The big man has a living father

Chapter 130 (Long Chapter) The Advent of Gunpowder
Huo Hai was about to leave when Wang He, the envoy in embroidered robes, hurried forward and took out a sign: "Master Huo."

Huo Hai certainly knew the sign of the Embroidered Uniform Censor: "Get in the car."

After Wang He, the envoy in embroidered robes, boarded the carriage, he bowed with both hands and said, "Master Huo, I am Wang He, from Dongpingling, and I am the censor in embroidered robes. I am here to investigate a case, the case of Zhang Ou, the Marquis of Xuanping."

Wang He handed over his business card with both hands to identify himself.

Huo Hai nodded.

Wang He: "Master Huo, please tell me what you have found so far, and your speculation about the mastermind behind this."

Huo Hai looked at Wang He and said, "Why don't you tell me what you heard and what you think."

If Wang He couldn't see the truth behind this matter, how could Huo Hai tell him these things and let him investigate.

Although His Majesty would not send an idiot to investigate the case, what if Liu Che did not want to deal with this matter from the beginning and deliberately sent a rookie? As long as we identify Wang He's identity, we will understand.

Wang He talked about the possible conflicts that might break out between the new businessmen and the old aristocrats, what force Zhang Ou represented, and the special identity of the descendants of Empress Lu, etc.

It can be said that he has a very keen understanding of this matter, and he even knows some things that Huo Hai does not know.

He is worthy of being the Embroidered Uniform Censor.

Huo Hai smiled and said, "It seems that you are highly valued by His Majesty, Wang He."

Wang He smiled and bowed: "I am far worse than you, sir."

The reason why Huo Hai said this was, of course, to tell Wang He, "I already know that Your Majesty wants to take the initiative to investigate this case."

But during this conversation, Huo Hai pinched his chin and asked, "What's your name? Wang He? Where are you from? Dongpingling?"

Huo Hai still remembers that when he was watching short videos in the past, there was a popular game of guessing riddles with conditions.

For example, a player 1 has won the Footballer of the Year award in his continent.

2He won the Golden Boot in a country's top league.

3. He once played football in England.

4 He has only made it to the World Cup finals once, and withdrew from the national team due to injury in the first game of that World Cup.

This game relies on constantly adding conditions to guess who this person is.

This game is also very popular among historical figures.

At that time, Huo Hai watched such a video.

The topic given in the video is [Guess the historical figure].

1. His family was granted a title of marquis, and the title contained the character "Ping" (Ping), but his family was not from the direct line of the family, and the title of marquis was not passed down through the family.

2. He gained power through his own efforts.

3. He has a deep relationship with Dongping Mausoleum and Wei area.

4. He added nine gifts.

5. He ended a dynasty called Han, became the founder of a new dynasty, and was honored as the emperor.

As soon as these conditions came out, people familiar with history analyzed and came up with the answers.

Isn't this Cao Cao?

Condition one, isn't his family the Cao family? Cao Shen was granted the title of Marquis of Pingyang. Later, the branch that Cao Cao belonged to moved to Pei State. At that time period, the lineage of Marquis of Pingyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty was still being passed down, so he was definitely not a direct descendant.

Condition two: Cao Cao became the prime minister through his own efforts and had great power in the court.

Condition three, Cao Cao once served as prime minister of Jinan State. He himself believed that his career started here. The capital of Jinan State at that time was Dongping Mausoleum, and Cao Cao eventually became the King of Wei.

Condition four is familiar to everyone.

Condition five: Cao Cao ended the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his son Cao Pi established the Wei Kingdom, accepted the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han, and then honored Cao Cao as emperor, known in history as Emperor Wu of Wei.

This is not simple.

Therefore, those who know a little about history, especially fans of the Three Kingdoms, are frantically posting "Cao Cao" in the barrage.

However, the video fooled everyone and he gave the sixth condition.

6. This person himself claimed to be emperor.

This directly killed Cao Cao's answer.

No matter how much Cao Cao was called a tyrant and a treacherous minister, he was a minister of the Han Dynasty from beginning to end. He never truly rebelled and never proclaimed himself emperor.

Then everyone would be confused, who else could meet so many conditions?

Then everyone realized that the video was intentional.

Because at that time, in addition to quiz games being popular, it was also popular to deliberately lead others astray.

I deliberately put forward obvious conditions so that it is easy to think of someone, but in fact the real answer is not this person.

