The crowd then retired.

Wu Xiang took Wu Sanfeng and hurried to see Wu Sanfu, Wu Xuexia and Wei Bao.

"Dad, Wei Bao is very cunning, this time he dares to come to Shanhaiguan, no matter what he says, you must not listen to him, first arrest and put him in prison, cheat out his money, and then kill him! In this way, Wei Bao's money is returned to his father, and Weijiazhuang is also returned to his father, and he has a huge property for nothing, so I really want to congratulate my father. Wu Sanfeng offered his advice softly, and as he spoke, he also felt that this opportunity was too good to be greater, and his face was full of smiles.

Wu Xiang didn't say anything clearly, but said: "You are also a thirty-year-old person, you should act steadily, listen to it in advance, think about it, and don't make judgments in advance." ”

Wu Sanfeng was inexplicably counted down by his father, and agreed sullenly, not daring to say anything more, faintly feeling that his father was soft-hearted again and wanted to let Wei Bao go? Wei Bao ran to Shanhaiguan to throw himself into the net, what a good opportunity is this? I can't help but be secretly anxious.

Wu Xiang probably guessed something from hearing that Wei Bao came with Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia, Wei Bao was showing weakness and currying favor with himself, and it was certain to bow his head, but he didn't know how low Wei Bao would be.

At this time, it was the middle of the afternoon, the weather was hot in summer, and it was the hottest time of the day, Wei Bao, who was sitting in the hall of the back hall of the Wu Mansion drinking tea, was thirsty, but his heart was burning, and he was also worried about Wu Xiang's attitude towards him.

Wu Sanfeng just offered Wu Xiang a plan to kill Wei Bao, Wei Bao naturally thought of this layer, arrested himself and tortured him, how much silver and gold can't be blown up? And you can also get the Weijiazhuang that you have already made the prototype. There are also tens of millions of stone grain and more than 20,000 people, and if you calculate carefully, your wealth is actually quite considerable, not to mention comparable to the ancestral Wu family, at least not to lose to other big families in Liaoxi and Liaodong.

It's a little fat sheep.

At this time, he was in the Wu Mansion, which was equivalent to the little sheep running into someone's pot by himself, adding a fire, and in a moment, he would be stewed and become a delicacy in people's bowls.

"Xiaobao, don't worry about being afraid, what I Wu Sanfu promised you, I will definitely do, if you are willing to be so honest with the Wu family, my father will not embarrass you anymore." Wu Sanfu saw that Wei Bao pursed his mouth and didn't speak, even if he tried to pretend not to be nervous, he could still see Wei Bao's nervousness, so he said something relieved.

Wei Bao glanced at Wu Xuexia, his face flushed, he didn't want to lose the paint in front of the beauty, and said with a smile: "Am I scared?" Not really. With Brother Sanfu and Miss Wu, how could I be afraid? Besides, what I know about Lord Ling Zun, he is an elegant and personable person, with a magnificent bearing, not an idle person, and a mind that embraces all rivers, how can he embarrass me as a village boy? ”

Before Wei Bao's words fell, Wu Xiang smiled: "Is the old man really as good as Wei Gongzi said?" ”

When Wei Bao saw that Wu Xiang had arrived in person, he didn't expect Wu Xiang to see him so soon, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly got up and bowed: "Hello Lord Wu." ”

"Okay, okay, Master Wei, please take a seat!" Wu Xiang was indeed very personable, and waved his hand in a chic manner, motioning for Wei Bao to sit down and speak.

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia also let Wei Bao sit down after meeting their father.

Wei Bao also saluted Wu Sanfeng and sat down in his place.

Although Wu Sanfeng had eaten Wei Bao's bribes, this was Wu Mansion, not Wei Jiazhuang, and he didn't give Wei Bao any good looks, but he had been warned by his father just now, and he still had to get by on the surface, and he didn't say anything that made Wei Bao lose face.

Wu Xiang sat down at the top, Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sanfu, Wei Bao, and sat on both sides, and Wu Xuexia stood beside her father.

