Chapter 1022: The Guanjuang Sect

There are many ways to produce solid alcohol, and the original intention of its invention is very funny. In addition to making alcohol safer, it also has an important purpose - to prevent soldiers from drinking secretly.

After several incidents of blindness and death among soldiers due to secretly drinking military alcohol occurred in Shaanxi, Suyou asked the R&D Department of Sitong Company to establish this scientific research project.

Su You didn't know how solid alcohol was produced in later generations. As a result, after the establishment of the project, Sitong Company developed many methods and states, and they can all be used!

As a result, even Su You was not sure whether one or more of these would be used in later generations.

The method of Nanhai County and Liangzhe Road is 70% alcohol, 10% agar powder, and 20% water. Heat the agar powder and water in the formula, then add alcohol to mix, and cool to form solid alcohol.

It is easy to store and transport, and the goal is very clear - naval battles, burning ships.

Bianjing's method is to dissolve alcohol into nitrocellulose at room temperature and then add water.

This kind of solid alcohol has a high combustion value and a long burning time, which can meet the needs of the rich and powerful during outings and camping.

The method used in Shuzhong is to use calcium acetate and alcohol to form a gel.

Calcium acetate is easily soluble in water but difficult to dissolve in alcohol. When the two solutions are mixed, calcium acetate becomes a gel and precipitates in the alcohol. The liquid gradually changes from turbid to thick, and finally condenses into a whole piece to obtain solid alcohol.

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The method in Shaanxi is to stir the alcohol solution, stearic acid, and paraffin evenly, pour the prepared sodium hydroxide solution into a container containing the mixture of alcohol, stearic acid, and paraffin, then add the alcohol, stir well, and pour while it is hot.

In the forming mold, it becomes solid alcohol fuel after cooling.

After listening to Wang Kechen's words, Su You couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Every place produces solid alcohol or alcohol ointment based on its own local products and local conditions. This was completely beyond Su You's expectation. Only then did I realize that I

There are really many smart and talented people in the Song Dynasty."

Wang Kechen smiled and said: "There is no such thing in Liao! I heard that the profit of this thing is amazing. Two pounds can be exchanged for a good four-foot horse? Or a pair of Dongzhu?"

Su You said: "That's the female straight tribe in Liaodong. If you go to Huanglong Mansion, the price is even higher. The most popular ones there now are the stove, the pot with pickled cabbage stewed with meat and vermicelli, the pot with roasted fish and pastry cakes, and the pot with haggis and dragon bones.

Luncheon meat in a pot with radish...and grilled meat and lettuce wrapped in an iron plate! Food processed with solid alcohol has no peculiar smell at all, so it is normal for it to be popular."

Wang Kechen was a little dumbfounded: "I know the name Mingrun Taotie, but I didn't expect that I even studied Liaodong cuisine?"

Su You looked shameless: "Know yourself and your enemy, and you won't be in danger in a hundred battles."

Today's dishes are grilled meat and hot pot.

Lin Hong, a Song Dynasty man who was a hundred years later than we are now, recorded in "Shanjia Qinggong": "The master said: In the mountains, only thin batches, wine sauce, and pepper are used to make food. Set a wind stove on the table, use half a pot of water,

After a cup of soup has sounded, divide each one with chopsticks, put them in the soup and let it cook, eat it, and serve each with juice as you like."

This way of eating is called "Pixia Gong", which is actually "shabu-shabu", which is basically the same as the form of hot pot in later generations.

Needless to say, the copper pot of Prince Consort Wang’s house contains soup stock, which contains sauerkraut, ham, fried crucian carp, fish maw, pork bones, chicken bones, cherry jam, various types of dried mushrooms, and dried bamboo shoots.

The ingredients are placed on a pyramid-shaped shelf called a "carved flower plate rack". The shelf is engraved with various patterns, the four walls are inlaid with brass, and the outside is carefully wrapped with silk and colored threads.

It is served on a silver plate and placed on each layer, which is very pleasing to the eye.

The dipping sauce is a simple chive flower sesame oil sauce with salt.

This is not the old-fashioned hot pot from the Song Dynasty, but the new Su family white pot, which was pirated by the Wang family.

The style of roasted pork has also been revised, from thin oil to a fried style like steak. The lettuce is sandwiched with fried pork belly, a piece of garlic, and a cup of herbal tea that has been frozen outside. Now it is the most popular in the Song Dynasty.

Popularity.

The princesses were just recovering from serious illnesses, so of course they couldn't bear to eat in such a way that challenged their physical limits, so they used pots with seafood porridge, which was light and fragrant. After eating, they could also have a bowl of seafood porridge to nourish their stomachs.