However, since the sixth condition has been raised, people who understand history have still come up with the answer.

The barrage has unified 'Wang Mang'.

First, Wang Mang’s grandfather had a daughter named Wang Zhengjun, his eldest son Wang Jin was named Marquis of Yangping, and his second son was named Marquis of Xin. Wang Mang’s father was Marquis of Xin, so he finally established the Xin Dynasty. But in fact, in the era when the Wang family was in power, it was still called the Yangping Marquis family.

Second, Wang Mang was just an unimportant illegitimate son of the Wang family at first. Later, through his own forbearance, he waited for various fights among his uncles and aunts, and finally became the representative of the Wang family and had great power in the court.

Third, Wang Mang’s great-grandfather was from Dongpingling, and later moved to Yuancheng, Wei County. Therefore, Wang Mang had a relationship with Dongpingling and Wei. Later, after he became rich, he posthumously conferred the title of King of Yuancheng on his great-grandfather.

Needless to say, Wang Mang turned the addition of the nine gifts into the standard procedure for changing property deeds when rebelling.

The fifth and sixth conditions were that Wang Mang ended the Western Han Dynasty and became the emperor of the Xin Dynasty.

Huo Hai didn’t understand this period of history, so he clicked on the comments to read other people’s analysis, and only then did he know about these things about Wang Mang.

Someone else lamented in the comments: "The big man is really hard to kill. If you can't kill him once, you have to let God go through the same process again to kill him a second time."

In fact, this is not a coincidence, nor is it destined that the Han people will be killed by people who meet these conditions.

It is obvious that the person who set the question deliberately tried to find similarities between Cao Cao and Wang Mang, and then made a video to make it seem as if the two people are the same.

In fact, this is the only thing Wang Mang and Cao Cao have in common.

It was because of this video that Huo Hai roughly knew some things about Wang Mang and the Wang family.

Before Emperor Xuan, the representative families of foreign relatives were Tian, ​​Dou, Wei and Huo. After Emperor Xuan dealt with the Huo family, there was no rise of foreign relatives.

After Emperor Xuan died, the Wang family's foreign relatives came to power.

The Wang family is a bit similar to the Legalist family. They are also descendants of the Tian family of the Qi state's national army. They also changed their surnames because they were afraid of the Qin army. Their branch changed its surname to Wang.

The rise of the Wang family began with Wang Mang’s great-grandfather, Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun’s grandfather, who was the Embroidered Robe Envoy Wang He.

If the video hadn't deliberately matched the conditions and mentioned Wei Di and Dongping Mausoleum, it probably wouldn't have brought up such distant characters.

Huo Hai just remembered now, Wang He, isn’t that the first person in the Wang family tree?

Although in order to show that they were a noble family, the Wang family filled in the gap between the Tian and Wang surnames, saying that Wang He's father was a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty.

But this kind of bragging is just for listening. Who knows Wang He’s father?

Therefore, the rise of the Wang family was entirely due to this Embroidered Uniform Censor Wang He.

Huo Hai looked at Wang He carefully again: "Surname Wang, Embroidered Robe Envoy... Are your family descendants of Qi Wang Tian?"

The surname Wang is very representative. When dynasties were founded, the first emperors liked to claim that their surname was Liu and that they were descendants of Liu Bang. After the demise of dynasties, the royal family liked to change their surname to Wang.

In the end, the Borjigin Golden Family, Wanyan, and others all changed their surnames to Wang, and the normal Wang surname was considered a minority among the Wang surname.

However, there are not many dynasties that have perished so far, and there are very few people who changed their surname to Wang. Instead, there are more people with the normal surname Wang.

Most people would not ask this question if they met someone with the surname Wang.

Wang He was asked this question and broke out in a cold sweat: "You..."

"How do you know?"

Wang He himself is in the business of finding out information. To be more precise, he is a private detective controlled by Liu Che alone.

I didn't expect that as soon as we met, my background would be revealed to him.

Wang He was indeed extremely surprised.

Seeing Wang He's reaction, Huo Hai knew that he must be remembering correctly. This person was the ancestor of Wang Mang, the grandfather of Queen Mother Wang.

Otherwise there wouldn't be so many coincidences.

Although I can't remember what Wang Mang's grandfather's name was, it is basically confirmed that the Embroidered Uniform Censor's surname was Wang, or that he was a member of the Qi Tian clan who changed his surname.