No matter how high the status of a woman in the Ming Dynasty is, she has no seat in front of her father, and being able to stand next to Wu Xiang is already Wu Xiang's special love for her, otherwise girls will also avoid it when men talk about things.

If it were usual, this kind of conversation was a more formal occasion, Wu Xuexia would have to avoid it, but she was not at ease today.

Wu Xiang saw her daughter's mind and wondered why her daughter cared so much about Wei Bao? I can't help but feel moved, how can people in their forties not see through these emotional things of their children?

Wu Xiang looked at Wei Bao, Wei Baosheng's lips were red and his teeth were white, his face was handsome, his manners were decent, and he was a daughter, even him, he could also take a fancy to Wei Bao's appearance.

Moreover, Wei Baowen already has a reputation for showing talent, and Wu Ze can fight with Wu Sangui, which can be called a capable scholar and martial arts, and he is only 14 years old, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wei Bao is a rare talent in western Liaoning in a hundred years.

Wu Xiang didn't ask Wei Bao first, and Wei Bao didn't say anything, but Wu Sanfu reported to his father first: "Dad, Wei Gongzi voluntarily returned the total 300,000 taels of gold won by our Wu family and ancestral family!" ”

Wu Xiang was shocked when he heard this, and Wu Sanfeng, who was drinking tea, was even more so, his hands trembled, the tea was all over his legs, and the hot Wu Sanfeng screamed, jumped up and jumped.

The tea is very hot in order to brew, and the summer clothes are thin, so you can imagine how painful it is.

Wu Xiang was shocked that Wei Bao would return 300,000 taels of gold, a huge amount of money comparable to the financial income of the Ming Dynasty for a whole year, but he was distracted by Wu Sanfeng, frowned, and in front of Wei Bao, it was inconvenient to reprimand his eldest son, who was nearly thirty years old.

Compared with Wei Bao, Wu Sanfeng really can't get on the stage, and he has spent so many years of careful teaching, and among the four children, he spends more time on Wu Sanfeng than the other three combined.

Wei Bao's father, Wei Dakang, Wu Xiang has already seen it, Wei Dakang is a farmer who doesn't know a single word, he doesn't say erudition, at least he hears more! How can you teach a son who is not as good as the son of a farmer?

"Someone, someone." Wu Sanfu shouted outward.

Immediately, a maid at the door came in, "Childe." ”

"The eldest son is hot, hurry up and pass Lang Zhong to apply medicine to the eldest brother." Wu Sanfu hurriedly opened up and said to Wu Sanfeng: "Big brother, you go to apply the medicine first." ”

Wu Sanfeng's pain at this time had already passed, and the burn was also painful at that time, and then the epidermis opened, and what remained was the pain of contact between the flesh and the clothes that were directly exposed.

"Can I go down?" Wu Sanfeng angrily called his entourage outside, and called for people to carry him down.

Wu Xiang snorted, secretly hating that the eldest son was not a weapon, and what kind of system he was shouting and screaming, it was too unusual.

After Wu Sanfeng went down, Wu Xiang looked at Wei Bao with a pleasant face: "Wei Gongzi, we will get back the gold we lost to you?" Doesn't that make Wei Gongzi suffer too much? ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly, secretly laughed at Wu Xiang's hypocrisy, and said even more hypocritically: "I was lucky to win the third prince of Wu, and I am already ashamed, where do I dare to ask for Lord Wu's gold?" ”

Wu Xiang felt comfortable when he heard this, nodded with a smile and asked, "What are the requirements of Gongzi Wei?" Although it is brought up. ”

Wei Bao said: "I don't have any requests, returning the Wu family's gold is entirely for Miss Wu." ”

When Wu Xuexia heard this, her face blushed, her heart jumped wildly, and she liked it.

