Liu Ce quickly came to the door of the main room and knocked gently twice, "Miss, there is news from the capital."
Squeak, the door opened, and standing at the door was Xiao Qing. He made an inviting gesture to Liu Ce.
Liu Ce entered the room and bowed, "Miss, according to reliable information, Sima Wushuang, the personal guard of the imperial master, has left the capital and his whereabouts are unknown. He is suspected to have come to Qingniu County."
What.
Liu Rumei's expression suddenly became tense, "If it's directed at Master Taiping, then we'll be in trouble."
Liu Ce held up his hand and said, "Miss, maybe the second young master can help us."
Liu Rumei shook her head, "No, we still don't know the second brother's attitude. Therefore, we must narrow down the scope of insiders about Taiping's whereabouts."
"Then, what should we do?"
Liu Rumei walked around the room a few times, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "No more waiting, organize people to go into the mountain now."
"By the way, go say hello to Chen Xiaobei. After all, this is his territory."
Chen Xiaobei's new house has already taken shape and is about as tall as a person.
Lidong smiled and introduced to Cui Hongyu that there were five main rooms and east and west side rooms, all of which were available.
Chen Xiaobei specifically pointed to the westmost room in the main room and said to Chen Qiaoer: "Qiaoer, this room is yours, do you like it?"
Chen Qiaoer nodded hurriedly, with a happy smile on his face, "I like it, I really like it."
Cui Hongyu lightly tapped her forehead, "You, you little bastard, haven't built a house yet, so you just say you like it."
While they were chatting and laughing, they saw Liu Ce coming in a hurry.
When Chen Xiaobei saw this, he hurried forward to greet him.
"Brother Xiaobei, I'm here to say hello to you. My young lady wants to go into the mountain now. If she doesn't come back in three to five days, please send someone up to have a look."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Okay, I'll note it down."
After returning home, Chen Xiaobei began to think about it. If Liu Ce and the others encountered problems, they would not know it. The most important problem now was poor communication, so they had to hurry up when making explosives.
Monosulfur, dinitrate, and charcoal. Nowadays, charcoal is easy to handle. You can just burn it yourself.
If it's saltpeter, it's not difficult to solve.
Chen Xiaobei came to his toilet.
The toilet at this time was, to put it bluntly, a big hole.
Due to long-term urine erosion, the white soil in the corner has a very high nitrate content.
Of course, these still need to be boiled and purified.
So, next you need a pot.
Without saying a word, Chen Xiaobei took Chen Dayong with him and rushed to Chen Yutian's home.
After all, this house belongs to me, and the things in it are of course also my own.
Chen Xiaobei pointed to the pot in the kitchen and said, "I'll take this to the woods in the west of the village later. I want to cook something."
"Brother Xiaobei, why can't you just cook it here, why do you have to go outside the village?" Chen Dayong seemed confused.
Chen Xiaobei chuckled and said, "The food I want to cook is a bit strong. Please help me collect some things."
After saying that, he led Chen Dayong to the toilet, pointed to the white stains in the corner and said, "It's this kind of white stuff. You go from house to house to collect some."
this?
Chen Dayong looked at these things and was dumbfounded!
"Brother Xiaobei, you, you are not mistaken."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Yes, you soak these things in the barrel first, then pour the water into the pot and boil them. What is left at the bottom of the pot is what I want."
Chen Dayong nodded thoughtfully, "I understand, but I don't understand. What are you doing with this thing?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled slightly and said, "You will know when the time comes."
After saying that, Chen Xiaobei took off the iron pot and carried it home.
He was going to get some fire sticks to light the fire.
Cui Hongyu was very surprised to see that he was using both an iron pot and a hot pot.
"Husband, what are you going to do?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled slightly and said, "I have to test this matter. If it works, I will tell you."
Looking at his mysterious look, Cui Hongyu smiled. Sometimes Chen Xiaobei was a bit childish.
"Okay, then we'll go fishing."
Cui Hongyu picked up the umbrella net and took Chen Qiaoer out of the yard.
From a distance, I saw Chen Sanqiu walking over with his hands behind his back.
Out of politeness, Cui Hongyu still said hello to him.
Chen Sanqiu had nothing to say, "Sister Hongyu, are you going to fish?"
Cui Hongyu smiled slightly and said, "Yes, let's go fishing."
Chen Sanqiu smiled awkwardly and suddenly said to Chen Qiaoer, "Qiaoer, are the fruits on the mountain delicious?"
"It's delicious. I have a lot of it at home." Everyone in the audience said proudly without any scheming.
"That's good, that's good." Chen Sanqiu said a few perfunctory words, then turned and left.
Cui Hongyu looked at his back and felt a little strange.
How can you say this without thinking.
At this time, Chen Xiaobei had arrived in the woods west of the village.
First get three stones, prop up the iron pot, and then start looking for dead branches around.
After he had been busy for a while, Chen Dayong came with two people.
The three of them each carried a wooden barrel.
As I walked, I kept turning my head, and I could see that those old wines still tasted very good.
Chen Xiaobei pointed to the iron pot.
The three people stepped forward and poured the water in the barrel one by one.
"Brother Dayong, take this soil back, add water to soak it, and boil it again tomorrow."
"What?" Chen Dayong was dumbfounded.
"That's right, after soaking for such a short time, a lot of saltpeter won't come out."
Chen Dayong nodded, "Okay, you two take this back and collect more."
Chen Xiaobei polished the fire stick and ignited the firewood.
Seeing the flames leaping, Chen Dayong subconsciously took a few steps back.
Chen Xiaobei also knew that the smell was strong, but he had to endure it in order to get rid of it.
Soon, the large pot of water boiled.
As the smell spread, Chen Dayong finally understood why he came to the woods to cook it.
Suddenly, Chen Xiaobei pinched his nose, rushed to the pot, stretched out his hand and pulled out two firewood, and then quickly stuffed new firewood in.
Seeing his behavior, Chen Dayong looked confused, "Brother Xiaobei, what are you doing?"
Chen Xiaobei waved a few times to put out the open fire. He put it on the ground, grabbed some soil and sprinkled it.
"This is called charcoal, and it's very useful."
"By the way, when you cook it tomorrow, leave some for me like this."
Chen Dayong nodded helplessly.
Chen Xiaobei knew that the smell was indeed a bit difficult for them to accept, but fortunately, it would be relieved a lot after enduring it twice.
Now that we have nitre and charcoal, next is sulfur.
Yes, I will go to the county town tomorrow and ask Jia Wannian where I can get sulfur.
It was getting dark, and Chen Xiaobei returned home. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Chen Qiaoer started to wiggle his nose, "Oh, it smells so bad."
Cui Hongyu also looked at him in surprise, "Husband, you, where have you been?"
Chen Xiaobei spread his hands helplessly, "I, I went to cook something."