Chapter VII: Controlling the Clouds and Thunder

The next day, Jiang Hexing woke up, looked at his wife lying in his arms, and couldn't help but kiss again. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info wife woke up, her face was shy, and her eyes were smiling. Jiang Hexing rubbed her short hair with his hand, sighed and said, "At that time, you also blamed me, you had to cut off all your hair without asking anything." ”

"I was very unhappy at first, but then I realized your hard work."

"But the hair can still grow, and it can grow so long, and it will look better when the time comes." Jiang Hexing looked at his wife, as if he still felt that he couldn't see enough no matter how he looked at it, and several times Zhao Qingyi wanted to go down to cook, but he stopped him and entangled him for a while.

At this moment, suddenly someone outside said, "Master, can you get up?" ”

"Zheng San, what's the matter!" Jiang He Xingxin said that Zheng San was dead, when to be annoying, when to come. Zhao Qingyi's face was flushed, he got dressed, cleaned up, and jumped off the kang.

Zheng San didn't say anything, Zhao Qingyi had already gone out, only to hear Zhao Qingyi's "ah" scream, and immediately saw her hurriedly running into the door.

"Husband, husband, go out and take a look right away, there are a lot of people kneeling outside." Zhao Qingyi said hurriedly.

Jiang Hexing knew that something must have happened, so he hurriedly jumped off the kang, put on his clothes indiscriminately, and ran out with his shoes on his feet.

The courtyard was full of kneeling people, Zheng San was at the forefront, everyone's face was serious, and there were tears in the corners of their eyes.

"Zheng San, you all get up and tell me, what's wrong?"

Zheng San didn't get up, but instead knelt down and took two steps forward and said, "Master, please save my family." Save our families. ”

Jiang Hexing was furious, who bullied people like this, so many people in his factory were bullied, it was obvious that they were coming for him, and they chose a good day. Jiang Hexing gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and said, "Say, who dares to run to our factory to bully us." ”

Zheng San replied: "Back to the master, it's Wu Huan." They took our family and we begged our master to avenge us and bring them back. ”

Jiang Hexing is confused, where is it, I don't know Wu Huan, why did he come to me for trouble.

"Zheng San, get up, go into the house and talk about it, otherwise you all get out." Jiang Hexing was a little annoyed, Zheng San came out like this for no reason, although the governor had a reason, but he also wanted me to figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

Zheng San saw that he had achieved his goal, got up and entered the house. The people behind also got up, but they didn't leave.

At this moment, Zhao Guang came crying, crying and shouting: "Virtuous son-in-law, you have to help me, you have to help me." ”

Jiang Hexing said to a worker: "Go and call Li Xiaoquan, there is such a big incident in the factory, what is he going to eat." You run, let him run. The worker flew away.

Jiang Hexing hurriedly came over to catch Zhao Guang: "Father-in-law, what's wrong, what's going on at home?" ”

"Qingyi's uncle has come back and is now at home, and our family has all been captured by Wu Huan." Zhao Guangyu said with a choked voice.

The more Jiang Hexing listened, the more confused he became, but he roughly knew a Wuhuan. But didn't Qingyi's uncle get separated from you, hey, don't ask, let's go into the house and talk about it in detail.

Jiang Hexing pulled Zhao Guang into the house, and Zheng San was sitting there with a sad face.

At this moment, Li Xiaoquan ran in, but there was another person beside him, who just entered the house and probably knew what had just happened, so he knelt down directly.

Jiang Hexing looked at the person next to Li Xiaoquan, who looked like Li Xiaoquan, but he was a lot darker, he lost a lot of weight, and his clothes were tattered, which was even worse than when Li Xiaoquan first came.

Li Xiaoquan knelt on the ground and saw Jiang Hexing looking at him. He knelt forward two steps forward and said, "Mr. Jiang, this is my brother Li Xiaowu, who has just returned from Wuhuan. Everything is safe in our factory. The matter is all caused by Wu Huan, my brother knows it, please tell you. ”

Jiang Hexing looked at him, turned around and said to Zhao Qingyi, "Go and prepare something to eat immediately, I'm afraid this Mr. Li is still hungry." ”

"Mr. Jiang, I just ate it." Li Xiaowu said.

"Okay, then Mr. Li, please get up, speak slowly, I always have to know before making arrangements." Jiang Hexing said to Li Xiaowu and picked him up.

