Peel open a layer of mud that is not thick, there are stones underneath, this is a veritable stone mountain, the hard stone, when digging with a chisel, can burst out sparks, Wei Zheng, who is used to holding the tip of the pen, where can he get used to the iron chisel? It's just that after chiseling for a while, I only feel that the tiger's mouth is sour, the atmosphere is panting, the years are not forgiving, a good body can't withstand the erosion of the years, but it is not as good as it was back then.

Wei Zheng couldn't help but stop, rubbing his aching hands while looking at the prince's situation.

Young people are good, not only young and strong, but also very expressive, Li Qiancheng climbed to the halfway up the mountain to check, and then personally waved the hammer and chisel, "Peng Peng" hard to dig up, for Li Qiancheng, who likes to ride horses and shoot arrows, hunting in the suburbs, these are just small meanings, and this is the father personally ordered, naturally do his best to do a good job, can not fake hands to others, work extremely hard, Wei Zheng originally wanted the guards to do it for him, but seeing that the prince is really automatic, it is not good to be lazy, so he had to grit his teeth and bow his head to do it.

When the two of them took one big and one small stone back to Li Er, Wei Zheng's hands and legs were a little trembling, his face was sweaty, and he fell unintentionally when he went down the mountain, and his clothes were torn, which was enough to choke.

"Wei Aiqing, you're fine, right?" When Li Er saw Wei Heizi's embarrassed appearance, his heart suddenly became happy, and he couldn't help but laugh, and asked with concern while ordering Wei Heizi to be clothed.

Seeing this "Tian Shenu" who pointed at his nose and scolded him several times was a little embarrassed, Li Er was really a little gloating, although he would not suppress him for the sake of his good name, but he was still very happy to see him suffer a little setback.

Although it is said that a companion is like a companion, throughout history, few emperors will kill officials, because such a reputation is too stinky. At most, he was transferred away, out of sight and out of mind, but a famous minister like Wei Zheng had to be carefully maintained.

"Emperor Xie cares, and the minister has nothing to do."

"Aiqing, what do you think of this stone mountain?"

Wei Heizi said with a straight face: "This stone mountain is big and high, solid and solid, beyond the reach of manpower, to flatten this mountain, the minister thinks." It is like Yugong moving mountains and Jingwei reclamation. ”

"Prince, what do you think?"

Li Qiancheng hurriedly said: "The emperor agreed with Dr. Wei's words and forcibly excavated this person, wasting manpower and material resources in vain, and forcibly digging with him. It's better to retreat. ”

Li Er nodded, turned his head to Liu Yuan and said, "Liu Aiqing." Wei Aiqing and the prince's words. Can you hear me? ”

"I heard you."

"And what do you think?"

Liu Yuan said confidently: "Your Majesty, the minister is confident that within ten years, this mountain can be flattened." ”

When everyone heard this, there was an uproar, this stone mountain. It's so big, and it's so strong, if you want to dig it, it won't take decades. It is simply impossible, Wei Heizi, who was tired and out of breath, immediately retorted: "Impossible, this mountain is so tall, even if it is a hundred thousand people, it is impossible to complete it within ten years, General Liu, you are talking about it." ”

"Son-in-law, are you overconfident when you say that? Be humble. When Cui Jing heard the urgency, he immediately persuaded him.

He is doing engineering, and he knows these things best, Wei Heizi is right, this stone mountain, 100,000 people may not be able to hollow out this mountain in ten years, Liu Yuan will not be too young, his self-confidence is rising, he doesn't flash his tongue when he says such things, he makes such a big move, he commits the crime of bullying the king, it is not easy to clean up.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, the emperor can wait and see." Even his father-in-law didn't have confidence in himself, no matter how much he said, it was in vain, it was better to let them see what was going on right away, after all, they had only heard of this gunpowder, and they had not personally witnessed its power, Liu Yuan simply didn't bother to explain.

Li Er couldn't help but praise: "It's good to hear it, seeing is believing, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's up to you." ”

After Liu Yuan received the order, he immediately said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the movement will be too big for a while, in order to accidentally injure the emperor and so many important ministers in the court, please move the emperor back, so that the ministers dare to set fire to the stone mountain." ”

With so many people, at the foot of this mountain, it is too dangerous, if Li Er has any losses, it is estimated that he will have to take his own life, and those important ministers are injured, and they have to settle accounts with themselves, Liu Yuan does not dare to take this risk.

