At the Su Zhai night banquet, those present were of course today's meritorious people, Fu Bi and Zhao Dehai, Fang Chengzhong was naturally indispensable, and there were also five more cavalry soldiers.
The five cavalry soldiers were neatly dressed, but all of them had burnt brown hair and dark purple-red complexions, and they looked like roasted pig heads.
After all the dishes were served, Su Jin asked Xiao Sui'er to close the hall door, and Wu Gan and others were sent away. Then he stood up and personally filled the wine glasses for the five pig-headed soldiers.
"Brothers have worked hard. Today you have made great achievements and suffered a lot. Su would like to thank you all."
The five people were flattered and hurriedly stood up and returned the courtesy: "This is going to kill these little people. How dare you do it?"
Su Jin patted the person near him on the shoulder and said, "You deserve it. I'll give you a big gift here. I'll give the five of you another three days of vacation. When you go back, you can heal the wounds on your faces and you'll be recuperating for a few days."
After saying that, he snapped his fingers and Wang Chao came forward with several packages. Su Jin grabbed the packages and stuffed them into the arms of the five soldiers one by one. He said, "It's a small gesture, it's a compliment."
The five people were carrying the heavy package, knowing that it must be money and other things. Judging from the weight, it was probably no less than twenty guan. This was their salary for a year. They were ecstatic, but they didn't dare to accept it. They just opened their eyes.
Looking at Zhao Dehai and Fang Chengzhong, they asked for instructions.
Zhao Dehai waved his hand and said: "Take it, take it, can you not give face to Mr. Su's reward? Besides, it is indeed a hard day today, so it is not a loss if you take it."
The five people then wrapped their hands and bowed to Su Jinxing happily to thank him.
Su Jin laughed loudly, turned around and returned to his seat, picked up the wine glass and said: "We can scare the Liao envoy to death today. Let me see the good show you all put up, and everyone can play a role."
Fu Bi chuckled and said, "It's not like you arranged it properly, I've been worried about whether the flaw would be discovered."
Zhao Dehai said: "Yes, even in a low-level position, I was worried that the flaw would be exposed, but fortunately nothing went wrong; hey, it would be great if we really had such a firearm."
Fang Chengzhong said: "Is it really possible to repay such a firearm? Why don't you immediately put your troops on your back and kill Yuan Hao and Liao Gou in one pot?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "The main reason is that there are no strong and explosion-resistant cast iron pipes. In order to achieve such power, the potency of the medicine must be sufficient; but when the potency is too strong, the pipe cannot withstand it, and it explodes and hurts his family." Fu Bi sighed.
: "Yes, otherwise why would we fake it and bury the gunpowder under the woods and slopes? After applying the gunpowder, we have to bother five brothers to finish the work and light the fire to detonate it to create a momentum. It is said that the power is really not small, just a small stone.
It jumped on my leg and it’s still bruised now.”
Su Jin raised his glass and said to the five soldiers: "Come on, let's do it. I was worried that you guys wouldn't be able to escape. The gunpowder exploded, which is no joke. Fortunately, it only burned the head and face, and not a single part of the body was left."
lack."
Zhao Dehai laughed and said: "As long as the little brother is still here, what does it mean to burn some flesh? Besides, with the looks of the five of you, burning will just replace the skin, and you may be more handsome than before."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Xiao Sui'er on the side blushed. Men always like to say dirty things when they get together. I didn't understand anything before, but now I can understand "little brother", "second brother" and so on.
I don’t know how I understand this.
Xiaosui'er also figured out one thing. It turned out that the earth-shattering movement in the school grounds in the afternoon was all fabricated by the young master. According to what they said, it was gunpowder that had been buried in the woods and under the mounds of soil.
, and then as soon as the firearm was fired, the person hiding over there opened fire
I started to light the fuse, and then the explosions continued. No wonder the five soldiers were burned like pig heads, and their faces were red. It seemed that they were sprayed by hot air. It was scary. I don't know what the young master and the others were like.
What is the purpose of such fraud? Is it just to scare those Liao people?
Xiao Sui'er tried her best not to think of the tall and strong official of the Liao Kingdom, but she still couldn't help it. A sentence flashed in her mind: Those Liao people are so hairy!
Over there, Zhao Fang and Zhao Fang were already talking about how they went to the Shenhuo Camp of the Ministry of War to borrow bamboo tubes and gunpowder, how those people didn't agree, and how they and others were so righteous and awe-inspiring with reason and emotion.
, and finally spent money to buy all the bamboo tubes and explosives.
Su Jin couldn't help but ask: "How much gunpowder did you two buy in total?"
Zhao Dehai said proudly: "We bought them all. We have moved all the ten gunpowders in the warehouse of Shenhuo Camp."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "Why did you buy them all? That thing is inedible? We are only using it this time. It is very dangerous to keep it."
Zhao Dehai was equally astonished and said: "I didn't keep any. Didn't I use them all?"
Su Jin opened his eyes wide and said, "All ten barrels of gunpowder have been used up?"
