When a large number of Yulin troops rushed in outside, they saw the pure wool carpet that caught fire, as well as the dumb faces of the empress, the Eight Sages King, Liu Maolin, Lu Gongyou and Narcissus in the room.

"There are assassins, protect Your Majesty." The Yulin military road that rushed in.

Immediately after, all the soldiers scattered and looked around cautiously.

In the end, it was the empress who reacted and scolded: "Go down, it's okay." ”

The group of soldiers looked back at the empress.

The empress took a deep breath, first let Narcissus splash the burning carpet with water, and then looked at Wang Xiaolai: "What is this thing called?" ”

Wang Xiaolai threw away his shield at his feet: "Explosives." ”

"That's how you got out of the barracks that night?"

Wang Xiaolai nodded: "But the explosives that night were much bigger than this." ”

"How old?"

Wang Xiaolai gestured at his wrist: "It's so big." ”

The empress patted her chest and was afraid: "Such a small thing just now has such power, I really can't imagine how you managed to not hurt anyone that night." ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I only threw the explosives out after watching the people leave." ”

The empress snorted: "You still have the face to say yes, right?" ”

The empress's words directly made Wang Xiaolai lower his head.

The empress took advantage of such a meeting to exchange glances with the Eight Sages King, Liu Maolin, and Lu Gongyou, and they all saw some clues in the eyes of the other party.

So, the empress thought about it and beckoned to Wang Xiaolai: "Little Laizi, come on, come here, come here, I ask you something." ”

Wang Xiaolai looked at the empress smiling a little hypocritically, his body trembled, shook his head and said, "Farewell Your Majesty, I can hear it here, you just say it." ”

Seeing this, the empress smiled angrily: "If you want to come over, come over, and if you are long-winded, I will hand you over to Narcissus to dispose of believe it or not." ”

Wang Xiaolai immediately stood up straight: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say, you can command." ”

The empress pinched her chin and glanced at the extinguished carpet in the room, which was already a burned hole, and Narcissus was rolling the carpet out to change.

In this way, on the ground, there are still a lot of dark traces.

"Just that explosive, how lethal is it to people?" The Empress asked tentatively.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ask if this thing can be used in the military?" Wang Xiaolai asked.

The Empress nodded.

Wang Xiaolai said: "Yes, but I can't use pure gunpowder just now." ”

"Why?"

"Pure gunpowder can only frighten people, not kill people, even if it is at close range, it is just to shock people, if you want to be lethal, you have to add some condiments." Wang Xiaolai said.

"Condiments? What condiments? The empress was puzzled.

Wang Xiaolai put his hand on his finger and nodded: "It's very simple, such as iron sheets, iron nails, broken stones, etc., in this way, if it explodes, the iron pieces and stones will fly in all directions, and they will be lethal." ”

"If you say, in the case of two armies facing each other, is it possible to use the method you said to defeat the opponent completely?" The Empress asked.

Wang Xiaolai shook his head: "Impossible, Your Majesty, do you think I am a howitzer infantry gun, or a high-explosive grenade?" This thing, to the death, is to bully and bully an opponent who has no armor to wear, and if you want to rely on its power to break through the armor, you give me three hundred or four hundred years, I may be able to make it. ”

Empress: "···"

"Someone."

Two Yulin soldiers walked in outside, came to the front and hugged their fists and said, "Your Majesty." ”

"Go, immediately prepare some straw men in the Nancheng school field, put on the standard armor in the army, and in addition, clear the Nancheng school field."

"Yes."

The empress stood up, looked at the Eight Sages King, Lu Gongyou and Liu Maolin, and said, "Everyone, how about taking a look together?" ”

The three of them all knew what the empress was going to do, so they nodded at that time, got up and bent down to salute: "Obey the order." ”

Wang Xiaolai was alone in a daze, not knowing what was going on.

The empress got up and walked to Wang Xiaolai and said, "Little Laizi, let's go." ”

"Let's go? Where to? ”

"Nancheng Campus."

Walking out of the imperial study, he saw that Shen Xiping was still kneeling outside, and the explosion just now obviously startled him, but without the will of the empress, he didn't dare to get up, so that he had been kneeling here for so long.

"Then Your Majesty, can you let Lao Shen get up first?"

