Heaven's Formula

Ueno Jiuji sat up tremblingly, stretched his remaining hand tremblingly behind his waist, took out something and pointed it at Xia Fan, trying to make a final counterattack.

But Li, who was going around from the side, had already rushed behind him.

I only heard a muffled sound——

Li's hand turned into sharp claws, piercing through his chest.

Chapter 100 Alchemy and Weapons

The leader was killed so quickly, and the rest lost their fighting spirit. They either knelt down and surrendered or scattered like birds and beasts. Those who tried to escape were chased down by Shanhui, and none of the more than 50 people in the ambush team ran back to the county. .

Xia Fan walked up to Li and picked up the weapon that Ueno Jiuji had dropped.

He was surprised to find that it was actually a gorgeous musket.

"What is this?" Li asked, wiping the blood off his hands.

"Handgun, similar to a small crossbow." Xia Fan checked the firearm and confirmed his judgment - there is no magazine and wheel, and it is still in a simple front-mounted form.The ignition device has appeared, and it can be activated by pulling the trigger, but it is only one shot.In other words, this musket can only be used for the last fight, and cannot be used as a normal weapon.

He squatted down and groped around the dead samurai for a while, and found a small bag of lead bullets and a bag of something like gunpowder.

Obviously, the existence of qi does not hinder the exploration and research of natural phenomena by people in the world, and may even speed up a little.

At least he had never seen similar weapons in the hands of guards in Gaoshan County or Jinxia City.

In addition, Xia Fan also found several short daggers, a bag of medicine bags, two talisman papers and a waist card.With that musket added, if he really fights with Ueno Jiuji, I'm afraid it will indeed be much more difficult to deal with than Xie Chong.

"Master Xia, what do you plan to do with these people?" Nagino, who shocked the audience, came over and asked with a bloody long knife.

Of the fifty or so people, thirty or so died within half an hour, and the twenty or so people alive had completely lost their will to fight, with only fear in their eyes.

Especially when they looked at Shanhui who looked like a giant wolf.

"Have you asked about your identity?"

"Yes, they are not from Dongsheng Kingdom, but the Donghai Gang recruited by the Wang family. The superiors only said that they wanted to kill one person, but they didn't tell them that they were dealing with the Privy Council Command."

In other words, except for the Ueno samurai who led the team, everyone else was a mob.

Is this the Wang family underestimating the enemy?

No, I'm afraid Wang Yi'an didn't figure out the situation himself - if he could receive the news of the meeting between Ning Wanjun and the evil horse witch immediately, it could only mean that there was an inner ghost around the princess.

Maybe he thinks that a warrior who is good at battle and more than 50 thugs is enough to encircle and suppress an alchemist who only knows the shock technique.

From a common sense point of view, his judgment can't be wrong.

How can ordinary people expect that the introduction needed for the shock technique has changed from a rare thing like lightning strike wood to a copper wire pendant that is readily available?

It's just that after the failure this time, the opponent should be more vigilant.

Xia Fan quickly went through the situation in his mind, "Tie up those who are still alive, and hand them over to Li Xing to bring them back to Jinxia City tomorrow morning."

This group of people saw Shanhui's tengu form, so they couldn't leave it to the Fenghua County government. If the Yang Zhi County here also had a connection with the Wang family, it is estimated that the rumors that the new recruits in the Ministry of Command were engaged in hiding monsters would spread the next day. It's all over the street.

Of course, he could also chop up the surrenders and make them shut up completely, but he always found it difficult to say such an order to kill prisoners in order to save trouble.

Now that he is in a high position, a single thought can kill someone and even affect the people of a place. Because of this, Xia Fan feels that he should be more cautious in making judgments.

"What about the dead ones?"

"I will notify the government office and let them clean up the scene."

It has only been less than a week since he took office, and the Wang family dared to send people to encircle and kill a mansion. There is a high probability that this was ordered by the Privy Council—after all, on the surface, he belongs to the princess faction, and has not yet directly threatened the status of the Wang family. .

Xia Fan had a vague premonition in his heart that the moment when the two sides would completely tear each other apart would not be too far away.

……

Back in Jinxia City, he immediately put the musket in front of Ning Wanjun.

"Does Qiguo have this thing?"

"Isn't this a gun in the sleeve?" Ning Wanjun picked up the gun with great interest, and made a shooting gesture - obviously she had seen this thing before, "Where did you get it?"

Xia Fan recounted his trip to Fenghua County, "Judging from the pattern of the handle, it doesn't look like Qiguo's style."

"Indeed, as far as I know, the Ministry of Industry does not produce such things."

"Why, this is the key to entering the age of firearms!"

It would be fine if the higher-ups hadn't heard of it, but from the tone of the other party, the higher-ups not only knew about it, but didn't take it very seriously.This means that in the development of firearms, Qiguo has fallen behind others.

