[I apologize first, some time ago because of changes in life, I was interrupted, and now I am resuming my update.] ].

When Chu Tianya left the "gunpowder workshop" of Tianji Palace, it was the night dew and the cold night, and the stars and moon were in the sky. There was silence all around, and a few autumn insects were occasionally heard.

Today, I tried to prepare new gunpowder again, but the effect was not satisfactory. Only then did Chu Tianya deeply feel that he hated less when the book was used. Although he touched a gun for a few years in his previous life, this does not mean that he will be an expert in gun making. Sure enough, it is like a mountain across the line, even if the gunpowder of the Great Song Dynasty is improved to enhance its power, it is not so easy. The craftsmen of these gunpowder workshops sent by the imperial court are of mixed quality, and there are not many real experts.

This matter was not unexpected by Chu Tianya, with the consistent style of the imperial court and the government, if they sincerely tried their best to help Xishan, it would be really unreasonable. These craftsmen sent in were not in harmony with their faces, they didn't work hard, they didn't know what to ask, and they responded negatively, which made Chu Tianya feel a little annoyed.

If you want to develop new firearms, gunpowder is the foundation. Now the Great Song Dynasty now also has rockets, thunderbolts, assault rifles and other firearms, but most of them are useless, and the effect of deterrence and intimidation is far greater than killing the enemy in actual combat. In particular, the assault gun, although it is called "gun", is far from the gun in the modern sense, the body of the gun is made of bamboo tube, not only does not have much kill and range, it will be scrapped once or twice with a barrel, and the risk factor of self-explosion and self-injury is higher.

The purity of gunpowder and the pressure and high temperature resistance of steel are the two biggest technical difficulties facing Chu Tianya now. Without the corresponding scientific and technological foundation, it is not so easy to create objects that are ahead of the times.

He stood on the platform and meditated for a moment, as the night grew thicker and the temperature dropped.

Anu stepped forward and said, "Lord, the night is cold and hurt, it's time to go back and rest." ”

Chu Tianya nodded, and suddenly thought of Xiao Linglong. Anu is usually a person who cherishes his words, and things like shushing the cold and asking for warmth are definitely not something he is keen to do. But recently, Anu has been like a housekeeper, asking about Chu Tianya's diet and daily life one by one, and he has been tireless in every detail.

Obviously, it was Xiao Linglong who had instructed him.

"It would be nice to have her by my side on a night like this." Chu Tianya sighed softly and walked forward to return to the Seven Star Hall.

At this time, a heart-rending scream suddenly came from the gunpowder workshop behind him, which sounded terrible in the middle of the night. Chu Tianya couldn't help but be taken aback, and took Anu and the others back to take a look, only to see Tang Ang trampling a craftsman under his feet, holding a bloody thing in his hand and shouting-

"You bird, you dare to speak ill of my lord behind your back! You're out of luck if it falls on my ears! ”

"Tang An, stop!" Chu Tianya drank.

"Humph!" Tang Ang snorted, picked up the person under his feet with a light kick and kicked him away, and then held the bloody thing in his hand with both hands and presented it to Chu Tianya.

It's an ear.

The injured craftsman was cowering on the ground and rolling and screaming like a pig, which frightened the other craftsmen, and none of them dared to come forward.

Chu Tianya's heart moved, these craftsmen decided that I had a request for them, so the servants were proud to work hard, maybe they also had eyeliner and secret agents sent by the imperial court. If they are bought with courtesy, they will be emboldened to hide and hide without fear; Instead of this, it is better to use violence!

Thinking of this, Chu Tianya smiled coldly and picked up the ear in Tang An's hand and said, "How did he scold?" How did you hear that? ”

"I ate too much today and had diarrhea, squatting in the toilet, and I heard the bird scolding the lord alone in the toilet next door!" Tang An's eyes widened and he was furious, "Those words are too taboo, I can't scold them - in short, this bird should be damned!" ”

"Then why haven't you tore him yet?" Chu Tianya said indifferently.

Tang An, Anu and the others couldn't help but be stunned - what's wrong with the lord today? In the past, he had never abused punishment, let alone murder!

"Tang An, the lord has already ordered, what are you waiting for?" Anu shouted.

"Subordinates obey!" Tang Ang roared and was about to step forward!

The craftsman who was shrinking on the ground was suddenly frightened, and even crawled in front of Chu Tianya to kowtow desperately and beg for mercy, blood and tears flowed and feces and urine were scared out, and there was a foul smell.

"The king spares his life!! The villain just drank too much for a while, and there was absolutely no disrespect for the king in his heart! The craftsman made his last effort to ask for life, and Tang Ang stepped forward to pull him, and he rolled and crawled on the ground to make a piece of urine and, and there was a strange smell in all directions.

Chu Tianya frowned and took a few steps back, "It's okay to spare you, unless you answer my question honestly." ”

"Yes, yes, even if the king asks, the villain knows everything!" The craftsman grasped at the straw.

