Since the beginning of the year, the weather has been better.

It hasn't snowed for half a month, and everyone is greeted by the warm sun every day.

The snow disaster is finally over!

The reconstruction of Qingshan County proceeded in an orderly manner according to the plan formulated by the Chen Dynasty.

The people are in full swing and full of energy, and the sturdy and unafraid of wind and snow red brick houses are erected one by one, and they are almost capped, and the doors and windows are closed.

A few days ago, the advent of gunpowder greatly accelerated the mining of limestone.

These days, some rumors are spreading.

It is said that God was moved by the people's hope for life, so from time to time thunder would rain down and split the mountain so that they could take stones.

Not surprisingly, this news was deliberately released by the Chen Dynasty.

Because he didn't want too many people to know about the advent of gunpowder.

This news can be concealed for as long as possible.

The gunpowder was closely protected by the three layers inside and three layers outside the Chen Dynasty, and the process of making gunpowder was only known to Song Qingwan and Han Lao in addition to the Chen Dynasty. Under Han Lao's arrangement, the production of gunpowder was in charge of the Chen Dynasty's dead guards, all of them were carefully selected, and there was absolutely no problem with their loyalty, they were temporarily arranged in an inconspicuous corner of the camp, and no one would have thought that the heavenly thunder was shipped out in batches from here.

But safety is a problem, Chen Chao doesn't want to fall asleep, suddenly bombed into the sky, it seems that there is time, and a factory has to be specially planned, this can be regarded as the prototype of the arsenal, Chen Chao thought so.

After several days of improvement, the gunpowder used to blow up the mountains and mines became more and more like large firecrackers.

The exterior is a long strip, about a little over a meter long.

After many experiments, the shell was finally made of copper sheets, and the thickness was about only one fingernail, and if it was too thick, the power of the explosion would not be revealed.

A lead is left in the opening, which is lit with fire.

Every time before going to bomb the mountain, the mine would give the workers a day off, empty the mining area, and the officers and soldiers would temporarily take over, and then Han Lao would take the dead soldiers to dig holes, fill explosives, and finally detonate.

When Chen Chao washed his face and walked into the big tent, Ning Baizhi, who was wearing a maid's costume, was already waiting in the big tent early. Sometimes Chen Chao is thinking, should I make a set of maid costumes? Wouldn't it be a little more interesting......

Ning Baizhi sat in the position where Chen Chao usually sits, with her two legs on the chair handle, swaying back and forth.

There is still a plate of snacks in his hand, and the food is delicious, and he can't wait to fly with joy.

Hearing the sound, Ning Baizhi hurriedly stood up and patted the dim sum scum that fell from her skirt.

Chen Chao pinched his eyebrows and sighed angrily, "Do you regard this place as your home?" Although I don't care about these details, can you restrain a little? Let others see what kind of system it has become! ”

Ning Baizhi Nunu pouted and made a cup of tea for Chen Chao, "Not next time." ”

Chen Chao took the hot tea, hurriedly put it on the table, and patted Ning Baizhi on the forehead, "Do you want to burn your true appearance?" ”

Ning Baizhi pursed her lips and looked at the sky, not realizing her mistake at all.

Fortunately, after a few days of getting along, Chen Chao got used to it.

Otherwise, you have to be angry with this girl.

Sometimes Chen Chao wondered if he had done something wrong by letting Ning Baizhi be his maid?

Speaking of which, the two are not acquainted, and at first they were hostile, Ning Baizhi disguised herself as a little eunuch to assassinate Chen Chao in the palace and opened a hole in Chen Chao's thigh.

Chen Chao also wanted to catch this assassin, humiliate him, and then dismantle it.

But after learning about the Yunzhou Ning family, Chen Chao intended to take it for his own use.

After all, one more hole card, one more confidence.

But after getting along these days, Ning Baizhi has no consciousness of being a maid at all, and she can't wait to regard herself as the master here.

Chen Chao is like raising a little ancestor who will only make trouble for himself every day.

He sighed inwardly, sat down slowly, and rubbed his forehead helplessly.

Ning Baizhi moved over a pile of folds and put them in front of Chen Chao, absentmindedly holding the grinding strip to grind the ink, and her heart estimated that she had already flown out of the clouds. Looks like you're thinking about what's going to be for lunch at noon today? Fragrant lamb chops, or meatballs full of soup?

"Don't look at the excerpts today, go, take out the drawings from the previous days." Chen Chao commanded.

