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The Flames of Nitre In the thousand-year history of the Silk Road, the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279 AD) not only brought the Sinan that traveled across the seas to the world but also made advanced gunpowder weapons a proof of the Song's glory, leaving a stunning mark on the winding veins of the Silk Road. Gunpowder is one of China's Four Great Inventions. It originated from alchemists' desire to find the elixir of immortality and was born in their alchemical furnaces. According to the record in "Fanzi Ji Ran" (Fan's Records of Economic Principles) that "nitre comes from Longdao", gunpowder was already used in folk daily life in China during the Spring and Autumn Period. By the Song Dynasty, due to constant wars, the demand for firearms increased day by day. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, the Armament Supervisor was established, and among its ten major workshops, two were specially used for the production of gunpowder and gunpowder weapons. In addition, the spread of gunpowd…

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