Ye Feng analyzed the case and continued: "And this carriage was such a big target, and it was seen by passers-by and stopped at the place where the spy lived. It seemed that he was afraid that others would not see or know that he had been to the place where the spy lived.
. Could it be that someone was pretending to be a fake person and then put the blame on General Zuo?"
When Adili heard Ye Feng's statement, he said as if he suddenly realized: "Brother is right, why didn't I think of it? Brother, you can do it yourself, I will go to the palace to meet the king and report this matter." After that, he hurried away.
Already.
Ye Feng was about to open his mouth, but Adili had already turned to the door and disappeared. Ye Feng said to himself: "Do it for yourself? Can you do whatever you want? Where is the gold in your house? Can I get some for myself?"
The coppersmith next to him was dumbfounded and thought to himself: "Is this okay? If my boss says this to me one day~". "Hehehe, hehehe" the coppersmith laughed uncontrollably.
His apprentice didn't know the reason, and thought that the master was laughing happily because he had refined the bronze sword. The coppersmith's apprentice said: "Congratulations to the master for mastering the magical weapon."
The coppersmith was still immersed in fantasy and said to himself: "So much gold. Hey hey hey, so much gold."
His apprentice thought that the master wanted to get gold by practicing the bronze sword, so he said this.
After looking at it, Ye Feng shook his head and said to himself: "Who are these people? They are crazy about money." He seemed to have forgotten that he just wanted to take other people's gold.
Ye Feng returned to Shen Xi's residence and made beef with smooth eggs, stir-fried mutton with green onions, then boiled chicken soup and steamed rice.
People in this era could only cook, steam and bake, but had never eaten fried or fried food. So Shen Xi was tempted by the delicious food and ate some, because his body also recovered some color and strength after eating. Shen Xi came out of the earthen house,
Walk around the yard.
Ye Feng was afraid that Shen Xi had not recovered his physical strength and would fall easily, so he kept following Shen Xi.
At this time, Lu Chong saw Shen Xi, so he came over and whispered: "Master, please get up, we have no money. There are two guys who are shouting that they will leave if they don't pay their wages."
In order to collect the ransom, Shen Xi had already given almost all the money to the kidnappers, and only had one hundred gold left with him. And this hundred gold was not enough to pay the final payment for the goods scheduled for the past two days.
Ye Feng saw Shen Xi's difficulty, took out three of his gold cakes and some gold leaves in change and gave them to Shen Xi, saying: "Brother Shen, I have some money here that I can't use. You can use it first."
Lu Chong was surprised when he saw it. The man he saw a few days ago was still looking down and out in tatters. He didn't expect that he would become rich in a few days. He was also so generous, making money as fast as a housekeeper going to bed.
Shen Xi was moved and said: "Brother Xian, I don't know what to say. You borrowed this money from me first, and I will repay it double when I return to Chu State."
Shen Xi kept saying before that it was the people of the Zhou Dynasty who should take care of him. His original intention was to help him when he was in trouble. But he didn't expect that the other party kept helping him and gave him so much gold one after another.
Ye Feng said: "Brother Shen and I are so polite. You can't pay back anything. Just use it. If it's not enough, I'll think of a way." Ye Feng thought that if it didn't work, he would teach Adili some more techniques.
Shen Xi thought: "My virtuous brother is not just a thing in the pond. He will surely prosper in the future. He is a generous man and generous with money, so we should have a good relationship with him." And he can make so much money in a few days. This man is also a strange person.
, I couldn’t help but admire him in my heart.
Shen said sarcastically: "My dear brother said this, why not do this. These two sums of money count as my dear brother's investment in my Shen family. I will give my dear brother 10% of the profit every year."
In fact, Shen Xi's Shen family property is worth at least several hundred kilograms of gold, and Ye Feng's less than ten kilograms of gold is already several times higher if he counts it as 10%.
Of course, Ye Feng didn't know much about Shen Xi's family business, so he said nonchalantly: "It's all up to Brother Shen's arrangement."
Lu Chong wanted to say something, but Shen Xi waved his hand to stop him and said: "I will give you a hundred gold, and you go and pay everyone this month's monthly money first."
"Buy some more worship supplies, and I'll go pay homage to my wife in two days. You can use the remaining money to buy some food, and we'll go back to Dazhou in a few days." Shen Xi handed a gold cake to Lu rush.
Ye Feng thought for a moment that it was a bit dangerous to have nothing close to him in this era, and then he said to Shen sarcastically: "Brother Shen, I still have the sulfur I asked for from you last time."
Shen Xi said: "Yes, I asked the butler to prepare it for you after you left last time. I will have someone bring it to you." Speaking of the butler, Shen Xi was a little angry. Shen Xi turned around and gave a few instructions to a servant, The servant turned and left.
Shen Xi turned around and asked, "I don't know, brother, what is the use of sulfur?" The main use of sulfur during this period was medicinal, used to ward off some snakes, insects, rats and ants. There were scorpions and snakes in the desert, so Shen Xi prepared Some.
Ye Feng thought for a moment and decided not to tell Shen Xi exactly what he wanted to do. He said, "Make some fireworks and firecrackers and see if you can sell them for some money."
Shen Xi asked in confusion: "What are fireworks?"
Ye Feng said: "It's something that is set off on important days."
Shen Xi was even more puzzled and said: "I have never heard of this kind of thing. After I make it, I must open my eyes to it."
Ye Feng smiled and said: "No problem, I will give you a big surprise then."