Li Qiancheng said a little indifferently: "General Liu, don't worry, this place is two hundred steps away from the stone mountain, even if the strong bow is shot, it will be difficult to penetrate the draft, and now you have to retreat?" I'm afraid it's too much, right? ”

One step is about 60 centimeters, 200 steps is only 120 meters, or the foot of the mountain, this is explosives, do you think it is a bow and arrow, a bow and arrow can flatten this stone mountain? Your brain didn't burn out, did you?

"His Royal Highness the Prince" Liu Yuan said with a serious face: "The power of gunpowder is comparable to the thunder of the sky, it can open mountains and split stones, the distance of two hundred steps is really close, the minister thinks that at least four or five hundred steps back, otherwise there will be accidental injury, either the emperor or the important minister present, which is damaged, Weichen can't afford it, if he doesn't retreat, Weichen won't dare to order the fire to blow up the mountain." ”

"Okay, since Liu Qing's family said it so solemnly, let's retreat." Li Er finally spoke.

Li Er's Chrysostom was opened, and the ministers only retreated according to their words, and then retreated four hundred steps, and then stopped, and Liu Yuan held until the distance was nearly three hundred meters, then he nodded and beckoned Tang Jin to come over.

"Master," Donkin cried out flatteringly.

"How's it going?" Liu Yuan asked directly.

"It's all ready, I arrived early yesterday, and there are hundreds of stone holes for the gunpowder, and you only need to fill the gunpowder in it in a while, and then lay the lead." Tang Jin said respectfully.

Liu Yuan nodded, looked at the two flags he planted behind him, Liu Yuan asked a little uneasily: "How about it, let people teach you the flag, remember?" ”

"Remember, remember" Tang Jin said fearfully: "I can't remember at the time, that soldier kicked the little ones, ouch, that one is ruthless." ”

"Okay, don't talk about those useless things" Liu Yuan turned a deaf ear to his small report, and said directly: "I'll see what I'm doing in a while." ”

"Yes"

Liu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and said lightly: "The matter of igniting the fire, you handed it over to the subordinates, let them finish the fire at once, run back immediately, don't stay for a moment, danger, stand farther away." Don't go up in person if there will be a squib, understand? ”

The most feared thing about blasting rocks is that there are squibs, I don't know if they will sound, and I don't know when they will sound, eliminating squibs will become an extremely high-risk job, Tang Jin is the main force of the research institute, the treasure in Liu Yuan's eyes, but he is reluctant to let him take risks.

Hearing Liu Yuan's words, Tang Jin's heart was cloudy, and there was a little more sincerity on his face. Hurriedly said: "Yes, thank you for the master's love, the villain is grateful." ”

"Okay, you go and prepare, and when you're ready, you can give me a flag. That's right, the first time. Let's put three shots first. ”

"Yes. Master. ”

So, Liu Yuan and Tang Jin parted ways: Liu Yuan returned to Li Er's side, while Tang Jin returned to the front to command.

Soon, Li Er and a group of important ministers saw a few people climbing up the mountain with wooden barrels on their backs, and then they began to be busy on the stone mountain, which could be seen in the eyes of a thousand miles. It seems to put some black powder into the stone, and then there is a long strip of cloth that is spreading, I don't know what to do, I wanted to ask Liu Yuan. However, when he saw Liu Yuan's confident appearance, he couldn't help but speak, and he didn't miss this moment, so he gave some patience to make it visible.

And those important ministers saw that Liu Yuan just sent a few people up the mountain, as if they didn't bring any tools, and they all had their heads scratched, but they saw Liu Yuan's confident look, and Li Er didn't say anything, so they had to wait patiently one by one.

About a quarter of an hour had passed, but Li Er and the others felt like a few hours had passed, and just when Li Er couldn't help but ask, Tang Jin finally raised the white flag and waved it at Liu Yuan a few times regularly, signaling that everything was ready, just waiting for Liu Yuan's order.

"Your Majesty, everything is ready, just waiting for your order." Li Er is here, and Liu Yuan still asks him for instructions to show his respect.

Li Er nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty" After Liu Yuan finished speaking, he turned his head and said to everyone: "It will be loud for a while, as loud as a thunderbolt, please be careful to everyone present, it is best to cover your ears gently." ”

Old Demon King Cheng was an anxious man, and said impatiently when he heard this: "Okay, they are all adults, what are you afraid of thunder?" Give me a little bit of profit, and I've been waiting for a long time. ”

"Yes, this appetite has made you hang for many days, and now it's been tossing for a long time, hurry up, I'm in a hurry." Qin Qiong expressed a little dissatisfaction.

