The air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur and sawdust everywhere, and the hall where Lotte lived in the Weizhou Prefecture Mansion was in a mess, and even the ground for his feet was almost gone.

"Wu Song, try to heat that piece of iron again, this time it will definitely be successful!" Lotte commanded with a pair of dark circles as dark as panda eyes.

"Hmm!" At this moment, Wu Song is the same as Lotte, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and he is holding an iron block in his hand and grinding it hard against a stone.

The sound of iron grinding on the stone will wake up Shakuchi, who was napping on the side, and Shakuchi rubbed his eyes and persuaded: "Official, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, so let's rest......"

"Official, it's okay!" The iron grinded halfway on the stone, Wu Song said.

Ignoring shakuchi, Lotte took a small wooden stick in his hand that closely resembled a match in later generations and wiped it off the iron block.

Laugh at......

A slight sound accompanied by a slightly pungent smoke of saltpeter rose up on the small match-like stick, and then burned.

"Official, ...... succeeded"

Seeing that this object was successfully ignited, Shakuchi said excitedly.

"After staying up for three days and two nights, I finally succeeded!" Lotte nodded, looking like he took it for granted.

"The official's whimsy is really powerful, this is much more convenient than using a fire sickle and flint to make fire!" Wu Song stared at the burning wooden stick in Lotte's hand, full of a sense of accomplishment: "With this kind of fire-burning object in the army, burying the pot and cooking a lot of time when the army is marching and fighting!" ”

Shakuchi looked at the small burning wooden stick curiously and asked, "Official, is this the match you are talking about?" ”

"Not bad!" Lotte nodded, "It's just that something called phosphorus is missing, and if there is such a thing, there is no need to heat the iron in advance, and the stick can be ignited with just a light stroke!" ”

"What is phosphorus?" Shakuchi became more and more curious.

"This kind of thing exists widely in the world, but it is not easy to extract!" Lotte said.

Lotte tried countless times, slowly heating the sulfur, mixing the gunpowder together after the sulfur melted, and then applying it to the small pine sticks that had been prepared before, and when it solidified, it became a match in the sense of the afterlife.

However, the ignition point of sulfur and gunpowder was much higher than that of phosphorus, and Wu Song had to rub the iron to heat it, so that the match could be lit as soon as it was opened.

……

"Official, Master Jinglu ordered someone to ask you to appease the envoy!"

I didn't close my eyes for two days and two nights, and Lotte didn't know how long he had been asleep, so he was called up by Shakuchi, only to listen to Shakuchi say cautiously on the side.

The summer is imminent, and the natural military situation is urgent, although he is tired to death, and he is holding back a breath of getting up in his heart, Lotte still has to reluctantly get up to appease the envoy.

"Shakuchi, bring a few cans of canned food and give them to the seed boss with me!" Before leaving, Lotte commanded.

……

Under the service of shakuchi, Lotte put on his official robe and just left the state mansion, when he happened to meet Chang Kun and Maojiu, the leaders of the soldiers under Liu Fa on Xihe Road.

Bowing to Lotte, Chang Kun said with a smile on his face: "Official, can the little one go back to Biandu?" ”

With a wave of his hand, Lotte said: "Don't worry, this official has a useful place to keep you by his side!" ”

The war is a major event of the military aircraft, and only the high-ranking generals of the imperial court and the upper echelons of the Western Army know about it.

Chang Kun continued with a smiling face: "Official, we are destined to drift around to fight when we are soldiers, but not in Xihe, and the brothers still feel unsure. ”

Glancing at Chang Kun sideways, Lotte's voice became cold: "You mean to say that it is better to be comfortable with Liu Shuai and his old man?" ”

Seeing that Lotte's face was not good, Chang Kun hurriedly said: "Xiaguan and his brothers have less benefits from Lord Zhongshu, Xiaguan and his brothers have no such intention!" ”

"This official has left you here, so naturally there is a use for keeping you." Lotte nodded: "With the official approaching, I can't lose half of your points, if you have the official to eat, you will eat, and you will be promoted to make a fortune!" ”

Keeping Chang Kun and Mao Jiu by his side, it is naturally useful for Lotte, these people have participated in a series of battles of Zhenwu Army and Gai Zhuwei, and know the application of firearms, and although the Master Dao has gunpowder, the soldiers under his command do not use the scripture face, so Mao Jiu and these people are naturally handy when they are in the summer.

……

When he came to Jingluo to pacify the envoy, the seed master Dao was discussing military affairs with the generals of Jingyuan Road, and Lotte just stood aside after entering the house, although the person was standing there and dozed off, and even had a slight snoring sound between his noses.

Hearing Lotte's snoring, the generals couldn't help but turn around, and their eyes were full of surprise.

The snoring sounded, Lotte fell asleep, his body lost his balance and immediately staggered, and the little colonel who was in the Shuaifu was busy stepping forward to support Lotte, making Lotte look embarrassed.

Seeing Lotte's appearance, the planter snorted with a displeased face: "If you are sleepy, there is a change of room with a difference in value in front, so you can go to sleep first." ”

"There is a lot of concern for the old man!" Lotte hurriedly apologized.

