Chapter 8 The blacksmith cannon is cast, and the sound of the piano is strong
It's been a week since the incident in the drunken incense building.
At these times, Xiao Xing sorted out the "Starfire Battle World Decision" passed down by the last words of the Dusty Dao and Mu Dao people, and on the other hand, he was also busy completely integrating that Heng Shengyu into the Red Phoenix Army system.
Even though they have the weapons and grain and grass promised by the Song Dynasty, they will not trust others like this, and self-sufficiency is still the established goal.
After obtaining the blacksmiths mastered by Heng Shengyu, the iron smelting office opened by the Chifeng Army in Xiangyuan County has also expanded several times, from the original scale of only a few dozen people, to the extent that it has now expanded to hundreds of people. And the iron-smelting blast furnace has also expanded from one at the beginning to five today. Within one day, a ton of pig iron can be smelted, which can fully meet the needs of the entire Red Phoenix Army.
"Master Chen, I wonder if this thing can be forged?"
Now, Xiao Xing took out a weapon style and asked Chen Shenxing in front of him.
"What is this thing called, and what is it for?" Chen Shenxing took the drawing, looked at it, and immediately felt a trace of confusion. After all, the thing in front of him was too heavy, obviously not the weapon that could be used by a single person, and it didn't have the bowstring for firing crossbow arrows, it was just a long hollow iron pillar, which made it unclear how it could be used.
Xiao Xing explained: "This thing is artillery. Instead, fill the tail with the gunpowder, and then stuff the stone ball in front of it, catch the impact of the gunpowder when it burns, and blast the stone ball out to achieve the effect of destroying the opponent!"
"Gunpowder? In that case, the name artillery is somewhat apt!"
Chen Shenxing suddenly realized and nodded thoughtfully.
He had seen the miners digging rocks in the mountains, using gunpowder to break up the rocks and dig up the things hidden in the ground, so he was somewhat familiar with this gunpowder.
Xiao Xing hurriedly persuaded: "That's right. So my lord asked me to come and ask if you could make this thing. As a secret weapon, he will completely defeat the attacking Mongol Tatars. ”
"I see, but if you want to cast this iron pillar, I'm afraid it's a little troublesome. After all, the gunpowder is extremely powerful, and if it leaves an air hole and a hole in it during casting, it will be troublesome. This thing is not the iron tripod, and it can be repaired after it is cast. On the other side, Qin Jian also said.
And his brother Qin Dong also said again and again: "The most important thing is that in order to ensure strength, this cannon body needs to be cast at one time." In this case, you don't want to be like the iron tripod, you can pour it several times separately. If you want to make it in a short time, I'm afraid it's impossible. ”
Since the collapse of Heng Shengyu, these two people have also come here in order to survive, providing enough help for the Red Phoenix Army's weapon manufacturing. And it was they who solved the problem that the blast furnace could not make good iron.
Xiao Xing hurriedly begged: "I don't know about the development of artillery. However, I would like to ask a few people to make an effort to get a gun that can come in handy as soon as possible. ”
"The affairs of the Red Phoenix Army are our affairs. Of course, we're going to try to get this gun out as soon as possible. After all, the Tartar is out there, and if we don't defeat it completely, I'm afraid we will be in danger. Several people already felt the same way, so they naturally accepted it.
After seeing that several people began to discuss the development of artillery, Xiao Xing was also relieved.
The hard work of the past few days did not make Xiao Xing feel tired, but because of solving the internal problems of the Chifeng Army, she felt full of energy in her body, and looking at Qinzhou City in the distance, she suddenly felt that she missed the master who she had not seen for a long time, so she just happened to have a batch of arms ready to be transported to the front line, so she volunteered to go together and came to Qinzhou City.
It's just that when she came to Qinzhou City, she heard that Xiao Feng was fighting with Mengyuan Tartars with a pair of men and horses, and she couldn't come back here for a while, so she had no choice but to wander around Qinzhou City for a while to see if she could stay until her master came back.
Everything that happened in Luzhou City during this time, Xiao Xing already had too many things and wanted to talk to Xiao Feng.
However, after not seeing her for a long time, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, so she had to find a place where no one was there and try the new piano that the two seniors had just given her.
This green jade qin is really worthy of being made by the wooden Taoist and the dusty Taoist people, its timbre is integrated, there is no stagnation and obscurity of the iron qin before, and the strings are also very sharp, only need to move slightly, you can swing out smart music, and it is more elegant.
As soon as it started, Xiao Xing couldn't help but indulge in the sound of the piano, feeling the mood that was different from before.
Sunshine, excitement, vitality and vigor, that is the power of life alone, and it is also the state of mind that she has not felt for a long time. As if hearing this sound for nature, some birds flew around from time to time to settle down, there were sparrows, swallows, turtledoves, and swans, and some white rabbits, squirrels and other things sprang out of the forest next to them, all of them stood beside them, just like the loyal audience, quietly watching Xiao Xing play.
