The gift to Wang Shi is the same as her person, it can't be exposed in broad daylight, and you have to go to the back garden. A packet of black powder was placed on a stone table in the water pavilion, along with an hourglass and a small pipe of pure copper. It was only the thickness of his thumb and two inches long, and Wang Shi picked it up and fiddled with it for a long time, but he didn't know what it was.

"Recently, my father has cultivated a new set of methods, which can make this bag of gunpowder burn anytime and anywhere, believe it or not?" Hong Tao took the small cylinder and began to tease the shell again.

"......" Wang Shi pouted and shook his head, this kind of drama has been seen since childhood, what is the method, there must be a trick.

"If you don't believe it, give me time and try to do it!" Hong Tao knew that Wang Shi would not believe it, nor would he explain, so he held the wisdom bead behind his back.

"My daughter still has to go to the third sister's banquet, just half an hour!" There was a look of disdain on his face, but Wang Shi also wanted to know where the trick was.

"Heavenly Spirit Spirit, Earth Spirit Spirit, Taishang Laojun is about to appear ......" Next is Hong Tao's impromptu performance, grabbed the gunpowder bag and shook his head to read the words, and only after the drama was done did he put it on the stone table, and turned the hourglass upside down to start the timer.

"Click...... ...... Rumble! "Half an hour's hourglass had just leaked to about half an hour when there was a sudden two small crackling sounds in the powder bag, and then the white smoke turned into a fireball.

"Shhh...... Strange ...... "Even if Wang Shi knew that there would be unexpected consequences, he was still very surprised when he saw this. The time was set casually, what means did the adoptive father use to ignite the gunpowder bag?

Someone else should have asked a question a long time ago, but Wang Shi didn't, she had to try her best to think about it first, and then ask questions if she couldn't do it, this is a habit she has developed since childhood, not only her, but also the children of the children's group.

I first looked at the sun in the sky, there was a pavilion to block it, and I couldn't see a magnifying glass or anything like that; He shrugged his nose around the stone table and sniffed around the stone table to find anything other than gunpowder, but there was no result, and finally he reached for the unburned rags.

"Hahahaha...... Daddy is so cunning, how can there be a spell, it's all it is doing trouble, right! "Science students are just not easy to be blind, and science students who are the head of the secret service are even more difficult to be blinded.

Hong Tao did a perfect job in this game, but unfortunately it was still revealed. Wang Shi found a small copper pipe under the rags, although he didn't know what it was, he was absolutely sure that the burning of gunpowder was inevitably related to this gadget, and any immortal spells were useless.

"It's called a timer, throw that one away, use it and invalidate it. Watch the Father demonstrate it again...... There are twelve scales here, each representing two quarters of an hour. Insert the key through the hole in the head, turn the right ten times to wind, then twist the upper half to align the arrow with the desired scale, and finally pull out the pin, and it will begin to time like an hourglass. When the hour comes, the machine inside will rub the flint to ignite the powder stick, and spew flames from the tail to ignite the gunpowder. ”

Hong Tao's gift to Wang Shi is also a clock, but the purpose is not to look at the time but to calculate the time. Wang Xin and Liaham studied for half a year, manufactured more than 10 different principles and styles of timers, and only after testing did they select a stereotype product with the most reliable comprehensive parameters.

Its principle is similar to that of a clock, but the internal structure is completely different. The ignition device is more like the alarm clock of later generations, except that the force that pushes the alarm hammer is used to rub the flint.

Due to size limitations, the mainspring inside this timer does not provide much power, and the maximum timekeeping period is only three hours. If you want to improve it, you have to work on the mainspring material, and you can't do it overnight.

But it doesn't matter, there is also an enhanced version of the timer that can time eight hours, but the volume has increased by more than one turn, and the principle and structure are exactly the same.

"Delicate is exquisite, but my daughters are all adults, why do you always treat others as children!"

Hearing how to use it, Wang Shi tried it with his own hands, not only was he not happy, but he pouted and frowned to express his deep dissatisfaction. In the end, he straightened his chest, and planned to use seeing to be believing to remind his father to face up to his age.

