Chapter 56: Preparations Before the Banquet 2

"Big brother! I am back! Meng Ruolang was followed by three people holding boxes, one box was full of sulfur, and the rest was naturally bamboo tubes and charcoal.

Bi Yuntao stretched his waist, took Meng Ruoxi to the courtyard, and instructed these subordinates to bring the firecrackers they had just bought today.

"Big brother! What do you buy so many firecrackers for? Meng Ruolang looked at several large boxes of firecrackers and asked suspiciously.

Bi Yuntao didn't answer his words, disassembled the firecracker, and poured the gunpowder inside into the basin, but looking at the gunpowder in the basin, his brows furrowed, and he sighed, "Sure enough, it's the same as I thought!" "The purity of these gunpowder is not enough, and the content is too small, but fortunately, enough firecrackers were bought, and there are remedies!

"Big brother! What the hell are you going to do? What do you take these firecrackers apart for? Meng Ruolang looked at Bi Yuntao's movements, with a small head and big doubts.

"You don't know? It's a shame that you still don't know what to do! Bi Yuntao looked at him playfully.

"Forehead ......" Listening to the disdain in Bi Yuntao's tone, he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Flutter!" Meng Ruoxi laughed out loud when she looked at her brother's funny movements, "You little fool, you don't even know this, Master asked you to read more and you didn't listen, this time you know that you hate less when you use books!" ”

"Then you say, what is the eldest brother going to do?" Meng Ruolang's face turned red by what she said, and he fought back angrily.

"Well...... In my opinion, he's going to make a big firecracker! After speaking, her face turned red, and she didn't know what Bi Yuntao was going to do.

"Uh......" Bi Yuntao is full of black lines. What, you still talk about me, and you don't know the result! Meng Ruolang rolled his eyes.

"Haha! Although what Ruoxi said is not the same as the final item, it is also the same as what she said! ”

"No, big brother! Wouldn't it be nice to customize the big firecrackers? It's ready in about a week! Meng Ruolang complained weakly.

"A week is too long, I'm in a hurry to use it, so I'd better make it myself. And ......"

"And what?" Meng Ruoxi asked.

"Moreover, the power of firecrackers is too small!"

"This ...... "The two of them, you look at me, I look at you, what's the use of firecrackers being powerful?"

"Haha! Just look at it, and you'll be amazed! Bi Yuntao smiled mysteriously, "It's just right, Ruolang, you can also help disassemble these firecrackers together." Then he pointed to the two subordinates and said, "You help me find a farmer who has pigs and cattle, and scrape hoarfrost in their pens or cattle pens to bring it to me, the more the better, money is not a problem." As for you! Then he turned his head and instructed another servant, "Go to the corner of the courtyard and get it for me, I have seen it, and there is a lot of hoarfrost in the corner." ”

Meng Ruoxi watched Bi Yuntao instruct Meng Ruolang and them to do all kinds of things, and they also wanted to make a contribution. "What do you want me to do? I can help you too! ”

Bi Yuntao looked at her eager to try, and chuckled, "You just supervise Meng Ruolang to work!" ”

Bi Yuntao brought water from the well, poured the hoarfrost scraped from the corner of the wall into the bucket, stirred it for a while, and then let it sit in the water, and then ran to the kitchen to make a fire.

Meng Ruoxi looked at his busy figure in the kitchen, and didn't understand what he was going to do, "What are you doing with a fire?" Do you need to make a fire to make firecrackers? What are you doing when you let someone pour hoarfrost into the water? ”

Bi Yuntao was in a good mood at this time, couldn't help whistling, heard her question, and explained to her happily, "Those hoarfrost is nitrate, which generally exists in pigs, cattle pens, the foot of the old wall of the courtyard, the cliff edge, the cave and the ground that is not easy to be washed by rain. These hoarfrost contains saltpeter, saltpeter will blend with water, soaked in water can separate it from impurities, boiled dry water in an iron pot, and the powder attached to the iron pot is the saltpeter I want. ”

"Then isn't there so much nitrate in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion!" Thinking of the saltpeter that Meng Ruolang said before was used for gunpowder, I couldn't help but feel a palpitation.

Bi Yuntao guessed the worry in her heart and smiled. "Haha! Don't worry, saltpeter alone can't make gunpowder, and other things need to be matched in a certain proportion, otherwise every time it rains and is exposed to the sun for a few days, just one person will set it on fire, wouldn't it be a home that will be blown up directly! ”

Meng Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest with palpitations. Seeing that he knew so much, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, "But how do you know this?" And aren't all firecrackers full of gunpowder? Why do you have to bother making it yourself? ”

"This one! Life is the best teacher! It's all from life! Bi Yuntao smiled mysteriously, and did not explain too much why he wanted to make gunpowder. This knowledge of chemistry is an introductory course for agents, and when I think that this knowledge was spurned by the literati and politicians who lived in ancient times, and I don't look down on the knowledge painstakingly researched by these craftsmen, I can't help but feel a little sadness in my eyes.

