Five or six older craftsmen were spinning around a prefabricated board, shaking their heads and nodding their heads, not whispering to each other, and then sighing to each other.
Seeing their bitter and grudges, Haoge was immediately furious.
"I am not here to see you around the circle. Tell me quickly, how did this come about?"
Thumb, several craftsmen all knelt at Hauge's feet.
"Your Majesty, the servants looked carefully. This thing was probably mixed with pebbles and mud and sand, and then made with molds. There is also a pre-tied bamboo shelf in the middle, making the whole board stronger and like a stone..."
"Not to say these nonsense, pebbles, stones, bamboo shelves, you can see these. What I want to ask is what are those blue-black things?"
"This, this slave doesn't know!"
"Food bucket!" Haoge was so angry that he kicked the old craftsman dozens of meters away, pointed at his nose, and scolded loudly: "Aren't you the best craftsmen? You are also following Sun Chengzong to cultivate the city wall outside the pass. What kind of building materials do Minggou have? You don't know? It's simply outrageous!"
"I think you are deliberately hiding it. I want to watch the jokes of the Qing warriors. I will kill you now!"
"Prince, how dare I deceive you? I really don't know that new things have emerged over the years, not to mention that Minggou is still in love with Western foreigners. I don't know if there are any new things coming from abroad!"
When Wu Sangui heard the craftsman's crying, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "There are indeed many barbarians under his command. I think it may be a new technology coming from the West."
"What should I do?"
"Just ask a few barbarians!"
When Hauge heard this, he thought it was reasonable. Soon, a few blonde and blue-eyed Portuguese rushed over. The leader was Shato. He led the others to kneel on the ground with one leg. The guy said in stiff Chinese: "See the prince!"
"Well, you guys go and see what that is."
Shato hurriedly looked at the prefabricated board with his fingers. He and his friends walked around for a few times. He bit his ears, and then Shato came to Hauge.
"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is already available in the West. It is a great building material that can quickly bond bricks. I didn't expect it to be available on the land of the Heavenly Dynasty, and it is quite awesome. It is even stronger than the one in the West."
When Wu Sangui heard that it was indeed something from the West, he immediately asked, "Shato, do you know how to cook it?"
Shato shrugged and said with a wry smile: "Prince, I am a soldier and an artilleryman. My duty is to fight and I don't know these things. But there is one thing I can remind the prince that if the rebels on the opposite side have this magical building material, their castles will be stronger and the construction fortifications will be faster!"
"How fast?" Haoge couldn't help asking.
Shato thought for a long time before saying, "It seems that within one day, it can solidify and become as hard as a stone!"
"What!" Wu Sangui and Haoge finally changed their faces, and their fists were clenched and their fists were clattering.
Both of these people often lead troops. I don’t understand what it is. It is already very difficult to attack the city. If you have such a thing, wouldn’t it mean that even if you break a hole, as long as you cannot take it down that day, you can repair it in a blink of an eye!
When they thought of this, the blue veins on both of them jumped up!
Haoge finally let out a long sigh: "Pingxi King, it seems that we must take a gamble and attack Gu Zhenhua continuously. Only in this way can we defeat them!"
"The prince is right, and after Gu Zhenhua has this kind of building material, it means that he can quickly build a large number of fortresses. An** is a cancer. The longer it drags, the bigger the cancer will be!"
Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and said, "Prince, in my opinion, we should make up our minds to completely eradicate Gu Zhenhua. We must never let An** continue to exist, otherwise..."
Wu Sangui didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Haoge knew it clearly! When he was in Shandong, he sent people to grab An**'s food, but he ended up hitting a nail. Looking back now, if he could have made a desperate bet and eradicated An** as soon as possible, there wouldn't be such a big trouble!
Of course there is no regret medicine in the world. An**'s growth has made Haoge feel sincerely fear. He has to make up his mind to eradicate An** at any cost!
Haoge, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and others all gathered together. Haoge looked carefully at the map and then said: "If you want to quickly eliminate An**, you should attack in full swing without giving them any room for maneuver and time for cultivation. You will never stop, even if you use your blood and life, you will consume them all!"
"King Zhishun, you lead your troops and join Hu Xinshui to attack Qicheng! Nikan, you will take the 5,000 Eight Banners and the 8,000 Han military flags to attack Xinxiang with all your strength. I will stick to the Western King of Pingxi, plus Wuzhenchao Ha Camp, and attack Jixian County with all my strength. The three places work together, and make sure to break the An**'s defense line as fast as possible and eliminate Gu Zhenhua's power!"
After Haoge finished speaking, his sharp eyes swept over everyone and said heavily: "Dear Qing Dynasty loyal ministers, An** is a tiger. We must completely eradicate this tiger before it has grown up. Otherwise, a little tiger will start to eat people. Don't forget Kong Youde!"
