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Lu Dongbin asked suspiciously, "Powder for fire? It's just something that I produced when I occasionally failed in alchemy. What do you want that for?"

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "Isn't this the Chinese New Year? I want to make some firecrackers, fireworks, etc. to make the people in the city happy..." He dare not say that it is used as a weapon for attacking the city. For the sake of the people in the world, the gods are not happy to give the production method what to do.

Lu Dongbin laughed and said, "I never thought that there would be people like you in the rebel army in such war-torn times. Well, let me tell you, the gunpowder is made of sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, etc. After..."

When Zhu Wen heard that Lu Dongbin had really refined gunpowder, he was so excited, he hurriedly asked him how to make gunpowder, and took a pen to record while listening.Zhu Wen also practiced brush calligraphy a few times when he was free in the army. After all, his wife graduated from the Chinese Department, so he learned a little bit of everything, so as not to make his wife laugh.

However, he wrote modern simplified characters. Zhu Zhen and the others looked a little confused, and thought: What are these three writings? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a word.

Zhu Wen didn't care how many of them there were, he just focused on recording the methods and recipes that Lu Dongbin said.

The next day, which is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, is two days away from the Chinese New Year.Zhu Wen dug a hole in the yard, put a pot on it, prepared the materials Zhu Zhen had collected overnight, and started making gunpowder according to the method Lu Dongbin said.

Huang Ying, Zhu Cun, Zhu Zhen, Hu Zhen and others looked at Zhu Wen curiously. Seeing him pour sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, etc. into the pot, everyone couldn't help thinking: Can this thing be eaten? ?Did Zhu Laosan get kicked out of his head by a donkey? He was crazy about cooking, and he put everything in the pot for frying.

The excitement in Zhu Wen's heart seemed to have seen the shocking power of gunpowder when it was used on the battlefield.Heart said: "I will build cannons, muskets, grenades..."

He was daydreaming in his heart here, when suddenly there was a "coax", a dazzling white light emerged from the pot, the billowing hot waves scattered around the pot on the ground, and the whole courtyard was filled with thick smoke.For a while, the yard was filled with the smell of sulfur, which made several people cough.

The soldiers standing guard outside the yard didn't know what happened, and shouted: "There's a fire, everyone put out the fire..." After a while, dozens of soldiers rushed to the yard with buckets.

At this time, the thick smoke had dissipated, and the soldiers carrying the buckets did not see the flames, and the courtyard was surprisingly silent.The heads and faces of several leaders in the yard were blackened by the smoke, and General Zhu's face was so black that he could catch up with the Stove Lord. His hair stood up exaggeratedly, and many of them were still braving cigarette……

After a short period of silence, there was a burst of laughter. The five people looked at each other, each laughing harder than the other.Especially when Zhu Wen laughed, there was still black smoke coming out of his mouth...

A small leader of the soldiers bravely stepped forward to ask what happened, Zhu Wen smiled and said: "No...no...nothing...haha... Isn't it the Chinese New Year, I want everyone to have fun, I want to Sing a play for everyone, do you think I look like the Duke Bao in the play?"

The little leader of the soldiers was confused, and murmured: "Baogong... What does Baogong do? Is he a fierce god in the legend? Or a ghost?"

Zhu Wen suddenly thought that it was the end of the Tang Dynasty, and Bao Zheng hadn't been born yet. Of course, these people didn't know who Bao Gong was. That kid actually called Bao Gong an evil ghost, probably because his current image reminded him of an evil ghost. Bar.Zhu Wen also followed suit and said: "Yes, yes, it's an evil ghost. Do you think I look like..." But he said to Bao Zheng in his heart, "I'm sorry, brother, I ruined your reputation in advance."

After playing around for a while, Zhu Wen suddenly raised his head and saw Huang Ying angrily walking towards him while wiping the cigarette ash on her face, and she said word by word: "Zhu Wen, what are you doing? You're not done..."

"Mistakes, mistakes, pure mistakes... Oops... It hurts... Can you stop twisting your ears next time..." Zhu Wen's begging for mercy echoed over the courtyard from time to time.

Even Lu Dongbin had a knowing smile on his face when he saw this scene.He stroked the long beard on his drooping chest, and thought of the same thing he did when he first used sulfur and saltpeter to "fire" the elixir, but at that time he put less sulfur and saltpeter, no Make such a big commotion like Zhu Wen.

Just like that, it was fortunate that I had first-class lightness skills and quick reflexes, otherwise I would definitely not be able to keep this handful of white beards.Thinking about what it would be like if I didn't have a beard, I felt a thrill in my heart, how ugly I would be, how can I have such a fairy-like elegance now...

Zhu Wen then tried to make it a few more times, but this time he learned to be smart, and put in less amount, and first mastered the heat.These few times Zhu Wen was cautious, he didn't dare to wander off like last time, shit, this is gunpowder, if it doesn't work out, it will cost his life.

After several failures, Zhu Wen finally succeeded in making gunpowder, but it was yellow-brown, not the black powder in his mind, and there was still a long way to go in terms of power.

Next, he continued to increase the proportion of saltpeter, and the power of the gunpowder produced continued to increase.Finally, the black gunpowder that Zhu Wen had dreamed of for a long time was finally produced.Don't mention how happy I am.

Then he made a firecracker with his own hands. It was one piece, not a string. At that time, there were no machines to make it, so he just made one by hand to try the effect.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Wen carefully lit the fuse. After a loud "bang", Zhu Wen made a victory gesture to everyone.

"Successful! Really successful!" Zhu Wen shouted in his heart, "This period of history at the end of the Tang Dynasty will be changed because of this, and my troops will bid farewell to the era of cold weapons! My God, it's incredible..."

Seeing Zhu Wen dancing happily, Huang Ying had already put aside the unhappiness of the morning, "This kid is smart, he can make such things, it seems that I have a good eye." with a sweet smile.

Xiao He saw that the eldest lady was looking at Zhu Wen with a dark face and giggled, and said jokingly, "Miss, do you look good?"

Huang Ying responded with a nervous look: "It looks good."

Xiao He suppressed a smile, then asked in a low voice, "Are you happy?"

Huang Ying nodded lightly, "Fortunately... um - you are a dead girl, you are looking for death, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth... Don't run away..."

The two started chasing and fighting in the yard, and the sound of laughter passed through the courtyards and drifted into the distance.

Looking at all this, Zhu Wen felt a burst of sweetness in his heart, this is just like Chinese New Year!