"Your Majesty is rude, please don't blame the Holy Envoy." Concubine Zhao was worried that Guanyu had offended the two avatars, but the Bowl Rider was not angry at Guanyao's behavior. He has seen a lot of such scenes, and the people who worship false gods are so angry and corrupt when they meet the messenger of the true god. He didn't come to Chu to preach, he just came to offer medicine, and the purpose of offering medicine was to transport away Jutie.

"It doesn't hurt to say the Holy Messenger. He also asked the Queen Mother to recall the king as soon as possible, and the holy envoy would return to the ruins of Kunlun after offering medicine. Hu Tanshao said again.

"The king ......" mentioned that the king and concubine Zhao were anxious for a while, the young master had entered the sea, saying that it would be two months before she could return to the capital, and she had to tell the truth: "The king has gone to sea the day before yesterday, and it will take two months to return to the capital." ”

"Two months later?" Hu Tansuozhi was surprised, he thought that Xiong Jing was either already in Yingdu, or he was already on the way back to Yingdu, but he didn't expect to go to sea by boat.

"Yes." Wang Yinyou said with a smile. "The king built a sea boat a few years ago, but he has not sailed on a boat until this day. The news of the holy envoy entering Chu to offer immortal medicine was a step late, and it was transmitted to Zhu Fang after the king went to sea. Thinking that Hu Tansuo was originally a businessman, Wang Yinyou said: "If you are worried about business, the king has made arrangements before leaving the capital." ”

"Before the king left the capital, he had already told his ministers that the horses, sulfur, alfalfa, and other things he brought with him could be exchanged for iron today." The official stepped forward to tell him, and there was also the Gong Yin Dao who built the mansion standing beside him. Gong Yin Dao has no interest in immortal medicine, but is very interested in sulfur.

The immortal medicine is dedicated to the king of Chu, and now it takes two months for the Chu country to go to sea to come back, and Hu Tanshaozhi can only wait for Xiong Jing to come back before offering the immortal medicine. Fortunately, this time he didn't want to pay for his own money to live in the post house, Concubine Zhao had already arranged everything.

Passing through more than 100,000 ordinary people watching immortals, the four-wheeled carriage pressed through the gravel road in the north of the city and entered the middle gate. Although the carriage window is glassed, you still can't see the true face of the incarnate person standing on the city wall. Narusuke, one of the Seven Ao, was standing on the city wall, and he saw Guanyu being taken away by the sanitation.

"How's that?" Nao also stood on the city wall. "Turning people into immortals to offer immortal medicine, fortunately, the king is not in Yingdu."

"I remember......" Seisuke remembered a past incident, "when the first king was the king of Xiang, there were also people who offered the medicine of immortality to the king. ”

"Yes." Nao Cunning also remembers. "At that time, Taibu secretly made the person who was shot to grab food, and the first king was angry and wanted to kill him, but Taibu taught him to avoid it."

"Where did the avatar come from?" Seisuke nodded, that's what he said.

"I don't know. It came from Kunlun. "Kunlun is far away in the sky, and even if he is a great Sima, he doesn't know anything about things thousands of miles away." This matter should be consulted by Taibu, who must know where the two incarnates came from. ”

Nao said slyly, and the worker Yin Dao ran up to the city panting. The two of them were very puzzled when they saw Gong Yindao, and they didn't know why he ran up. I didn't think about it, and as soon as the knife rushed up, he said: "Sulfur is the best!" Brimstone to the end! ”

What does sulfur represent He knew it completely, and he hurriedly saluted Cheng Jie and ran down the city tower with Gong Yin's knife, making Cheng Jie inexplicable.

"Sulphur geometry?" Running to the carriage under the city, Nao asked this question.

"It's not much, only a few hundred catties." Running up and down, Gong Yindao panted badly, "Hu Shangyan, this thing is hard to find, only a few hundred catties." Its price is high, and it can't be exchanged for a pound for a pound, when a pound is exchanged for a pound. ”

"So little?" Nao Wei didn't know the ratio of gunpowder, but when he heard a few hundred catties, he felt that it was less, and he became more and more impressed with tons, and he felt more and more inconspicuous about catties and Chu catties.