Ning Baizhi let out an "oh", reluctantly rummaged through the cabinets, and said "Huh? Where did it go? I remember that I put it here, why can't I find it? Something like that.

Chen Chao didn't catch his breath and was almost angry to death.

In the end, Ning Baizhi finally found it, and Chen Chao was almost mad.

Because Ning Baizhi took the drawings that Chen Chao saw were more important than his life, and he actually used them to pad the corner of the table?

Ning Baizhi stretched out her hand to smooth out the folds on the drawing, and laid it out in front of Chen Chao with some embarrassment, "Xiangye? What else is commanded? If there is no command, I will go out first, and you will call me if there is anything. ”

Ning Baizhi had just lifted her front foot, and her back foot was screamed by Chen Chao, and she was stunned on the spot.

"Come back!"

The little girl turned around, lowered her head, and pursed her mouth pitifully.

What to pretend to be pitiful? It's not the time for you to slash people with a sword, and that killing intent is soaring.

Chen Chao was powerless to complain.

"Come here, this matter has something to do with you!" Chen Chao spread out the drawings on the table and pointed to the schematic diagram of the completed musket on it.

"Remember what Ben said to you the other day?"

Ning Baizhi frowned and thought about it, and tried to say, "Xiangye said, can you make me the number one master in the world?" ”

"That's right." Chen Chao talked eloquently, "The Yunzhou Ning family is invincible, even if it is you, this young chick who has just entered the rivers and lakes, can escape in the hands of Meng Zhao, which has to be praised." ”

"That is, my Ning family is invincible in the world! I'm not great, my brother is great! I once went to the palace of Chu to steal the jade seal! Ning Baizhi raised her chin and said proudly.

"The jade seal of the Chu State, was it stolen by your brother?"

Chen Chao was a little surprised. Speaking of which, a few years ago, there was a lot of uproar on the rivers and lakes, and a jade seal suddenly appeared on the rivers and lakes, from the palace of Chu State. The Emperor of Chu was furious and said that he must kill the thief, but after several years of arrest, he killed many people by mistake, and the jade seal was not recovered.

For this reason, the state of Chu has been laughed at by several other countries for a long time.

Chen Chao didn't expect that the jade seal was actually stolen by Ning Baizhi's brother.

In addition to being shocked, Chen Chao secretly made up his mind that he must subdue the power of the Ning family.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about something else." Chen Chao looked up at Ning Baizhi, "Although your Ning family's light skills are powerful, they have a fatal weakness. ”

"What?" Ning Baizhi suddenly came to her senses.

The corners of Chen Chao's lips curled, and he said calmly: "Lacking a certain means of attack, to put it simply, although your Ning family is good at light skills, if you really want to compete with the masters, you will definitely lose." ”

Ning Baizhi didn't speak, pursed her lips tightly.

There is no doubt that Chen Chao is right.

The Ning family's light work, although it is unparalleled in the world, its shortcomings are equally obvious, otherwise it would not be easily destroyed.

For a simple analogy, Ning Baizhi was able to escape from the heavily guarded palace without being caught by the officers and soldiers, but she couldn't duel head-on with Meng Zhao, she could only guarantee to escape and not be caught by Meng Zhao.

but he could not hurt his calling.

To put it simply, it is the lack of a certain means of attack!

"Of course we know this, over the years, my brother has been studying, how can we become more powerful, my brother will practice light skills, he will additionally practice secret weapons, and I, practice swordsmanship."

"It's not too obvious." Chen Chao asked.

"How did Xiangye know?" Ning Baizhi raised her head and said strangely.

"You have practiced martial arts since you were a child, disguised as a little eunuch in the palace, and hid in the shadows, the time and place are favorable, and you haven't even succeeded in your own appearance, what do you say?" Chen Chao said with a smile.

Ning Baizhi stiffened her little face and said angrily: "That's because it's the first time I participated in the assassination, I don't have enough experience, and according to the news, you don't have half a bit of force on you, so I didn't use all my strength!" Who knows, the message is wrong......."

It's not that the news is wrong, but that the Chen Dynasty is no longer the original Chen Dynasty. In his spare time, Chen Chao would exercise his body and learn certain fighting skills, so when faced with an emergency, his body would react instinctively, so he couldn't let Ning Baizhi succeed in one blow.

But for this, I still injured a leg.

Anyway, it's a blessing.

If Ning Baizhi exerted all his strength, Chen Chao felt that he was in a catastrophe.