Aztec Eternals

"Eckart, order a refreshing smoke, and don't add any mess of herbs. Get some herbal snacks and make a cup of herbal cocoa tea!"

"Yes, master!"

The bright moon hangs high, and the king's tent is tight. Seirot held the letter paper, turned his head, and gave an order to the captain of the guard who was on guard with an axe. Then, he closed his eyes, rubbed his eyebrows, and waited patiently.

Soon, the tobacco scent of birds rose from the purple pottery chimney and diffused in the large ventilated tent. These whole pieces of tobacco, from the Mayan city-state, are of high quality. When burning, the surface of the air-dried tobacco leaves will seep out the oil, which makes the tobacco smell extra mellow.

Xiulott took a deep breath and felt the floral fragrance in the smoke, as well as the sweetness of Dandan, and his spirit was immediately lifted. He has served as a high priest for many years and often holds celebrations. He also has some intuitive experience and feelings about the quality of Shenyan.

"Well, it should be Tabasco tobacco. After simple fermentation, it has less astringency and bitterness. Oh! With some almond and raisin flavors, it has settled for several years... Yes, very mature. Toru, there are some floral fragrances!"

Shulot closed his eyes and took a deep breath of smoke. He held his breath, savored it for a while, and exhaled the smoke again. The smell of this tobacco is completely different from the cigarettes of later generations. It's hard to describe Shilot, but from an intuitive point of view, it may be more like the cigars he has heard of, which are burned in boxes here.

After a moment of relaxation, Shilot's sleepy brain finally became active. Eckart also carried a plate of vanilla desserts and a pot of green grass cocoa tea, and returned with a sonorous force.

This plate of vanilla dessert was specially ordered by the chef to invent it in order to improve his life. That is to grind and grind the aged vanilla pods to make real vanilla powder. Then add vanilla powder to honey, cornmeal, turkey eggs, ferment and then bake.

Simply put, it's "Vanilla Honey Cornmeal Cake." After adding expensive vanilla powder, it became a precious dessert unique to America in this era. And the taste of natural vanilla powder, taste it...

"Very good! The natural tulip has an endless aftertaste, and it is not a synthetic vanilla at all. It can be compared!"

Shirot nodded in satisfaction and ate two vanilla cakes in a row. However, vanilla vanilla, although delicious, produces very little. Even in Mexico, where it comes from, vanilla is still expensive. The probability of natural pollination of its plants is usually only 1 in 10, and it requires bees endemic to Central America to pollinate.

So, in history, it was not until 1841 that Edmund, a slave from Reunion Island, discovered a way to artificially pollinate vanilla. Since then, through artificial pollination, vanilla can finally reproduce normally outside of Mexico, and the yield has greatly increased. In the following decades, vanilla has gradually become a royal tribute compared with gold to ordinary nobles and big businessmen. As for the consumption of ordinary people, it will take another hundred years.

"Well... even if it is to eat more vanilla cakes, we must teach the alliance the method of artificial pollination to increase the bean formation rate of vanilla by several times! Of course, this method is still the first tribute to the possession of Chinampa. King Avit, and the High Priestess of the capital..."

Shulot pondered for a while and wrote down this matter. Then, he picked up a cup of slightly hot green grass cocoa tea, took a few sips, and instantly felt relieved.

The Alliance's herbal tea, although the name is strange, is a drink that many people in later generations have tasted. That is the "sarsa" made with Mexican sambar. This is the first medicinal drink created by the Native Americans, mainly used for antipyretic in summer, and can also be used to treat colds, rheumatism, gout and fever.

Indigenous people in Brazil will be more serious. They add the zesty Brazilian cocoa (guarana) to the herbal tea for a refreshing drink. As for Shulot, he is more used to adding a little cocoa to the herbal tea to refresh his mind.

"Cigar magic smoke, vanilla dessert, grass cocoa tea... This is the luxury life of the Mexican nobility!..."

Shirott laughed and laughed at himself. Then, he finally picked up Talaiya's letter again, focused on it, while drawing pictures and records, while thinking about new gunpowder improvements.

"My Highness... After obtaining soil salt, sulfur and charcoal, the craftsmen need to weigh the proportions. According to my experiments over the past few years, about 5:1:1, the explosion of the pottery pears The most stable and powerful. This ratio is easier to adjust than the 15:2:3 you calculated. Of course, if you want to burn poisonous smoke, you can increase the ratio of sulfur. For gunpowder arrows, you don't need that much. The soil nitrate..."

