Chapter Forty-Eight: The Horseman Is Not Guilty

Zhao Hongxing pulled Zhao Zongyang to the camp in the western suburbs, and at this time, Qi Huan and several Taishi were already waiting here.

"Comrades have worked hard, hard work. Zhao Hongxing walked up happily and shook hands with several masters one by one.

Qi Huan and the others didn't understand what the title of "comrades" was, and there was no handshake in this world, Zhao Hongxing just forcibly pulled the hands of these people over, held them and shook them twice.

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Zongyang asked with the idea of giving Zhao Hongxing a kick.

"Oh. Zhao Hongxing felt a little carried away at this time, and hurriedly asked Qi Huan: "What about the successfully developed things?" ”

"Your Highness, the thing is here. The two masters walked up with a wooden box, and when they opened it, two metal balls, one large and one small, were placed in the two boxes filled with dry straw.

The metal ball was probably several times larger than an adult male's fist, and the entire metal shell was printed with small grid lines. The smaller one, about the size of a tennis ball, is round and has a mechanism that looks like a small knob.

The bigger one is based on the previous two-pound large thunder bomb, which can be mass-produced thunder bomb, and this small one is the small Yanfeng royal special version of the thunder bomb that Zhao Hongxing wants to make.

Of course, this improved version of the thunder fire bomb Zhao Hongxing also provided some ideas. For example, compress the volume of the thunderbolt to increase the charge and explosion power, then use the pattern with the lattice to make the shell of the thunderbolt, and then stuff some metal fragments into the thunderbolt.

At Zhao Hongxing's suggestion, this improved mass-produced thunder fire bomb is very similar to the black-and-white war movies he watched when he was a child, which was used to fight mines for ambushes.

The Taishi strictly followed Zhao Zongyang's previous instructions, and did not put these two thunder fire bombs in Qi Huan's hands to hold them, and Qi Huan was also very sensible and did not have the skills to take them, but directly began to introduce them to Zhao Zongyang.

"Your Majesty, this slightly larger Thunder Fire Bomb is a style that can be mass-produced after improvement. Moreover, in the process of improving this thunder fire bomb, His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince also provided a lot of practical advice...... "Qi Huan introduced this thunder fire bomb while helping Zhao Hongxing brag about X.

It can't be regarded as "blowing", after all, this thunder bomb can be improved so quickly, and it is indeed thanks to the ideas provided by Zhao Hongxing - although this guy's ideas are also stealing the experience of predecessors in another world, Zhao Hongxing still has a lot of credit, so Zhao Hongxing did not pass with Qi Huan, and the upright Qi Huan did not add too much oil and vinegar.

One thing to say, there is really no element of bragging X.

"Hmm. After listening to Qi Huan's introduction, Zhao Zongyang did not react to the part that helped Zhao Hongxing, but asked directly: "Can you try the power of its explosion?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Qi Huan seemed to wish Zhao Zongyang to give it a try, his hand was so fast that he took out a fire fold and wanted to light the thunder fire, but fortunately, he immediately remembered the accident he almost made last time, and quickly stopped.

Qi Huan motioned to the Taishi holding the box to hand the thunder bomb in front of Zhao Zongyang, and then pointed to a certain place in the test explosion site with one hand and said, "Your Majesty, you throw it over there as much as possible, so that you can more intuitively see the power of this thunder bomb." ”

Zhao Zongyang looked in the direction pointed by Qi Huan, about fifty meters away, there was a "wooden pile array", these wooden piles stood in a total of three circles, four wooden stakes were inserted in each direction of each circle, and the wooden stakes in each circle were about five meters apart, and each wooden stake was tied to a pig and sheep and other livestock.

Zhao Zongyang understood at a glance that this was planning to use living creatures to test the power of the thunder fire bomb.

Reason, Zhao Zongyang is actually quite unbearable. When he was a child, he didn't like to use pigs, dogs, cows and sheep as test subjects when testing the lethality of bows and arrows. However, if you don't use living creatures, you really can't directly observe the effect of the wound, and it is difficult to accurately judge the lethality of the bow and arrow.

However, later Zhao Zongyang was relieved. Because the animals that were used to test the arrows were very delicious when they were roasted.

Zhao Zongyang shook the thunder fire bomb in his hand, this thing must weigh at least a few catties in the shell, although Qi Huan said that it was only filled with less than half a catty of thunder fire, but under this explosion, the livestock on the three circles of stakes did not know how many would survive.

Moreover, whether he killed the animals with or without thunderbolts, they would eventually become food for the soldiers of the battalion, but the final death would be different.

Without taking the fire fold in Qi Huan's hand, Zhao Zongyang directly mobilized the power of the bloodline, concentrated the heat on his hand, and pinched the fire rope of the thunder fire bomb to ignite the thunder fire.

Qi Huan saw Zhao Zongyang's operation, and let out a very surprised "wow".

According to his introduction, this thunderfire bullet fire rope is also improved, burning faster, and more evenly stable. But Zhao Zongyang didn't have time to appreciate the uniform shortening of the fire rope, so he quickly raised his hand and threw the thunder fire bomb towards the target location.

