Chapter 41

"The ancient flame is the ancient flame."

The Duke of Buckingham murmured to himself as he saw the fire burning on the ice lake. His gray hair was blown by the wind, and his steel blue eyes were a little moist at that moment.

"A thousand years."

Why did the proud Rose Family bow to the gods for a thousand years?

They are clearly the maniacs who dare to build a mortal palace in the heart of the dragon!

Everything is ultimately attributed to the "war of divine punishment". Legrand's warship was burned in the hymn of the holy court, and from then on, mortals were marked as servants of God.

That war almost destroyed Legrand.

Before the war of God's punishment, Legrand was a unified and powerful empire, where the rose family's badge passed, all the people were subject to it. When other countries fear the influence of the Holy See, they can be proud to refuse to accept alms from the gods. Legrand's ships were able to cross the sea - at that time, it was Legrand who launched the expedition to Blaise.

Nearly a thousand warships were burned on the sea, and the most important military force of Legrand was destroyed. It was the most elite Knights of Legrand who died together with the three princes. After the "war of God's punishment", Legrand split up. At the most vulnerable time of the rose family, the Lords all over the world rebelled. Behind that, there were the Holy See and other countries.

The empire fell apart overnight.

At the most tragic moment, the people of the rose family took the palace as their last castle and fought for three days before they got reinforcements from the northern garrison.

In that case, it was an incredible achievement to be able to guarantee the existence of Legrand.

The empire is divided.

With numerous states, the land of Legrand was involved in the long chaos again.

"At that time, many people thought that the rose family would gradually disappear after that, but we survived." The Duke of Buckingham put his hand on the king's shoulder. At this moment, he was like the king's father. He slowly told his children about the ancient history and enmity, and then handed over the responsibility. "The rose family held the throne With blood, with bones. "

Survive, and then try to regain glory little by little.

Little by little, they went to invade the Divided States. At first, there were more than 100 States, then gradually there were less than 100, then 36, and finally the initial unification was completed in the period of William III.

A thousand years of humiliation and bow, a thousand years of accumulated strength.

"The end of the Betrayer will come, and the rose family will revive."

Duke Buckingham slowly knelt down in front of the burning fire on the surface of the water. He put his head close to the land of Legrand. The blood dripping on the land from generation to generation brought out their hot temperature.

The king stood behind him, gazing quietly at the rising fire.

"In the future, we will be in charge of the ocean."

He took the delivery from the Duke of Buckingham.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. At the beginning, the holy court burned the pride of the rose family with this fire. Now they will burn the glory of the statue with a new flame.

Blood debt, blood pay.

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The king and the Duke of Buckingham, after witnessing the ancient flame burning in the hands of mortals, also observed the research results of the two chemists, that is, changing the powder into particle.

As the two chemists said, the power of the powder changed into particles is much greater than before.

"Still unable to break through the stone walls of the castle."

The Duke of Buckingham pondered for a moment and shook his head.

The king was not disappointed either: "but they are right, aren't they? As long as we find the direction and go step by step, we can finally get what we want. "

"You are right. Your majesty. " The Duke of Buckingham laughed. After seeing the ancient flame, he relaxed a lot, like a cloud that had been repressed in his heart had been dispelled, and he was full of vitality. "It can't be used now, but it can be used in the future. If you really want it to play its power on the battlefield, you have to solve a problem... "

"Well, I know what you're going to say."

The king sighed.

Niter, niter, that damned expensive niter that needs to be imported And sulfur.

"Now I think it's understandable that the five port alliance often does robbery work." He had a headache. "Robbing is much cheaper than importing."

"You seem to have an idea? To the five port alliance. " Asked the Duke of Buckingham.

"It's very difficult for the first port to accept our regulations - the free trade act doesn't leave a way for them at all."

The king and the Duke of Buckingham returned to the Rose Palace together, and the chemists had gone away with the research funds that the king had given them.

"So..."

The king paused.

"Kill them."

The Duke of Buckingham was not surprised by this answer.

"Are you going to start a war?""Yes."

The king admitted.

The idea came from seeing the ancient flame.

The king's previous ideas were more inclined to break up the business foundation of the five port alliance and force them through invisible war. But judging from the reaction of the head of the gulos family during this period, this road was finally solved by force. It's just that the buffer period is longer.

But with the help of the ancient flame, things would be different.

"What are you going to do?"

The Duke of Buckingham did not object to the king's decision.

"Mobilize the Royal Fleet first After the other chambers of Commerce withdrew from the five port alliance, the number of ships in the first port was greatly reduced. Kosiya port was the only place they could defend and arrange for ships to arrive nearby. Let the governor of Customs in the southeast search their ships and detain their merchant ships for smuggling wool. "

Speaking of this, the king gave a sneer.

