Chapter 78： Set up a nitrate officer

Since a large number of guns are used, another item, gunpowder, must be prepared. Because, every time, the musketeers consume a lot of gunpowder.

According to the old-fashioned Spanish matrix, the ratio of spearmen and musketeers is about 3: 1. In other words, in a square of 1,200 people, the Musketeers account for about one-fourth, about 300 people.

根据 According to the information on the Internet in previous lives, Marin knew that each musketeer would normally send 1 pound of lead and less than 1 pound of gunpowder per battle. This is the data of the British. The brown bass flintlock used by the British, a pound of lead was made into 15 shots, which is 30 grams. The charge is three quarters of an ounce, or 21 grams.

In other words, in a battle, the musketeers put a maximum of 15 guns, and then entered the bayonet stage ... Of course, that was the tactics of the British Red Shirts later. This year, the bayonet has not appeared. When the enemy approaches, the musketeers usually use one-handed sword or short spear to fight against others.

However, Spain's Muscat musket is different from the brown bass shotgun. Mushkert musket bullets each weighed 50 grams and the charge was about 35 grams. Therefore, ammunition costs more.

The larger the ammunition cost, the more gun powder is needed. Sadly, there is no saltpeter ore in Europe, and trade routes between India and the Middle East, which are rich in saltpeter, have also been blocked by Turkey. Therefore, Europeans can now only find nitrate in pits. The number is small and collecting is difficult.

At the moment, Europe has not fully entered the era of guns, and the demand for gunpowder is not large. When Europe enters the era of queuing guns, gunpowder consumption will be very alarming. Had it not been for the British to open up the saltpeter trade in India, God would have known that so many guns from the British had not enough gunpowder fired.

In order to collect enough saltpeter for the war, King Charles I of the United Kingdom, the two goods whose head was cut off, specially sent the saltpeter, and broke into the people's homes at any time in the British territory, digging the toiletry and stables of clay Go and refine the soil. In order to obtain enough soil nitrate, Charles I also ordered that the floor of toilets and stables throughout the country should not be laid with slate or wooden boards, so as not to affect the collection of soil clay ...

Charlie I ’s approach, although it seems a little crazy, is actually a kind of helplessness. If there was enough saltpeter, why would he do that? It wasn't until the British gained a foothold in India and steadily acquired a large number of cheap Indian saltpeter sources that the British cancelled the salt collector.

Marin side, just ready to form a Spanish square, but immediately needed a lot of saltpeter to configure gunpowder. Now saltpeter is not only expensive but scarce in Europe. Because the demand is not large, not many people produce. Hoffman Manor once conducted soil nitrate research, but after the coal mine operation, the collection of soil nitrate became unnecessary. The old Huffman directly sent the workers who collected soil nitrate to the coal mine to help ...

In order to reduce the cost of gunpowder, Marin decided to set up a salt collector on Texel ...

At the same time, in order to obtain nitrate, Charles I of Marinology ordered that--all toilets and stables on the island should be prohibited from laying slate and wooden boards, so as not to affect the collection of nitrate ...

Marin estimated that the original population of the island was more than 800. Later, more than 400 people (Marin and the soldiers), plus the families of the soldiers, reached 1,500. Then, because of cooking salt, they recruited again More than 3,000 people; then, more than 600 Frisian fishermen were recruited ...

In other words, there are now 6,000 people on the island, plus more than 1,000 horses and cows. In total, more than 7,000 animals produce feces every day ...

I can say that the amount of nitrate produced in this way is still considerable ...

Of course, things are not going so smoothly. Collecting nitrate officers is a very dirty job, and absolutely no aristocratic children and cultural people are willing to serve.

Alas, Marin had to choose from civilians and pay high salaries. After training, about 20 officers gathered and began to tour around the island every day. The toilets of every household must be unconditionally opened to the collectors ...

At the same time, Marin also dug two artisans from the mainland to make soil nitrate, and made them responsible for digging up the soil nitrate collected by the salt collectors to make soil nitrate. Then, it is mixed with plant ash, etc., and further boiled into potassium saltpeter which can be used for powder preparation ...

Every day, every officer in charge collects a wheelbarrow, knocks on the door from door to door, and holds a flag issued by Marin, ordering the residents to take them to Maokeng to find **** ...

岛 All the islanders are very surprised by this order from Lord Lord. However, nobles can play and they can't help it. After all, the only nobleman on this island is Marin. As for the knight Schwartz, it was just a vassal of Marin. So, Marin was on Texel, and that was one and no one opposed it.

In the previous life, Ma Malin read the web and knew that it would take about twenty days for urine to drench on the soil before it was transformed into nitrate. The 6,000 residents on the island have only the original toilets of more than 800 people. They are old and the soil is thick. And the new immigrants ~ www.novelhall.com ~ the soil does not have enough nitrate, but it is still being produced. After all, there are so many people.

But what makes Marin angry is that many fishermen on the seashore pour urine into the sea, which is a serious waste, a crime, and pollutes the sea ...

As a result, Marin ordered the establishment of a centralized public toilet at the downwind outlet of the fishing village. All fishermen's households should not **** into the sea at will. Of course, exceptions can be made when fishing at sea.

In this way, Marin established a complete nitrate collection mechanism on the island. The salt collectors on the island, for a period of time, scavenged the salty soil in the toilets of the original 800 residents of the island. Later, Marin ordered them to dispatch once a month to collect nitrate. Because the formation period of nitrate is about twenty days.

Of course, on the island, Marin is not talking about everything. For example, several churches on the island have slabs in the toilets. For the church, Marin didn't dare send someone to demolish the slate in their toilet. Because, church, Marin can't afford it now.

Alas, Marin also thought of another way. For example, he dug a pit away from the church. Then, he sent someone to the church, used a dung cart to remove the faeces from the church toilet, and then dumped it in the pit, waiting for the formation of nitrate ...

Mr. Marin's establishment of a chief collector on Texel was quickly spread by businessmen who came to do business on the island. This news was regarded as a joke after tea. But there are also savvy merchants who come to Texel and ask for saltpeter. However, Marin knows that in the future wars, his saltpeter may not be enough. Where will it be sold out ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are in ~ www .novelhall.com ~ Please read for mobile users.