【ENG SUB】염초를 구하라! - 극한직업 '취토군' Gathering Saltpeter: “Scraping Units” as an Extreme Job

조선은 총통을 좋아했습니다. 하지만 총통을 쏘려면 많은 화약이 필요합니다. 그리고 화약을 만들기 위해서는...대체 어떻게 해야 할까요? 대충 흙 같은 걸 끓이면 되나? 일은 어렵고 남는 건 없는 게 꼭 월급통장같은 염초, 많이 만들 방법은 없을까요? 항상 화약기근에 시달리던 조선의, 눈물 없이는 볼 수 없는 염초 제작 이야기입니다. #화력조선 #국립진주박물관 #전통밀덕맛집 #건들건들 #염초를구하라 Joseon was so into chongtong. And lots of gunpowder was needed to fire chongtong. What did our ancestors do to produce gunpowder? Did they just boil down something like soil? Saltpeter required lots of labor for meager results, just like there’s nothing left of our paycheck after we pay our monthly bills. Was there no way to produce more saltpeter? This episode is about the story of saltpeter production in Joseon, which constantly suffered from a shortage of gunpowder. Don’t talk life with anyone who’s never tried to produce saltpeter...!