Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

After the experiment was completed, according to Shao Xi's recipe, Guo Youde began to lead people to prepare a large amount of gunpowder. Other work is also being carried out in an orderly manner, and the raw materials needed are continuously transported with the efforts of the rising sun.

In the past two days, according to Shao Xi's original plan, Zhuo Ligetu was also negotiating with Batu, the leader of the Mao'an Ministry. The progress of the negotiations was very difficult, and Batu relied on the strength of his tribe to be superior to the Toths, and had always advocated that the pastures west of the Toths be owned by the Mauan Ministry, so the outcome of the negotiations was predictable.

For Shao Xi, the outcome of the negotiation is not important, the important thing is that the negotiation time is long enough to give himself enough time to prepare.

In the morning, Rising Sun came to inform Shao Xi that the first flying thunder cannon had been basically completed, and he was waiting for him to go for acceptance, so he ran to the shed early in the afternoon.

Shao Xi looked at the flying thunder cannon in front of him. The thick barrel is covered with thick cowhide, and the reinforcing iron bars made by the blacksmith are firmly fixed to the outside of the barrel. In addition to the thickened cushioning plank, there is also a circular iron cylinder in the groove in the center of the cushioning plank, which is where the medicine is placed. The bottom of the barrel is also reinforced with iron plates. The whole thing seems to be a little bit like that.

On the side of the Flying Thunder Cannon, there are stacks of large and small sturdy skins that have been pierced. The cowhide sac fixed to the wooden wing plate is the cannonball, which not only increases the mass of the cannonball, but also plays a role in stabilizing the flight attitude. Because he was afraid that the power would be too great, Shao Xi did not ask for gravel to be added to the cowhide sac. The relatively small sheepskin pouches are filled with shun medicine, that is, the launch yao.

Looking at the pile of things in front of him that he had worked so hard to come up with, Shao Xi waved his hand, "Let's go, go and experiment." ”

A group of people used wooden carts to transport the Flying Thunder Cannon to an open field, and Shao Xi looked around, "Well, it's open enough." ”

Shao Xi turned around and instructed Guo Youde: "When the cowhide bag flies out in a while, you start counting and see how many times it will be fried." ”

Guo Youde responded: "Don't worry, Xiaoyou, I have uniformly made the length of the fuse." After the experiment, I will adjust it according to the time of frying. ”

While the two were talking, Zhuoligtu came with Muren and Uzhina, as well as everyone from the tribe, to watch.

Zhuo Ligetu was very excited when he saw the Flying Thunder Cannon, because he had also heard from the people in the tribe in the past two days that when Shao Xi and them were experimenting, the entire east was like thunder. So he was also interested, what kind of weapon is this?

Shao Xi instructed everyone to fix the flying thunder cannon. The erection of this flying thunder cannon is only a mound of earth and a wooden frame piled up in front, and the specific angle cannot be adjusted. Shao Xi also thought about it, but the people here didn't know how to calculate the angle and range, so it was simply a general angle. As for the control of the range, he already had a way in his heart.

When the erection is completed, Sunrise inserts a cowhide bladder fixed to the wing plate into the muzzle, and uses a wooden pole to adjust the position of the cowhide bladder inside the muzzle.

At the same time, Guo Youde put the sheepskin pouch into the medicine cylinder at the bottom, and used an iron hook to hook out the fuse of the cowhide pouch from the small hole in the side, and connected it with the fuse of the sheepskin pouch.

At this time, Rising Sun began to lead people to maintain order around the area, keeping the crowd away from the flying thunder cannon, so as not to be injured by mistake.

After everything was ready, Shao Xi took the fire fold in Guo Youde's hand and lit the fuse......

Listening to the "bang", the cowhide bag with the wooden wing plate at the tail shot out of the muzzle of the cannon, and quickly turned into a small black dot in the eyes of the people.

Boom ——!

Everyone was stunned, they thought it was a thunderclap on the ground, and the ground was shaking. Some of the children in the herdsmen's arms were frightened and wept at the sound, and Zhuoligetu and Rising Sun were even more stunned, they had never seen anything like this before.

Shao Xi turned around and planned to ask Guo Youde to check the damage of the flying thunder cannon after it was fired, but he only saw him with his mouth wide open and his eyes looking straight into the distance.

"Dao Chief, are you okay?"

Guo Youde reacted at this time, and said with emotion: "You can fly so far, where is this thing that mortals can create?" Xiaoyou, you are really an immortal in the lower realm, I was not mistaken. ”

"In my eyes, the Taoist is an immortal. Let's take a look at the damage to the cannon first. ”

After inspection, this low-profile version of the Flying Thunder Cannon is only slightly damaged in the cowhide inside, and it is still passable in other aspects. So Shao Xi told Rising Sun to apply a layer of oil to the cowhide bag before launching in the future.

