The crossed scholar

Naturally, Wu Yue took out a face towel to help Zhu Xiaobao wipe off the ashes on his face, which made Zhu Xiaobao very comfortable. I didn't expect Wu Yue to have such a gentle side!

"Ask you! What did you do?" But before Rou Rou finished enjoying, Wu Yue grabbed her and asked.

"What's going on? I just wanted to praise you for being gentle, but it happened again! I'm studying gunpowder!" Zhu Xiaobao said dissatisfiedly, but seeing that they were the two people he trusted the most, so Zhu Xiaobao Xiao Bao didn't hide it from them either.Then she grabbed Wu Yue's face towel and wiped it vigorously on her face. It was too gentle just now, and she didn't wipe it clean at all.

"Gunpowder? What is it? Is it like the signal arrow I gave you?" Tong Wuxin's reaction was quick, and she immediately thought of her signal arrow, which is specially used to call for help or send a signal in an emergency , mainly made of sulfur and other combustibles, which are installed in the middle of a small section of bamboo. When using it, first ignite the medicine twist outside, and then shoot it into the air!It can be seen from miles away.

"Xin Cannon? Well, this one can be improved, it should be better than yours!" After hearing this, Zhu Xiaobao suddenly felt his heart move and muttered to himself.

Chapter 1 Ten

But Zhu Xiaobao's experiment this time was not successful, he had seen all those things in the past, even the bow and crossbow had been personally experienced in Zhao Meng's camp.But this time, you have to figure it out yourself.Because for things like landmines and bombs, I have only seen them in movies and TV dramas, but I have never seen the real thing.At most, I have a little impression of firecrackers.

Both Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin showed great interest in Zhu Xiaobao's new experiment.The two of them are now obsessed with Zhu Xiaobao's inventions!I feel that the greatest joy in this paradise is that I can see some surprising things from time to time, and many things are very useful.

So this time was no exception, Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin followed Zhu Xiaobao closely, wanting to find out.Wu Yue even resorted to a beauty trick, very implicitly allowing Zhu Xiaobao to take advantage of it.In fact, the two of them had already discovered Zhu Xiaobao's evil deed - peeking at the female soldiers taking a bath, and they also knew what Zhu Xiaobao wanted to see the most, because he kept looking around, looking for it, and finally found it. Slipped away a little frustrated!It's just that neither of them exposed him, this age is the most curious time!

"Hey! I just want to make a mine, a bomb or something like that. The hole is always a hidden danger. And if there is a need someday, I can help you too! But now my experiment has failed!" Zhu Xiao Bao didn't defend against these two people at all, and said everything he thought.

"Mines? Bombs? What is that? Is it like a catapult, a big fireball that can be thrown out?" Tong Wuxin reacted quickly, because she had seen this kind of scene before, that kind of catapult against large-scale When there is a large army, the lethality is still very large.It's just too bulky and takes a long time to throw once.

"Hmm! It's almost the same, but it's much lighter and can take many forms!... It's still unclear..." Zhu Xiaobao said after thinking about it.

"Then show us quickly!" Wu Yue said very excitedly.

"Touch it! It's very deep! I need to get a feel for it. I'm not sure about the shape of the landmine!" Zhu Xiaobao said shamelessly, and seemed quite confident.

"Get out! Little bastard, you want to take advantage again, don't think we don't know about you peeking at the female soldiers taking a shower!" Wu Yue snapped angrily, after all, she was right next to her, and she felt very embarrassed!

"Oh! I'm just looking for a feeling!" Zhu Xiaobao sighed, Wu Yue is getting harder and harder to be fooled now, how innocent she was at the beginning!

"Hmph! It seems that we must be forced to do something?" Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin immediately lifted Zhu Xiaobao up without touching the ground.

"Okay, okay, I admit defeat, why don't I take you there!" Zhu Xiaobao immediately shouted like a pig.

We arrived at a very secluded place, which is the most remote place in the whole cave, and there is a female guard on duty at the intersection. Today is Lu Fang, and the three of them came here in exchange.

