Chapter 90: Heavenly Gang God Soldier Zhen Xiaoxiao
Why did Wei Cheng only ask Wei to provide sulfuric acid and charcoal?
Because these two things were available in this era, and they were available in large quantities, and he only needed to purchase potassium nitrate (saltpeter).
Of course, saltpeter was also available in this era, and it was also a very common medicinal stone, also known as saltpeter.
However, there is certainly no way to compare natural potassium nitrate with the precise proportion of artificial potassium nitrate produced by later generations. The natural power of gunpowder made from the two is also very different, which may mislead interested people to investigate.
Wei Cheng knew that once he took out the gunpowder, he would be investigated.
Then simply quell their curiosity at the source. Even if they mixed the gunpowder by mistake with the saltpeter, they would be surprised to find that the gunpowder they prepared could not achieve the expected power.
You must know that the precise ratio of black powder was finally obtained after hundreds of years of trial and error. In this era when there was no concept of gunpowder, it was simply difficult for the ancients to match black gunpowder with real destructive power.
Ascend to heaven.
In addition, Wei Cheng deliberately concealed the existence of potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate). When someone actually prepared the gunpowder by mistake, he himself would have probably produced TNT.
Of course, Wei Cheng has another purpose.
The network supervision in later generations is very good. He can purchase potassium nitrate alone. If he then purchases sulfur and other materials in large quantities, I am afraid that under the supervision of big data, some people will come to him for tea.
Therefore, no matter what the purpose is, it is a wise choice to let Wei Hao help prepare sulfur and charcoal.
That night, Wei Cheng took the time to return to modern times.
There is also half a pack of potassium nitrate in the warehouse at home, which was purchased before to process herbal medicines. Some medicinal materials need the help of potassium nitrate to catalyze them.
Wei Cheng purchased another twenty bags of potassium nitrate online, and then returned to the Three Kingdoms era.
And using potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, according to the proportions on Baidu, I made a clay bomb. It was the small bamboo tube just demonstrated in front of Zhengtou and Jin Lao. The lead was a pack of children's toys bought in the supermarket.
That night, the hardest part was for Shengtou and Jin Lao. In order to ensure that the formula would not be leaked prematurely, Wei Cheng only allowed them to come into contact with the formula of black powder.
In addition, Cheng Tou himself was a carpenter and Jin Lao was a goldsmith. The two of them were able to make what Wei Cheng wanted according to Wei Cheng's requirements.
A night of silence.
Time soon came to the early morning of the next day.
According to the rules, Cai Yan took Wei Cheng to greet Wei Hao.
Wei Cheng didn't want to go because he was afraid of being exposed in front of Wei Hao, a cheap father. After all, he had occupied his son's body.
Cai Yan was curious about why he was so resistant to seeing his father. He held Wei Cheng's hand and asked carefully: "Husband, I felt a change in your mood when you returned home yesterday. Are you deliberately avoiding the father-in-law?"
Wei Cheng's heart skipped a beat and he looked at her awkwardly.
Seeing this, Cai Yan stretched out his hand to touch Wei Yan's cheek and said with tears in his eyes: "Is it because of Yan'er that you don't want to talk to my father-in-law? If so, then there is no need. Yan'er never blames my father-in-law.
Send Yan'er back to the Cai family."
"???"
Wei Cheng was stunned, remembering what Wei Gong said when they first met. At that time, Wei Gong said that Cai Yan was sent back to her parents' home in anger by Wei Hao because he ran away from the Wei family.
Wei Qing rolled his eyes, held Cai Yan's little hand with his backhand, and comforted: "Don't think too much, it's not because of you. However, he is indeed too much. How can I vent my anger on you because of my willfulness."
Cai Yan was moved to tears.
Hey, I'm such a smart little guy. I moved Xiao Yan'er without having to meet the old man. I killed two birds with one stone.
"Sir, it's almost time. Duke Wei and other clan elders are already waiting at the south gate."
Wei Cheng looked for the reputation and went out. Xu Ding stood far outside the courtyard gate, leaning sideways and embarrassed to look in.
Cai Yan shyly broke away from Wei Cheng's arms and said affectionately: "Husband, you have something to do. Yan'er goes to see the mother and daughter yesterday."
Wei Teng gently rubbed her little hand and said, "Okay, you can go ahead. If you hear any noise later, don't be afraid. The bigger the noise, the greater our confidence in defeating the Baibo Army. This is a good thing. do you know?"
Cai Yan didn't know what the big noise was, so he just nodded obediently and urged him to get busy.
at the same time.
On the outer wall of the south gate of Wei Zhuang.
Wei Hao and a group of Wei clan members had been waiting for him for a long time. They said it was Sishi, but in fact they had arrived early at Chenshi.
As soon as I arrived at the outer wall, I saw two carpenters from Wei's family doing final inspections on a large wooden shelf.
