"With a large army stationed in Tianyong City, it's almost impossible to buy it."
"Next trip, we're going south."
After Wu San Tong and his men unloaded the goods, they started communicating with Liu Feng.
"Currently, the fodder on the horse farm can only support five days at most."
"Our trip south will take five days."
"This is my first time going south, so I hope there are no accidents. If there are any accidents, it will only delay the trip."
"So, you have to be prepared."
"rest assured."
Liu Feng nodded.
There is no threat from pirates now.
The location of the water fort will be Liu Feng’s future material transfer point, but it has not been completed yet.
After the renovation of the water fort is completed, Liu Feng plans to select villagers with good swimming skills to fish in the water fort and build a fish farming base to meet the needs of the village's growing population.
When the pirates had no food to eat, they would fish.
This place is where seven rivers converge and has rich fishery resources.
What's more, it is a lawless place. If he uses it well, it can become a granary.
When the conditions are ripe, Liu Feng will completely build the water fort into a shelter and granary, so that he will not be afraid even of attacks from the northern barbarians.
After all, the northern barbarians don’t know how to swim and don’t know how to use fire attacks.
"By the way, there's news about the thing you asked me to find."
After saying that, Wu San Tong took out a small jar from his arms, which was filled with white powder.
"Saltpetre."
Liu Feng was shocked.
This thing is an essential element for making gunpowder. With gunpowder, his combat effectiveness will be improved to a higher level in the future.
It is even possible to create weapons with great destructive power such as cannons.
Seeing that it was indeed what Liu Feng wanted, Wu San Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
He has been inquiring about this for a long time, but there has been no news.
This time when I went to Tianyong City, I needed to take medicine to recuperate due to my injuries, so I walked into a pharmacy and got the news from the clerk.
"I found this in a medicine shop in Tianyong City."
“The amount is very small.”
"I specifically asked the pharmacy, and they said there's no place in the entire Youzhou that can produce saltpeter."
"This time when I go south, I will ask around in several salt-producing areas."
"It is said that this thing can be found in salt-producing areas."
“But this thing is very expensive.”
After Wu San Tong said this, he looked embarrassed.
Indeed, Liu Feng only gave Wu Santong more than 300 pieces of silver. It has been a long time, so it is normal that he has no money left.
"Qing'er, give the chief escort three hundred carts of silver."
"Captain, I'll take as many of these as you can get. You don't have to worry about the money. If you have less fodder, you can find other ways, but if you have this, take it back."
"no problem."
"As long as I hear about the goods, I will go there immediately."
Wu San Tong looked at the way Liu Feng stared at the jar. It was the first time he saw Liu Feng so excited.
So I could only put on a cooperative expression and agree readily.
After Wu Santong left.
Liu Feng took out some charcoal and sulfur that he had prepared at home, simply crushed and mixed them, and then made a simple paper tube with waste paper.
After mixing the three, pour them into a paper tube, and then roll out a fuse and put it in.
Then he sealed the opening with mud, dried it, walked to the open space in the back mountain, lit it and threw it out.
The moment the firecracker flew out, Liu Feng felt it was so fucking exciting.
Playing with firecrackers like this was something he did when he was a child.
It was so carefree back then.
The days of waiting for the firecrackers to explode are long.
Liu Feng felt that each day passed like a year, as if several centuries had passed.
"bump……."
A crisp explosion sounded, and Liu Feng's heart finally settled down.
Although he was once a mercenary who killed people without blinking an eye, this was the first time he had used such low-level gunpowder tactics.
At that time, he made various time bombs and small bombs with various destructive and powerful abilities. Now, in this era, he even worries about whether the firecrackers he made will explode.
It’s funny to think about it. The constraints of the environment prevented him from using many of his skills.
When I was in elementary school, my teacher told me that if I learned math, physics and chemistry well, I wouldn’t be afraid to travel around the world.
History may be a hymn written by successful people, but physics and chemistry will be opportunities for every ordinary person to change their destiny.
As the firecrackers exploded, Liu Feng was already calculating in his mind.
Saltpeter production is low and extremely rare. If he wants to produce gunpowder on a large scale, he will not be able to support it for long with his current financial resources.
As far as he knew, salt fields did have associated saltpeter veins, but the salt fields were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and were an important source of tax revenue for the court.
Therefore, if you want saltpeter, the best way is to go through the court.
Another method is to use soil containing saltpeter and burn it with wood ash. Another method is to extract some saltpeter from horse manure.
But the quantity is extremely scarce. It is impossible to make cannons with such a scarce quantity.
But making a few muskets is still enough.
When Zhang Tiechui’s furnace is built, he can refine iron ore and forge weapons at the same time.
At that time, a large number of weapons were brought back from the water fort. These weapons had to be smelted down and remade. With so much molten iron, it was enough to make a musket.
In the evening, Wang Dingliu came to report on horseback.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu."
"You are truly a god."
"We followed your instructions and have been keeping watch. As expected, we discovered their food and fodder storage area."
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