"Everyone says you're the smartest kid in the kids' group, but it seems like a rumor. Don't be convinced, the timer may be a toy to others, but it was designed and made for you by the Father. Think about it, if the gunpowder packets were replaced with ammonium oil rolls, would this stone table and pavilion exist, and what would be the lives of the people sitting here? If you combine the ammonium oil roll with this thing, you can hide it in a lot of things. After setting the time, the placer calmly leaves, and after a few quarters of an hour or a few hours, there is a rumbling sound, and the world is much cleaner. Daddy gave it a name, it's called Timed Fried Cake! ”

"Hahahaha...... Thank you Daddy, I'm going to be the queen of fried cakes! Teaching his daughter how to make timed fried cakes, Hong Tao is estimated to be the most disgraceful father in this era and in the world.

But Wang Shi was like hearing the sound of heaven, grabbed the timer that had already been burned, and put it in his pocket without caring about the black residue. I still didn't think it was enjoyable, so I suddenly jumped up and hung on Hong Tao's neck, laughing and kissing my face.

"Hey kid! Come down...... For my father, I can't hold you, my waist is about to break! This made Hong Tao a big red face, a nineteen-year-old girl, and she couldn't hug it, and it was not easy to push.

"Daddy is not old at all, and he can still have fun with Mrs. Zhou all night...... Hehehehe, it's not that the child wants to peek, if you want to blame Mrs. Lian, it's she who lured Daddy's guards away, hahahaha......"

Wang Shi jumped off his adoptive father, but he didn't agree with this statement, and kissed his adoptive father on the mouth before giggling and running, exposing his accomplices as he ran. In this way, the adoptive father will not be able to be anxious, and the law will not blame the public.

"Sin, sin...... No, I have to marry you crazy girl! "It's nothing to let his adopted daughter kiss him, the trouble is that Hong Tao reacted, which made his old face completely red.

In order to convince his brain and prove that he is a righteous gentleman, he decided to find an opportunity to mention it to the eldest princess, and give priority to finding an in-law for Wang Shi to prevent future troubles.

But it's just a thought, I'm afraid it's more difficult to find Wang Shi's in-laws than to find a wife for Empress Dowager Gao. This kid's idea is too big, her ability is too strong, and her heart is still very dark, unless she is willing, she will dare to kill the man in a hurry.

The marriage of Gao Cuifeng and Wang San is only one of the reasons for the recall of the heads of the promotion societies in various places, and the other reason is to hold a meeting.

With the expansion of his scope of activities and the change of the pattern of the court, the previous arrangements have to change with it.

All the previous arrangements were based on prudence, not seeking great development, only not accidents, intended to secretly observe the movements of the imperial court and wait for the opportunity.

Now that the time has come, Hong Tao has decided to speed up the whole process and replace the hidden theme with expansion. There can be a little trouble in the process, or you can show your strength a little, as long as it helps with expansion.

Of course, before the final showdown, it is not possible to put forward any political propositions to stimulate the imperial court, and it is still necessary to influence and drive changes among the surrounding people.

How do you amplify your impact? Hong Tao put forward five specific suggestions:

First, vigorously promote the model of agricultural cooperatives and handicraft cooperatives in various localities, and the Shunfeng post office system will give priority to providing loans to relevant projects.

Second, to set up trading companies in various localities, organize businessmen to raise their own funds to make planned investments, and give priority to mining, smelting, shipbuilding, coking, raw material supply for fertilizer factories, cotton spinning mills, silk reeling factories, silk weaving factories, agricultural tool factories, etc.

Thirdly, cooperatives and trading companies will set up their own junior schools, and then select local personnel with a foundation in Langzhong to learn basic medical care knowledge in various places for a period of one year. After graduating, these people returned to the towns and villages to serve as barefoot doctors, and then recommended patients to seek medical treatment in the nearest place when they could not handle the diseases.

Fourth, including Weiqiao Town and Daimyo Mansion Workshop managed by Gao Cuifeng, all industrial and commercial organizations related to the system adopt the method of bidding to purchase raw materials and parts.

The purpose of this is not to reduce costs, but to attract more merchants and craftsmen into the system, so as to form a large network of state roads and even the whole country, which will affect the whole body and increase the possible difficulty of the imperial court's intervention.