"That is, the emperor still has so many important ministers who don't do their official business, and they all come here to watch the excitement, but General Liu is deliberately dragging his feet here, the old man said, if there is no substantive effect, don't blame Wei for being ruthless, I can't say that I want to impeach you." Wei Heizi stared at Liu Yuan and said word by word.

For him, if he doesn't do official business, the emperor still has a group of important ministers who came to see the road repair, and said that he would flatten the stone mountain, not to mention the emperor's travel, how big the array is, and also dispatched the mighty army and the forbidden army to block the twenty-mile radius.

"Okay, okay, start right away, I can remind you" Liu Yuan didn't expect to be angry, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he immediately raised the red flag, attacked and waved it in the air, and played the flag of ignition.

Anyway, I reminded them, and I was scared at that time, and it had nothing to do with me.

"Ignition of the fire, lighting the fire, how fast and how fast you run, don't stop, be careful of your life." Don Kim yelled loudly.

The three men in charge of lighting the fire carried torches and ran out of the fire to light the fire.

In order to be shocked, Liu Yuan asked people to fill a bucket for each hole, that is, thirty catties of gunpowder into it, which is also a helpless thing, this is black powder, not as good as those high explosives in later generations, and it has no power if it is less, for the sake of safety, in addition to the long lead, it is also extended by nearly ten zhang with a strip of cloth stained with lamp oil, and the strip of cloth is lit and runs quickly.

"What's this?" The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the small strips of cloth burning by the three little fire dragons a little dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "It can't be that you are going to use fire to burn the mountain, right?" ”

Old Demon King Cheng's eyes were as big as a bull's eye, and he looked at the burning cloth for a while, and then looked at Liu Yuan, and then said in a half-loud voice: "This, this is your method of leveling the stone mountain?" The joke is too big. ”

"Ha Luha, it's possible that we old guys have let this yellow-haired boy play tricks." Wei Chi Jingde said self-deprecatingly.

Cui Jing and Cui Shang's little faces were blue with fright, thinking that Liu Yuan had caused a big disaster this time and teased so many people.

Wei Heizi found evidence now, and Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed a few times: "General Liu, you are so ignorant, Shi Fei is not grass and trees, how can you use fire to ignite, you not only delayed the public affairs of the DPRK and China, but the old man also wants to impeach you for the crime of bullying the king, let the emperor"

"Boom!"

"Boom !!!"

Before Wei Heizi finished speaking, three earth-shattering explosions suddenly sounded, the explosion was like a thunderbolt in the sky, and everyone was shocked at once, just when the explosion sounded, the ground under his feet shook, and then Cui Jing shouted: "The stone is flying." ”

There was no need for him to remind them, everyone had already seen it, only to see the sound, the gravel was flying, and the stones were flying in the air, those stones, as big as a stone mill, as small as a fist, as far as the eye could see, flew all over the sky, and the stones were shot by the sun in the air, and the brilliance was dazzling, and for a while, everyone seemed to be in a dream.

"Peng" "Peng"

The stone slashed through the air, which was equivalent to the exhaustion of the force, and then fell like raindrops, smashing on the ground, Li Er saw with a little fear that in the place where he was standing just now, a lot of big stones fell, if it wasn't for Liu Yuan's reminder, insisting on taking a few hundred steps back, it is estimated that the people present would have suffered a lot of casualties.

"What's going on?" Old Demon King Cheng's eyes were a little dull, and after the explosion was halfway through, he muttered.

Qin Qiong's mouth was wide open, a little unbelieving her eyes, and she said a little dejectedly: "It's too scary, is this an immortal technique?" ”

Niu Jinda slapped his right hand with his left hand to make sure that he was not dreaming, and after being sure that he was not dreaming, he said a little fearfully: "It's terrible, is this what human beings can achieve?" ”

"Look, that stone mountain has exploded a corner." Cui Shang seemed to have discovered a new continent, pointing to the stone mountain and screaming frantically.

Zhonglian looked towards the stone mountain, and sure enough, he saw that halfway up the stone mountain, a piece of white flowers was thrown, and there was a clear difference between the outside and the dirt outside, which looked black, as if it had been bitten by something, although the mouth was not big, but it was enough to make people feel shocked.

The crown prince Li Qiancheng rubbed his eyes vigorously, and said with a pale face: "This, this is not true, right?" ”

"Hey, where's Dr. Wei? Ah, no, Dr. Wei fell to the ground. I don't know who shouted, everyone hurriedly looked at Wei Heizi, only to see him fall to the ground, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, his mouth was wide open, not only his teeth were "fighting", but his body was trembling a little, as if he was frightened. (To be continued......)