Chapter Twenty-Six: The Beginning of Gunpowder

"Uncle Fang, Li Ye and this Qin Jiushao, this is the person that the little nephew must find, with these two people, many of the little nephew's ideas can be realized step by step. It doesn't matter if you www.biquge.info are a gold person or not, you can do things. ”

Fang Qiong looked at it, when talking about other things, Gong Nian Huai could still have a hippie smile, but when it came to these two people, Gong Nian Huai's little face was tense, very serious and serious.

"Okay, you think these two people are of great use, Uncle Fang agreed first, and he has to come forward. These things you want, Uncle Fang doesn't ask, just try to get them all. Alas, Lord, your hair cannot be kept. ”

At this time, Yan Shi's voice came, and Gong Yi Nianhuai smiled, "Uncle Fang, the little nephew has appeared, are you here to calm down, or do you go to the front yard with the little nephew to play?" ”

Fang Qiong stood up with the help of the stone bench, "Let's go, your Uncle Fang wants to be quiet, where can you." Those people in the courtyard are thieves, your kid went over by himself, Uncle Fang is not at ease. ”

Yan Fang and the three of them sat on the stone bench to rest, and the fine materials in the three plates on the grinding plate were still there, which one was much less and which one was less, it was clear at a glance. The raw materials are all two catties.

"Hey, Yan Zuotou, why does saltpeter seem to be less and more, what's going on?" Gong Nian Huai put his hands behind his back and looked down at the fine ingredients on the three plates.

After Yan Fang and the three of them took the materials, they restored the pile to a round cone, so that you could not see the amount of each material.

Gong Yi Nianhuai looked funny, such a trick can hide from people like themselves, real masters can't hide it, their eyes are called by the son. How much less, Gong Nian Huai doesn't care, it's normal. It's interesting to have a lot of them.

"Returning to the prince to lose his son, because he found that the amount of saltpeter was the largest when he was compatible, Yuan Zhi made his own initiative and doubled the amount."

Gong Yi Nianhuai meditated on the formula, and there was indeed less saltpeter. "Hehe, Yan Zuotou has worked, it is the little nephew's negligence, and there are three of them."

"Princess, please, the three of us will wait in the backyard."

"It's okay, it's okay, the three of you want to see the kid's methods." Gong Nian Huai is not worried.

Yan Fang and the three of them were shocked when they heard this, looked at each other, and stood there unable to advance or retreat.

Those who eat this bowl of rice, even if they are not professional and technical personnel, know the way here, and if they know more, they will be able to outperform others, and the rice will be able to eat safely and deliciously.

But technology is the last thing that people can learn. is not a master and apprentice, father and son, it is taboo to look at it. Isn't it said as the old saying goes, rather than a thousand taels of gold, not a handicraft. It's okay to give you a thousand taels of gold, but there's no way to learn the craft. It can be seen that craftsmanship is so precious in the eyes of the world.

As soon as Gong Nian Huai's words came out, Fang Qiong's face turned green, her eyes turned red, and she gave Gong Nian Huai an elbow very dissatisfied, and waved her hand at the three of them, "Three of you, please, the backyard is cooler." ”

"Ahh Yes, steward Fang invited. Yan Fang looked at it, the owner of the card spoke, even if he wanted to see it, he couldn't, let's go, the three of them were a little reluctant, but the rules still had to be followed.

Fang Qiong walked to the gate of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, instructed the soldiers guarding the courtyard gate, and then retreated to the aisle of the front and back yards, took a small bench and sat down, clearing the field for the public to read the Huai.

"Uncle Fang, not really. Okay, okay, listen to you. I see, don't sit there and help your little nephew weigh the medicine. ”

Fang Qiong glared, "Boy, don't even think about it." Your Uncle Fang still wants to live a few more years, what do you need, shout. ”

Yes, the business of the catch-up son is not a business, and he wants to pass on this craft, but no one has taken it over. Do it yourself.

After taking the name of the son, Gong lost Nianhuai and looked at it, in later generations, it was a decimal system, and a catty was ten taels, but the Song Dynasty was a hexadecimal system, and a catty was sixteen taels. What is the conversion relationship between the two, Gong Nian Huai is not clear, but this does not affect him to weigh the required fine materials in proportion.

"Uncle Fang, why sixteen taels?" If you have any questions, you can ask, learn and learn, and ask if you have doubts, it is a good habit, this is how the public loses Nianhuai, as for Fang Qiong is annoyed, then you have to ask Fang Qiong, it has nothing to do with the public loss Nianhuai.

"Hey, Nianhuai, are you from the Central Plains, isn't this called sixteen taels and one catty?" Fang Qiong said this, she was still happy to be a gentleman, so that she could be a teacher.

"That's it, don't underestimate it. The next can be called all things, the middle can measure people's hearts, the upper can be hehe, this scale rod is also called Heng, see it, a small dot on the top is one or two, but also a star, a total of sixteen. These sixteen stars represent the seven stars of the Big Dipper, the six stars of the Southern Dipper, and the three stars of Fu Lu Shou. Boy, look at it, who used this name to dare to lack two pounds? If you are short of one or two, you will lose one, and if you are short, you will lose one. It is also called power, so this is called a trade-off. Boy, got it? ”

Gong Nian Huai was taken aback, he will always weigh and weigh when he encounters something in the future, and the ancestor was originally here. However, the trade-off in the afterlife does not seem to have the same meaning as the trade-off here.

