After another two days, they successfully returned to Leping County.

Seeing Wu Yanping and Xiao Yue sharing the gifts they brought back this time, Wu Yanzhi was very happy.

Of course, he also brought gifts for his two mothers and two maids. Although the status of the maid at this time is extremely underground and can be bought and sold like livestock, of course in the eyes of Wu Yanzhi, she doesn't think so.

His aunt looked at Wu Yanzhi, who was slightly tired, and suddenly a thought came out of her heart, and then whispered a few words to Wu Yanzhi's mother and mother, and his mother also nodded in agreement.

So his aunt said, "Liulang! We discussed it, you also need someone to take care of you, so just marry Pan'er as a wife! As for the wife, you are not very old, and it is not too late to return to Luoyang next year to find another household! ”

When Wu Yanyi heard this, he was overjoyed, but fortunately, someone had to take care of this matter, and his mother and aunt couldn't keep busy.

So that night, he called several staff members and several officials of the metallurgical prison over for a meal, which was regarded as the completion of the marriage ceremony. After all, it's just a marriage, but you don't need to be too formal.

In the evening, the two naturally spent a good night.

Early the next morning, Wu Yanzhi was woken up by Pan'er, and when he opened his eyes, Pan'er was infinitely shy, and he became more and more moving.

"Lang Jun! Rise and shine! She said a little shyly.

Wu Yan looked at it, he was tired last night, but he fell asleep at dawn, and he had to test gunpowder today. I heard them say that more than a dozen catties have been trial-produced, and it seems that the effect is okay. I'm going to see it today.

"Pan'er! In the future, you will greet some of the things in this house!" Wu Yanzhi is a fourth-grade official, and his wife is regarded as an eight-rank loose official. Of course, in front of the wife, this is only slightly better than the concubine, and the status is thousands of miles behind.

That Pan'er was quite flattered, and she was busy and thanked!

……

Wu Yanzhi took Qi Xuan, Jiang Shipeng and two entourages to check the gunpowder test. The site of the test was chosen in a very remote ravine outside the city.

Zhang Cheng, Wei Xiaoyuan, Li Qiao, and Bai Fuguo, who participated in the test of gunpowder and muskets, had already prepared the materials to be prepared for the test in accordance with Wu Yanzhi's requirements.

"Wu Shaoqing! We have prepared about fifteen catties of this gunpowder. According to Shaoqing's requirements, we have carried out a combustion test, and the effect is very good. It's just that this blasting test didn't get Shaoqing's permission, and his subordinates didn't dare to call the shots! Zhang Cheng, the leader of the group, said.

"Good! Let's do this burning test first! ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Cheng agreed, then beckoned a few other people and began to gather materials.

I saw Wei Xiaoyuan take out a wooden board and put it on the ground, and then use a three-inch-long cut reed pipe. From the wooden box containing the gunpowder, the black-brown gunpowder was placed on the wooden board.

"The lowly office is about to start igniting!" After that, I saw Zhang Cheng take out the fire fold and start to light the fire.

As soon as the fire fold touched the gunpowder, the gunpowder instantly emitted a dazzling fire and black smoke, and after a loud sound, a black mark was left on the wooden board.

"Yes, this powder is finely ground and burns at a decent rate. There was also a lot of smoke, and there was almost no residue, which was a very standard black powder.

Of course, you are producing this in small quantities, if only a large number of industrial production of gunpowder of this quality would be good, let's start the explosion test!" Wu Yanzhi was very excited!

"Okay!"

I saw Wei Xiaoyuan use a small clay pot that could hold half a catty, fill it with gunpowder, and then put it in a hole that had already been dug by a big stone not far away.

Next to him, Li Qiao took out a number of reed pipes that had been prepared a long time ago, and after loading the gunpowder, he began to carefully assemble them and slowly put them on the ground. After almost a quarter of an hour, the lead about ten meters long was ready.

Finally, after inserting the lead tube into the medicine pot, Zhang Cheng also used yellow clay to seal the stone hole where the clay pot was placed. This is according to Wu Yanzhi's request to increase the blasting effect.

Under Zhang Cheng's arrangement, everyone hurriedly walked to the side to find the cover that had been set up to dodge.

Wu Yanzhi waved his hand and said, "Ignite!" ”

That Zhang Cheng still lit the gunpowder with the previous fire fold, and then quickly ran to the bunker to check the situation.

Through the observation hole in the bunker, the crowd saw the lead, and ran towards the clay pot containing gunpowder in a puff of smoke.

Yao Kuan didn't seem to believe the power of this gunpowder that Wu Yanzhi had said before, and he said, "Lord, is this gunpowder really that powerful?" Can you blast through that five-foot-old stone? I can't believe it! ”

"Don't talk about this five-foot stone, no matter how big the stone is, it can be exploded!" Wu Yanzhi said with a smile.

"Look, it's about to explode!" Someone next to him said.

Then, only an earth-shattering loud noise was heard, and a mushroom cloud more than three feet in size rose into the sky.

After the cannon sounded, several broken stones struck the large log of the bunker with a chilling sound.

Wu Yanzhi turned his head to look at everyone again, and he was already dumbfounded!

"How? Yao Kuan, now you believe in the power of my gunpowder! I'm telling you, if there was more gunpowder, I could blow up a mountain! Wu Yanzhi laughed.

"Yes, I believe it. This is even more powerful than the god of thunder! Yao Kuan was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue!

"I'm afraid it's worth your hundred sledgehammers!" Jiang Shipeng said next to him.

"Where! I'm afraid it's a thousand or ten thousand! Yao Kuan kept smacking his tongue.

Everyone laughed and walked out of cover to check the movement. When I arrived, there was no trace of the big stone.

"Good boy! Amazing! Yao Kuan kept shaking his head in surprise!

The crowd was amazed. At this time, Qi Xuan was surprised, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly approached Wu Yanzhi, and said in a low voice: "Wu Gong! This method must not be leaked, this is the magic weapon of Wu Gong's promotion. If this is made into a weapon, I am afraid that it will be infinitely powerful! ”

Qi Xuan reacted much faster than others.

Wu Yanzhi nodded and said, "Don't worry! I picked them out of hundreds of people. I have already told them that it will not be a problem to follow me to get promoted and make a fortune in the future, and the most important thing is secrecy.

However, I will tell you the truth, this thing alone is not very useful, the key is muskets and artillery. This musket is ......"

Wu Yanzhi was going to focus on cultivating this Qi Xuan, so he told him about the power of muskets and artillery, and he was also shocked when he heard it.

In the end, Wu Yanzhi said to him and Jiang Shipeng: "However, although this musket is simple, it needs to be produced in large quantities and is very troublesome. The gun was much simpler, but too bulky.

Of course, in the early stage, the production of artillery should be the mainstay. We are still a few months away from returning to Shendu, and here we are perfecting the recipe and process of this gunpowder.

And then try to develop a few musket samples, and it will be a long time before I can really produce the musket I want in large quantities! ”

Wu Yanzhi already has a well-developed firearms development plan.