Li Si's alchemy steps seemed simple, just a few twists on the three tripods, but Ying Zheng could see that the real doorway was on the stone tripod.

The bulges on the three feet should be three different mechanisms, as long as you remember the steps to open them, all you need to do is set up a fire, send carbon, pour water, and put medicine.

Who made this tripod, so powerful!

Ying Zheng looked at Shi Ding, then at Li Si, and asked, "Sir, is this Ding specially used for alchemy?" ”

Li Si nodded and said, "It seems that it should be." ”

"The method used is also taught to you by your predecessors?" Ying Zheng asked again.

"Yes, the king can also give it a try according to Weichen's practice." Lees said.

"Okay." Ying Zheng decisively stepped forward and lit the pile of dry firewood.

Although he was not very skilled, it was not complicated after all, and after Ying Zheng operated it, he began to wait for the elixir to come out.

"Sir, who made this stone tripod?" Ying Zheng asked, "How did you do it so precisely?" ”

Li Si looked at Shi Ding and said, "This Shi Ding is dedicated to making Linggu Dan, so it must be made by the Heavenly Inheritor, as for which one, it is unknown." ”

Such an answer is tantamount to not getting any useful clues.

"Then this Shiding and Jiuding, are they similar?" Ying Zheng asked again, "Or, can Jiuding really be alchemy?" ”

Li Si thought for a while before saying: "Compared with Jiuding, this stone tripod is fundamentally different from Jiuding in terms of materials alone, and this stone tripod seems to be more difficult to make." ”

Now I haven't even figured out how to make dense stones, let alone use dense stones to make tripods.

Turning around, it turned back to the topic.

Ying Zheng didn't ask any more questions and began to chat with Li Si.

When the time came, the elixir was indeed made!

It's just that in color, it seems to be darker.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is less water." Li Si looked at the elixir that Ying Zheng had practiced and said.

"Sir, mean, mushy?" Ying Zheng asked.

Li Si picked one up, licked it, and then grinned and nodded.

Ying Zheng said disapprerovingly: "This is the first time, it's good to be able to do it, and it should be no problem to practice more in the future." ”

Li Si nodded and said, "Yes, there is time." ”

"Hmm." Ying Zheng said, "The widow first asked Zhao Gao to close this courtyard, and outsiders were not allowed to enter." ”

"Okay." Li Si extinguished all the fires, put things in place, and accompanied Yingzheng out of the courtyard.

After Ying Zheng explained a few things to Zhao Gao, he plunged into the secret room under the study.

At present, the most important thing is to translate the patterns of Jiuding and Wang Mausoleum as soon as possible.

If you only translate the text, it is not difficult, but the difficulty is that you have to copy the drawings in the pattern.

Yingzheng, who had no distractions, was extremely focused on translating two patterns, and it took three days to get them.

The moment it was finally completed, Ying Zhengchang exhaled and stretched again.

Seeing that it was getting late, he had to go to Jingyao again the next day, so Yingzheng came to the backyard alone and secretly studied alchemy.

Early the next morning, Ying Zheng and Li Si came to Jingyao together.

The kiln is still busy, with artisans busy filling firecrackers with gunpowder.

Jing Fan took Tian Yi and a few other craftsmen to welcome Ying Zheng into the house.

"Haha......" Before he could sit down, Ying Zheng smiled and said, "It seems that in the past few days, Jingyao's firecrackers have been made a lot." ”

Jing Fan smiled and arched his hand and said, "The brothers of the Jing family class all know that the king wants to mine minerals, so they all threw off their arms. ”

"Not bad." Ying Zheng said, "It's just that you must be safe, this gunpowder is not an ordinary thing." ”

"What the king is worried about is that the brothers of the Jing family class are very careful." Jing Fan said, "Weichen divided the Jing family class into several groups, each performing its own duties, so the hidden danger of gunpowder has been much smaller. ”

Li Si added on the side: "Wechen has also ordered people to use wax

All the firecrackers are sealed and guarded day and night, and they will be fine. ”

Ying Zheng nodded approvingly, and asked again: "How many firecrackers have been prepared?" ”

"Back to the king." Jing Fan arched his hand and said, "Due to the limited quantity of saltpeter, there are more than 2,000 firecrackers made at present. ”

"So much?" Ying Zheng was taken aback.