"The age of firearms?" Ning Wanjun raised his eyebrows, "It's just a cannon in the sleeve, is it as important as you said? The power is small, the shooting is slow, and it may not be able to hit people within twenty steps, let alone alchemists. The army has researched that this weapon is flashy, and the material consumed is not as good as casting a cannon."

"Wait, Cast Cannon?" Xia Fan asked, "What Cannon?"

"The technology passed down from the Far West. It's about the same size, and the principle is similar to the cannon in the sleeve." The princess stretched out her hand and gestured, and in Xia Fan's eyes, she turned the opponent sideways, and it was basically close to the size she described, " Although it is also slow, if it hits, at least it will be either dead or injured."

Emotional gunpowder weapons have already begun to emerge in this world.

"There are also equipment in Qiguo Army?"

"This is a military plane," Ning Wanjun glanced at him, "but it's okay to tell you. There are very few similar equipment in the frontier army, and only a small amount of it is equipped with the Royal Forest Army of the Holy Majesty. It has too many shortcomings, and it consumes iron and copper. The weight is extremely heavy, and it is not suitable for fast movement in the wild. More importantly, iron cannons are easily restrained by alchemy, especially Lishu, Sunjutsu and Kanshu. If it weren't for someone from the Ministry of Industry who insisted on improving it, it probably would have been was eliminated."

"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Xia Fan asked curiously.

"Why, this thing is actually not ordinary?" The princess sensed his concern and couldn't help but get serious, "Some Lijutsu can detonate saltpeter powder at a long distance, and it can in turn kill the opponent who uses the cannon; The direction of the wind, making the iron cannon lose its aim - this trick is often used when dealing with archers. As for the cannon technique, there are more, creating dense fog, illusions, and false images can limit the enemy's long-distance attacks and force them to attack. Fighting at close quarters. The above tactics have all been tested in actual combat, and they are not just my fantasy."

Xia Fan suddenly had a general idea in his mind. It turned out that the Qiguo army had already put it into actual combat, but the performance of this artillery was not satisfactory, so it was not popularized.

This is indeed information that only the third princess can grasp.

If he hadn't cooperated with Ning Wanjun, it might take a long time before he got access to relevant information.

Just because he has seen the development of firearms, Xia Fan has a completely different view on this point of view - just like when a train first came out, it was no match for a carriage, but a cross-age product will eventually surpass the time. After the gun mount and wheels can be upgraded to field guns, and the muskets are engraved with rifling and the spherical bullets are changed to miniature bullets, the shooting accuracy will be greatly improved. These improvements often come from a novel idea, and there is no technical difference Rigid requirements, so it can be very long, or it can appear between decades.

If the technology mastered by Qiguo came from the Far West, what stage has the origin of it developed now?

Master Zhang of the Privy Council may have said something correctly.

Alchemists should give priority to improving their strength at all times.

He has to prepare in advance.

Chapter 1 New Research on Shock Technique

Li stretched lazily.

Today's sun is still good, and there is a scorching feeling on the body. The ladies of the aristocratic family usually don't go out in this kind of weather, but it is just right for her, and it can make the hair on the tail fluffy and soft.

Since returning from Fenghua County, Xia Fan has temporarily lived in the Princess Villa, saying that he wanted to further study the shock technique while the Privy Mansion was not yet ready.In order to avoid leaking secrets, the princess's site was chosen.

She doesn't mind where she lives, there is the cleanliness outside, and the bustle inside.For example, with a piece of dried meat and natural spells, the dog monster can be revealed.

As for his companions—the other two strange ghosts, not only didn't mind her doing this, but they would quietly admire them from the sidelines.Sure enough, the dog is a species that represents innocence and dullness everywhere.

With one tail scorched, she turned over to expose the other side to the sun.

Li had never cared about the condition of the tail before. After all, in most cases, it was his hidden weapon, and it didn't make much difference whether it was dirty or clean.

As a characteristic of a demon, she even disliked the tail for a while.

It wasn't until Master taught her the meaning of nature that she changed her mind, but she didn't think it was so beautiful—only animals can show themselves with fur, but she is a demon, more intelligent than most humans, and possesses The biggest advantage is not in the superficial appearance.

However, there are some people who like it very much.

Although Li couldn't understand the other party's preferences, it still made her pay attention to the state of her tail inadvertently.

Fortunately, Xia Fan is a shocking human being.

If she was good at Kanshu, she would wonder if she was affected.

Of course, the other party's weirdness is far more than this, such as the alchemy research he is doing now.

Ordinary alchemists' research on spells usually starts with medicine and talismans.In her master's words, the material is the surface, and the talisman is the interior, which means that as long as the composition of the introduction is clearly explained, it doesn't matter who uses it, because it represents the appearance of the world and everyone can understand it.

The talisman is different, and its drawing often varies from person to person.After all, everyone's cognition and imagination of the principle of the technique is different, the more you use it, the more obvious the differentiation will be.