At this time, the matter was almost discussed, and the planter raised his eyebrows and asked: "The old man ordered someone to pass you on a few times, and you kept saying that there was something, what have you been busy with these days?" ”

"Please take a look, Boss!" As Lotte spoke, he took out the match he had made.

"What is this?" The seed master asked, and at the same time his eyes fell on the match that Lotte took out, and the generals of Jingyuan Road also looked at this inconspicuous little wooden stick curiously.

"The name of this thing is matches, and the old man only needs to wait for a while, and you can see the magic of this thing!" Lotte smiled, and then ordered the school guard next to him, "Fetch an oil lamp!" ”

What would be the use of a few small sticks? The plantation master and the generals under his command glanced at each other, their eyes full of curiosity and a little contempt, waiting for Lotte's performance.

The school guard brought the oil lamp, and Lotte began to rub the iron and stone he brought, and then slashed the match on the hot iron, and with the light sound of burning and the smell of sulfur, the match in his hand was lit.

Lighting the oil lamp in the hand of the school guard, Lotte smiled and raised the remaining matches in his hand, and asked the master and the generals of Jingyuan Road: "The marshal and the generals, is it convenient for this thing to be used to ignite the fire when marching and fighting?" ”

"It's a good thing!" The seed master couldn't help but nodded, looked at the generals around him and said, "It's amazing that it took only more than ten breaths before and after to get the fire!" ”

"It's much more convenient than using a fire knife and flint flint flint to make a fire!"

"It's inconvenient to make fire on a rainy day, this is really a divine thing!"

……

The first is that the people of the Song Dynasty have never seen such a magical thing as a match, and the second is that even the seed master Tao praised Lotte, and these generals didn't follow the praise, and these generals also heard that Lotte privately recognized the seed master as a righteous grandfather, so he naturally had to have some eyesight.

At this time, the secretary of the Jiupin miscellaneous officials, who had made a record of the proceedings, stood up and said to the officials present: "The little one interjects a word, and I hope you don't have to be surprised!" ”

The generals were silent, and the clerk said: "There is a thing called Yinguang Nu, also known as the fire inch, which is made of cedar impregnated with sulfur, which seems to be similar to the match in the hands of Lord Zhongshu, but that place needs to meet the fire to get the flame to burn, and the things made by Lord Zhongshu can be burned without encountering fire, and it is really a good thing that has never been seen before." ”

recognized the righteous grandson of Lotte, and felt honored by the seed master, and praised with a smile: "Le Zhongshu is really a young talent, a few days ago the transfer officer came to report that you invented a kind of military food called fried flour, which is easy to make and easy to carry, and is not afraid of rain, Ben Shuai wanted to praise you, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing." ”

Immediately, the planter continued: "This marshal has been instructed to replace half of the military rations with this fried noodles, and the pressure on the supply of grain and grass can be reduced a lot in the future." ”

"The things made by Lord Zhongshu can be repaid to His Majesty!" Immediately, someone patted the horse.

"Your Excellency has made a mistake!" Lotte hurriedly said modestly.

At this time, a sharp-eyed person saw that when Lotte entered the inner hall, he came in with several large and small clay pots, and then put them aside, and at this moment he was curious, and asked: "Lord Zhongshu, what are these clay pots you brought?" ”

Referring to canned food, Colonel Lotte Ming brought those clay pots to the table and said with a smile: "This thing was named canned by Le, and the fruits contained in the root fruit are different, and they are named separately, and this jar contains some fruits boiled with brown sugar!" ”

Hearing Lotte say this, the generals immediately disagreed, but they must not show it on their faces, after all, Lotte is a dignified four-grade courtier, and he is also a civil official. , how can some generals make indecent jokes.

I don't know what Lotte meant by taking out these sugar-boiled fruits, the planter said bluntly to Lotte: "Fruits and vegetables are really common things in summer and autumn, so what's the wonder?" ”

There was no reply, Lotte just ordered someone to open the cork plug stuffed on the clay pot, and immediately the room was filled with a peculiar aroma of peaches. Through the light, everyone can see that the cooked peach flesh is soaked in red sugar water, clear and shiny, which is very tempting to appetite.

Looking at the planter, Lotte arched his hand and asked: "Dashuai, although this sweet water peach meat is very common in summer and autumn, but if it is eaten in winter and spring, I don't know what kind of feeling it is?" ”

"Master Le is saying that this thing can be stored until this winter and next spring?" The Seed Master Dao was a little unbelievable.

Without answering the question of the seed master, Lotte continued: "The lower official dares to ask the commander again, what if the soldiers who are fighting in the winter and spring can eat such a jar of sugar, fruit and meat?" ”

For ordinary soldiers, it would be good to be able to eat some candied fruit in winter, let alone eat some fruits, which is something that I can't think of, but I didn't expect it to be changed like this. Eating fruit is more rare than eating meat in winter, and there is no doubt about the morale boost.

There was no answer, but Lotte's words were more direct than affirmative answers, and the seed master was even more incredulous: "Are you saying that this thing can really be stored until this winter and next spring?" ”

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that was open and receptive to new things, and the generals present immediately realized that the matches, canned food, and fried flour that were easy to preserve and easy to march and fight invented by the Chinese scholar Renle were of epoch-making significance to the Great Song Dynasty.

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