Datang all-rounder

Chapter 48

Waking up in the morning, Wang Ke felt that the atmosphere at home was different from usual, and everyone was busy.The servants were running around, some were cleaning around the mansion, and some were carrying their clothes to and fro non-stop.

Wang Ke asked Dongyue curiously: "Dongyue, what are you doing at home, everyone is busy?"

Dongyue smiled and said, "Husband really forgets things. Isn't it almost New Year's Day? Everyone is preparing for the New Year."

"New Year's Day?" Wang Ke thought: "Isn't there still a period of time for the Spring Festival?" He couldn't help asking: "How long is the Spring Festival?"

"Spring Festival? What is Spring Festival?" Dongyue asked puzzled.

Wang Ke's face was full of black lines, Tang Dynasty people didn't know about the Spring Festival, but after thinking about it again, Wang Ke was relieved.In ancient times, the Spring Festival had many names, and they were called differently in different times.In the Tang Dynasty, New Year's Day refers to the Spring Festival.In modern times, because of the difference between the Gregorian calendar and the old calendar, Wang Ke has become accustomed to remembering New Year's Day and Spring Festival as two festivals.

He hurriedly said, "Nothing, I made a mistake."

Dongyue didn't say anything when she saw it, and said quickly: "Husband, wash up quickly. If the husband was still sleeping just now, the concubine would have already started to tidy up."

Only then did Wang Ke realize that she was sleeping late, but Dongyue was delayed in tidying up their own room.After busy brushing her teeth and washing her face, she said to Dongyue, "Clean it up, I'll go to the front."

While walking, Wang Ke was thinking, it's Chinese New Year, I have to buy some firecrackers and set them off, I must set off enough!In later generations, the city is full of places where setting off firecrackers is prohibited. For several years, Wang Ke has not let it go.Now that the Tang Dynasty came, Wang Ke's heart also became active. Knowing that there is no ban on release in this era, he really needs to have fun.Thinking about this, Wang Ke searched for the butler in the front yard. He rarely puts money on him because he doesn't buy anything.If he wants to buy firecrackers, he has to ask the housekeeper to pay for it.

After searching for a while, Wang Ke found the butler in a corner by the gate, and saw the butler picking up a bundle of bamboo.Wang Ke couldn't bother to ask what the housekeeper was doing now, she stepped forward and said, "Uncle Wang, get me some money from the account room, and I'll go to the street to buy some firecrackers."

The butler looked at Wang Ke and asked curiously, "Master, what are firecrackers? Why haven't the old man heard of them?"

"Oh, firecrackers are firecrackers, they're just called differently." Wang Ke said disapprovingly.

The butler still didn't understand, and asked again: "What are firecrackers?"

Only then did Wang Ke begin to face up to this problem.Uncle Wang is not too young, so he doesn't know what he said, which is a bit of a problem.

So he squatted down and asked, "Uncle Wang, how do you spend the Chinese New Year? What do you call the thing that makes the sound of 'Pip Pa Pa Pa'?"

When Wang Ke said this, the butler understood a little bit. He patted the bamboo pole in his hand and said, "The young master is talking about explosive poles. There is no such thing for sale. They are all made by themselves. This is not what the old man is doing. Woolen cloth."

Wang Ke became interested now. He didn't expect that firecrackers evolved in this way. No wonder they were called firecrackers in the past. They are really made of bamboo. He hurriedly asked: "Is there any one ready? Put one and have a look."

The butler took out one from behind, which was four or five long, and said to Wang Ke, "Master, go outside, and the old man will show you."

Said and Wang Ke walked out of the mansion.In an open space outside the door, the butler put down the explosive rod and took out the flint from his body.When Wang Ke saw it, he thought to himself, when will this call take place?He took out his lighter and handed it over.The housekeeper has seen Wang Ke use this thing many times, and after seeing it for a while, he took the explosive stick and ignited it and retreated to Wang Ke's side.

Wang Ke stood outside the mansion gate and watched from a distance, but only heard a small voice. Wang Ke opened his mouth wide and looked at the housekeeper in surprise, before asking after a while: "Is it just that loud?"

