Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 51 Fireworks (1)

"Why do you have to worry about the marriage with Xue Yantuo, let alone, even God is helping you." Li Chengqian said, in his opinion, Xue Yantuo's problem is not a problem.

The 10,000+ animals sent by Xue Yantuo in Li Chengqian's record were transported due to lack of water and grass, coupled with the bad weather and a sudden snowstorm, which caused more than half of the animals to die.

Qibi Heli took the opportunity to persuade Li Er to use this as an excuse to reject Xue Yantuo's marriage proposal, and married Princess Xinxing to Sun Xi, the younger brother of the Changsun Wuji family.

Now Yi Nan is still on his way, and Chang'an doesn't know much about his situation, and he won't know that Yi Nan will encounter such a serious disaster.

In this case, why didn't I put forward this suggestion in front of Qibi Heli, and let Father Huang start from this aspect.

When Li Er heard Li Chengqian's words, he knew that Li Chengqian had already made up his mind, and that he, the prince, had more and more ideas of his own.

Li Er asked: "Da Lang, do you have any ideas, why don't you come and hear them!"

"Father, the temperature has started to turn cold now. This year's temperature is colder than ever! Maybe there will be a heavy snowstorm in the north. If Yinan drives the livestock to Lingzhou for a long distance, many people will die! Why don't you, Father?" Use this as an excuse!" Li Chengqian said.

The transportation in ancient times was not like that of later generations. There were railways, planes and other means of transportation. You basically had to go anywhere by walking. It took the Yimen more than half a year to expropriate livestock. In addition to driving such a large number of livestock, the speed of action was naturally slower than usual. .

After winter, the water and grass in the Mobei area decreased, and coupled with the bad weather, most of the animals that were used as bride price were naturally killed or injured.

"This is a good idea! Wang Yuan, immediately send someone to Mobei to find out about the situation of Yinan. Has it started to snow in Mobei?" Li Er happily clapped his hands and laughed, not forgetting to send people to Mobei to find out about the situation of Yinan. Condition.

"No!" Wang Yuan took the order and retreated.

"Father! If there is nothing wrong, I will leave!" Li Chengqian bowed to Li Er, Li Er nodded, and Li Chengqian left Qianqiu Hall.

After returning to the East Palace, Li Chengqian told Wang Quan, "Wang Quan, go get some saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal for the widow."

"Promise!" Although Wang Quan didn't know what the crown prince wanted these medicines and charcoal for, he knew that as a servant, he should not talk too much. Do as the master tells you to do, this is the duty of a servant.

"Lang Jun! How much do you want for these medicines and charcoal?" Wang Quan asked. The crown prince only asked him to get these three things back, but did not specify how much.

"Get some more!" Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian planned to use these to make some fireworks. It would be good to set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year. There is no such thing as fireworks in Tang Dynasty now.

In addition to watching the new year and going to various houses to pay New Year's greetings, there is no extra entertainment at all, let alone the fireworks that have not yet appeared.

Now that Li Chengqian is here, the people of Datang are finally blessed!

As for making fireworks, it was not difficult for Li Chengqian. Before he crossed over, he worked as a part-time worker in a fireworks factory in later generations.

He knew the process of making fireworks and firecrackers clearly, but he hadn't made fireworks for so long, so it was inevitable that he was a little unfamiliar, so Wang Quan made more preparations so that he could practice his skills.

"Lang Jun! Do you need slaves to find some alchemy priests for you?" Wang Quan asked.

Li Chengqian's face darkened immediately, and he remembered that in ancient times, saltpeter, sulfur and other substances were first used to refine elixir.

How did Wang Quan know that Li Chengqian wanted these to make fireworks, not to refine immortality or other elixirs, and Li Chengqian didn't want to live forever.

What's more, as a time traveler, how could Li Chengqian not know about these refined medicines, if he really took them, not only would he not be able to live forever, but he would also easily die quickly.

Wang Quan thought that Li Chengqian had forgotten that alchemy requires alchemy priests, so he kindly reminded the prince!

"No need! I have other uses for these medicines, not for alchemy, you just follow my instructions." Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

Wang Quan went to Yousi to get some saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. The officials of Yousi thought that the prince was going to make alchemy in the East Palace, and enthusiastically recommended some alchemy priests with high alchemy skills to Wang Quan, but Wang Quan rejected them all.

"Your Majesty! The maidservant has brought you what you want!" Wang Quan returned to the East Palace, but before he saw anyone, his voice came over.

Li Chengqian got up and went outside the hall, and saw Wang Quan directing people to move saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal away.

"Are you moving all the stock in the treasury here?" Li Chengqian asked.

Saltpeter is not only a medicine, it can also be used to prepare malachite green glaze, colorful and pastel pigments, sulfur is a multifunctional agent, and charcoal is used for heating in winter, so these three things are stored in the treasury on weekdays.

Looking at the saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal in several large bags stacked separately, Li Chengqian thought that Wang Quan had searched the entire treasury's inventory.

"Back to the Lord! The servants are afraid that the Lord is not enough, so they specially asked them to take all the treasury." Wang Quan said.

"Keep one bag for each item, and put the rest back. It's not too late to take if you don't have enough!" Li Chengqian said.

"Promise!" Wang Quan nodded and bowed to Li Chengqian, looking like a slave, turned around and immediately put on a straight face, commanding the others: "What are you doing in a daze! Didn't you hear the order from the lord? Why don't you hurry up and give our family some action?" point."

Everyone had no choice but to follow Li Chengqian's instructions. After leaving one bag of each of the three items, all the rest went back the same way and moved them back to the treasury.

"Wang Quan, ask someone to grind all these medicines and charcoal into powder for me, separate them and don't mix them together, understand? When you're done, send them to Guangtian Palace." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant knows how to do it!" Wang Quan replied, turning around and beckoning a few people to take the three things in the sack in front of him and grind them into powder.

An hour later, Wang Quan brought the powdered saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal to Li Chengqian with his servants in a hurry.

Li Chengqian stood back and fiddled with these materials alone in Guangtian Temple. According to the memory of his previous life, he began to match these materials in order, and stuffed them into the prepared bamboo tube.

Since I haven't done this for a long time, it's inevitable that I'm a little rusty, so Li Chengqian used his boss's energy to fiddle with a firework.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "Fortunately, I didn't lose this skill of eating, otherwise I really can't handle fireworks."

After gaining the experience of the first one, it was much easier to make the next one. Two hours later, Li Chengqian had more than [-] ready-made fireworks in his hand.

(End of this chapter)