Seeing that a look of panic flashed on Chai Jin's face, the corners of Sun Tu's mouth also curled, but his tone was still indifferent: "Now your life and death are only in my thoughts, I don't even have to do it myself, I can put you in a place of no return, I hope that Chai Daguan can think about it carefully and make a decision." ”

The muscles on Chai Jin's cheeks trembled slightly, and then he said, "Do you think this can scare me?" With just these few words, you want me to bow to you and to the Great Song Dynasty? Don't forget my background, why did my Chai family fall to the point where I have to rely on people today, and it wasn't calculated by the Zhao family? ”

"That's why you joined Liangshan regardless of your identity?" Sun Tu asked with a slight squint, but it was Chai Jin's cold snort who answered him. This made him laugh dumbly: "I can't imagine that Chai Daguan, you really have some ideas, but you have found the wrong way, do you think it is really possible to become a big deal with those thieves on Liangshan?" In my opinion, in the end, they are just a group of grass cowards, a group of rabble, don't look at the current commotion is not small, that is because the court does not really take them seriously, if they really annoy the court, only with my Shandong alone, you can level the whole village of Liangshan! ”

Chai Jin wanted to say that he was boasting about Haikou, but when he thought of Liang Shanjun having suffered defeats under his men several times, and this time he even fell into his hands, he couldn't say anything about this kind of questioning, so he could only snort again: "People like you don't know what brotherhood is at all, they only know how to use each other, so what's the difference between them and beasts?" ”

Sun Tu didn't get angry because of this, just smiled and shook his head: "You should think about it again, whether you will sacrifice your life to obey righteousness, or submit to me." But there is one thing I can tell you, belonging to my account does not necessarily mean that it is subordinate to the Song Dynasty! As he spoke, he stood up: "My patience is not infinite, give you two more days to think about it, whether life or death is actually up to you." ”

Chai Jin was stunned by his statement that submitting to him does not mean submitting to the imperial court, and he didn't even notice when Sun Tu and they left, and it was only after a while that a strange look appeared on his face: "What does he mean by this?" Could it be that Sun Tu actually has other intentions? Then, he suddenly thought of his identity as a descendant of the Chai family, could it be that Sun Tu insisted on taking him under the account because he took a fancy to his identity?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this judgment was reasonable, which made Chai Jin's body tremble violently again, but it was not caused by cold or fright, but because of excitement. Maybe this is an opportunity!

"The eunuch really has a good means, and when he says it, it really makes that guy moved." After coming out, Zhu Biao couldn't help but admire. He was present the whole time just now, and he saw all Chai Jin's reactions in his eyes: "We haven't been able to make him shake in the slightest before, how did you do it?" ”

"Actually, it's very simple, because I already expected that he didn't want to die, so I had the initiative to talk about it from the beginning." Sun Tu explained with a smile.

"But he obviously didn't fear death before......"

"Acting like you're not afraid of death is not the same as not being afraid of death." Sun Tu glanced at him and patiently explained, "The fear of death he showed was just a disguise, so that we couldn't use force on him. But in fact, it's a pity that this Chai Daguan is very fateful, how can he really beg for death? ”

"Has the eunuch already seen through your mind? But how? ”

"Quite simply, if a man really wants to die, will he be placed under house arrest in peace? Also, he is so particular about food and clothing, how can he not cherish his little life? Just from the fact that he asked the guards for smokeless charcoal and food, I could already conclude that he didn't really want to, or even dare not die. As long as he grasps this, he will naturally not escape my grasp. ”

Only then did Zhu Biao understand the reason, and couldn't help but praise again: "The capital eunuch really has a torch in his eyes, and he can't hide anything from you, and he admires him humbly." ”

"The matter is still undecided, so don't rush to pat me on the back. After that, I will leave it to you to take care of, and I will have a conclusive result in two days. "Sun Tu brought Zhu Biao here precisely for this reason, because the generals in the city have nothing to do with him and Chai Jin, and the others even Wu Song have been favored by Chai Jin, so this kind of persecution can only be done by Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao didn't have any psychological burden, so he agreed immediately.

After coming out of this house, Sun Tu did not rush back to the barracks, but came to the door of another house two or three streets away. Like the courtyard where Chai Jin was placed under house arrest, the guards here are also quite tight, and if you look closely, you will find that this house is guarded in all four directions, plus there are only two empty houses nearby, and from the perspective of defense, it is even more than Chai Jin.

