The list of students who will go to Luoyang to participate in the poetry meeting will be released soon. These six gentlemen in the academy each teach a group of students, and among them, there are those who are eager to be wise and talented, and they already know it, so they don't need to think about it at all, they directly report their names, and after giving Yan Shigu a look, they will announce it. Sure enough, as Xia Hongsheng expected, there were Bai Jianzhi and Xu Qixian, and the other four were all famous students in the academy, and they would go to Luoyang City with Yan Shigu in the near future. Xia Hongsheng didn't have anything to criticize about this, but Xu Qixian was different, when he saw that there was no junior brother on the list, he was a little anxious, and he was ready to pull Xia Hongsheng to find Master Yan, saying that Xia Hongsheng's level of poetry was stronger than all of them, why not let Xia Hongsheng go. Xu Qixian didn't understand, but Xia Hongsheng knew the inside story. Yan Shigu has long said that although Xia Hongsheng is still a student of Luanzhou Academy in name, in fact, he doesn't need to go to school, and he doesn't need any gentleman to teach, so Yan Shigu naturally won't let him go again. On the other hand, Xia Hongsheng himself is not willing to go, he has a few catties and taels, only he knows that he can steal some poems and songs from his descendants, and he can still recite some. But how could the Poetry Society let itself decide what poems to write? There must be some regulations on the content of the poem, maybe you can just take a cup and let you compose a poem, so where can you handle it?

"Oops! How is this good, originally my brother wanted to take you to see the Oiran! Xu Qixian beat his chest very regretfully, and said to Xia Hongsheng: "This bucket of Oiran is only once in three or five years, this world is in turmoil, it has not been done for many years, and it will be held again this year, it must be extraordinarily grand, for my brother has heard that many places of Oiran are going to Luoyang to fight a fight, how can you miss it?" ”

Xia Hongsheng looked at Xu Qixian's anxious look and was funny, raised his hand and patted him, and said, "Brother Xu, don't worry, have you forgotten that your little brother is a free man in the academy?" This little brother of Luoyang City will still go with you, but the little brother will not go to the poetry meeting, he is going to the tea shop to see, the marketing plan I wrote to Uncle Xu, I am afraid that the people in the tea shop will not be able to handle it, and I need to go over to see it in person. The younger brother has already told Master Yan, and Master Yan has already agreed. ”

"Marketing plan? What's that? ......" Xu Qixian scratched his head, looking puzzled, but then changed to a happy look: "So junior brother, you are also going to Luoyang?" That's really good, haha, Luoyang City is much more interesting than this small Luanzhou City, when the time comes, I will take you to play in Luoyang City for a few days! ”

Lin Ergou's family also came over, and they were able to take care of their sister-in-law, and they also went to ask Xu Qixian's father to take more care of his sister-in-law, Uncle Xu had promised that after Xia Hongsheng set off, he would send a nursing home from home to follow them all day long in order to protect them, which was an accident for Xia Hongsheng, but it also made Xia Hongsheng very grateful. In this way, there will be no worries about going to Luoyang.

Leaving from the academy, Xia Hongsheng passed by the door and did not go back, but went straight to the carpenter Zhang Laohan's house, and when he saw Xia Hongsheng coming, Zhang Laohan came over with a few thin bamboo tubes, saying that the things that Xia Hongsheng asked him to make had been done.

"The old man thought about it, but he couldn't make the kind of mechanism that could squirt out the water inside when he pressed it, as the little boy said. The old man was ashamed. Zhang Laohan said to Xia Hongsheng: "However, the old man found another way, open up the bottom of the bamboo tube, stuff a bamboo skewer inside, the front of the bamboo skewer is dipped in leather and wrapped in wax, the front end of the bamboo tube is a small opening, and it is sealed with wax on weekdays, so that the water inside does not leak out, if you want to spray out the water inside, just push the back of the bamboo skewer forward, and the water inside can naturally break the sealing wax and spray it out from the front!" ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned when he heard this, and looked down at the things in Zhang Laohan's hand, sweat, this old guy actually made the syringe by mistake so much?!

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly took out a simple bamboo syringe, pulled out the bamboo skewer and looked at it, and then ran to pour half a tube of water into it, inserted the bamboo skewer and pushed it forward hard, and saw a mist suddenly spew out in front of him. This bamboo syringe does not have a short catheter in front of it, so after it is sprayed, the water will disperse, and the water can disperse, but it is easier to get on the face, which is more in line with Xia Hongsheng's purpose.

"This ...... Uncle Zhang is really ...... Ingenuity! I have nothing to say about the good craftsmanship, the kid admires it so much! Xia Hongsheng was very excited to take the bamboo syringe in his hand, well, maybe the history will be rewritten in the future, the world's earliest syringe appeared in the Tang Dynasty in China, and it is no longer Europe in the fifteenth century.

"Hehe, the old man is just a carpenter, where can he be called such a young man?" Zhang Laohan stroked his beard, although he said this humble word in his mouth, the expression on his face was very proud, and he sounded very useful to Xia Hongsheng's words.

Xia Hongsheng waved his hand again and again: "Uncle Zhang, you still call me the Xia family kid as before, or call me Hongsheng, but don't call me a little boy anymore." In our neighborhood, I am the little baby of the Xia family, where did I come from? ! ”

"Hehe, that old man is bold, the neighbors all say, Hongsheng, you are a Wenqu star, but you are amazing! In the future, I'm afraid that our neighbors will follow you! "When Zhang Laohan is happy, he likes to brush his beard non-stop.