"Lord Tingwei said that the amount of gunpowder put in is different, and the power of firecrackers is also different, so Weichen has prepared firecrackers with different powers to prepare for blasting different geology." Jing Fan said.

"Good, good!" Ying Zheng's heart blossomed, and the corners of his mouth grinned to the root of his ears.

"What is the king's plan for Lu Xiangbang's minerals?" Lees asked.

"The widow is also thinking about this matter these days." Ying Zheng stood up and said, "Since we are going to open the mine on the grounds of manufacturing 'my device', then the matter of prospecting must not distinguish between public and private. The focus is on the secrecy of firecrackers during mining, as well as the identification and protection of various minerals after mining. ”

Li Si arched his hand and said: "Weichen suggested that the minerals provided by Lu Xiangbang should be regarded as official mines, and the imperial court would be responsible for mining, and the king only needed to show his face." The minerals provided by Lord Sima were secretly mined by Jing Jiaban. ”

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "This suggestion is good, there are bright and dark, so that a lot of things can be covered up." ”

At this moment, a craftsman bowed down to the door to report that Sima and his son had arrived.

Before coming to Jingyao, Yingzheng sent someone to call Sima Hong, and Sima Jie was recently in charge of teaching Jingjia's class to learn Chinese characters, so he also came.

"Wechen greets the king." After Sima and his son entered the door, they bowed together.

"Excuse me, excuse me." Ying Zheng stepped forward and helped Sima Hong, "Sit down." ”

Everyone sat down, and Ying Zheng spoke: "Before Lord Sima came, we were talking about mining minerals. ”

After that, Ying Zheng raised his hand and gestured to Li Si.

Li Si repeated the plan just now.

After hearing this, Sima Hong said with a smile: "Okay, since that's the case, we can travel immediately." ”

Ying Zheng looked surprised and asked, "Don't you need to prepare, Lord Sima?" ”

"It's time to prepare, Weichen has already prepared, just waiting for the king to decide, who will accompany the king on the trip." Sima Hong said.

"Except for a few ladies in the harem and you, let the Meng family brothers accompany them with some Meng family soldiers." Ying Zheng said.

"Your Majesty, set a date for your departure." Lees said.

"In three days, you must each prepare yourself, and after three days, set out from the south gate." Ying Zheng said decisively.

The crowd responded.

Ying Zheng took out the two packages he brought, and put the copied Jiuding cheats and the pattern of the royal tomb on the table.

"I'll leave these two things to you, don't lose them." Ying Zheng looked at Jing Fan and said.

Jing Fan frowned and arched his hand: "Jing Fan will definitely live up to the king's trust." ”

"On this trip, you don't have to accompany you, you must study these two patterns as soon as possible." Ying Zheng said.

"Wechen has selected twenty craftsmen with mining experience for Wang Shang, led by Tian Yi, to help Wang Shang find mines and open mountains." Jing Fan said.

"Good!" Ying Zhengxi said, "In the future, let Tian Yi be in charge of this mining team, and then recruit some private miners to expand the team." ”

Tian Yi was overjoyed and bowed down to thank him.

After the arrangements were made, Ying Zheng, Li Si, Sima and his son went to the Mongolian Mansion together.

The Meng family is still in the period of filial piety, and the family cannot be without the person in charge, so Ying Zhengcai plans to let Meng Wu stay behind and travel with the Meng family brothers.

When Meng Tian and Meng Yi heard about it, their eyebrows fluttered happily.

After returning to Gucheng Palace, Ying Zheng told several ladies the news of his trip three days later, and the ladies were also very happy.

"Your Majesty, where are you going to play this time?" Wen Xuan asked.

