Si'er stood up in a panic and said, "Da Lang, Da Lang, there is an earthquake." ”

In a hurry, I didn't know that her strength actually dragged Zheng Lang out of the house at once.

The others also ran out, and then looked at each other inexplicably.

After the ring, everything was normal.

What's going on?

Zheng Lang thought about it, thought of the source of the sound, and said, "It's not good." ”

After speaking, he turned his legs and ran out, reciting Amitabha Buddha in his heart.

There may be trouble, a few teenagers and the little maid followed him outside, and many people poured out of the street, with the same idea as Si'er, thinking that there was an earthquake, what kind of earthquake would have such an earth-shattering thunderbolt?

No one cares, and the suspicious talk about the source of the sound.

Some people heard it and speculated that gunpowder was being tested, but more people denied it, and they had tested it before, but it was so loud?

Listening to everyone's discussions, Zheng Lang's sweat dripped down and said, "Go to gunpowder." ”

A few people came to the gunpowder work, and the gunpowder work was carrying people out, quite a few people!

Wang Deyong, Cai Qi, Li Shi, related officials, and craftsmen, a total of nearly 30 people, were recruited together.

The special surname of gunpowder, unlike the Tang Dynasty, all have an understanding, all the ears are blocked when blasting, more than ten catties are fine, but more than two hundred catties, how loud is the sound. Then there is the impact of the air current, and the problem is not big, the nearest officer in charge of observation is also more than seventy steps away, a hundred meters away, the person is just swept down by the air current, and the last wave of attacks is fatal.

The weather was cloudy and rainy, and the ground was a little damp, splashing large clouds of wet mud. More than 100 meters, or even 200 meters away, it is impossible for these wet muds to blow up a person's body into holes. But it is precisely because of this that everyone is negligent, and they do not expect its power. This is a test site for gunpowder, and there is no floating grass on the ground, and some of the dirt contains some small gravel. Fortunately, it was not enough, but it was splashed up by the huge force of the explosion, and it burst into everyone's body like a small bullet.

The little official who was observing was rushed up by the air current, flipped over and fell to the ground, and the other people were also uncomfortable, and they were deafened, and some of them were not in good health, and they all fainted. Then the mud stream burst out, and it really hurt, especially the little gravel that squeezed into the skin. I also woke up in pain when I fainted.

None of them were spared, and all of them suffered injuries ranging from severity to severity.

The craftsmen in other places where the gunpowder was made hurriedly carried people out, and they had to be carried to the middle hall of the gunpowder for timely treatment. Wang De used his body to be strong, he woke up quickly, his ears were still buzzing, and his whole body was in great pain, and he saw many people on both sides watching, but he couldn't hear the sound. Then when he saw Zheng Lang, he said angrily: "You ......"

In a fit of rage, he fainted again.

Yan Rong asked strangely: "Champion, why did he say you." ”

"Don't ask, let's go over and have a look," Zheng Lang said. This only cares about lifting people out, how many people have been injured, and he also saw Cai Qi, Li Shi, and more than a dozen other officials wearing red and green, the more people lifted, the more cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Zhao Zhen is in the middle of the book, it can't be said that it has no effect, staying in the book for a period of time, watching a few bigwigs deal with government affairs, it is also very beneficial to his growth. Someone outside came to report: "Your Majesty, the ministers, the big thing is not good, all the three ministers of the West Mansion have an accident." ”

"What's going on, say it slowly," Li Di said.

In broad daylight, why did the three prime ministers have an accident?

"The three ministers, as well as more than a dozen officials of the ordnance superintendent, and some craftsmen who make gunpowder, all had accidents."

When the three prime ministers had an accident, Zhao Zhen's eyes were stunned for a moment, and he immediately shouted: "Carry the jade chariot." ”

Hugh said that if the three prime ministers had an accident, it was a prime minister's accident, and it was also a big deal.

The forbidden soldiers in front opened the way and got on the jade chariot, and several other bigwigs didn't even have time to sit in the sedan chair, so they followed the jade chariot with their official robes and ran out of the city.

