Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Ajin, who was in charge of lighting the fire just now, turned pale with fright. The city lord of their family had indeed told him that this thing was very dangerous for a long time.

However, Ah Jin didn't care too much at that time, she just thought that Xiao Zirong wanted to use the bamboo tube to burst after it caught fire to dig the soil, but she didn't expect that small bamboo tube to have such great power.

Because only one bamboo tube was buried, there was no squib that exploded or not. Xiao Zirong walked over confidently and boldly, and looked at the range of the mud splash before walking over.

Xiao Zirong looked at it carefully for a while and found that what was said in the information was correct, the explosion range of this dose was not large, and the danger was not that high.

Only this time did he feel relieved, knowing that as long as the operator didn't stand next to the gunpowder bamboo tube, everything would be fine.

As for the result of the explosion, the hole is not very deep, but Xiao Zirong did not intend to let the gunpowder bamboo tube do all the work. The gunpowder bamboo tube is only responsible for blasting out a rough shape, and then shaking the soil next to or below it. Loose, can save a little effort during construction.

No matter how large the dosage is, people still need to get out the soil inside. It is unnecessary to get so much, and it is a waste of money.

Lu Liu and A Jin looked around the pit for a long time, they couldn't figure out why it was so powerful even though it was just a small bamboo tube?

Xiao Zirong turned his head to look at Liu Cainiang, and found that Liu Cainiang's expression was not very good-looking either. He obviously remembered the scene at the beginning, so he could not help coughing lightly and asked, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you want to go back first?"

Liu Cainiang came back to her senses and turned her head to look at Xiao Zirong. The expression on her face was indescribable, and she asked after a while, "City Lord, isn't this thing... used to kill people?"

Xiao Zirong laughed after hearing this: "Of course not. All tools in this world have no fixed attributes. It depends on what the person who owns it uses it for. For example, a knife. Some people can use a knife to kill people, but there are others. People in China use knives to cook, and gunpowder is the same. It can kill people, but if it is used properly, it can also save us a lot of trouble in many things. We have few people and lack food and clothing. As long as we can save labor, no matter what Everything is worth using."

Liu Cainiang was thoughtful after hearing this, and then nodded after a while and said, "I understand."

Xiao Zirong said: "If that's the case, then just blow up everything you brought, come here."

Of course Liu Cainiang had no objection. She didn't have any idea about gunpowder, but when she heard the sound of the explosion and saw the scene, she remembered how the robbers were when they were bombed.

Such a scene is really a nightmare if you think about it too much, and Liu Cainiang was able to act as if nothing had happened because she had more important things to do and forced herself to forget it.

But this time what Xiao Zirong said made her understand a lot, and she felt a lot more comfortable, and her rejection of gunpowder was also eased.

What the city lord said is correct, as long as it can save manpower and material resources, then no matter what it is, it is worth using.

Except for Liu Cainiang, Lu Liu and A Jin obviously recovered faster.

Lu Liu was curious but clumsy and didn't know what to say. Although Ah Jin was more lively, she didn't have much contact with Xiao Zirong on weekdays. If it wasn't because of her fast running, it might not be her turn this time.

So Ah Jin naturally had some fear of Xiao Zirong in his heart, and he didn't dare to say more, for fear of making mistakes.

Xiao Zirong didn't explain too much either. This thing either explained the principle thoroughly, or simply remembered that these things can explode when mixed together.

If I want to say it clearly, there are a lot of knowledge points involved. Even if most of the young ladies in the station can read, they only know how to read. The level of knowledge is not very high, and they don't understand it.

This time they brought a total of ten bamboo tubes, and they fried them one at a distance. After the blasting was over, Xiao Zirong made a rough estimate. If all went well, about thirty or forty gunpowder bamboo tubes would be enough.

Of course, that is a smooth situation, and the unfavorable situation is when there are stones, the stones are hard, and the explosion effect may not be so good, and some places even need two bamboo tubes to explode.

However, the raw materials purchased by Liu Cainiang are enough. Both saltpeter and realgar are relatively common materials these days, especially realgar. The folks have always had the habit of brewing realgar wine. It can be regarded as a relatively common traditional Chinese medicine, and it is not too expensive. Not to mention charcoal.

In this way, all the twenty people need to do is to clean up the soil inside, and then compact the soil around the canal to make a rammed earth surface.

Xiao Zirong had already analyzed the best place to bury the gunpowder bamboo tube through various materials before. The only thing to worry about is that the theory is different from the actual operation, but the big deal is that the burial will be denser, and at most it will be a little wasteful.

