Chapter 155: The Great War (Sixth)

In Chengdu, in early February, even if it is spring, the temperature is still a little cold.

Zhang Minzhi was wearing a simple robe, with slightly rolled up sleeves, slender fingers, a pretty face, and a thin cheek with a bit of elegance, a bit like a scholar who is familiar with poetry and books.

Zhang Minzhi was indeed a scholar. When he was a teenager, he missed the most. He got the exam for the scholar, but later became addicted to the path of immortality, but wasted the development in this area.

Zhang Minzhi is now not his own house, but Xue’s house - Xue Yuan’s house.

The yard is not very big, with red brick walls and red tiles covering the roof, but it is very exquisite inside.

Zhang Minzhi did not come alone, and he also brought two servants in green, carrying fine wine, and one of them carried two loads of dry charcoal.

Xue Yuan greeted him and looked at him: "Oh, it's Shi Chunjiu, haha, I can have a big meal today."

Zhang Minzhi said, "Don't be anxious, I'll drink, you'll have to make meat, haha, take it out quickly, and today I'll be planning to get drunk with you."

Xue Yuan said with a "slap" and said, "It's already ready!"

I saw someone agreed behind me. After a while, I saw slices of thin slices of meat, pork belly, dried vegetables, etc. neatly placed on the plate.

Zhang Minzhi slid his hands and praised: "The weather has been warm and cold recently. Eat some hot pot and drink good wine. I live a life of a god."

Sure enough, after a moment, I prepared a charcoal stove, hot pot and fine wine in a small pavilion in the yard.

The charcoal fire broke out, and the hot pot base smelled scent. The two of them sat down and started to eat.

The wine enters the stomach, the heater pours on, and the aroma of the hot pot is also scented.

"Hey, what kind of wood is this charcoal made? There is no fireworks at all?" Xue Yuan said, pointing to the charcoal fire.

Zhang Minzhi smiled and said, "This is charcoal (coal), smokeless and odorless."

"The lord saw that there was a carbonite mine, so he dug it for household use and also for furnaces. It is very convenient to smelify iron and copper. Recently, Shu has a lot of money, so he has achieved this."

On Earth, there is a record of mining coal in "Records of the Grand Historian" Biography of Dou Shaojun.

The earliest large-scale use in ancient China was during the Three Kingdoms: "Cao Gong hid stones and slaughtered 100,000 kilograms, and the clouds were gone, so he could use this. I wonder if my brother was worthy of it?"

During the Song Dynasty, "In the past, millions of families in Bian Capital were all dependent on charcoal, but no one could have firewood", which was a record of the large-scale use of coal in the capital.

The world is similar, but it has not reached this level yet. Wang Hongyi naturally wants to recommend coal.

It's a pity to cut down forests as firewood.

Xue Yuan praised: "The lord is wise, and he even understands the method of charcoal and fire. It's really a gift from heaven!"

But in my heart I was thinking about the immortal way I gave it to him.

Ammonium sulfate - 50 kg of human urine, 5 kg of gypsum, 25 kg of water, mixed and stir well, applied after 10 days, the fertilizer effect is equivalent to ammonium sulfate

Earth ammonia water - 50 kg of fresh cow dung, 50 grams of soybean powder, 5 kg of cooked gypsum powder, sealed at below 25 degrees for 3 days, applied to 3 times the water, with higher fertilizer efficiency than ammonia water

Of course this is the original formula. In this world, it is not said that, but it is the same.

Wang Hongyi doesn’t know chemistry, but he once made these two prescriptions back then, so I remember it.

Xue Yuan is now a sixth-rank official, and this is the one in charge. The task now obtained by craftsmen is to start testing new prescriptions according to the three laws, standards, records and summary methods.

Although it is now a dark place, there have been tens of thousands of records over the past few years. These records have begun to be classified and divided into branches, named, experimented, and summarized one by one.

In Wang Hongyi's view, as long as there are these three laws and time, what basic chemistry cannot be solved? It cannot be summarized and cannot be considered a science?

Xue Yuan was thinking, but Zhang Minzhi looked at him thoughtfully.

Zhang Youzhi lost his father and mother since childhood, and Zhang Minzhi was leading him. He taught knowledge and his feelings were deeper than those between father and son. Now that Zhang Youzhi went out, Zhang Minzhi wanted to keep establishing good relationships for him.

Of course, there are taboos when making friends. Civil officials should not collude with military generals, but Xue Yuan is a civil servant, so it doesn’t matter. Moreover, he is the first person to follow the dragon and has a deep holy family. How can he not communicate?

Since the family knows that when the two drink, they like to be quiet and there is no major matter, no one will come to disturb them, so the surroundings are silent.

Zhang Minzhi smiled and shook his head, saying, "How much can the micturition increase in spring this year?"

Lingjue was watching Xue Yuan.

The technique of observing Qi has existed in ancient times, but it is difficult to observe carefully like Wang Hongyi, especially when viewing his natal life, but it is still possible to watch good and bad luck in general.

I saw the golden aura of Xue Yuan's body.

Now, both Zhang Youzhi and Xue Yuan are connected with Wang Hongyi's luck. However, at this time, a large amount of luck was called, and Xue Yuan's auspicious energy has been slightly reduced.

Zhang Minzhi is extremely talented and actually has achieved great success. However, it is difficult for cultivators to have their own luck. On the contrary, it is not an exception to the loss of luck.