The empress pursed her lips: "No, who let him go against my will and let you out in the middle of the night?" ”

"Then how can I say that I was also Lao Shen's boss at the beginning, who would dare to disobey the boss's order? Let's just talk about Hou Ye Lu, if the eighth prince has something to ask him for help, will Hou Ye Lu not agree? ”

When the words fell, the Eight Sages King and Lu Gongyou said in unison: "Yes." ”

Wang Xiaolai's heart: "··· Hell, you two won't be able to chat. ”

But no matter what, Wang Xiaolai's request had no effect, the empress read on Wang Xiaolai's face, and looked at Shen Xiping: "Get up." ”

Shen Xiping was grateful, stood up with his hands on the ground, and his legs were weak from his knees.

Rushed all the way to the South Gate schoolyard, and sure enough, there were already several straw men standing up on the school field, and the empress pointed to the straw man: "Now, make that explosive according to the degree you think can kill people, if it can work, not only do I blame you, on the contrary, I will promote you." ”

Wang Xiaolai was a little embarrassed: "Don't, Your Majesty." ”

The empress narrowed her eyes, and Wang Xiaolai hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll do it." ”

As he spoke, he asked the empress for materials: "One pound of nitrate, two pounds of sulfur, seven pounds of hemp ash, plus a number of iron pieces, gravel and nails, and some bamboo tubes, the larger one is the best." ”

The empress immediately turned around and ordered Narcissus to prepare.

Here, on the Nancheng school field full of torches, everyone is waiting here.

The empress stood at the front, her face calm, her thumb pinching her index finger, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Next to the empress, stood Wang Xiaolai.

Behind him, Liu Maolin and the three of them stood far away, the three of them looked at the backs of the two in front of them, and muttered in a low voice: "Old Xiangguo, what do you think, what is Your Majesty going to do?" ”

The Eight Sages King asked Liu Maolin.

Liu Maolin glanced at the Eight Sages King: "Lord Wang, you are not right, it is rare to see you once, why do you always pretend to be confused?" ”

The Eight Sages King smiled, waved his hand and said, "Get used to it, get used to it, don't take it to heart." ”

On the side, Lu Gongyou looked at the two old men arguing, pondered for a while, and said: "Old Xiangguo, teacher, do you think that with Wang Xiaolai's explosives, is it possible to put it into the battlefield in the future?" ”

The two elders were categorical at the same time: "Yes." ”

Lu Gongyou looked back.

Liu Maolin and the Eight Sages King glanced at each other, and then they both smiled, and the Eight Sages King even made a gesture of please: "Old Xiangguo, you go first." ”

Liu Maolin was polite: "Then the old man will say it first." ”

The Eight Sages nodded.

Liu Maolin said, and then opened his mouth to explain his opinion.

"Regardless of the power of the explosive that Wang Xiao said, first of all, this thing is a weapon that exists independently from the current war situation. The two of you also saw just now, just such a small thing, the size of the middle finger, can cause a fire, if it is used in military affairs, such as cutting off the enemy's grain route, burning the enemy's granary, wouldn't it be more and more convenient? And there is another point, this thing can be tied to the bow and arrow, only need to calculate the speed of burning, it can be completely unaware of the arson of the enemy, and compared to ordinary rockets, he will be more hidden. ”

The Eight Sages nodded: "My opinion is completely the same as that of Lao Xiangguo, however, this thing can also be used on trebuchets to drop from a high altitude to break the enemy, which also has an unexpected effect." ”

Wang Xiaolai heard all the conversations between the two, and looked back at the two of them: "Actually, to break the enemy from the air, you don't need a trebuchet at all." ”

The two looked up at Wang Xiaolai suspiciously, not understanding what it meant.

The empress also asked suspiciously.

Wang Xiaolai was about to say that Narcissus had already come back with the materials.

Wang Xiaolai also closed his mouth, squatted on the ground and began to get busy.

There were four or five bamboo tube explosives in a row, and the iron nails and iron pieces were all stuffed, and everything was ready, Wang Xiaolai waved his hand to let the empress and the others leave far away, and put the bamboo tube in the middle of the straw man wearing armor, and the long lead was left, and the fire fold was blown on, and he looked back at the four empresses, and waved his hand to drive away: "Your Majesty, you are standing too close, and then farther away." ”