My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 88

Why did Wei Cheng only ask Wei Shi to provide sulfur and charcoal?

Because these two things exist in this era, and the quantity is sufficient, and he only needs to purchase potassium nitrate (saltpeter).

Of course, there is also saltpeter in this era, and it is also a very common medicinal stone, also known as saltpeter.

However, there is no way to compare the natural nitrate with the precise ratio of artificially produced potassium nitrate in later generations, and the natural power of gunpowder produced by the two is also very different, so it can mislead those who are interested in exploring.

Wei Cheng knew that once he took out the gunpowder, he would be found out.

Then I would simply kill their curiosity at the source. Even if they mixed gunpowder by mistake, they would be surprised to find that the gunpowder they mixed could not achieve the expected power.

You must know that the exact proportion of black powder was finally obtained after hundreds of years of trial and error. In this era when there was no concept of gunpowder, it was difficult for the ancients to mix black powder with real lethality. ascend to heaven.

In addition, Wei Cheng intentionally concealed the existence of potassium nitrate (硭氨), and when someone actually configured the gunpowder by mistake, he probably already produced TNT.

Of course, Wei Cheng has another purpose.

The network supervision in the later generations is in place. He can purchase potassium nitrate alone. If he purchases sulfur and other materials in large quantities, I am afraid that under the supervision of big data, there will be no Bore immediately come to him for tea.

Therefore, no matter what the purpose is, it is a wise choice to ask Wei Hao to help prepare the sulfur and charcoal.

That night, Wei Cheng took the time to go back to Hyundai.

There is still half a pack of potassium nitrate in the warehouse at home, which was purchased before to process herbal medicines. Some medicinal materials need potassium nitrate to help catalyze them.

Wei Cheng purchased another [-] bags of potassium nitrate online, and returned to the Three Kingdoms era.

And using potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, according to the ratio on Baidu, I made a soil bomb, which is the small bamboo tube that I just demonstrated in front of Chengtou and Mr. Jin.

This night, the hardest ones were Shengtou and Jin Lao. In order to ensure that the formula would not be leaked out prematurely, Wei Cheng only let them have access to the black powder formula.

In addition, Chengtou himself is a carpenter, and Mr. Jin is a goldsmith. The two can make what Wei Cheng wants according to Wei Cheng's requirements.

Silent all night.

Time soon came to the next morning.

According to the rules, Cai Yan took Wei Cheng to greet Wei Hao.

Wei Cheng didn't really want to go, he was afraid that he would show his feet in front of Wei Hao, a cheap father, after all, he occupied his son's body.

Cai Yan was curious why he resisted seeing his father so much, held Wei Cheng's hand, and asked cautiously: "Husband, when I returned home yesterday, I felt that your mood has changed. Are you deliberately hiding from your family?"

Wei Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at her in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Cai Yan stretched out his hand to touch Wei Cheng's cheek, and said with tears in his eyes: "Is it because of Yan'er that you don't want to talk to the family man? If so, then there is no need, Yan'er never blames the family man Send Yan'er back to the Cai family."

"???"

Wei Cheng froze for a moment, remembering what Wei Gong said when they met for the first time. At that time, Wei Gong said that Cai Yan was sent back to her natal family by Wei Hao because she ran away from the Wei family.

Wei Cheng rolled his eyes, held Cai Yan's little hand behind his back, and comforted him: "Don't think too much, I'm not because of you, but he's really gone too far, how can I take my anger out on you because of my willfulness."

Cai Yan was moved to tears.

Hey, I'm such a smart little ghost, I touched Xiao Yan'er, and I don't need to meet the old man, I can kill two birds with one stone.

"My lord, it's time soon. Duke Wei and all the clan elders are already waiting at the south gate."

Wei Cheng searched for his reputation, and Xu Ding stood far outside the courtyard gate, turning his body sideways and embarrassed to look in.

Cai Yan shyly broke away from Wei Cheng's embrace, and said affectionately: "My husband has something to do, and Yan'er will go and see the mother and daughter yesterday."

Wei Cheng rubbed her little hand gently, and said: "Alright, you go, if you hear any movement in a while, please don't be afraid, the greater the movement, the greater the confidence we have in defeating the Baibo army, which is a good thing. do you know?"

Cai Yan didn't know what the big news was, but nodded obediently, urging him to get busy.

at the same time.

On the outer wall of the south gate of Weizhuang.

Wei Hao and the rest of the Wei clan have been waiting for a long time, they said it was Sishi, but in fact they came early at Chenshi.

As soon as I came to the outer wall, I saw a carpenter with two Weis on his head, making the final inspection on a large wooden frame.

Seeing Wei Hao and the others, the two carpenters saluted respectfully.

