Chapter 44: Gunpowder

On Yan Ze's birthday, Gu Qing finally embroidered the couple's pajamas, and when Yan Ze sent them out on his birthday, looking at Yan Ze's eyes, Gu Qing knew that he must be happy.

The weather is almost summer, and Puff has begun to learn to speak, every day Gu Qing hugs him and asks him to call him his mother and father. was told by Yan Ze, the rules in this palace have to be called Concubine Yue, and the emperor, but when Puff called out his father for the first time, Zhenxiang's reaction followed, and because of this, Yan Ze was ridiculed by Gu Qing for a long time.

Since then, Yan Ze seems to have found it in Puff, the feelings of being a father, and he has to come to see Puff every day. Take the mother and son for a walk in the imperial garden, and it just so happens that Puff is also learning to walk. The family, strolling in the Imperial Garden, can be red in the eyes of many people.

"Hey, be careful." Puff, who was still a toddler, was lying on the ground in the first battle.

Yan Ze watched from the sidelines, stopping everyone who wanted to help him up, "Man, you can't bear this hardship, how can you do it, let him get up by himself." ”

Yan Ze gave an order, even Gu Qing didn't dare to run over to help, although he knew that Yan Ze's education was right, but he still secretly made a note for him, hmph, who let him bully her son.

Seeing that there was no one around to help him, he lay on the ground honestly for a while, touched the wall next to him, stood up by himself, and continued to sway.

"Baby, that's awesome, mother." Seeing that her baby was so capable, Gu Qing couldn't help but kiss her twice, not caring at all about some people who even ate children's vinegar.

"You little rabbit cub, you're really tired of it, I said you, go, I'll tell your supervisor today, you just pack up your things and leave!"

Not far away came the sound of swearing.

"Go and see, what's going on?"

"Yes." Gonggong An stepped forward to stop those people, "Bold, the emperor and Concubine Yue are here, you dare to disturb." ”

The few people who were entangled didn't expect to bump into the emperor, so they hurriedly ran over to salute.

"The emperor spares his life, and the emperor spares his life."

"What are you doing? Noisy. Yan Ze asked.

The eunuch at the head replied: "If you go back to the emperor, this little guard, I don't know what I'm thinking, there are fireworks piled up in the room, and the slave guesses that he must have had an affair with the palace maid, so the servant pressed him to send him to take care of things, but I didn't expect it, but it alarmed Your Majesty." Slaves deserve death. ”

"Zhuang Qi, is that the case?" Yan Ze drank tea and looked at the unconvinced child.

"It's not." Zhuang Qi said, "The minister didn't have an affair with any palace maids, and the minister just wanted to study those fireworks when he bought them." ”

"What is there to study in fireworks, you are clearly lying." The eunuch retorted Zhuang Qi's words. "Your Majesty, don't listen to his nonsense."

"Can't I tell the difference between right and wrong? I still need you to teach me. Yan Ze's words scared this eunuch, this is obviously to condemn him for a big disrespectful crime!

"The emperor spares his life, and the emperor spares his life."

Yan Ze looked bored, thinking that Gu Qing and Puff were here, and he didn't want to see Hong, "Stand down, don't let me look at you anymore." ”

"Thank you Emperor Longen, thank you Emperor Longen, the slave will go, this will go." The little eunuch crawled away.

"Okay, now tell me, what's the use of you buying fireworks and putting them in your room?" Zhuang Qi, Yan Ze is known, he is the sister-in-law of the late General Zhuang, because General Zhuang died on the battlefield, the battle was very painful, and his subordinates, almost all the army was wiped out, so Zhuang Qi can only rely on his mother for his life, and no one can give them a little assistance.

The reason why he was able to enter the palace as a guard was that he arranged it for him when he was still in the position of the prince before.

"Back to the emperor's words, the minister is thinking that this fireworks seem to be just a pastime, but the actual power is huge, it can send the fire to such a high sky, when the minister was young, because he was naughty, he was burned by the fireworks, and the minister thought that if it could be used on the battlefield, would it be possible to avoid a lot of casualties?" Zhuang Qi looked at Yan Ze's expression and knew that Yan Ze couldn't understand his thoughts.

"Are you talking about gunpowder?" Gu Qing was originally playing next to him, but when he heard this idea, he was immediately shocked, isn't this the origin of gunpowder? Oh my God, just this little kid?

Listening to Gu Qing's words, Zhuang Qi's eyes lit up, "The gunpowder that Niangniang said is similar to the minister's?" ”

"Huh? This,Well,It shouldn't be much.,Where have I heard of it before.,I don't remember it clearly.,I just remember that the raw materials are similar to the raw materials of fireworks.,But it's used on the battlefield.,It's huge.。 Gu Qing realized that she had missed her mouth, so she had to talk roundly, huh, I hope the children don't continue to ask!

Perhaps listening to Gu Qing's prayer, Zhuang Qi said to Gu Qing in a matter-of-fact manner: "Well, since this is called gunpowder, then the minister will call it explosives, but the minister has not studied it yet, and I don't know if it can achieve the huge power that Niangniang said." ”

"Oh, I believe in you, you can do it, come on!" Thinking that he could witness the birth of gunpowder, Gu Qing felt full of joy.