"That's right, Dad, Wei Gongzi originally only returned the Wu family's gold, and it was he who I said. Later, Wei Gongzi wants to return the remaining 180,000 taels of ancestral gold, and it is really all for our family Xuexia. Wu Sanfu half-invited and half-narrated what happened: "Right? Xiaobao? ”

"Brother Sanfu is right." Wei Bao laughed.

Wu Xiang snorted, secretly thinking that the two of you are intimate enough, and you have started to call Xiaobao and Sanfu Big Brother? is more intimate than his brother-in-law and brother-in-law, and he and Zu Dashou have never been called like this. Wu Xiang has always called Zu Dashou his elder brother or General Zu, and on formal occasions when there are many people, he has always been General Zu. Originally, Wu Xiang also wanted to be more affectionate, but Zu Dashou was good at it, and over time, Wu Xiang became accustomed to Zu Dashou's way of getting along.

Although Wu Sanfu only said it briefly, Wu Xiang could understand the deep meaning of this, 180,000 taels of gold, not to mention a 14-year-old young man, it was him, where would he be willing to take it out? If you say that it's not for your daughter, it's not for you to be your son-in-law, where is it?

Wu Xiang asked himself, even if he was for a certain woman, even if he was unmarried, he would be willing to spit it out after he had obtained 300,000 taels of gold after switching the situation with Wei Bao at this time?

Even if Wei Bao becomes the son-in-law of the Wu family, the son-in-law of the Wu family is definitely not worth 300,000 taels of gold!

Even if the son-in-law of the Wu family can walk sideways in western Liaoning, how many years have he saved his 120,000 taels of gold? The Wu family's huge family business is still like this, and the son-in-law of the Wu family is afraid that he will not be able to earn so much gold in his life!

Thinking of this, Wu Xiang was a little moved by Wei Bao, nodded, and then said three 'good' words in a row.

Wu Xuexia smiled like a flower, her father didn't often praise people, and said three 'good' words to Wei Bao, which was already a very high evaluation, Wu Xuexia could see that her father had recognized Wei Bao, and she was ashamed and happy.

"I didn't misunderstand Wei Gongzi, he is open-minded to do big things! And to have such a bearing at a young age, rare, rare! Wu Xiang smiled: "This is very beneficial for Wei Gongzi to integrate into the big family of Liaoxi and Liaodong in the future, and it will be very beneficial to Jiangmen." Those big families' silver, presumably Wei Gongzi will also return it? ”

"No, I only return the gold of the Wu family and the ancestral family, as for the silver that the big families of Liaodong and Liaodong lost to me, it is what I deserve, if they are not greedy to win money, they will not lose to me, if I lose, who do I go to?" Wei Bao insisted: "I still say the same thing, if anyone supports my Weijiazhuang to get the gift of the imperial court and sign the letter of promotion, I will return half of the silver to his family after three years." ”

Wu Xiang didn't say anything after hearing this, secretly thinking that Wei Bao's request was not too much, but Wei Bao returned the gold of the Wu family and the ancestral family in full, but refused to return the silver of other big households, which would make him be criticized, after all, he took the lead in the last incident, if he didn't go around looking for someone to bet, the gambling amount would never have reached such a terrible amount as tens of millions of taels of silver.

"Dad, Wei Gongzi has done a very good job, 300,000 taels of gold have been returned, those silvers, half of them can be returned after three years, others should have nothing to say, right?" Wu Sanfu saw that his father was a little displeased, and helped Wei Bao speak.

"yes, why return it to them? If Wei Gongzi lost last time, Wei Gongzi is afraid that he will be cornered by everyone now. Wu Xuexia also helped Wei Bao speak.

Wu Xiang thought about it, he himself agreed that Wei Bao should not return the full amount of the money of the big families, but he was afraid that he would have to bear the responsibility, and felt that since Wei Bao could return all the gold of the ancestral family, he had to pull Zu Dashou to bear this matter with him, and he had to pull Zu Dashou to support his 'son-in-law'!

From Wei Bao's statement of returning 300,000 taels of gold, coupled with his daughter's attitude towards Wei Bao, in fact, Wu Xiang already regards Wei Bao as a son-in-law, and has a capable son-in-law, and his daughter has clearly expressed her affection for Wei Bao.

