From Chief to Ball

Eyue, Weihe and others were also in the city, so Su Yue asked, "Yue, is this the lightning-like weapon in Xiacheng? The fire medicine that Ji Xia talked about?"

"Yes."

"It has such power?"

"Manpower is exhausted, but the explosives are endless. Someone in Xiacheng once said that if there were as many explosives as a mountain, even the mountain could be blown flat, it just depends on how much it can be made."

Several leaders looked at the shattered walls in amazement, and asked, "Why didn't Ji Xia show us the gunpowder? I've heard people say it before, but it's exaggerated when they said it. Some people said that purple fire fell from the sky." , Some people say that thousands of thunders will strike... we can only treat it as everyone's nonsense."

The leaders along the Caohe River felt a little uneasy. They didn't want the gunpowder to spread, especially after Chen Jian promised to help them train the army and change the gunpowder. Chen Jian didn't show it in Sucheng for this reason. very grateful.

But after asking these words, they couldn't put all the responsibility on Chen Jianjian. When they were at a loss for words, Shujiu who followed E Yue took the initiative to stand up, apologized to everyone, and said: "At that time, Jixia also He said that these things were guided by his ancestors, and they belonged to the relatives who believed in the same ancestor, and if he had the opportunity, he would let all relatives master it."

"However, the woman feels that even if the alliance is successful, clan wars are still inevitable. If the news of the fire medicine spreads, it will cause more bloodshed among the discordant clans. Before leaving, I went to visit Jixia, and I will I told Ji Xia about my worries, and he kept silent for a long time after hearing the words, probably because he was worried about this."

When the leaders heard this, they said angrily: "Jiu'er, your mother was so wise back then, and your wisdom was spread among many clans. How can you be so dull now? Ignite can kill people, so can't stone knives and wooden arrowheads kill people? Kill people!" It is the person holding the arrowhead and stone axe, not the wooden arrowhead and stone ax!"

E Yue glanced at his wife quietly, praised his wife's quick wit and responsibility in his heart, bowed his head counting nine times, and said: "The woman knows she is wrong, but she is just scared after seeing too much bloodshed. At the beginning of the clan migration 20 years ago, brothers fought and sisters fought each other. Can, it’s okay if the alliance is successful this time, but if it doesn’t work out, E Yue and I will take our clansmen in Caohe and never come back again, if it doesn’t work out, we just ask our sons and daughters to transport our bodies after death It’s like going back to the hometown where I grew up.”

After speaking, he took a deep breath, and tears were already brewing in his eye circles. Everyone only said that she recalled the old things many years ago, but they didn't think much about the agreement between the Caohe tribes and Chen Jian, and they couldn't blame this woman. , I had no choice but to give up, just thinking in my heart that today's women can't see blood, they are far worse than those women back then, even Shujiu's mother was also a decisive figure back then, probably life is better now , I have long forgotten the hardships and pains of the year.

Shujiu alone resisted these responsibilities, and constantly used tears to remind everyone of the various fights after the separation of the clan, finally breaking the scene.

Horrible things that have been heard and never seen have become reality at this time. Even those who don't like Xia Cheng very much or think that Chen Jian has disrespect for heaven and earth and are disgusted, Xia Cheng has once again become the focus of everyone's discussion.

But at this moment, there are only a few days left before the last time of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, how to deal with Xiacheng is an unavoidable problem when everyone becomes an alliance.

Because apart from the legend of gunpowder, there are many things in Xiacheng that sound powerful but many people don't believe it. Since this is true, will the others be false?Which are legends?Which are real?

"Where did Jixia go?"

"I went out to shoot with someone. It is said that I am going to see the big river."

"Then let him come back quickly, who knows if there will be another explosion in this house? Go and look for the villages along the big river!"

Chapter 26 Temptation

Ride your horse back to Sucheng, the fire has been extinguished, but there seems to be an invisible curse around the house, and your people outside are surrounded in a circle and dare not approach.

"Ji Xia... this... what's going on?"

Chen Jian apologized: "I must have forgotten to extinguish the charcoal fire before going out, causing the explosives to explode. Fortunately, there is not much gunpowder, otherwise there must be damage, and I will be ashamed of those who were killed for the rest of my life."

After speaking, he looked at another house across the street with lingering fear, and everyone followed his gaze, all of them were also shocked. It seemed that this thing could turn everything away dozens of steps away. Blow up like this?

The gray and black walls, the cracked stones, these things close at hand make people have to believe in the power of gunpowder, and everyone has cares about it.

It's best that your own clan can get this thing, if you can't get it, then you can't let the rest of the clan get it.If Xiacheng disagrees, Xiacheng will be excluded and they will not be allowed to make an oath. The nature of being a barbarian outside the alliance is different.

It's just that although this thing is powerful, why does it look so dangerous?

It took a long time before someone asked, "Ji Xia, is this fire potion so dangerous?"

Chen Jian nodded and said, "It's like fire. You can roast food to get it warm, but it's also easy to burn ashes to the house and scald children. In fact, it's not so dangerous in general, but it must be mastered. We usually carry , I haven’t seen it explode before, this time it was my negligence, I forgot to put out the pot of charcoal fire before I left, and it happened when it was ignited.”

After speaking, he called an accompanying person, asked him to take out the clay pot that he carried with him, played with it for a while and said: "Look, as long as you keep it well, it's fine even if it's in your hand."

But as soon as this thing was taken out, several people immediately took a few steps back, looked at the ruined walls with lingering fear, and shook their heads repeatedly.

