In the eyes of others, Zhuge Tianlei is of course the third Prince Zhu's greatest supporter!
However, for Zhu Heji, "sugar medicine" is nothing more than convenient materials and easy to prepare.
If you really give him some time to come up with two acids, nitric acid and sulfuric acid, there will be too many different kinds of explosives that can be made in the future.
And these are all high-tech products that are difficult to imitate. No, they should be "high-tech" products!
In addition, the convenience of obtaining "sugar medicine" is only for today's Zhu Ming Group... The sugar industry in the world is now concentrated in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. Only Guangdong and Fujian can produce the high-purity white sugar needed to prepare "sugar medicine". Nowhere else!
Zhu Heji has now "developed" "military-grade white sugar", which is white sugar that is boiled by adding iron dioxide powder, gum arabic and a small amount of fire salt, and then pressed into blocks.
Such sugar cubes are easy to store and transport, are not susceptible to moisture, and are also easy to prepare in front of the military. There is no need to add catalysts and coagulants.
The military white sugar will be in the form of lumps, with each piece weighing the same. With the fire salt that has been weighed in advance and then packaged, there is no need to use a scale to weigh it in front of the battle.
And this catalyst and coagulant... you can't understand it by licking it with your tongue!
In addition, since Zhu Heji will add a certain amount of fire salt to the military white sugar, the new sugar medicine formula will be very different from the original formula.
According to the new formula, if you use ordinary white sugar instead of military-grade white sugar, you will not be able to prepare sugar medicine that is powerful enough. At most, you can only prepare sugar medicine used in smoke bombs.
When the North Factory, which specialized in producing "special white sugar" and sugar cane wine, moved to Guangzhou, Zhu Heji was ready to change the formula of "sugar medicine" and replace ordinary white sugar with military white sugar.
At the same time, Zhu Heji will also transfer all the "pharmacists" who master the original formula as far away from the front line as possible to prevent them from being captured during combat operations.
And he will also notify the Yanping Palace to take the same action to strengthen the management of "sugar and medicine".
Therefore, even if external forces partially crack the formula of "sugar medicine", it is not entirely a bad thing for Zhu Heji, who has begun to expand and "upgrade" sugar... After all, this The white sugar used to satisfy cravings is very expensive at one hundred coppers per pound. But as an important raw material for making the most powerful gunpowder in the world today, is one hundred cents per pound too cheap?
Such an important military product, a strategic material related to the survival of the country, why should civilian sugar be doubled! And military-grade white sugar with added catalysts and coagulants is sold for one tael of silver per pound. It doesn't seem expensive, right?
No matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it!
Moreover, whoever Zhu Ming is willing to sell to here is already showing great dignity. If anyone is dissatisfied, Zhu Heji can make a "sugar embargo list". If you add your name to it, you will no longer be able to buy "military sugar". Even "civilian sugar" can be embargoed. !
"Mr. Liu..."
Although Zhu Heji had long been prepared for the spread of sugar medicine technology, but now faced with Liu Xuanchu's request, he still pretended to think for a long time, and finally seemed to grit his teeth and nodded.
"Forget it," Zhu Heji said, "When the envoy sent by the imperial court leaves for Yunnan, it will naturally bring a batch of raw materials for Tianlei... and also the formula. As long as Ping Xibo raises his troops If he rebels against the Qing Dynasty, the imperial envoys will naturally give him the formula."
The raw material Zhu Heji was going to take to Yunnan was of course military white sugar, and the recipe was not the original recipe, but a recipe specifically for military sugar cubes.
The supply chain of military white sugar is still stuck in the hands of Zhu Heji's North Factory!
Liu Xuanchu didn't know how high Zhu Heji's "magic power" was, so he was naturally overjoyed and immediately asked: "I wonder who the envoy from the imperial court is?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Qilong and said, "Mr. Yang has tricked Prince Pingxi, so he can no longer go to Yunnan."
It is true that Yang Qilong can no longer go to Yunnan, because he has made Wu Yingxiong miserable. Although Wu Yingxiong finally got a blessing in disguise, these few months really scared Wu Yingxiong!
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, don't worry. The Gu family will arrange for a world-famous scholar to accompany Mr. Liu to Yunnan to meet Uncle Ping Xibo with my father's decree."