"I'll discuss this matter with General Zu again." Wu Xiang said to Wei Bao: "I'm afraid that those big families won't agree." ”

"If they don't agree, they can come to me directly, and adults don't have to be embarrassed." Wei Bao is only afraid that the Wu family and the ancestral family will use their military strength to directly engage themselves, except for these two super bosses, other big families, Wei Bao is not very concerned, knowing that they do not have a leader to carry it, it is difficult to form a joint force, and the wall of Weijiazhuang has risen more than two meters high, and it is easy to attack it. If you really dare to attack it, then you are not afraid, your three or four thousand guards will definitely make them not know how to write dead words.

Wu Xiang saw Wei Bao say simply, smiled indifferently, secretly thinking that Wei Bao is still young, these people are all misers, not to mention that you are a little Wei Bao, it is Zu Dashou himself, today I collected 240,000 taels of silver from them, and it was very unpleasant! What's more, you have more than 13 million taels of silver!

Wei Bao not only won 120,000 taels of gold from the Wu family, but among the more than 13 million taels of silver, the Wu family also had hundreds of thousands of taels!

But Wei Bao can return the gold, Wu Xiang is already very satisfied, and he doesn't particularly mind the silver in comparison.

"That's it, I'll ask General Zu to come to dinner, and Gongzi Wei will return the gold to the Zu family personally, this favor, the old man is not greedy for you." Wu Xiang looked at Wei Bao lovingly.

Wu Xiang's eyes were actually a little licking calf, Wei Bao trembled when he saw it, but he knew that this licking calf was deep, and it was not his calf that he was licking, but his daughter.

"Thank you Lord Wu for arranging, I can't ask for the opportunity to resolve the suspicion with General Zu." Wei Bao said immediately.

Wu Xiang smiled and nodded, "Aren't you afraid of General Zu?" He kills people without blinking, and he doesn't even eat less human flesh! When Liaodong heard the prestige of General Zu, the children didn't dare to cry at night. ”

"But I'm not a child." Wei Bao smiled: "No matter how murderous General Zu is, he shouldn't be an unreasonable person." Besides, since it was arranged by Lord Wu, what do I have to worry about? ”

Wu Xiang smiled slightly, and immediately asked people to invite Zu Dashou to come, and asked people to arrange the dinner more sumptuously.

"By the way, I asked you to investigate the firecrackers, how did you investigate? Have you found the craftsman who made the firecrackers? Wu Xiang suddenly remembered something and asked Wu Sanfu.

Wu Sanfu said with a smile: "Dad, that's not called firecrackers, that's called fireworks, it's made by Wei Gongzi." ”

Wu Xiang was surprised when he heard this, and secretly wondered how Wei Bao could do anything? Will also do artillery battles? looked at Wei Bao and asked, "Is it really Wei Gongzi who did it?" Is there any way for Wei Gongzi to make the artillery fly so high? ”

"Because Wei Gongzi's fire is amazing, he also brought some to show his father." Wu Sanfu said.

Wei Bao thinks so, although the Ming Dynasty does not allow people to make firecrackers privately, but a little bit of firecrackers are fine.

And appropriately help the Ming army to improve the power of the fire and improve the combat effectiveness, which is also what Wei Bao hopes!

Moreover, he still has his own selfishness, hoping to do business with the Ming official and sell fire buds with his unique fire blade technology.

Wei Baodu has already thought about it, making a large number of smokeless fires will produce a large amount of residues, and using these residues to make yellow fires similar to picric acid can already improve a lot of combat effectiveness of the Ming army, a win-win thing, why not?

"Oh? Take a look. Wu Xiang said happily. Wei Bao can see the huge business opportunities, and Wu Xiang can think of it all at once, his son-in-law has mastered the technology, doesn't it mean that he has mastered the technology himself?

It looks like you're going to make a fortune!