There were also a few brave ones holding them in their hands, looking at the ropes above and pondering secretly, Chen Jian said with a smile: "Well, it just so happens that something like this happened today, and it snowed heavily again. I often hear people say: There is no snow in summer. , There is no thunder in winter. Let’s make an exception today, so as not to worry everyone.”

The curious people followed out of the city, and Chen Jian asked the person who had practiced throwing for a long time to follow the prescribed steps and throw it together.

The first person took out the match from his waist, blew on it with a torch, and stood in front of him. The person behind him took it from his waist, tore off a layer of moisture-proof beeswax wrapped on the fuse, and handed it over.

The person in front carrying the matchstick followed the prescribed steps, with his thumb stuck on the lead wire, and the edge of the clay pot was below, and he approached the matchlock to light it. The person behind him lowered his head and did not look forward, but still deftly picked off the package according to the prescribed action. In front of the wax pill, the whole process was extremely silent except for the chirping sound of the lead wire.

After the person in the front ignited the fire, the people who watched the excitement at the side retreated far away, knowing that the thing in their hands could kill people.

But the person holding the clay pot listened to the chichi burning sound calmly, waiting for Chen Jian's order.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the shining light. A few people who had heard the explosion before had already blocked their ears, and the rest of the people also learned from it, except that their eyes never left the burning fuse for a moment.

People didn't dare to breathe, seeing that the fuze had burned to the position of the man's thumb, but Chen Jian still didn't call out the order to throw, and the pitcher held his breath and remained motionless.

"Destroy."

Chen Jian suddenly yelled, the pitcher reacted almost subconsciously, he didn't care that the thing in his hand would kill him, he clamped the edge of the fuze and the clay pot with his fingernails and tried everything, and then it went out, and the clay pot was gone. In the hand, there is still white smoke and a strange smell of gunpowder that has not dissipated nearby.

Chen Jian turned around and said with a smile: "Everyone saw it before the explosion. I just want to tell everyone that if this thing is used properly, it is as safe and simple as fire, and it is not as dangerous as everyone thinks."

What he said was relaxed and freehand, but people felt turmoil in their hearts, not because of the gunpowder they saw before, but because of these almost numb soldiers trained by Chen Jian...

Throwing it seems to be difficult, especially after knowing that this thing may explode at any time in the hand.

But compared to this, being able to hold this thing in your hand and wait until the last moment to snuff it out is the scariest thing...

The dull young man in front of him is either a fool who is not afraid of death, or he has formed a habit like eating and drinking.

There are so many cities and so many warriors, there are warriors who can pull out the eyes that are shot in the battle, and there are warriors who can carry two or three hundred catties on one shoulder without bending their waists, but you will never find such a dull soldier .

This is no longer the category of the brave. This kind of person is like a poisonous snake. He hides coldly on weekdays. He is not like those tigers and wolves who show their strength with their teeth and claws, but they are even more deadly.

And the person from Xiacheng who stood behind and handed out the pot was even more unbelievable, as if he didn't care whether the person in front threw it or not, and was just doing his own thing there.

These are just two people. The leaders dare not imagine what kind of horror it would be if such people form an army?

All kinds of unbelievable rumors before, at this time everyone convinced them, not to mention weird things like pyrotechnic powder and chariots that had never been seen before, even if there were none, if everyone in Xiacheng was like this, then the rescuers It is inevitable to fight two thousand and break five thousand.

The unexploded Tao Lei surprised these people even more than the previous one. Some leaders waited for the smoke to dissipate to confirm that it would not explode, and then walked up to the pitcher and praised: "Thunder is in hand and face to face!" Don't change your face, you are really a warrior!"

The pitcher smiled modestly and said, "What kind of warrior am I? The one who wins the sword and utensils in the three-year competition in Caohe is the real warrior. I am not well-known in the competition. What other reason, but it's just familiarity. Jixia said to throw, but before I thought about it, my hand had already thrown it; Jixia said to kill, and my fingers would get stuck on their own."

The leader chuckled, full of praise in his heart, turned around and asked, "Ji Xia, how many people like this are there in Xia City?"

He thought it was just selected, maybe those people around Chen Jianjian had such abilities, but Chen Jian said: "More than 200 people, and they have been trained for nearly three years."

"This kind of warrior can be trained?"

In the eyes of everyone, warriors have always been born, such as fearlessness, brute force and softness. If it is true that as Chen Jian said, more than 200 such soldiers can be trained in three years... Then if the entire city is full of such soldiers, what is the point? A fearsome enemy?

"Jixia... such a warrior is not easy to train, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. I'm like a dandelion. I fly out more than ten seeds, and these ten seeds become a hundred. It's not difficult to spread it to ten, ten to a hundred, and a hundred to tens of thousands." The people from the two cities of E and Wei also sent some people to learn these things, and after a few years, this kind of warriors will become normal."

Chen Jian said it easily, but in fact it created an ambiguous illusion.These more than 200 people are full-time soldiers who exploited slaves in the entire Xiacheng and had a developed handicraft industry, so they could hardly support them. Only a few cities along the entire Caohe River could support such a small number of people. What pure blood nobles and slave owners, there are such full-time soldiers, or they themselves are the first generation of military nobles.

In addition, the people who can be brought by your side, how can they be the generation of Yi Yi, who is not a good guy who is one in a hundred, and there are indeed 200 people in the new army, but there are only a few people who can really keep their faces unchanged. It's only natural.