Chapter 22: It's going to rain, and my mother is going home

Liu Hou discussed with Zuo Ci again who to ask Liu Bei for. Liu Hou means all kinds of craftsmen, as well as some literate and arithmetic people, who will become Liu Hou's technical team in the future. In addition, Liu Hou also specially asked for a financial staff to manage output and input.

Liu Hou really can't tolerate the current extensive financial management, and he doesn't want to talk about cost accounting with Zuo Ci anymore. Just find someone who knows how to do it.

After these things were finalized, Zuo Ci couldn't wait to ask about the formation and the "earth-shaking thunder". Regarding the formation, Liu Hou explained vaguely, saying that it was the lowest formation in the Heavenly Realm, and he took it out and used it. Zuo Ci didn't know anything about the battle formation, and he didn't ask much, but he was very concerned about the matter of "Shaking the Sky and Thunder".

Since gunpowder was the next key project that Liu Hou planned to assign to Zuo Ci, Liu Hou could only patiently explain it to him in detail.

But when Zuo Ci heard that it was not the Taoist supreme spell "Five Thunder Righteous Method", he couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed. Liu Hou was angry and funny, and reprimanded him again, saying that the "Five Thunder Rectification Method" is an immortal method, and the technique is domineering and strong, and it is not something that a mortal body can bear. Even if you can make a thunderbolt, but before you hit others, your own body has already been destroyed first, so persuade him not to be delusional.

When Zuo Ci heard that the power of this gunpowder was indeed so great that it could collapse the city wall, and that it could be used by mortals, he began to get excited again.

"Gunpowder that mortals can use without cultivating, isn't that even more powerful than the 'Five Thunder Fa'? It can really be called a magic weapon! And there is no limit to its power, as long as enough gunpowder is piled up, the explosion can be as strong as you want. Little boy, your gunpowder is really amazing. When Zuo Ci initially learned the basic characteristics of gunpowder from Liu Hou's mouth, he was simply amazed.

As for the main raw materials for refining gunpowder: sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal, Zuo Ci not only said that he had heard of it, but also used it himself. These are all commonly used materials in alchemy, and Zuo Ci is no stranger to their characteristics at all.

Liu Hou sweated for a moment, it turns out that you use these things to make alchemy? I didn't eat you to death, your life is really tougher than Xiaoqiang. Liu Hou secretly swore that he would never eat what Zuo Ci had refined in the future.

Although Liu Hou remembered that gunpowder was composed of these three materials, he did not remember the specific proportion of each material, but only knew that the amount of saltpeter was the largest. Fortunately, there is Zuo Ci, a super coolie. Liu Hou asked him to pair the three materials one by one in different proportions according to the way of permutation and combination, and then find out which proportion of the formula has the strongest explosive power under the same conditions. Liu Hou easily taught Zuo Ci some knowledge of permutations and combinations.

Fortunately, there were only 3 substances in the formula of gunpowder, and there were only a few hundred kinds of combinations, and even fewer when the highest amount of saltpeter was known. And for Zuo Ci, a scientific research maniac, this amount of work is nothing at all.

After thinking about it again, Liu Hou decided to split the research team into two. One group was led by Ge Xuan, and when the time came, let Zuo Ci get a few people from Liu Bei to come over, and follow him to continue the research and development of cheap paper.

After getting along with each other during this time, Liu Hou felt that Ge Xuan, a little Taoist priest, was hard-working, hardworking, flexible, diligent and studious, and was a material that could be made. But after all, he is young, and his knowledge is much worse than Zuo Ci.

However, after Liu Hou solved the chrysanthemum problem, he didn't care that cheap paper was a "big killer" that would greatly promote cultural dissemination and the development of social civilization in the present and future generations, and he did not hesitate to put it in a secondary position, and kicked it to the inexperienced Ge Xuan to follow up.

The second group is Zuo Ci, who will occupy most of the resources, including manpower and raw materials, and the main direction of attack is gunpowder. Liu Hou resolutely decided to start the research and development of gunpowder, not because he wanted to help Liu Bei fight the world, but because he knew that another crisis in his life was about to appear.