Zhao Qingyi came in with some water first, and Li Xiaowu sat on the chair and drank a few sips, then put down the cup and began to talk about his experience.

"Mr. Jiang, Xiaoquan and I are brothers, and there is an elder brother named Li Xiaowen, we were separated from Zhuo County this time, and our family continued to move forward. My younger brother came here later, and our family walked forward again, and in one place, I don't know where it was, I met a man named Peng Wu, who said that Wuhuan was repairing the city, recruiting workers, letting people go, taking care of food and housing, and wages, and I found a lot of refugees to go as soon as I heard about it. Who knows that it is all a lie, and if you go, you will be a slave, herding cattle and sheep every day, not having enough to eat, and living in a sheepfold. If you don't get the slightest idea, the whip will come down. There were dozens of people with us, and now less than half of them are alive, some are starving, some are killed, and some are roasted and eaten alive by them, they are not people, a group of animals. Speaking of this, Li Xiaowu cried.

After Li Xiaowu cried for a while, his emotions calmed down a little, and he continued: "I really couldn't stand it last month, so I discussed with a few people to escape in private, and one day we were 8 people together and killed the people who guarded us. We sneaked out. Wuhuan people and horses rode well, and the bows and arrows were also shot well, and they chased all the way, and three died, and now there are only 5 people left. We climbed the ice and snow along the way, hunted birds and rats, escaped back, and arrived in Zhuo County, where we happened to meet Zheng San's second son, Zheng Yi, who was looking for his eldest brother Zheng Li. So, here we go. I beg Mr. Jiang to save our family and our loved ones. You are a fairy-like person, you must do well, save us! ”

After Li Xiaowu finished speaking, not only him, but everyone in the room began to cry.

Jiang Hexing said: "Xiaowen, you take your brother back, clean up, you find out all the people in the factory who can ride horses, I will discuss it first, and I will call you when I turn around, let your brother rest first." ”

Li Xiaoquan didn't say anything, and left with Li Xiaowu. There were only Zhao Qingyi, Zhao Guang, Zheng San and Jiang Hexing left in the house.

Jiang Hexing looked at the two of them: "Do you think I have the ability to save people, I'm just a scholar, this should be solved by the imperial court, and the history of Youzhou should be solved." ”

Zheng San heard him shirk: "Mr. Jiang is a scholar, we all know it, but you are not an ordinary scholar." If you wait for the imperial court to save you, will you send troops, when you can send troops, I don't know how many people will survive. In our hearts, you are like a fairy, and you must have been saved. Only you are our hope. ”

Zhao Guang also nodded again and again, "Virtuous son-in-law, it's not that I rely on the old and sell the old, Qingyi's uncle ran back with Li Xiaowu, and his family is still in Wuhuan, you can't ignore it." ”

Jiang Hexing was silent for a long time, thinking that the business here had just started, and the school had just started, and who knew what it would be like if he left. Besides, he is not a general, and Wu Huan doesn't know what's going on. But now everyone regards themselves as fairy-like characters, and it seems that they can solve any problem by themselves.

Jiang Hexing can't think of a way, if he doesn't go through the imperial court, he has no soldiers and horses, and now there are a few people who can join the army. If you calculate it, there are dozens of people at most, what role can it play. Wuhuan people and horses ride well, and the arrows shoot well, and the people they bring can only become targets.

Jiang Hexing sometimes sat on a chair, sometimes paced around the house, and the room was unusually silent, except for the candlelight jumping and jumping. With a "snap", the candle flashed violently. Jiang Hexing seemed to realize something, walked to the light, and stared at the candlelight with his eyes.

Zheng San and Zhao Guang looked at Jiang Hexing and only stared at the candlelight, and the two looked at each other, it seemed that Jiang Hexing really had no choice. The two of them were miserable in their hearts, and it seemed that there was no hope for this matter.

Silence, "pop" was another candle sound, Jiang Hexing jumped up violently, waved his fist, and shouted: "There is, there is." ”

Zheng San was so frightened that he almost fell off the chair, and hurriedly got up and stepped forward to pull Jiang Hexing: "What's there?" But there's a way. ”

Jiang Hexing nodded, Zheng San immediately burst into tears, and was about to kneel down again, Jiang Hexing grabbed him and said, "You hurry up and invite Brother Zhang Kai and Zhang Jie to come over." ”

Zheng San immediately ran out.

