A group of people, more than a dozen people, set off in the direction of the county seat.

There was a cart pulled by a ox in the procession, and it was something covered with dry grass, and I couldn't tell what it was, and there were old and young people sitting in the car.

The ox cart was followed by mostly women, many of whom carried burdens on their shoulders, and the bamboo baskets contained some black things.

This is the team that set off from Nanshan Village.

The old and the young on the ox cart were Sun Yaozu and Pei Yun, accompanied by Qin Qi'er, Aunt Zhao, Sun Youniang, Niu Lili, and some women who had the strength to walk long distances, including members of the Qin Women's Army.

They can hunt when they pick up a crossbow, and they can work when they put down a crossbow.

This time, Pei Yun will go to the county seat with Sun Yaozu to see the face of this era.

In fact, for some villagers, these things have nothing to do with their lives.

Many villagers, until they die, the scope of their activities is one acre and three points of land in their own village.

The villagers can only travel on two legs, and unless something happens, they will not go far.

And what can the villagers do, what they have to face in a day is to work and live...... Cycle.

What the world is like and what it has developed into is actually far away from the people, and they can't influence it.

But Pei Yun is different, he has a lot of things to do, and he needs to think about what to do and how to do it.

And this time he went to the county seat, Pei Yun had another purpose.

"One nitrate, two sulfon, three charcoal." These are the words that Pei Yun said.

A simple mantra with terrifying power.

Yes, this is the recipe for making black powder.

Among them, charcoal is easy to find, as for saltpeter and sulfur, Nanshan Village does not have it, so you can only go to the county seat to find it.

I think of making black powder, which can play a big role in mining in the mountains.

Of course, using black powder elsewhere is just as terrible.

The nearest county seat to Nanshan Village is called Min County, and even if it is the nearest county seat, it takes a whole day to walk on the road.

The world is not peaceful, and the most active bandits in Min County are tile bandits.

However, the team is more than a dozen people, and it is relatively safe for a team with a large number of people.

Of course, there is the existence of the Qin Niangzi Army, if there are really those who are not long-sighted, it can only be said that they are unlucky.

It took the group a day to get to Min County.

Min County is forbidden to enter and exit at night, so you can only wait until tomorrow morning to enter the city.

The group is also experienced, and found a place outside Min County to spend the night.

Although I didn't enter the city, I could already see the outline of Min County.

Historically, the average county covers an area of several square kilometers and has a population of about 10,000 people.

Of course, this is a general number, not a standard.

Generally speaking, the population of the county seat is relatively fixed.

There are generally three types:

First, the county government personnel.

Second, business merchants.

Third, the rich and powerful squires of various townships like to live in the county because they are prone to robbery by bandits in the countryside.

The number of residents in the county town is very fixed, and generally does not need to be expanded, and it has been the same for hundreds of years.

corresponds to it.

In ancient times, agriculture was the mainstay, and even if they had the ability, farmers were reluctant to live in the county seat.

There are many rules of management, in the county seat, when it comes to a fixed time, the city gate will be closed, and farmers must go home on time every day, which is very unrealistic for farmers, especially during the busy farming season.

Farmers who want to enter the county town are not just able to enter, they need to show their dental cards, and sometimes they have to be searched and checked.

As a farmer, the countryside is the real home.

At night, you can see the city walls in the distance.

With the eyes of today's people, you will be surprised when you see the city wall of the county for the first time.

But for Pei Yun.

The height of the wall is about five meters.

The five-meter city wall is too much to see in the eyes of a person who is used to seeing modern high-rise buildings.

Pei Yun is not denying the city wall, with the level of the current people, it is magnificent to be able to build such a city wall.

Although I didn't really look closely, if I was right, the city wall of Min County was a rammed earth wall.

Rammed earth walls, that is, walls made of earth.

Pile soil on the wall foundation, the soil needs to be loose and soft, do the soil to add water to the net wet, on both sides of the wall with a wooden board as a retaining plywood, then use the rammed soil, the soil is firm, this is called rammed earth.

Use ramming to beat the soil, and use external force to make the local foundation and wall foundation reach the overall solid degree.

In the construction of the city wall, the rammed earth wall is the most rudimentary, which has all kinds of defects.

The wall will crack after a long time, and the wall surface is not smooth, and there is a honeycomb surface.

The protection is not as good as the other walls.

In addition to rammed earth walls, there are also brick walls, which are made of brick skins on the inner and outer surfaces of the earthen walls.

When the earthen wall was completed, bricks had to be laid, and the inside and outside were close to the earthen wall.

Stone masonry is another method.

In areas with a lot of stone, you can build a stone wall.

The walls were built with stones, and the interior was also made of earth, and the walls were first made of earth, and then stone strips or stones were pasted on both sides of the walls.

The stone wall is characterized by its large stone blocks and ease of construction.

But it's still that sentence, no matter what kind of wall it is, in Pei Yun's eyes, it's just like that.

