Zhu Di said.

This is a natural dry salt lake, and salt crust has long formed in the low-lying areas, so you only need to scrape off the hard crust and take it away.

And as far as the eye can see, it is boundless, and there is plenty to pick from.

Of course, there are all kinds of messes here, and the rest depends on the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of this era.

However, this technology is now very mature. In fact, the biggest impurity here is salt, but the crystallization temperatures of sodium chloride and potassium nitrate are different. They can be separated through a series of complex operations. The remainder is potassium nitrate, which can then be purified using the same method.

, you have to add radish and other adsorbed impurities. In addition, the sodium sulfate inside will also be separated. In short, boiling the salt is a very complicated process. It has to be said that without any systematic chemical knowledge, those craftsmen can rely on generations

The knowledge passed down from generation to generation to complete this process is also amazing.

His Highness King Yan took it upon himself to scrape a whole bag. It was obvious that he was very excited. This salt lake was his future!

In order to realize firearms, nitrate is necessary. There is no shortage of sulfur in the Western Regions. In fact, sulfur is included in the commodities traded from the Western Regions to the Ming Dynasty.

Now there is saltpeter again.

His great cause is just around the corner.

In the end, all the Ming soldiers scraped a bag of salt slabs based on potassium nitrate. It is estimated that this mining was enough for Zhu Di to use it for a year.

Hundreds of thousands of kilograms.

Even if half of the ingredients are potassium nitrate, it would be enough to prepare one million kilograms of gunpowder.

This is not boiling saltpeter, this is directly a mineral, so the actual potassium nitrate content is extremely high.

Zhu Di stopped after they arrived in Turpan. He did not receive an imperial edict to return to the capital. He was still the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, so he temporarily stayed in Turpan, waiting for his father's order. At this time, Turpan had fully recovered.

The original beliefs and even the scriptures buried in the past were dug out. The few beggar-like monks also put on their cassocks again. As for Don't Lose the Bali King...

currently there is not.

Shamichagan himself had not been officially canonized. In fact, the news of his father's death had just reached Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

Not to mention the news of his death.

Besides, Naheishi Zhuihan was still young, and all the troops in Beishi Bali were marching westward, so even if he wanted to interfere, he would not be able to interfere.

Now that Turpan, Shanshan, Huozhou, and Chalishan have united, only Naheishizihan, the city of Bieshe Bali, has not been destroyed by them. It is already relying on the face of the Ming Emperor, and even in the future he will not be destroyed.

He has no ability to control these cities. More than half of the direct descendants brought by his grandfather and father to the Western Expedition were killed or injured, and a large part of them were taken away by his uncle. Only 10,000 of them could return to Beishebali, but this

The number of people from the four cities who could come back was twice as many as them.

In the future, even if Zhu Yuanzhang granted him the title of King of Bieke Bali, he would only be the Lord of Bielos Bali City.

If he obeys in the future, the Ming Dynasty will make him a Taiping King in Beshubali. If he disobeys, even if an imperial edict is revoked, he will not be able to resist.

In the past, his grandfather also relied on Dugrat's troops to suppress Turpan and other cities.

Now Dugrat's tribe has broken with them, and they themselves are divided, and their strength is not even one-third of what it used to be.

Who can he control?

This result made Tan Yuan once again marvel at Yang Feng's insidiousness.

Not only did they lose eight miles, but all the troops in the Western Expedition, except the Ming army, suffered heavy losses. The Hami and Guanxi guards sent a total of 20,000 cavalry twice, and the final 13,000 returned, the real first batch of elites returned.

There were only five thousand, and half of them died. The worst was Ugqi Hashha. He could have assembled 30,000 cavalry, but he lost 10,000 in Kashgar alone. In addition, he lost 10,000 in the river, including those who followed Zhu Di.

At present, his group can actually gather 15,000 cavalry.

Kun Timur currently has five thousand cavalry.

In other words, each army in the Western Expedition suffered a loss of one-third in good condition, half in bad condition, and only the Ming army suffered a loss of less than 20%.

It can be said that after this battle, no one in the Western Region had the strength to fight.

As for the original group of Mongolian Khan and Choros, in fact, more than half of them were lost, and they have been divided into three groups, Guilichi, Mahamu, and Taiping.

The latter did not receive the commander-in-chief.

but……

He was appointed as the escort commander by Zhu Di.

It can be seen that this guy is very comfortable with Zhu Di's service and is directly regarded as a confidant by Zhu Di. This is better than giving him a general commander. Even his tribe, with the gift of Zhu Di, is currently nomadic in the Ili Valley and gives him a temporary

He also tried his best to guard the inner city.

The future vassal city of King Yan.

That is Yining.

Yang Feng separated from Zhu Di in Turpan, and then returned eastward with his troops.

This was a huge team, more than 7,000 in total, including more than 10,000 horses and camels, but there were no other men among them except him and the more than 100 tunnel diggers.

What remains are four hundred and fifty-six beautiful girls who are respected by others.

Not counting Gu Lina, who is now the Lord of Khuzhan City, counting the seeds he left in the Western Region.

Then the others are all girls, 6,147 girls, and this is only the first batch, because the ones collected in the river have not come yet. They will not be brought back to him until the spring of next year by Xu Huizu who returns. For now,

Under the care of Gu Lina, this batch was larger in number, totaling more than 10,000. It must be said that Ambassador Yang's special hobby amazed everyone.

I have seen people raising adopted daughters, but who has seen people raising tens of thousands of adopted daughters?
Chapter completed!