The butler said proudly: "Our family's voice is quite loud. This is because the old man is willing to put gunpowder. If other people are reluctant, their voice is much lower than ours."

When Wang Ke heard this, he was almost depressed.What are these things called? Just make your fart louder, and say it’s louder.According to this argument, the sound of firecrackers in later generations should not scare these people to death.

Heartbroken, he greeted the steward and said, "Uncle Wang, take me to see your gunpowder."

The housekeeper hadn't had much contact with Wang Ke since Wang Ke returned to the palace. Seeing that the young master was so interested in his matter today, he became proud and hurriedly led Wang Ke to the place where he was working just now. Grabbed a handful of powdered things, leaned towards Wang Ke and said, "Master, look, this is gunpowder. The old man made it himself."

When Wang Ke saw that it was black or not, or yellow, he felt uncomfortable.

Wang Ke was a soldier and knew that there are several ways to mix gunpowder.The black powder used to make firecrackers is the easiest to mix, but the explosion is extremely powerful.It is rarely used in the military now, because its safety factor is too low.However, there are still many people in the folk who can use it. After all, the preparation is simple, and it is still very lethal when used to blast something.I grabbed a little, sprinkled it on the ground, and lit it with a lighter, only to see a puff of yellow smoke, leaving a lot of residue on the ground.

Wang Ke shook his head and said to the butler: "Uncle Wang, your gunpowder is not good. There are too many impurities and the power is too small. The sound of this explosive rod is not loud."

Uncle Wang stared at Wang Ke, although he was a little unconvinced, but he didn't dare to speak back.It's not because Wang Ke is the young master, Uncle Wang is also an old man in the Wang family, even Wang Si is polite when he sees him.It's just because Uncle Wang knows that this young master has too many strange things. He said that his gunpowder is not good, so he must know a better preparation method than this, so he couldn't help but feel a little itchy.

Think about it, whoever makes a popping rod just wants to hear a loud sound, the louder the sound, the better it sounds, right?Who can not be tempted by someone who can be louder than now.But I don't know how to prepare the gunpowder that the young master said, so I felt a little anxious, and couldn't help opening my mouth and said: "Young master, why don't you tell the old man how to prepare your gunpowder, and the old man will make some new ones." .”

"No!" Wang Ke refused without even thinking about it: "This gunpowder is too powerful to be prepared. It will kill people if it is used in military affairs. I must not tell you!"

Wang Ke was a soldier and was very sensitive to such matters. As long as it involved military use, he would instinctively reject it.

At this time, Uncle Wang didn't expect Wang Ke to have so many. After Wang Ke said that his gunpowder was not good, all he wanted was to let Wang Ke tell his gunpowder formula, and wanted to hear how loud the sound was.But now Wang Ke refused to tell him how to mix the gunpowder, and felt a little discouraged.

But after all, he is an old man, and if he doesn't tell himself, it doesn't mean that Wang Ke can't make something out, so he said: "Master, why don't you come out with something. Our family has to make a big noise this year!"

In fact, Wang Ke also felt itchy in his heart, but because he was an instinctive reaction to being a soldier, he refused to say the matching method.Now that the butler said this, his heart was moved, and he couldn't help asking: "There are saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, right?"

Seeing that the young master was asking for something, the butler knew that there was a door, so he quickly agreed, "Yes, there are all of them. If it's not enough, just go out and buy it."

Seeing that everything was ready, Wang Ke said, "Grind them into powder for me, pack them up and send them to my room, and find a scale to weigh them."

As he said that, he went back to his own house.Dongyue had already tidied up the room neatly. As soon as Wang Ke entered the room, the butler followed him, put the things Wang Ke wanted on the table, and stood aside by herself, which meant that she wanted to stay and watch How is Wang Ke matched?

Wang Ke drove the housekeeper out mercilessly, closed the door tightly, and started to do it by himself.Wang Ke was familiar with preparing this kind of black powder, and he opened the door and walked out after a while, holding a small bowl of prepared gunpowder in his hand.