Gradually, the block in her heart began to dissolve, Xiao Xing thought about the kind of love that the two seniors protected her, and the feeling of reverence spontaneously arose in her heart, and as the sound of the piano in her mood gradually began to turn into grievances, she seemed to be feeling sad for the two of them.
"Listening to your tunes, I've really been miserable for you these days. ”
Suddenly, a voice came from his ears, Xiao Xing felt a person's hand fall on his shoulder, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, only when he smelled a familiar smell in his snort did he relax.
That elegance is noble and pure, just like the fragrance of the lonely fragrance of self-appreciating plum blossoms, who else can have it except her master?
Feeling a fiery aura coming from behind him, Xiao Xing suddenly felt a little trembling, and replied, "No, these are all things that a futile should do." There was a panic in the fingertips, and the sound of the piano was a little murmuring.
In the distance, the birds and finches suddenly startled and flapped their wings and flew up, and the beasts also ran fast and disappeared into the jungle in an instant.
"But you're messed up. Is it because of me? After all, I've been so busy resisting those people these days that I've forgotten about you. Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Xing with pity, her thin shoulders should have been hiding in someone's arms, but at this moment she was forced to bear the heavy pressure, and even breathing was difficult.
Feeling regretful, Xiao Feng rubbed his body and sat behind Xiao Xing, just hugged him whole, pressed his left hand slightly on Xiao Xing's palm, and said, "Since that's the case, why don't you let me play a song for you." It's also an apology to you these days. "Then, the strings are pulled.
At this time, Xiao Xing grabbed the arm with his backhand, but said: "No! If it weren't for the master fighting on the front line, how could we live such a healthy life? If you want to be sorry, the apprentice should first repay the master for saving his life." The fingertips moved slightly, and immediately brought out a slip of piano sound.
Rescued each other when he was a child, accompanied him for many years, and even when he taught the secret scriptures of Xuangong, Xiao Xing felt that the irrepressible emotions in his heart all rushed out in an instant, turning into the sound of the piano under his fingers, and the sound of the piano was like a gurgling spring in the mountains, immersing the entire body from top to bottom, gradually integrating into the body, drilling into every cell of the body, not only dissolving the blocks in her heart, but also dissolving the fatigue in Xiao Feng's body.
In the sound of the piano, Xiao Feng felt that her originally tense nerves relaxed slightly, and her body gradually looked a little lazy, but Yu Xian's pure glass flames hidden in every part of her body became more and more active, making her body more and more pure, and a wisp of black smoke dissipated, which was the memory fragment that turned into dregs but could never be discharged.
Now, with the sound of the piano, these fragments of memory have also dissipated.
Allowing his body to be in such an extremely lazy state, Xiao Feng suddenly asked, "What is this song called?"
"Phoenix Seeking Phoenix!"
Holding back the warm breath in his ears, Xiao Xing replied in a trembling voice.
Xiao Feng asked, "Why did you suddenly play this song?" Her eyes were confused, she felt extremely comfortable now, as if everything she had once burdened in her heart had been dissolved, and she just wanted to indulge in the sound of the piano.
"As soon as the hand touches it, it starts before you know it. Master, do you need to change the song?"
Little by little, Xiao Xing's voice suddenly trembled.
Unconsciously, she suddenly felt that the emotions in her heart had been filled with this restraining and could not be suppressed, and she just wanted to express her heartfelt feelings here, at least in this only time together, she didn't want her mood to disappear completely.
Xiao Feng said slowly: "No, this is good. Her eyes were a little blurred, and she hugged the girl in her arms tightly, just like the lonely wanderer in the sea, who didn't want the girl in her arms to leave suddenly.
In this foreign world full of malice, she can rely on too little, too little!
There is no girl in her arms, which can make Xiao Feng feel a little relieved, at least it will not make her think that she is just a person in this world.
"Then I'll keep playing?"
Feeling the attachment behind her, Xiao Xing's eyes were confused, and her voice was full of excitement, not only because of the answer that seemed to be in response, or because it was completely different from what she had been, but no matter what, she had already decided that she would always be with her for the rest of her life.
"Hmm. That's good, it's good......"
Gently closing his eyes, Xiao Feng turned his head slightly sideways, placed it on Xiao Xing's shoulder, and replied in a whisper.
Turning around, Xiao Xing looked at the face that was close at hand, the sadness between his eyebrows finally dissipated, and the jade face disappeared from tiredness, compared with the chic and majestic lord in ordinary times, the person in front of him was a little more close.
Her heart was beating, and Xiao Xing realized what was driving her, she could no longer hold back the throbbing in her heart, and gently printed her pair of jade lips, sucking the sweetness.
The sound of the piano stopped at some point, but another piece quietly began.
The moonlight is gone, and a pair of people are tactful, and they don't know the geometry of spring and autumn. (To be continued.) )