Huo Hai said casually, "Oh, there was a talented person before, his surname was Fa, and his name was Fadi. He is now a disciple of Sima Xiangru in the Imperial College."

"He said that his family changed their surname from Qi Tian. I wanted to train this person, so I looked up his background. When I looked, I saw some records of the Qi Tian family changing their surnames, and I saw the story of your Wang family."

Wang He breathed a sigh of relief: "As expected of Lord Huo, he is indeed well-read and knowledgeable. He even remembers the family background of a nobody like me."

"As expected..."

Wang He came up with a bunch of nonsense.

Huo Hai saw that Wang He kept flattering him for three minutes without repeating himself, and he was sure that this guy was indeed capable.

No wonder the Wang family was able to rise again after the decline of the Tian family. Although everyone in the world with a surname is a descendant of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms and a descendant of aristocratic families in the Yellow Emperor era, nowadays the common people have become a synonym for ordinary people. How many families can rise again in this trend?

Wang He's ability is evident from this.

Huo Hai: "You work hard. If you handle this case well, I will... recommend you for a bigger position."

Wang He didn't really believe in such polite words.

Huo Hai: "Aren't you the Embroidered Uniform Censor and Embroidered Uniform Envoy? It's still difficult to climb up, right? In the future, I suggest that Your Majesty set up another similar organization, called the Embroidered Uniform Guard and Embroidered Uniform Envoy, and let you be the head."

"Of course." Huo Hai tapped his knee with his index finger: "You have to show your ability, otherwise I will have another candidate for the position of the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei."

After Wang He heard Huo Hai say the words of the Jinyiwei Jinyi envoy, he was sure that what Huo Hai said was true. He knelt down in the carriage excitedly and said, "Master Huo, I will definitely handle the Zhang Ou case!"

Of course Wang He knew that what Huo Hai meant by demonstrating ability did not mean finding out the truth.

Is it necessary to investigate the truth? Everyone knows what is going on behind this matter. If such a matter really needs to be dealt with, there is no need for evidence. Just arrest and execute people based on their interests. There will be no mistake in killing anyone.

But the question is, how to find out the truth while calming public grievances and appeasing all parties concerned? That is real skill.

Wang He has already decided that even if it means his heart is broken, he has to get this matter over with.

In fact, in Wang He's opinion, this matter is very simple and can be easily handled.

Therefore, Wang He was confirmed as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and now he wanted to meet Fadi even more.

Wang He's great-grandfather was a king appointed by Xiang Yu, and he was always thinking about reviving his family and bringing glory to it. However, the reality was that compared with the descendants of those princes, he was nothing.

Wang He also thought about uniting with his fellow villagers, but when he was young, he moved from Dongpingling to Yuancheng. He had some connections on both sides, but they were not very close.

Now that I have managed to make something of myself, I can’t get in touch with my old friends.

It is still reliable to have the same ancestors and clan. Even if a hundred years have passed, as long as you can keep in touch, you should be able to rebuild the relationship.

Wang He was already thinking about finding Fadi to restore the glory of the Tian family. After all, everyone had to become aristocrats.

After Huo Hai asked Wang He to get off the car, he began to think about the matter of the Jinyiwei.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's Jinyiwei learned it from the Embroidered Uniform Envoys.

The reason why Huo Hai proposed the Embroidered Uniform Guard when there was already an Embroidered Uniform Censor and the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was greater than that of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in Zhu Yuanzhang's era was because one secret agency was not enough.

It is absolutely impossible for a secret service agency to be responsible for both internal and external affairs.

Currently, the Embroidered Uniform Envoy is in charge of internal affairs, and a secret agency is needed to be in charge of external affairs.

It is possible to have Zhang Qian keep an eye on the southwest, but does Zhang Qian's successor have the ability and loyalty to do so?
Moreover, sitting in this position, Zhang Qian had a lot to do, including military affairs, political affairs, diplomacy, and special espionage.

Obviously, some of the responsibilities need to be replaced by secret services.

I hadn’t met any talented people before, so I had no way to give Zhang Qian any advice.

But today he encountered the secret police, the Embroidered Uniform Envoy, and discovered that Wang He was capable. Of course, Huo Hai had to prepare to push forward the Embroidered Uniform Guard as the chief of external forces.

"Wang He, that's interesting."

Xiang Xu saw that there were not many people on the roadside, so he spoke up, "Sir, is this person the legendary Embroidered Robe Envoy?"

Huo Hai: "Yes, the brand is right."