The thunder fire bomb that was thrown out crossed a parabola in the air, and then under Zhao Zongyang's precise force control, it landed perfectly in the middle of the "stake array".

At this time, Zhao Hongxing had a question in his heart, why did this thunder bomb must be thrown by Zhao Zongyang, why didn't it be detonated in the center of the target position? Is this an opportunity to forcibly show off your Emperor Majesty's skills?

Just when Zhao Hongxing was distracted, the sudden explosion of fire was accompanied by a loud noise, which startled Zhao Hongxing.

The power of this explosion was indeed not as shocking as the two-pound thunder bomb last time, but it also made the people present not so frightened. Especially the masters who have tested countless explosions, looking at the smoke and dust after the explosion of this improved thunder bomb, they are all smiling with satisfaction.

What's the matter, are they all scoring in their hearts? Remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, and the detonation score this time is ten out of ten? Zhao Hongxing thought about those who didn't have it in his heart.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment, and when the smoke clears, the soldiers in charge of the observation will report the situation shortly. Qi Huan also smiled with satisfaction and said to Zhao Zongyang.

"Nope. Zhao Zongyang also looked at the direction of the explosion, "I'm going to see it myself." ”

"Hmm, Your Majesty?" and the group of imperial masters hurriedly followed Zhao Zongyang's footsteps.

Zhao Zongyang did what he said, and after the smoke was almost gone, he raised his feet and walked towards the "stake array" where the thunder bomb exploded.

When he came to the outermost circle of wooden stakes, Zhao Zongyang was shocked by the scene in front of him, simply put, the first circle was fragmented, the second circle was blurred, and the third circle was completely lifeless.

This power ...... Zhao Zongyang was not happy about the great power of this new weapon, but instead thought about what hellish it would be if this thing was really applied to the battlefield and replaced these blown up animals with soldiers charging in formation.

As an emperor, his heart is a little too soft.

"Alas. Zhao Zongyang sighed softly, no matter how soft-hearted he was, he knew one thing.

The things that have been developed can't be covered if you want to, so you can only try not to let this thing develop in the direction of becoming a tool of killing.

The power of the explosion was indeed very strong, and all living creatures within a radius of fifteen meters were wiped out by this thunder fire bomb. After congratulating the princes present, Zhao Zongyang called Qi Huan into his carriage, and he wanted to talk to him alone.

"About your Qi family......" Although Zhao Zongyang spoke, he didn't know how to say it.

"Your Majesty, my family...... Something happened. Qi Huan seemed to have a hunch, restrained all his happy looks, and asked first.

"Well, yes. Zhao Zongyang nodded.

"Yes, did anyone survive?" Qi Huan asked through gritted teeth. In fact, he had long guessed that if he left like this, his family might encounter a situation, and being wiped out was also one of the worst situations in his guess. He very much hoped that the mysterious person who couldn't make the purchase formula could take the Thunder Fire sample he had forgotten at home and leave, and let them go.

But that is only a hope after all, and now depending on His Majesty the Emperor's attitude, the worst that may happen is the worst.

"No, when the men I sent arrived, it was already in ruins. Zhao Zongyang said unabashedly: "People were found under the rubble, and I also ordered them to be buried together." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty. Hearing this, Qi Huan's voice began to choke, and big tears flowed from his eyes.

"What about Liang Yu, are they okay?" Even so, Qi Huan still thought about the good friend who brought him to the capital.

"It's okay, it seems that the gang of thieves didn't dare to touch Yan Feng's official eunuch. Zhao Zongyang replied.

"That's good, that's good. For Qi Huan, this can also be regarded as good news, after all, he no longer involves others because of him.

"Oh, yes. As if he had suddenly remembered something, Zhao Zongyang took out a somewhat scorched jade pendant from his arms.

"It was the only intact piece found in the ruins. Zhao Zongyang handed the jade pendant into Qi Huan's hand, and then gently patted him on the shoulder.

Holding this somewhat scorched jade pendant in his hand, Qi Huan couldn't control his emotions a little. This jade pendant is engraved with his mother's name. No matter how prepared he was, even if he tried his best not to be too sad, all his relatives were still murdered, and the grief and anger still made him cry bitterly.

"Don't worry, the merits of the Qi family, Yan Feng will not forget. Zhao Zongyang looked at Qi Huan seriously and said solemnly: "The hatred of your Qi family, Yan Feng will not forget it." ”

Qi Huan, who was grief-stricken, understood what Zhao Zongyang meant when he said that he would definitely help him avenge his hatred.

What can Qi Huan do, who told him to improve the powerful thunder fire? Who let their Qi family be targeted because of this? Who let him not want to hand over the formula to the unknown person? ?

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. No sage in this world has ever said this, but what happened to the Qi family perfectly interprets the meaning of this sentence.

"Your Majesty Xie......" Qi Huan, who was crying, knelt down to Zhao Zongyang in the carriage while crying.