Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 159 Is this an incendiary bomb?

While Zhu Di and Guo An were talking, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting had already arrived in front of the test room and were ready.

Beside the two of them, there were already four guards holding square iron shields one person tall.

After Yang Ting ignited the fuse on the incendiary bomb, Tao Yiping threw it vigorously, and the incendiary bomb was thrown into the test room.

And Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, under the protection of four soldiers holding iron shields, quickly ran towards the safe house.

When the few people just ran into the safe house, Zhu Di and Guo An heard a loud roar.

Then, I saw a flash of fire in the cement test house, and the cement house was torn apart and scattered all over the ground like a random fabrication of mud.

But the strange thing is that inside the concrete house, there is still a raging flame burning for a long time.

Zhu Di's eyes widened. He had never seen such a powerful bomb.

"Guo Qing, is this an incendiary bomb?"

Guo An came back to his senses, and replied with some uncertainty: "Your Highness, this thing should be an incendiary bomb."

As he spoke, he pointed to the burning concrete house and said, "Your Highness, don't you see that cement house is still burning?"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression changed again, and he asked with some doubts: "It's been so long, why is it still burning? Did you put hay or kerosene in the concrete house before?"

Guo An looked helpless, "Your Highness just saw the concrete house in person, and there is nothing inside."

Zhu Di asked, "Then why does the cement still burn?"

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, because of the incendiary bomb!"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An speechlessly.

"cough~"

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, according to my guess, even if you pour a bucket of water on those raging fires, those flames will not be extinguished."

Zhu Di said directly to Qiu Fu, "Send someone quickly to pour ten buckets of water on the flame."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Qiu Fu responded and walked down quickly.

Guo An looked aside, Zhu Laosi, who was full of pride, was speechless.

Immediately, he looked at Tao Yiping and Yang Ting who were beside him, seeing two very confident faces, Guo An felt relieved.

And as if he had been prepared for a long time, Qiu Fu went out for a while, and brought ten strong guards, each carrying a bucket of water, into the ruined concrete house.

Bucket after bucket of water was then poured onto the fire inside the ruins.

crackling...

As the water curtain splashed down, the flame was instantly extinguished by half.

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with complacency in his eyes.

However, Guo An didn't care about Zhu Di this time, but walked out with a curious expression on his face.

Zhu Di's face darkened, and he followed out.

"This time, Guo Qing guessed wrong."

Walking to the ruins, Zhu Di smiled lightly as he saw the flames that had gradually dissipated.

Guo An frowned slightly, "Your Highness is wise, I guessed wrong..."

However, before he finished speaking, Guo An's face was full of joy.

As for Zhu Di on the side, his eyes widened directly, his face full of shock.

"how can that be?"

The place where the flame was extinguished by the clear water actually ignited clusters of flames again, and it became more and more prosperous.

Behind him, Tao Yi explained calmly: "Your Highness, as long as the gunpowder in the incendiary bomb explodes, it will never be extinguished unless the gunpowder is completely burned...

Moreover, as long as the gunpowder touches an object, it will stick to that object tightly, and it cannot be washed away by clean water..."

"hiss……"

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but take another cold breath.

Turning his head, he looked at the ruins of the cement house that was still burning in front of him. Sure enough, he saw that the gunpowder was all speckled, and it was not affected by the ten buckets of water just now.

"This incendiary bomb will be so weird?"

Guo An was very satisfied, "Your Highness, with this bomb and fishing nets, there is no need to be afraid of pirates at sea."

After Guo An's reminder, Zhu Di also thought of the usefulness of incendiary bombs, and couldn't help but get excited, "When the Japanese pirates come close, first use a fishing net to catch them, and then directly throw the incendiary bombs on the Japanese pirate ships. Those Japanese pirates will never escape." !"

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, if my Yan Palace has enough incendiary bombs, I can go all the way to Japan and kill them all!"

Zhu Di was taken aback, "Why does Guo Qing want to invade the Japanese country? Moreover, Guo Qing is so murderous towards the Japanese pirates?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting on the side were also startled, looking at Guo An with horror on their faces.

They never expected that the usually very kind master would be so murderous.

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, those Japanese pirates dared to plunder our Daming coast all the time, so why can't my Daming send troops to attack his Japanese country, tooth for tooth, blood for blood...

No, although the Japanese pirates are hateful, but I heard that there seems to be some good things on the island of the Japanese country, so I can't kill them all, otherwise the killing will be too great! "

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, "That's exactly what it should be."

Guo An also said: "The Japanese pirates are afraid of prestige and do not cherish morality. Those who refuse to obey the discipline should be killed. Those who are obedient and obedient, let me dig mines in the Palace of King Yan!"

"Mining?"

Zhu Di smiled lightly and said, "Guo Qing doesn't need to be so anxious. There are many Mongols in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. When we go out with the army, we can capture tens of thousands of Mongols for Guo Qing to mine."

Guo An smiled lightly, and explained: "Your Highness, what I'm talking about is the mine of the Wa Kingdom."