At this time, the servant also came back and took a clay pot. Shen Xi asked the servant to bring it directly to Ye Feng. Ye Feng took the clay pot and said, "Brother Shen, please excuse me."
Shen Xi cupped his hands and said, "Good brother, please do as you please."
Ye Feng asked his servants to follow Shen Xi to prevent Shen Xi from being weak and falling. Ye Feng saw that there were many guards and servants walking around in the courtyard at this time and there was no need to worry about Shen Xi, so he left.
Ye Feng found some charcoal and ground it into powder and some plant ash. Ye Feng mixed the plant ash and bat guano and soaked them in water. For the first time, he used hot water and mixed three parts boiling water with one part room temperature water.
The smell was a bit strong. A passing guard covered his nose and said, "Why is this new guy cooking shit?"
Ye Feng almost choked to death at these words and hit his chest several times before he recovered.
As a result, the guard said again: "You can choke on shit? Are you afraid that others will snatch you?"
Ye Feng took a mouthful of old blood, and Ye Feng secretly cursed: "You are the only one who eats shit, your whole family eats shit." However, Ye Feng had no intention of arguing with him at this time, and could only shake his head and continue making gunpowder.
Ye Feng tested the water temperature. The normal temperature water used was about 70 to 80 degrees. For the second time, he started using cold water. After repeated brewing, Ye Feng got three jars of salt water. Ye Feng put eggs into the salt water jar. , if the egg sinks, it means the saltwater is successfully produced.
Then Ye Feng began to boil the saltwater. When about one-third of the water was left, Ye Feng saw that the saltwater on the wooden spoon began to draw strings, and the water droplets dripping on the edge of the clay pot immediately formed a ball, so he stopped cooking.
Then filter the remaining saltwater with a cloth while it's hot, and then filter it with a finer cloth when it's warm, so that some impurities can be removed. Ye Feng didn't forget to touch Gao Yi while it's hot, because Gao Yi likes to drink it while it's hot.
As the nitrate continues to cool, white crystals will precipitate on the sides and bottom of the clay pot. This is potassium nitrate. Of course, it will contain a small amount of impurities. Good nitrate does not contain impurities, is crystal clear, and is of excellent quality.
The remaining salt water continues to be filtered and cooled according to the above method, and some potassium nitrate can also be obtained. After several times, Ye Feng stops when potassium nitrate no longer precipitates.
The remaining water at this time was brine, but Ye Feng didn't want to eat tofu with the brine made from bat guano, so he poured the water away. The brine can actually be used as fertilizer.
Ye Feng wrapped the obtained nitrate salt in a cloth, then rinsed the cloth bag wrapped with nitrate salt repeatedly with clean water, then placed the cloth bag in plant ash, and used the plant ash to absorb all the remaining moisture in the nitrate salt.
Ye Feng mixed the ground charcoal powder, sulfur, and potassium nitrate crystals in proportions of 15%, 10%, and 75%.
Ye Feng made a simple balance, using a stone as the base, and added three parts of charcoal, two parts of sulfur, and fifteen parts of potassium nitrate.
Ye Feng then used stone tools to grind the mixed black powder, and poured a small amount of water to avoid accidents. If this thing was ground with iron tools, it would easily spark and explode, and his life would be in danger.
After grinding, Ye Feng carefully put the gunpowder aside to dry in the shade. It takes some time to dry in the shade. Note that it must be dried in the shade and not in the sun. In addition, non-professionals, please do not imitate!
At this time, it was almost evening. But before it was time to eat, Ye Feng went to a secluded place in the courtyard to sit for a while.
At this time, Adili walked in quickly with a smile. The people in the caravan were all familiar with Adili, so there was no obstruction in entering and exiting. Adili saw Ye Feng from a distance, and quickened his pace to walk towards Ye Feng. Ye Feng saw Adili also standing.
Get up and greet each other.
Ye Feng joked: "Brother Adili, what kind of happy event does this spring breeze bring? You won't have another concubine, right?"
Adili said sternly: "Brother Ye, you are joking about my eldest brother again. I am taking a concubine, not today. It is much more important for me to come to you today than to take a concubine."
Adili paused for a moment, and his thoughts couldn't help but think of the widowed young lady next door.
But he quickly came back to his senses and continued: "I came here this time to thank Brother Ye for his analysis. I reported to the king the doubts you told me in the morning, and the king ordered people to investigate in the direction you speculated."
"It was soon discovered that there was a retainer named Queeni in the house of Marquis Fuguo. He was indeed somewhat similar to General Zuo. The king ordered people to summon Queeni, but the family of Marquis Fuguo said that Queeni had been missing for two days."
"After another half-day of investigation and search, someone reported that they saw a guard from the Fu Guohou family killing Queenie. And we found Queenie's body in a mass grave outside the city, which confirmed what this person said. And this
The guard resisted when the officers and soldiers arrested him and was beaten to death."
Adili said with relief: "Based on the analysis of the entire case, the testimony of the left and right generals and some witness testimonies, the king determined that both the left and right generals were framed. Now the left general Zamul and the right general Aizezi have both been framed.
He was released, but the Marquis of Fuguo was arrested on false accusations."
After hearing this, Ye Feng felt that this matter was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. However, thinking that it was none of his business, no matter who King Qiemo killed in the end, it was none of his business, so he did not delve into the matter.
Ye Feng knew about the relationship between Adili and General Zuo and said, "Brother, you can rest assured. I'll invite you to have a drink."