He intends to write first in this crisis, that is, to use his incorruptible tongue to move it, and if it does not work, he must use a little force to deter it. And gunpowder is undoubtedly a "big killer" that can be used as a strategic deterrent in this era.

Liu Hou didn't remember the specific time when Sun Shangxiang wanted to take Adou back to Soochow, but he remembered that Adou was very young, about a few years old. He was now 3 years old, and although he didn't know how much time he had left, he knew that it was coming.

Although, in the end, he will be rescued by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, but Sun Shangxiang is gone. He didn't want this to happen, firstly, although this incident was not dangerous, but it would definitely not be easy in the process, and secondly, he was afraid that he would suffer from turbulence and displacement. After playing a game-like bump with Zhao Yun on Changban Slope, Liu Hou thought that it was of course better not to eat this kind of hardship.

Second, Sun Shangxiang is also a beauty, although she is a savage beauty, but through this period of time, Liu Hou is still a little reluctant to her, Liu Hou is the kind of person who straightens his eyes when he sees a beauty, although this is his nominal Sanniang, it is impossible to have anything to do with her, but it is good to put it to see where it is eye-catching. It can be seen that Liu Hou's psychology is really a bit perverted.

Thirdly, and most importantly, it is Liu Hou's beautiful escort team that covets Sun Shangxiang. What a feeling it is to be surrounded by a flock of warblers and swallows all day long. Liu Hou never dreamed of such a scene in his previous life. Liu Hou made up his mind that after inheriting Liu Bei's throne in the future, he would also get a team of such beauties as guards, how could it be better than being surrounded by a bunch of dead eunuchs all day long.

Of course, that's a long-term goal, and it's a goal that can be criticized. But with Sun Shangxiang here, it is logical, and no one dares to say anything about her women's guards. In other words, Liu Hou was stained with Sun Shangxiang's light, to put it mildly, he used Sun Shangxiang as a guise to get a team of beauties in front of him.

After Liu Hou arranged the scientific research tasks of Zuo Ci and Ge Xuan, he became the shopkeeper. He began to further attack the idea of Sun Shangxiang's women's guard.

Sun Shangxiang frequently fought with Liu Hou during this time, and gradually became familiar with Liu Hou's style of play, and also made targeted adjustments in the allocation of troops, plus she was originally familiar with martial arts, so she also slowly fought with Liu Hou. Because of such a fun game, she did not often lead a group of Wu officials to run rampant in Jingzhou as in history, because her time was spent pondering the tactics and tactics to deal with Liu Hou.

Liu Hou saw that he couldn't take advantage of the recent battle with Sun Shangxiang, so he rolled his eyes and thought of a ghost idea. Liu Hou's idea is simple and simple, and it is complicated, that is, to increase the gameplay, which is no longer limited to the frontal confrontation between the two teams in the field.

He borrowed from the gameplay of field games in later generations, and set up: "annihilation war" with the purpose of annihilating the opponent, "encounter battle" with narrow encounters, "offensive and defensive battle" with the purpose of attacking cities and grabbing land, "capture the flag battle" with speed to win, "ambush battle" to test reaction, "battle to protect the commander" with heavy formation organization, "breakthrough battle" to test the ability to assault, and so on.

As a result, Sun Shangxiang's side immediately fell into bad luck again. No one could have imagined that a three-year-old child like Liu Hou would be so scheming and frequent.

Although Liu Hou has not read the book of war, he has seen the "Thirty-six Strategies" that are not available in this era, and there are also scenes of wits and courage in film and television programs. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Liu Hou's thinking is wild, and there is no trace to be found, often strange moves, strange moves, wonderful moves, and yin tricks emerge in endlessly, which makes Sun Shangxiang burnt out and has to drop things every day.

During this time, Zhuge Liang also slowly studied the changes in Liu Hou's "Mandarin Duck Butterfly Array", and began to organize troop training. After all, he is a military master who is proficient in Qimen Dunjia and I Ching gossip, and after a little pondering, he will calculate the changes of the Liangyi Array, the Sancai Array, and the Five Elements Array.

