoke cleared, the young man observed carefully, the gunpowder was completely burned out, and the pot was unscathed.

Shirot stayed for a moment again. He turned his head and looked at the potter girl.

"Talaia, what proportion of the recipe did you use?"

"According to the instructions left by His Royal Highness in advance, it is one niter, two sulfur and three charcoal. It is one part saltpeter, two parts sulfur, and three parts charcoal. The charcoal is ground into powder and carefully mixed with sulfur and saltpeter. The following cans of gunpowder are all Approximate ratio, slightly increase the amount of soil nitrate, it seems that the burning effect is better. But there is no explosion."

The potter girl replied in detail, looking at His Highness earnestly.

Shulot was silent, there must be something wrong. Obviously, the formulas that I have heard before have other meanings, not the apparent one-two-three weight relationship.

Thinking of this, the boy asked for a pen and paper, and sat cross-legged on the ground again. At a critical time, it is still necessary to look for the memory in the mind, deduce the chemical formula, and complete the calculation of the relative molecular weight.