Tongding, located in the Liaodong Peninsula, the border of the junction of the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, out of the Tongding City, less than 100 miles to the east is the boundary of Goguryeo, which is the border town of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the city that the Tang army temporarily defended after retreating from Goguryeo.

After more than a month of travel, Chen Fei finally set foot on the boundary of Tongding. The time has come to April, the south is the grass and green willows, the fields and farmers are busy in the spring, and Tongding here has just passed the cold winter, the spring breeze has just arrived, and it is warm and cold at first.

When Chen Fei came to Tongding, the sky was not beautiful, it was raining continuously, and the group was busy walking to Tongding City in the rain. In addition, the weather was a bit cold, and many of the accompanying soldiers contracted the wind chill.

The assassin of Tongding City is called Tang Zheng, and when he heard the name, he felt that he was a good person, in fact, when Chen Fei saw him, he also felt that he was as good as his name.

Tang Zheng is about forty years old, born as a military general, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and heroic behavior, which is quite a feeling of a ranger in the rivers and lakes.

When the two met, they had a feeling of familiarity at first sight, and they talked happily.

Hearing that many of Chen Fei's subordinates were infected with the cold, Tang Zheng hurriedly arranged for a doctor to treat him. After settling the sick soldiers, Chen Fei didn't have time to participate in the wind and wine banquet, so he followed Tang Zheng to the workshop set up on his deathbed.

The workshop is similar to the strange workshop in Chang'an City, with three layers inside and three layers outside being guarded by heavy soldiers, and all the people entering and leaving are without exception, all of whom must be inspected. Even Chen Fei and Tang Zheng didn't have special treatment, they had to search their bodies before they went in, and they had to search them when they came out.

It can be seen that Li Shimin attaches great importance to the formula of Thunderbolt Fire and absolutely does not allow the formula of this thing to leak out.

As I just said, the workshop is surrounded by three layers inside, three layers outside, and the outer three layers are easy to understand, which is the outer wall of the workshop, and the three layers inside... It was a separate room built in the middle of the workshop for Chen Fei to configure gunpowder, which was also strictly guarded by the soldiers, except for Chen Fei, even Tang Zheng couldn't get in.

Tang Zheng pointed to the hut where the soldiers were handled, and smiled apologetically, "Brother Chen, Tongding is a small border town, and the conditions are not as good as Chang'an City, please ask Brother Chen to be wronged for a few days, and when you build that mine, Brother Chen will take you to the best restaurant in Tongding, call a few girls, and have a good drink together!" Hahaha! ”

I'll go and talk about eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling in front of the soldiers, this ....... Heroic enough! Real men! Chen Fei threw himself to the ground for the five-body body that Tang Zheng admired.

Tang Zheng patted Chen Fei on the shoulder and motioned for him to come into the house to have a look. "Brother Chen, I have prepared everything that His Majesty ordered me to prepare, you can take a look again, is there anything missing?"

"Then please wait a moment for Lord Tang while I go in and have a look." Chen Fei walked into the house, there were about 100 square meters of small rooms, and there were about seventy or eighty square meters of materials in it alone, leaving only twenty square meters of space for Chen Fei to make arrangements.

"I'll go, this is really going to drain me." Chen Fei pursed his lips and walked over to the materials and began to count.

The materials are separated by type, and each material is stacked in a pile.

Chen Fei took a cursory look and knew that there were a lot of materials, but there were too many. Almost half of the dozens of materials are redundant, probably to confuse the public and prevent the leakage of the formula.

After confirming the materials, Chen Fei walked out of the room, accepted the soldiers' inspection again, and said to Tang Zheng over and over again: "Lord Tang, there is no shortage of things, they have all been confirmed." ”

Tang Zheng laughed, stepped forward and took Chen Fei's hand and said, "Okay, good!" Nothing less! I heard that the thunderbolt developed by my brother is very fierce, and in the first battle of Dunhuang, my brother used 10,000 defenders to resist the 200,000 coalition troops in the Western Regions, I am obedient! Brother, I really admire it! Let's go, no matter what you say, let's go drink today, eat and drink to your heart's content, don't you rush to build that mine, let's talk about it tomorrow! ”

Tang Zheng dragged Chen Fei to participate in the reception banquet, and Chen Fei could only follow with a wry smile.

At the banquet, Tang Zheng introduced three generals who led the troops in Goguryeo for Chen Fei, one of whom was shot by a Goguryeo when he broke through, and the injury on his left arm was not healed, and he was still wearing colors, but it did not affect him to drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl, and it seemed that the injury on his arm was just a bite from a mosquito, which was not enough to worry about.

On the wine table, what is indispensable is politeness, Chen Fei raised his wine glass and toasted to the three generals, "The three generals are fierce, and they bravely retreated from Goguryeo when the number of people is not superior and they lose the opportunity, which really makes the little brother admire, come, the little brother toasts everyone!" ”

After drinking all the bowls, the three generals put down the wine bowls, but their expressions were a little lonely, and one of them said: "It's a shame to say that my elite troops of the Tang Dynasty were forced to retreat by a small country, and they can't be called heroic, and they can't afford this glass of wine from my brother." ”

Another person also sighed: "Yes, I have heard of Brother Chen's deeds in Dunhuang, only 10,000 soldiers and horses, many of which are requisitioned farmers, plus the sandy city wall of Dunhuang, can actually block the attack of 200,000 allied troops in the Western Regions, this is called very happy, admirable!" ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Chen, you are not kind, isn't this sarcasm for me and waiting? Penalties! Penalty a glass of wine! ”

Chen Fei smiled bitterly with the wine, wiped his mouth after drinking a glass and said: "You really promote me, in terms of soldiers, how can I compare to your predecessors." The battle of Dunhuang relied on new weapons, and after I developed them for you, I will definitely ask your big brother to kill the Goguryeo armor without leaving behind! ”

"Oh?" The generals at the banquet put down their wine bowls one after another when they heard this, and their eyes lit up.

One of them said: "I have heard for a long time that the thunderbolt made by Brother Chen is extraordinary, but unfortunately I haven't seen it yet, I don't know if Brother Chen will have the opportunity to try it first and open my eyes after it is made?" ”

Chen Fei responded with a smile: "Hehe, of course, before the weapon is sent to the battlefield, it will definitely show the generals how to use it, so that the generals can be familiar with it, and only when they go to the battlefield can they better kill the enemy, right?" ”

"Yes, yes! Ay? Brother Chen, I heard that His Majesty specially transferred you this time, there is a new weapon to be manufactured? Half a month ago, I saw a soldier from Chang'an escorting a black iron bucket over, looking at the tight guard, I didn't go up to ask more, but it has something to do with this? ”

A black bucket? Chen Fei thought for a long time before he reacted, and what he said should be a cannon.

"Hehe, it's not related to that iron bucket, but what you can expect is that the iron buckets that were escorted over before are also very powerful weapons, and if they are used, they will definitely be as powerful as thunderbolts! Especially at long distances. And since Your Majesty has already transported it, it will inevitably be put into use in future wars! ”

Hearing this, the generals present screamed excitedly, and kept toasting Chen Fei, and there was a tendency not to give up if they didn't put him down.

Fortunately, Chen Fei had [Decanting Fruit] that could be purchased and used, so after all the generals drank down, he was still standing.

"It's so boring to drink alone." Chen Fei drank a glass of wine by himself, his expression was full of loneliness.......

(End of chapter)