Chapter 250: The Explosion
In the afternoon, Emperor Xiao Gui of Liang had already ordered Xu Tong to evacuate all the officers and soldiers who had seized the Xiao family's iron workshop in accordance with Yu Wenzhi's request, and the blacksmiths who had been imprisoned and guarded most of the iron workshops had all been frightened by this sudden disaster, and Xiao Yao had already sent them all home.
Xiao Yao looked at this iron workshop, which was originally full of people, the furnace was not extinguished at twenty-four o'clock, and everyone was in full swing to make steel and cast iron, but now it has become empty, the furnace has also cooled down, and it is quiet all around, and it is a little terrifyingly quiet!
Such a bleak scene made Xiao Yao feel sad and indignant: this iron workshop could have been built by him with countless energy and painstaking efforts, but he was really unwilling to blow it up with his own hands, and it was really shameful!
"Childe, I have buried hundreds of catties of gunpowder in the pillars and beams at the supporting points of various pillars and beams according to your orders, and I have sprinkled the whole workshop with saltpeter and sulfur and other kinds of fires! As long as we have a little fire, all the gunpowder will ignite in an instant, and when the time comes, this ironwork will definitely be blown into ruins! Gao Yuan also gritted his teeth and said fiercely.
He followed Zhou Chao from Qi to Zhou, and then from Zhou to Liang, the two fled for so many years, and finally met a son who did not dislike his background, but only two years of stable life, but now there is a tragedy, not only his master was captured by Yu Wenzhi, but even the son will follow him to his death!
"Okay, after Ming, the Xiao Family Iron Workshop will cease to exist! This time we lost miserably at the hands of Yuwenzhi, but we haven't lost yet! I swear, I'll make them pay back a hundredfold! Prepare the grenades, incendiary bombs and everything else, and we will go and rescue Zhou Chao tomorrow, and escape from Gangneung together when the time comes! Xiao Yao was so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames.
"The eldest prince has already handed me the layout plan of the prison of the criminal department, tomorrow we will go to the criminal department to make a big fuss, with these bomb weapons made by the prince, we will definitely be able to rescue the master!" Gao Yuan clenched the musket that Xiao Yao had given him.
Xiao Yao looked at the corpse on the ground that was ready to replace him, and his heart suddenly kept cramping: this is a child who died in his teens, died twice, and was buried in the afternoon, and was dug up by Gao Yuan at night, and secretly crossed here, Ming, he will become Xiao, and then be buried by the Xiao family!
"Changed him into my clothes!" After finishing, Xiao Yao picked up a cup of concentrated sulfuric acid from the experimental table, and poured it on the face of this corpse without hesitation, only to see that the face of this corpse was quickly rotted and deformed by strong acid, and it also emitted a burst of peculiar smell, and after a while, it was completely impossible to see the original appearance.
"The original appearance of this corpse has been destroyed, and the body shape is similar to that of Childe, and now it has changed into the same clothes as Childe, and if it is burned by the fire again, no one can tell if this corpse is Childe!" Gao Yuan neatly changed the corpse's clothes, and said with an expressionless face.
"Double-check! Then take away everything that can be taken away, and if you can't take it away, you will pile it together, bury gunpowder, and blow them all up together, and nothing can be left for Yuwenzhi! Xiao Yao said coldly.
Gao Yuan was carefully inspecting all corners of the ironshop, and Xiao Yao's mood had now returned to calm, and he was sitting alone in the center of the hall of the ironshop, carefully deducing Ming's plan in his mind, quietly waiting for the dawn to come!
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It's finally dawn, and the winter morning is still gloomy and gloomy, the thick clouds are very low, a little oppressive, and people can't help but feel a little breathless, and the air is a little dry, and the north wind is blowing, this kind of air, yes, is best for arson!
At seven o'clock in the morning, the air was still cold, but Yu Wenzhi, who was wearing a brocade robe and had a spring breeze on his face, still led a large group of people to the ironworks outside Jiangling City on time, while Xiao Yao stood at the door of the ironworks with a smile on his face to greet him personally.
And Yuwen Zhijin also deliberately brought Yuwen Min over, I don't know if it was because the formula of the glass treasure was about to arrive and I felt too excited, and I also wanted Yu Wen Min to experience this excitement and happiness, after all, this was exchanged for the happiness of Yu Wenmin's life.
Yu Wenmin had a flat face, but her eyes kept looking at Xiao Yao, because she actually felt very excited in her heart, after all, Xiao Yao would be her husband, and this shocked glass treasure was made by him, and later he watched the entire production process made by Xiao Yao himself, although he has not officially become a couple yet, but he feels very proud to think about it!
