Chapter 155: The Great War (6)

Chengdu, at the beginning of February, even if you enter Chūn, the temperature is still a little cold.

Zhang Minzhi was wearing a simple robe, with slightly rolled up sleeves, slender fingers, a delicate face, and thin cheeks with a bit of elegance, a bit like a Xiucai who was familiar with poetry and books.

Zhang Minzhi is indeed a Xiucai, when he was a teenager, the most nostalgic years, he took the Xiucai exam, but in the future, he sank into the fairy road, but he wasted the development of this area.

Where Zhang Minzhi is now is not his own Zhang Mansion, but Xue Mansion - Xue Yuan's residence.

The courtyard is not very large, with red brick walls and red tile roofs, but the inside is very jīng.

Zhang Minzhi didn't come alone, he also brought two Tsing Yi xiǎo guys, carrying fine wine, one of them also carrying two loads of dry charcoal.

Xue Yuan greeted him and took a look: "Oh, it's Shi chūn wine, haha, I can eat a big piece of it today." ”

Zhang Minzhi said: "Don't worry, if I make a drink, you will come out of ròu, haha, take it out quickly, and I will conspire with you to get drunk today." ”

Xue Yuan snapped and said, "It's been ready for a long time!"

I saw someone behind me agree, and after a while, I saw that slices of finely cut ròu slices, pork belly, dried vegetables, and so on were neatly placed on the plate.

Zhang Minzhi stroked his palm and praised: "Recently, the weather has been warm and cold, eat some hot pot, drink wine, and live a real fairy life." ”

Sure enough, a moment later, on a xiǎo pavilion in the courtyard, a charcoal stove, a hot pot, and a fine wine were all prepared.

The charcoal fire was blazing, and the hot pot base gave off a burst of fragrance, and the two of them sat down and began to eat.

The wine is in the stomach, the slightest warmth is surging, and there is the aroma of hot pot.

"Hey, what kind of wood is this charcoal, and there is no smoke at all?" Xue Yuan said, pointing to the charcoal fire.

Zhang Minzhi smiled: "This is charcoal (coal), smokeless and tasteless." ”

"The lord sees that there is a carboniferous mine, digging it, it can be used for household use, but also for furnaces, iron smelting and copper smelting is very convenient, and there is a lot of money in Shu recently, so there is this merit. ”

On the earth, the biography of Dou Shaojun in the "Historical Records" has a record of digging coal.

The earliest large-scale use in ancient China was during the Three Kingdoms: "Cao Gongzang stone slaughtered 100,000 catties, the cloud disappeared this grace, and it was reusable, I don't know if my brother is quite redeemable?"

During the Song Dynasty, "there were millions of families in the former Biandu, all of them relied on coal, and none of them paid salaries", which was a record of the large-scale use of coal in the capital.

The world is similar, but it has not yet reached this level, so Wang Hongyi naturally wants to greatly promote coal.

It's a shame that deforestation comes as a wage.

Xue Yuan praised: "The lord is wise, and even the law of charcoal fire is clear, it is really a godsend!"

In his heart, he thought about the immortal prescription that Jiāo gave him.

Ammonium sulfate - 50 kg of human niào, 5 kg of cooked gypsum, 25 kg of water, mixed and stirred, *** 10 days after application, féi effect is equivalent to ammonium sulfate ammonia - 50 kg of fresh cow dung, 50 grams of soybean powder, 5 kg of cooked gypsum powder, sealed below 25 degrees for 3 days, applied to 3 times the water, féi effect is higher than ammonia Of course, this is the original recipe, in this world dialect is not so, but it is the same.

Wang Hongyi doesn't know chemistry, but he used to make these two recipes back then, so he remembers.

Xue Yuan is now a six-rank official, and his jurisdiction is this, and now the task obtained by the craftsman is to start testing new methods according to the methods of the three laws, standards, records, and summaries.

Although it is now a black mō, in the past few years, there have been tens of thousands of records, and these records have begun to be classified and divided, named one by one, experimented, and summarized.

In Wang Hongyi's view, as long as there are these three laws and there is time, what basic chemistry cannot be solved?

Xue Yuan pondered, but Zhang Minzhi looked thoughtfully.

Zhang Youzhi lost his father and mother since he was a child, he was brought up by Zhang Minzhi, and he usually teaches knowledge, and his feelings are deeper than that between father and son.

Of course, there are also taboos in knots, and it is not appropriate for Wenchen to collude with military generals, but Xue Yuan is a civil official, it doesn't matter, and he is the first person from the dragon, and the holy family is profound, how can he not be Jiāo.

Since the family knows that when the two of them drink, they like to be quiet, and no one will come to disturb them when there are no major things, so the surroundings are silent.

Zhang Minzhi shook his head with a smile and said, "How much can the yield of chūn wheat increase this year?"

Lingjue was watching Xue Yuan.

The art of observing qi is ancient, but it is difficult to observe it in detail like Wang Hongyi, especially to watch the natal life, but it is still okay to watch the good and evil in general.

I saw that Xue Yuan's body was filled with golden gas.

Now both Zhang Yuzhi and Xue Yuan are connected to Wang Hongyi's luck, but at this time, a lot of luck has been called, and now Xue Yuan's auspicious qi has decreased slightly.

Zhang Minzhi is extremely talented, and he has actually achieved very high achievements, but it is difficult for a cultivator to be able to generate luck on his own, and even on the contrary, if he loses his luck, it is not a special case for a cultivator to break his family.

