Aztec Eternals

With a serious expression on his face, Xiulot ordered awe-inspiringly. Everyone also straightened their faces and bowed to salute. The workshop is busy again.

The female workers obeyed respectfully. Using a mortar and pestle, they carefully grind the earth nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal into fine powders, and then put the powders into the mortar in proportion. The amount of each batch of powder is 15 taels, 2 taels, 3 taels, totaling more than a catty.

Next, Shulot stretched out his hand, pulled Talea to his side, stepped back a few steps, and signaled the female workers to continue. At the request of His Highness, they mixed and ground all the ingredients more carefully for a quarter of an hour before looking up at the boy.

Shulot thought for a moment. He vaguely remembered that there was a very crucial step in the future, which could effectively improve the burning efficiency of gunpowder. The boy thought for a long time, but did not get any inspiration, so he nodded and asked the female workers to start the test.

Soon, the clay pot was placed on the test platform again, and inside it was the old-made gunpowder of the new formula. Next to it, at a distance of one meter to several meters, there are several tied straw figures. A warrior took the torch from the female worker, lit a palm-long fuse, and then quickly retreated at the request of His Highness.

Shulot grabbed Talea's arm and took a few steps back again. The potter girl suffered a little pain, and was led out a few steps obediently, leaning on the boy's shoulder quietly. Then, she looked sideways, with doubts in her eyes.

"Your Highness?"

Xiu Luote looked serious, looking at the clay pot intently.

"Be careful, it will explode."

Talea nodded obediently, and also looked at the pot.

I saw that the fuse burned out quickly, and the gunpowder in the clay pot exploded immediately. Then, bright flames rose up, rising rapidly, reaching a height of two meters at its highest. Along with billowing thick smoke, a warm heat wave hits head-on. This time the gunpowder burned much faster, but after a dozen or so breaths, it burned out and the flame went out. When I looked at the clay pot again, it was still intact.

Looking at the gorgeous fireworks, the potter girl opened her eyes wide, remembering the unforgettable beauty. Immediately, she turned her head again, looked at the boy, and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

"Your Highness."

Shulot was embarrassed. He thought about the burning speed, recalled the warm air waves, and nodded firmly.

"Close the pottery cover carefully, press the fuse, and light it carefully! Stay away."

Soon, the test was carried out again. This time, as the fire rope burned out, there was a moment of silence, and the flame suddenly burst into flames. There was only a bang, the pottery lid flew flying, the pottery pot also exploded, and a bright yellow flame burst out from the earthen platform. Immediately afterwards, choking smoke and warm air waves struck again, bringing with it crumbling pottery fragments.

This loud noise, like a thunder that pierced the sky, fell into everyone's heart, and also fell under the hurried feet of the times, forcing it to another brand new future!

Everyone fell silent for a moment. After a while, the female workers knelt down, prayed to the source of the loud noise, and looked at His Highness in awe from time to time. The hearts of the warriors were shaken, and when they looked at His Highness again, they already had eyes of reverence for the gods. Berthard looked solemn, observing the pottery fragments embedded in the straw man. The young potter's face was full of shock, she lost her mind for a moment, and then leaned tightly on the boy's shoulder again.

Shulot also stared at the explosion of gunpowder, the first epoch-making sound in Central America! He slowly burst into a joyful smile, his heart was turbulent, and countless emotions surged in it. Feeling the softness of the side shoulders, the young man stretched out his arms and took Talea into his arms. He hugged Talea hard for the first time, and whispered to himself.

"I KNOW I WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!"

The potter girl let out a low moan, and leaned softly on the boy's body, her heart was beating violently, her whole body was hot and weak, and her eyes flickered.

After a moment of excitement, Shulot let go of the girl in his arms and went directly to the test platform. He carefully examined the power of the explosion. The pottery cover at the top flew nearly ten meters away, and the pottery pot exploded, but the lower base was still intact, with incompletely burned gunpowder powder remaining inside.

The straw man one meter away was inlaid with a few pieces of fine pottery, and the straw man was also shaken by the air wave. The same is true for the straw man at two meters away. But at a distance of three meters, the straw man was almost undamaged. The boy looked at the ground again, and the largest pottery fragments were only four to five meters away, while the finer pottery fragments were six to seven meters away.

Shulot was lost in thought. The power of black gunpowder in front of us is probably much inferior to the common fireworks in later generations, and it is about the same as the power of gunpowder in European countries in this era.

At this time, on the Eurasian continent, the exact formula of black powder had already been explored. All major powers in the world are rapidly advancing the application of gunpowder, and matchlock guns and copper cannons have already begun to be equipped with troops in wars. At the same time, European countries built a large number of gunpowder schools to improve the production process of gunpowder. The gunpowder research in the Tower of London has even lasted for one or two hundred years.

Decades ago, Shinra's gunpowder craftsmen added a key step to the production of gunpowder, making gunpowder more powerful and transportable over long distances.

"What exactly is this step?" The boy was troubled by this step again. Then he shook his head and considered possible improvements.

The power of gunpowder lies in the purity of the raw material. In terms of the purification of saltpeter, Xiu Luote has already pointed out the potassium nitrate purification technology, which is repeatedly dissolved, plant ash is precipitated and filtered. As for the purification of sulfur, the boy only remembers that it is related to the melting point. It seems that it is vaporized by heating and solidified by water cooling. The specific steps cannot be imagined for the time being. Finally, charcoal with a higher calorific value is used. Chinese craftsmen often used willow charcoal, but unfortunately dry willow did not exist in Central America at this time, fir and pine and cypress were also available.