Everyone rolled up their sleeves, but Su You was engaged in barbecue and making dipping dishes, while Wang Shiyue, Zhang Dunli, and Su Su were playing archery.

The curtain was raised, and there were several targets standing fifty steps outside. Wang Shiyue drew his bow, let go, and the long arrow flew out, and the first half of it sank into the center of the target.

"Cai!" Everyone cheered loudly.

In the Six Arts of the Gentleman, all scholars in the Song Dynasty had to pass the shooting test in the academy.

Therefore, many literary scholars, such as Chen Yaozi, Bao Zheng, and Wang Shiyue, are among the best.

After hanging up the bow quiver, I realized the benefits of the Suyou method of extracting quivers from later generations of Mongolian cavalry.

The quiver is very small, a bit like a small school bag.

The part of the long arrow in the quiver is only a quarter of its length.

The inner layer is made of three layers of vinyl film. After the long arrow is inserted into it in two rows, due to the extrusion and friction of the two layers of film, the long arrow can be inserted very stably even when the horse is galloping. It does not need to be like the ordinary quiver now.

Same, worried about being shaken out.

Another advantage is that the quiver is short, and the arrow's stroke in the quiver when retrieving the arrow is two-thirds shorter than before, and the speed of retrieving the arrow is two-thirds faster.

Don't underestimate these two thirds. When lives are at stake, a little time difference is the difference between life and death.

The outermost layer of Wang Shiyue's quiver is made of hot leather, decorated with gold and silver wires and gems, making it extraordinarily luxurious.

Princess Xu is the oldest, has a calm temperament, and has few hobbies. Her only hobby is property ownership and management.

Therefore, Princess Xu’s assets are much more than those of the other two princesses.

Elder sisters are like mothers. In addition to receiving lessons from their elder sister, the two princesses also receive gifts from their elder sister. They are both painful and happy.

Su You was flipping the barbecue with tongs and watching them shoot arrows.

Su Che's archery skills were just above the standard, still more than a step behind Wang Shiyue.

On the contrary, it was Da Su who surprised Su You: "When did you become so powerful, Zizhan?!"

Su Shi was very proud: "Mencius said: 'A benevolent person is like a shot. If he misses the target, he will seek for the body.' I have tried to learn shooting. At first, my mind was on the target, my eyes were on the swan, and my hands followed it. Nine out of ten shots were fired.

If you lose, one of them will be lucky."

"There are those who are good at shooting, teach me to look at the body, hold it in hand and weigh it, follow the rules with my feet, and have all my limbs and bodies follow the law."

"If one method is not practiced, a disease will follow. If the disease is complete, the mind will not be focused, the eyes will not be focused, and ten of them will be successful."

"What are you pulling at? Just say that Cheng Gao taught you that it's okay?!"

Shu people and people from the north couldn't compare their archery skills. Wang Shiyue helped Su Che adjust his posture a few times, and finally said: "Ziyou and Zizhan are incomparable, and it takes only a day or two to train them."

"If Mingrun is not afraid of leaking secrets, just let Ziyou use your and Jingrun's cheating bows and arrows."

Su You was immediately unconvinced: "What do you mean by cheating on bows and arrows! We just have different schools!"

Wang Shiyue and Zhang Dunli rolled their eyes in anger together. Zhang Dunli had suffered enough: "Then tell me what your school is called?!"

Su You said plausibly: "Ours is called the Guanliang Sect!"

They are indeed the Guanliang sect. The bows of Su You and Chen Zhaoming are the eccentric pulley bows of later generations. There is a sight on the bow. There are two crosses in the sight lens, and there are five small marks between the crosses.

There is also a limiter rope between the bow and the string. The limiter rope is a section of black and a section of white. It is actually a scale that can adjust the amplitude of the bow opening.

This amplitude determines the muzzle velocity of the arrow.

There are also four weird little decorations on the bow bag, which are actually a thermometer, a hygrometer, a barometer, and a portable wind speed and direction meter.

Needless to say about the thermometer, the barometer is actually an empty box barometer. Its working principle is to use the elastic deformation displacement of the diaphragm due to atmospheric pressure to drive the pointer through the pull rod and transmission mechanism to indicate the atmospheric pressure value at that time.

The hygrometer uses hygroscopic organic substances such as hair and intestinal membrane as hygroscopic elements, and uses the change in length or volume after absorbing moisture to measure air humidity.

The wind speed and direction meter is a device that can be disassembled and assembled, including a chassis with a compass, a vertical shaft, and a metal feather arrow that can be placed on the shaft and balance itself.

The other end of the feather arrow is a small propeller. After assembly, it is placed on a flat surface. The metal tail feathers can indicate the wind direction; there are patterns on the propeller. According to the different dynamic patterns produced at different rotational speeds, the reference wind speed can be obtained.
Chapter completed!