Chapter 2066: The shock of Duhen Hattie
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The two talked about the Southeastern Kingdom and the Ottomans. What surprised Yan Changwu was that Duhen Khatije was no stranger to the military and political affairs of the two countries.
"Osman's strategy is to'securely defend and counterattack', to consume our country's offensive posture through constant wars, and to wait for an opportunity to attack our army's logistics line, right?" Yan Changwu asked.
"That's right!" Duhen Hattie nodded and said, "Your firepower is too strong, and you can't beat you in a field battle. Ottoman can only use this method to have a chance of winning."
"But I didn't expect our army to take Istanbul directly!" Yan Changwu said proudly.
"Yes!" Duhen Hattie couldn't help feeling sad!
It should be said that Baotou’s strategy is good, but Yan Changwu did not fight one city after another. All by sea transportation.
In the history of warfare, it is not impossible to rely on maritime transportation, but such a large-scale maritime transportation method has failed Baotou’s strategy. Although Baotou’s energy is huge on land, at sea, their navy is the fifth scum of war.
Duhen Hattie's eyes sparkled, and he asked: "May I have a question for your Majesty!"
"Please speak!" Yan Changwu said in an elegant manner.
"I want to ask about the steel output, gunpowder output, and fiscal revenue of the Liangzhong and Zhonghua!" Du Heng Hatijie asked with interest.
Speaking of her, she was very dissatisfied. The Ottoman army's spiritual strength was strong, and the human and material resources were not bad. At least the white skins of the entire European country could dare to fight with it. However, she was defeated by the eastern powers. Curious, can't hold back asking questions.
"Our annual steel output is 500,000 tons, gunpowder output is 500,000 pounds, and annual fiscal revenue is 200 million Spanish silver dollars!" Yan Changwu said lightly.
Duhen Hattie was shocked!
As the head of the Ottoman Empire, even if she is not sensitive to numbers, she knows how terrible these numbers are.
The annual steel output is 500,000 tons!
Even if the Ottoman Empire continued to increase national steel production, the annual steel output was no more than 30,000 tons before Istanbul was breached.
China's steel production is amazing and its technological level is advanced. Only in the Hongwu year of the early Ming Dynasty, it had reached the level of 50,000 tons of pig iron.
For example, in May of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Wang Yundao, an official of Guangping Prefecture (in Hebei Province, which was part of Henan) said that Linshui Town of Cizhou produced iron, and the ruler of Yuan Dynasty could collect one million catties of iron a year. Zhu Yuanzhang was advised to proceed as usual.
Million catties, even if it is 16 taels under the municipal system, this number is quite impressive.
After Yan Changwu came to power, he knew that the war was fought with steel. Steel is the backbone of the country and the foundation of infrastructure. Therefore, he spared no effort to launch the steel plant and its output increased rapidly.
In addition to wars, a large amount of steel is used in economic life, especially for infrastructure construction.
In addition, the output of gunpowder is 500,000 pounds, which is also a very staggering figure. In the battle to conquer Constantinople in 1453, which Baotou talked about, it lasted 56 years and cost 50,000 pounds of gunpowder.
And Liangzhong has 500,000 pounds of gunpowder in a year, which can lay ten Constantinoples!
Note that this is the annual output. When there is no war, the gunpowder is stored and used when the war starts.
Duhen Hattie could not imagine that she was definitely not a housewife, but the queen mother of Bingguo. She was still very familiar with the production of gunpowder. She even studied the minister's report in order to increase gunpowder production, and she knew very much about the use and production process of gunpowder. detailed.
Gunpowder undergoes a series of violent oxidation reactions within a few milliseconds, releasing a large amount of hot gas to expand around. If this reaction process occurs in a closed container, it will be overwhelmed and burst into a bomb. If the container is connected to the outside world, gas will be ejected from here, and the container will become a rocket. If the through passage is a long tube, and the passage is blocked with a loose ball, this is a musket.
The gunpowder workshop needs charcoal to start production. The best charcoal is fired with willow. Among all kinds of wood, willow wood is softer, and the charcoal burned is easier to crush. Buckthorn wood is also good. Britain has used it to make gunpowder for 400 years. Baotou imported gunpowder from Britain. At that time, there was no concept of confidentiality. The British once told them the material of charcoal.
Charcoal is easy to obtain, but sulfur will cost a lot of trouble. Sulfur is usually found in volcanically active areas, such as remote northern Europe and Iceland. As early as the 14th century, there were people who opened workshops to mine sulfur to supply the musket teams of the kings of Europe. There are also many volcanoes in Sicily, which can export 2,000 tons of sulphur stone every year. It was the main sulphur mine in Europe in the 17th century. Baotou Lao imported sulphur yellow through Venetian connections.
As for saltpeter, potassium nitrate, is the most critical raw material in gunpowder. Duhen Hattie knows that the production process is "dirty", and the saltpeter is extracted from human and livestock toilets or the walls of old houses.
Due to the lack of gunpowder produced saltpeter, the Ottoman Empire had to give privileges to the nitrate workers, allowing them to break into private houses to dig soil containing potassium nitrate, and even pry down the walls of livestock pens to scrape nitrate without compensation.
The potassium nitrate content of the soil nitrate obtained in this way can be imagined!
Due to the lack of saltpeter, Baotou guys could not increase gunpowder production. They had no money to import, and other countries did not have so many gunpowder exports. As a result, Baotou guys could not suppress the Southeast Army in firepower, and their spirits could not defeat material!
Now that the war is over, Yan Changwu does not hide it from her, telling her that we Chinese have a saltpeter production plant!
Uh, the specific method is the "composting method", which is to mix animal manure and mortar, add wheat straw and pile it into a 2 meter wide and 5 meter long compost, and pour urine every two weeks to keep the inside moist~www. wuxiaspot.com~Promote the decomposition of organic matter. After this lasts for one year, the raw materials are unsealed, the impurities are dissolved out with water, and then the straw ash is reacted to obtain saltpeter.
Yan Changwu triumphantly said: "We are vigorously developing the population, livestock, and poultry breeding industry, and the manure produced is not wasted at all. It is all used for the production of saltpeter!"
Duhen Hattie said dumbly: "No wonder, no wonder!"
Baotou can't do such a dirty business!
As for the annual fiscal revenue of 200 million Spanish silver dollars, Duhen Hattie was shocked. Although the Ottoman Empire was strong, its economic development was not satisfactory. Although there was an annual fiscal revenue of 30 million silver dollars, there was a lot of water in it. .
Yan Changwu didn't say anything, telling her that whether it was Ottoman or Europe, it was dark after nightfall, while the two Zhonghua Night Markets remained awake all night. The bright lights rendered the entire city. Major cities have become cities that never sleep. The economic development is beyond imagination!
He then told Du Heng Hatijie: "Our two Chinese populations are 250 million people!"
In the 17th century, the Ming Dynasty had a population of more than 100 million, but in fact there was a large hidden population among the people. Afterwards, the Great Tribulation of China was eliminated by Yan Changwu, and he made every effort to develop the population. The population number continued to rise. The current population in Daming is more than 200 million. The population of the southeastern country is more than 40 million.
He also showed Duheng Khatijie two maps of China, so that she could see what a great eastern country is.
Now Duhen Khatijé has nothing to say. The Ottoman Empire has a population of only more than 20 million, and its control over localities is very poor. Many places are actually in a state of independence and semi-independence. This is what happened. After the attack of the Southeast, the only areas actually controlled by the empire were the core Anatolia (Asia Minor, the main area of Turkey) and the Balkans.
Duhen Hattie murmured: "So we are the second Byzantium!"
