Chapter 206: The Consequences of "Tribulus Terrestris".
"Yes!" Liu Sanke lowered his eyes and whispered, and the moment he turned around and walked away, Zhao Xian inadvertently saw a trace of hesitation and unbearable light flashing in his eyes, but in the blink of an eye, that look returned to indifference, almost making Zhao Xian think that he was dazzled.
Remembering that Liu Sanke was Kuan and Sven when he first met in Polar Paradise, and he was ruthless when he deceived and killed Tao Tiesheng in the back mountain of the Jiaolong Gang, but Liu Sanke in front of him was a very talented subordinate who obeyed Zhao Yunsheng's orders, and he was also wearing a green shirt but his breath was different, which side was his real appearance, or neither?
Obviously, Zhao Xian didn't know that Liu Sanke was Zhao Yunsheng's junior brother, but from the current situation, Liu Sanke was clearly Zhao Yunsheng's right-hand man, and Zhao Yunsheng and Liu Sanke had extraneous voices twice and three times when they spoke, and I don't know why.
Zhao Yunsheng has always been scheming, and he will not do anything meaningless, and this move is thought to be Zhao Yunsheng's dislike of Liu Sanke and take the opportunity to beat him.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xian's eyes looked at Liu Sanke's back, she could faintly feel that Liu Sanke's back was slightly stiff when he walked, Zhao Xian smiled secretly in her heart, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind, if her heart was used well, Liu Sanke might be a key chess piece that disrupted Zhao Yunsheng's chess game.
Liu Sanke walked quickly to his men, beckoned a few words of command, and immediately more than a dozen archers ran away, and after a while they returned to the deck, each carrying a black round object in his hand, and a long line dragged behind it.
Zhao Xian looked at it intently, and only felt that this thing was very familiar, but she couldn't say the name at once.
These more than ten people tied these things to the long pole used to extinguish the fire before, and another person held a fire fold in his hand to light the long line, at this time the big ship was close to the three small ships, and when they were about to stagger with the small ship, these more than ten people struggled to wave the long pole in their hands, and the more than ten round guys flew out and landed accurately on the three small ships.
The people on the small ship were stunned for a moment, and when they saw the things that fell on the deck, they immediately shouted loudly, and there was chaos on the small ship for a moment.
The rest of the people on the small ship were separated by a little distance, and at first they guessed inexplicably, and when they thought of what seemed to be something, they suddenly showed panic, and not only did not come forward to help, but sailed the small ship away into the distance.
Zhao Xian had been staring at the round guy on a small ship, only to see the rapid burning of the long line magnetic pull on the tail of the round guy on the deck of the small ship, but no one dared to step forward to cut off the long line.
I don't know who shouted from the small ship, and everyone quickly threw themselves to the side of the boat next to them, and then turned over and jumped into the lake.
At this moment, the big ship is moving faster and faster, and the distance between it and the three small ships is getting farther and farther, and Liu Sanke, who is also standing on the deck, exhales softly, as if he is relieved that the big ship is far away from the small ship, and seems to sigh for what is about to happen.
When the long line burned to the end, and there were still people who had time to jump into the lake, they only heard a few "pops", and several round guys on the deck exploded, and at the same time a large flame burst into flames.
The water in the lake around the small ship splashed in all directions like a spoonful of water added to the boiling oil, and the small ship was shattered into several pieces by the momentum of the explosion, and the people on the boat were thrown high and fell into the lake with the debris, and the people who jumped into the lake and did not swim away were also hit by the exploding lake water and the fragments of the small ship, and they were silent before they even screamed.
There were a lot of debris and still burning planks on the surface of the lake, and the severed hands and feet were mixed with the red-stained water, which looked particularly dazzling.
Everyone on the big boat gasped in unison, and at the same time stopped their movements and stared blankly at the lake, and no one was speechless at half.
The rest of the small ships far away stopped where they were, and the people on those small ships were glad that they were not affected by the explosion, and some of them bent down and vomited, and some of them looked at the people on the big ship with hatred.