After hearing this, Xue Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "It's a pity that only one tenth of the field can grow."

"Shuzhong was originally a country of Tianfu, with abundant resources and a 10-tenth of land that can grow, and it will grow by 10% overall. It is already very impressive." Zhang Minzhi smiled, took a sip of wine, and changed the topic and said, "I don't know what happened last time, what are you thinking about?"

After hearing this, Xue Yuan looked hesitant.

Seeing this, Zhang Minzhi smiled and said, "You were originally mediocre in your life, but when you met Allah, you were able to change your life. Maybe you will have the blessing of aristocratic families in the future."

"But your two sons do not have such good fortune. If you receive this great blessing, you will have to lose your life. Have you been weak and sick since you became an official? This is an unbearable truth!"

According to the previous rules, if you were granted the title of Bozinan or above, you would be qualified to establish your own business and become a county magistrate of "all 293 surnames and 651 families".

Above the Marquis, you are qualified to become a family of Dingshi, which is a family recognized by the world.

For most ancient people, securing their wives and children was a lifelong demand. Xue Yuan now has a large group of tribe members who come to join the land and houses, and there is already a large clan atmosphere.

When Xue Yuan heard this, his face was gloomy. Indeed, since he was re-elected, his second son has been weak and sick, which has become a heart disease.

Of course, if Zhang Minzhi hadn't been Zhang Youzhi's uncle, such a random talk would have been beaten out long ago.

Thinking of this, Xue Yuan looked at Zhang Minzhi with sharp eyes: "Mr. Zhang, do you say that my second son will become a monk and practice Taoism with you, and you will be lucky?"

"Transfer your second son's blessings to your eldest son, so that you can protect your eldest son from peace and enjoy your father's blessing. As for the possibility of going forward again, your second son and I can also protect him from peace and longevity. Of course, I don't know if he causes trouble in the future." Zhang Minzhi said.

Xue Yuan pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Zhang, I believe it, I will entrust my second son to you."

As he said that, he stood up and bowed deeply.

"No need to be so polite. Your two sons are born with a unique skeleton. Although they cannot bear wealth, they are the treasures that can spread my path." Zhang Minzhi laughed. In the past, real people were pioneering. Can't he?

After several generations, it also became a lineage!

He also said: "My wise and powerful lord, you will definitely be able to eat a family. However, your family has a shallow foundation. The eldest son inherits his title, guards the inaction, and practices the weak way. The breeding and prosperity of the weapon pattern. Those outstanding descendants may not be able to die well!"

After hearing this, Xue Yuan had to smile bitterly: "Mr. Xiru is so auspicious."

When Zhang Minzhi heard this, he smiled and said nothing. He looked into the distance and sighed: "Is the mediocre thing done?"

Even the pedantics and gods have a confusion that is difficult to understand.

Shangyong Mountain Forest

A group of troops are marching.

"It's bright, be sure to arrive at your destination before dark." Seeing that it was bright, if you walked slowly, you would be noticed by someone. Fan Liuhai gently slammed the reins of the horse under his crotch and gave a deep command.

At dusk, Fan Liuhai's army finally arrived thirty miles outside Shangyong City.

"Report!" Fan Liuhai's army was walking and heading to explore the horse and suddenly came to report.

"Report to the general, Shangyong City was closed a few days ago, and people were strictly prohibited from entering and leaving. According to investigations, there were 6,000 defenders in Shangyong City." The explorer came to Fan Liuhai, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and quickly reported.

"Are you already on guard a few days ago? Could it be that they learned about the news that I was waiting for it in advance?" Fan Liuhai frowned when he heard this.

"General, is it caused by other reasons?" Zhang Fan stepped forward and said.

"Go and investigate again!" Fan Liuhai ordered and said to Zhang Fan again: "People must be sent to investigate this matter first before making plans."

Zhang Fan nodded.

It didn't take long to get the alert in Shangyong City, but because there was a caravan reselling private goods in the city. In order to capture the smuggling caravan, the city had already removed the martial law order when the scouts went over to check again.

"I have not noticed our army's whereabouts, so I will act as planned." A sneer appeared on the corner of Fan Liuhai's mouth. "Shangyong City, let it change its surname from tomorrow!"

"Come here, send orders to camp and rest, leave the army in the middle of the night, and arrive at Shangyong City. This is the most insufficiency of the defenders. Take advantage of this time to attack the city and strive to capture the city! When you get to the city, you will rest!" Fan Liuhai said coldly.

He also ordered: "Contact the inner responder and prepare for a night strike."

Finally, he ordered: "The Tao Lei given to you by the lord must be prepared."

Wang Hongyi had been preparing for the salt very early. To be honest, Wang Hongyi's previous life learned about chemical theory was very shallow, and it was not that he didn't want to study muskets, cannons, or even explosives, but he really didn't know how to do it.

I only remember that dirt can produce nitrogen, and I remember that the ingredients of gunpowder are made of mechanically mixed potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur, which are generally made into granular form.

At that time, the craftsmen were asked to find ways to reconcile and study, and follow the three principles of formulating standards, experimental records, and summary. Two years later, after many experiments and several blows, they finally made gunpowder with certain power. If it was filled in, it would be buried underground and could collapse a small wall, but there was still no way to deal with the large wall.
Chapter completed!