Chapter 377: *Iron cage in the library
Although Wang Gongchang is set up in the capital, it occupies a large area, surrounded by Beijing camps, although it is heavily guarded, Li Mi still wants to take the risk of sneaking in.
After all, there is no way to get in on the surface, and even if you can successfully get in, you can't visit the secrets, and at most you have to go on a trip, but you have to end up with a handle.
In this case, it is better to sneak in secretly, just confirm the yellow seaweed mud, and then do other things in the future.
However, judging from the current situation, these yellow seaweed mud is really greasy, if it is really as registered on the official face, it is transported to the capital to repair the temple and build the city, it should be sent to the Ministry of Industry to clean up the officials, why should it be sent to the Ordnance Bureau?
Under the Department of Camp Renovation and Qing Officials, there are sub-set up yamen such as capital officials and construction, which are responsible for estimating and repairing the capital, palaces, altars and temples and warehouses and barracks of the government office, etc., and even the prison of the Criminal Department is built by them, in short, the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty was built by the Camp and Renovation Division.
Whether this is seaweed mud used to build a temple or used as flower fertilizer for the palace, it should be sent to the Camp Division, not the Ordnance Bureau, which is enough to explain the problem!
Li Mi has extremely strong reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities, and deliberately stayed in the Ordnance Bureau during the day, although he could not enter, he still paid attention to the path.
At night, he and Zhen Mi infiltrated the Weapons Bureau to find out.
Zhen Mi is a latent veteran, if it is paired with Qin Liangyu, there is no problem, and Li Mi still has old injuries on his body, which is relatively troublesome.
But for these yellow seaweed muds, Zhen Mi and Qin Liangyu didn't know enough about them, and they had to be checked by Li Mi himself.
When Qin Liangyu and Li Mi were preparing for the illusion of the fish dragon Manyan earlier, they had studied a lot with Li Mi*, but if these yellow seaweed mud were really used to make *, Qin Liangyu would not be able to distinguish them.
Zhen Mi and Li Mi entered the Ordnance Bureau without danger, and after some searching, they couldn't find those yellow seaweed mud, which is even more mysterious!
Although the Ordnance Bureau is very large, the workshop is also divided into a lot of areas, large and small more than a dozen areas, it is not small, and there are many raw material warehouses, but * This kind of thing needs to be stored separately, and it must be stored in isolation, so it is very obvious.
However, the surroundings of the *library were heavily guarded, and Zhen Mi could only use his body as a bait to lure the guards away, which allowed Li Mi to enter the *library to search.
Li Mi is also nervous, fireworks are strictly prohibited inside, and Li Mi can't light a fire to illuminate, but fortunately, there is a glass skylight in the warehouse, and the moonlight is projected in, so it will not be blind to touch the elephant.
The warehouse is very large, because it cannot be illuminated, most of it is lit by skylights, and the Ministry of Engineering is also skilled craftsmen, placing mercury mirrors everywhere, adjusting the illumination angle, and the light of the stars and the moon expels the darkness, and the sense of science and technology is full.
There are large tanks and shelves around the storage, although it is very dense, but it is orderly, and there is a choking smell in the air, but there is not too much dust, so it can be seen that the protection work is still in place.
The storage on these shelves was numbered, but it was in words that Li Mi had never seen before.
Li Mi also knew that in ancient times, all industries had professional terms, like craftsmen, and also summed up a set of symbols that only craftsmen could understand, which was also an effective way to keep industry secrets.
If he couldn't understand these symbols, Li Mi couldn't find the origin or origin, so he could only open them one by one to check.
The problem is that these wooden boxes have been nailed to death, if you insist on priing them open, the movement is too big, and there are too many cargo boxes, Li Mi will spend the whole night here, and he may not be able to find them, unless his character explodes and hits the shit luck.
The Qi family knife was too long, and Li Mi didn't bring it this time, but he brought the broadsword with him, this broadsword was extremely tough and sharpened like clay, and it was also very suitable for opening the box.
Li Mi opened several boxes one after another, which were full of sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter and other fire-starting things.
Li Mi didn't dare to be careless, after all, the sword is an iron weapon, in case of a spark, there is no need to wait for the apocalypse year, there will be a big explosion in Wang Gongchang tonight.
After looking for a needle in a haystack like this, there was movement outside, but it was the guards who went and returned, and they poured into the storeroom to check!
Li Mi also knew that Zhen Mi would lead these guards away, which would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the guards, and there was not much time left for him, but he was also helpless, he knew that this was the case, he should have agreed to worship Shi Chongsheng as a teacher, and if he didn't learn the set of utensils, the symbols used by the craftsmen should always be learned, and he would be so helpless tonight.
The guards were about to rush in, and Li Mi didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately hid in a large vat.
Originally, I didn't know what raw materials this vat contained, and there were still a lot of salt-like crystals left in it, exuding a pungent smell of urea, which made Li Mi dizzy.
Finally waited for the guards to go out, and Li Mi was also relieved, but then, Li Mi's heart was cold again, because there was a click outside, and the guards actually locked the warehouse!
If you can't get out, when the craftsmen enter the warehouse early tomorrow morning, Li Mi will have nowhere to hide!