Hearing this, Xue Yuan hesitated slightly, and said, "It's a pity that only one-tenth of the field can grow." ”

"Shuzhong was originally a country of abundance, rich in products, and it was able to increase one-tenth of the field, and the overall growth was one percent, which was already very remarkable. Zhang Minzhi smiled, took a sip of wine, and changed the topic again: "I don't know what happened last time, how did you think about it?"

Hearing this, Xue Yuanshen hesitated.

Seeing this, Zhang Minzhi smiled and said: "You originally had a mediocre fate, but when you meet Allah, you can change your fate, and maybe there will be family blessings in the future." ”

"It's just that your second son doesn't have such good luck, and if you receive this great blessing, you will have to die a long life, has your son been weak and sick since you became an official?

According to the previous rules, if you are a baron of Bozi, or above the fifth rank, you have the qualification to stand on your own, and become the county lord of "all two hundred and ninety-three surnames, one thousand six hundred and fifty-one".

The marquis and above are qualified to become the family of Dingshi, which is recognized by the people of the world.

For most of the ancients, sealing the vast number of wives and shadows is the appeal of a lifetime, and Xue Yuan now has a large group of clansmen who have come to join him with his farm and house, and he already has the atmosphere of a big clan.

When Xue Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but gloomy face, indeed, since he was re-elected, his second son has been constantly weak and sickly, which has become a heart disease.

Of course, if it weren't for Zhang Minzhi being Zhang Youzhi's uncle, he would have been beaten out a long time ago.

Thinking of this, Xue Yuan looked at Zhang Minzhi with sharp eyes: "Mr. Zhang, you said that my second son can be transferred to you as a monk?"

"Transferring the blessings of your second son to the eldest son can ensure that your eldest son enjoys your father's shadow safely, as for the second son and I to cultivate the Tao, we can also ensure his safety and longevity, of course, I don't know if he will cause trouble in the future. Zhang Minzhi said.

Xue Yuan was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth suddenly, and said, "Mr. Zhang, I believe it, and I will entrust the second son to you." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and bowed deeply.

"There is no need to be so polite, your second son was born with strange bones, although he is not rich and noble, he is the treasure of the Bright My Mén Path. Zhang Minzhi laughed, in the past, real people were pioneers, can't they?

After a few generations, it has become a vein!

He also said: "The lord is wise and martial, you will be able to eat the family, but your family has a shallow foundation, the eldest son inherits the title, guards the instrument of inaction, and walks the way of weakness, which is the pattern of reproduction and prosperity, and those who are outstanding may not be able to die well!"

When Xue Yuan heard this, he had to smile bitterly: "Mr. Xiru has a good word." ”

Zhang Minzhi listened, smiled silently, looked into the distance, and let out a sigh: "Is the mediocre thing successful?"

Even the pedantic celestial beings have an incomprehensible míhuò.

The army of Shangyong Mountain Forest is marching.

"It's dawn, and before it gets dark, it's important to get to your destination. Seeing that the sky was bright, if he walked more slowly, he was afraid that he would be noticed, Fan Liuhai gently pulled the reins of the horse from his crotch and commanded in a deep voice.

At dusk, Fan Liuhai's army finally arrived thirty miles outside Shangyong City.

"Report!" Fan Liuhai's army was on the way, and he went to Tanma to report suddenly.

"Report to the general, a few days ago, Shangyong City was closed to the people, and it was strictly forbidden for the people to enter and leave. According to investigations, there were 6,000 defenders in Shangyong City. The exploratory horse Pegasus arrived in front of Fan Liuhai, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and said quickly.

"A few days ago, were they already on guard? Could it be that they learned in advance that we were waiting for the news?" Fan Liuhai frowned when he heard this.

"General, is it due to other reasons?" Zhang Fan stepped forward and said.

"Let's investigate again!" Fan Liuhai instructed, and said to Zhang Fan: "This matter must be investigated clearly before making plans." ”

Zhang Fan nodded.

It didn't take long to get the reason for the vigilance of Shangyong City, but it was because there was a caravan in the city that resold sī goods, and in order to capture the sī caravan, the whole city was searched, and when the scouts went to check again, the martial law order had been removed from the city.

"Neither was it aware of the whereabouts of our troops, but they acted according to the original plan. A sneer appeared at the corner of Fan Liuhai's mouth. "Shangyong City, from tomorrow, let it change its surname!"

"Come, send the order down, camp and rest, go out in the middle of the night, and arrive at the foot of Shangyong City, this is the time when the defenders are most tired, take advantage of this time to attack the city, and strive to capture the city! When you get to the city, you can rest again!" Fan Liuhai said in a cold voice.

Then he commanded: "Contact Neiying and prepare for a night attack." ”

Finally, he commanded: "The taurlei given by the lord must be ready." ”

Wang Hongyi asked people to prepare nitrate very early, to be honest, Wang Hongyi's previous life, his study of chemical theory was very shallow, not that he didn't want to study muskets and artillery, or even bomb yào, but he really wouldn't.

Just remember that dung can produce nitrate, and remember that the composition of fire yào is made by mixing potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur mechanically, and is generally made into granules.

Two years later, after many experiments and several explosions, a certain power of fire was finally made, and if it was filled with solid, it could be buried in the ground to blow up a Xiǎo wall, but there was still no way to do it to the big wall.

This time, I carried ten cans, just in case.