Therefore, personal research on alchemy will focus more on "inside", because it is low-cost and easy to verify.The improvement of the "table" is often jointly carried out by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Records of the Privy Council.

As for personal research methods, there are too many.Since it is a description of the principle, it is natural to try all the guesses, and even the master called this improvement a gambling talisman-just like the gambling stone of the Qibao merchant, if you hit it, you will earn money.

However, no matter what kind of research it is, one must either prepare a lot of medicinal primers, or put ink, cinnabar and a thick stack of chips.This is the first time Li has seen someone like Xia Fan with empty hands.

No, it can't be said that it was empty, at least he brought back two four-foot-long red copper poles from the blacksmith's shop.Just transporting them to the villa made Xia Fan sweat profusely.

What's even more exaggerated is that he also found an ax and a saw, and started carpentry by himself.

What kind of alchemy research is this?

Suddenly, Li's ears perked up.

She turned her head and found Princess Guangping appeared at the gate of the yard.

It's only a hundred steps away from the palace, so it's not surprising for her to come to see it, but according to the awkward etiquette of human beings, the royal family rarely visits the residence of its subordinates without first notifying them.

Even if the whole villa is owned by others.

Unexpectedly, Li still got up and bowed to the princess.This ceremony does not mean that she is surrendering to the princess, but for Xia Fan's sake.

The third princess didn't mind her identity as a demon, or since she learned that a demon was likely to be born by a human, her attitude towards a demon has improved a lot, Li Neng could clearly feel this.

It was as if the princess had experienced a similar situation.

This made Li quite puzzled.

But the other party was not Xia Fan, she was far from being familiar with the princess enough to ask about private matters.

"What is Xia Fan doing?" Ning Wanjun walked up to Li and asked, followed by the same maid named Qiuyue.

"I'm... researching alchemy."

Li hesitated for a while, to be honest, even she herself didn't believe what she said.

"Oh, use copper sticks to exercise yourself, to strengthen qi?" The princess believed it, "This method is somewhat similar to my practice."

The fox demon blinked.

Do these two people understand what an alchemist is?

"The servant girl doesn't think he wants to charge forward," Qiuyue muttered, "The stick can also be used as a spear, and what are those woods used for? Look at the servant girl... this Mr. Xia just wants to find something for himself. Have fun."

"Maybe it's...a special research method?" Li wanted to justify Xia Fan's name, but he really didn't know what to do.

"Your Highness, why don't you ask?"

"No—it's a good pastime to occasionally guess what the listener is thinking." Ning Wanjun actually dragged a chair and sat down next to Li, "I've always been a little concerned, since they mean extraordinary, so what's the difference? How big is the gap between ordinary alchemists? If I can guess his thoughts, does it mean that I have also reached that level?"

"Your Highness, it is generally impossible to guess the thoughts that can easily make people crazy." Qiuyue held up a paper umbrella and covered the princess's head.

Li's ears twitched.

listener?what is that?

The person involved, Xia Fan, did not stop his work at all because of the arrival of the princess. He didn't even bow his hands, and concentrated on sawing the wood.

Soon, a wooden frame was assembled to hold the copper rods.

It can be seen that he didn't have much experience in carpentry before, and the shelf was cut crookedly, and it was obviously impossible to use it as furniture.

The two copper rods are placed horizontally on the top, parallel to each other, the distance between them is only about one palm wide.

"Guess, maidservant, this is probably a target for thunder?" Qiuyue pondered.

"It's rare to see you say a reasonable word." Ning Wanjun was thoughtful, "But I still think it is a kind of exercise equipment, such as the kind that can resist the increased load on the shoulders."

Then she looked at Li, "What do you think?"

The fox frowned in embarrassment. She thought that her understanding of the magic was far better than the two in front of her, but she really had no clue what Xia Fan was messing with at the moment. "Probably...the copper wooden frame is the introduction of a new shock technique?"

At this moment, Xia Fan suddenly looked in the direction of the three of them, "Your Highness, if the research results in damage to the courtyard wall, you shouldn't blame me, right?"

"It's okay, I can still afford to repair a wall." Ning Wanjun nodded.

After getting the princess' reply, he activated the shock technique.

Different from all previous shock techniques, this time he tightly held the end of a copper rod.

I saw a dazzling flash of light suddenly emerge from the copper rod, the dazzling degree almost surpassed the sunlight above the head, and it was clearly discernible even in broad daylight.

Then there was a series of violently beating sparks, which bloomed all the way along the copper rod, but made a sharp roar that didn't match it—as if it was not sparks, but thunder!

In the midst of this flash of lightning, something was suddenly pushed out.In fact, Ning Wanjun couldn't see this process at all. She just made the judgment based on her feelings and subsequent reactions. down a hole.

The hole is about the size of a fist, and its position is impartial, facing the direction pointed by the weird copper wooden frame.

Chapter 1 Electromagnetic Imprint