Xiang Xu whispered: "Aren't these people said to be very mysterious? He actually bowed down to you when you said something casually?" Huo Hai: "You are wrong. Wang He is very smart. He didn't bow down to me. He bowed down to me because I could speak in front of your majesty."

"He only has the right to report to His Majesty, but he cannot act in a dignified manner in front of His Majesty."

Xiang Xu was puzzled. In the past, the young master ignored other officials in the court. This was the first time he heard the young master promise a court official that he would be promoted.

What Xiang Xu didn't know was that Huo Hai was very excited at this moment.

Finally got in touch with the Embroidered Robe Messenger!

I have been in Chang'an for so long, and this is the first time I have truly come into contact with a real Embroidered Robe Messenger!
Huo Hai still remembers some things about the Witchcraft Incident.

The instigator of the witchcraft incident was an embroidered-clothed messenger named Jiang.

This envoy in embroidered clothes brought devastating disaster to both the Wei and Huo families.

However, according to Huo Hai's memory, he was not sure how many years had passed since the Witchcraft Disaster.

Huo Hai only knew that he could not find out the internal affairs of the Embroidered Robe Envoy.

But if he could successfully join the spy system by relying on the merits of fighting outside, he could prevent all this.

In the future, once someone with the surname Jiang joins the group of Embroidered Robe Messengers, the future enemy of the Wei and Huo families, as well as the future enemy of Liu Ju, will be dealt with.

As for the ways to deal with it, there are many. When the time comes, send him to find Antarctica.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of the year.

Huo Hai will hold a coming-of-age ceremony on December 28th.

It was also Huo Hai’s eighteenth birthday.

Rumor has it that Liu Che will reward Huo Hai with a title for his military achievements.

It is said that when King Xiutu pretended to surrender and led people to cause trouble, Huo Qubing tried to suppress the rebellion. Huo Hai performed outstandingly and killed many enemies.

He should have been granted a title in the first place, but he was not granted a title because Huo Hai did not continue to join the army.

Now, His Majesty the Emperor is preparing to restore the title. Although he cannot be conferred the title of nobility, he can be granted the eighteenth-rank title, the Great Shuchang.

No one has been awarded this title for a long time, and everyone has forgotten about its existence. I didn’t expect that it can still be awarded now.

This matter has become a hot topic.

You really should not disbelieve it. It is said that Huo Hai performed outstandingly in suppressing the rebellion. He did perform outstandingly. Jin Midi, the son of the rebellious King Xiutu and the current horse supervisor, personally confirmed this. He said that Huo Hai killed so many people at that time that the sky was dark and the earth was dark. He frightened the Huns' generals and killed them one after another. He was like a god of war.

If what Jin Midi said alone is not reliable enough, you can go and ask other Xiongnu surrendered soldiers what they say. The Xiongnu surrendered soldiers are all in the Tongguan Coal Mine. They often come to the city to buy things and consume, and you can see them at any time.

The surrendered generals and soldiers of the Huns all said that the war god Huo Hai had descended to earth. How can you expect others to object?

"What do the Huns know? It's obvious that this didn't happen."

You know what, some people really say that.

The intersection of Chilu Road in the northwest section of Chang'an Avenue.

A new jewelry store has opened in this place, which is currently the most prosperous and busiest place in Chang'an.

The owner of the jewelry store is called Dong Yan.

Dong Yan, wearing a big gold chain and a big ring, was playing pitch-pot with several nobles at the door.

When someone asked about this, Dong Yan put his hands on his hips and said, "What kind of bullshit is this God of War descending to earth? Just looking at the skinny black monkey Huo Hai looked when he first arrived in Chang'an, is this a God of War descending to earth?"

"What kind of bullshit proof is this from King Xiu Tu's biological son? If Jin Midi didn't rely on the Huo family, how could he be the horse supervisor? He lives under someone else's roof and eats the Huo family's food, so what's so strange about him saying this?"

"Those Xiongnu miners are all Huo Hai's workers now, and they get paid by Huo Hai. Isn't it normal for them to say anything?"

"Look at the shop across the street. Do you see it? It's owned by Hun Xie Xiu. This bastard went there to learn something from Huo Hai and is planning to open a prairie-style farmhouse."

"When this bastard makes some money in the future, he might just change his confession and say that it was Huo Hai who killed King Xiu Tu instead of him. It would be normal for him to be given a title of nobility then."

When the nobles heard this, they all laughed.