Looking at the two of them asking and answering, Yan Ze didn't agree with the two children's words, but he was willing to support them. "In that case, this matter will be handed over to you, if you need anything, tell Concubine Yue, she doesn't have it there, she will find me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhuang Qi thanked him.

Gu Qing looked confused, is she in trouble?

Since that day, Zhuang Qi has been more attentive to the development, if there is anything missing, he will ask Gu Qing, and from time to time he can ask Gu Qing questions, but he didn't expect Gu Qing to make him gain a lot from some of his suggestions.

However, Zhuang Qi is a man after all, so every time he discusses it, it is in Yan Ze's small study, and the two of them are discussing things, and Yan Ze is next to him to review the folds.

Sometimes the two will quarrel over a question, although Gu Qing is not a professional, but has he never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? Gu Qing, who has modern thinking, of course can't agree with some of Zhuang Qi's ideas.

And Zhuang Qi felt that Gu Qing was even more strange, and what he said was even more strange, how could it be possible to launch gunpowder in Yanjing City? How is it possible to find a place on your own?

The quarrel between the two ended in defeat for Zhuang Qi, after all, this is Gu Qing's territory, and Yan Ze is beside him, Zhuang Qi doesn't dare to do anything with Gu Qing.

Although Gu Qing knew that she was taking advantage of her words, she sometimes knew that what she said was impossible to achieve now. Therefore, even if the quarrel is won, Gu Qing still follows Zhuang Qi.

After the research phase, the field drill finally began. Among them, there are new problems to be solved, such as the problem of the fuse, how to accurately throw it, and whether the gunpowder thrown out did not go off and see if it could be seen in the end, the power is so huge, if you are not careful, you may have to finish the game.

Gu Qing wanted to see the birth of gunpowder with her own eyes, so she would accompany her every time, but Yan Ze didn't allow her to get too close, so she just looked at it from the side.

"Alas, there may be something wrong with this proportion, so it didn't sound." Gu Qing, who was lying on the ground, patted the dust and stood up.

"Boom, boom."

Zhuang Qi and Gu Qing were thinking about reducing the proportion, but they didn't expect a sudden bang, and the ground jumped, and the two of them looked at the smoke produced by the explosion not far away, dumbfounded.

"This, this is, is it a success?" Zhuang Qi asked in a low voice.

Because of the temporary back of the ear caused by the sound, Gu Qing couldn't hear clearly: "What did you say?" ”

Zhuang Qi said loudly: "Is it a success?" ”

"Of course it succeeded, quick, come on, go and tell the emperor." Gu Qing responded loudly.

Gonggong An, who was accompanying him, hurriedly entered the palace to report the good news, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, great joy!" ”

"Xiao Anzi, can you be quiet?" Yan Ze was in the imperial study, having a small meeting.

Gonggong An knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, it's done, it's done, the gunpowder has succeeded." ”

"What?" Yan Ze stood up in shock, "You said, did it succeed?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was successful." Father-in-law An said with a happy face.

Yan Ze was a little impatient, "Let's go, let's go with me to have a look." ”

Yan Ze took the courtiers to sit in the carriage, and the place of the experiment, on the mountain outside the city, still needed some time. By this time, there were already people talking on the street.

"What was that loud bang just now?"

"I don't know, my baby just fell asleep and was woken up by this noise."

"Oops, that's horrible."

"Isn't it, and I don't know what I'm doing?"

Listening to the discussion outside the carriage, Yan Ze couldn't wait to fly over at the moment, and was about to go out of the city gate, when there was a loud noise, listening to the sound, Yan Ze thought, how powerful is this thing?

From a distance, Yan Ze saw Gu Qing and Zhuang Qi, and even saw two big pits in the distance.

"Greetings to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." Gu Qing and Zhuang Qi saluted.

Yan Ze helped Gu Qing up, "Look at your face, you have become a little cat, and you can't go down and let people wash you." ”

"Wash, I'll go right away."

"Your Majesty, the minister will not fail in his mission." Zhuang Qi said with emotion.

Yan Ze was full of mixed tastes in his heart, and he originally wanted to find a playmate for Gu Qing, but he didn't expect that these two little guys really got this thing out, "You did a good job, the gunpowder is huge, it will become our secret weapon against foreign enemies, and you will be in charge of this matter in the future, are you willing?" ”

"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen." Zhuang Qi thanked him.

"Liu Shangshu, what do you think?" Yan Ze asked.

Liu Shangshu, "According to the old minister's view, this gunpowder should be put into production as soon as possible, this winter is coming soon, and in winter, the marginal countries with extremely scarce food will disturb our borders again, with this treasure, no one will dare to violate it again." ”

"Well, what you said is very true, let's go back and discuss." Yan Ze instructed people to return to the palace immediately, and Gu Qing, who had not even finished washing his face, could only return to the carriage to wash it.

And today it has also been recorded in the annals of Yan Kingdom, since then, Gu Qing has become a generation of talented women, of course, this is all a later story.