"Yes, there is nothing left. Otherwise, how could it be so powerful? There are five barrels buried under that mound alone. Didn't you tell me that you want to make it so loud that you will scare the people of Liao?
Wet your pants?"
Su Jin was helpless. It seemed that he had misjudged the performance of this gunpowder. This was not the TNT explosive of later generations. A small piece was enough to blast away vegetation for several meters. Fortunately, such gunpowder should not be expensive.
.
"Whether it's all used, I won't feel safe leaving it anywhere; how much does a barrel of gunpowder cost, and who pays for it in advance?"
Zhao Dehai took out a piece of paper from his arms, raised it and said: "If you don't tell me, I will forget it. I didn't pay the money. I sold these two faces with Lao Fang and made an IOU in the Shenhuo Camp.
It just so happened that Mr. Su took over the account and will deliver it to them tomorrow."
Su Jin stretched out his hand to take the note, and after just two glances, the flesh on his face started to tremble: eight hundred special bamboo fire tubes, totaling four hundred sticks; ten barrels of black powder, totaling one thousand sticks; and five fast and slow fuses.
Thousands, totaling one hundred strings; all items amount to one thousand, five hundred strings.
"Master Su, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Dehai asked with concern.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Chengzhong also asked.
What was irritating was that Fu Bi also came up and asked with concern: "Brother Xian, you were fine just now, but are you hungry?"
Su Jin took a few breaths, calmed down and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, the price is cheap enough."
Zhao Dehai said proudly: "That's right, our brothers have to fight, no matter what, we have to cut it in half. Mr. Huang from the Shenhuo Camp said that the bamboo tube they use is extremely tough thorny bamboo. This kind of bamboo takes three years to harvest."
Five-year-olds should not be too
They should not be too old if they are tender; after getting them, only five or six sections are used on the root, and the others are not suitable, so they can be used as muskets. The price originally cost nearly 500 yuan each, but now it is only 500 for us.
Just one article, hahahaha."
Su Jin looked at him with bulging eyes and said, "Do you still think you've made a profit?"
Zhao Dehai's laughter stopped abruptly and said: "What? Isn't this profitable?"
Su Jin said: "Then what are we using these 800 bamboo tubes now? Should we split them to make fire or open them up and use them as hookahs for smoking? If they are sold, they will help people count money. These bamboo tubes are piled in the warehouse of Shenhuo Camp and are just a pile of firewood. You can
They sell it for ten cents a piece, but for five hundred cents, do they think it is a gold bar?"
Zhao Dehai understood, slapped his head and cursed: "Yes, these idiots are treating me like a monkey. I'll go find them. Damn it, you dare to play tricks with me."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "I have already written the IOU, why are you still looking for it? I have been taken advantage of and you still think that no one knows about it, so you still go to make trouble? Forget it, such a small amount of money is nothing."
Zhao Dehai and Fang Chengzhong said with mournful faces: "It goes without saying that this gunpowder was also deceived."
Su Jin sighed and said: "They want a barrel of gunpowder for one hundred guan. For 100 guan, I can live in a big house with three entrances in the countryside. Even if the barrel of gunpowder is placed in the house and asked to be blown up, it won't blow up."
In this corner of the house, these grandsons are really dark."
Fang Chengzhong's face turned purple from holding it in, and after holding it in for a long time, he said: "Didn't we not give you the money? We won't give it anymore."
Su Jin couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Did you default on your debt? I can't afford to lose that person."
Zhao Dehai said: "Then you are willing to suffer?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "I don't want to be taken advantage of. Let the rich man handle this matter. We are negotiating for the court. We can't pay for it ourselves no matter what the money is spent. The rich man has to go to the Third Division to do this, or directly
I won’t pay a single word if I post the list to the Emperor’s Dragon Case. With this money, I might as well give each of the Ma Jun brothers a reward of three to five coins, and I won’t let these guys in.
Go in the pocket."
Fu Bi said in astonishment: "There is nowhere to write off this money. We can't use bamboo tube gunpowder for negotiations. It's hard to answer the emperor's question."
Su Jin said: "That's your business. Either the court will provide the money, or you, the rich man, are thinking of other ways. Anyway, I won't do this. Originally, I patted my chest and said I would take the money to avoid having to report it.
I talk a lot, but now I have changed my mind. The man in the front is worrying about the Great Song Dynasty to gain face, and a bunch of grandsons in the back are still poaching me. If I don't spit in their face, it will be the end of the matter."
Fu Bi chuckled and said, "That's fine. We just take this opportunity to clean up the war department's junk. I'll write a memorial about this and take a copy of it to see who dares to ask for the money."
Zhao Dehai and Fang Chengzhong were stupid. Mr. Fu was right and an admonishment officer. It seemed that those guys in the Ministry of War were going to have a hard time. The Ministry of War belonged to the Privy Council, and they were afraid that Privy Du would also be hooked. They felt that
Regret, why are you so ignorant, and teach people to blackmail such a huge sum of money? Look! This is a big deal!