Chapter Twenty-Five: Turning the Sacredness of the Alliance into a Dirty Deal
On the way back, Jian Chen's mood was like being trampled on the snow, and he could always see some green hope through those thin snows. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Several people in the snow hurriedly ran forward, and when they saw Chen Jian and the others, they shouted loudly, as if there was something urgent.
When I got closer, I found that it was some people from Sucheng, who were dressed in rough clothes, and they were exhausted by dozens of miles, and they were bent over with their hands on their knees.
When they raised their heads after taking a breath, there was some horror in their eyes when they looked at these people, they couldn't believe that the misty green smoke of the fairyland on the stage a few days ago could cause such damage.
"Ji Xia...... Something went wrong. Your house...... Exploded! ”
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The delayed explosion of gunpowder occurred while the people of Aushiro were having lunch, and most of the people in winter ate two meals a day, except for the chiefs.
In addition, the brass utensils that Chen Jian gave to Su Yue made Su Yue like it very much, and the food that he was used to eating seemed to be more delicious in the brighter dishes, and in order to display these utensils, Su Yue also invited the leaders of the other clans to discuss some things by the way.
Halfway through the meal, there was a sudden strong explosion outside, there was no thunder in winter, and there was no story of cooking wine and talking about heroes, but the knives, forks, chopsticks and chopsticks in the hands of many people were still scared off.
Without waiting for the people outside to report, the leaders rushed out of the room, looked at the house where the people of Xia Cheng lived, and saw a second explosion.
The priests wrote down in brief words what they saw: purple smoke came up through the house, the sound was like thunder, and the building cracked.
The leaders were shocked, and immediately thought of the weapons used by the people of Xiacheng that they often heard about, and only after seeing them with their own eyes did they know that those rumors were not all false.
This is not the Acropolis where Jian Chen can show off his might and deliberately use gunpowder to cannon the slaves, so he has no chance to show the value of the weapons in his hands and Xia Cheng, so he can only use this sudden accident.
Since coming to Sucheng, Jian Chen has not displayed these weapons, one is that the display will trigger other people's disgust, and some people will dance with each other, second, this kind of sudden shock after forbearance will leave a deeper impression on people, and third, the power of the gunpowder jar is limited to the limitations of the shell and charge, and the effect is not too amazing, far less effective than the jar that is too large to be thrown.
And...... At the time of the Caohe Alliance, Chen Jian had already agreed to exchange gunpowder as a commodity with the cities participating in the Caohe Alliance, these cities would not like the spread of gunpowder, Caohe was the foundation of Xia City, and the relationship between the surrounding cities was something that Chen Jian must maintain.
The "accidental" flame quickly ignited the thatch on the roof, and no one dared to approach the fears of such a thunderous explosion, but yesterday's heavy snow covered the flammable firewood and grass, and the flames gradually extinguished after two explosions.
The attentive person smelled the smell in the air, the same as the smell of the ethereal smoke and dust in the Moon Palace created by the drama on the stage a few days ago, except for the fragrance of the woman who sang in the Moon Palace.
The taste is the same, but one illusion is like a dream, but this one shakes the mountains, and it is much more shocking than that day.
The leaders looked at each other, but several clans along the Grass River had seen it, and they weren't too shocked, just shook their heads slightly at the smell of the air.
Yue Weihe and the others were also in the city, so Su Yue asked, "Yue, is this the thunderbolt-like weapon in Xia Cheng?" The medicine of anger that Ji Xia said? ”
"Yes."
"How powerful is it?"
"There is no end to manpower, but there is no end to this fiery medicine. Someone in Xia Cheng once said that if there was a mountain with so much fire medicine, even the mountain could be blown up, only how much could be done. ”
Several leaders looked at the shattered ruins and shrugged walls in amazement, and asked, "Why didn't Ji Xia show us this gunpowder?" I have also heard people say this, but when they say it, they are exaggerated, some say that purple fire fell from the sky, and some say that ten thousand thunders fell...... We are only to be regarded as nonsense. ”
Several leaders along the Grass River were a little uneasy, they didn't want the gunpowder to spread, especially after Jian Chen promised to help them train the army and change the gunpowder, Jian Chen didn't show it in Sucheng for about this reason, they were very grateful.
But when these words came out, they couldn't put all the blame on Chen Jianjian, and when they were speechless for a while, the number nine who followed E Yue's side took the initiative to stand up, and after apologizing to everyone, he said: "At that time, Ji Xia also said that these things were guided by his ancestors to do them, and they belonged to the relatives who believed in the same ancestor, and if he had the opportunity, he would let all the relatives master it." ”
But the woman felt that even if the alliance was successful, clan conquest would still be inevitable, and if this fiery medicine came out, it would bleed more between the discordant clans. Before leaving, I went to visit Ji Xia, and I informed Ji Xia of my worries, and he was silent for a long time after hearing this, probably worried about this. ”
When several leaders heard this, they said angrily: "Jiu'er, how wise your mother was back then, and your intelligence was also spread among many clans, why are you so dull now?" The medicine of fire can kill, but can't the stone knife and wooden axe kill people? The murderer is the man with the feathered arrow stone axe, not the wooden stone axe! ”
E Yue glanced at his wife quietly, praised his wife's quickness and responsibility in her heart, and bowed her head and said: "The woman knows that she is wrong, but she has seen too much bleeding and is afraid in her heart." Twenty years ago, at the beginning of the clan migration, brothers fought, sisters killed each other, if this time the alliance succeeded, it would be fine, if it didn't work, and there was this fire medicine, E Yue and I took the clan in Caohe and never came back, just let the children transport our bodies back to the place where we lived since childhood. ”
After speaking, she took a deep breath, tears were already brewing in her eyes, and everyone only said that she recalled the old things many years ago, and she didn't think much about the fact that the Caohe Zhubu and Chen Jian reached an agreement, and they couldn't blame this woman, so they had to give up, only thinking in their hearts that today's women can't see blood, which is far worse than those women back then, that is, the mother of the number nine was also a decisive figure back then, and she has long forgotten the hardships and pains of the year.
Shu Jiu resisted these responsibilities alone, and constantly used tears to remind everyone of the various fights after the clan separated, and finally opened this scene.
The terrible things that I had heard and never seen became a reality at this time, even those who didn't like Xia Cheng very much or thought that Chen Jian was a little disrespectful to heaven and earth and disgusted, Xia Cheng once again became the focus of everyone's discussion.
And at this moment, there are only a few days left before the final time of the Shang Council Alliance, and how to deal with Xia Cheng is a problem that cannot be avoided when it becomes the Alliance of Everyone.
Because in addition to the legend of gunpowder, Xia Cheng has a lot of things that sound powerful but many people don't believe it, since this is true, then can anything else be fake? Which are the legends? Which ones are real?
"Where did Ji Xia go?"
"I went out hunting with people, and it was said that I was going to see the big river."
"Then let him come back quickly, who knows if there will be another explosion in this house? Go and look for it in the villages along the river! (To be continued.) )