Looking at the city wall of Min County, Pei Yun muttered to himself: "I don't know if there is a chance to get the reinforced concrete out, cement should not be a problem, bricks are not a problem, steel is not a problem...... Just think about it now. ”

"Childe, be careful if you catch a cold." Qin Qi'er walked over and said.

It's already night, and the pace of winter is approaching, and if you don't pay attention to it, it's really easy to catch a cold.

A fire had been lit where the group had stayed, so that people could keep warm.

Pei Yun found a place to sit down.

Qin Qi'er thought about it and sat down in Pei Yun's arms.

Anyway, there is nothing to be ashamed of in the relationship between himself and his son.

But when he sat down, he still said, "The slave family is afraid that the son will catch a cold, and if the slave family holds him, the son can be warmer." ”

Pei Yun didn't bother with her reason, but just teased the tip of her little nose with his fingers, indicating that he punished her for making excuses.

But then again, it's a bit cold.

Although he is the most clothed of all people.

But people's physique is different.

Everyone is obviously more hardy than themselves, after all, they are used to it.

Pei Yun hugged the girl in his arms tightly, looking for the warmth in the cold night.

After a day of traveling, they were all tired, feeling each other's temperature, Pei Yun and Qin Qi'er quickly fell asleep.

At this time, a pair of eyes looked at Pei Yun and Qin Qi'er, who were Sun Youniang.

"What are you thinking, talk to Aunt Zhao." Aunt Zhao on the side said.

"Nope." Sun Youniang looked away, and she didn't mean to talk to Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao shook her head, sighed in her heart and said, "It's a pity that the concubine is intentional, Lang is ruthless." ”

The next day, when the city gate opened, the group lined up early.

He was accompanied by other people who were going into the city.

When entering the city, you will have to show your tooth card, and if necessary, you will be searched and checked.

Sun Yaozu was at the forefront of the team and handed over the tooth card to the official.

"The village chief of Nanshan Village?" After confirming Sun Yaozu's identity, the attitude of the official messenger obviously improved.

Although the village chief is not an official, he still has a certain status.

For example, the village chief can go to meet the official master, but ordinary people do not have this treatment.

The village chief is not an official, but he is also an insider in the officialdom.

"They are all from my village, and this time I went to the city to sell some things, and I also asked the official to make it convenient." Sun Yaozu said kindly.

The words are good, stretch out his hand and don't hit the smiling person, seeing Sun Yaozu's attitude, the official also became easy to speak.

glanced at the others, there were quite a few people, but more of them were carrying burdens, and the things in the bamboo basket were also clear at a glance, they were some black things.

"Okay, go ahead."

After being released, the group walked towards the city gate.

"Wait." The official said abruptly, and his eyes looked at the ox cart.

Sitting on the ox cart was Pei Yun.

Could it be that the official saw that Pei Yun was unusual, and he really wanted to investigate it, Pei Yun was not a villager in Nanshan Village.

The official messenger walked to the ox cart, but he passed by Pei Yun like this and did not stop.

Officials are concerned with what's on the ox cart, not about people.

"What's in there?"

On the ox cart, it was covered with dry grass, and there was clearly something under the dry grass.

Hearing the official ask about the things under the dry grass, Sun Yaozu's face became strange, and he was about to explain, but the official asked for the dry grass.

The official's original intention was to see if there were any forbidden items under the dry grass, but after uncovering the dry grass and seeing what it was, he was frightened.

was also frightened, as well as the people on the side.

When the officials were about to search the ox carts, the people were attracted to them, and when the officials uncovered the dry grass, they also saw the contents of the ox carts.

"Tiger...... There are tigers. And the people cried out in terror.

All at once, the people at the gates of the city were in disorder.

Suddenly a tiger appeared, and everyone was afraid.

"It's not a tiger, it's a tiger skin, just a tiger skin." Sun Yaozu hurriedly said.

The person who can see it most clearly is naturally the nearest official, and it is only when he hears Sun Yaozu say that it is a tiger skin, which is also evident.

Indeed, not a real tiger, just a tiger skin.

Although the tiger skin looks scary, it is a dead thing after all.

The official felt that he was frightened by a dead tiger skin, which really shouldn't be, coughed twice, and scolded the people in a mess, "Give me silence, it's not just a tiger skin, what's the fuss." ”

As he spoke, he puffed up his chest as if to say that he didn't make a fuss.

With the scolding of the officials, the people calmed down, and they also saw that it was just a tiger skin, but they still pointed and pointed.

The official cha swallowed his saliva and said to Sun Yaozu: "What's going on with this tiger skin." ”

Sun Yaozu said: "Naturally, it was caught by hunting. ”

didn't say that it was killed by Qin Qi'er, but it was not good to say it.

When a woman kills a tiger, it is bound to arouse the curiosity and confusion of others.

What does this woman have to kill a tiger?

To explain this, this has to mention the existence of crossbows.

Pei Yun was reluctant to tell outsiders about the crossbow.

Such a lethal weapon, if it spreads, I don't know what kind of impact it will bring, this is not something Pei Yun wants to face.