It was not close, and it took more than two hours to come to the gunpowder hall. Zhao Zhen got off the jade chariot and saw hundreds of people gathered at the door of the middle hall, but His Majesty arrived and asked the forbidden soldiers to clean it up, but Zheng Lang's master and apprentice did not move, they all knew, and then Zheng Lang stood there with a worried look and looked inside.

Zhao Zhen didn't care about him at all, and strode in.

This time, everyone's ears were back to hearing, and they were still buzzing. There were many doctors inside, who were carefully treating the wounds of these people, Cai Qi was so hard that he didn't know how to get it, and was hit on the cheek by a small pebble, and his two teeth suddenly fell to the ground, and there were some small wounds on his body. Li Shi drilled two small holes in his face, and he didn't mention anything on his body. This is true for everyone else.

The most unfortunate thing was the little official, who is still unconscious.

The healing continued, the weather was hot, the clothes were thin, and many people had small gravel pierced through like bullets. Some of them were drilled very deeply, and they were pulled out one by one, and there was no anesthetic, and the doctor pulled them out one by one, screaming in pain.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Zhuqing, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ......" Wang De snorted angrily, unable to speak.

Only the ordnance supervisor was a little better, and at that time, in order to show humility, he stood behind Wang Deyong. When the explosion occurred, Wang De blocked the front with a majestic figure and helped him resist all the mud and gravel sprayed. But when the air wave spurted, Wang De rushed to the back with his huge body, and suddenly crushed him to the ground, his body had a natural reflex, and he wanted to support the ground with his hands, but he himself was about 100 catties plus Wang De pressed on his wrist with more than 200 catties, and squeaked, okay, the wrist was wrong.

The doctor picked him up and put him on the sling. It's okay, but the tears are flowing out of pain, and there are no other injuries.

He knelt down and told the story as it had happened.

Hearing this, no wonder Zheng Lang stood at the door carefully, Zhao Zhen said depressedly: "Call Zheng Zhuangyuan in and see you." ”

"Whoa."

Zheng Lang brought it in, apologized one by one, and then said, "It's strange, it's not that powerful." ”

No matter what it is, it is still gunpowder, it is not yellow powder, plastic three plastic four, and more powerful explosives in later generations. How did this happen? Wang De snorted angrily again.

Zheng Lang asked the doctor cautiously: "Are you in danger with the ministers and officials?" ”

The doctor replied, "You need to recuperate for a while, but there are no other dangers." ”

Only the observing officer was the most seriously injured, and he was also not in danger of life, but he may be very sad, and his body will not recover in half a year.

Zheng Lang made up his mind, it was best not to kill anyone, and once he died, he couldn't explain it clearly, his thoughts became clear, and he asked, "Why did you get hurt like this?" ”

"What do you say?" Cai Qi was also angry and asked with bad intentions.

Zheng Lang scratched his head and asked, "How much did you use?" ”

It seems that the warehouse exploded, which is why it is like this.

The craftsman in charge of the ingredients said: "Two stones and more ......"

"Two more stones...... Why not stay away? Why use so much! Zheng Lang's forehead was dripping with sweat again. It's not an experiment, it's an attempt to commit murder. Grandma, you don't want to die or live, don't drag me into the water.

"Check it out." Zhao Zhen's interest came.

As long as there are powerful weapons, he is interested. Winning a weak military made the court monarchs and ministers have a desire for sharp weapons.

A group of people turned to the test site just now, and a large pit with a radius of more than two zhang was blown up on the ground, because there were many rainy days, and the ground was wet, and the water came out at this time, I don't know how deep it was, but the other ground was scattered with mud blocks, and a wall not far behind it also shook down a large piece, and I could see how powerful the explosion was just now.

Zheng Lang looked at the edge of the pit, stroked his chest again, and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Lu Yijian asked, "What's okay?" ”

He was also killed, fortunately, no one died, otherwise he would also be responsible.

"The amount has not been enlarged, it is about urgent, the seal is not very strong, it is buried shallowly, and there is no iron nail of thistle terrestris in it. Otherwise, otherwise, ......" The three things are the same, and none of the three prime ministers and more than a dozen officials will be spared today. Then the sky will fall.

Lu Yijian was also dripping sweat.