Xia Hongsheng smiled dumbly, shook his head, and suddenly remembered a toy, so he said to Zhang Laohan: "Uncle Zhang, I suddenly thought of another method, have you ever seen a crossbow?" The trigger under the crossbow, can you transform it, and then install it on top of this bamboo tube, and when the time comes, the water inside will be squeezed out, how good is this! I have a rough idea to draw for you. ”

Saying that, there was no need to wait for Zhang Laohan, as soon as he turned around and ran to the stove, he found a piece of charcoal from the fire pit, and drew it on the bluestone with his impression. If we can't make a spray, we can make a water gun!

Coming out of Zhang Laohan's house, Xia Hongsheng went back to the house gasping for those bamboo tubes, and his sister-in-law and Lin Ergou had already returned from the market and were cooking at home. Xia Hongsheng ran into the stove and took out a lot of dogwood, peppercorns and mustard that had been ground into powder, poured them all into a small copper basin, and then added water to boil. After boiling, the crumbs in it are filtered out, and after cooling, they are carefully poured into the bamboo tube.

"Childe, what are you doing here?" Lin Ergou's mother-in-law was cooking with her sister-in-law in the stove, and Lin Ergou squatted next to Xia Hongsheng to watch him handle these things.

Xia Hongsheng didn't look up, and he couldn't correct it after correcting it a few times, so he let him go, and replied: "Make a self-defense thing for you, I may have to go to Luoyang City recently, a few days ago I heard that some scoundrels have been eyeing the food stalls, and I have asked people to take care of them." Brother Ergou, you are the only man in the stall, and both of them are women, so they still have to rely on you to protect them. I'll show you how to use these things later, just in case. ”

Hearing Xia Hongsheng say this, Lin Ergou patted his chest with disdain: "Son, don't worry!" It's not that I'm bragging, I'm born with strength, just those scoundrels, hum, ten is not enough for me to fight! ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Brother Ergou, I know you have a lot of strength, but if there are many of them and they catch your sister-in-law or your sister-in-law and threaten you, can you still fight?" ”

"This ......" Lin Ergou hesitated.

"Don't worry, Brother Ergou, I have all the arrangements. I have asked the Xu Mansion, and after I leave, there will be a guardian of the Xu Mansion who will accompany you all day long to protect you. If someone makes trouble in the bazaar, go directly to Yixiangju, and Yixiangju will ensure that you are well-stocked. If there are other difficulties, you can go to the Xu Mansion for help, and you will be able to solve the misfortune. In this way, there must be no incident. But, just in case of the scoundrels blocking the way, which is their usual trick, I made these things, and you should each of you take a few of them, and if anybody makes trouble, you will spray them in the face. The water in this is also easy to make, and there are all at home, so the peppercorns and mustard are crushed and boiled, and they can be poured into it when they are cool. Xia Hongsheng pointed to the liquid in the copper basin and said to Lin Ergou, needless to say, just smelling it, the smell is pungent enough.

When the meal was finished, Xia Hongsheng called the three of them together, and said that he was about to leave for Luoyang in the near future, and as soon as the woman heard it, she was going to prepare something for Xia Hongsheng to change the clothes, but Xia Hongsheng stopped him, took out those bamboo tubes, and told them how to make those pungent water, how to pour them in, how to use them, so that each of them must carry three with them, anyway, the bamboo tubes are very small and do not take up space.

"Hongsheng, is this really useful?" The sister-in-law pinched the small bamboo tube in her hand, not believing that it had the power that Xia Hongsheng said, as soon as it sprayed on her face, it made people cry and couldn't stand up.

"I'll try!" Lin Ergou suddenly picked up the bamboo tube and aimed it at himself, and before Xia Hongsheng could stop it, he saw that Lin Ergou had already pressed the bamboo skewer and squirted out the water inside, and sprayed himself in the face.

"Ahh …… Eye! Blind! Lin Ergou threw the bamboo tube to the ground, covered his eyes with both hands, rubbed it vigorously, kept howling in his mouth, kept sneezing, and rolled around on the ground.

The two women were suddenly shocked, and hurriedly went over to press Lin Ergou, Xia Hongsheng said angrily: "Look, if you don't believe it, you have to spray it in your face!" When you meet a bad guy in the future, that's it, you use this thing to spray in your face, it's best to go straight to your eyes, the bad guy's employment has become like this, so you should take the opportunity to escape. Pay attention to come back and change the water inside, once a day! ”

"Hongsheng!" The sister-in-law said in a panic: "What are you talking about, save people!" ”

"Okay, okay, it's no big deal, hurry up and rinse your eyes with some water, and stop when the rinsing is not sour." Xia Hongsheng said to Lin Ergou's mother-in-law, who was already about to cry. There is no need for two women to go, as soon as Lin Ergou heard Xia Hongsheng's words, he hurriedly rushed to the edge of the bucket by himself, and Qing Shui rushed to his eyes.

After a while, Lin Ergou finally didn't feel so painful, but his eyes were red and swollen, and he still kept crying.

"See the power, right? I said it's dangerous, don't get the ...... in your eyes" Xia Hongsheng smiled and patted Lin Ergou's shoulder: "Brother Ergou, it'll be fine in a few days, don't dare to be so reckless in the future!" ”

Lin Ergou regretted that he couldn't do it, and slapped himself on the head hard.