Later, he saw the training method of Liu Hou and Sun Shangxiang, especially the battle gameplay of different scenes and different situations, and felt that this method was wonderful and could increase the actual combat experience of the army. As a result, he built Liu Bei to also increase this kind of combat training in the army.

Liu Bei naturally obeyed Zhuge Liang's words. As a result, Liu Jun was often seen all over the mountains and fields engaged in confrontation training. Since then, the actual combat ability of Liu Bei's army has been greatly improved, but no one knows that its merits are all from Liu Hou's hands, and most people think that it is because of Zhuge Liang's immortal talent.

On this day, Liu Hou and Sun Shangxiang did not go to fight, but conducted regular training in the garden. The female soldiers of Liu Hou's team have won frequently during this time, although they are already very convinced of Liu Hou, but Liu Hou's status in their minds can always only be the second, and the first place will always be Sun Shangxiang. Therefore, during regular training, they can only return to their own team and participate in Sun Shangxiang's unified training together.

Liu Hou was very helpless, so he took out a bowl of soapy water and a grass ring, and blew bubbles boringly while watching them train.

Soon, the whole garden was filled with bubbles. In other words, no matter what kind of woman, she lacks resistance to shiny and shiny things. Even if this shiny thing has been stored for a short time.

Soon, the female soldiers were in a commotion, and some began to grab the bubbles with their hands, and some chased the bubbles. Later, someone finally found out that the source of the bubble was Liu Hou, and everyone ran over to surround Liu Hou as soon as they hula, and everyone was very happy to catch the bubbles, bouncing, chattering, and making a mess.

Some people simply asked Liu Hou to play with them, so Liu Hou folded a few pieces of hay and rolled them into small grass rings and handed them to the female soldiers, and taught them how to blow bubbles. Blowing bubbles has no technical content, just mastering the strength, so there are more bubbles, and soon a scale will be formed, and there will be bubbles all over the world.

Finally, Sun Shangxiang was also alarmed, and at first she was also angry when she saw the riot in the team, and when she saw Liu Hou blowing out a fluttering bubble, shining in the sun, she couldn't help but be attracted to it. A female soldier curiously picked up the soapy water that Liu Hou put aside, smelled it, and exclaimed: "It's so fragrant, it looks like the sandalwood fragrance of Miss's smoked clothes." ”

"Little Adou, what is this? Give me a play. Sun Shangxiang snatched the grass ring in Liu Hou's hand as she spoke, she never knew what politeness was. She followed Liu Hou's example, dipped in soapy water and blew hard, only blowing out a splash of soap foam. The quality of these soaps was not very good, the surface tension was poor, and she blew so hard that she blew the soap film at once.

"Blow lightly." Liu Hou said casually.

Sun Shangxiang was still, and sure enough, he blew out a string of bubbles, and danced happily.

"Little Adou, what is this, it's so fun, it's amazing."

"This is soap, which was refined by Zuo Dao Chang."

"Oh, soap? But it's made from soap? How I never knew that soaphorn water could be played like this. ”

"It's not made of soap, it's soap, and it's made by Zuo Dao Chang's alchemy. It is much easier to use than soap, and the effect of removing oil and stains is much stronger, and after taking a bath, it is not only refreshing for the whole body, but also leaves a residual fragrance in the body. ”

"Oh? Is it so amazing? Really? Little Adou, don't you lie to me? ”

"I lied to you that you were a puppy, I don't believe you can take it and try it." After speaking, Liu Hou got up and went to the bathhouse to find a piece of soap for Sun Shangxiang, and told her how to use it.

Sun Shangxiang didn't care about the training of those female soldiers, and ran to take a bath happily, after all, she was not a real general, and female soldiers were not real soldiers, and military discipline was not ordinary.

The other female soldiers immediately herded the sheep, took the grass rings and soapy water, and began to play with laughter. Those who don't have grass rings can also learn from the same, learn from Liu Hou's appearance of rolling grass rings, and also fold off the hay to roll into grass rings, and join the camp of blowing bubbles, everyone has a lot of fun.