Liu Xiang found a fine sieve and sieved the pulp, sulfur and charcoal respectively, and ground the coarse ones again.
A total of four kilograms of granular black powder were produced.
While waiting for it to dry in the shade, Liu Xiang went to the doctor and asked for some aconite and arsenic, then went to the stable for some croton and the arsenal for some wolfsbane.
You need these things to make poison smoke balls.
Adding aconite, arsenic, croton, and wolfsbane powder to gunpowder, using the burning gunpowder to produce smoke, poisoning people, causing bleeding from the mouth and nose. This is the method of making poisonous smoke balls in the Song Dynasty. It is recorded in "Wu Jing Zong Yao"
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After the gunpowder dried, Liu Xiang took some tests and found that the burning effect was okay, but there was a bit too much residue, and the purity of saltpeter and sulfur was not enough.
Liu Xiang had a psychological expectation that it would be impossible to compare the purity with modern chemicals, so just make do with it and it would be usable.
He mixed three or two grains of gunpowder with four poisons, put it in a small clay pot, inserted a foot-long medicine pot, sealed it with Gebu clay, and wrapped it with hemp rope to make it weigh two kilograms.
It looks like a small hammer ball. A total of three small poison smoke balls were made.
Use three ounces of medicine, wrap it tightly with kudzu cloth, put a foot long medicine boiling pot, add two kilograms of lime, use kudzu cloth as the inside, wrap the outside with multiple layers of linen cloth into a ball, and then wrap it with hemp rope to make a three kilogram weight.
, made two chain-ball-shaped smoke bombs.
Use broken iron pieces the size of fingernails and clay to make a shell the size of a cantaloupe, bake it over a fire to harden it, put it into a gunpowder bag wrapped tightly with grass cloth, put a half-foot-long medicine pot in it, seal it with clay, and make a total of
There were four of them, which were barely considered grenades.
The gunpowder was completely used up.
Liu Xiang felt guilty because he didn't know the actual effect, but he had no place to test it, so he couldn't just light it in the military camp.
He is not afraid of being found out. He has already thought of an excuse and just said that he can cure the plague by refining the elixir. Isn't it normal to know how to refining the elixir?
The main reason is that they are afraid of howling. A group of plague patients suddenly hear strange noises and are really afraid that they will go crazy.
There are also a large group of horses in the camp. If the camp is bombed, it will be finished.
It was already late at night after finishing these DIY gunpowder weapons.
The moon on March 12 hangs in the western sky, waiting for the days to gradually become fuller.
The moonlight poured down like flowing water, and Liu Xiang felt peaceful and lonely.
His thoughts returned to the future 1,800 years ago. I wonder how the people there lived? Can they see moonlight like this?
I hope everything goes well.
It's fine with me, don't miss it.
This is a distance further than the ends of the earth, except for missing...
Only missing.
He shook his head and called it a day. He couldn't fall into a low mood.
"My future is not clear. This is not the time to be sentimental." Liu Xiang muttered and went to sleep.
When I got up, it was already morning and I was woken up by Cui Yi.
He was talking to Li Niu at the door. When he saw Liu Xiang woke up, he quickly came over and whispered:
"My lord, I made some inquiries yesterday and calculated that there are nearly two hundred brothers who are willing to follow my lord. They all remember your kindness and are willing to serve your lord."
Liu Xiang just got up and felt a little confused, probably due to low blood sugar.
He blinked and looked at Cui Yi blankly.
"Brother Cui, have you eaten?"
Cui Yi felt a little choked. Seeing Liu Xiang still in a daze, he asked with concern: "My lord, is he sick?"
Liu Xiang shook his head and regained consciousness.
"It's okay. Maybe I'm tired these past few days and didn't sleep well."
Then he continued: "Brother Cui, don't worry. I just haven't woken up yet. I will be fine in a while. I understand what Brother Cui just said. I am willing to follow me and slowly arrange to move the camp. Control the gate of the camp and the mansion."
Storehouse, stables. Brother Lautry has taken care of these things."
Cui Yi raised his hand and accepted the promise, hesitated for a moment and then said: "I have something I want to ask my lord for help."
"Brother Cui just comes here. You and I are brothers and we don't need those polite words."
Cui Yi chuckled and said, "I saw that those who read and read all had font sizes, so I wanted to have one too.
It’s just that I didn’t know any knowledgeable people before, so I never picked a font name. My lord is very talented, and I would like to ask him to choose a font name.”
Liu Xiang smiled and said: "The word is a word, and the name is a number. Generally speaking, the word is chosen by the teacher during the crowning ceremony, or it may extend the meaning of the name, or it may mean blessing and encouragement.
The number is chosen by oneself, either clearly or expressively.
I chose my name by myself. I misjudged it when I was young and had no teachers, so I chose it by myself.
Brother Cui, if you don't mind it, I'll give you a name, and if you have any feelings in the future, you can give yourself a number yourself."
Cui Yi nodded happily, "Okay, then my lord, give me a name."
Liu Xiang pondered for a while and said to Cui Yi: "I am not Brother Cui's teacher, so I am not qualified to explain the meaning of Brother Cui's name. So I chose the word An with the meaning of blessing, wishing Brother Cui a happy life, and named Brother Cui Zian.
how?"
"Cui Yi, Cui Zian." Cui Yi muttered for a moment, raised his hands in salute, and said, "Cui Zian thanked my lord!"
Liu Xiang shook his head, dumbfounded.
"Zi'an is wrong. The name was given to others. You can't say that yourself.
When you call yourself, say your name, not words. Unless it is the first time you meet someone and introduce yourself.
For example, if you meet someone for the first time, you can introduce yourself and say: My name is Cui Yi, courtesy name is Zian, and I am from Beidi County.
Brother Cui, do you understand?"
Cui Yi scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Oh my, is there so much knowledge in this? I didn't know the rules before, so I would like to thank my lord for teaching me."
After saying that, he clasped his hands and saluted with great interest: "My name is Cui Yi, and my courtesy name is Zian. I am from Beidi County. I would like to pay my respects to my lord."
Liu Xiang also joked: "My name is Liu Xiang, and my courtesy name is Yicheng. I am a fox slave. I have met brother Zi'an."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling a bit like they were hurting their friends.
Liu Xiang became interested for a moment, so he pretended to be mysterious and whispered to Cui Yi: "I want to refine the anti-plague pill, is Zian interested in watching?"
Cui Yi was very surprised. Seeing Liu Xiang's mysterious look, he did not dare to speak loudly and whispered: "My lord, you can also make elixirs? What is the regulation of this anti-plague elixir? I don't understand this. If you violate the taboo,
It’s a big sin.”
Liu Xiang snickered in his heart and pretended to be confident.
"Zi'an, don't panic, I have a plan.
You go find some carpenters and make several molds that are five inches long, three inches wide, and one inch high. There are ten molds in a row, so five rows are needed in total.
Ask someone to bring you a pottery basin, big enough to make soup, and find some firewood and charcoal, and you can make elixirs with me in the afternoon."
After thinking about the saponification reaction, which requires constant stirring for several hours, he continued: "This time the alchemy is a physical job, so call a few more people to be the alchemy warriors."
Cui Yi had never seen elixir refining before. He didn't just listen to Liu Xiang's nonsense.
He didn't know he had been cheated, but he looked proud and ran to make arrangements with great interest.