"Why don't I know about this house? You never told me?" Wu Yue asked in surprise. The key is that Ying Xiuxiu and Lu Tong and Lu Fang didn't report to her, which made Wu Yue very upset. Satisfied, as Zhu Xiaobao's closest person, he didn't know this place.

"It was designed by me from the beginning. Many very important experiments and equipment should not be known to others, except of course you two!" Zhu Xiaobao said without looking back as he walked in front. Seeing Lu Fang, he was very nervous. It was a skillful touch. Although the movement was very subtle, it was still clearly seen by Wu Yue.Wu Yue couldn't help but glared at Lu Fang fiercely, making Lu Fang feel so wronged that she almost cried!

After entering this huge room, I found that it was divided into several single rooms, but there was nothing particularly novel.There was only one of them, and the table was covered with all kinds of pots and bowls, and many strange-shaped containers.Basically they are all fired, and some are made of wood.

Ying Xiuxiu was sitting there, holding a cotton thread in her hand and winding it with some core wires wrapped in black powder. Seeing that Ying Xiuxiu was doing it very seriously, and she was already very proficient, it seemed that Zhu Xiaobao made these Something has a little time!

On the other side, Lu Tong was filling a clay pot with black powder. She wasn't surprised to see Zhu Xiaobao, but she smiled restrainedly when she saw Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin, and said to Zhu Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, this tube contains formula No. [-]! It's already filled!"

"Yeah! Got it. You put it on the sample rack first, then bring me the tiniest jar.

After waiting for a while, Zhu Xiaobao led the crowd outside, and said to Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin: "Look, this is the smallest jar, let me show you!"

Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin looked at each other, but they didn't understand what such a small tube could do, because the jar was too small, as big as a fist!There is also a small hole on it. After filling it, a piece of cotton thread is stuffed in, which is the thing that Ying Xiuxiu processed just now.

The exposed cotton thread was half a foot long, Zhu Xiaobao touched his body, and then asked Tong Wuxin: "Do you have a fire pocket?"

"Yes!" Tong Wuxin carried a lot of these bits and pieces with him, and he took out several of them at once, all of which could ignite a fire.

"So many? What is this?" Zhu Xiaobao was taken aback when he saw it. He didn't expect that there are all kinds of fire starters in this era. He pointed to a thin piece of stone and asked.

"This is the flint grinding stone, the fastest way! Look..." Tong Wuxin explained with some complacency, and then took out a piece of wood. It can be seen that it has been processed, and the front part of the wood piece is stained with a lot of off-white. s things.Tong Wuxin pressed the wood chip hard on the thin stone chip, and then stroked along the stone chip, the wood chip shone little by little, and then burned.

This reminded Zhu Xiaobao of matches, but this kind of processed wood chips ignites very slowly, not as quickly as matches, because the lack of potassium chlorate.But this already surprised Zhu Xiaobao, the so-called grinding flint is also coated with a layer of red phosphorus, Zhu Xiaobao is not sure whether it is phosphate rock or not.

"Where did you buy this thing? Can you buy it in bulk?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with great interest.

"No! It was passed down from the Xijue tribe. It's very difficult to buy, and it's expensive! If you want it, I'll leave it to you!" Tong Wuxin said generously.

"No, I just want to know where it was produced, one or two is useless!" Zhu Xiaobao shook his head in disappointment and said.

"Okay! What should we do now, the wood chips are almost burnt out!" Wu Yue asked impatiently.

"Oh! Yes, yes, come on, light this!" Zhu Xiaobao pointed to a piece of cotton thread stuck on the small clay pot and said, which was actually the fuse.

Tong Wuxin looked at Zhu Xiaobao, then took the piece of wood in his hand and lit the fuse.Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiaobao ran away pulling Tong Wuxin and Wu Yue, and Ying Xiuxiu and Lu Tong followed suit.