It's just that he felt tired enough watching Ah Jin running back and forth, and the density of the gunpowder bamboo tubes was less than one explosion and the other would have a chain reaction, so he simply asked Ah Jin to get the leads together, even if Lighting two gunpowder bamboo tubes at once is better than blowing one and running back and forth, otherwise Ajin would be exhausted before the bamboo tubes are fried.

As the gunpowder bamboo tubes exploded one by one, earth pits of different sizes appeared on the ground. After the earth pits formed a certain size, the little ladies who followed began to repair the earth pits.

Xiao Zirong watched them dig out the soil with quick hands and feet, then smoothed the edges little by little, and finally put the soil back and compacted it to form a rammed earth layer. The speed was not too slow, so he nodded in satisfaction.

It's just that even with the help of gunpowder and bamboo tubes, it took seven days to blow up the entire canal to its initial appearance.

On the last day, because the last part was close to the stream and was already on the side of the mountain, the sound of the explosion faintly pierced through.

Xiao Zirong was not too worried. There were no villages nearby, and because there were many wild animals, there were not many pedestrians coming and going.

But on this day, a team of sergeants escorted an ox cart and was moving slowly. When the explosion sounded, the leading captain couldn't help being a little surprised: "Is this thunder?"

The two soldiers behind him looked up at the sky, the sun was shining brightly, and it didn't look like it was going to rain.

Just when they were wondering, the person in the bullock cart opened the curtain and it was Xiao Xuexing who asked, "What was that sound just now?"

The captain immediately leaned over and said: "Your Highness, it seems that there is thunder, maybe it is going to cause trouble."

Xiao Xuexing glanced at Jian Jian and felt a little strange, his voice sounded like Lei Feilei, so he said, "Send someone to investigate."

The captain immediately responded. Although this matter seemed to be that Xiao Xuexing was too vigilant, it was because of the vigilance of the other side that they followed Xiao Xuexing all these years. big.

As time goes by, as long as Xiao Xuexing thinks something is wrong, everyone will subconsciously check carefully.

It's just that this area is densely forested and there are few people. The scouts sent out didn't find anything.

Xiao Xuexing didn't say anything more, and asked people to continue to Liangxiang County.

At this time, Liangxiang County is facing the enemy from top to bottom. They are a small place, and even the governor rarely comes, let alone a big man like the regent.

Since the day he received the news, the county magistrate of Liangxiang County has been busy rectifying county affairs, trying to make Liangxiang County more tidy.

It's a pity that the news came too suddenly, and they didn't have a few days to prepare. When the regent arrived here, they had to ask the people to stay at home, so as not to keep people coming and going on the road from bringing up dust.

The county magistrate of Liangxiang County was waiting at the gate of the city against the sun, looking forward to the stars and the moon. Finally, he was looking forward to this ancestor. The moment he saw the snow flag, he was ready to salute.

The county magistrate of Liangxiang still didn't see the real face of the regent after he got up from the ground. The captain sent a soldier over and said, "Your Highness is not feeling well. It's better to advance into the city under the scorching sun."

The magistrate of Liangxiang naturally dared not disobey, but he was relieved that Xiao Xue couldn't do it. God knows how much psychological pressure he had endured when facing these sergeants. The soldiers were all brought out by the regent, and the magistrate of Liangxiang was even more afraid of the famous regent.

The best place in Liangxiang County is not the county government, but a manor of a rich man. Originally, the rich man planned to discuss with the county magistrate and let his family come to receive the regent.

What a good opportunity to climb high. For example, rich households in Liangxiang County are usually figures in the county, let alone the whole country, even if they are placed in the state capital, they will not be ranked high. It can only exist in the legend, let alone meet.

Now that there is such an opportunity, he is also clever, and immediately pays for it out of his own pocket.

The county magistrate had some relatives with him, and they had already agreed, but they didn't expect that someone would come to buy his house before he started preparing.

There is only such a place in the whole county that can be sold. Neither the wealthy family nor the county magistrate are very willing to sell it, but the price offered by the other party is really high, so they are hesitant. Later, the other party saw their hesitation and directly revealed their identity. It turned out to be the regent. King's men.

The rich household originally wanted the other party to be accommodating and ensure that the regent could be well entertained, but the other party did not let go at all. The rich household had no choice but to agree with resentment—the county magistrate would tear him apart if he disagreed, not to mention if he offended the regent Not happy, how can their family survive?

In the end, after the other party bought the house and began to make troubles, the rich man realized that his previous thoughts were really naive, to entertain the regent out of his own pocket?Not to mention the little money in his hand, even if he used all his belongings, even if he sold everyone, he wouldn't be able to afford it!

Not to mention the inconspicuous things such as food and clothing, but the decorations brought into the house are dazzling, not to mention that they have rebuilt the gate, and the money for repairing the gate is almost catching up with the entire wealth of the rich.

