The court searched through it, but could not find many gunpowder formulas. Most of the master craftsmen knew about it. A group of court officials obviously did not expect this to be the case, and they were all a little dumbfounded. Guo Juxia sighed, "Who can
To think that something that was originally useless is now so important! No one thought that the imperial court had such a lack of understanding of gunpowder!"
The old eunuch also spoke at the side: "After all, it is a foreign object. Although it is powerful, it is troublesome to use. In the past, it was only played as a novelty. Naturally, it will not be studied like martial arts secrets."
"It seems that the only way to find it is from the people and the world!"
Guo Juxia nodded: "Leave it to us among the people! As for the Jianghu..." Guo Juxia said and looked at Zeng Yi. "Your Majesty was once the leader of the martial arts league. You might as well let Mr. Ni represent Your Majesty in the Jianghu."
Let’s search online!”
The four of them, Zeng Yi, returned to the blacksmith shop and discussed the gunpowder formula. The third child was the first to speak: "The world doesn't seem to care much about this thing. It should be easy to get, right?"
As soon as the third child finished speaking, the fourth child shook his head: "It's difficult just because you don't care much. Ordinary sects don't have gunpowder formulas at all. Only sects like our Tang Sect that play with hidden weapons will have them. But we
For a sect like the Tang Sect, gunpowder is a hidden weapon related to us, so how can we easily hand over the formula to the court?"
Zeng Yi was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Deception and abduction are definitely not possible against the Tang Sect. Even with the help of the fourth child, it is impossible. We can only use His Majesty's identity as the leader of the martial arts alliance. If the Tang Sect doesn't want to
If you completely fall out with the court, you will still get some, but not too much, and you still need to look for it from other places."
"In addition to the Tang Sect, which sects should I look for?" the boss asked from the side.
After thinking for a long time, Laosi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Actually, we have overlooked a problem! The Taoist priests should have a gunpowder formula in their hands! This gunpowder was the first to be invented by them!" In reality, gunpowder was invented by China, and it has been around a long time.
It has been more than a thousand years. The study of gunpowder began with ancient alchemy. China was the first country to invent gunpowder. In the Sui Dynasty, the ternary system gunpowder of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal was born. Black gunpowder officially appeared in the late Tang Dynasty. Gunpowder
It was invented by ancient alchemists. From the Warring States Period to the early Han Dynasty, the emperors and nobles were intoxicated with the fantasy of immortal immortality and drove some alchemists and Taoists to refine the "elixir". During the refining process, they gradually invented the gunpowder formula.
"That's right! Forgot about those guys who made alchemy!" Without leaving the capital, Zeng Yi directly contacted the old man who made alchemy for the old emperor through the palace of Jin Yiwei's former pro-army. From the old man, he got several different ideas.
Gunpowder recipe.
"Taoism is also a major force in the world. Although sects like Wudang Qingcheng mainly focus on Taoist martial arts, there are still some Taoist priests in the sect who study Taoism and alchemy. I believe they should also have gunpowder formulas in their hands!
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Although Taoist alchemists have mastered certain chemical methods, their goal is to seek the elixir of immortality, so the invention of gunpowder was somewhat accidental. Alchemists often burn sulfur, arsenic and other highly toxic gold and stone medicines before use.
The method is to "subdue", "fu" means to subdue. To lose or reduce the toxicity, this procedure is called "subduing fire". Sun Simiao, a famous doctor and alchemist in the early Tang Dynasty, recorded in "The Method of Subduing Sulfur in the Alchemy Classic"
There are: two liang each of sulfur and saltpeter, grind them into powder and put them in a silver pot or a clay pot. Dig a pit in the ground, put the pot in the pit and level with the ground, and fill it with soil on all sides. Put three pieces of water that have not been eaten by insects.
Light a piece of soap, then put it into a pot, and use the sulfur and saltpeter to light the fireworks. When you can no longer light the fireworks, stir-fry with charcoal until one-third of the charcoal is gone. This is actually a kind of gunpowder.
formula.
"That's right! I remembered. Do you still remember when the six major sects besieged Guangmingding?" As soon as the fourth child said this, the three of them reacted instantly.
"You mean, when Chen Kun wanted to blow up Guangmingding with gunpowder?"
"Yes! If you want to blow up Guangmingding, you need a lot of gunpowder. Guangmingding is located in the Western Region and is extremely remote. It is impossible for Chen Kun to get so much gunpowder from other places. It is very likely that the gunpowder belongs to the Mingjiao. So the Mingjiao
There should be a gunpowder formula too!”
The four of them studied together for a long time, and finally sorted out their ideas. Through clues, they found many places where gunpowder might be found.
"Then let's do the easy things first and then the hard ones. As a leader in the world, Wudang is not so hostile to the imperial court. Moreover, Wudang also supported the little princess back then. If we use the little princess's famous doctor, Wudang, a famous family like Wudang, shouldn't embarrass us.
Yes! Let’s go to Wudang first!”
After determining the direction, the four of them set off that day and headed for Wudang. Zeng Yi was completely prepared to suppress Wudang in the name of the imperial court. In order to gain momentum, Zeng Yi also specially invited more than a dozen Jinyi guards, and all the people in the group were there.
Wearing a Feiyu suit, we ran all the way to the foot of Wudang Mountain.
As soon as everyone arrived at the gate of Wudang Mountain, Wudang leader Song Yuanqiao and everyone were already waiting to greet them. Zeng Yi and others did not hide themselves at all, and fought all the way to Wudang Mountain with great fanfare. Naturally, the Wudang Sect had known about them for a long time.
"I'll wait to see you all, Lords of the imperial court!"
Zeng Yi hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Master Song has defeated this junior! You don't have to be so polite!"
Wudang was very polite to Zeng Yi and the others. Seeing Wudang's attitude, Zeng Yi knew that it was about the same. He followed Song Yuanqiao into Wudang. The two of them were very hypocritically polite. Song Yuanqiao couldn't help it at first: "
My lords, you have been working hard all the way to Wudang. I wonder if there is something urgent?"
"Master Song, you're too polite. It's not an urgent matter. I came to Wudang this time for a group of people asking for your favor. We are also here on behalf of His Majesty. I hope you'll forgive me for intruding, Master Song!"
"Ouch? Your Majesty is in trouble! Then I, Wudang, will go through fire and water!"
"Well, it's like this. As a major Taoist sect, your sect should have Taoists who make alchemy. The reason we came here this time is to ask for some gunpowder formulas from your sect!" Zeng Yi was also very polite.
"Gunpowder?" After hearing Zeng Yi's words, Song Yuanqiao looked confused and was stunned.
"Yes, it's the gunpowder formula!"
Song Yuanqiao was very discerning. Although he had a puzzled look on his face, he did not ask anything, "Master Ni, I don't know much about gunpowder. Please wait a moment. I'll go ask the seniors in the sect!"