Seeing this ratio, Shiloh pondered for a moment and nodded in satisfaction. The Alliance has limited sulfur purification technology, so add more. He secretly gave Talaya a thumbs up, and couldn't wait to read on.

"...After the preparation is complete, the three ingredients must be fully mixed, put into a pottery mortar, and slowly ground with a pottery pestle. From here, the craftsmen must be careful not to allow any kind of fire...and When the gunpowder is completely ground into powder, it must be sealed in a large clay pot as you instructed, and the seal must be covered with rubber."

"...Since the Eastern Expedition, the kingdom's gunpowder transportation has to be carried on waterways, and it has also experienced precipitation in the rainy season. Once the gunpowder is soaked in water in the open air, it will lose its power. You reminded me why, this is the dissolution of soil and nitrate. In water, the result of being carried away by water."

"Last year, the rainy season was very wet, and some of the gunpowder in the large pots was not sealed properly and got damp during transportation. After the artisans found it, they shipped them back to the kingdom. However, the gunpowder in this batch of pots was not seriously damp, and the inside The soil and salt were not taken away by the rain."

"At the end of last autumn, when the rainy season was over, I, together with the craftsmen, dispersed the batch of gunpowder in a pottery box and carefully dried it. After drying, some powdered gunpowder formed into small balls. I used this gunpowder to put some pottery pears, and I wanted to test if it still works. But an accident happened!... The power of gunpowder is surprisingly large, and the broken pottery slices even shot through the blocking cloth bag. cut my cheek..."

"what?!"

Seeing this, Shiloh stood up abruptly. He thought of Talai Ya's beautiful face, and his heart suddenly tightened. After a while, he took a deep breath and continued reading.

"My lord, my sun god... I lived up to your expectations, I finally found a way to improve gunpowder!..."

However, Talaya's letter did not mention much about the injury. Her handwriting is light, her tail is upturned, and her excitement almost overflows from the paper.

"His Royal Highness! As long as you add a little water and dry it into small balls, the power of gunpowder will be doubled! I will never lie to you, it will really double or even more!

..."

"I couldn't believe it at first, and I did a lot of experiments. The power is really strong, and I almost injured myself... While adding water to the gunpowder, I slowly mixed it, as long as the gunpowder has the texture of thick clay, even if Mix it up! The ratio of adding water is between one in twenty and one in ten!  …”

"And after adding water, the gunpowder will stick to medicine balls. At this time, use a ceramic sieve to divide the gunpowder **** into many small parts and divide them into many small particles. Finally, they are placed on grass paper to dry in the sun. Their shape, It will maintain the appearance of small particles, and their power will be like the thunder in the hands of the Lord God!...My sun god, I will kneel on the ground and dedicate the thunder to you..."

After reading this, Shirlot pursed his lips. His expression changed, some worried, some happy, some moved, and a little bit suddenly realized.

"So it is! ... Add water, dry, and form particles... This is, this is the granulation of black powder! This is the improvement that really made the gunpowder qualitatively change, and it only appeared on the European battlefield at the beginning of this century. The secret recipe!"

"...After the black powder is granulated, UU reading www.uukanshu.com will maintain a uniform gap, fully maintain the inflow of oxygen, and facilitate the spread of the flame and the burning of the gunpowder! In other words, this will greatly improve the gunpowder. The combustion efficiency of the powder will not be like powder gunpowder, which cannot be completely burned. And the multiplication of the combustion efficiency means that the power of the gunpowder is multiplied!"

"From now on, the firing of the kingdom's artillery will be stabilized, and superb gunpowder filling skills will no longer be required. After granulation, the gunpowder will not be divided into sulfur powder, charcoal powder and saltpeter powder due to the bumps of long-distance transportation. Layers that don't need to be mixed again before the war...and one of the technical foundations of the heavy arquebus is here!"

In the magical smoke of birds and birds, Xiulote wrote quickly, writing down the thoughts in his mind one by one. After a while, he only had one last thought left, and he raised the pen, but couldn't let it go.

"Talaya, my loyal man... How can I reward your dedication and contributions over the years?"

The smoke of the gods slowly burnt out, rising from the top of the tent, and drifting towards the bright moon. The king lowered his eyes and put down the pen and paper. A full moon shone in his heart and flickered for a long time before it fell into the depths of the heart lake and disappeared into the dust.

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