Chapter 79 Fire Prevention Treatment

Last time, Zuo Ci and Zhang Xingcai went to Panyu City to find Liu Hou with the scientific research results that can make rattan armor prevent fire, but found that Liu Hou really had a beautiful Zhou Xue next to him.

Moreover, Zhang Xingcai also found out that Liu Hou gave his sword to Zhou Xue, so Liu Hou simply and generously admitted that he had "legitimate intentions" for Zhou Xue.

Zhou Xue saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly slipped away. After Zhou Xue left, Zhang Xingcai also left angrily, leaving Zuo Ci and Liu Hou looking at each other.

Zuo Ci told Liu Hou about his research progress during Liu Hou's absence, as well as some recent developments of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Hou also pointed out a few words to him by the way, which made him feel that some of the problems that puzzled him recently saw the dawn of being solved.

Originally, Liu Hou was already gearing up to send troops north, but Zuo Ci and Zhang Xingcai brought the formula of rattan armor fire prevention, so that the plan to send troops was once again shelved indefinitely.

During this time, the most important thing in the Shu army was to give the rattan armor fire prevention treatment. Zuo Ci and Zhang Xingcai brought a batch of sodium silicate, but the quantity was too small and was quickly used up. Liu Hou can only use local materials to produce this fireproof agent in Lingnan.

Quartz stone and quartz sand are not difficult to find, this mineral is everywhere, and the Shu army has enough manpower, and it didn't take long for them to find a small-scale quartz mine. The amount of sodium silicate used to treat rattan nails is not very large, so even if it is a small mine, it is enough.

Liu Hou organized people to open mines, built a blast furnace for calcining ore, and arranged for people to take out the existing water glass, and gave the rattan armor fire prevention treatment in batches, and finally arranged people to further test the performance of the rattan armor after the fire prevention treatment.

In such a busy, it was the New Year before he knew it, and Liu Hou was helpless to find that this was his third New Year to fight abroad. At the same time, he also felt that the matter of sending troops to rescue Guan Gong might have been missed, and the matter of Jingzhou might have been settled, but he didn't know whether it was a good result or a bad result.

The distance is far away, and the communication is inconvenient, which is a big problem, but now there is no condition to build any telegraph and telephone, and even because of the high mountain and far away Nanzhong, even the post station and road construction can not keep up, which makes the communication from Chengdu to Lingnan very difficult, and Liu Hou has his own very closed feeling.

No matter what the situation is, the New Year still has to be celebrated, and in the past, he was so busy with the war that he didn't have time or heart to think about the New Year.

This time he has been settled in Lingnan for a long time, except for the matter of rattan armor fire prevention, other things have long been prepared, plus with Fei Yi and Bu Qi by his side, he has finally been idle during this time. Now that he is free, he also wants to have a good year.

I remember that in the past during the Chinese New Year (Liu Hou's previous of course refers to the later generations), people generally like to buy a peach blossom to go home and insert it in a vase, which means that the peach blossom luck will be carried out in the coming year. Liu Hou didn't care about the peach blossoms or anything, but he also felt that the peach blossoms were really beautiful when they bloomed.

Liu Hou now prides himself on being rich and handsome, of course, he is not satisfied with cutting a peach tree and coming back to arrange a vase. He specially sent a battalion of soldiers out, went up the mountain with him, found a dozen good-looking peach trees, dug them up by the roots, and transported them back to plant them in the garden of the Thorn Mansion.

The garden of the Thorn Mansion suddenly became a small peach garden, walking in the garden, you can rub off the peach blossoms from time to time, and even make some peach petals on your hair and clothes, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Hou set off a large string of firecrackers at the gate of the Assassin's Mansion. The huge crackling sound not only attracted the people in the house to watch, but also many people in the city were frightened and came out to see what was going on.

This is the so-called "firecracker" in the era, which is really a "firecracker", that is, the bamboo is set on fire and exploded, making a crackling sound, called "firecracker".

No one has ever seen a firecracker like Liu Hou who filled it with gunpowder and made such a loud noise. This string of firecrackers was ordered by Liu Hou to be made in advance, and the original bamboo was replaced with black powder on a red paper roll, and then N such firecrackers were turned into a string, which became a finished product similar to that of firecrackers in later generations.

People inside and outside the mansion looked at the red paper shreds in front of the Assassin's Mansion and were puzzled and shocked, and they didn't know what was going on.

Zhang Xingcai and Zhou Xue were also disturbed by the loud movement of firecrackers and ran out to watch. Strange to say, since that day, the two girls have gotten along fairly well.

After Zhang Xingcai lived in the Assassin's Mansion, he immediately occupied a few rooms, quickly built a real room, buried himself in research and did real work all day long, and lived a life of two points and one line in the boudoir every day, and even the meals were sent to the real room or his own room to eat.

These days, except for Zuo Ci, even Liu Hou rarely meets. Liu Houzheng was worried that she would come to trouble her, but now that she doesn't bother herself, she is happy to be free, of course she won't take the initiative to provoke her.

And Zhou Xue also lives in a simple house, stays in her room all day long, practices martial arts in her small courtyard every day, lives a very low-key life, and rarely goes out. Liu Hou asked her to go out a few times, but she refused, which made him feel very bored.

Liu Hou had to go to her room from time to time to see her. Every time she talked to Liu Hou coldly and drove people away, Liu Hou felt even more bored.

"Little Adou, what are you doing? This is gunpowder, right? Zhang Xingcai sniffled, smelled the smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, and asked puzzledly. Gunpowder can be said to be a strategic weapon of the Shu army, a top-secret thing, Zhang Xingcai didn't understand why Liu Hou used this thing to play.

People inside and outside the mansion all looked at Liu Hou, revealing a very complicated expression. Especially the people outside the house, some time ago the Shu army attacked the city, did not use less gunpowder, they know the horror of these things, among them there are family members who were killed by these gunpowder, and now they hear this terrifying sound, they are a little scared, I don't know if this prince is going to do anything again, I don't know if this prince will do anything again, I don't know if there will be death this time.

Liu Hou looked at everyone looking at himself like a monster, and was very helpless, so he had to explain: "This is a firecracker I invented, red represents auspiciousness, and the sound is huge, which can scare away evil spirits in the mountains and drive away plague and evil spirits." ”

Everyone suddenly realized when they heard it, and at the same time sighed, it turned out to be firecrackers, everyone knows that the firecrackers are burned for the New Year, in order to have a happy celebration, but the firecrackers burned by everyone are not as powerful as those burned by His Royal Highness the Prince. It seems that the prince is the prince, and even burning a firecracker is extraordinary.

"Isn't it scary to have such a loud firecracker?" Zhang Xingcai said angrily. She was the only one present who dared to be angry.

"It's not necessarily scary, it's okay to scare ghosts." Liu Hou said casually.

"In broad daylight, where did the ghost come from?" Zhang Xingcai was dissatisfied.

"The previous siege, a lot of people died in Panyu City, and of course there are ghosts when they die." Liu Hou said lightly.

"Ahh Little Adou, it's the New Year, don't scare people. Zhang Xingcai felt a chill in his back, and couldn't help but be a little scared. Early in the morning in winter, can you stand at the gate without feeling cold?

Liu Hou saw that it was not fun to scare her at all, so he changed the topic and said: "Okay, don't scare you, this is for burning." I have something more fun, called fireworks, do you want to play? ”