Inside the house, Zhao Guang looked at Zhao Qingyi, and then looked at Jiang Hexingdao: "Virtuous son-in-law, what you said is really a way?" ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Father-in-law, this shouldn't be a big problem, the key is to have two raw materials to see if you can find them." ”

"What ingredients?"

"Brimstone, saltpeter."

"What is sulfur and what is saltpeter?"

"A lot of sulfur is found in hot springs, like stones, but saltpeter is found in latrines."

Zhao Guang shook his head, he had never heard of these things.

After chatting for a while, while talking, brothers Zhang Kai and Zhang Jie broke in.

After the two sat down, Jiang Hexing told them the situation, and finally Jiang Hexing asked them if they knew that the sulfur was there.

Jiang Hexing also talked in detail about what sulfur looks like and what diseases it can cure.

Zhang Kai patted his head and suddenly said: "I remember, I have an uncle Zhang, who is a sitting doctor in Zhangjiazhuang, and I heard you say something very similar to the "stone sulfur" he used to tell me, I will go to him to ask for it to see if you want it." ”

Jiang Hexing was very surprised, and thought it would take a lot of effort, who knew that this era already had this name. However, saltpeter is not realistic to rely on the toilet, and now it is cold and snowy, how can it be possible to take saltpeter.

After Zhang Kai left, Jiang Hexing told Zhang Jie what saltpeter was, and now it is probably only used by alchemist monks. It's really a coincidence, it is said that Zhang Jie said that Pingshu County is not far from here, and there are many monks on a mountain, and there should be saltpeter.

Jianghexing immediately arranged to collect saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal as soon as possible.

A few days later, Jiang Hexing and Zhang Jie came back with saltpeter, Zhang Kai also collected a lot of sulfur, and the charcoal burned by Zheng San was also burned.

Jiang Hexing matched it in proportion, found a sack, and first made a small explosive bag, about 5 catties. Zhao Guang, Zheng San, Zhang Kai, Zhang Jie and some other refugees watched from the sidelines. In the open field, surrounded by snow and gray sky, the river line lit the fuse.

Jiang Hexing immediately ran out, Li Xiaoquan, the kid, actually went inside, Jiang Hexing scolded angrily, and everyone retreated a little. Seeing that the fuse was about to explode with a sneering sound, Jiang Hexing glanced out and saw a jujube red horse unplugged, wandering leisurely in the snow alone.

Jiang Hexing shouted: "Whose horse, hurry up" He just said hurry, but before he could say it, he heard a loud thunder in his ears, Jiang Hexing opened his mouth, and saw a burst of red light burning after the black smoke rose, black smoke filled the air, and there was a smell of gunpowder in the air.

Jiang Hexing looked to the side, Zhao Guang was lying on the ground, his head arched over the snow, and his body was motionless; Zhang San didn't move, but saw him open his big mouth and his eyes staring at the black smoke; Li Xiaoquan's face was covered with snow, his hands kept shaking, and his whole body trembled. There was a sound of horses' wails in my ears, and I saw the horses by the trees, one by one, they kept jumping wildly, restless, and the horses' hooves kept raising the snow, but fortunately the horses were bolted. I saw the red horse from a distance, and ran out quickly.

Li Xiaoquan wiped the snow on his face, his hands didn't tremble, and he quickly ran to the red horse and shouted: "My horse, my horse." ”

When everyone saw Li Xiaoquan's embarrassment, they seemed to have forgotten their fears, and they began to make fun of each other's embarrassment. After a while, everyone walked around the river, and everyone was very excited, as if the elimination of Wuhuan was just around the corner.

Jiang Hexing looked at everyone and said: "I named this Yunlei, it is as loud as thunder in the clouds, this Yunlei is powerful, but it really can't kill anyone on the battlefield." ”

Everyone was taken aback, and countless suspicious eyes shot at Jiang Hexing, as if they wanted to find some answer.

"However, this is enough to scare them away first, at least the horses will be scared away, so that their cavalry will not work, then we can show our strength."

Everyone thinks it makes sense, and it may not be possible to fight them directly, but to scare them first, or to frighten the horses, so that they will have no combat effectiveness.