After running for more than ten meters, Zhu Xiaobao stopped, turned around, and saw that the fuse had burned to the filling hole of the small clay pot, and then quickly burned into it...

"boom!"

With a loud sound, the small clay pot exploded, and a dazzling flame came out. At the same time, many broken pottery fragments also splashed everywhere. A small hole appeared in the place where the small clay pot was placed just now. One or two meters away was covered in black ash.The farthest broken pottery splashed to Wu Yue's feet, and Wu Yue quickly took a step back.

"What is this? How could it burst open? And it's so powerful?" Tong Wuxin asked in amazement. She had seen burning boulders launched by catapults before. Those huge stones were pre-filled with sulfur. Combustibles such as tung oil, but they must be ignited before being projected. The effect is indeed very shocking.It can cause a large area to burn, and it can kill and injure many people where it is thrown, but it is definitely not as light and convenient as this small clay pot.

"The black powder you saw just now is called black/gunpowder. What Lu Tong filled into the small jar is black/gunpowder. The jar filled with black/gunpowder is called a bomb. But the power is still not enough!" Zhu Xiaobao shook He shook his head and said, don't look at the scene of the explosion as scary, but the damage is very small.

"Then make it a big one!" Wu Yue immediately thought of making a big one!

"Hmm! I'll try it tomorrow! Add some iron spikes to increase the lethality. It seems that formula No. [-] is the most powerful!" Zhu Xiaobao was still comparing the results of these experiments, muttering to himself.

"Little Treasure! What are you doing with this kind of thing? Do you want to give it to Princess Nineteen too?" Tong Wuxin asked worriedly after being surprised.

"No, this kind of thing is too dangerous and immature. I just want to increase the defense of my Paradise, and I don't want the princess to know for the time being. You must not tell anyone! Including the princess!" Zhu Xiaobao shook his head and said , and then looked at Wu Yue, and said that everyone else would listen to him.But whether Wu Yue will report to the princess, he is not sure, because the relationship between Wu Yue and the nineteenth princess is too close!

"I... I see, if you don't let me say it, I won't say it!" Wu Yue said a little bit tangled, but in the end she still stood by Zhu Xiaobao's side.

"It's not that we don't want to talk about it, but that this kind of thing is very powerful. Once people find out, whether it's King Ming or the Seventh Princess, they will frantically search for the source. It's easy to find me here, and then there will be a catastrophe. !” Zhu Xiaobao said solemnly.

"Then why do you want to make such a terrible thing!" Tong Wuxin also nodded, which she had thought of just now.

"I feel a lot of pressure! So many people are following me now, I have the responsibility to ensure your safety, I have the responsibility to ensure the safety of Dongtian Paradise, so I want to make the defense here impeccable! I want you all to know , no matter what the circumstances, I'm the safest place!" Zhu Xiaobao waved his hand vigorously, at this time he didn't look like that rogue little fat man, on the contrary, he looked a bit overlord...

Chapter 111 The pressure is huge

Hearing Zhu Xiaobao's rhetoric, Tong Wuxin nodded, very relieved: "It's still a responsibility. It's not in vain that I brought all my wealth here!

Although Wu Yue was also very moved, she was a little unconvinced: "Isn't it enough for me to protect you? This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and no one can come up!"

"That's not what I said. Those who are capable will be able to climb up rocks with bare hands! Besides, Xiyuan City will not be peaceful in the future. It is always good to make more preparations!" Zhu Xiaobao shook He shook his head and said, Zhu Xiaobao still cherishes his own life very much!

"Let's go! Little Treasure is right, it's always good to be fully prepared! We'll come back tomorrow! Then let's see the real power of the bomb!" Tong Wuxin, on the other hand, agreed with Zhu Xiaobao's idea , she took Wu Yue to leave first, because Zhu Xiaobao was still busy with his experiments.No intention of stopping.

When the two were walking on the road, they were still talking: "Wu Yue, did you notice that Xiaobao's strength has increased a lot, and it seems that his stature has also increased!"