Dong Yan really said this on purpose. Dong Yan had long known the news from the palace. He knew that Huo Hai wanted to be conferred a title of nobility, and then kill himself and use the title of nobility to atone for his crime.

No matter how strong his connections are, no matter how much he is favored by the emperor, or how much he is liked by Empress Dowager Dou, he is still just an ordinary person.

It is definitely possible to use the title to atone for one's crime and kill oneself.

The worst that could happen is that he has angered His Majesty, and in the future His Majesty will not give him the opportunity to join the army, and he will not be able to be granted a title of nobility.

Therefore, Dong Yan wanted to prevent Huo Hai from using the Huns under his control to stir up trouble in order to gain a title of nobility.

Therefore, Dong Yan wanted to spread the news that the Huns had colluded to help Huo Hai carry the sedan chair, so as to prevent people like Hunxie and Gao Buzhi from really uniting to give Huo Hai the merit of killing the Huns' king and prime minister.

By then, I'll be dead.

In the past two days, Dong Yan has spared no effort to criticize Huo Hai's title as a bad rule, and said that these bastards are deceiving His Majesty.

In fact, with Dong Yan's intelligence, he knew at the first moment that it was His Majesty's idea to confer the title of Grand Chancellor on Huo Hai.

But Dong Yan had no choice but to take the risk, even if it meant being hated by His Majesty.

After all, life is more important than anything else.

Someone asked: "Brother Dong, are the jewelry in your store popular with women?"

Dong Yan's lips curled up: "I won't say such things as Lady Dou likes, it's just boasting and meaningless, just wait and see, after two days of the New Year, you will know how my jewelry is."

After Dong Yan decided to do this business recently, he spent a lot of money to invite jewelry craftsmen from Chang'an, the three auxiliary areas of the capital, as well as Guandong, Luoyang and other places to Chang'an, and launched many new styles of jewelry.

Then he asked Empress Dou to give away some jewelry before the New Year.

Those who were qualified to pay a visit to Empress Dou were the best among the aristocratic women in Chang'an City. If they wore Dong's jewelry, the people below them would naturally learn from them.

Dong Yan was very sure that his business would explode soon.

If Huo Hai knew that Dong Yan had such an idea, he would definitely be surprised. What a good business sense this guy has. No wonder he is so good at speculation and succeeded in speculation with Empress Dou and Emperor Wu of Han.

What Dong Yan is thinking about now is to start a business first, make a name for himself in Chang'an, and let everyone in Chang'an know his name.

Then Dong Yan made use of the advantages that he and the nobles were familiar with, regarded himself as a business tycoon, and slowly united the merchant forces to become a big businessman.

This is not just about the confrontation with Huo Hai, it also has deeper implications.

The current status of merchants was raised by Huo Hai himself, and it is a policy approved by Your Majesty.

If he became a big businessman, His Majesty would definitely agree, and by then it would be too late for Huo Hai to regret.

Borrowing Huo Hai's path and walking my own way, I feel happy just thinking about it.

After Dong Yan figured out how to promote the jewelry, he began to notice that his greatest advantage now was his excellent relationship with the nobles. Although these people were using him to take advantage of him to climb up and get close to His Majesty, why couldn't he use them to accumulate wealth?

Dong Yan also discovered the role of public opinion, so he often passed on information through the nobles he played with.

Looking at the Chang'an city which seemed to be preparing for the New Year, Dong Yan was thinking about how to connect the New Year with selling jewelry.

The New Year is indeed coming to Chang'an City, and this year couldn't be newer.

Although the New Year that people will celebrate in the future is the New Year, it is also the old year. Only this time everyone will celebrate the real New Year.

Because Huo Hai attaches great importance to the New Year, his subordinates are learning this, resulting in all workers in the industry attaching great importance to celebrating the New Year.

Currently, there are at least 80,000 people working for Huo Hai's industry. After these people had this idea, the trend of celebrating the New Year spread.

Everyone is trying to figure out how to celebrate the New Year.

Many people directly try to learn how Huo Hai celebrates the New Year.

For Huo Hai, the Chinese New Year is like a large trade fair.

The purpose is to give people a long holiday so that they can spend a lot of money and buy goods.

Therefore, Huo Hai is stocking up on many products, preparing to start selling them a few days before the New Year.

There are only four days left until the Chinese New Year, and almost all the goods have arrived.