Chu Tianya glanced at him and asked Tang Ang and Anu to take this person to a secret room and question him. As expected, before this group of craftsmen left Tokyo, there were already imperial court officials who threatened and warned them, saying that they were not allowed to serve Nishiyama as much as they could, otherwise they would be guilty of collaborating with the enemy. All of them have family members detained in Tokyo, and if they were in a situation, they would all be killed. Moreover, among the craftsmen sent, there was not a real master of Fan Zhu or a master gunpowder technician, and the most senior was a horizontal class (second-rate) apprentice. Not to mention letting them develop new firearms or improve gunpowder, even the black powder of the Great Song Dynasty, they may not be able to deserve it.

"This dog|mother's court, it's really not a good thing!" Tang Ang scolded angrily.

Anu sneered, "Nonsense. If we Xishan had researched excellent gunpowder and firearms, wouldn't the officials in charge of ordnance and the owners of gunpowder workshops in the imperial court have lost their faces? ”

Chu Tianya suddenly woke up: Anu's words hit the nail on the head! In the past, I only thought that all excellent craftsmen and excellent skills should be concentrated in the government-run workshops in Tokyo, but I ignored the "political factor" in this. The Imperial Court has excellent craftsmen and the best technology, but if we were to develop firearms that were even better than the Imperial Court's equipment, wouldn't it be a slap in the face to those officials in Tokyo and a smash their jobs?

"Let those craftsmen get out, and get out overnight!" Chu Tianya ordered in a muffled voice.

"Indeed, it is useless to keep it, and it is a waste of money and food!" Anu Dao.

"Okay! I tore them all up and put them in boxes, and sent them back piece by piece! Tang Ang shouted, and he was about to tear people up. Frightened, the craftsman cried and shouted to his mother and rolled all over the ground.

"Excuse me. They are also subject to others, and they can't help themselves. Chu Tianya shouted, "What should really be killed are those mediocre officials in the court who are vegetarian and jealous of the virtuous." To embarrass these weak craftsmen, they are not heroes. ”

"The king is wise! The villain is just a craftsman, he can't do big things, and the lives of the children are trapped in Tokyo, so he doesn't dare to make a mistake! The craftsman pleaded.

", disappear now!" Chu Tianya snorted and strode away.

Originally, the obstruction of research and development made Chu Tianya's heart a little blocked, and the craftsman's troubles made him more and more annoyed. When he went down the mountain, he strode Feiyun without saying a word, and Tang Ang and Anu followed closely and didn't dare to ask out loud.

When he was about to go back to the Seven Star Hall residence, he was passing by a stable, and when he saw that the lights inside were bright and chaotic, Chu Tianya's heart was on fire, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be even more depressed, and when he went in, he saw that dozens of horses in the stable were screaming and struggling to escape, no matter how much these horsemen who fed the horses drank or slackened, it was useless.

"What's going on?!" Chu Tianya asked loudly.

"The lord, the lord is here!" The horsemen hurriedly gathered around to plead guilty, and told Chu Tianya that the horses had become restless and wanted to run away because they had heard the roar of the tiger.

Chu Tianya understood, today the cottage just received a bearded girl with a tiger. Presumably her pet, frightened the horses here.

"Rein in the horses, and Hugh will run away." Chu Tianya didn't say much, and went directly to find the bearded girl.

He Bo settled Qiu Shen and Hu Nu next to his residence, and it was easy to find. When Chu Tianya arrived, he saw a lot of people gathered at the door of Hu Nu's house, as if he was watching the excitement. He Bo was actually among them.

Chu Tianya was both annoyed and puzzled, in the past, at this time, except for the night sentry patrolling in the cottage, it was time to turn off the lights and go to bed, but today this order has been completely chaotic.

He Bo glanced at Chu Tianya at a glance, so he stepped forward and whispered, "The young master came just in time, there is a good show to watch." ”

"What's going on, such chaos? You don't care, old man! Chu Tianya said a little angrily.

"I can't do it!" He Bo smiled strangely, pointed to Hu Nu's house and said, "First of all, the tiger howled in the middle of the night, which scared the chickens and dogs in the cottage. Then it was the bearded girl who was angry and was beating her slave girl, and the screams were miserable and creepy. When the patrolling men arrived here, even though they wanted to go in and ask what was going on, they were afraid to come because of the tigers. ”

"How can this be true? The rules of the village are like iron, how can they be abolished because of her! Old man, Tang An, Anu, come forward with me! Chu Tianya strode forward. He Bo and seven or eight others stepped forward with him.

When he got closer, Chu Tianya looked up and saw a person lying on the roof, it was the man in Tsing Yi who was injured. He also saw Chu Tianya, got up and gave a fist salute and still lay down again. In the room, there was the sound of the whipping of the horn and the miserable screams of the woman.