The butler looked at this point, and said regretfully, "This point is not enough to make a blaster."

Wang Ke was almost startled when he heard this.Just the amount of this small bowl would not be enough to overturn the few rooms I live in. This Uncle Wang still thinks it is too little, and he is afraid that it is not enough to make a blasting rod.

Wang Ke didn't argue with the butler, and came to the pile of bamboo in the front yard, selected a bamboo tube the size of a pinky finger, and said to the butler, "Uncle Wang, let's try this first, and let you hear the sound of the sound." How big."

The housekeeper took the gunpowder and poured it into the bamboo tube. Wang Ke stopped it quickly and said in his heart, "Oh my God, if you want to fill the whole bamboo tube like you do, it's still worth it, and people can't survive!"

Wang Ke had no choice but to do it himself, and poured out what Uncle Wang had poured in, leaving only a little bit in the bamboo tube, and asked Uncle Wang to bring some rags and paper, and sprinkle a little gunpowder in the paper to make a lead wire. , Stuffed into the bamboo tube.Filled up the empty space with rags, and took it to the door.

Uncle Wang hurriedly followed behind. Seeing that Wang Ke had lit the fuse and wanted to move forward, Wang Ke grabbed him and ran back to the gate of the house.

This is also Wang Ke's first time making explosive rods. I don't know if the fuse burns fast or slowly, so the remaining fuse is left a little long.

The two stood in front of the mansion gate, and saw that the lead wire was still burning for a long time. Wang Ke said to himself: "It's a little longer, and it can be shorter next time."

Uncle Wang didn't hear clearly, so he asked, "Master, what are you talking about?"

Wang Ke turned to look at him and said, "I said the lead wire is too long, and it can be made shorter next time."

Uncle Wang nodded.

While the two were talking, there was a loud noise, and the broken pieces of the explosive rod flew in all directions, and the smell of burning gunpowder mixed with yellow smoke rushed towards the face.Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, he had never thought that such a small amount of gunpowder would make such a big movement, which was more powerful than a bamboo tube full of gunpowder.

The people in the house heard the sound and ran out one after another.

Mrs. Wang ran out in a panic and asked repeatedly: "What happened, such a loud noise?"

Wang Ke hurriedly comforted: "Mother, it's okay, it's just a blast."

"Explosion?" Mrs. Wang couldn't believe it: "In the past, there was such a big movement about explosions. Ke'er, you can't be fooled by your mother."

Wang Ke had no choice but to push the housekeeper who hadn't woken up yet.

Only then did the housekeeper recover from the shock just now, and said tremblingly: "Madam, what a blast. It's just that the gunpowder was newly prepared by the young master, so it made such a loud noise."

Mrs. Wang was relieved when she saw that the housekeeper said the same thing.Turning around and thinking about walking, he said, "Such a loud noise scared me to death. I thought something happened."

The servants gathered around, the women were busy with their work and all left one after another, while the men, because they hadn't seen it just now, urged the housekeeper, Uncle Wang, to show them another one.

Uncle Wang looked at Wang Ke. Wang Ke understood what the butler meant, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, you can do it. Don't pretend too much, otherwise it will be bad if something happens. Also, you do it Be careful, there must be no fire nearby, or something serious will happen!"

Uncle Wang quickly agreed, and ran to do it happily.

Wang Ke walked back to his room with his hands behind his back, he had to put away the rest of the things.Otherwise, it would be bad if something happened.

As soon as he finished packing, he heard a rush of footsteps running towards his room.When I went out to see, it was a servant.As soon as the visitor saw Wang Ke, he said, "Master, it's not good. A group of officers and soldiers came and were asking what happened just now outside the gate of the mansion. Butler Wang explained that they didn't believe them and wanted to arrest Butler Wang. Young master, Go and have a look."

Wang Ke ran to the door in a hurry. Seeing Wang Ke, the officer leading the team quickly got off his horse and saluted, "Wang Changshi, I don't know what caused the loud noise just now. Marshal Cheng ordered Biaoxia to come and inquire."