When everyone present heard the words Kong Youde, they were all shocked and looked particularly solemn: "Please rest assured, Prince, we will do our best to eradicate the peace and share the worries of the court!"
Gu Zhenhua didn't know that the small prefabricated boards brought such a great shock to the Qing army. He was still in the city, commanding the civilians to sweep the soil in the toilet.
That's right!
The dignified commander of the three armies and admired by the king, the prince, actually took people to drill into the toilet and stable, which really made people scratch their heads. But after Gu Zhenhua asked someone to transport baskets of soil with white light out, some people's eyes went straight.
He Zhonghou couldn't help but go to the front and looked carefully. He couldn't help but pick up a little and put it in his mouth. Everyone's face turned pale and couldn't bear to look at it.
"Bah!" After tasting it, He Zhonghou couldn't help but vomit it out.
Lu Shun, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but smile and said, "Grandpa Six, how disgusting, why do you always eat everything!"
"Boy, do you want to try it?"
"I don't want to." Lu Shun shook his head like a rattle.
He Zhonghou smiled and said, "Silly boy, do you know that these soils are very spicy in your mouth. They are really good nitride soil, which is a necessity for making gunpowder!"
"Ah? Is this true?" Lu Shun couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"If you don't believe me, try it."
Lu Shun carefully put a piece in his mouth. "Bah, it's so spicy!"
"Hahaha, that's right, this is the nitroso soil!" Gu Zhenhua laughed and said, "The gunpowder consumption is amazing in the war. From now on, we will take soil from these toilet stables, which is guaranteed to be endless!"
Lu Shun also got excited in an instant, waving his hoe and digging away the large piece of soil. As the saying goes, there are many people and powerful people. Thousands of people, the toilets, stables, and old houses in the city have been swept through. The most have dug out hundreds of kilograms of nitro soil, and the few have dozens of kilograms.
However, looking at these dirty and smelly things, it is still hard to imagine that they will be associated with gunpowder.
Next, Gu Zhenhua asked someone to take out some and then bring some wood ash. At about a ratio of three to one, the nitroso soil and wood ash were crushed and sieved, mixed and put into a large pot. He began to rinse with hot water. After repeated consideration and refinement, the color of the water gradually became clear.
Then it was placed in a pot and continued to cook. Finally, it crystallized, forming high-purity saltpeter. These nitroso soils were crushed and stirred in proportion, and then grinded in a stone mill and grinded them finely. The black gunpowder powder was born.
Seeing this magical change, everyone was amazed. He Zhonghou has been helping Gu Zhenhua manage accounts during this period. After the war started, he assisted Xia Shouli in handling military supplies, and the old man was also an idle person.
As for Lu Shun who has joined An**’s youth camp, he is already half a soldier.
He Zhonghou smiled and said, "Zhenhua, you should fight and fight. Leave the work of sauna to us to ensure sufficient supply. If you can't do it, you can only ask!"
Just when everyone was very excited, a huge sound of cannons suddenly sounded outside the city. Although everyone was in the city, they felt like the ground under their feet was trembling.
Gu Zhenhua frowned and said hurriedly: "Uncle Six, I'll leave this job to you. I'll go to the city to see it right away!"
Gu Zhenhua hurried towards the city wall. Along the way, the sound of cannons was like thunder, one after another, resounding through the sky.
Such a huge cannon sound was obviously not An**'s cannon, it must be the Shenwei General cannon of the Qing Dynasty!
The real cruel battle is coming!
Thinking of this, Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but say to Kang Dali: "Are you afraid or not?"
"Not afraid, we will be afraid of nothing with you!"
"Hahaha, okay, war is fought by everyone. As long as everyone is united, no matter how many artillery the Tartars have, they are not our opponent!"
Gu Zhenhua strode to the top of the city. At this time, Li Xu was looking into the distance with a monocular telescope.
"Dude, the Qing army's artillery has joined the war."
"Gu Zhenhua also hurriedly looked out of the city, and saw that six or seven miles away, heavy smoke continued to rise above the Qing army's positions, and gunfire sounds one after another.
One by one, the iron balls weighing about ten pounds were pushed and cut through the sky and landed on An**'s position!
A shell hit the chest wall, and the prefabricated plate was shattered. The soldiers hiding behind were injured, and some people were directly hit by splashed cement blocks, and their heads were flattened. It was so miserable!
"Dude, what do you think?" Li Xu also asked anxiously.
Gu Zhenhua said expressionlessly: "We must sacrifice when fighting. Tell Tang Zhanxiong that we must hold on to the position outside the city, and no matter how many people die, we must hold on!"
Chapter completed!