Then Zheng Lang was thinking again, about the previous black powder ingredients were not accurate, and there were too many messy things stuffed in it, such as tribulus terrestris fireball, in the three main ingredients, although the nitrate did not reach more than 70 percent, it was close to 60 percent, unlike the Tang Dynasty, which accounted for only one-third, it was originally very powerful, but bamboo ru was added to it, that is, the thin skin in the bamboo, it was difficult to collect materials, and the efficacy was low in gunpowder, which was to increase the combustion function, as well as more than a dozen ingredients such as hemp ru, small oil, tung oil, asphalt, yellow wax, dry paint, etc., It also reduced the original specific gravity and explosive power of black powder. And these ingredients may have some chemical reactions with the three main ingredients of black powder, which will further reduce the power of its explosion.

In the final analysis, the power of the explosion is only an auxiliary effect, and its original auxiliary role of combustion, poisoning and creating smoke screens has become its main role. It is also to seek the end at the expense of the basics. But it's not that the Song Dynasty is stupid, originally it evolved from the Tang Dynasty formula, the kind of formula made in three or three, which is destined to only have the surname of burning, not the surname of explosion. Therefore, the relevant weapons produced are focused on combustion.

When the officials experimented, they held the old view that there were only three main ingredients in it, and there were no other ingredients, so the amount was large, but it was very safe. So something happened.

Lightly explain the reason.

Can't talk too much about it, weird!

"It's a very powerful weapon." Lu Yi said simply, what should I do, so many people are lying on the middle hall together, let's talk about its benefits, otherwise if you dig deeper, you and the Zheng family will be very troublesome.

"It takes a long time to evolve it into a weapon, and the enemy can't let you bury this huge bag of gunpowder in the ground and let you ignite it. However, it can be used in mining and quarrying, and has civilian value. The country will have a lot of quarrying in a year, and the same is true for mines, which will increase the amount of iron and copper supplied by the country. ”

Speaking of this, a slight smile appeared on Zheng Lang's face, if he wants to use it in a weapon, it will take a long time to explore, but the biggest crisis of the Song Dynasty will still come for a long time, and at that time, there should be sharper weapons to be developed, so in the defense of Tokyo, it will not be so passive.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Zheng Qing, how do you know?" ”

The same is a headache.

Zheng Lang thought for a while and replied: "There is also a firecracker workshop in the village of Chenjia, I went to see it, asked about the evolution history of gunpowder, and found that the ratio of flame nitrate, sulfur and charcoal is constantly changing. If the harmony is not done properly, the court will fight and split, the country will be mistaken and the people will be harmed, and it will be put on gunpowder, and the yin and yang will be out of balance, and it will produce such a destructive surname. In fact, when heaven and earth were first born, yin and yang were the five elements, and all things in heaven and earth had their own genus and caste, and if you find out their laws, many unexpected things will happen. ”

It is very mysterious, the more mysterious and mysterious, the better, and when it comes to the study of Gewu, physical chemistry, there will be many people who disdain it, but when it comes to the study of the five elements of yin and yang, it will immediately become a profound knowledge. By the way, I got into a reprimand.

He added: "This kind of harmony is precisely the most important section of the golden mean. ”

"It's the mean," Zhao Zhen didn't speak, he listened a lot, anyway, it wasn't the meanness he learned, and it was hard to say that Feng Yuan didn't teach it well, so it was better not to ask.

…… There were probably no dead people, and it seemed to be thought that the new gunpowder would bring many benefits, so the edict came down quickly. The name is a little long, and the court invites the doctor, the Zhongwei doctor, the Tianzhang Pavilion Zhige, the knowledge of Taipingzhou, and the silverfish bag.

The court invites the doctor to be a literary and prose rank, from the five products, and there are Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, special advances, middle doctors, and middle scattered doctors, and below there are also Wen and prose officials such as Fenglang.