Zhao Xian was also stunned, only to feel that her stomach kept twitching, she endured the discomfort in her chest, and slowly turned her head to look at Liu Sanke, and Liu Sanke had long since stopped looking at the surface of the bombed lake, only staring at the exit of the lake.
A large dark cloud slowly moved over, and after a short time it covered the scorching sun, and the sky suddenly became overcast.
There was no longer any tension on the lake, only the intermittent "crackling" sound that lingered after the explosion, and the intermittent fire and smoke swirled around the lake, and it was no longer clear what was floating on the lake.
There were no small ships blocking the way of the big ships, and the big ships sailed out of the exit of the lake and into the river.
Zhao Xian understood what it was at the moment when the round guy exploded, it was the "fire tribulus terrestris", also known as the "tribulus terrestris fireball", which was a prepared gunpowder bag filled with thorny tribulus terrestris, and then solidified into a spherical shell with multiple layers of paper paste, the shell was coated with flammable igniters, and the tail was tied with a lead made of rod grass, and the fire tribulus terrestris exploded by igniting the lead, and the tribulus terrestris flew out after blasting, which was extremely powerful.
Zhao Xian is often with Zhao Zhen, and often listens to him talk about state affairs, marching and fighting, etc., and has long known that Zhao Zhen has long had the idea of compiling the march, battle, siege, and weapons of his predecessors into a military book in view of the slack military preparation of the Great Song Dynasty.
Zhao Xian had the privilege of seeing some pictures of artillery, including this "fire thistle". She knew that the imperial court had explicitly ordered individuals not to make gunpowder weapons privately, because once such a lethal weapon was obtained by some people with ulterior motives, it was difficult to say that there would be no intention of rebellion.
Now she saw this kind of weapon on Zhao Yunsheng's ship, but Zhao Yunsheng was not afraid of being seen by her, was his intention so obvious?
Zhao Xian was silent again, she didn't hide the complicated feelings in her eyes, looked at Zhao Yunsheng, and said, "The second prince actually has such a sharp weapon in his hand, I don't know what the use of the faction is?" ”
Zhao Yunsheng stared at Zhao Xian with sharp eyes, Zhao Xian was not afraid to look back at him, after the two stared at each other for a while, Zhao Yunsheng retracted his gaze and laughed, and said, "Tang...... Childe, these fierce weapons are not my own, I am law-abiding, loyal to the court, and concerned about the Great Song Dynasty, and I will not rebel against the court, how dare I make this thing privately? ”
"Isn't this ship Zhao Ergongzi's?"
"Not really!" Zhao Yunsheng shrugged and said, "I just said that I am not familiar with this ship. ”
"Liu Sanke is not your subordinate?"
"This boat originally belonged to the Jiaolong Gang, and the three guests just brought someone out to save me, and the three guests have been in the Jiaolong Gang for a long time, so they can get this boat out."
"And what is this thistle ......?" Zhao Xian asked suspiciously.
"It's always on board! Sanke just used it by the way. ”
Zhao Xian thought about it carefully and nodded: "That's very good!" The future of the second son is limitless, don't make a mistake and do something that you will regret for the rest of your life. ”
Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile: "Thank you Gongzi for your concern, Zhao is grateful." After a pause, he said: "Fang Cai's matter is a last resort, killing people is not my intention, but most of the people of the Jiaolong Gang are outlaws, and if you don't kill him today, it will become a disaster." ”
Zhao Yunsheng's words sound high-sounding and well-founded, but the people of the Jiaolong Gang who were killed and injured just now have a reason to kill, but what position does he have to disregard people's lives at will?
Thinking that now a few of them are on Zhao Yunsheng's boat with many craftsmen, as the so-called heroes don't suffer immediate losses, no matter how they can't tear their faces at this time.
Zhao Xian's face softened slightly: "Is there still a gunpowder weapon on the ship?" ”
Zhao Yunsheng was silent for a moment and replied: "There is not much left, and after Shun returns to Xiangyang, I will hand it over to the government." ”