"It's time to try." Gong Yin Dao's breathing finally became normal, "Before the king returns to the capital, the Jutie Mansion may be able to build a cannon." ”

The sulfur brought by Hu Tansuo was only 127 kilograms, which was more than 1,200 kilograms of gunpowder according to the ratio of 1:10. This quantitative test is enough, but the actual combat is a drop in the ocean. The Wang Gong factory, which exploded at the end of the Ming Dynasty, produced two tons of gunpowder a day; In the battle of Anqing between the Hunan army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Hunan army consumed 170,000 catties of gunpowder in just one day; HMS Victory, the Royal Navy's sail battleship, carried 35 tons of gunpowder with it on each trip.

In practice, 1,270 kilograms of gunpowder were enough to fire about 1,000 shots from a twelve-pounder infantry gun, or about 80,000 shots from a smoothbore gun. This also needs to subtract the consumption of experiments and exercises, and also take into account the problems such as the sharp rise in medication caused by the impurity of saltpeter extraction. However, as long as the sulphur is continuously brought in, or the sulphur is found in overseas trade and islands, then gunpowder will be produced in a steady stream like iron and cement.

In this regard, Nao Cunning is full of confidence, and he has no doubt that all problems will be solved. Gong Yin Dao thought the same, he has witnessed many miracles in recent years, and he can't wait for the trial production of artillery. Jutiefu was able to process steam engine cylinders with boring machines, and it was easy to process internal boring of 12-pound guns less than 12 centimeters.

The two of them didn't have the heart to think about anything else, and hurried to the mansion together. Only Taibu Guanyu is looking for Qi Ao, trying to persuade Zhu Ao to drive the immortal medicine out of Chu. However, this year's duty is Huiji Yuejun Kai, he is also very interested in the elixir of immortality, and when Concubine Zhao set up a banquet in Ruoying Palace to entertain the two incarnates, he also sat down to accompany him.

In addition to him, there is another Yue people's Ao, the Great Elder Song of Xiou, as well as Pengcheng Yin Lanhao, one of the Seven Ao, and Zhao Huang, who narrowly defeated Cai Wen to become the last Ao. The other three Ao: Chengsuke, Nao Cunning, and Higashino Gu are all gone.

"The elixir of immortality is actually the flower of Langji." Hu Tansuo continued to talk to Concubine Zhao about the elixir of immortality. "Langji blooms in a thousand years and bears fruit in a thousand years. When the fruit is ripe and picked, you can become an immortal if you take one piece, and you will not be old if you take half a piece. ”

"The holy envoy is here to come to the Chu State...... Concubine Zhao's eyes wandered, and her hope was even more earnest. How many fairy fruits are there? ”

Concubine Zhao asked, and Zhu Ao, who was doing it, suddenly looked at Hu Tansuo nervously, wanting to hear how many immortal fruits he had brought.

"There are very few Langyu flowers, and the holy envoy came to Chu to bring no more than three." Hu Tanshaozhi said with a smile.

"Oh. There are three?! Everyone looked at each other in pairs, and Yue Jun's ears were red - this year it was his turn to be in charge of the Chu State, and he was under the king and the queen mother. When he behaved like this, Great Elder Song snorted suddenly, hating him for being disrespectful to the Thunder God. The Chu people have the gods of the Chu people, the more people have the gods of the Yue people, although the ruins of Kunlun are written on the "Atlas of Mountains and Seas", but the Chu people are only compilers, not writers. The gods of the Chu people and the gods of the Yue people did not mention immortality, but now some people come to offer the so-called immortal medicine, which is blasphemy.