After crawling out of the vat, he rummaged through it, but after all, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he had no clue at all, but it was extremely hot inside, and he was covered in sweat, and his night clothes were soaked.
After all, Li Mi has an old injury, and after such a toss, he is tired, and he is looking for a place to rest, so he only took two steps, but his whole body was cold, as if there was a yin wind everywhere!
Li Mi's goosebumps suddenly rose, and he also shivered, but at this time, he found that the yin wind had not stopped, and Li Mi suddenly became excited!
"It's not a yin wind! It is the vent of the storeroom! ”
*Although it needs to be kept dry, the most suitable storage environment should be a dry and cool place away from light, so this warehouse must have a ventilation system.
Although the War Bureau gradually took control of the Ordnance Bureau, the treasury was built by the Ministry of Industry after all, and the Ministry of Industry, a department that can even build the Forbidden City, is not as simple as opening a dog hole in the wall to build a ventilation system!
Li Mi walked forward along the cool breeze, and sure enough, he found a vent close to the floor, but the IQ of the people in the Ministry of Engineering was still online, although this vent was very wide, it was very flat, even a child could not get into it, Li Mi wanted to get out of here, unless he became a rat spirit.
Li Mi was disappointed again, but as soon as the cool breeze blew, the whole person was refreshed and calmed down, and his brain was a lot brighter.
Zhen Mi couldn't let his Li Mi be trapped here, he would save himself out, instead of worrying about how to get out, it was better to concentrate on finding seaweed mud.
After Li Mi made up his mind, he let go of his worries and returned to the warehouse again, but this time he didn't rummage around, but closed his eyes and recalled what was in the box that he had opened.
Since the people in the Ministry of Industry are so rigorous, there are naturally rules for storing these raw materials, and those with similar properties should be put together, and those that react with each other will be dangerous, so they should naturally be isolated!
Shicai himself opened so many boxes, and gradually found the pattern, Li Mi closed his eyes and recalled, the layout of the entire warehouse also emerged, if the seaweed mud is used to make yellow*, it must be the most important thing, and the storage place must be the top priority of the entire warehouse!
Thinking so, Li Mi walked to the southeast corner of the warehouse, where there was not even the light projected by the mirror, it was pitch black, and it should be something that was extremely chemically active or even explosive!
Coming to such a conclusion, Li Mi was also overjoyed, but he didn't rush in, after all, there was no light inside, and in addition to raw materials, there were also a lot of semi-finished products in the warehouse.
After thinking about it, Li Mi climbed onto the shelves and removed a condenser on the wall, which was also very delicate, but it was installed in a fixed position to provide lighting for the entire warehouse.
After Li Mi removed this piece, the entire warehouse was also dimmed by half, which shows that the entire lighting system is also involved in the whole body, and the means of the Ministry of Industry are really good!
Li Mi carried the condenser under a beam of light, constantly adjusting the angle, and finally transmitted the light to the southeast corner, where there were really a lot of large boxes!
However, to Li Mi's surprise, there was a small iron cage among those boxes!
With the help of the beam, Li Mi could vaguely see that there was a beast locked up in the iron cage, and two points of fluorescent eyes in the messy hair!
The people of the Ming Dynasty like to raise all kinds of fierce beasts, and there is a leopard room in the palace for the emperor to play, and the Ming Dynasty also produced a Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao who likes to fight with tigers and leopards, not only fighting with leopards, but also fucking winning!
This Emperor Zhengde is also ridiculous, he proclaimed himself a general at every turn, and gave himself a lot of titles and official positions of wisdom and martial arts, and he also asked the palace maids to disguise themselves as prostitutes, turned the palace into a brothel, and went door-to-door to visit the kiln, not only that, but also let the eunuchs dress up as all kinds of vendors, and he went to buy things, bargained, and took advantage of it and became complacent.
There is a lot of gossip, just say that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty are also playing in the city, and it is not uncommon to raise beasts and rare birds, and there is now an internal official yamen in the palace who specializes in raising elephants.
Although the Ming Dynasty has been banned from the sea, it is useless in the middle and late periods, and there are more and more imported products, and some foreign beasts have also been transported in, and what kind of foreign beasts are in this cage!
But how could this beast be locked up in the *vault of the Ministry of Works' Ordnance Bureau? This is puzzling.
Thinking so, Li Mi was about to walk in to see what was going on, but he had just taken two steps before the beast spoke!
"The left arm is raised three inches, half kneeling for five minutes, and the body is half a circle to the kun position."
It's a man, not a beast!
Li Mi heard that this person's voice was low, magnetic, with half a lifetime of vicissitudes, as if he had some kind of magical power, and he really did what he said!
And when Li Mi did it, something magical happened!
Li Mi has been adjusting the angle of the condenser, but no matter how he adjusts it, he can't get enough strong light, but after doing so, his eyes suddenly brightened, as if the condenser in his hand had absorbed the light of the entire room!
Who is this, why does he know so much about the condenser in the Ministry of Works' warehouse, and why is he trapped in a cage? Are these big boxes next to them yellow seaweed mud, and does this person have anything to do with these seaweed mud?
Li Mi's heart kept surging with these questions, and then walked towards the iron cage step by step!