Seeing Xi Chang mixing the gunpowder evenly, Li Qing said, "That's it? I don't think it's much different from the original gunpowder!"

Xi Chang bowed: "Gunpowder is like this. The most important thing is not what it looks like, but the ratio. If the ratio is a little worse, the effect will be very different. Why are the artillery of the Song army powerful? It is because their gunpowder is different. Not only does it match, but it also needs to be pelleted. There are many requirements. I have been in the Song army for many years and have been a gunner for several years, and I know this the most clearly."

Li Qing said: "Then why don't you become particles? Since you know that that is better, how can you make it like this?"

Xi Chang said: "Officials, I know they will become pellets, but I can't do it. I just know that the ratio is like this, and the effect is much better than the random ones. If you don't believe it, you will know after trying."

Li Qing said: "Of course you have to try it. If it is really useful, you will definitely be rewarded with great reward. If you are willing to stay in our army, you can make gunpowder specifically. When you go back to the Song Dynasty, you are just a farmer, so what's the future?"

Xi Chang said: "I still have family members, so where can I stay in Dangxiang? As long as I help you make gunpowder and get the money."

Li Qing did not persuade him, and ordered his soldiers to take gunpowder and go outside to test guns. The cannon itself is not difficult to make, it is just an iron pipe, but it is just a big one. Dangxiang's steel technology is worse. He cannot make cannons like the Song army, and he can only cast gun barrels with pig iron. Although it looks extremely heavy, it is actually not very powerful. Real cannons are extremely heavy and can only be installed on the city wall. The most important thing about artillery is that in addition to the cannon body, there are different gunpowder used. The Song army's artillery formula was tried many times, and the ratio was top secret, and only the officers in the army knew it. During transportation, they were transported separately. When they arrived at the local area, the army would arrange it themselves and send it to the combat army.

All Dangxiang Jun knew before was probably that gunpowder could be used, but it was not very powerful. After trying many times, he was not satisfied and put his ideas on the retired Song army. After working hard, he found Xi Chang, who had retired from the Song army artillery, and found him to guide him, promising to give him a heavy thanks. After Xi Chang retired, he was a money-loving person. Finally, he couldn't help but come to Dangxiang to make money.

Xi Chang was just an artilleryman, not a person who specializes in the army to make gunpowder. The prescription ratio was heard from others. I tried to make it myself and could be used. For Dangxiang, this is no longer awesome. In the past two years, Dangxiang has cast a few cannons, and almost all the steel in China has been used up and installed in important places such as Lingzhou and Shanheguan. With new gunpowder, you won’t suffer much loss when fighting in positions.

It was not a matter of trial gunpowder for a while, and Dangxiang didn't want Xi Chang to get too involved in his equipment. Li Qing ordered wine and food, drank with him, and waited for the soldiers who were testing the gun to come back.

When the wine and food came up, Li Qing poured the wine and said, "In your opinion, if we have such gunpowder, how about fighting with the Song army?"

Xi Chang said: "Officials, Dangxiang is just a place in the Song Dynasty, and even the population is smaller than many roads. How can it be compared? Now it is not as good as before. With railways, the Song army can be hundreds of thousands of people in the same place. Even if they are defeated for a while, they can fight for years. How can Dangxiang survive? It can only be used to stick to the key points, making the Song army feel that it is not worth it and retreat by itself."

Li Qing said: "It may not be so. In the last battle of Hue Du, the Song army relied on the power of artillery and destroyed several routes. Now that the country has many artillery, and with good gunpowder, how could the Song army be so easy to win?"

Xi Chang couldn't analyze the pros and cons at this time, and could only say: "I'm not a high-end person, how can I know these? Drink!"

The soldiers on Hequ Road, especially the Yingtianxiang Army from Suizhou, were all learned in school. The understanding of war was not comparable to those of Li Qing. With firearms, railways, and systematic command, the army's combat power was defended by the lower limit. Although this lower limit was poor, it was not comparable to that of the Dangxiang army. The Song army now can invest 300,000 to 500,000 troops in the same direction, which is not comparable to that of Dangxiang.