Before the regent came, he took the lead and suppressed the hearts of everyone in Liangxiang County. Those who originally wanted to use the county magistrate's relationship to get in front of him were all dismissed, and they felt that they had opened their eyes.

And Xiao Xuexing was very satisfied with such a scene. Originally, he didn't want to waste too much money, but he was impatient to deal with those people, so he used such a method to keep them out, and now it seems that the effect is very good.

After he entered the house, he rested for two days. Traveling in such weather is a bit uncomfortable even for normal people, and there is no ice everywhere along the way, let alone Xiao Xuexing's health was not healthy, and his appetite was not good along the way. At least, the heads of the people serving him will be bald, let alone the imperial doctor who came with him.

At this time, Xiao Xuexing was sitting in front of the case table in the study to check the latest political affairs. Although he said he came out, he didn't really care about the government affairs. honest……

Xiao Xuexing's eyes turned cold while holding the document in his hand. It happened that at this time the little eunuch Shan Yang who had been serving by his side came in carefully with a tray and said, "Your Highness, this is a medicinal meal specially prepared for you by the imperial doctor..."

Xiao Xuexing frowned slightly when he smelled the medicinal smell: "I don't feel any discomfort, and I don't need medicinal food."

Shan Yang put down the tray and smiled apologetically, "But the imperial doctor said that your disease is in the spleen and stomach, and you need to take good care of it."

Xiao Xuexing was a little helpless, his own body knew that the dark experience when he was a child had hurt his foundation, although he had recovered somewhat later, but during the time when Xiao Luan usurped the throne, he lived in dire straits and devoted himself to revenge, which led to the recurrence of the root cause of the disease. Coupled with the irritability and heart attack a while ago, it has deteriorated a lot.

He knows very well that as long as he can eat something at any time, he can still be saved, but he can't eat much now, and he needs taboos everywhere, and I'm afraid it won't last long if things go on like this.

This is also the reason why he was anxious to find Xiao Zirong. He was alive, and there were still people thinking about that ill-fated boy. If he died, who would remember him?Who else would look for him?

This matter has become Xiao Xuexing's inner demon obsession, and he only hopes that his body will last longer. When he thinks of this, even if he has no appetite at this time, he still forces himself to take up the medicinal food and eat it mouthful. .

After using it, he closed his eyes and said slowly, "Go and call the magistrate of Liangxiang, I have something to ask him."

Seeing that he had eaten, Shan Yang breathed a sigh of relief, quickly responded, and immediately went out to spread the news.

But Xiao Xuexing got up and changed the regular clothes on his body into clothes that were between official clothes and regular clothes. This kind of clothes are usually used for less formal banquets, and the hemming corners of the clothes are embroidered with gold thread. The mess, coupled with the unique wide sleeves of the clothing style at this time, made his appearance even more beautiful.

This is the first time Liangxiang county magistrate saw Xiao Xuexing. After saluting, he just glanced cautiously and didn't dare to take a second look. He felt as if there was a dazzling light on the other party. Both bent a little more.

Xiao Xuexing said kindly, "A few days ago when I came here, I heard a loud noise coming from the mountain. I don't know why?"

The county magistrate was slightly taken aback, and then said cautiously: "It should be... thunder, right? The weather in the mountains is changeable, and it is different from outside. When the sun is shining outside, there will be thunderstorms in the mountains."

Xiao Xuexing's expression remained unchanged but she always felt that something was wrong, because the voice didn't seem to come from the sky, it seemed to come from the ground.

It's just that the magistrate of Liangxiang didn't know why, and the people he sent couldn't find any clues, so he simply let go of the matter and asked, "Have you ever prepared the documents you were asked to prepare?"

The county magistrate of Liangxiang responded immediately: "It's ready, this is the situation of those people, and there are transaction documents."

Xiao Xuexing immediately brought them over. These were the disappearing ladies he had noticed before. He just glanced at the information of these girls and stopped caring about them. In fact, there was nothing special about them. His experience was lackluster, but his family was poor. If they can't go on, they can only sell their daughters to support their sons, and some of them want to marry their sons. Anyway, there are all kinds of reasons, and the reasons are similar.

What he was concerned about was the transaction documents. The dental office was a formal place approved by the county government, so all transactions required signatures, and there were not only handprints but also handwriting on them.

Xiao Xuexing didn't pay much attention to the fingerprints, and fingerprints can't be verified these days, even if there are fingerprints, it's useless, but a signature... The name on it is not Xiao Zirong, but a relatively unfamiliar and somewhat familiar name, Liu Cainiang.