Chu Tianya was furious, and stepped forward and kicked the door open.

Almost at the same time as the door was kicked open, a huge black shadow rushed towards Chu Tianya. Tang Ang and Anu beside him were already on guard, and they roared in unison and suddenly stepped forward, punching the black shadow back with four punches!

A tiger slammed into the wall, knocking a large hole in the wooden wall and falling out.

"Whew-" The terrible roar of the tiger tore through the night sky, and it was terrifying!

The tiger is certainly powerful, but neither Tang Ang nor Anu have the slightest reason to be afraid of it. Xiao Linglong once said that in the past, when hunting in the Liao country, Anu fought hand-to-hand with fierce beasts such as black bears and tigers more than once, and he was often undefeated. Whether it is a fierce eagle or a beast, to Anu they are no different from domestic dogs and horses. Not to mention Tang An, the main reason why he has excellent horse training skills is because he knows the language of beasts, and no matter how strong the horse is, he is as docile as a lamb under his hands. Because Tang Ang is too violent, the livestock and horses who don't listen to the rules have only one end - they are torn to pieces by him!

The fierce head raised by Hu Nu doesn't know how many people have been injured, but today he met the nemesis of his life. The four punches directly knocked it a few feet away, and a few tiger bones were broken on its body. At this moment, the tiger could barely stand up when he fell outside the house, and there were bursts of blood in his mouth.

These things happened between the lightning and flint, and everyone was stunned, including the two women in the room, the bearded girl and her slave girl.

"Extinguish it." Chu Tianya glared at Hu Nu and ordered coldly.

"Yes, my lord!" Tang Ang and Anu strode forward and walked towards the big hole in the wall.

"Don't! Don't hurt my brother! Hu Nu was shocked, threw the leather whip in her hand and opened her arms to stop in front of everyone, "It, it hasn't hurt anyone!" It's just there to protect me! ”

"Your brother?" The crowd couldn't help but be surprised.

Hu Nu was still blocking everyone, with a frightened look on her face for the first time, tears welled up in her eyes, she bit her lip and nodded, "Yes, I was raised with a tiger girl!" It's my brother! - I beg you, spare it! ”

Hu Nu knelt down and kowtowed.

By this time the tiger had struggled to its feet, and although there was still a cold and fierce light in its eyes, it had completely lost its original majesty, and it went up to the bearded girl and lay down, rubbing its head against her like a tame kitten, and licking her with its tongue.

Hu Nu hugged the tiger number one Tao and cried, and kept begging Chu Tianya to spare the tiger's life. Tears welled up in the tiger's cold eyes, and the blood gushing out of his mouth merged together, and let out a low wailing and whining sound, as if begging for mercy.

At this time, most of the anger in everyone's hearts had disappeared, and Chu Tianya turned his head to look at the side of the corner, where there was a naked woman huddled in a ball, tearing a few pieces of torn clothes barely covering her body, trembling and not daring to look directly at everyone.

"Take good control of your brother, and let him stop worrying again, or he will be killed!" Chu Tianya said that he took off his shirt and threw it at the female slave, "She, I want to take it away!" ”

"No! She is my enemy, and I will keep her and torture her slowly! Hu Nu shouted.

"I'm not talking to you. Qixingzhai has the rules of Qixingzhai, even if there is any personal grudge, there is a solution, and you are not allowed to set up a private torture hall. Chu Tianya said and turned around and left.

He Bo took a few steps forward and squatted beside Hu Nu and chuckled, "Little doll, listen to the lord!" When you get here, you have to abide by the rules here, but you can't be as willful as you used to be in the mountains and forests. ”

Hu Nu's face turned red when she hugged the tiger head, and she watched several female dependents come in and take the female slave away, and nodded unwillingly, "I obey the order!" ”

"Hehe, this is good! You have to remember that the lord only likes well-behaved women. He Bo laughed meaningfully a few times and walked away.

The crowd finally dispersed, the tiger was put in an iron cage, and the night finally became quiet.

It was only then that Qiu Shen jumped off the roof and landed next to the iron cage to stand with Hu Nu.

"You actually stood by and didn't help!" Hu Nu gritted her teeth and whispered, but her eyes only looked at the tiger in the cage, and her eyes were full of tears.

"People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads." Qiu Shen said indifferently, "He has the right to do this here." If I help you, I am guilty of rebellion. ”

"Then let's go! Leave tomorrow! This is not the place we should be! ”

Qiu Shen glanced at her sideways and smiled indifferently, "I won't stop you." ”

With that, he jumped lightly onto the roof like a nighthawk, and lay down again as if nothing had happened.

Hu Nu stomped her feet angrily, "It's better to rain in the middle of the night and freeze you to death!" ”

"That's right, I haven't taken a shower for almost half a month." Qiu Shu replied indifferently, and closed his eyes calmly with his arms on his pillow.