Chapter 32: Colorful Clouds
Lin Sanchun fell to the ground and was dumbfounded by scolding, but Jiang Qiao didn't bother to waste words with him again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Bring me a horse!" He snorted at the little official who was probing his brain, and then turned around and went into the yamen.
"Master Jiang." Seeing Jiang Qiao stop in front of him, the subordinate officials couldn't help but tremble.
He just peeked outside, originally to see this person make a fool of himself at the hands of that group of mobs, who knew that this person was so skillful, he quietly put down the number one hundred and ten people, and turned them around. He came to Leizhou with Shen Zhiming, he is a person from Liu Xiang's faction, this person is the proud protΓ©gΓ© of Taiwei Wen, and he can't see him if he doesn't like him, so he will give him a few times according to those people just now, a weak scholar like him can't stand it!
Jiang Qiao was very satisfied with their fear, and simply continued to put on an arrogant appearance, asking, "Is there a bigger Taoist temple around here?" β
"Yes, yes!" The subordinate officer nodded like pounding garlic, and hurriedly said everything he knew: "Ten miles to the west, it is the largest Taoist temple in Leizhou, Qingfeng Temple, and fifty miles to the south is a small Taoist temple, called ......."
"That's it!" Jiang Qiao waved his hand, no longer listening to his words, but asked, "Is the Taoist priest in Qingfeng Temple alchemy?" I mean, take the pill that can live forever or stay young. β
The subordinate officer looked at him hesitantly, and he really spared his life when he came out of the great family of Xindao, and he was looking for health things at a young age, but he did not delay in his mouth, and replied: "I am used to refining, but I haven't taken it out to show people." β
That's enough.
Jiang Qiao heard the sound of the horseshoe hitting the ground, and immediately walked out quickly, and when he saw Lin Sanchun still standing there stupidly, he frowned, "Go help Jiang Tao." β
Ignoring him, he simply turned over his horse neatly and galloped towards the west of the city.
Daqi is a country that believes in Taoism, and the people like to worship everywhere, burn incense, and make wishes. But there is no Sanqing in Taoism here, they believe in a goddess called "Heavenly Mother", she is responsible for marriage, childbirth, prayers, relief and other things that mortals need her to do, probably an all-knowing and all-powerful god.
His mother was a devout believer.
Jiang Qiao didn't want to delve into the question of whether there was a god, he got off the horse and politely entered the temple, bowed to the holy and solemn lotus-clothed goddess in the hall, made a full scene, and then said directly to the Taoist boy on the side: "I want to see you to watch the Lord." β
The boy was stunned for a moment, and then turned around sluggishly.
Although Taoism has not been canonized as the state religion, almost everyone in Daqi has great respect for the people in the Taoist sect, and Xiao Daotong can't say that Jiang Qiao's attitude is arrogant, but it really makes him uncomfortable. If you insist on saying the reason, it is probably because this person does not have that kind of awe.
Whether there is a god or not, Jiang Qiao can't be honestly afraid.
-- He is not afraid of life and death, and naturally he is not afraid of ghosts and gods.
Qingfeng Guan is an old man with goosebumps, fairy wind bones, strong spirit, a pair of old eyelids drooping, but there is brilliance inside, it looks transparent and extremely open-minded.
Jiang Qiao adjusted his mentality, humbly hugged his fists, and said, "The Taoist is polite." β
"I know you." The old man smiled, kind and kind, "Lord of the Tail Star." β
Jiang Qiao's face sank slightly.
He always felt that there was something calculating, but now was not the time to calculate, he saw that this Taoist person did not look like a difficult person, so he directly explained the intention: "I am here to ask the Taoist chief, hoping to take a look at the alchemy recipe from Guiguan." β
Lao Dao waved his hand and said to him with a smile: "I guess you are coming, and I have prepared it for you." β
He took out a piece of Dan prescription from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Qiao in person, and then said: "My junior brother is a lazy person, so he must not have given you a good explanation." β
Jiang Qiao thought of the Confucian interpreter in the Tianmu Temple, and looked at the Qingfeng Guan Lord without speaking.
"The tail star is pretentious, the blessing and misfortune depend on each other, fortunately the people who are in the same boat with you have met, everything is fate, as long as you remember to keep your heart, you can naturally turn evil into good fortune."
Jiang Qiao looked directly into the other party's eyes, and saw calmness and calmness there, he was inexplicably a little shocked, and asked the ghost in a ghostly manner: "The junior has something to understand, can the Taoist answer for the junior?" β
"You might as well speak up."
Jiang Qiao pinched his fingertips and said softly: "The so-called people who are in the same boat, are they ......?"
"Yes."
