Wang Xiaolai took a closer look, the wooden barrel was not very big, that is, the size of a wine jar, and it was hooped with an iron hoop, Wang Xiaolai knocked it with his hand, and asked how to use it.

Xiao Er pointed to the mouth on the side of the barrel, and there was an iron pipe in the link: "As long as you release it from here and flow it into the stove, and then light it." ”

Wang Xiao said that he would take the fire fold.

Bang, with a sound, Xiao Er's hand was directly knocked to the ground.

Wang Xiaolai still wondered: "What's wrong?" ”

"Guest, are you trying to kill the two of us?"

“？？？”

Xiao Er kicked the fire fold far away, and then the barrel was carefully transported into the sealed stove.

Wang Xiaolai only heard a hissing sound, followed by a pungent smell of gas.

"It smells so familiar."

"What familiar?" Xiao Er looked back and asked puzzled.

"Wait a minute, let me see what's in there."

couldn't help but say, Wang Xiaolai directly snatched the wooden barrel, shook it in his hand, and the sound of whirring water inside.

"What is this?"

"Well fire, didn't I tell you everything?"

"Can I take it apart?"

Xiao Eryi snatched it: "No, how can you use it if you dismantle it." ”

Wang Xiaolai took out two taels of silver: "I bought it." ”

Xiao Er didn't move: "Guest, seriously, you don't have enough money." ”

Seeing that Xiao Er had a clear look of wanting to blackmail himself, Wang Xiaolai gritted his teeth and handed over a piece of broken silver.

The little second smiled at this time, and directly gave the barrel to Wang Xiaolai.

Wang Xiaolai went out with a stab, and behind him, the little two kept asking: "Guest, where are you going, the face hasn't been down yet." ”

Wang Xiaolai didn't look back and ordered: "Please help me do it first, just send it to me directly in a while, by the way, don't forget to drip some sesame oil." ”

Xiao Er promised in his mouth: "Okay, okay." ”

Behind his back, he scolded Wang Xiaolai for really being able to toss people.

Holding the barrel out of the back kitchen, Wang Xiaolai went straight upstairs, he had a feeling that his hot air balloon would get a new energy.

Not to mention anything else, it took two hours to fly from Echo Valley to this Yizhou town yesterday, and it took several baskets of coal to arrive, and the firepower was also a little poor.

If the barrel he was holding in his arms was really as he thought, then this problem would probably be solved perfectly.

Seeing the thief Wang Xiaolai go upstairs, Narcissus shouted directly to him next to him: "Stop!" ”

Wang Xiaolai turned around: "What, what's wrong?" ”

Narcissus nodded Wang Xiaolai with his chin: "What are you holding in your arms?" ”

Wang Xiaolai hurriedly hid: "No, it's nothing." ”

Narcissus snorted: "I know that I eat alone, I don't know if Your Majesty is hungry yet, bring it to me." ”

"Oh no, this is not for food." Wang Xiaolai opened his mouth and shouted.

It's just that Narcissus didn't care about this, so he grabbed it directly, and didn't give Wang Xiaolai a chance to speak, turned around and entered the room.

Wang Xiaolai finished speaking, this time it is broken, and when the empress wakes up and eats happily, as soon as she opens the wooden barrel, it will be a big cake.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiaolai knocked on the door desperately.

With a bang, the door opened, and Narcissus glared: "What are you doing?" ”

Wang Xiaolai sighed: "That, that bucket..."

"What's wrong with the barrel?"

Wang Xiaolai was about to say something, when the empress's voice came from inside the house: "Little Laizi, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wang Xiaolai looked into the room: "Then Your Majesty, I have something to tell you." ”

"Come in."

Narcissus stretched out his hand to stop him, and at the same time shouted back to the empress and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't gotten up yet." ”

There was a coquettish smile from inside the house: "What are you afraid of, I am not naked, come in, little Laizi." ”

Hearing this, Narcissus let Wang Xiaolai into the house.

After entering, the empress was sitting at the head of the bed, with a plain white cotton robe on her upper body, and clothes on the outside. ”

Wang Xiaolai agreed and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Little Laizi, you got up early today." The empress smiled and asked, "It's not even the fifth watch, and you'll wake up." ”

Wang Xiaolai lowered his head and muttered: "Your Majesty, it's not too late for you to get up." ”

"I'm used to getting up early, what's the matter, do you have something to do with me?"

