Chapter 16: Gunpowder
(Since Qin Shi is already a fantasy world, it doesn't matter if the gunpowder invention time is advanced, right?) οΌ
"Mr. Luo Xing, you said that the world's greatest invention, the most terrifying weapon of warβis this?"
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The box is divided into two halves, separated by a thin plank. On the left is a pile of bamboo slips, which should be how this thing was made. On the right side is a pile of black powder like ashes or so.
"Amazing, amazing! This thing was actually made by him! β
Ignoring the different colors on the faces of several people, smelling the familiar smell of saltpeter, Luo Xing couldn't help but clap his hands at Mo Zhai, who had been dead for two hundred years.
"I thought Mo Zhai was just a mechanic, but I didn't expect him to be able to do even the work of a chemist, and he did it so well!"
Gunpowder, written as 'θ¬' in ancient China, means something that brings happiness to people.
Gunpowder was invented by ancient alchemists during alchemy, and was first used to make fireworks until the end of the Tang Dynasty. But Luo Xing asked Mo Zhai to develop it, obviously not just to watch a fireworks during the Warring States Period.
Picking up the small wooden box, Luo Xing strode out of the secret room.
"Come with me, I'll show you how terrifying this inconspicuous black powder is in your eyes!"
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Although there were a lot of questions to ask Luo Xing, and a lot of words were unpleasant, the five leaders of the Mo family, even the most uncontrollable thieves, closed their mouths and watched Luo Xing drum up the 'very terrible' gunpowder in his mouth.
I pulled a small piece of oilcloth and rolled it into thin strips, found a small jar for wine, and buried about a third of the gunpowder in it. Seal the mouth, leaving only a little strip of oilcloth outside.
Then Luo Xing took the fire fold a little, and then quickly threw the first grenade in this world to the wooden man that the disciples of the Mo family used for training on weekdays.
With a bang, the explosion of gunpowder was as deafening as thunder. Except for Duanmu Rong and Snow Girl, who covered their ears according to Luo Xing's instructions, Xu Fuzi, who did not cover their ears, Gao Yuanli and the thief were all taken aback.
According to the ancient saying, I was almost scared and lost my soul.
"This, this is gunpowder?!"
The thief was dumbfounded, the tinnitus caused by Luo Xing's wild laughter just now was not good, and it was planted again.
The wooden man who was targeted didn't know where it had been blown up at this time. The rest of the body was also 'divided into three pieces' by several pieces of broken pottery. If you were a normal person, you would definitely not be able to survive such an injury.
"Such an anti-Qin weapon, why did the ancestor ...... it back then?"
The internal strength is deep, and a little tinnitus is not enough to worry about Gao gradually left the middle of the sentence and woke up halfway through the words and stopped speaking.
The Mohists advocate 'love' and 'non-attack', and the irony is that this kind of sharp weapon, which will inevitably be used in military affairs as soon as it appears, was actually invented by Mozi, who had blocked the Chu State from attacking the Song State.
Mozi did not pass down the formula of gunpowder, on the one hand, because of the bet with Luo Xing, and on the other hand, because he was afraid that the appearance of gunpowder would greatly increase the ambition of the country that obtained it, so he kept it for more than 200 years.
Anyway, this gunpowder was invented by Luo Xing, and what to do with it is also up to Luo Xing to decide. Until then, let this secret be sealed as it is.
Thinking like this, Mozi made this gunpowder in full accordance with Luo Xing's gambling contract back then, hid it with the recipe in the secret room of the Organ City that only the two of them knew, and buried the secret in a coffin with himself.
At this time, several people stared at the bamboo slip with the gunpowder formula recorded in Luo Xing's arms, their eyes were hot, but they didn't dare to step forward because of Luo Xing's identity.
Xu Fuzi felt distressed and brushed the handful of beard that he had just missed for a while, and asked Luo Xing.
"Dare to ask the seniors, but the surname is the king and the cicada?"
"Of course not."
In the other party's expectant, surprised, suspicious, incredulous, mixed with heavy eyes, Luo Xing categorically vetoed this question.
"Didn't I say it at the beginning, the eldest husband will not change his name, he will not change his surname, and his surname will be Luo Mingxing."
But then, when the five of them all breathed a sigh of relief, Luo Xing smiled very wickedly.
"However, more than two hundred years ago, I did take in a disciple named Wang Chan. Looking at the current situation, he has also passed on the name of my ghost valley. β
Hearing Luo Xing say this, the outspoken thief immediately retorted
"Isn't the predecessor of Guiguzi the founder of the Guigu faction?"
"It's true that he's the founder of the Guigu faction, but do you know where the name Guigu came from?"
The heads of the five men, the women, the old and the young, shook their heads and looked at Luo Xing, making him smile slightly.
"The Ghost Valley is just the place where I lived and retreated. It is also for this reason that the cicada calls himself 'Guiguzi', and the sect that has been passed down is called 'Guigu Sect', which means that the birthplace of the sect is in Guigu. β
"Although I didn't start the Guigu Sect, every time the Guigu Sect accepted disciples, they would kowtow to my portrait. At the beginning, the boy recognized me because of my unusual appearance. β
Listening to the eighteen-year-old Luo Xing calling the thirty-year-old Gai Niecheng a child, among the five people, even the coldest Gao Yuanren's expression was strange for a while.
But in this way, a lot of things are explained. For example, why did Gai Nie respect Luo Xing so much, Sheng Qi, a death row prisoner of the Seven Kingdoms, was also willing to be a slave under the other party, and why he was not familiar with some unimportant places in the Organ City, but some secrets that had been passed down from more than two hundred years ago were like treasures.
It's just that such a result is unacceptable for a while.
But it didn't take long for Gao Yuanli, who confirmed that this matter was true, immediately knelt down in front of Luo Xing Danqi and bowed his hands. Behind him, the other four Mo family leaders did the same.
"I implore my predecessors to make the gunpowder formula easy for us, and my Mo family is willing to exchange everything with my predecessors, and I also ask my predecessors to fulfill it!"
"Please fulfill the seniors!"
But what a few people didn't expect was that Luo Xing rejected them with a cold face.
"No! This is my bet with Mo Zhai, what does it matter to you! β
His golden eyes swept over the faces of every disappointed person, and he suddenly laughed again.
"I also know that you are fighting against Qin, not for the benefit of yourself or the Mo family. It's just that among the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, except for the early death of Duke Qi Huan, the rest of Song Xianggong, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Mu of Qin and King Chu Zhuang were all alive when they became hegemons. But now, they are just a handful of loess, and even the future generations of the country have been destroyed, and I am still standing here to talk to you. β
"No matter how strong Yingzheng is, how can he endure me? In 100 years, maybe I will be able to visit the mausoleum of the first emperor and bring some souvenirs with me. β