Huang Yueying purified saltpeter and sulfur to initially improve the power of black powder; Zhuge Liang designed the 'Zhuge Cannon', a front-loading round iron tube mounted on a small cart with adjustable firing angles and a large caliber and mass. After the two-way probationary period ended, Zhuge Liang offered black powder and Zhuge cannon to light up the eyes of the Eastern Wu monarchs.

Regardless of the Wenchen Ah Xian, Ah Ming, Ah Zhi, Ah Ren, and Ah Li, who were enthusiastically discussing matters related to the mass production of black powder, and regardless of the military generals Ah Qiang, Ah Meng, Ah Yong, Ah Zhuang, and A Mang rushing to take the lead in deploying Zhuge artillery in their own troops, Sun Quan, who got the weapon of war, was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut and rewarded Zhuge Liang for the first time.

And Zhuge Liang did not get carried away, indifferently shirked the reward, and pushed the credit to his own son - Sun Quanzi was very curious about the precocious child in Zhuge Liang's mouth, and hurriedly sent someone to summon Lyle, who was already prepared at home.

"The grass people meet the king." Huang Yueying's etiquette course for the children of the family is very good, and on the surface, it is completely impossible to see that this is a dead child who rolled all over the ground a few days ago because his father found a craftsman to create a 'Zhuge Cannon' without authorization.

Sun Quan and the ministers looked at the half-grown Lyle curiously, and asked with a smile, "I heard that you invented gunpowder and cannons?" ”

"The grass people didn't dare to take credit, the grass people just read their father's collection of books, and found that there were alchemy alchemists in the process of alchemy explosion and ejection phenomenon and put forward the idea that gunpowder was made by the ancestors, and the improvement of gunpowder and the design of the cannon were the credit of the father and mother." It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous at all, but Lyle, who had a good draft, gave full marks to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu gave the credit to his son, and his son gave the credit to Lao Tzu, and they can all have a good name.

Everyone in the hall nodded secretly, it was indeed a great achievement for Lyle to be the first to discover the excavability of gunpowder in hundreds of years, but in the eyes of them who did not know Lyle's almost stubborn perseverance, if there was no work for his parents, Lyle would have forgotten about it when he grew up, and the credit would be at least half.

Sun Quan, who had a happy heart, laughed and said: "Haha, at a young age, you have the style of a father, not bad...... But merit cannot be rewarded, what reward do you want? ”

"The grass people want to find a career under the king." Lyle immediately said that he could no longer suppress his inner excitement by not recuperating with insufficient etiquette.

"Huh?" Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed with everyone in the hall, and said with a smile, "Hehe, what background do you want~?" ”

"The grass people want to explore the outside world of the Great Han!" Lyle said loudly, overshadowing the laughter in the main hall, "I implore the king to form a pirate group in the future, led by the grass people himself, to plunder overseas supplies and feed back to Jiangdong!" ”

The laughter came to an abrupt end.

This is not the answer they imagined.

That's not what they think children should be.

Sun Quan glanced at Zhuge Liang, who continued to be light and breezy, he finally knew why his courtiers would speak highly of his son, and asked solemnly, "Why is it the 'Pirate Group'?" ”

A child thinks about smashing and robbing, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal.

"If the king is willing to carry a fleet full of treasures and slaves, and give them to the locals in exchange for the right to berth in every port, the grass people will make the king's reputation spread far and wide." This is Lyle's sincere words, he just wants to explore the world, whether it is smashing and looting along the way or throwing coins along the way, it doesn't matter at all.

Hearing this reply, Sun Quan was a little embarrassed, knowing that he had asked a stupid question.

In fact, the idea of the Heavenly * Dynasty has appeared in the Han Dynasty, but the people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty have long lost the confidence to maintain this arrogance, not to mention that Sun Quan has just extinguished all kinds of resistance forces in Jiangdong in recent years.

On the other hand, the proposal of 'forming a pirate group to feed back to Koto' is quite attractive, if nothing else, just labor, and it is a good business to capture the population of other countries and come back as slaves. (PS: A few decades after the original world line, Soochow opened up domestic sea lanes, and also caught slaves when looking for the islands that Xu Fu crossed to the east.) ）

Zhou Yu walked out, and then asked with a smile: "Why 'future'?" And not immediately formed. ”

"Listening to what my father said, in the past year or two, Wei and Wu will have a war." The top priority is the war within the Han Dynasty, and by winning this war, Soochow can develop steadily for a period of time, and it will have to wait until then at the earliest to have the spare strength to form a pirate group, "In addition, if you want to sail to the sea, you must improve the existing ships and specialize in manufacturing sea ships, which cannot be done in the short term." ”

"Good." If Sun Quan's question is out of 'doubt', then Zhou Yu's question is out of 'test', "Do you think you have the ability to lead a pirate group?" ”

"Nope." Lyle shook his head decisively and said, "The grass people are only the commander-in-chief of the general direction, reading the changes in the sea, and deciding when to return, but the specific command of the crew and the battle at sea will be completed by the general appointed by the king - the first assistant, the grass people, hopes to be Gan Xingba!" ”

"'Sail thief'? It's a good choice. "At this point in time, Gan Ning has not yet thrown himself into Jiangdong, and he is not reused under Huang Zu, so he can try to dig it up, "Even if someone assists, you are confident that you can win the naval battle?" ”

"Aren't the cannons there? The grass people conceived that it was originally on a ship. Lyle replied confidently, "Moreover, the distance from Jiangdong to the Barbarian Land is the same as the distance from the Barbarian Land to Jiangdong, and whoever reaches the opponent's territory first will represent whose sea strength is stronger!" The only thing that can defeat the grass people's pirates is the sea, not the barbarians who have disappeared from the sea so far! ”

There was a lot of discussion in the hall.

The generals Ah Mang and Ah Yong were even aroused by the words shouted by Lyle in a childish voice, intending to join this pirate group that did not even have a plank for the time being.

After getting all the answers, Zhou Yu turned around and bowed to Sun Quan, and said loudly: "The minister implores the lord to agree to the request of Kong Ming's son, and in the future, we will have one more heroic member in Jiangdong!" ”

"Yes!" At this time, Sun Quan, who was extremely ambitious, had nothing to say, and waved his hand to ask for a reward that represented a policy a few years later.

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Sun Quan has three hobbies:

First, beauty.

The true colors of a man, and the large number of harems is normal, just don't play with the wine pool and meat forest.

Second, hunting.

often goes out early and returns late to hunt, and the ministers can't persuade him.

Third, set up a banquet.

Regardless of whether the friendship between the monarch and the minister is enhanced, Sun Quan holds banquets frequently, and there are always various reasons to hold banquets.

…… Yes, because of the black powder and Zhuge cannon, Sun Quan set up a banquet to entertain the ministers, and Lyle, as one of the protagonists, was easily drunk regardless of whether he had drunk alcohol before or not.

Then, Lyle had a dream.

In the dream, there is a man dressed in animal skin clothes who travels down the river in a strange wooden boat.

When he reached the beach, the man screamed and jumped, almost letting the wooden boat drift away.

Then the man sat on the reef by the sea, and while digging dried fish from an ugly clay pot and nibbling on it, he looked at the evening sea, and for some reason cried out and screamed in a language he didn't understand at all.

- The dream ends.

Sadly, Lyle won't remember the dream when he wakes up.