"Well! I also found out that he could touch my chest! Now he can touch my shoulders! Ah, I forgot if you didn't tell me. After this month, Xiaobao will be 17 years old! Also It's time to grow old!" Wu Yue exclaimed with joy, and then suddenly remembered that Zhu Xiaobao's birthday seems to be next month.

"Oh? Then what are your plans, Mrs. Bao?" Tong Wuxin was overjoyed immediately, and immediately made a joke with Wu Yue.

"Ah! Good sister, you make fun of me too, I won't marry such a wretched little bastard with no martial arts! Whoever wants to marry whoever wants to marry!" Wu Yue suddenly scolded shyly, but in her heart she wanted to For Zhu Xiaobao's birthday, what gift should I give him?

"That's what you said, don't regret it when the time comes! I don't mind sibling love!" Tong Wuxin also laughed jokingly.

"Don't talk, don't talk, always make fun of me! Let's think about how to help him celebrate his birthday, so that he can feel our care and love!" Wu Yue quickly changed the subject, for the unintentional teasing , she couldn't stand it, Tong Wuxin is also very open, sometimes she doesn't hold back at all when she speaks...

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The next day, Tong Wuxin and Wu Yue rushed to Zhu Xiaobao's laboratory early, unexpectedly Zhu Xiaobao was already in the laboratory.He didn't go back last night, but worked all night.Once Zhu Xiaobao starts the mode of being a master of learning, it is basically like this, there is no rest time, and even the most exquisite meals can be careless.

"How is it? Are you done? Oh, you didn't sleep all night? Really, I don't know how to cherish myself! I would have known that I would not have left yesterday, and I must arrest you and go back to sleep!" Wu Yue looked at Zhu With a slightly tired face, Xiaobao suddenly felt distressed, and cried out a little complaining.

"Really, then take me back to sleep with me tonight?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with a boost of energy.

"Get lost! You're thinking beautifully, I mean watching you sleep!" Wu Yue's face flushed suddenly, she didn't expect that she said it a little ambiguously in a moment of impatience!

"That's so boring, besides, I can't fall asleep if you are watching from the side!" Zhu Xiaobao pouted and said.

"Okay, there's so much nonsense, is it done? We're still waiting to see the powerful bomb!" Wu Yue quickly changed the subject, after all, Tong Wuxin was still watching with a smile on her face!

"Xiaobao, are you still experimenting outside today?" Tong Wuxin asked, because she saw two clay pots the size of wine jars on Zhu Xiaobao's experiment table, each weighing more than ten kilograms. The explosion here seems to be too loud!

"That's okay! When it explodes, everyone in the cave can hear it. Besides, if a big hole is blown up, I have to find someone to re-level it! Let's go outside! We can also find some useful material!" Zhu Xiaobao shook his head and said, jokingly, so much black/gunpowder has been filled in, and a lot of iron plates and spikes have been added inside, he wants to see if this earthen bomb / How powerful is the bullet?

"Okay! Then let's go quickly!" Wu Yue became excited when she heard this, she needs to experiment with the knife outside, one can imagine how powerful this thing is!

Ying Xiuxiu and Lu Fang were holding a soil bomb/bomb, not to mention, it was quite heavy. This clay pot was thickened, and there were a lot of iron sheets and spikes inside, so it was not heavy!

Lu Fang's hands were not idle, and she took a lot of things, including the letter cannon that Ting Wuxin remade, according to Zhu Xiaobao, it is much easier to use than the one Tong Wuxin is using now!In this regard, Tong Wuxin is also full of expectations!

A group of six people were hoisted down by the hanging box. Didn't this mean that two huge brackets were set up on the top of the cave? Zhu Xiaobao is using the principle of the pulley block to save effort and effort, and now he can lift almost a thousand catties at a time. thing.Now it is not pulled by manpower, but two horses are used, and the efficiency has been greatly improved.It takes 10 minutes to go back and forth.