"It's probably a few peaks on the north side of the Qinling Mountains, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, but it's a good place to play in summer." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

The beauty of the mountains and rivers is secondary, and the focus is on having mines.

What's more important is that once there is a mine at home, the children will not have to worry about eating and drinking in the future.

"Go to the mountains, you won't meet tigers." Princess Lan Ting said, "I still want to see the sea. Lan Ting said.

"There are a lot of seafronts in Qi country." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "Or, the widow will send you back to your mother's house?" ”

"Your Majesty." Lan Tingjiao snorted and turned her face away.

"It's good in the mountains, you can hunt in the mountains." Hu Yu saw that Lan Ting seemed to be angry, and hurriedly comforted.

"Hunting is good." Ying Zheng looked at Hu Yu and said, "But the widow didn't say to take you." ”

"Huh?" Hu Yu's mouth opened wide, "Why?" ”

"Last time I competed with you, the widow lost, so I won't take you this time." Ying Zheng's tone was quite resolute.

"Your Majesty." Hu Yu learned from the coquettish appearance of the other sisters, "Isn't it okay to compare, take me with you." ”

Several people were amused by Hu Yu's tone.

"Nope." Ying Zheng pretended to be very serious.

"Sister, look at the king." Hu Yu asked Nansu for help.

Nan Su smiled and pleaded for Hu Yu: "Your Majesty, don't tease her, Hu Yu didn't say that he wanted to compare archery with you." ”

"No comparison, no going." Ying Zheng still kept a straight face and said, "And you, you are not allowed to go." ”

"Huh?" Nan Su was stunned there, and some regretted helping Hu Yu intercede.

Hu Yu came over: "The king doesn't dare to compete, it's understandable that he won't let me go, why won't even my sister go." ”

"Green Sword Fairy"

Ying Zheng looked at the two of them, and said seriously: "Both of you are pregnant, and you have to take care of the fetus in the palace, so you can't go." ”

Hearing Ying Zheng say this, Hu Yu couldn't refute it, who let himself and Nansu already have Ying Zheng's flesh and blood.

The smiles of the other three princesses froze on their faces.

"Your Majesty, this is not good." Wen Xuan softly tested Yingzheng's attitude.

Ying Zheng sighed lightly and said: "Actually, why don't you want to take you all with you, but the medical book says that these days of the two of them are a more critical period, and they must be very careful, and this trip is not a few days to come back." ”

Hu Yu's eyes rolled around and said, "Doesn't the king have that magical Linggu Pill, any disease can be cured, what are you afraid of, besides, we are not so delicate." ”

Only you're not delicate, okay.

"yes." Nan Su also came over and wanted to fight for it, "It's better to ask Mr., if Mr. is sure that something will happen to me and Hu Yu, then there will be no problem." ”

Ying Zheng also felt that it was safer to ask Li Si, after all, he would not be relieved if he still let the two of them go.

"Wait, widow go and ask sir." After that, Ying Zheng went out of the room.

After a while, Ying Zheng walked back with a smile.

Seeing Ying Zheng's expression, the five ladies knew that there should be no big problem.

Sure enough, Ying Zheng raised his voice a little and said, "The widow asked Mr., and Mr. said that it would be fine to take you." ”

"Great!" Hu Yu hugged Nansu very happily.

"Oops." Nansu clutched her stomach and shouted.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Hu Yu asked anxiously.

"Yours, your scabbard touched me." Nansu didn't actually hurt, just out of caution.

Everyone: "......"

"Oh." Hu Yu hurriedly moved the golden sword he was carrying with him.

Ying Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Before he even went out, he yelled.

It seems that many women get together, which is inherently dangerous, and it has nothing to do with not being able to go out.

In the next three days, Ying Zheng sorted out the items he wanted to bring, especially the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that he had translated before, as well as the map that the old man in white had sent before.

Three days later, Ying Zheng led the team out of the south gate of Xianyang City.

The first target is the Taibai Mountain in the Qinling Mountains.