Jiang Qiao let go of his fingers and slowly exhaled, "Farewell." β
The people of Leizhou didn't know if they were really fooled by Jiang Qiao, or for some other reason, they actually dispatched thousands of people nearby to help cut down trees and burn the mountains together, plus the 1,000 elite soldiers transferred from Jiang Tao, it should be almost successful in four or five days.
The trip to Leizhou was much simpler than expected, and it made people a little trance. Lin Sanchun thumped his chest, looked at Jiang Qiao's closed door from afar, and sighed softly.
This man had been locked up in his room for two days.
"Jiang Qiao, I also reflected, it is indeed my dereliction of duty to let the people run to the state pastoral yamen to make trouble, and it is not unjust to be squeezed by you." After a pause, Lin Sanchun continued: "But I am also a descendant of the general who protects the country, and you are too much to scold the soft egg!" β
It was quiet inside, and no one paid attention to him, Lin Sanchun coughed dryly, looked at the unmoved food basket outside the door, and said: "It's not good that I'm scolded by you, why are you angry?" β
Still ignore it. Lin Sanchun stretched out his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but he really didn't dare to knock on Jiang Qiao's order not to disturb, so he simply stomped his feet and ignored it.
If Your Highness is to blame, let her beat him with a military stick!
Of course, Jiang Qiao was not fighting with Lin Sanchun, and it was not Mr. Jiang's style to go on a hunger strike, but he plunged into the space when he came back from Qingfeng Guan, and he really didn't care about coming out to get food.
Lin Sanchun was grinding at his door, and he had already successfully loaded a piece of explosives.
Whether it was for the sake of blowing up the mountain or not, he promised Ah Jiang to give her explosives, so he couldn't break his promise. His mouth was full of nonsense to outsiders, and he didn't want his little girl to doubt his credibility.
Jiang Qiao knew a little about the process of making explosives, but he didn't know the detailed proportions, so he had to find the Dan recipes of those Taoist alchemists.
Speaking of alchemy, it is also a great industry, from gunpowder to tofu, all of which were made by alchemists by mistake.
But thinking that it was Ah Jiang's father, he thought it would be better to take it easy.
After thinking about it and relieving his nervousness, Jiang Qiao picked up the torch that had been prepared a long time ago and quickly lit the primer.
Sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, he threw himself down the hillside while waiting for the sound of the explosion, while thinking about his own production process in his heart, a little uncertain.
The Tiger King slept at the mouth of the cave and wagged his tail leisurely, squinting at the fool repeating the game of igniting the fire and then slapping his face to the ground.
After waiting for a long time without hearing a sound, Jiang Qiao got up, rubbed his forehead and wanted to sigh.
Why did he refuse to resell arms in the first place! Why didn't you make a dirt bomb when you first started your business! When he chose a career, why should he be a profiteer and not a great chemical engineer!
Touching the letterhead in his arms, Jiang Qiao cheered up and continued to fill the explosives in his hand.
If you can't get nitroglycerin, TNT, and trinitrotoluene, can't you even get a cannon fight! Jiang Qiao lowered his requirements and decided to get someone who could hear the sound first.
Excluding several plans that had failed, Jiang Qiao was engrossed, poured the raw materials with both hands very steadily and accurately, and then put the primer to seal it, and then let out a breath very lightly.
"Roar~"
The Tiger King yawned in boredom, squinted over to the fool who was lying down the hillside, and whipped him with his tail.
"Boom-"
The sudden loud noise made the Tiger King stand up his hair, quickly opened his mouth to grab Jiang Qiao, and slipped into the cave with a puff of smoke.
"You ......" Jiang Qiao struggled to open the tiger brother's sharp teeth, looking at the big cat with some mixed tastes.
In its world, it can't understand what explosives are and what technology is, but it has animal instincts and knows that it is dangerous, so it will flee as soon as possible. But he didn't expect it to bite him and run away.
The Tiger King didn't know what the fool was doing, and his eyes flashed green, and he looked very uneasy.
"Don't be afraid." Jiang Qiao tentatively stroked its beard, but was slapped by the Tiger King, who felt offended, and could only put down his hand.
"I'll take a look." Jiang Qiao walked out of the cave in the hesitant eyes of the tiger brother, and for a moment felt that this tiger looked quite like A Jiang. It looks like it has teeth and claws on the outside, but it's actually very soft on the inside.
There were many failures thrown in a mess on the mountain, Jiang Qiao hurriedly swept over, walked deeper, and finally stopped in front of a big pit.
Squatting on the edge of the pit, Jiang Qiao grinned lightly, and whispered softly: "The great hero of the world has to wait, the colorful auspicious clouds have been created for you." β