In this way, it took six people plus six horses an hour to land safely!There is no land below, and a small boat has to be carried for a while to go ashore.So Wu Yue wondered why Zhu Xiaobao still thought it was not safe enough.In her opinion, it couldn't be safer!

After riding for nearly an hour, they entered the forest in the west, where wild beasts often appeared and there were few people.But in order to test the lethality of the soil bomb/bomb, Zhu Xiaobao wanted to find a wild boar to test, see if he could kill it, and bring back some wild game by the way!

So several people are very excited, not only came out to do experiments, but also came out to hunt.After all, they are all young, so they all like to come out and play!Even Tong Wuxin seemed very excited.She had killed quite a few beasts by herself, but she had no fun at all, it was all for safety or for food.

"Let's take a look at the letter cannon I remade first, how about it?" Zhu Xiaobao took out the remade letter cannon, which is actually a section of bamboo filled with gunpowder, sulfur and other inflammables. The inflammables are wrapped with a piece of cotton cloth and stuffed in the lower opening of the bamboo, leaving a section of fuse on the outermost side.Just light the fuse and shoot it out with a bow and arrow.It is much more convenient than Tong Wuxin's original use.

The original signal arrow was ignited first and then shot out. Now it only needs to ignite the fuse.Tong Wuxin lit the fuse and shot an arrow into the air...

This arrow started to ignite the combustibles in the cotton cloth at a height of 40 meters, and when it reached a height of about 60 meters, the gunpowder inside was also ignited, and exploded almost at the highest point, emitting a dazzling flame... …

"Ah! This kind of signal cannon is more eye-catching than before, I guess it can be seen dozens of miles away!" Tong Wuxin exclaimed in surprise.The purpose of the signal arrow is to be seen by people in the distance, and it can be used as a call for help or a warning. Now that it can explode in the air, it is of course more eye-catching!

"Hey! It's a small skill, it's not worth mentioning!" Zhu Xiaobao said pretending to be indifferent, it feels so good to be pretending!

"Virtue! You're very proud of yourself, aren't you?" Wu Yue couldn't help but snorted. In fact, she liked Zhu Xiaobao's pretentious appearance very much. She felt so cool, as if it was a trivial matter!

"Find a place where wild boars are haunted! Let's bury the bombs there! When the wild boars come, it depends on your archery skills! One arrow shot the fuse!" Zhu Xiaobao hadn't managed to detonate it yet. The device had to be detonated by Wu Yue and Tong Wuxin's shooting skills.

This time Zhu Xiaobao personally dug the pit and buried mines, not to mention half buried, it really looks like a certain part of a woman, Zhu Xiaobao looked at Wu Yue's chest and hummed: "What did I say, I need to find something Feeling, you still don’t believe it, do you see it is exactly the same as yours?”

"How can I be so big?... Get out!" Wu Yue said casually, and then she reacted and shouted angrily.

"Hehehehe! Alright, stop making trouble, if you keep doing this, wild boars won't dare to come over!" Tong Wuxin laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, and then waved his hands again and again and said.Ying Xiuxiu and the others beside him also suppressed their laughter and looked at Wu Yue.

"What's so funny, I think it looks very similar to yours! This is your biggest one!" Wu Yue glared at Ying Xiuxiu, and then said angrily, looking at Ying Xiuxiu's increasingly developed breasts, Wu Yue Just a little jealous!

"Okay, okay! This time, hide farther away, and find a shelter!" Zhu Xiaobao hurriedly buried the earth bomb/bomb, and then put a lot of food beside it, which was still very fragrant Yes, let the scent lure the wild boar.

They found a big tree 20 meters away, and they hid behind the tree, while Tong Wuxin climbed up to the top of the tree. Among them, she was the best at archery, so the task of igniting the fuse was given to her. No heart for copper!

"Why haven't you come yet? Didn't it mean that there are wild beasts here, wolves, tigers and leopards! Why is there not even a rabbit?" Zhu Xiaobao was a little impatient waiting, and couldn't help but whispered.

