Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 180 The God of War Arrives Quietly
"Your mission is to help people break through past limitations and better understand the world. You must help people climb out of the swamp of superstition."

"We are walking on the long road to heaven. Only by understanding the framework of the world system can my Father create a true heaven through our hands."

After saying this, Gellis continued his lecture.

The lectures he taught, apart from a part of directly instilling knowledge.

Most of the time, they guide these students on how to understand the world and encourage them to explore everything with a spirit of knowledge and empirical research.

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Of course, Garys doesn't just teach students.

The Dead Sea has unique natural conditions. As the largest saltwater lake on earth, it can not only produce a large amount of salt.

In fact, there is still a certain amount of saltpeter mines. The overall reserves are not large, but at least they can be found on the surface.

The extremely dry climate in the Dead Sea region promotes evaporation and sedimentation, and the organic-rich environment promotes humification to produce potassium nitrate. The characteristics of the geological structure and rift zone expose underground potassium nitrate minerals to the surface.

It can be said that the reason why Gellis unscrupulously used saltpeter to make ice and sold it to passing Arab merchants was that he had nothing to fear.

After all, how can we not make good use of this gift from nature?
The process of purifying saltpeter is not difficult.

The method of purifying saltpeter is to first dissolve the crude saltpeter into liquid and then cool it. After that, the pure saltpeter will crystallize on the surface, and the residue will settle at the bottom. Finally, the pure saltpeter crystallized in the middle layer is taken as the raw material.

What's more, making ice from saltpeter does not consume any saltpeter itself, it is just a one-time use in the process of saltpeter storage.

It's just that in the past year, Garys was more busy with the institutional construction of the territory and building the framework of Arnon County, so he lacked the energy to deepen technical matters.

We can only let some people mine and purify saltpeter, and then use it simply.

But now it is different. After controlling the core area of ​​Transjordan, Gairis can finally spare a considerable amount of manpower to go to the Dead Sea coast to dig for the gifts of nature.

Of course, compared to the not-so-large amount of saltpeter, also known as potassium nitrate (KNO3), the most outrageous thing about the Dead Sea is the massive amount of naturally occurring chloride.

Whether it is magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride... they are all known for their reserves starting at billions of tons.

Among them, potassium chloride (KCl) and potassium nitrate (KNO3) are commonly used fertilizers in agriculture.

In fact, if the treasure trove of the Dead Sea could be mined well, Gellis could obtain large amounts of potassium chloride and potassium nitrate simply through crude purification methods.

Add to that the presence of phosphate deposits in the nearby desert.

As for the Transjordan, it is indeed rich in minerals and has all the necessary nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

It's nothing more than removing a small amount of crystalline ore, while the rest is more troublesome to mine and even more difficult to purify in large quantities.

Due to the lack of population and energy in the early stage, the saltpeter reserves of Gellis are only a few tons until now.

If these tons of saltpeter are used in agriculture, they can actually be used directly as fertilizers because saltpeter is rich in nitrogen and potassium.

In addition to creating a "small" agricultural myth on a dozen hectares of land, its greater benefit is actually the cultivation of good varieties, which indirectly increases agricultural output in the Transjordan region.

But if it is used for gunpowder production...

In fact, Garys had already asked Marwan's blacksmiths to produce early artillery.

In the blacksmith's shop, Marwan showed Gairis the finished product he had provided. It was something that looked like a vase.

The length is only about 60 cm, the thickness of the wall tube is about 2 cm, and the diameter of the middle hole is about 4 cm.

Early artillery was not technically difficult to make, and any skilled blacksmith could make one.

After all, the "cannon" in front of Garys now did not even use the casting process.

This is a wrought iron cannon with a very simple manufacturing process.

The wrought iron cannon consists of two structures, and the overall manufacturing process of the wrought iron cannon is like that of manufacturing a wooden barrel.

In fact, the English word for a gun is “barrel”, which means barrel.

First, some thick iron bars of similar shape are forged. Then, during forging, the blast furnace is heated with bellows to heat the iron bars until they are red hot, and then the iron bars are hammered onto a wooden shaft.
The next step is to put the heated iron hoop on the iron bar and tighten it. When the temperature drops, the iron bar will be tightly clamped by the iron hoop due to thermal expansion and contraction.

The next step is to heat the iron bars again to soften them, forge them together, and seal one end.

During this process, the wooden core in the middle will gradually carbonize due to the high temperature and then be removed from the muzzle.

The final step is to seal the gaps between the iron bars with molten lead and polish the inside of the barrel.

In fact, there is no technical difficulty in this process. Garys had tried it himself in his previous life.

By the way, the production principle of the Urban Cannon that bombarded Constantinople in 1453 is roughly the same.

"Prophet, are you sure this thing won't explode?" Marwan was a little nervous.

Some time ago, Garys had shown him the power of gunpowder.

At that time, Garys took black powder with a formula of 75:10:15, wrapped it tightly with sheepskin, made a small explosive pack, and demonstrated its explosive effect to key figures such as John, Simon, and Marwan.

There is nothing to hide. If Marwan doesn't know what he has created will be used for, it may lead to some unexpected events that should not have happened.

If John, Simon and others did not understand the purpose of black powder, how could they protect themselves after Gairis left Transjordan?
Although, with the current strength of the Order, it can mobilize two to three thousand people, this number is still too scarce compared to Saladin's legion.

It can be said that only artillery, gunpowder and faith can better maintain the existence of the sect.

Steel! Gunpowder! Faith!

It is the foundation of the Second Kingdom and the Church!
After realizing the explosive effect of black powder in a dense space, Marwan could easily understand Garys' description of firing artillery shells.

But precisely because he could understand it, Marwan was actually very afraid of this thing, so he did not push the shell out, but instead let it explode on the spot.

Listening to Marwan's words, Gairis easily picked up the cannon barrel with one hand, showing the prophet's strength and power to Marwan, the Muslim blacksmith.

To be honest, a 15-caliber gun barrel shouldn't explode easily, but it's hard to say. Even Gaillis could only answer: "You won't know until you try it."

So, while Saladin was besieging Jerusalem, Gairis was also trying something new.

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