Zhu Di looked disdainful, "The Japanese country is barren, even if there are mines, it's not worth wasting my troops from the Ming Dynasty to conquer."

Guo An asked strangely: "How did Your Highness know that the Wa country is barren?"

Zhu Di replied: "The Japanese people pretended to be bandits and looted Goryeo and Daming year after year. Isn't that barren?"

Guo An asked helplessly: "Your Highness, do you know how many people there are in the Wa Kingdom?"

Zhu Di replied: "We have heard that there seem to be millions of people in the Wa Kingdom."

Guo An asked again: "Does Your Highness know how many Japanese pirates come to rob Korea and my Ming Dynasty every year?"

"Up to 3 people...huh?"

Zhu Di sensed something was wrong, and looked at Guo An in surprise.

"Guo Qing, what does this mean?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, if the Japanese country is really barren, how come there are only [-] to [-] Japanese pirates robbing my Daming or Koryo every year?"

Zhu Di's expression moved slightly, "What Guo Qing means is that the Wa country is not as barren as my Ming officials thought?"

"It's natural."

Guo An nodded slightly: "Your Highness, the Wa Kingdom is a little barren compared to my Ming Dynasty, but compared to my Beiping Mansion, the Wa Kingdom cannot be guaranteed."

Zhu Di was surprised, "Guo Qing is saying that the Wa country is actually richer than our Beiping mansion? But, how is this possible?"

On the side, Qiu Fu, Li Wang and others were also full of disbelief.

At this time, everyone in Daming only believed that Daming was the richest country in the entire world because of its vast land and abundant resources.

The surrounding small countries such as Koryo, Wa, Chenla, and Annan are all barren. Even if they send troops to conquer, it will be thankless and not worth the loss.

Guo An also knew what people like Daming were thinking, so he didn't explain too much.

"Forgive me, Your Highness. These are all deduced by this minister, and I have never been to the Wa Kingdom."

Immediately, after changing the subject, he continued: "The most important thing right now is to make incendiary bombs as soon as possible, and burn those Japanese pirates who dare to covet my fishing boat in the Yanwang Mansion in the Bohai Sea to ashes."

Zhu Di took a deep look at Guo An, but did not continue to ask.

Instead, he nodded slightly, "What Guo Qing said is very true."

Then, he turned his head to look at Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, "You two have made great contributions in developing incendiary bombs, but if you have anything you want, we will reward you."

A flash of astonishment flashed in the eyes of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, and then they shook their heads again and again.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. The recipe for this incendiary bomb was provided by the Master, and all the ingredients were provided by Your Highness. Before that, there were still many craftsmen's research and experiments. The two of us can only make the incendiary bomb. It can only be regarded as a contribution. "

A flash of admiration flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "A little effort counts as credit, since the two of you don't have any needs, then we will reward you according to the rules.

Make the incendiary bomb, the two of you should be the first, and each will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.As for the craftsmen who assist the two of you, each will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. "

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting quickly thanked them.

"Since the two of you have entered our Yan Palace, we will never treat you badly. As long as you can develop better firearms, or good things that benefit the country and the people like transparent glass and cement, we will The rewards are even richer."

Zhu Di said again.

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting hurriedly replied, "Please rest assured, Your Highness King Yan, we will definitely not disappoint His Highness' love."

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction.

On the side, Guo An added: "Everything in this gunpowder workshop is confidential, and the two of you must not reveal anything to the public."

"Master, don't worry, the two of us will stay in the workshop to study new objects in the future, and we will never disclose them to the outside world."

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting promised again.

Guo An nodded slightly, "You two just need to keep the concept of secrecy in mind, especially the incendiary bomb formula.

How powerful this incendiary bomb is, you two should know best.Once this formula is leaked and used by thieves, then Daming will be in chaos. "

Hearing this, the expressions of Zhu Di, Qiu Fu and others couldn't help but become solemn.

As for Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, they shuddered directly. Only the two of them who made the incendiary bomb themselves could understand how harmful it would be if the formula of the incendiary bomb was leaked out.

"Please rest assured, Master and Your Highness, after the two of us go back, we will immediately burn all the formulas about incendiary bombs..."

"You don't need to tell us about this matter, how to keep it secret, you can discuss it with His Highness or General Qiu Fu."

……

on the way back.

Zhu Di asked Guo An in the carriage: "How to keep the incendiary bomb secret, what good strategy does Guo Qing have?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, no matter what kind of things you want to keep secret, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Therefore, it is inconvenient for Weichen to participate in this matter.

However, Weichen felt that this incendiary bomb was a bit sinister, so please keep it in your own hands, and don't hand it over to anyone. "

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slowly after a while.

"We know!"

"Your Highness is wise!" Guo An replied.

Zhu Di frowned and thought about it. He has also seen the power of the incendiary bomb, and it is true that no one can control this thing.

and……

Ok?
Suddenly, Zhu Di opened his eyes and stared angrily at Guo An who was looking out the window.

The recipe for this incendiary bomb was provided by Guo An, and for him, there is no such thing as keeping it secret...

This thief officer!
……

(End of this chapter)