"They forbid other chambers of Commerce to trade in wool, but they smuggle wool by tons Is the royal family blind? Thanks to them, Legrand's customs wool regulations are a laughing stock. "

"What if they refuse to search? Your majesty. "

"That's treason." The king replied coldly, "the traitor is dead."

"I think someone can help you." The old Baron smiles.

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The foreign aid from the gurus came from overseas.

The Holy See and the Holy See Empire directly controlled by the Holy See.

If we discuss it carefully, the five port alliance and the Holy See still have a certain origin. Because the initial formation of the five port alliance was supported by local monasteries. However, in the later period, the mad king thought that the influence of the monastery was too great, so he removed their privileges and put them under the jurisdiction of the local nobles.

In the archives of the Federation of the five ports, there are also some original documents of the monastery.

One of the files records that when the monastery controlled the harbor area, it was trying to collect the holy things. However, before they finished collecting, the crazy King cancelled their privileges and even found an excuse to move them to a place.

There is such a holy thing in the hands of the gurus family.

He is willing to offer it to the holy see for the five Port Alliance in exchange for its military aid. However, before that, the holy things belonged to the gurus family, so he asked the other three families, the Dawson family, to move in and out with him.

"The Vatican has rarely used their ships directly."

The poisonous spider in a black dress still puts forward his doubts.

"The papal envoys landed at the port controlled by kosiya." Instead of answering directly, patriarch gulos talked about the civil war launched by Archduke Grice. "He's only 27 years old, but he's already the cardinal in charge of one cardinal. Do you think that's normal?"

"Maybe he's talented."

"He's the Pope's favorite bastard." The gurus patriarch lightly said the secret of taboo that no one dares to export, "his mother has part of the blood of the gurus family."

Everyone looked at the gurus patriarch in amazement.

Some clues finally came together.

The man who drew the line between Archduke Glasgow and the Holy See It's the gulos family.

They had a certain kinship with the most beloved illegitimate son of the Pope, and they took refuge with Archduke grace early. Only the gurus family could understand the needs of the Holy See and Archduke grace at the same time, and build a bridge between them. If grand duke Glasgow does succeed, then they will win the bet!

The Holy See will not forget the contribution of the gurus family, nor will the Grand Duke of Glasgow forget their contribution.

An inexplicable chill slipped on everyone's back.

How long has the gulos family been preparing for this plot?

This is definitely not just a recent decision. It's very likely that When the Cardinal was just born, the gurus family began to look for such a way. Therefore, the gulos family in the five port alliance is the strongest one against the royal family.

They were making their stand.

To the Vatican, to Lord Grice.

"The holy court affects the trade of the most important harbor on the abyss sea. Sanling Bay is known as the Pearl of the abyss and the bridge between the continents. As long as we can get the support of the Holy See and rely on the whole abyss channel, no one will be able to take our things away The gurus patriarch said in a deep voice, "take a stand. If you promise, we will form a real alliance."

"When will the fleet arrive?"

Asked the head of the NYAS clan, marked by flamingos.

"I've sent for the relic." The gurus clan leader showed a cold smile. "At this time, it should have been sent to the Pope, and the fleet can arrive in a week at most."

"It doesn't sound like a good idea to ally with the gulos."

Mrs. poison spider sighed."But who left me no choice."

She stood up, black skirt shrouded figure slim beautiful, the "snake and scorpion" famous lady smile: "so that's it."

The deep channel was covered with wind and the waves rolled.

The king's governor is demanding a search of the five port alliance's merchant ships, while the Royal Fleet is quietly gathering.

A storm is coming.

The author has something to say: here are some questions about the madman Academy.

First of all, let's answer most people's doubts:

the ancient flame has already said the prototype Greek fire. Although the main raw material of Greek fire is petroleum, it also uses asphalt, sulfur, rosin, etc., and the formula of Greek fire is lost later. It is not simply possible to equate oil with Greek fire Niter is the main raw material of gunpowder, but can you point to niter and say that this is gunpowder?

The restoration of chemists means that they have completed the restoration of Greek fire, including the proportion of various raw materials and refining methods. They are trying to reform the composition of gunpowder with various materials and methods. This is similar to the gunpowder made by ancient Chinese alchemists.

Second, they are not "working out cross century achievements in one month.".

I don't know what your definition of "cross century" is. In my opinion, there has never been - or rarely has been - any cross century thing that really suddenly appears in history. In fact, all the "cross century" in the eyes of latecomers came from a long period of development.

