Chapter 257: New Year's Day

On the streets of Chinese New Year's Eve, the lights in Changshan City are colorful!

The dragon and lion dance procession is performing on the street, and there are all kinds of tricks and dance music following closely behind, and the surrounding crowd is full.

"Lord, look how lively it is down there!" Standing in the Hero Building, Meng Qinghe looked down excitedly and whispered.

Behind him, Guo Jia and the others were all with a touch of joy, but they had never seen such a way to celebrate the New Year.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, everyone always worshiped their ancestors, which was quite monotonous, unlike this year, when Chu He planned activities within the territory, which attracted everyone's hearts.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One by one, firecrackers rose into the sky, with a loud sound, singing the vocal music of the New Year.

In this era, although gunpowder is available, but it has not been used in practice, in the past New Year, people are burning bamboo, crackling sound, so it is called firecrackers.

However, Chu He used gunpowder, tightly rolled gunpowder with multiple layers of paper, and connected it with a lead, making artillery battles in later generations.

After hundreds of experiments, the Chu River finally popularized it and first ignited it in Changshan and released it.

The sound of these firecrackers is like this, and Chu He's heart is hot when he listens.

However, Ma Jun and his wife, who were following Chu He, were extremely shocked, Guo Jia and the others did not understand the use of gunpowder, but the two of them were extremely clear, and they couldn't help but show a shock in their eyes.

In the past, when Chu He got something, he went to find Ma Jun, but this time Chu He studied it himself, and he thought that this was a trivial matter and should not be bothered with Ma Jun.

"My lord, is this the power of gunpowder?" Looking at the firecrackers that kept falling outside, Song Xin asked with burning eyes.

Chu He smiled slightly, looked at Ma Jun and said, "Hehe! What do you think? Isn't it nice that this king invented something! ”

"Lord, do you remember that you once said rockets?" Song Xin and Ma Jun glanced at it, and Ma Jun hurriedly wrote a sentence on the silk cloth in his hand with charcoal.

This is the method that Song Xin thought of for Ma Jun, listening to Ma Jun is too wasteful of time, so in order to let Ma Jun accurately convey what he wants to express, Song Xin thought of this method.

After Chu He saw it, his heart moved, and he looked at Ma Jun and hurriedly asked, "What, you have an idea?" ”

"Lord, this firecracker is the key, please tell me how to make it, and I will make it within three days!" Ma Jun looked at Chu He excitedly.

This rocket is not a well-known rocket, but a firearm, which was passed down from the Tang Dynasty and has not yet been invented in this era.

It is a type of gunpowder powered by a large number of arrows that are placed inside a hive to kill enemies in a large area.

This rocket is more powerful than the beehive crossbow invented by Ma Jun before, and can fire crossbow bolts at a longer distance, which can be fired by only one person.

Ma Jun studied before, and did not make a lead and let the gunpowder have the propulsion of Liliang, this time when he saw the artillery battle of Chu He's research, he happily asked Chu He for a place.

Chu He hurriedly told Ma Jun the method of production, and Ma Jun and his wife left.

"Master Ma, what a talent!" Chu He looked at it and said.

……

Far away in Luoyang, the crusade of the coalition army has turned to Yuan Shao, although there are only Tao Qian Kong Rong and other extremely princes, but it is still unfavorable to Yuan Shao.

The Son of Heaven was killed, and Yuan Shao was a thief!

This kind of news has implicated the lives and deaths of many Luoyang celebrities, and Yuan Shao is sitting in his own courtyard, but he is listening to the frustrated advice.

After hearing that Yuan Shao had killed the Son of Heaven, Gongsun Zhan did not hesitate to seize the big ship in Michi Port and went directly east to Youzhou.

Cao Cao didn't know the news, many of the other princes left, and only Yuan Shao was left to support him, and other people who had previously intersected led him to the Tiger Prison Pass to observe the situation.

Yuan Shao, who thought that this would be a good year, was unlucky, and he couldn't help but feel haggard, and he was in the hospital all day long, and everything was completely taught to be done.

The fire in Luoyang City was still burning, and many refugees left the city, but fortunately, they were able to protect a granary in Luoyang, so that they could hold everyone with enough military food.

However, there was already a lot of scolding in the city, and Jihua, who was frustrated, was struggling.

"My lord! And the state is the foundation for us to wait for zuihou, although this time we are on Dong Zhuo's way, but we are not without opportunities! I suggest that we go back to Merge the State first, wait for the ice and snow to melt, and then send troops to fight for the world! Frustrated Professor half-knelt on the ground, clasped his hands and said.

Yuan Shao nodded slightly, and did not immediately agree, but asked softly: "Gonghe, have you ever found the Nine Dragons Jade Seal?" ”

"Lord, the Son of Heaven is dead, obviously Dong Zhuo has already had jihua, then the Nine Dragons Jade Seal will definitely be taken, you still don't fantasize, let's return to the state at this moment, we can also preserve our strength, if we wait until Cao Cao's house appears, we will all be buried here!" Frustrated Professor looked at Yuan Shao and said.

Yuan Shao was still thinking about waiting for Cao Cao to clear his name, so he had already sent hundreds of spies to find Cao Cao.

After listening to the words of Fu Zhu, Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh, looked at Fu Zhu and said: "Okay, pass on my military order, and the army will prepare to go out of the north gate and go straight to the state!" First pass the military order to go to the state, let Yan Liang pick me up! ”

"No!" Frustrated, he hurriedly walked outside.

Yuan Shao looked at the pale blue sky, his heart ached faintly, and he couldn't help coughing a few times, but a puddle of blood came out of his internal organs.

"Lord ......" next to Wen Chou hurriedly stepped forward, handed a sip of water to Yuan Shao, and asked worriedly.

Yuan Shao shook his head, rinsed his mouth, and said with a sigh: "Wen Chou, you are the rear army to prevent the princes from attacking!" ”

After a while, Yuan Shao's army in the city gathered at the north gate, and under the leadership of Yuan Shao, they went out of the north gate and headed towards the bank of the Yellow River above.

Tao Qian and others, who were waiting for an opportunity outside the city, when they came to the north gate, Yuan Shao had already crossed the river by boat, and everyone chased them to the river, but when they saw Yuan Shao leaving, they couldn't help but retreat in their hearts.

"Everyone, the Son of Heaven is not harmed by me Yuan Shao, and I hope you will identify Dong Zhuo's conspiracy as soon as possible!" On the river, Yuan Shao clasped his hands and said to the princes.

"Yuan Benchu, if the Son of Heaven was not harmed by you, why did you monopolize Luoyang and kill the inner prison! If you want to prove your innocence, quickly turn back, and we will naturally give you a clean slate! Tao Qian held his gray beard and looked at Yuan Shao and shouted.

Yuan Shao smiled, shook his head and said, "Tao Qian, you have ill intentions and want to harm my life, how can I believe it!" If I go back, I will definitely die, so you should go to the Heart Cultivation Hall by yourself to have a look! ”

"Humph! The Heart Cultivation Hall has been burned down by you, you let me wait how to investigate! Kong Rong snorted coldly and looked at Yuan Shao and drank in a low voice.

It turned out that there were still Dong Zhuo's cronies in the city, and after they saw Yuan Shao leaving, they set fire to the Yangxin Temple to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces.

"It seems that my crime can't escape......" Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel a headache in his heart, looked at the angry princes in front of him, and squinted his eyes and muttered.