Xi Chang just loves money and is not a bad mind. Of course, he doesn't think Dangxiang can fight against the Song army. It is precisely because of this that he can come here to offer gunpowder recipes, but he will never stay. It is very clear now that once the Song army completes all the training, they will definitely take Dangxiang's attack. In two or three years, these Dangxiang people forgot how badly they were beaten back then, and began to lift their heads to the sky again.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Li Qing said: "The most important thing now is that there is no flame and sulphur produced in Dangxiang. I wonder if you have any solutions?"

Xi Chang shook his head: "I am just a farmer now. Where can I get those ways? As long as the money comes, what can't be bought? As long as I can't afford it, there will inevitably be merchants selling these, so the officials will rest assured."

Li Qing nodded and didn't ask anything. Dangxiang did not produce nitrate or sulfur. Even if it was made by the local law, no one could do it. They could only buy it from outside. In the Song Dynasty, these two things were forbidden objects, and Dangxiang was not easy to buy. They could only be smuggled by merchants, and the quantity was unstable and insufficient. Shengzhou was a nearby commercial center, with a large number of merchants, which was Dangxiang's main goal.

The next day, Dangxiang tried the new gunpowder, which was indeed much more powerful than before, and the formula was clear and stable. After paying Xi Chang's reward as agreed, he asked him to go back. Xi Chang used a pseudonym when he went to Dangxiang, but no one else knew about it, so he would not mention it from now on.

In Shengzhou City, Mr. Shen finished looking at the goods and said to the servant Tan Silang on the side: "The goods coming today are important. You must be careful. If something happens, you will ask me if you ask me! You are not allowed to go anywhere else tonight, just watch here!"

Tan Silang is only thirteen years old, and is half-aged. When he was having fun, he heard it: "How can I keep it alone in the long night? Unless the official gives Guan money, I go to buy wine, eat meat and play with children, otherwise I will fall asleep in the middle of the night. Wouldn't that be bad?"

Mr. Shen said: "If you drink wine, you will snore like thunder. Where can you still take care of the goods! If you don't learn well, what kind of wine will you drink!"

Tan Silang just asked for money, but after hearing this, he became unhappy: "What if I give me a lot of money and give me a reward of money forever! This goods are not allowed to be sold outside. If the news spreads, the government will definitely come to catch them!"

When Mr. Shen heard this, he glared: "If you dare to leak the news, please be careful with your flesh and blood! Come to my house, eat mine, live in mine, and pay wages every month. What else do you want to reward? Look carefully and you will not be able to spare me if something happens!"

After saying that, I went back to check the goods before leaving.

Looking at the back of Chen Yuanwai leaving, Tan Silang spat: "What a rooster. He is doing such a big business and earning money from beheading. He refuses to give me his usual money! If I go to report to the official, it will see what you will do then!"

After saying that, he sat down with the goods and was very angry. The goods were transported back from the station today, and I don’t know what it was. Tan Silang only knew that it was forbidden goods in the court and was sold to Dangxiang. Shengzhou also did business with Dangxiang, but the government investigated the goods very strictly and was not allowed to sell prohibited goods. If there is prohibited goods, there are smugglings. No matter how you are willing to pay, as long as the other party is willing to pay, it will not be prevented no matter how you are. Chen Yuanwai is one of the smugglers. His family has shops in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the goods transported to Shengzhou were sold in shops and smuggled outwards. As long as you make money, Chen Yuanwai is willing to sell anything, as long as he can buy it. This is the case with sulfur and flame salt. These two things are also used by the people. Although there were bans in the Song Dynasty, the people could still buy them.

After sitting next to the goods for a while, Tan Silang was impatient. After thinking about it, he thought about it and then went to remove the skin of the goods. He opened the skin and saw that there was a wooden box inside, which was sealed very tightly. After thinking for a while, he stomped his feet, moved out a box, found a wooden stick next to it, and pried the box open.

The box was opened, and Tan Silang looked inside and saw an oil cloth bag inside. The oil cloth bag was opened, yellow, and when he smelled it, he knew it was sulfur.

Looking at the sulfur in the box, Tan Silang was stunned for a while. Although he knew that Chen Yuan smuggled goods to Tang Xiang, he didn't know what it was. Unexpectedly, it was such a thing. Shengzhou is a border area, and the imperial court strictly prohibited the sale of sulfur, let alone sold it to Dang Xiang.
Chapter completed!