When they saw Wei Hao and others, the two carpenters bowed respectfully and greeted them.
Zhengtou just nodded towards them, only seeing the wooden frame, which made Wei Hao and others full of curiosity.
Wei Hao stepped forward and asked, "What is this?"
Chengtou met Wei Hao twice, bowed respectfully and said, "This is a stone thrower."
"Trebuchet?" Wei Hao and others looked at each other, thinking it was some kind of incredible magic weapon, and they all opened their eyes wide.
At this moment, Wei Cheng arrived with Xu Ding and his party.
Seeing Wei Cheng, Wei Hao felt heartbroken again, my son.
Wei Cheng casually raised his hands to Wei Hao and others, and then asked Chengshou: "How is it? Have you tried it? What's the range?"
The weighing head immediately cupped his fists and replied: "I have tried it several times, and the longest distance is 800 steps. The projectile cannot be too heavy, nor is it too light. If it is too heavy, the maximum is 300 steps. If it is too light, there is no way to control the position. It is about ten kilograms." Fifteen pounds is best."
When Wei Cheng heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "That's enough...thank you for your hard work." Cheng Tou didn't even dare to say it.
Wei Cheng looked at Xu Ding aside and ordered, "Go and see if Mr. Jin is ready."
Xu Ding bowed his hands and was about to retreat when he heard Mr. Jin's tired but excited voice: "No, no, I'm here."
Wei Cheng looked back and saw the old man walking over with a wooden box in his arms. Although his face was full of exhaustion, his eyes were shining.
"It's done?"
"It's done!"
Wei Cheng and Jin Lao seemed to be playing charades, while the others looked confused except for weighing their heads.
Mr. Jin walked up to Wei Cheng and whispered: "I made two pills in total, each weighing about three kilograms."
Wei Cheng frowned slightly, only three pounds?
He looked at the weighing head and asked: "How far can three pounds fly?"
Weighing the head and holding his fists, he said: "If accurate bearing is required, it will be no problem within five hundred steps. If accurate bearing is not required, seven or eight hundred steps will be enough, but it will drift a little, and the error will be about thirty steps."
"Thirty steps is not too many steps." Wei Cheng smiled with satisfaction.
At this time, Wei Hao and others really couldn't stand anymore, and they all came up to ask Wei Cheng what he was planning, what about three hundred steps, five hundred steps, eight hundred steps...
Wei Cheng chuckled and was about to speak.
A man came galloping on horseback inside the city. The direction he looked at should be the city gate to the west.
"My lord, my lord, I have found nearly a hundred cavalry of the White Wave Army. They are suspected to be the enemy's outposts, trying to find out the strength of our defense."
Wei Cheng and others looked back. Zhang Fei got off his horse, ran to the outer wall, pointed to the west and said, "Look, they are coming."
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, at the end of the outer wall, dozens of cavalrymen suddenly came on horseback.
The leading cavalryman carried a flag on his back. As he got closer, he could clearly see the word "白波".
The group of cavalry seemed to have noticed Wei Cheng and others on the outer wall, and quickly rode away from the outer wall. At the same time, some people took out their bows and arrows and looked at the people on the outer wall warily, as they might launch an attack at any time.
Zhang Fei said: "They came all the way from the north gate. Brother Xu sent someone to inform me. I think it is necessary to keep them. Young Master, let me take people out to give them a show of strength. How dare there be less than a hundred people."
So arrogant."
Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he looked at the trebuchet aside, "Hey guys, this is a practice target delivered to your door."
Wei Cheng then looked at Chengtou and Jin Lao and said, "Aim at them. It doesn't matter whether they are accurate or not. Let's warm up first."
Zheng Tou laughed loudly and said to Mr. Jin: "Old Jin, I'll leave it to you. I'm afraid I'm careless. What if that thing... Haha, come here, come here, I'll help you pull the lever and aim."
Mr. Jin had a mysterious smile on his face. When he heard that he was asked to practice, he seemed to be ten years younger.
He looked at Wei Cheng, who nodded to him as a sign of encouragement.
Seriously, it's impossible not to be nervous.
After Mr. Jin saw the power of that small bamboo tube last night, he heard that the power of the gadget he made was more than ten thousand times that of that small bamboo tube. When he operated it all night, he was trembling with fear, for fear of destroying his own.
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"Then, let me do it." Jin Lao held the wooden box in both hands and came behind the trebuchet.
He aimed his head in the direction and said, "Lao Jin, that's it."
When Wei Cheng saw this, he pulled everyone back and took about ten steps. Feeling uneasy, he took two more steps back.
Just, a little timid.
When Jin Lao and Chengtou turned around and saw this scene, they immediately felt bad.
Wei Cheng said awkwardly: "It's not that I don't believe you, I just think it's more comfortable to stand here."