What's more, everyone knows the generals of the house army under house arrest, and even many people know that Sun Dujian imprisoned a prisoner in a certain house in the city, but only a few people know about the house here.

After seeing the more than 20 Qingzhou veterans inside with armor and the appearance of knives and guns out of the sheath, he nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to walk inside, and soon came to a courtyard blocked by an iron gate. It wasn't until Sun Tu used the token he carried with him to identify himself that he, the nominal and de facto owner of Qingzhou, was able to enter it unimpeded. Just this series of defenses can see how important this place is to Sun Tu and Qingzhou.

There are a lot of bottles and cans and colorful cardboard boxes in the yard, and at this time, a middle-aged man came out with a bottle, and when he saw Sun Tu, he was stunned for a moment, and then bowed and saluted: "The little one has seen Sun Dujian." Even so, it was difficult to hide the joy and excitement on his face.

Seeing this, Sun Tu's eyes immediately fell on the bottle he was holding in his hand: "How about it, can you succeed this time?" ”

"It should be much stronger than the first two times, so please stand back and see again." As he spoke, he had put the bottle in the clearing, pulled up the cloth on both sides, and then took out a fire fold, blew it, and came to the thin thread that was dragged on the mouth of the bottle.

The thread burned rapidly, and the spark spread and burrowed into the bottle, and at the same time the one hastily stepped back and pulled the cloth completely, and waited there with anticipation. After a while, I heard a muffled bang, and the bottle shattered, and the fragments flew out in all directions, and all of them hit the cloth fence, and some of the fragments even tore through the fabric and jumped out.

Sun Tu's eyes lit up at this scene, and the middle-aged man was even more excited, his hands clenched into fists, and he shouted loudly: "It's done!" I finally did it! The voice came out, and immediately attracted people from several other rooms, and some men in similar clothes to him ran out in a hurry: "Is it really done?" Then after looking at the damaged cloth, they all exclaimed: "It's really done!" ”

It wasn't until after a few cheers that they found that Sun Tu was coming to them, so they hurriedly saluted him again: "I've seen the capital eunuch." ”

"No need to be polite!" Sun Tu was also full of joy, and walked over and patted this person on the shoulder: "What's your name?" This time it was a great achievement, and I thought it would take you a few more months to figure out the way out, but I didn't expect that it would take less than two months to achieve initial results. ”

"Villain Ding Yin." The man's face was flushed with excitement, and after a while, he thought of something: "Actually, this is not only my own credit, but the result of everyone's efforts again and again." Moreover, if the Governor hadn't given us samples at the beginning, we wouldn't have imagined that a few simple things could be so powerful together! ”

"Merit is merit, and everyone has merit. And it's much stronger than the one I gave you. Rest assured, as long as things are made, this official will never treat you badly! Sun Tu made a promise with joy in his heart, and his eyes fell on the cloth that was torn by the fragments of the porcelain bottle again, and he already had an expectation in his heart, if the gunpowder was really produced and put into battle, then his Qingzhou army would be enough to fight against the powerful northern cavalry!

Yes, what is going on in this well-guarded, top-secret mansion in Qingzhou City is the research and development and improvement of gunpowder, which is an important step that Sun Tu began to arrange after returning to Qingzhou from Western Xia and successfully seizing power.

With the previous visits to the two countries of Liaoxia, Sun Tu has seen the strength of the armies of these two countries, although the Qingzhou army may not be weaker than them, but how many armies in the entire Great Song Dynasty can compare to the Qingzhou army? Not to mention that the strongest army today is not from these two countries, but from the Jurchen Jin Kingdom.

Since he knew that the Great Song Dynasty might suffer enough in the war with these countries, Sun Tu naturally could not sit idly by. Training the soldiers and horses of the states to make them strong as soon as possible is only one aspect, he is more concerned about the development of firearms. As a firearm, its root lies in the power of gunpowder, so it has become the key to find relevant craftsmen to study gunpowder.

Sun Tu's only advantage was that he had already stored a lot of fireworks in his warehouse, but for safety reasons, these fireworks were not very powerful, so he took out the gunpowder in it and asked those craftsmen to improve it on this basis.

After one or two months of research, they really lived up to Sun Tu's trust, and on the basis of the original gunpowder, its destructive power has been greatly improved. Although it still looks a little shabby at this time, as long as you take this crucial step, the rest of the things will become logical.

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Today's second update。。。。。。 No more late arrivals。。。。。。 The first day of the new year is such a good day, I wish you all a happy new year, of course, the most important thing now is good health。。。。。。。