Wei Hao just nodded at them, only seeing the wooden frame, which made Wei Hao and the others full of curiosity.

Wei Hao stepped forward and asked, "What is this?"

After meeting Wei Hao twice, he clasped his fists respectfully and said, "This is a stone throwing tool."

"The catapult?" Wei Hao and the others looked at each other, thinking that it was some kind of magical weapon, their eyes widened.

At this moment, Wei Cheng arrived with Xu Ding and his party.

Seeing Wei Cheng, Wei Hao was heartbroken again, my son.

Wei Cheng casually cupped his hands at Wei Hao and the others, and then asked Chengtou, "How is it? Have you tried it? What's the range?"

Weighing his head, he clasped his fists and replied: "I have tried several times, and the farthest reaches [-] steps, that is, the projectile should not be too heavy, nor too light. Fifteen catties is best."

Hearing this, Wei Cheng nodded in satisfaction: "That's enough... Thank you for your hard work." Cheng Tou didn't even dare to say it.

Wei Cheng looked at Xu Ding at the side, and ordered: "Go and see if Mr. Jin is ready."

Xu Ding bowed his hands and was about to retreat when he heard Jin Lao's tired and excited voice: "No, no, I'm here."

Wei Cheng looked back and saw that the old man was coming with a wooden box in his arms. Although his face was full of exhaustion, his eyes were shining brightly.

"It's done?"

"It's done!"

Wei Cheng and Jin Lao seemed to be playing a riddle, and the others were all dumbfounded except for the title.

Mr. Jin walked up to Wei Cheng and said in a low voice, "Two pieces were made in total, one weighs about three catties."

Wei Cheng frowned slightly, only three catties?

He looked at Chengtou and asked, "How far can three catties fly?"

He clasped his head and said, "If accurate bearing is required, within [-] steps is no problem. If you don't require accurate bearing, it's about [-] or [-] steps, but it will drift a little, and the error is about [-] steps."

"Thirty steps is not too much." Wei Cheng smiled with satisfaction.

At this moment, Wei Hao and the others couldn't stand anymore, and they all came up to ask what Wei Cheng was planning, such as three hundred steps, five hundred steps, eight hundred steps...

Wei Cheng chuckled and was about to speak.

A man came galloping from the city on horseback, looking in the direction of the city gate to the west.

"Young Master, Young Master, I found nearly a hundred cavalry from the Baibo Army. They are suspected to be the enemy's outposts. They are trying to find out the strength of our defense."

Wei Cheng and others looked back, Zhang Fei got off his horse, ran to the outer wall, pointed to the west and said, "Look, they are coming."

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, at the end of the outer wall, dozens of cavalry suddenly came on horseback.

The leading cavalryman carried a flag on his back, and when he got closer, he could clearly see the word "Baibo".

The group of cavalry also seemed to have spotted Wei Cheng and the others on the outer wall, and quickly rode their horses away from the outer wall. At the same time, someone took out a bow and arrow and looked at the people on the outer wall vigilantly, and might launch an attack at any time.

Zhang Fei said: "They came all the way from the north gate. Old brother Xu sent someone to inform me. I think it is necessary to keep them. Young master, let me take people out and give them a big blow. How dare less than a hundred people come here?" So arrogant."

Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he looked at the stone catapult aside, good guy, this is a practice target delivered to the door.

Wei Cheng immediately looked at Chengtou and Jin Lao, and said, "Aim at them for me, it doesn't matter if they are accurate or not, let's warm up first."

Chengtou laughed, and said to Mr. Jin: "Mr. Jin, I'd better leave it to you. I'm afraid I'll be messy. In case that thing... Haha, come here, come here, and I'll help you pull the stick to aim."

Old Jin had a mysterious smile on his face. Hearing that he was asked to practice, he seemed to be ten years younger.

He looked at Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng nodded to him as a sign of encouragement.

Seriously, it's impossible not to be nervous.

After seeing the power of that small bamboo tube last night, Mr. Jin heard that the power of the thing he made is more than ten thousand times that of that small bamboo tube. When he operated it all night, he was very cautious, for fear that he would kill himself. .

"Then, then I'll do it." Old Jin held the wooden box in both hands and came behind the catapult.

He aimed his head in the direction and said, "Old Jin, it's alright."

Seeing this, Wei Cheng dragged the crowd back a dozen or so steps, worried, and took two steps back by himself.

Just, a little cowardly.

When Jin Lao and Chengtou turned their heads and saw this scene, they were immediately in a bad mood.

Wei Cheng said embarrassingly: "It's not that I don't believe you, but I think it's more comfortable to stand here."

Elder Jin and Chengtou: "..."

At this time, the small group of Baibo cavalry was almost at the gate.