"My good brother-in-law, you have been waiting for you in the morning, why do you look a little tired, didn't you sleep well last night? Haha, it's really hard for you, but don't worry, after you demonstrate the production process of glass treasures, I'll let my sister accompany you! Yu Wenzhi squeezed his eyebrows and said.
"Today is a grand day, and it can even be a part of history, so of course I have to prepare carefully, and I must not make a mistake!" Xiao Yao replied solemnly.
"Good! My brother-in-law is really a smart person, he knows the current affairs, and he knows how to distinguish between the important and the important, so you can rest assured that you will go back to Zhou with me, and I will definitely reuse you well in the future, so that you can achieve greater achievements! Yu Wenzhi said excitedly.
Xiao Yao paid attention to the people brought by Yu Wenzhi, there were at least three thousand people! Among them, there are not only the guards brought by Yu Wenzhi himself from the Zhou State, but also most of the officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department led by Xu Tong, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the Liang State, and some of the forbidden troops sent by the Liang Emperor, it seems that they are also afraid that Yu Wenzhi, the envoy of the Zhou State, will have any accidents on the territory of the Xiao family in the iron workshop.
But there was no figure of Gonggong Liu in the crowd, it should be Yuwenzhi who left him in the Criminal Department to guard Zhou Chao, but this was more conducive to Xiao Yao's plan, Yuwenzhi's men and horses were all brought here, and only Gonggong Liu was guarding the Criminal Department, and the success rate would be higher when he went to rescue Zhou Chao!
Behind Yu Wenzhi, there were two people with sad faces, eclipsed, and they looked like they wanted to cry without tears, and Yu Wenzhi's energetic, smiling followers seemed incompatible, it was Xiao Fu and Xiao Shan, the two brothers, as the eldest son and eldest brother of the Xiao family, of course, they had to follow Yu Wenzhi to the iron workshop.
At this time, the two brothers were looking at Xiao Yao reluctantly, Xiao Fu's eyes were complicated, and Xiao Shan bit his lip tightly, trying not to let himself cry, at least it was not time to cry yet!
Everyone else thought that the two brothers were so distracted because they were unwilling to give up the recipe of the Xiao family's cash cow glazed treasures like this, and Xiao Fu's political opponent Xu Tong looked at the people of the Xiao family with contempt and kept sneering.
Xiao Yao, who was standing at the door of the workshop, gave a big gift to his two brothers, and then turned to Yu Wenzhi and said solemnly: "Uncle and everyone, please stop, wait patiently at the door of the workshop first, because the five kinds of ash in the recipe for making glass treasures, one of the ashes is saltpeter powder, and this kind of thing is a substance that is extremely easy to catch fire and explode, so for the sake of safety, it must be handled separately first, and it is not appropriate to let everyone go in to watch!" Because these materials are such dangerous substances, this is one of the reasons why glass treasures are so precious! ”
Hearing Xiao Yao's warning, Yu Wenzhi, who was vigilant, discussed a few words with a few craftsmen who were specially selected from Zhou State and came to Liang Country with him, and they all felt that Xiao Yao's reason was very reasonable, so he promised Xiao Yao: "Brother-in-law is really cautious, then good, let these two craftsmen go in to assist brother-in-law, everyone else is guarding around, and no one can disturb them!" Brother-in-law, be careful yourself! ”
"Then I will bother my uncle and you to wait for you first, because handling saltpeter is a very dangerous thing, and a slight improper operation may cause a big explosion, and the power is very huge, and it can be considered light to make people crush their bones, and if it is serious, it can even raze the entire house to the ground! So that's one of the reasons why the ironworks were built outside Gangneung Fortress! Xiao Yao frightened Yu Wenzhi and made him mentally prepared in advance.
Sure enough, Yu Wenzhi frowned even more when he heard this, and immediately turned around to consult with the craftsmen for a few words, and after getting their unanimous positive feedback, he immediately asked the team to take a few steps back, and it was farther away from the door of the iron workshop, and the two brothers Xiao Fu and Xiao Shan heard the word explosion, their faces became even more gloomy, and their eyes must have looked at Xiao Yao, full of reluctance and worry.
Hearing that Ruci was in danger, Yu Wenmin rarely showed a concerned look in front of everyone, and said to Xiao Yao: "Then you have to be careful!" ”
Xiao Yao saw that this beautiful woman who had nothing to do with him also cared about herself, and knew that the switchblade was not given to her in vain, so he smiled sweetly at her, and then took the two craftsmen of the Zhou Kingdom into the iron workshop.