"The flowers of Lang Yu are the real food, and the immortal ministers have also heard of it." When Song snorted, Zhao Huang spoke. "However, Lang Yu was born with the sun, but it was far away in Yu Yuan. The ruins of Kunlun are just thousands of miles away, at the end of the quicksand. ”

That's not right. The place where the sunset is the ruins of Kunlun, and the ruins of Kunlun naturally have Langji. Hu Tanshaozhi defended that Xiong Jing was not here, and he believed that others did not know the world outside Kunlun.

"Big fallacy!" Zhao Huang caught the flaw of Hu Tanshaozhi and jumped to his feet. "The ruins of Kunlun are nothing but Great Xia, there is Persia in the west of Bactria and there is still the sea in the west of Persia, and there are countries in the north and south of the sea in the middle of the earth, and there are famous Greeks and Egyptians......"

Great Xia Hu Tansuo didn't know where it was, but as soon as he heard Persia, his face changed several times. Before Alexander's conquest of Sogdia, the Sogdians paid taxes to the Persian Empire.

Zhao Huang refuted angrily, and finally leaned to Concubine Zhao: "Empress Dowager, the Hu people are strange, although there are rumors about immortal medicine in ancient times, but no one has ever had immortality for hundreds of years, before the king returns to the capital, don't ......"

When he heard the mention of Persia, he stood up, took something out of his bosom, and unfolded it in the palm of his hand. A fruit as red as an agate was displayed in front of Concubine Zhao, and there was no more murmur in the Ming Hall immediately, only more and more rapid breathing.

No one has ever seen such a red fruit, and the most strange thing is that there is a small flower at the top of the fruit, and the petals are also red, but compared with the fruit, there are some more yellow spots.

"Holy Envoy, this is the reality of Langji?" The excited Concubine Zhao looked at this red fruit intently.

"Tell the Queen Mother, this is just a taste of immortality." Hu Tanshaozhi replied. "The holy envoy said, since the king will not return to Yingdu until two months later, in order to protect the medicinal effect of Lang Yu, please send ice cubes to the post house."

After the display, the red fruit was taken into the arms of this bowl rider, and Concubine Zhao agreed, and she immediately instructed Wang Yin: "Quickly send someone to send ice to the post house." ”

"Yui." Wang Yinyou hurriedly replied, there is no shortage of ice and snow in the palace, and he has to give Dawangzhen wine in summer.

A fruit that he had never seen before made Zhao Huang speechless. When he was dumbfounded, Lan Hao coughed a few times and asked, "The holy envoy has traveled thousands of miles to offer immortal medicine to the Chu State, and he has nothing to ask for?" ”

"Yes." Lan Lu's question is not easy to answer, and Hu Tanshaozhi can only tell the truth.

"Dare to ask what you want?" Lan Hao smiled and nodded, finally understanding one thing. "Please."

"The holy envoy offered the elixir of immortality and asked the king to reward him with 100,000 gold." Hu Tansuo told him bluntly.

"100,000 catties of iron?" Great Elder Song stood up suddenly, he was the most unaware of the cost of the Giant Iron. "I'd rather not!"

"What about 100,000 catties?" Concubine Zhao was displeased. "Jutie Mansion is owned by the royal court, and it has nothing to do with Zhu Ao."

"Ahem," Lan Hao didn't finish speaking, "Ask again, if the Queen Mother takes the immortal medicine and does not become an immortal, what if?" ”

Lan Hao's words hit Hu Tansaozhi's sore spot, and he hurriedly told Ben Bo to ride the knowledge, and after a while of Sogdian, he said: "If the Queen Mother is accompanied by the devil, she will not become an immortal if she takes the immortal medicine, but the Queen Mother will definitely be able to see the immortals." ”

"Do you mean that there will be immortals descending on this palace?" Lan Hao asked.

"Yes." Hu Tanshaozhi replied: "But only those who take the medicine can see it." ”

"Not an illusion?" Lan Hao laughed after being surprised.

"When the Queen Mother saw the immortals, she knew that this was not an illusion." Hu Tansuo replied again, and after answering, he was speechless.