I don't know if you have such a stereotype that when it comes to gunpowder, you subconsciously think that it came into being at the end of the middle ages and ended that era. Before that, it didn't appear on the stage of the middle ages. As soon as the heliocentric theory is mentioned, it is believed that it was born in the period of Copernicus.

In fact, the concept of Heliocentric theory has a long history, and the concept of celestial body movement in history is not only a single geocentric theory. Here is a book "a brief history of space", which introduces the whole context of the development of human space concept. In history, the ancient Greek scholars of aristak have put forward the heliocentric theory. Since then, there has been a discussion about heliocentric theory. Recently, Latino scholars in the 15th century reconsidered it. Born in Germany in 1401, KOOS put forward the heliocentric theory again at that time. After that, in the 16th century Copernicus began to devote himself to the study of his theory of the movement of celestial bodies.

At that time, the attitude of the church towards heliocentrism was not as usual Copernicus even presented his works to Pope Paul III. The cardinal, Galileo's opponent, identified his works without any heresy. It was published after Copernicus died in 1543.

See?

There are more than one or two people behind great things, but we only remember a few people.

Let's bring the perspective back to the scientists in the madhouse.

I don't like the kind of plot that people didn't find out before when they suddenly created guns and shells without any background It is often with a kind of latecomer's preconception and arrogance of the times (I have written before that the king personally observed the war at that time in order to avoid the latecomer's arrogance).

I don't like that, and naturally I won't write like that.

Take the chemist brothers as an example, let me explain a little bit. Their research results are not cross century and cross era, but under that background, they have come to the moment when they are on the threshold. In the previous chapter, I introduced the background of the use of Legrand gunpowder at that time, so as not to make you feel that your achievements are advancing by leaps and bounds.

Take a look at the gunpowder revolution in the middle ages.

The earliest time of gunpowder in Europe has not been determined yet, but Byzantium already used "Greek fire" in 678 A.D.

although the Greek fire did not spread, it can show that the history of gunpowder used in Europe is longer than we usually know. But it was in the 134th century that it really began to be widely used. After 1255, gunpowder was introduced into Islamic countries. In 1290, Islamists besieged AGA and used gunpowder riprap machine.

The gunpowder revolution was carried out in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was not until the end of the middle ages that Europeans noticed the potential power of gunpowder. Since the 14th century, many niter factories have appeared in Europe. This is because they are used to gunpowder with a higher proportion of niter, thus increasing their explosive power. Do you see? The improvement of technology has been going on for a long time.

In order to improve the power of gunpowder, people had tried all kinds of methods at that time. The attempt of chemists in the madhouse was one of the common attempts in the 15th century. Granular powder is a part of technological reform, and it was gradually used after the 1520s. In every change, people will adopt a variety of methods, but the correct method can not be recognized and fully utilized as soon as it appears. Many will be inundated by the rest of the wrong methods and then wait for time to pass before people find out.

Although granular powder is the right direction, it is also accepted by people after a long time. The time of acceptance is not the same as the time of appearance. The chemists of the madman Academy of sciences have tried the right method at such a time when they are making various attempts, and the king who is the latecomer can confirm this method.They tried to be right and were lucky enough to be confirmed, that's all.

It's far from cross era.

If we don't have an understanding of these histories, we can easily get the impression that gunpowder only opened the gate of the castle and ended the middle ages, that they "studied the achievements of the cross century in one month"

But this is not the case. They can not even be regarded as a cross era achievement. They only improved the power of gunpowder, but the improvement is limited - which is why the king chose to witness the power of gunpowder with the Duke of Buckingham. In order to really complete a gunpowder revolution, there are countless problems to be solved, such as the price of niter, the production process, how to use it, and so on.

Otherwise, why did the king set up his standing army? With long guns and cannons, can't we go all the way?

Because the whole reform needs the cooperation and time of all parties.

Of course, I can also casually write about the war mode in which the king owns gunpowder in three days and washes the ground with artillery fire in one year.

But is that still the world of Legrand I want? no, it isn't.

The same is true of other people's achievements. They are making their choices in the trend of the times.

Finally, what is the so-called cross century and breakthrough era?

From my point of view as a history student, it is a long series of efforts to get the key development at the right time and background. It will never come out of thin air. Later generations remember the most famous characters, but behind them are the shadows of more people.

The dark middle ages are not completely dark. In the long river of time, there are always innumerable flames of wisdom flashing. There is no sudden rise and tear up of the times, but only the final result of step-by-step efforts.

What historiography can do is to try its best to listen to their voices, so that all the hard-working people will not be drowned in the dust.

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