The three of them walked into the iron workshop, which was already empty, and came to the forging area, Xiao Yao continued to introduce the dangers of saltpeter to the two craftsmen of the Zhou Kingdom, and sure enough, they were all scared to the point that their feet trembled: it turned out that making glass treasures was such a dangerous job, no wonder the Xiao family sold these glass treasures so expensive!
Then Xiao Yao pointed to the piles of all kinds of ores and mineral powder everywhere and said to the two: "Yesterday, the workshop was suddenly investigated, and all the craftsmen were detained, resulting in a lot of materials that have not had time to be cleaned up, and these materials are also flammable and explosive, so the two of you must not touch them, be cautious, otherwise it may cause an explosion!" So the two of them were even more frightened.
In the end, Xiao Yao took these two people to the largest stove, and then asked one of the craftsmen to hold an iron rod, asking him to watch the stove carefully and help control the temperature of the stove, but he also instructed him not to mess with other things!
And Xiao Yao took another craftsman away from the stove, came to the back of the other stove, and suddenly picked up a big hammer and hit the anvil on the ground and struck it hard! Boom! The anvil made a crisp sound!
This is a signal to the lofty action hidden in the dark tunnel!
Gao Yuan, who heard the signal, immediately lit a good fire line, and made a hissing and burning sound.
"Huh? What is this sound? Xiao Yao asked knowingly, and then suddenly turned his head to look at the stove, the motionless Zhou craftsman, suddenly shouted loudly: "Don't mess with that thing!" It's going to explode! Then he immediately pulled the overwhelmed craftsman beside him to lie on Lin.
The craftsman by the stove was overwhelmed by Xiao Yao's sudden shout, and hurriedly denied: "I didn't move anything!" ”
Before he could finish his words, he heard a loud "boom", and the whole stove beside him was blown open, and the bricks were scattered everywhere, and the poor craftsman was blown to pieces!
The craftsman who was pulled down by Xiao Yao and lay on the ground saw his companion being suddenly blown to pieces, and there was no corpse, and he was immediately so frightened that he couldn't speak.
Immediately after another loud bang, the pile of ore powder beside the two was also exploded, and the scattered black ash sprayed Xiao Yao and the craftsman both with black faces, Xiao Yao immediately pulled up the craftsman, and then rushed to the door of the forging area, pushed the craftsman out of the door and shouted: "Your companion has messed with saltpeter, and now there is an accident, there is a big explosion, go out and call someone to put out the fire!" Then Xiao Yao kicked this craftsman out!
The craftsman was kicked out of the door and fell to the ground, before he could react to what was going on, and then looked back, only to see that Xiao Yao, who kicked him out, suddenly exploded behind him, and the smoke was billowing out, swallowing Xiao Yao's whole person, this craftsman was even more frightened, ahh
Outside the iron workshop, Yu Wenzhi, who was drinking tea leisurely, was also so frightened by this sudden loud noise that he broke the teacup in his hand! Before everyone could react, several explosions were heard in succession from the ironworks, and then the entire ironworks quickly burst into flames, and with the help of the north wind, the fire grew bigger and bigger, making everyone look stupid.
"Come on! Hurry up and put out the fire! Get my brother out of here! The first to react was Xiao Yao's own brother Xiao Shan, although he knew that Xiao Yao would cause an explosion, and he was a little mentally prepared, but he didn't know that the explosion was alarming, so he immediately screamed to save his brother, and even made a gesture to rush into the iron workshop.
Xiao Fu on the side also reacted, but he grabbed him with one hand, and then asked his entourage to catch Xiao Shan and shouted: "There is such a fire inside, do you want to be burned to death when you rush in!" Come on, hurry! Hurry up and save Twelve, go put out the fire! Then he hurriedly commanded his entourage to immediately go find a wooden barrel to fetch water to put out the fire!
Yu Wenzhi, who was stupid and hadn't come back to his senses, saw that the two brothers were emotional, and finally reacted, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick, go put out the fire, go put out the fire!" ”
Yu Wenmin was also frightened by the sudden fire, looking at the busy figures of everyone, she held the switchblade given to her by Xiao Yao tightly in her hand, and looked at the ironworks that had been engulfed by the fire at a loss, her heart couldn't help but tighten, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
The thousands of people and horses brought by Yu Wenzhi also became in a hurry, all in a panic looking for all kinds of fire extinguishing equipment, barrels and tubs filled with water, but riding on the wind, the fire burned bigger and bigger, scared everyone into the iron workshop, and the shouts everywhere, the sound of explosions and the burning sound of the fire were mixed together, making the whole scene extremely chaotic!