Mr. Jin, said: "..."
At this time, the small group of white wave cavalry was almost at the gate.
They were afraid that the people on the wall would fire arrows at them, so they deliberately avoided the distance of more than 200 meters, which was beyond the effective range of ordinary crossbows.
Seeing that the people on the outer wall suddenly disappeared, and there were only two people standing on it looking at them, the leading cavalry suddenly laughed: "Huh, what a bullshit aristocratic family, they are just a bunch of cowards."
The subordinates behind them also unscrupulously slandered the so-called aristocratic families, saying that which aristocratic family had moved their families away from Hedong to avoid them, and which aristocratic family's daughter was so fun that she would go to the dungeon to play again.
The unbearable sounds came one after another, and they completely forgot that they came here to inquire about Wei Cheng's movements.
Just when they were talking and laughing and riding their horses, they planned to continue to circle Wei Village in order to complete their mission and go back to deliver their business.
Xilulu...
"What's going on? Why are the horses going crazy?"
Less than five meters in front of them, there was a huge roar, and then a wave of air rushed towards them with a hot breath, like an overwhelming mountain, and even the horse under the seat was thrown away. He couldn't get out, let alone people.
The slag-laden metal pieces and stones in the air wave were more like life-threatening soul-stealing nails. The moment they flew into the air, everyone including the horses were riddled with holes. It is no longer alive.
And this is exactly what happened. Except for a few people and horses who were farther away and farther back, the original team of eighty people had been completely wiped out. There were broken arms, rotten flesh, and dead people everywhere. The people's eyes were wide open, and until the moment before they died, they still didn't know what caused the horses to suddenly go crazy.
Three hundred steps away, the heavy man on the outer wall of Wei Zhuang stared dumbfoundedly at the place where the thick smoke gradually dissipated.
The white wave cavalrymen who fell to the ground in pieces were still there showing off their power just now, but now they have turned into a muddy mess.
Wei Hao and other clan elders immediately opened their mouths and could not close them for a long time.
Xu Ding, Zhang Fei and others standing behind Wei Cheng also opened their eyes wide and swallowed hard at the same time.
Only Wei Cheng was calm at the scene, while the hands-on Zheng Tou and Jin Lao were also a bit unbearable at this time. Their hands were shaking, their pupils were dilated, and they looked quite irritated.
And the next moment.
Everyone who came back to their senses avoided the wooden box at Old Jin's feet.
Because there is also a big shining golden ball in the wooden box.
There are not too many decorative patterns on the ball, only a big word "Thunder" and a dark green lead.
Mr. Jin turned back to look at Wei Cheng and stuttered: "My lord, my lord, is this ten thousand times what you said? Forgive me for my blindness, this power is probably tens of thousands times more powerful than a bamboo pipe. You, you... ...If I was not careful last night, Gulu." Jin Lao was obviously scared.
Wei Cheng saw this and hurriedly comforted him: "Didn't I tell you to pay attention to Huo Zhu? It's okay. Just seeing you standing here well is the best proof, hahaha."
Jin Lao looked at him aggrievedly and wanted to say something, but he really didn't know how to express it.
When he still wanted to speak, Wei Cheng was already surrounded by Wei Hao and others.
"Cheng'er, is this the Tiangang Divine Weapon? Is it the rootless fire you mentioned?"
"Oh my God, how could such a small iron ball cause such huge damage?"
"It must be the Tiangang Divine Weapon. With such a magical weapon, what should I, the Wei clan, have to fear? We can easily kill the Baibo Army."
"But that's not right. A rootless fire cannot be extinguished by wind or water. How come the fire disappears in a flash?"
Everyone pulled Wei Cheng and asked him questions. Every old guy had a hundred thousand questions on his face, as well as a look of surprise that couldn't be concealed.
Wei Cheng was shaken and confused, and said angrily: "This thing is called Lei Zhenzi, it is not some rootless fire."
Wei Cheng had already thought of the Thirty-Six Divine Weapons of Tiangang and the Seventy-two Heavy Weapons of Earthly Evil. The first thirty-six types of firearms were followed by the seventy-two types of cold weapons. And the name Lei Zhenzi was just inspired by him. It feels quite appropriate.
Wei Hao and others looked at each other: "Lei Zhenzi!"
Zhang Fei and others were also surprised and happy: "Lei Zhenzi must be a divine weapon of Tiangang."
Wei Cheng glanced at everyone, and then said with a smile: "Yes, this object is Lei Zhenzi, one of the Thirty-six Divine Weapons of Tiangang. It is still ranked above Wugenhuo, but it is not easy to make, and it is very dangerous. In the future,
Unless it is absolutely necessary, it is better not to rely too much on it, lest you blow yourself up."
It's good to scare them, so as not to rely too much on firearms, thus wasting the practice of traditional ancient martial arts.