Mu Qing's exclamation attracted Bai Lichen's inquiry.

He said, "How do you know it's gunpowder?" ”

Gunpowder is the name of a new type of weapon, and it is not written on the design drawing, this Mu Qing glanced at the design drawing, and blurted out "gunpowder".

It's amazing.

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, with a first-class cold sweat, and immediately said: "I saw this thing by accident before, so I learned about it." ”

She pretended to be calm, and she couldn't see the nervousness in her heart, but her fingers were slightly twisted.

With her current identity, if she can know something that ordinary people don't know, she will be regarded as an anomaly, right?

Bai Lichen glanced at her lightly, and then withdrew his inquiring gaze.

As for whether he believes in Mu Qing's words or not, only he knows.

"This is what you said last time, the weapon you got from the Western Regions?"

Mu Qing slowly approached, looked at the drawing, and asked quietly.

This thing is clearly explosives, and it turns out that the weapon he said last time was really a thermal weapon.

Bai Lichen nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Mu Qing was a little puzzled, Western Regions?

If I remember correctly, in my own time, gunpowder was originally invented in China, and everyone knows about the four well-known inventions.

How did this dynasty become the Western Regions?

She was puzzled, but she didn't think too much about it, after all, this dynasty had not appeared in the history of her original era, and it was normal for these deviations to occur.

Bai Lichen was still thinking about this weapon, and he didn't notice Mu Qing's doubts.

Mu Qing saw that he had been frowning, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Is something wrong? Sad. ”

Bai Lichen put away the drawings, looked at Mu Qing and asked, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

Bai Lichen didn't think to tell Mu Qing about this, after all, he didn't think Mu Qing would know anything.

Seeing the bird's nest she brought over on the side, Bai Lichen's heart moved, calmly picked it up, and tasted it silently.

The taste is mellow and delicious.

For some reason, he was a little disappointed, it seemed that she didn't do it herself.

Mu Qing felt that her intentions were not important at all at this time, and she was more concerned about gunpowder now.

"It's nothing, I heard Danqing say that you have been in trouble recently, so I thought about taking a look."

"Are you in trouble with that gunpowder? Maybe I can help you. She said tentatively.

Mu Qing's words suddenly reminded Bai Lichen of something, and he pondered slightly.

Suddenly, he looked at Mu Qing and asked, "Last time you said, the weapon you saw that killed thousands of people, is this it?" ”

At that time, Mu Qing said that she had also seen this weapon, and she didn't know if it was the same as the current one.

Bai Lichen asked her where she had seen it, and she vaguely fooled her over.

Mu Qing was a little entangled, not knowing whether to tell the truth or not.

"Probably about the same." She replied euphemistically, and after thinking about it for a long time, only this compromise answer was better.

Bai Lichen was a little surprised when he heard this, and then he immediately reopened the drawing and handed it to Mu Qing.

Mu Qing took it in a daze.

Bai Lichen said: "If you take a closer look, is it the same kind?" ”

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then helpless, whether it was the same or not, she actually knew very well in her heart, but she couldn't tell Bai Lichen.

"It should be." She had to look at it a few more times.

Bai Lichen was silent, and looked at Mu Qing with some puzzlement, "Where did you see this thing?" ”

She is an eldest lady raised in the deep boudoir, she doesn't go out of the door, and she doesn't step out of the second door, how can she know the weapons from the Western Regions?

Mu Qing: I knew that the topic would definitely turn here!

She pretended to be calm, "I really don't remember much, it's been a very small time." ”

"By the way, I just saw you frowning at this gunpowder, what trouble did you encounter?"

When she saw that Bai Lichen still wanted to say something, she immediately interrupted him and changed the topic.

Bai Lichen raised his eyes and glanced at her, without piercing her careful thoughts.

Instead, he replied: "This weapon is not as amazing as I imagined." ”

Mu Qing simply sat down and took the drawing in his hand, "How powerful?" ”

Bai Lichen groaned, "It's bigger than firecrackers." ”

Mu Qing was stunned, was the amount they put in the wrong amount?

"Are you underweight?"

Bai Lichen shook his head, "Every step is the same as on the drawing, there is no difference." ”

That is, it should be a matter of drawings.

Mu Qing immediately lowered his head and carefully looked at the strokes on the drawing.

There should be no problem with how to do it, she doesn't know much about explosives, she just knows a little bit of the principle.

So she looked straight at the ingredient table.

At this glance, the problem can be seen.

"That's not the right recipe!" She exclaimed.

Bai Lichen frowned, as if he didn't believe it, "Are you sure?" ”

Why is this Mu Qing getting more and more strange, there are more and more secrets on his body, a boudoir lady, can actually see things he can't understand?

However, Mu Qing didn't care about this, and only nodded affirmatively, "This recipe must be wrong." ”

The composition of explosives, there is a widely circulated saying, "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal", this sentence is known to many people, so naturally she also knows.