Wang Xiaolai pointed to the wooden barrel on the table: "Yes, it's for that." ”

The Empress hissed, "Didn't Narcissus say that it was the breakfast you brought to me?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't listen to Narcissus's nonsense." Wang Xiaolai said.

Narcissus was glaring at the side.

The empress pretended to be lost: "Is it me who is amorous?" Okay, Xiao Laizi, you can take it, it's okay if I don't eat breakfast, anyway, the woman looks thinner and better. ”

How could Wang Xiaolai not see what the empress was thinking, and pouted: "Come on, Your Majesty, no matter how thin you are, that's it, and it won't get bigger here." ”

Empress: "··· Little Laizi, do you want to die? ”

"No, Your Majesty, I didn't mean that."

The empress took the pillow and smashed it, and Wang Xiaolai fell on his back and slipped on the ground.

Seeing this, the empress hurriedly leaned over and helped Wang Xiaolai: "You said you, don't pay attention." ”

Wang Xiaolai rubbed his face and said bluntly that it was okay, and then pointed to the table and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, I'll tell you seriously." ”

"Uh-huh, you say."

"Do you know what's in this bucket?" Wang Xiaolai asked.

The empress shook her head in confusion: "What? ”

"Well fire."

The empress sighed.

Wang Xiaolai was still very surprised: "Your Majesty, don't you want to ask what the well fire is?" ”

The empress smiled: "What can it be, it is fuel that can replace coal, and the imperial court uses this thing to burn salt." ”

"Wait, Your Majesty, do you know what this is?" Wang Xiaolai is messy.

The empress nodded: "Of course I know, for the monarch, salt, iron, copper, well fire, ploughing the fields, taxes, not all of them must be familiar and understood." ”

Wang Xiaolai said in his heart that a big knife was brushed in front of Guan Gongmen, and four books and five classics were read in front of Confucius Temple.

"Why Xiao Laizi, what are you doing with the well fire, and you said that this bucket is a well fire, but this thing is forbidden by the imperial court, where did you get it?"

Wang Xiaolai told the truth: "I bought it for three taels of silver in the back kitchen downstairs." ”

On the side, Narcissus slapped the table, and his eyebrows were upside down: "What a boldness, this inn dares to sell well fire privately, it really deserves to be killed." ”

The empress waved her hand on the side: "Okay, Narcissus, you don't have to say a word." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Wang Xiaolai: "Xiao Laizi, what do you want to tell me with this well fire?" ”

Wang Xiaolai said: "It's nothing, I just want to talk to you about the problem of replacing the hot air balloon energy with this well fire." ”

Hearing this, the empress was stunned and said, "Can it be done?" This thing can be used to burn salt, can it replace coal? ”

Wang Xiaolai shrugged his shoulders: "I don't know, I have to see if this well fire is the kind of substance in my hometown to understand." ”

"What substance?"

"Oh, it's fine."

Seeing this, the empress also patted her leg and said, "Since this is the case, then you can take away this well fire." ”

said a good word, Wang Xiaolai went out with the barrel.

After the others left, the empress called out to Narcissus: "Remember this place, and when you go back, you will check the circulation of the well fire, and you must find out to me." ”

Narcissus nodded: "The minister has written it down." ”

The empress got up from the bed, stretched and said, "Okay, Narcissus, go and fetch some water for me, and I will wash my face." ”

"Yes."

Wang Xiaolai went back to his room with the barrel, and he didn't know where he found a piece of cloth, covered his mouth and nose, and then went to pry open the barrel.

Sure enough, the wooden barrel was pried open, and a pungent smell of gas came to his face, and Wang Xiaolai, who smoked it, rolled his eyes.

"I'll go, this smell is really J2 Chong."

After sneezing several times, Wang Xiaolai hurriedly closed the doors and windows, endured his unhappiness, and went to study what the well fire was.

There is also a thick liquid in the barrel that is generally turned black, similar to oil, Wang Xiaolai quietly lifted the nose cloth and kissed it, heh, good guy, this smell is really bad.

"Guest, your face is good... Poof, what's that smell, guest, did you break the well fire? ”

Pushing the door in, there was still pasta in the shopkeeper's tray, and as soon as he entered the door, he was pushed out by the strange smell, and his eyes kept rolling while his mouth was muttering.

Wang Xiaolai hurriedly dragged the shopkeeper in, and then closed the door.

"Not a guest, what are you doing here, you can stand this smell?"

With that, Xiao Er went to open the window again.

This time and again, the smell in the house was clean, and Wang Xiaolai said in his heart that he was busy in vain.