Wang Xian's arrival was just a small episode. Ye An was not worried about the retaliation he would get if his words reached the Wang family. What he told was the truth. It was a fact that the Wang family used various means to annex land. Although this was not true,
It's illegal, but it's really disgraceful.
Wang Xian is different from Wang Wen. Although this guy is "not worthy of his name" with the word "Xian", his style of doing things is exactly the opposite, full of villain behavior.
Ye An has learned enough about this kind of person's face, and now he is completely immune to his little tricks. As for the government servants who came to the door cautiously, Ye An did not make things difficult, but let them leave after entertaining them with delicious food and drinks.
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It is said that it is to check the claim that Yezhuang occupies the canal. In fact, it is just using this trivial matter to seek bad luck for Yejiazhuang. The canal was originally built by Yejiazhuang. Yejiazhuang, which is upstream during spring irrigation every year, should naturally enjoy priority.
For irrigation, when the moisture in the ground is better, the gates will naturally be opened and water will be released to irrigate the downstream fields.
At this time, someone was sent to tell Yejiazhuang that it was unreasonable to monopolize water canals. Normally, when Ye An was away, the yamen would not dare to cause trouble at Yejiazhuang. Now that Ye An was here in person, the yamen were even more cautious.
Of course they knew that the county magistrate was making trouble unreasonably, but they did not dare to offend Wang Xian. No matter how powerful Ye Hou was, he would leave Yangcheng County. In the future, the three-acre land in Yangcheng County would still be counted according to Wang Xian's words?
Who wants to offend the county magistrate?!
Ye An was not angry, but Chen Lin looked a little ugly. Wang Xian's despicable methods were really not worthy of publicity. What's more, he was also a member of the Wang family. His words and deeds were the face of the Wang family. Most of them were dishonorable.
He used despicable means to annex land in Yangcheng County. When he was exposed by Ye An, he became angry and retaliated against Yejiazhuang!
"When you leave Yejiazhuang, Wang Xian will probably do despicable acts again!" How could an "old man" like Chen Lin in the palace not know Wang Xian's methods?
But Ye An waved his hand nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, there is no need to punish Wang Xian, he will be honest soon!"
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Chen Lin looked at Ye An in confusion, and then said: "Are you planning to participate in Wang Xian's performance? I'm afraid this is inappropriate. After all, you have an errand and are just passing through Yangcheng.
It’s just a county…”
Ye An took the belt handed over by Xuan'er and said with a wry smile: "I am a noble prince in Yunzhong, do I need to take action against him as a magistrate? To play for him? I think it is a waste of words, it is Wang Zeng, he is here
There may be changes in the DPRK, and I am afraid that I will no longer be able to hold the position of advisor to political affairs."
Chen Lin looked at Ye An suspiciously. She really didn't know how he could tell that Wang Zeng's position was in jeopardy. After all, he was the father-in-law of the dynasty!
Ye An did not care about this matter anymore, but took Qin Mumu and Xuan'er to pack their things quickly. The most important thing for them to come to Yangcheng County this time was to take away the workshop in Yejiazhuang.
The main reason why Ye An came here was to find a craftsman, a great gunpowder craftsman or gunpowder "inventor".
The firearms workshop in Yejiazhuang is more complete than that of Puhuizhuang outside Tokyo. After all, Tokyo is at the foot of the emperor. The gunpowder workshop set up there will inevitably explode, which will attract more people's attention, but the firearms workshop
Firearms are made based on gunpowder, and it is not easy for people to discover the secrets.
Therefore, Ye An's research on gunpowder and firearms are separate, but the research on firearms is slower than that on gunpowder. In fact, compared to the research on firearms, the development of gunpowder is the most important.
The emergence of many firearms in later generations was only possible because of the development of ammunition. Both gunpowder and firearms are very important, but gunpowder must always be one step ahead, because gunpowder is the basis of everything.
Access to the gunpowder workshop is very strict. Even Ye An had to wear white clothes and stuff a thick iron plate inside to enter.
As the power of black powder develops, its lethality and instability also become greater. This is science rather than superstition. Chen Lin's indifferent attitude soon became frightened to death after seeing the power of the black powder explosion. She honestly
It was covered with an iron plate cover.
This was the first time for Chen Lin to see the secret of gunpowder up close. She was especially surprised when she saw the one-meter-thick cement wall of the gunpowder workshop.
In the gunpowder workshop, a young middle-aged man was playing with a press. He watched him twist the shaft in circles, and the press continued to press downwards to compact the gunpowder powder.
"Qi Ao, suppressing gunpowder can increase the explosive power and efficiency of gunpowder, but suppressing gunpowder excessively may not increase its power. The ratio of gunpowder has already reached the best ratio, so working on it is a waste!"
Ye An's voice made the middle-aged man raise his head slightly, and only then could he see that his dark face was covered with small scars: "What Ye Hou said is true, but now the black powder particles have reached their limit, and if they continue to be suppressed, they will be gone again."
It can increase the power, but there is still a limit..."
Chen Lin looked at the strange thing in front of her and subconsciously put her hand on the runner. When she saw that it could still rotate downwards, she couldn't wait to use her strength. However, the runner could no longer continue after a slight rotation. The iron trough below
The gunpowder in it had been suppressed very much, but Chen Lin did not intend to give up, because after hearing Qi Ao's words, he mistakenly thought that the tighter the suppression would be, the better, so he used more strength, so...
boom……
"Fuck!"
Ye An only had time to save his head amid the lightning and flint. Qi Ao beside him was already used to it and didn't move much. The gunpowder exploded in the cast iron trough, and there wasn't much gunpowder inside and it didn't produce fragments. It just vibrated.
The impact is just a little big.
Chen Lin was fine, except that her hands were numb from the shock and her ears were buzzing. But such an explosion still gave him a powerful impact. He never thought that these black powders could be so powerful.
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Qi Ao opened the two iron windows in the room, and the draft quickly dispersed the choking smoke in the room. However, he looked at Chen Lin with an evil look in his eyes: "If you mess around with things here, it's very likely that
Let the noble man not see the sun of tomorrow!"
Chen Lin, who was still a little arrogant at first, stood aside and rubbed her hands in embarrassment like a primary school student. She looked at Ye An with a wry smile on her face: "Someone doesn't know how powerful this thing is. It's so powerful and terrifying!"
Unexpectedly, Qi Ao shook his head and said: "We have reached the limit. Five coins of black gunpowder can only have this power. My subordinates have failed to live up to the cultivation of the Marquis!"
Ye An's mouth trembled. He only taught Qi Ao through letters, and the two met very rarely, but he didn't expect that he could actually do this.
The power of black gunpowder has been developed to its limit by him. From powder to granules and then to granular compaction, this is the result of hundreds of years of development of black gunpowder, but he has exploited it to the extreme in just a few years.
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Is this in Versailles? Ye An sighed helplessly: "You have done an excellent job. Materials have their own characteristics. You have developed black gunpowder to the limit. The next thing to consider is to change the material. In this world
It's not just black powder that can explode, there's more."
"So the Marquis is looking for subordinates to go to Ganliang this time?"
I have to say that Qi Ao is an extremely smart person. Ye An nodded and said: "Yes, you have more important things to do in Ganliang."
Unexpectedly, before Ye An finished speaking, Qi Ao started to pack things, putting various bottles and cans into a cotton-lined wooden box and said: "I know... I want to put gunpowder and firearms together."
Combine!"
Ye An nodded, and Chen Lin keenly noticed that Qi Ao's originally expressionless face was full of excitement!