The purpose of arranging for celebrities and scholars to go to Yunnan to meet Wu Sangui was of course to show Wu Sangui that the revived Zhu Ming court was by no means a grassroots team, because it had already won the support of many Lingnan celebrities!
This Lingnan celebrity was Chen Gongyin, the eldest son of Chen Bangyan, the leader of the Three Loyalists in Lingnan. After his family was killed, he avenged his country and his family, and worked for more than ten years to fight against the Qing Dynasty. After Yongli was killed, he lived in seclusion in Zengcheng County, Guangzhou Prefecture, where he devoted himself to calligraphy and poetry and became a famous writer. I originally thought there was no hope of regaining my sight, but I didn't expect that the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu would rise miraculously.
So on the recommendation of his friend Qu Dajun, who had just come to Guangfu from Chaozhou to serve as the chief envoy to Guangdong, he appointed Zhu Heji as the chief registrar of the Xingshizi Mansion.
It was most appropriate for such a figure to go to Yunnan to meet Wu Sangui on behalf of the newly opened Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Liu Xuanchu smiled and said to Zhu Heji: "I still have something to discuss with the prince... Jian Guo is the son of Weimiao and is the orthodox Ming Dynasty. It is quite inappropriate to use the Yongli era name now. Should we use the Chongzhen reign title instead? This year will be the 45th year of Chongzhen."
Of course Zhu Heji knew why Liu Xuanchu said this. Because Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang was killed by Wu Sangui!
If Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Heji and his son continue to use the Yongli reign name, it will be equivalent to recognizing Zhu Youlang as the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty. How does Wu Sangui cope with this?
Zhu Heji nodded and said: "In the past, the Yongli era name was only used by the Yanping Palace. Now the Gu family has occupied eleven counties in Guangfu, with a population of one million and tens of thousands of soldiers. Naturally, the Yongli era name will no longer be used... ....The title will be changed to the Chongzhen era later, so please rest assured, Mr. Liu. The Gu family and my father will not let Ping Xibo step down."
In fact, the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu were originally branches of the Tang king's faction. They should regard Longwu and Shaowu as Zhengshuo, and should not use the Yongli calendar to record the years.
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Outside Beijing, Zizhuyuan.
Early this morning, a group of imperial guards in yellow mantles blocked the roads around Zizhuyuan. People were waiting, not to mention the way out, not even close!
According to those in yellow mantles, the emperor came to Zizhuyuan to hunt today - to the east of Zizhuyuan, where there are many animals!
When it was close to noon, there was a loud "rumbling" sound around Zizhuyuan... It sounded like a cannon!
Those who didn’t know better thought that the Qing emperor did not hunt with bows and arrows or shotguns, but directly mounted cannons!
But whoever really gets closer will find that this is not the case at all. It is not Kangxi who is hunting at all, but Emperor Kangxi watching accompanied by several close ministers such as Yue Le, Tuhai, Suo'etu, Xiong Cilu and so on. Shi Lang and Deng Zhong played with Zhuge Tianlei!
This time it’s amazing, the Qing Dynasty also has its own Zhuge Tianlei!
Of course, in theory, this Tianlei cannot be called Zhuge Tianlei, but should be called Shi Lang Tianlei, because it was invented by Shi Lang.
The iron shell bombs that were detonated were not filled with sugar powder, but with black powder mixed with finely ground "special white" sugar.
Of course, the power of this black gunpowder mixed with white sugar cannot be compared with that of sugar powder, but it is still much more powerful than ordinary gunpowder. It can shatter an iron bomb!
Emperor Kangxi, who was watching the explosion from a distance, had a rare smile on his face. He nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay...this Zhuge Tianlei turns out to be gunpowder with sugar added! I thought it was some kind of magic spell." , it was really hard for me to be deceived!”
He suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to the ministers and servants around him: "None of you are allowed to leak this secret...not even Nan Huairen!"
"嗻!"
Of course, the few ministers and servants didn't ask any more questions, and they all said "嗻".
Kangxi then said to Deng Zhong: "Deng Zhong, I order you to select 200 people from the flag soldiers you command to take charge of fire and thunder, and temporarily place them under the Military Preparation Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This time, I will follow Shi Lang south to Guangdong to help Dingnan University The general creates fire and thunder, but must not reveal the secret of fire and thunder!"
