Wang next to the box containing the book gently put on the table, although he said, if Chen Yuanwai told the truth that he did not dare to accept it, but did not really hand over the box directly to Chen Yuanwai, this box recorded the Song Dynasty gunpowder manufacturing methods and processes, although Wang Bian is not a militant, but he is also full of interest in the production of gunpowder, he himself also feels strange, why the previous battles have not seen such weapons attack, Wang Bian thought about it, his battles are all against Goryeo and Japanese slaves, Now Goryeo and the Japanese slaves have been sending envoys year after year, and even the Great Liao and Western Xia are also learning the science and technology of the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing Chen Yuanwai's slight hesitation, Wang Bian said again: "If Chen Yuanwai doesn't mind, I have two speculations: First, Chen Yuanwai's leg injury is related to the gunpowder in this book; The second is that Chen Yuanwai is now afraid of offending the government, in case this thing falls into the hands of the government, he is afraid that he will cause trouble for you, so he wants to give this thing to me. ”

Wang Bian's words just said Chen Yuanwai's thoughts, he lowered his head and rubbed his hands, which made him regret his recklessness a little, although Wang Bian had just saved himself on the street, but after all, he and Wang Bian Pingshui met, and he didn't know anything about Wang Bian, not to mention that Wang Bian was Wang Anshi's son, although Wang Anshi has resigned now, if he is recalled to the court in the future, won't he send it to the door,,

Seeing Chen Yuanwai's nervous appearance, Wang Bei smiled: "Chen Yuanwai, don't worry, since you bring this thing, you can trust me, even if you bring it back now, I can't complain about you, I don't think I've seen this thing, please sit down first, since you're here, we'll talk slowly for a while." ”

Chen Yuanwai verbally responded with "Good, good." He turned around and sat down, looked up at Wang Bian again, and saw that Wang Bian was smiling at himself, with some encouragement in his eyes, he calmed down his mood, and then said to Wang Bian: "What Wang Gongzi said is the truth: my leg is naughty when I was a child, and I made tribulus fireballs by myself according to the recipe in this book, and as a result, I injured myself, and this leg was useless." Sighing as he spoke,

Wang Bi was not in a hurry to ask the following, but said with a smile: "I saw the method of the tribulus fireball just now, but I don't know anything, I don't think it will be very powerful, and I don't think what is written in this book is not a profound academic formula." ”

Chen Yuanwai heard Wang Bian say this, thinking that you only looked at it a few times, and said that this book is not very knowledgeable, but he was embarrassed to refute Wang Bian directly, but said: "Wang Gongzi has not tried it himself, how can he know." As he spoke, he habitually touched his lame leg with his hand.

How can this matter be difficult for Wang Bian, modern people's understanding of gunpowder is much more than that of ancient people, not to mention that Wang Bian is wearing ancient stones, mentioning gunpowder, Wang Bian can tell Chen Yuanwai a history of ancient gunpowder, how can he care about the records in these books,

Wang was not in a hurry, and said to Chen Yuanwai with a smile on his face: "Tribulus terrestris fireball, with three branches and six iron blades, with gunpowder clusters, through the hemp rope, one zhang and two feet long, with paper and miscellaneous medicine Fu Zhi, and eight iron tribulus terrestris, each with a reverse beard, when released, the burning iron cone is burned through, so that the flame is ,......"

This string of recitations came out, Chen Yuanwai's eyes were straight, just like Chen Yuanwai himself said, he can recite these books backwards, how can this king also say so in such detail, is the king has the ability to never forget, or this book is no longer a treasure, he is still a treasure, Chen Yuanwai is surprised, and his heart is regretful, isn't this the class to get an axe, and sent a bunch of books upside down, thinking that it is a treasure but can already memorize it,

In fact, Wang Bian's own memorization was not easy, he also wondered that he had just read the books just now, but he could remember the contents of them, he pondered the formula of gunpowder while reciting, and his eyes were still staring at Chen Yuanwai to watch the change in the other party's expression, and finally Wang Bian said: "Chen Yuanwai, what I said is right." ”

Chen Yuanwai patted his leg and said excitedly and in surprise, "Yes, yes, word for word, but why did Wang Gongzi say that this tribulus fireball is not powerful." A hint of cunning flashed in his eyes as he asked,

Wang Yuan's eyes were so sharp, thinking that when he couldn't speak, he carefully observed everyone's expression when he spoke, it seemed that Chen Yuanwai had something to hide, and Chen Yuanwai's expression also proved that he was very proficient in the things in this book, and even he knew that Wang Bian's words were not powerful enough.