Doctor Zhongwei is a Jilu official, and he is also from the five grades, and Tianzhang Pavilion Zhige is a pavilion official, with two surnames, one is a regular pavilion official, Hanlin Bachelor, Zhizhi Hao and Hanlin Bachelor, but it is also evolving to the title. The second is a kind of honorary title, with a bachelor as the museum, Zhaowen Hall, supervising the history of the country and Jixian Academy, this is the most noble title, non-prime minister can not be both, in addition to now and later successively there are Guanwen Hall Scholars, Guanwen Yin Bachelors, Senior Scholars of the Palace, Scholars of the Senior Administration Hall and Duanming Hall Bachelors, of which the Guanwen Hall is also not the prime minister can not be both. The most subordinate is the Pavilion Bachelor, Longtu Pavilion, Tianzhang Pavilion, etc., which are divided into four types: Bachelor, Straight Bachelor and Pending System, and Straight Pavilion.

These three are either honorary titles or official positions, not actual positions. However, it is not easy, the two doctors, to determine the status of Dr. Zheng Langshi, although it is the lowest kind of doctor, but since then he has really entered the ranks of doctors, considering his age, the future has made others feel envious.

Cui Youjie has been mixed up until now, but Lu Guan is only a doctor, and the loose rank is still from the sixth grade of Tong Zhilang.

As for the pavilion officials, although they are the lowest level, they are also not bad, once they have this position, they become celebrities, and they must be born as Jinshi and are important talents of the country before they can be awarded the title of pavilion. Among the Jinshi in this year, only Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping won it.

Knowing that Taiping Prefecture is a bad official, the high one is the judge, and the low one is the know.

The silverfish bag is the lowest level of the sixth class, and there are six kinds of sword shoes in the temple, the edict is not named, and the purple gold fish bag and the silverfish bag are given. It is also an honor to be able to wear fish.

Also, part-time officials, some can also have several official positions, honors, knights, and food officials, so often some high-ranking officials can form more than a dozen official positions.

Zheng Lang doesn't have it for the time being, but if he governs Taiping Prefecture well, he will appear one by one sooner or later.

"I've seen Dr. Zheng," Jiang Xing'er said with a smile.

Zheng Lang is a real scholar, and Jiang Xing'er is so happy.

The other four elementary schools were also very happy, and finally had an official title, shouting Mr. The teacher didn't let him shout, and he didn't dare to shout his brother, so the champion was the champion, how uncomfortable it was.

"Sima Sanlang, Wang Sanlang, come with me to Fengfu." Zheng Lang said.

"Whoa." The two little ones said seriously.

After the imperial court ordered him, he was going to leave the capital and go to work. Feng Yuan had taught them their studies for a long time, and he wanted to go and express his gratitude.

Come to the Feng Mansion.

Seeing Ouyang Xiu there, he said hello, and the two of them said goodbye to Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan was a little sad, the three little guys all made him nerve-wracking, including Ouyang Xiu, none of them were "good people", but his talent made him appreciate it very much. I had a headache when I was teaching, but I was a little reluctant to leave, and it was not easy to meet such a well-qualified student.

After all, after staying for several months, people are getting older, and some people are becoming more and more greedy, but some people's surnames have become softer, and they are becoming more and more emotional, and Feng Yuan has no children. sighed and said: "You are the same as Uncle Ouyang Yong, you are very talented, but your surname is extreme, and learning from your husband when you have nothing to do will benefit you a lot." ”

"Whoa." The two little ones have been against the cow again, but they have never been with Feng Yuan, which is what Zheng Lang has repeatedly ordered.

Zheng Lang and Ouyang Xiu were talking, and Ouyang Xiu said, "Doctor Zheng, congratulations." ”

Although he was released, looking at the large list of official positions in front of him, Ouyang Xiu was also envious.

"Brother Ouyang, you will have it sooner or later."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "But I also want to leave the Song Dynasty." ”

"Why?" Zheng Lang was taken aback by his cold words.

"The imperial court sent envoys to the Khitan, and about seven or eight people were selected, and there was also Zhang Fangping, who was on the list, and he didn't say he was going to set off."

"Congratulations to Brother Ouyang."

"Why?" Ouyang Xiu also asked puzzled, the Khitan people like to run to the Song Dynasty, but who in the Song Dynasty wants to like to run to the Khitan? Poor, backward, barbaric and rude!