Wei Bao asked someone to bring a small sack in, and Wei Bao opened it to Wu Xiang to see: "It's this kind of yellow fire." ”

"Yellow Huohuo?" Wu Xiang looked at the medicinal powder in the sack in surprise, and sure enough, it was all yellow, "This is strange, since ancient times, the fire buds have been black, this is not the same as the fire buds used for artillery battles, this kind of fire buds can burn?" ”

"Not only can it burn, but it can also make the cannon fly into the sky, as the adults say." Wei Bao laughed.

Gunpowder is divided into two systems, black powder and yellow powder, which are completely different products of nature, without any inheritance relationship, and are completely independent development of technical systems.

The ancient Chinese "gunpowder" belongs to the black powder system, and the yellow powder system belongs to the modern Western invention and has nothing to do with China.

Moreover, the yellow powder system used in modern military and engineering is basically a yellow powder system, including explosives, propellants, firing charges, initiating charges, and propellants.

Black powder is only used as a fuse and for fireworks and shotgun propellants.

The name 'yellow powder' is not a standard term, it should be called 'yellow explosive', and specifically refers to the nitroglycerin safety explosives invented by Nobel, and the TNT invented by Wilbrand, the chemical composition is trinitrotoluene, but as a general term and a general term, it also includes nitrocellulose gunpowder, smokeless gunpowder, etc., which are used as modern gun propellants.

Yellow powder is only the common name of several types of products in this system, and the various inventions in this system meet all the technical needs of modern industry and military needs, and are the cornerstone of the entire modern military industry.

The black powder system, China and the West are also developed independently, the prototype of black powder in the West is not later than China, or even much earlier, and China has no inheritance relationship, on the contrary, according to the records of the Ming Dynasty, in line with the correct ratio of modern propellant propellant really has the value of the "black powder" was introduced to China along with Western firearms in the Ming Dynasty.

These Western firearms included the Hongyi cannon (also known as the red cannon), which was imported directly from the Portuguese, the franc machine, and the arquebus, which was introduced indirectly through the Japanese.

The black powder made in China is not suitable for the propellant of firearms because the nitrate content is too low, there are too many impurities, and the expansion energy after combustion is insufficient.

Black powder, invented in Europe and Arabia, increased the nitrate content to 75% before it could be used as a firearm propellant. The black powder used later in China as a firearm propellant was introduced from the West at the same time as the arquebus.

Nitroglycerin and is not naturally available, it is itself a by-product of industry and is man-made.

Nitroglycerin is very unstable, and it was Nobel who combined it with diatomaceous earth to make yellow explosives, which stabilized it, and its power was far greater than that of black powder. Its TNT explosives made in a certain proportion are even more powerful.

The preparation of nitroglycerin itself is not a natural substance, but an "artificial" substance that people apply chemical knowledge.

The yellow explosives made on the basis of them are not natural products, and black powder is fundamentally a thing of two different concepts.

In the eighteenth century in the West, the production of commodities occupied a major position, and people had a great demand for the power of gunpowder blasting, so yellow powder, which was more powerful than black powder, appeared, and Nobel played an important role in the development of gunpowder.

At that time in Sweden, Nobel began to manufacture liquid explosives nitroglycerin.

In 1864, shortly after the explosives were put into production, an explosion occurred at the factory, killing Nobel's youngest brother, Emile, and four others.

The Swedish government banned the rebuilding of the plant because of the danger, and Nobel, who was considered a "scientific madman", had to conduct experiments on a boat on the lake, seeking ways to reduce the danger of moving nitroglycerin.

By chance, he discovered that nitroglycerin can be adsorbed by dried diatomaceous earth; This mixture can be transported safely. The above discovery allowed him to improve the yellow explosives and the necessary detonators.

After the yellow dynamite was patented in the United Kingdom (1867) and the United States (1868), Nobel went on to experiment and develop a more powerful explosive adhesive of the same type, which was patented in 1876.

About 10 years later, the first nitroglycerin smokeless gunpowder ballistic explosives were developed.