They were afraid that the people on the wall would shoot arrows at them, so they deliberately avoided more than 200 meters away, which exceeded the effective range of ordinary crossbows.

Seeing that the people on the outer wall suddenly disappeared, only two people stood on it and looked at them. The cavalry leader suddenly laughed: "Hmph, what a shitty family, a bunch of cowards."

The subordinates behind him also unscrupulously slandered the so-called aristocratic families, saying which aristocratic family had already moved away from Hedong with their whole family in order to avoid them, and which aristocratic family's daughter was really fun, and she would go to the dungeon to play in the dungeon.

The unbearable voices came one after another, completely forgetting that they came here to inquire about Wei Cheng's movements.

Just when they were talking and laughing, they rode their horses and planned to continue to circle around Weizhuang, so as to complete the task and go back to work.

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"What's going on, why are the horses crazy?"

"Dog, don't run around, go forward, go forward!"

next moment.

boom!
Just less than five meters in front of them, there was a huge roar, and then a wave of air rushed towards them with scorching breath, like overwhelming mountains and seas, and even the horses under their seats were blown away Get out, let alone people.

The slag-laden metal sheets and stones in the air waves are more like life-threatening nails. The moment they flew into the air, everyone, including the horse, was shot full of holes. is not alive.

And the fact is exactly the same, except for a few people and horses who are farther away and relatively far behind, the team originally composed of [-] people has been wiped out at this time, and there are broken arms, rotten flesh and dead people everywhere. The people's eyes were wide open, and until the moment before they died, they didn't know what made the horses suddenly go crazy.

Three hundred steps away, the heavy man on the outer wall of Weizhuang stared dumbfounded at the place where the thick smoke gradually dissipated.

The Baibo army cavalry who fell to the ground were still showing off their might just now, but now they have turned into muddy pieces of meat.

Wei Hao and the elders of the clan immediately opened their mouths, and it was difficult to close them for a long time.

Xu Ding, Zhang Fei and the others standing behind Wei Cheng also opened their eyes wide and swallowed hard at the same time.

Only Wei Cheng who was present was still calm, and even the actual practitioners, Mr. Jin and Mr. Jin, also showed a bit of distress at this time, with trembling hands, dilated pupils, and a lot of irritation.

And the next moment.

Everyone who came back to their senses avoided the wooden box at the feet of Mr. Jin.

Because in the wooden box, there is a big golden ball.

There are not too many decorative patterns on the ball, only a big [雷] character and a dark green lead wire.

Elder Jin looked back at Wei Cheng, and said stammeringly: "My lord, my lord, is this ten thousand times what you said? Forgive me for my poor eyesight, this might be ten thousand times more powerful than a bamboo tube. You, you... ... If the old man was careless last night, Gulu." Old Jin was obviously scared.

Seeing this, Wei Cheng hurriedly comforted him: "Didn't I tell you to pay attention to Huo Zhu, it's okay, you see that standing here is the best proof, hahaha."

Elder Jin looked at him aggrieved, and wanted to say something, but he really didn't know how to express it.

When he was still about to speak, Wei Cheng was already surrounded by Wei Hao and others.

"Teng'er, this is Tiangang Divine Soldier, isn't it the rootless fire you mentioned?"

"My God, how did such a small iron ball cause such a huge damage."

"It must be the Tiangang Divine Soldier, that's right. With such a powerful weapon, Wei, I have nothing to fear. A mere Baibo army can be slaughtered at will."

"But, that's not right. Isn't the rootless fire not extinguished by the wind and water? Why did the fire disappear in a flash?"

Everyone pulled Wei Cheng and asked for a while, all the old guys had hundreds of thousands of reasons on their faces, as well as unconcealable surprise.

Wei Cheng was so confused, he said angrily: "This thing is called Lei Zhenzi, it's not some rootless fire."

There are 36 magic weapons in Tiangang and 72 heavy weapons in Disha. Wei Cheng has already thought about it. There are 36 types of firearms in the front and 72 types of cold weapons in the back.And the name Lei Zhenzi was just mentioned by him, and it feels quite appropriate.

Wei Hao and the others looked at each other, "Lei Zhenzi!"

Zhang Fei and the others were both surprised and delighted: "Lei Zhenzi, there is no doubt that he is the Divine Soldier of Tiangang."

Wei Cheng glanced around at the crowd, and then said with a smile: "That's right, this is Lei Zhenzi, one of Tiangang's 36 divine weapons, and it ranks above Wugenhuo, but it's not easy to make, and it's very dangerous. If you have to, it's better not to rely too much on it, lest you blow yourself up."

It's also good to scare them, so as not to rely too much on firearms one by one, thus neglecting the practice of traditional ancient martial arts.

(End of this chapter)