On this recipe, saltpeter and charcoal are available, and only sulfur is missing.

There is one less of these three main ingredients, and the power of making it is naturally very small.

Bai Lichen suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked Mu Qing, "Then tell me, what's wrong?" ”

The drawings were taken from Bai Lichen's hand, and Mu Qing let go of his hand.

She moved slightly closer to Bailichen's body and looked at the drawing with him.

She held out a white finger and pointed to the recipe sheet on it.

"There's less brimstone in there!"

The affirmation in Mu Qing's tone made Bai Lichen look sideways.

"How do you know that?" He couldn't help but ask.

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, then a little flustered, his eyes flashed, and his fingers immediately retracted.

"I've seen the main ingredient list of this gunpowder before, and I only know three kinds, saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, and in this drawing, saltpeter and charcoal are both there, and there is just a lack of sulfur, so I know, if there is something else, I don't know."

She's not lying, she really only knows these three, and she doesn't know anything else.

Bai Lichen always felt that she was hiding something, and his inquiring eyes followed her round and round.

But he couldn't see anything from Mu Qing's expression, so he had to give up.

The most important thing at the moment is to make weapons first, he nodded, "Less brimstone, I see." ”

Then he put away the drawings, "Then I'll go and try to add sulfur again." ”

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but remind: "When the time comes to try it, remember to stay away, this is easy to hurt people." ”

Bai Lichen looked at it at a glance, and Mu Qing immediately shrunk his neck, feeling that he had nothing to hide.

"Well, thank you." Bai Lichen said.

After getting the news of the sulfur, Bailichen immediately went to experiment.

It's not enough to know only about sulfur, how much sulfur to put is also to try little by little.

So I tried it for many more days before this one came out.

When the explosion was successful, Bai Lichen couldn't hide his excitement in his heart, and he immediately reported the news to the emperor.

The emperor was overjoyed and ordered him to continue to make at least 1,000 pieces of gunpowder, and be sure to leave no pieces of armor from other countries on the border.

Bailichen took the order.

The prince couldn't hide his jealousy and resentment, but there was nothing he could do.

After going down to the court, Bai Lichen went to find Mu Qing for the first time.

Mu Qing was a little surprised to see him, "Are you done?" ”

A few days ago, for the matter of gunpowder, Bailichen reversed day and night, and she was very busy, and she hadn't seen Bailichen for several days.

Bai Lichen looked at her deeply for a long time, until Mu Qing thought that he would not speak, and then he said, "Well, I'm done." ”

Then Mu Qing brought Bai Lichen into the house, sat down, and added him a cup of tea.

"How's it going?" She also sat down and took a sip of tea.

Bai Lichen came to her, it shouldn't be another accident, right?

She's still very concerned.

Bai Lichen nodded, "It's been successful, and it's in batch production." ”

When Mu Qing heard this, she immediately became happy, and as soon as she was happy, she said a few more words.

"There are a lot of weapons that can be used to craft this gunpowder, and you can think of other ways to make more powerful weapons while making it."

What Bai Lichen got at this time was a very rudimentary version of the cannon blueprint, and the weapons he made must have a lot of shortcomings.

If you use it on the battlefield this time, you can check and fill in the gaps.

Bai Lichen's eyes deepened, and he was not surprised to hear anything from Mu Qing's mouth at this time.

"The greatest credit for this matter is yours."

Bai Lichen put down the teacup, looked directly at Mu Qing, and asked, "Do you have any rewards you want?" ”

Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then replied without thinking: "Silver." ”

Hearing this, Bai Lichen was helpless, "Is there only silver?" ”

He didn't know whether to say that Mu Qing was vulgar, after all, in this dynasty, treating money as dung was what literati and artists respected.

Mu Qing shook his head decisively, "No." ”

Bai Lichen had nothing to say, "When the war is won, I will report this Zhuang credit to my father and ask him to reward you." ”

Mu Qing didn't ask why, and said, "Okay." ”

Seeing her so obedient, Bai Lichen's eyes softened for a moment.

"Who is the emperor going to send to this war?" Mu Qing asked.

Bai Lichen paused, and then his eyes faded, "What are you asking for?" ”

"Nothing, just curiosity." Mu Qing replied casually.

In fact, the emperor didn't order who to send, but Bai Lichen was suddenly in an unhappy mood at this time.

"It should be General Chu." He replied, as if unintentionally.

Mu Qing really showed some surprise and doubt, "Is it him?" ”

Bai Lichen's face suddenly became a little gloomy again, and even the temperature around him seemed to drop.

Why, does she still care about Chu Xuanling?

"What, you're worried about him?" As soon as he spoke, he felt how his tone sounded sour.

He himself was taken aback, did he say such a thing?

Mu Qing pursed his lips and sighed: "No, don't get me wrong, I just think that he didn't just come back from a victory, and the emperor wants to send him out again, which is a bit hard." ”

The more Bai Lichen listened, the more he felt that his heart was not good.