As soon as Wang Ke heard it, he knew it was a member of the Right Guard Army.Helping the officer up quickly, he said, "It's really an explosive rod, but I changed the gunpowder, so the sound is much louder than before. If you don't believe it, general, you can try another one with the general."

The officer hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't believe the mark, it's because the sound is too loud, it's completely different from the explosive rod, so I mark..."

Wang Ke knew that these people would not really believe it until they saw the real guy, so he stopped explaining, and motioned to the housekeeper to get a ready one, and said to the officer, "Please, general, tell the brothers to back off a little, this explosive stick It's powerful, so be careful not to get hurt."

After speaking, he pulled the officer back to a safe place.A group of soldiers saw that the officers retreated, and they all retreated behind Wang Ke and the officers. They all laughed when they saw the butler light the explosive rod and run away.

Wang Ke glanced at them and thought to himself, "Laugh? You won't be able to laugh in a while."

Sure enough, when the explosive rod exploded, everyone was stunned.

Wang Ke said to the officer leading the team: "The general saw it, it was really a blasting sound."

The officer looked at Wang Ke in a daze, then looked at Steward Wang and the place where the explosion rod exploded, and without saying a word, he bowed his hands to Wang Ke, got on his horse, and led the soldiers straight away.

Wang Ke knew that this matter was getting serious, and there must be someone who would come after a while, and he didn't care about others, so he just let the butler do it by himself, while he came to the front hall to do it, waiting for someone else to come to him.

After a short meeting, Wang Ke saw Cheng Lao Shacai and Yuchi Jingde barging in.

Wang Ke hurriedly got up to salute and said: "The two uncles are here, it must be for the explosion."

Only when Cheng Laosha saw Wang Ke talking about it, he said without further questioning, "I heard that my nephew has changed the formula of gunpowder, which is very powerful. Could you let us have a look?"

Wang Ke brought the two of them to Steward Wang's place, grabbed a little gunpowder and said, "This is the thing, because it is darker in color, so my nephew calls it black gunpowder. Once this gunpowder is ignited, it will explode with great power."

Cheng Zhijie and Cheng Zhijie looked at each other curiously, and after looking at each other, Cheng Zhijie said: "I wonder if my nephew told others about this recipe?"

Wang Ke understood that these two old killers had already thought of using this black gunpowder for military purposes, so he said solemnly: "My nephew knows that this gunpowder is of great importance, so I dare not disclose it in the slightest. As for these things, my nephew personally Prepare it, and dare not give it to others."

Cheng Zhijie grabbed Wang Ke and said: "That's good, now we will go to see the emperor and report this matter to the emperor."

Wang Ke pushed Cheng Zhijie away and took his hand, pretending to be embarrassed and said: "Uncle, forgive me. It seems that the holiday is coming, and there are many things at home. In addition, there are many things about marrying the princess. My nephew is really I'm too busy. Otherwise, it won't be too late to tell the emperor about it in a few years."

Cheng Zhijie was stunned, and Yuchi Jingde said: "That's right, the pharmacist and the others have just left, and the emperor is too busy, and the year is coming, so I can't take care of this matter now. It would be good to talk to the emperor after the new year."

Turning to look at Wang Ke, he said again: "It's just this explosion, nephew and I have to send some, so that the old man can also hear the loud noise."

Now Wang Ke just begged not to go to the palace to see Comrade Li Er, and it was not a trivial matter to ask for this explosion, so he hurriedly agreed.

Sending these two veterans out of the house, and returning to ask Uncle Wang, the housekeeper, to do more, and then to send some to Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde's house, turned around and was about to leave, then turned back and ordered to talk to Li Ke again. take some.

Uncle Wang said in embarrassment: "Master, if you send it like this, the gunpowder will not be enough."

Wang Ke waved his hand and said, "I'll make some more. It's just that you have to go there in person when delivering it. You must explain clearly how powerful the gunpowder is, and let them pay attention to safety."

(End of this chapter)