Nobel's invention of the detonator coincided with the height of the Industrial Revolution in Europe.

Mine development, river excavation, railway construction and tunnel excavation all require large quantities of high explosives, and the advent of nitroglycerin explosives has been widely welcomed.

Nobel built the world's first nitroglycerin plant in Sweden and later established joint ventures abroad for the production of explosives.

However, the explosives themselves still have a lot to be left untouched. It will decompose after a long period of storage, and strong vibrations can also cause explosions. There have been many accidents during transportation and storage.

In response to these circumstances, the governments of Sweden and other countries have issued a number of bans prohibiting anyone from transporting Nobel's invented explosives, and have made it clear that Nobel will be held legally responsible.

In the face of these tests, Nobel was not intimidated, and on the basis of repeated research, he invented a safety explosive with diatomaceous earth as an absorbent, which was called a yellow explosive, which showed great safety under fire and hammering.

This completely relieved the suspicion of Nobel's explosives, Nobel regained credibility, and the explosives industry quickly developed.

On the basis of the successful development of safety explosives, Nobel began research in France on the improvement of old explosives and the production of new explosives.

Two years later, a new type of colloidal explosive mixed with gunpowder cotton and nitroglycerin was successfully developed.

The new explosives are not only highly explosive, but also safer, and can be rolled between hot rollers or pressed into ropes under hot gas.

The invention of colloidal explosives has received widespread attention in the scientific and technological community.

Nobel did not stop in the face of the achievements he had made, and when he learned about the superiority of smokeless gunpowder, he devoted himself to the development of mixed smokeless gunpowder, and in a short time developed a new type of smokeless gunpowder.

The smokeless fire fungus developed by Wei Bao and Deng Erxian belongs to the advanced stage of yellow fire, and it needs to be developed on the basis of a safety explosive with diatomaceous earth as an absorbent, which is called a safety explosive called yellow explosive! It shows great safety under both fire and hammering.

Even if this kind of fire residue is provided to the Ming army, Wei Bao is not afraid that they will have a greater breakthrough, not to mention, the people of this era will definitely not have as deep understanding of firearms as him, and they will not think of investing more manpower and material resources in firearms to engage in research and development.

Moreover, with the situation of the Ming Dynasty taking care of itself, and the current social environment and cultural environment, it is impossible to promote the development of science and technology.

For example, Xu Guangqi and other orthodox 'scientists' of the imperial court have developed a little bit of black fire technology and a little artillery technology, which is already the limit, and in Wei Bao's opinion, it is useless.

Therefore, Wei Bao is not afraid to reveal a little knowledge of Huo Bao to the people of this era, and he will not want to get scientists from outside.

Like Song Yingxing, a 'half-hanged' scientist, a person who knows a little bit about everything, Wei Bao doesn't particularly care, of course he hopes that Song Yingxing can stay and help Weijiazhuang's light industry, and even heavy industry, but if Song Yingxing insists on refusing to stay, Wei Bao doesn't care.

Weibao still focuses on improving the overall scientific and technological level of Weijiazhuang and cultivating its own talents from its own education system.

After Wu Xiang heard Wei Bao talk about the research and development of this new type of fire, he was confused, and he didn't understand it at all, but he was very excited: "Wei Gongzi, can I let my people learn from you?" ”

Wei Bao smiled, secretly thinking that you can really open your mouth! This kind of science and technology that spans more than 200 years, you say you can learn it? Don't even mention tuition?

"Lord Wu, in fact, this technology has no effect, and it is not suitable for large-scale military use at all." Wei Bao explained: "It takes thousands of people to process and produce, and it takes a month to get such a little, and I only get a little bit for the fun of setting off fireworks, if I get a lot of them, how much does it cost?" There is no way to use this in business, who is willing to do a business that is not profitable? ”

Wu Xiang listened to Wei Bao's words, naturally he didn't believe it, and knew that this was definitely Wei Bao's prevarication, but since Wei Bao refused to say it, he couldn't do anything.

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