"Hush! Here we come!" At this time, Tong Wuxin made a silent gesture on the tree. She was standing the highest, and she had already seen a wild boar approaching with two little wild boars from a distance. They were smelling I found the scent...

Seeing the wild boar getting closer, several people held their breath for fear of making any noise and alarming the wild boar. You must know that it is very difficult to deal with a sow wild boar with her cubs going crazy.And if they are alarmed and run away, all previous efforts will be wasted!

The sow seemed very excited. After searching for so long, she finally found the source of the scent, but she was also very vigilant, carefully testing around the food on the ground...

At this moment, an arrow was shot precisely on the fuse. This arrow had no arrowhead, and the head was ignited!

"boom!"

A loud bang!

Chapter 112 Ye Qinghong

There was a loud "boom", and several people around were shocked to have brief tinnitus, and felt the ground tremble.Several small trees around the soil bomb/bomb were also broken.A large pit several meters in diameter appeared on the ground!

The big wild boar was blown up and turned several times in the air before falling to the ground hard. The two little wild boars were blown up and flew more than ten meters away and fell to the ground, already dead.But the big wild boar was not dead yet, half of its face was blown off, one front hoof was also blown off, and the other front hoof was still on fire.

Pained and frightened, the big wild boar went mad at this moment, bumping around, and after a while, found the body of the little wild boar. The injured wild boar went crazy even more, the only remaining eye It was Zhu Xiaobao and the others who were hiding behind the rocks.The wild boar rushed over like crazy.

"Run!" Zhu Xiaobao's first reaction was to run for his life.

But Tong Wuxin and Wu Yue stared at the wild boar with full attention, and when they were still more than ten meters away, a sharp arrow accurately shot the wild boar in the other eye.

The wild boar immediately lost its direction, but due to inertia, it was still rushing towards Zhu Xiaobao.

Wu Yue drew out her treasured saber, leaped forward and leaped over the wild boar, condescending, and cut off the head of the wild boar cleanly.

"Hmph! Don't run away, I said I will protect you!" Wu Yue shouted back proudly.At this time, Zhu Xiaobao had escaped five or six meters away.

"Good swordsmanship!"

"Good archery!"

Tong Wuxin also jumped down from the tree, and smiled at Wu Yue, both of them were very happy, unexpectedly they cooperated very well.

"Wow! It's so cruel, even the pig's head was cut off!" Zhu Xiaobao exclaimed exaggeratedly when he took a closer look.

"Hmph! You're still talking about me, isn't it to save you? Besides, who blew up half of this wild boar's face?" Wu Yue replied even more bluntly.

"It's a pity, one braised pig's trotter is missing!" Zhu Xiaobao was still regretting that the pig's front trotter was gone.Then Zhu Xiaobao began to observe carefully around the wild boar, to see how many iron thorns had pierced into the wild boar's body, how deep it was pierced, and the damage caused by the blasted pottery fragments to the wild boar. record it.Judging the effective killing area of ​​this earth bomb/bomb based on the surrounding conditions...

"Okay! Hurry up and leave with your prey. The smell of blood here is too strong, and it will attract other beasts. If you encounter wolves, it will be difficult to deal with!" Tong Wuxin waited for a while before reminding him from the side road.

Several people tied the wild boar behind the horse and dragged it, and then ran to a relatively safe place, found a small river and started to process the wild boar, set up a fire to barbecue the wild boar, Zhu Xiaobao always carried condiments with him when he went out, Tong Wuxin also brought a bag of burning knives.

Unexpectedly, the wild pork that Zhu Xiaobao grilled was so special and full of fragrance, this meal was really delicious.Take a break, they are going to enter the deep forest again in the afternoon, there is still a soil bomb/bomb to be tested!

Zhu Xiaobao didn't drink, just knocked around the surrounding rocks and caves, collected a lot of rocks, and some unknown plants, many things he had never seen before, he wanted to take them back and study them carefully some.