Observing and thinking, Xiulot sat down cross-legged again. With the preliminary black powder, what kind of weapons can be made?

Bertard gestured to the potter girl. Talea blushed, brought a pen, ink and paper, and sat next to His Highness again.

Shulot has been thinking for a hundred years, recalling the early gunpowder weapons that appeared in the history of the Chinese Dynasty. All weapons that require metal must be abandoned, and the production of weapons needs to be simple and meet the productivity level of the alliance. After a while, three names formed in his mind.

The first to appear was the long-planned rocket. According to the boy's impression, this kind of weapon should first appear in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then shine during the battle of Tangdao in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is a suitable arson weapon for water warfare.

The gunpowder rocket is to tie a spherically symmetrical gunpowder bag to the rear of the arrow, which will not affect the balance of the rocket flight. The gunpowder bag is made of slow-burning paper or cloth, pasted into a solid shell, and gunpowder is contained inside. Then use the fire cone to ignite the shell in battle, and then use the crossbow to cast it.

Considering the pulling force of the longbow, the weight of the gunpowder pack should range from tens of grams, which can be increased when shooting at close range. The purpose of the vertical rocket is to burn, which can properly reduce the soil nitrate with less reserves and increase the proportion of charcoal and sulfur. Thereby reducing the burning speed and increasing the burning time.

Shulot nodded slightly. Gunpowder, paper, arrows, and longbows all met the alliance's productivity level. Immediately, he took the pen and paper and drew a longbow with a rocket with a gunpowder bag in the middle.

The second compatible weapon is the ceramic caltrop, which resembles the most primitive grenade. This kind of weapon appeared in the Song Dynasty, and was unearthed in large numbers in the north of the Celestial Dynasty. It was used in Song, Liao, Jinxia and other countries. This is a melee thrown explosive weapon.

Ceramic Tribulus has a pottery and porcelain shell, a round pot shape, a large mouth and a small belly. The inside is filled with gunpowder, and the outside is made of pottery thorns. After lighting the fuse, it is thrown several meters to tens of meters. The exploding thorns can kill enemies within a few steps, and the sound can deter horses. Considering the historical performance, this mythical new weapon should have a shocking effect on the various ministries of Mexico beyond its actual power.

According to the throwing ability of the samurai and the explosive power of black powder, the boy redesigned it. This kind of pottery caltrop should weigh like a shot put. The ceramic shell is two or three catties, and the gunpowder inside is three or four catties. The total weight is five to eight catties. The throwing distance is between ten and twenty steps, and the explosive power is about five to seven. within steps.

If you defend the city or throw it with a trebuchet, you can make a large ceramic caltrop, or change the ceramic shell into a paper shell, which becomes a paper fireball in the history of the Song Dynasty. By adjusting the ratio of different ingredients, the function of gunpowder weapons can be changed from explosive to arson, smoke and poison.

Xiulot thought for a while, pottery firing is the alliance's specialty, and there are also a large number of skilled workers, so he drew the pattern of ceramic caltrops on paper. From Talea's point of view, this is a large cactus thorn ball.

The third weapon of choice is the wooden cannon. This weapon appeared in the Song Dynasty, but it was used by the militia until the Anti-Japanese War. The range of wooden cannons is usually between tens of meters and hundreds of meters, which is not accurate at all. It is a medium-to-short-range firepower weapon.

The shape of the wooden cannon is the trunk of the hollowed out tree, and hard pine or elm is often used. A deep round hole was dug in the middle of the trunk. The round hole is wide inside and small outside, the depth is about one or two meters, and the diameter of the inner opening is about half a chi. In fact, a suitable thick iron pipe needs to be inserted in the middle of the round hole to increase its power, and it can be used without it. There is no iron in the alliance, so the outside of the wooden cannon needs to be tightly hooped with copper hoops, and then wrapped with thick copper wire one by one. In order to reduce the technical difficulty, instead of drilling the blast hole, the fuse is used to launch.

Xiulot slightly calculated that each time the wooden cannon is fired, it needs several to ten catties of gunpowder, and the ammunition is more than twenty or thirty catties of crushed stones. Before firing, you need to insert the fuse, and seal the muzzle with cotton to increase air tightness. Its operation is very slow, but its power is almost invincible in this era.

He also drew the model of the pine wood cannon on the paper, and marked the upgraded copper cannon on the back.

Next, the boy pondered for a while, the individual tubular weapons were still too difficult for the alliance's technical level. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, the firearms and copper fire blunderbusses had a limited shooting range, were easily damaged, had awkward positioning, and were not easy to manufacture. And the matchlock guns in Europe in this era are advanced weapons that the alliance cannot manufacture.

Now, the long-range weapons of cold weapons still occupy an absolute advantage. At a distance of tens of meters, what the warriors can rely on is always the swift spear throwing, the powerful longbow and the powerful Han crossbow.

After drawing the figure, Xiu Luote was so excited that he got up suddenly. He looked at the eagle in the sky, watched it spread its wings and soar at heights that ordinary people could hardly reach. The young man's ambition rises with the eagle, covering the whole world and conquering the world!

Longitudinal rockets, ceramic caltrops, and wooden cannons, these are the three standard firearms and equipment of the alliance in the future, which will accompany the Mexica legion and completely sweep the entire world!

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