Wang Bian took out the book again, and unhurriedly turned to the part of the tribulus fireball, fortunately, it was exactly the same as what he said, Wang Bian secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he looked at the formula of the gunpowder method on the book and said: Use sulfur one catty and four taels, flame nitrate two and a half catties, coarse charcoal powder five taels, and asphalt two and a half...... Use tung oil and small oil to ...... two halves each" Reading this, Wang stopped next to him, put down the book and said: "Nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal are the main ingredients in gunpowder, but the proportion of configuration here is too low, and it is also mixed with so many auxiliary ingredients, such as tung oil and asphalt are all combustion-supporting things, and the fireballs made by this formula can only be used to burn the enemy's equipment and materials on the battlefield, and it is difficult to have explosive power. ”

When Chen Yuanwai heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, "Ah." Chen Yuanwai hurriedly got up and left his seat, stood in front of the king and saluted respectfully, his hands trembled nervously, he didn't know the origin of the king, so he recklessly offered these books.

Chen Yuanwai's voice trembled a little: "Wang Gongzi, there is a lot of offense in the bottom, and now that I am ugly, I will say goodbye ......" said and turned around to leave,

Wang looked at it and laughed, he didn't want to scare Chen Yuanwai, he hurriedly got up and grabbed Chen Yuanwai: "Look at you, what are you doing, I can't say something wrong." ”

Chen Yuanwaizhi stomped his feet: "No, no, what the son said is right, it's just that the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai." ”

The king pressed him to the chair: "Don't go, sit down, you tell you honestly, how did you get this leg, did you steal this book." The king was amused by his timid appearance, and deliberately teased him.

Chen Yuanwai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Childe is wronged, my leg is caused by my own secret change of formula, as Childe said, I increased the ratio of nitrate, sulfur, and carbon, and as a result, the tribulus fireball exploded, and this foot was just cut off by the iron tenacity, and it fell so disabled for life." ”

The king pressed his shoulder, stared at him, and asked, "Then where did you come from this book?" ”

Chen Yuanwai was about to cry, he was asking for trouble, he said with a crying voice: "This is really my father stayed, but my father also violated the rules back then and copied such a set privately." ”

Wang Bei let go of his hand, and it was easy for him to start talking: "Well, okay, then this matter has nothing to do with you, you slowly say, how did your father get these books." ”

Chen Yuanwai saw that the matter was already like this, and he couldn't hide it anymore, so he took a breath as if he was determined: "During the reign of Renzong Tiansheng, the emperor set up a special workshop for manufacturing siege equipment in the capital. ”

It turns out that this is the case, so that this book can really only be regarded as his father's illegal private copy, and it is now about forty years away from that time, the workshop of the capital's manufacturing siege equipment is known to the king, that place is in the northeast of the inner city, there is a heavily guarded courtyard, called "Guangbei siege city", there are twenty-one small workshops in it, which are large and small wood, sawing, leather, large and small furnaces, etc., and the fierce fire oil tank and gunpowder are also among them, but these are not even in the king's side. I know that these things are all because Di Qing once told the king back then,

Wang sat down next to him and said to Chen Yuanwai, "Go on." ”

Chen Yuanwai took a breath again, this time he listened to the tone of the king's voice did not seem to be so harsh: "I heard my father say: during the Qingli period, Emperor Renzong ordered Ding, there were two Hanlin to revise a military book, Ding Hanlin majored in this part of weapons, often went to Guangbei to attack the city, at that time my father happened to be the main work of those two, when the emperor was in the fifth year, the book was about to be completed, my father prepared these two parts, who knew that Ding Hanlin died of sudden illness, this siege and defense of the city fire attack volume omitted to compile, My father didn't make it clear, I knew that was all there was to it, and no one asked about it later, and my father didn't dare to report that there was a leak in the books, so he secretly took out the sorted ones and hid them at home. ”

When the king heard this, he immediately thought, wasn't Zeng Hanlin the current prime minister Zeng Gongliang, this thing is strange, if according to what Chen Yuanwai said, the book that Renzong asked to repair back then was the set of "Wujing General Essentials" that Zeng Xiang gave himself, but Zeng Xiang clearly said that he had lost three volumes, two of which were fire attack volumes for attacking and defending the city, why did Chen Yuanwai say that it was omitted to compile it, in the end, Chen Yuanwai lied, his father stole these two, or did he miss it back then,

This matter is very important, if Chen Yuanwai lies, then he has already completed half of the task of going to Jiaozhi, and it is possible to find the last volume of Guangnan's gazetteer; But if it's an omission to codify, and Zeng Xiang lied, then it's a big deal.

Even if Wang Bian is calm, he can't laugh anymore, Chen Yuanwai still said to himself: "My father said, this must not be said to anyone, my father wanted to burn these books, but after all, it was his own hard work, how do I know that I was naughty at that time, I secretly tried it, and I was disabled, and then I was timid and afraid, trembling, and now the family business is gone, and I don't know where I will go in the future." ”