Now it's time to test the effects of the explosion. When everyone walked towards the explosion point together, Zhuo Ligetu asked Shao Xi, "Kid, how many people can you hurt the other party just now?" ”

Shao Xi thought for a while and said, "I don't know exactly, but if the opponent's formation is relatively dense, it is possible to bring ten or eight people and horses at this time." If you add some gravel to the cowhide sac, the number of people killed will be even higher. ”

Zhuo Ligetu was a little shocked, "Just this moment, you can hurt ten people with people and horses?" How many of these things are you going to make? ”

"If you want to keep the firepower out, you need to build at least thirty."

"Thirty? Wouldn't that be able to kill or injure two or three hundred people at once? ”

"How it goes, we will have to see the results in a while."

Zoligtu nodded, not speaking again.

When he arrived at the scene of the explosion, Shao Xi himself was taken aback, "How did you blow up such a big pit?" ”

Judging from the marks on the ground, the explosion covered an area of at least 50 square meters. Even if it hadn't been blown up, it was estimated that the earthquake would have shaken people half to death.

Everyone present was a little dumbfounded. Guo Youde muttered in a low voice, "This thing shouldn't appear, this thing really shouldn't appear, and many people will die because of this thing." ”

Shao Xi also felt that he shouldn't have brought these things out at this time. As it turned out, the advent of gunpowder did eventually lead to more deaths and more families shattering, so he planned to destroy the recipe after this time. Judging by Guo Youde's reaction, he should not oppose his own approach.

After returning, Shao Xi asked the craftsmen to adjust some specific details. Depending on the distance just launched, the tanner made three different lengths of leather rope. Let the Rising Sun inform the people who are conducting the firing training that in the future, when firing, these leather ropes should be tied to the cowhide pouch according to the prior arrangement, and at the same time, a wooden stake should be driven into the ground next to the cannon to tie the other end of the leather rope to it. In this way, when the cowhide bag flies to the limit length of the leather rope, it will stop, and in this way the relatively accurate range can be controlled.

After seeing the results of the experiment, Zhuo Ligetu said that he would come to the shed to supervise the batch manufacturing, but because it was too dangerous, he was stopped by the rising sun.

Shao Xi pulled Guo You aside and said in a low voice: "Dao Chief, I know that you attach great importance to the formula of gunpowder, and I don't plan to break my promise. But I want to discuss with you, in the future, this recipe can only be held by you alone, and must not be passed on, so as not to cause misery in the world. ”

Guo Youde nodded again and again: "That's exactly what I mean, I only thought this thing was powerful before, but seeing it today shocked Bendao." If this thing falls into the hands of someone with a heart, it will really be a disaster. ”

"The Taoist is worthy of being a doctor, and he really has the world in mind. However, I promised the Taoist that the other formula would definitely make the Taoist even more fond of it. ”

"Xiaoyou's words are true." As soon as he heard this, Guo Youde's eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Really! It's more real than pearls. If this thing is refined, I am afraid that the word 'beggar' will be removed in the future. ”

"Oh? Is this a very precious thing? ”

"Why did the Taoist Master forget? When I promised you the formula, I told you that what I refined is unprecedented. ”

"Yes, yes, Xiaoyou did say this, but he forgot it."

Shao Xi said earnestly: "There may be a big battle at any time in the next few days, and I hope that the Daoist can help at that time." ”

Guo Youde patted his chest, "Don't worry, with a little friend here, how can Bendao stand by and watch?" ”

"Then thank you, the aisler." As he spoke, Shao Xi made a gesture.

"You and I are already old friends, so why be so polite? If I can give you the method of my life's work, I already regard you as a confidant. Little friend, don't be so polite with this way in the future. ”

"What the Taoist chief said is, then I won't be polite to the Taoist in the future."

The reason why Shao Xi asked Guo Youde for help was because he found that after these days, he had regarded the Toth Department as his home, and everyone in the tribe was like his own relatives. So all he's doing now is trying to protect them as much as they do to protect themselves.

While the two were talking, Mu Ren came to Shao Xi, and Guo Youde saw that the two children had something to say, so he went to work on his own business.

Mu Ren said to Shao Xi very solemnly: "Feng Yuyan, I saw the thing you made, it is a weapon that can make the Thoth Department really strong. As the son of the head of the Ministry of Thots, I beg you to stay here and become a true family member of the Ministry of Things. ”

Shao Xi understood, as an adult, how could he not hear a child's extraneous voice?

"Muren, do you want to keep me, or the flying thunder cannon?"

Mu Ren was stopped by Shao Xi's words, and he didn't know how to answer.

"Muren, what do you think I'm doing now? I made this to protect you, but I didn't want to hurt anyone. I want to protect you because in my heart, you are already my family, and I don't want to hurt others, because those people have no grudge against me. Now that someone wants to hurt you, I have no choice but to hurt them, but that doesn't mean that I will continue to hurt them in the future. So when this thing is over, these things will disappear from this world forever. I hope you don't hold on to me because of these things. ”

This is an adult's guidance to a child's correct three views.