"He said, you must know that as long as you choose, the future can be said to be immeasurable."

Walking out of the Feng Mansion, Zheng Lang pondered in his heart, the imperial court finally opened a trick, I don't know which six or seven people were selected? Hold back your curiosity, time is pressed and you have to set off immediately. I even wanted to ask about Gao Yanei, but I thought that the three big guys were still lying at home and humming, so I didn't dare to ask.

When I arrived at the inn, I saw where the old man was standing with two tall young men, and said politely: "I've seen Brother Bing." ”

"I've seen Dr. Zheng, and the little one begged Dr. Zheng for one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"The younger one has two unfilial dogs, skilled in bow horses, and often practices martial arts, can you take them in as two humble people?"

That is, domestic servants, domestic servants.

"Brother Bing, this ......" Zheng Lang hesitated, his family's steamed bun shop has a good business, and he may not be so free to be his own family.

The old man made a look, and the eldest of his two sons came to the second, shouted, and actually lifted his second son alive, and then put it down without blushing and heartbeat, and it was the turn of the second son to lift his eldest brother again. The bow horse does not know, but the strength is great.

The old pawn said again: "Doctor Zheng, the younger one knows that I have extravagant expectations, but the younger two sons can be loyal to Doctor Zheng." ”

A Gao Pan made Zheng Lang suddenly brighten up, his thoughts were different, although he was a family member, his identity was not the same as before, for these ordinary people, it was a kind of Gao Pan. Anyway, I really need to hire two or three reliable domestic servants, and it is impossible to ask someone from Zhengjiazhuang to protect them every day. "Get up and speak." ”

Then he looked at the two young men and said, "What's your name and how old are you?" ”

"The youngest one is called Yang Jiujin, twenty-one years old," the eldest brother said.

"The youngest one's name is Yang Bawang, nineteen years old." The second brother said.

"Can we get married?"

"No," said the veteran ashamedly. He is an ordinary soldier, not much money per month, good iron does not do nails, a good man is not a soldier, two sons like to practice martial arts, and the body is practiced, but in the eyes of others, it is called not doing business, although thanks to the blessing of the champion, the word is famous, and the bun business is good, but the price of the capital is expensive, I want to find a good family, I must have a house, a dowry, this bun is not sold for ten years or eight years, and the two sons cannot solve the problem. It's better to let them follow behind the champion and be a humble guest, maybe there will be a creation in the future, or something for a petty official.

Zheng Lang saw his embarrassed appearance, thought about it for a while, and came up with most of it, so he didn't want to ask again. As long as you don't get married, it's easy to do, and said, "Okay, I'm about to leave, you go home and pack your clothes." ”

The Yang family of three went back with a thousand thanks.

When I entered the inn, I saw Mrs. Lu talking to Jiang Xing'er with a middle-aged man in his forties, a man in his twenties, and two delicate-looking maids. It's a little maid again, Zheng Lang glanced back at Wang Anshi, both are two little maids, do you want to sell another little maid for Wang Anshi to come back, like a match?

After seeing the ceremony, Mrs. Lu said: "Doctor Zheng, this is my third uncle, this is Ding Sheng, this is Li'er and Ming'er, they will go down to Jiangnan with my son and disturb you." ”

The third uncle is not the third brother of Lu Yijian, but he uses this title, and his status in the Lu family is not low. Take care of Lu Gong's writing.

The four of them saluted Zheng Lang again.

After returning the salute, Zheng Lang said, "It's okay." ”

After talking for a while, Mrs. Lu said goodbye and began to pack her luggage, plus a little maid beside Yan Rong, there were a lot of people in this line, four students, eight maids, four guards, a third uncle Lu The housekeeper is not like a housekeeper, and the guards are not like the middle-aged man who guards, a total of eighteen people.

Under the three families of the Lu family, the Yan family and the Yang family, they will board the ship one after another.

Looking at the three families on the shore, Zheng Lang suddenly laughed. One is the top wealthy family of the Song Dynasty, the other is the rich family of the Song Dynasty, and the other is the grassroots people of the Song Dynasty.

The sails are raised, the ship is sailing, and it sails to the other side!