Hold Your Hand·Xuantian Chaotic Times

Not long after Ling Hao left, another person entered the hall. "Major General." The servant bowed and said hello respectfully.The young man in white robes in military uniform strode toward the inner hall with strides.

"Father, did you call me?" A voice answered from inside the door, and Ma Chao pushed the door open and entered. "Meng Qi, tomorrow you will lead 20 soldiers and go to Hebei to meet Yuan Shao." Ma Chao asked suspiciously, "Why?" Cut Liu Bei.", "But the imperial decree..." "The man said that the imperial decree was a false biography of Cao Cao, in order to slow down our pace. I have sent someone to inquire about the news. You go with this person first. No, I will send a message to let you come back.", "Yes, I know." Ma Chao agreed. "Father sees this man's demeanor is extraordinary and his face is serious, he looks like someone Liu Xuande admires, so let's trust him for now.", "Father suspects him?", "I have to doubt him, anyway, be careful.", "Here." Ma Chao said respectfully. "Okay, you go down first." Ma Chao exited the inner hall, and grabbed a servant: "Where is the messenger in the morning?", "Back to Major General, that man went to the street.", "On the street? Where did you go?”, “The grown-up asked me where I could buy sulfur and saltpeter, and the young man replied that it was a blacksmith’s shop, so I guess the grown-up went to the blacksmith’s shop.” Ma Chao was suspicious and pondered After a while, he walked out of the mansion.

"Excuse me, is there any sulfur here?" Ling Hao politely asked the master who was forging iron. "Does your lord want sulfur? Yes." The blacksmith wiped off his sweat, lifted a sealed box from the boiler rack, and pushed it in front of Ling Hao. "Well, it's really good sulfur, please wrap it up for me." The blacksmith snorted and wrapped it up quickly. "By the way, do you have any saltpetre here? If you have any, wrap it up for me." The blacksmith didn't ask much, and took out another big bag after entering the room: "This is it.", "Well, thank you." , Ling Hao paid the silver and went out with his things.Ling Hao took a leisurely stroll through the entire street, seeing that the sun was about to set, so he walked towards the house in a hurry.

At the corner of the street, a slender man leaned against the wall with his arms around his chest, watching Ling Hao's figure gradually disappear from sight.The heroic sword eyebrows frowned, and after a long while, the phoenix eyes were slightly closed, and he sighed.

Taking advantage of the break from eating, Ling Hao went to the kitchen. When the servants in the kitchen heard that they had come to ask for plant ash, they all looked at each other, not knowing what Ling Hao was going to do. "This is useful for its own sake, everyone keep busy, don't worry about me." Even Ling Hao said so, and the servants dispersed.Ling Hao knelt down and scooped out some plant ash with a shovel: "The materials should be ready now.", "What is it?", "Huh? It's the material for making gunpowder." After saying this, Ling Hao was stunned , the action froze there for a moment.Could it be that he had hallucinations?Otherwise, how could this person be here? ! "Guard Ling, what's the matter with you?" With a cold and familiar voice, Ling Hao heard the words "Guard Ling", and knew that he had guessed right, it was Ma Chao.

"General Ma Chao... Long time no see." Ling Hao turned around with an unnatural expression.Ma Chao still had a calm expression, and stared at Ling Hao for a long time with his phoenix eyes, and Ling Hao broke out in cold sweat again.Ma Chao didn't speak, and walked straight forward, Ling Hao took a step back subconsciously, "It's over." Unexpectedly, Ma Chao stood still in front of Ling Hao and spit out three words.Ling Hao was stunned.

Ma Chao raised his sleeves, and in the next second, Ling Hao felt the softness of the clothes on his nose.Ling Hao was stunned, and then saw a stain on Ma Chao's snow-white sleeve.For some reason, Ling Hao's face felt a little hot: "Cough, yes, indeed, I got there. Thank you, General." Again, he was speechless for a long time.In the end, it was Ling Hao who spoke first: "Why did the general come to the capital?", "Father asked me to go to Beijing together.", "...", there was another silence... Ling Hao was extremely tormented at this time.

"Are you injured?", "What injury?" Ling Hao was a little confused.Ma Chao glanced around Ling Hao again: "It was the last time the water retreated Cao Jun." Ling Hao was embarrassed: "No, thank you General for your concern, I am not injured." Ma Chao paused: "How could Cao Jun let you go? ? Why did you... why did you come under Liu Bei?", "Let me go?", Ling Hao couldn't understand more and more.Ma Chao seemed to be a lot more patient.

"The last time the chief general of the Cao army was Xia Houshang, but when the wounded prisoners were counted, Xiahoushang was not listed. It happened that you were missing. According to the report from your subordinates, you were held hostage by Xiahoushang."Ling Hao was speechless and laughed, who has such a high imagination?However, in this way, Ma Chao doesn't seem to know the truth, so...is this a blessing among misfortunes?