When he looked at the scale in his hand again, Gong Yi Nianhuai suddenly felt a little needle on his back, could it be that he had done something unsightly behind his back? I don't even know about this secret?

Thinking wildly in his head, he was not idle under his hands, and after a while, he finished weighing, Gong Nian Huai poured the fine materials into a porcelain basin and mixed well, and temporarily used it as a watering can with water in his mouth, while spraying carefully, while stirring quickly, he almost put the porcelain basin in the sun.

The sun is poisonous, but after half a pillar of incense, the mixture is dried. Gong Nian Huai found a fine basket, poured the mixture into the fine basket, I Luo I Luo Luo, the small particles will go down, it is the finished product, the large particles will be left on the basket surface, Gong Nian Huai rubbed a twist with his hands, and then Luo, and so on, until Du Luo went down, and the work was completed.

It was only at this moment that Fang Qiong finally walked over with a pace and glanced at the black particles, "This is it?" ”

"The gunpowder is ready, now put it in a jar, compact the seal, and connect the lead. It's time for Brother Meng to come back. Haha, everything is ready, just wait for Brother Meng. ”

After two catties of gunpowder were put into the jar, there was still some distance from the mouth of the can. Gong Nian Huai looked at the lid of the jar, gently knocked out a gap at the edge, and set it aside for later use.

Fang Qiong was a good spectator, watching Gong Nian Huai work with his hands behind his back, neither speaking nor helping. You yours, I'll watch mine.

Gong Nian Huai dug up some soil, poured water and mud, and after he was reconciled, he put it in the sun to dry.

"Uncle Fang, can this pot of gunpowder knock down this wall?" Gong Nian Huai cleaned his hands and sat on the stone bench to wait for the wet mud to bask in the sun.

"If you can knock down this wall, the Lord will be able to give you this courtyard." Fang Qiong also sat down, squinted at the wall, then looked back at the jar containing gunpowder, and shook his head.

"Uncle Fang, how much the grenade is used and how powerful it is, have you seen it?"

"The thunderbolt fireball is bigger than this jar, and it has porcelain and iron sheets added to it, and if this jar is filled with gunpowder, the weight of the two is about the same. Uncle Weili Fang has seen it, how are you, you will know after comparison. Uncle Fang's heart was worried. ”

"Nianhuai, my father is looking for you." Meng Zhijing rushed in from the courtyard gate, sweating from his head, and he didn't know how to wipe it.

"Brother Meng, what do I want to do, what is Uncle Meng looking for me?" Gong Yi Nianhuai stood up, and then Meng Zhijing, Meng Zhijing shook his head, "Hehe, my father is waiting for you on the bank of the river, let's go, everything is ready there." What is it? Meng Zhijing pointed to the jar in the place, and reached out to hug it.

"Yan Zuotou, come here." Gong Nian Huai shouted into the backyard.

Yan Shi and the three of them were impatient to wait, and they were looking into the front yard with their heads out, and when they heard the sound, they all came over.

"Yuan Zhi, where is your jar, go, set the Lord down in the ring on the bank of the river, take yours, and fight it."

"Will the Lord return?" Yan Shi hesitated a little, "Then, oh, Li Zhen Wang Gui pack up, let's go to the riverbank too." ”

A group of six people divided into two camps, came out of the side door of the backyard, and walked towards the riverbank.

Gong Nian Huai carried the half-dried mud with a cloth bag, Meng Zhijing held the porcelain jar, and Fang Qiong walked leisurely in front with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Meng, why did the general come back at this time?"

"That's when I should have come back. In the morning, my father went to see the canal, and after the autumn, he had to build water conservancy, routes, labor, construction periods, and materials. ”

Gong Nian Huai nodded, this is very similar to his own work.

"When I went to get the side cards, I met my father walking back, and no, I set up the test site on the bank of the river, where there happened to be a dirt slope, and it couldn't be better."

Saying that, Meng Zhijing approached Gong Yi Nianhuai, "Brother, my father also brought several firearms over, hehe, the game between you and my father may be today." ”

Gong Nian Huai shrugged, "It's okay, it's earlier than ever, and there are still a lot of things to do." If the Lord loses, I don't know whether to admit it or not. ”

Meng Zhijing abducted Gong Nian Huai's arm, "Boy, shut your mouth, will the Lord not admit it?" I'm afraid that if you lose, how can you hand over the main boots, or will you help your brother for you? ”

"Hehe, Brother Meng, you will help in the future, but not in this matter. The younger brother won this time. ”

Gong Nian Huai ran in the morning, and if he walked forward another hundred and ten meters, there was a bulge. Like a mound standing abruptly. At this time, more than a dozen people stood in front of and behind the earthen bag, looking at the costumes of soldiers and clerks.

Gong lost Nianhuai a little regretted, since someone is watching, he should make things bigger, look at the small jar that Meng Zhijing is holding, and he can't take it a little.

"Uncle Meng, general, you said earlier, I made a big one, this time it's not enough to see." Gong Yi Nianhuai pointed to the small jar in Meng Zhijing's arms, and said with a smile to Meng Heng who came over.