"What's wrong? Am I saying something wrong? Meng Ruoxi saw that his mood was a little low, and he didn't know what he said wrong, which made him unhappy.

"Ah, nothing, just remembering something." Bi Yuntao cleaned up his emotions, and then asked Meng Ruoxi thoughtfully, "What do you think of the knowledge of these craftsmen?" ”

"I think it's quite magical, in the corners of the wall and the pig and cow pens, the hoarfrost that can be seen everywhere can be turned into gunpowder for firecrackers after you do this."

"Is it just magical?" Bi Yuntao muttered to himself, and when he saw her nodding, he asked casually, "Then do you want to learn?" I can teach you. ”

Meng Ruoxi shook her head, "Forget it, these tricks are still difficult to get into the elegant hall, not to mention that these are not favored by the world, but I didn't expect you to be interested in these things as a prince!" ”

"Haha! It's really a little trick, I learned it from those craftsmen when I was a child, and I didn't expect it to be useful. Bi Yuntao kept adding firewood to the stove, and when he saw that the fire was already burning vigorously, he got up and wiped out the dust on his hands, "Okay, it's almost done, I'll go and see how Meng Ruolang and them are doing." "Forget it, these things will be taught to others when you can participate in the court in the future.

Meng Ruoxi felt that he seemed to have something on his mind, but he didn't know how to explain it. Inadvertently walked up to his side, blushing and reaching out to take his big thick hand.

Bi Yuntao was stunned by her movements, glanced at him, found her reddish pretty face, understood her intentions, smiled, and grabbed hard, "Come with me, I'll let you see what kind of battle these little tricks can make!" ”

"How's it going? I'll see if that's enough! Bi Yuntao walked to Meng Ruolang's side and was overjoyed when he looked at the gunpowder piled up in the basin. If you continue to dismantle it, I'll take it first! Holding a pot of gunpowder, he walked to the bucket where the nitrate was resting, and began to fish out the upper layer of clear liquid and filter the impurities, and then poured the filtered liquid into the basin and took it to the kitchen for boiling.

After some busyness, the most time-consuming saltpeter powder was finally obtained, Bi Yuntao mixed the white saltpeter powder with sulfur and charcoal, carefully poured it into the bamboo tube of the drill hole, inserted the wire rope soaked in the saltpeter mixed solution, and the simple explosives were ready.

"What is this?" Meng Ruoxi looked at the item that looked like a firecracker and asked puzzled.

"Isn't this a firecracker?!" Meng Ruolang twitched the corners of his mouth on the side, it took so much effort to make such a thing?!

"This is the firecracker you guessed before, but now his name is dynamite!" Bi Yuntao explained, "It just so happens that I want to eat fish recently, so let's use this to fry fish!" Bi Yuntao couldn't wait to try its power, and if it wasn't satisfactory, he would have to reconfigure the gunpowder content.

"Hey! No! And what about all this dismantled gunpowder?! It took me nine years and two tigers to dismantle it, don't you need it, big brother? ”

"Oh, those gunpowder are in use, don't worry, let's go get some food first."

"Stay away, cover your ears!" Bi Yuntao stood by the pond in the courtyard and shouted at Meng Ruoxi and them.

The two looked at each other, listened to Bi Yuntao's words, and hid far away to cover their ears.

Seeing that the two of them had already hidden, he picked up the fire fold and lit the fuse, and ran quickly towards the two of them, covering his ears at the same time.

As soon as he stood still, he heard a "boom", and the bamboo tube explosives floating in the water exploded violently, splashing all over the ground.

"Hahaha! What a bumper harvest! Bi Yuntao ran quickly to the pond and picked up the koi scattered all over the ground. The power of the explosives is acceptable, there is no need to reconfigure, and the rest depends on the power of the gunpowder stripped from the firecrackers.

Meng Ruoxi and Meng Ruolang lowered their jaws and looked at the scene in front of them, they never thought that Bi Yuntao would come up with such a powerful explosive with a casual touch.

"Come and help me pick up the fish! I've wanted to eat these fish for a long time, it's too troublesome to catch them one by one, and it's still so fast! Bi Yuntao beckoned to the two who were stunned.

Only then did the two react, and walked towards Bi Yuntao with shock, "Big brother! This and this, how can this explosives be so powerful, and these things you get can be obtained casually. ”

"Hahaha! I said, life is the best teacher! Bi Yuntao looked at Meng Ruoxi, "Ruoxi, how about it, can you still see these little tricks?" ”

"You, these koi fish were carefully cultivated by the palace, and now they are ruined by you like this, it is really bitter for these koi!" Meng Ruoxi gave him a blank look and didn't answer his question, but she did have to admit that these tricks did have merit.

"Haha! How can it be said that it is a waste? It costs money and effort to raise these fish, so you might as well eat them! Besides, if you don't have to ask for it from the mother, anyway, it's not my money, I don't eat for nothing, I don't eat for nothing, so many fish, just let the kitchen make us a whole fish feast. ”