Ling Hao showed his face: "Master Liu Bei is benevolent, because he had no one to rely on at that time, so he took refuge in him..." Ling Hao didn't mention Xia Houshang, but fortunately Ma Chao didn't ask. "It's fine." Ma Chao nodded: "I already know the reason for your visit. If that's the case, I believe you won't deceive me. Tomorrow, I will lead an army of [-] to accompany you to meet Liu Bei." Ling Hao was surprised, But he saluted immediately: "Then Zixuan will thank the general on behalf of Lord Liu Bei first.".Ma Chao waved his hand, and then looked at Ling Hao's hand: "What is the gunpowder you are talking about?" "Oh, this, I haven't done the experiment yet, if the general is interested, you can come to my residence to watch tonight. ".It seems that Ma Chao has a great interest in gunpowder.

After returning to his residence, Ling Hao began to delve into the pile of things. After all, he could only give it a try.Although it was successful in the laboratory in the previous life, but now it is in ancient times, and the materials are really limited.Ma Chao didn't speak, just watched quietly from the side.Ling Hao mixed various materials according to the proportion, and then put them into oiled paper. The proportion was certain, but because there was no balance, he did not know whether the amount was too much or too little. "General?" Ling Hao glanced at Ma Chao: "Is there no man's land in your residence? That is, a place where no one lives." Ma Chao thought: "The back garden." Ling Hao nodded, he I plan to try various proportions of gunpowder.

Ma Chao brought Ling Hao to the garden, and Ling Hao deliberately picked an empty grassland. If the flowers were to be blown up, he would be guilty of a serious crime... After receiving the fire note from Ma Chao, Ling Hao suddenly thought of a serious problem: this The ancients at Shichen should all be asleep, right?His point is earth-shattering, in case Ma Teng is awakened...

"What's the matter? Why didn't you light it?" Ling Hao pointed to the houses of the people in the front yard, and Ma Chao understood: "I'll take you to another place.".

Ma Chao pulled out a white horse from the stable, turned over, and finally stretched out his hand to Ling Hao: "Come on." Ling Hao was slightly surprised: "This—no need, General, I can ride the horse by myself." It's really embarrassing for a big man to ride a horse together...

Ma Chao glanced at the big and small things in Ling Hao's arms: "Do you think you have extra hands to hold the rein?" Ling Hao was at a loss for words, and after a long while, he resigned himself to his fate and walked in front of the white horse.Concerned about how to get on the horse, Ma Chao stretched out his big hand and directly lifted Ling Hao onto the horse.

So much strength!While Ling Hao was in a daze, Ma Chao went around him to grab the rein with both hands, and tightened it behind him, and the white horse turned around and galloped.If you compare a horse to a car, then Ling Hao usually rides a horse like riding a bus, while Ma Chao rides a horse like driving a racing car... Ling Hao was terrified along the way, afraid of falling off the horse.

After about a cup of tea, Ma Chao brought Ling Hao to a sandy field, and looked around, but he was already approaching the outskirts of the city.

The moonlight is so bright that you can see everything clearly even in the dark.Get off the horse and spread out the gunpowder packs. Ling Hao starts from the smallest one, and immediately throws it away after clicking, "Boom——", the radius is too small, and the power is almost zero... Throw out the second pack, which is the same as the first one. no difference.Ling Hao started to try the third pack again, "Boom—" there was a loud noise, but the power was still not enough. "The power of this gunpowder is about the same as that of earth and stone pots." Ma Chao said softly, "No, it's worse, it shouldn't be like this..." Ling Hao was worried. He also knew the earth and rock pots that Ma Chao said, they were folk Explosives made by indigenous methods.It stands to reason that the gunpowder he made himself should be more powerful than the earth-stone jar.how so?Ling Hao looked at the gunpowder and thought for a long time, "Maybe..." It's the problem of oil paper.Because there really was no paper that could be used to wrap gunpowder in ancient times.Oil paper burns slowly but takes a long time, and the contact between sulfur and air is not complete.Holding the idea of ​​giving it a try, Ling Hao tore the oiled paper into two even halves, and used only half of the original oiled paper for each gunpowder.This time, he chose one with a lot of saltpeter, ignited it, and quickly threw it out. "Boom--", the soil, gravel and sand were flying, and when I looked closely, a scorched black pit was left on the sand.Although it is still far from the previous life, but according to the current conditions, Ling Hao can only do so.Ling Hao finally tried other ones and picked out the most powerful one.

There was slight surprise in Ma Chao's eyes, and there was some regret in addition to his admiration: "... How did Liu Bei treat you?" Ling Hao was stunned for a while when he heard Ma Chao's sudden words: "My lord treats me very well.", Ma Chao's brows and eyes darkened a little, and after a while, seeing Ling Hao packed up his things, he said softly, "Go back."