Tomorrow is Huo Hai’s coming-of-age day, and it is also the day the market opens. All these new things will be put on sale, and a big promotion will be carried out with their high cost-effectiveness and good quality and low prices, as well as their functions that far exceed those of the old things.

Huo Hai himself was preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony.

Huo Qubing asked Huo Hai to write an article on his coming-of-age ceremony, which he would then read out loud in front of the guests.

Huo Hai was preparing to perform "I'm Eighteen Years Old This Year", but gave up the plan after Huo Qubing chased him across two ridges with a machete.

In the yard, Huo Hai was thinking hard about what article he could read to the guests when he heard "bang bang bang bang" sounds outside. Huo Hai was stunned for a moment and then rushed out the door.

Isn’t this the sound of a cannon? Or rather, the sound of firecrackers hanging in a row!!!
When did the research institute develop gunpowder? ! ! ! !

I do not know how? !

When Huo Hai trotted to the research institute's testing ground, he found that many people were watching and covering their ears.

“This sound is really exciting!”

"Haha, the young master was talking about setting off firecrackers during the New Year a few days ago. How can the sound of burning bamboo be as loud as this thing?"

In fact, the sound of bamboo exploding is no less than that of firecrackers.

But only the bamboos collapsed by the heavy snow would make such a loud noise.

The 'crackling' sound caused by burning bamboo in the fire is far inferior to the sound of bamboo exploding naturally.

But... now the loud bangs coming from the test site along with the flying red papers are louder than the sound of bamboo exploding naturally!
Red paper was flying all over the experimental field, smoke was everywhere, and flames flickered in the smoke, making the onlookers a little scared.

Although this is a new thing, everyone feels that if it hits them, they will definitely be covered in bruises.

Only Huo Hai was dumbfounded: "Ah?"

The artillery is out!
Huo Hai still remembered that after he started dealing with Ji Guan's affairs, he no longer took care of the research institute's affairs, so before getting rid of him, he specifically asked about the progress of various experiments.

The alchemist named Ge Nan, who was the leader of the alchemists responsible for researching gunpowder, was very discouraged and said that he had no clue.

How come after only one day, the finished firecrackers are already out? ! ! !
Huo Hai saw Ge Nan and others watching the firecrackers, and waved to Ge Nan directly.

Ge Nan hurried over and said, "Vice Dean!"

Huo Hai folded his arms and said, "Ge Nan, didn't you say that there's no progress on gunpowder and you haven't figured out the trick yet?"

Ge Nan scratched his head: "There is no trick, and I still haven't figured it out yet."

Huo Hai poked his head out: "What is this?"

Ge Nan took a look and said, "Oh, this is a firecracker. It uses waste gunpowder, which is far from gunpowder."

Huo Hai was puzzled: "Isn't this gunpowder?!"

Ge Nan was also confused: "This... is far worse than the dust explosion that you, the vice president, had before. How can it be called gunpowder? At most, it can be called spoiled gunpowder."

"At least it has to be something that makes a loud bang to be called gunpowder."

Huo Hai was completely speechless.

No wonder Ge Nan and others have been saying that they have no clue about gunpowder.

It turns out they thought that only gunpowder that caused a big explosion was called gunpowder.

I guess after they invented gunpowder, they felt embarrassed when they saw the sparks coming from the burning gunpowder.

Isn't that gunpowder?

Explosives are another matter!
Do they think that only gunpowder can explode when ignited?

Huo Hai: "Didn't these also explode?"

Ge Nan: "This is different. The gunpowder we made is not very good. It can't explode by itself. It needs to be bound before it can explode. Recently, the paper mill has been producing a lot of poor quality but colored paper. There is a lot of waste paper that is not up to standard. We use it to make this firecracker, which simulates the appearance of firecrackers. After all, there are bamboos in the Qinling Mountains, and we can't get bamboo here in the north of Chang'an, so we are going to make this festive and festive thing."

"It can be considered as our contribution to this New Year's celebration!"

Huo Hai took a deep breath and said, "Since wrapping it in paper can make the gunpowder explode, can it explode if it is restrained by other things? Can it explode with great power?"

"The ability to explode by lighting a fire and the ability to explode in a directional manner by being wrapped in an object are two completely different research topics!"

“This is already gunpowder!”

After all this time, these alchemists have already developed gunpowder. They have been researching high-quality explosives, right? No wonder they haven't been able to come up with it yet!

With these things, the progress of water control will be advanced again!
(End of this chapter)