123, Chapter 123

After Qin Fang came out of the house, he found that he hadn't had dinner yet. He just drank a bowl of shredded pork soup. His stomach was not full yet, so he went to the bun shop. Although it was getting late, there was still a steamed bun shop open, and because the steamed buns were not sold out, they were not closed yet. So, Qin Fang sold all the buns in one go, which was thirty-five, costing him seventy cents.

However, General Qin now has a lot of private money. When I was a centurion, I had an allowance of one hundred taels of silver a month. When I was a captain, I had an allowance of one tael of silver a month. Now as General Qin, he has an allowance of 10 taels of silver a month, so it’s just a mere allowance. He didn't value seventy pennies at all. In the past, he felt bad when Yang Haiyan bought him meat.

Speaking of which, he was happy enough to have a hundred taels of pocket money at that time, but now that he has ten taels of pocket money, he can't feel the happiness at that time‌.

Qin Fang finished six buns in one go, leaving twenty-nine. Because Yunxiang County is barren, the buns are made very big. If the buns are not big, fewer people will buy them.

Then, Qin sent him to the military camp in the eastern suburbs.

Except for the soldiers on guard and in the kitchen, all the soldiers in the military camp went to search the mountain. Qin Fang went to the kitchen and asked the logistics soldiers in the kitchen to prepare meals to prevent the soldiers from searching the mountain from going hungry when they came back. Especially the one hundred soldiers who had followed him in the morning were going to be even hungrier.

After ordering the logistics soldiers in the kitchen, Qin Fang went directly to Beast Mountain.

Beast Mountain is so big and high that it takes a lot of time just to climb it. In the morning, Qin Fang led the soldiers and climbed for more than an hour. After a while, he was alone. He picked up the speed and arrived outside the Taoist temple in less than an hour.

"The general is here."

"General..."

"General, the tiger hasn't woken up yet."

Lieutenant Lu: "Why is the general here?"

Qin Fang gave the buns to Lieutenant Lu and said, "Give them to the soldiers present. The quantity is limited."

Lieutenant Lu: "Yes." Twenty-nine buns is still enough, but the number of people present is not as many as twenty-nine people, because basically everyone went to search the mountains.

Thinking of Sou Shan, Qin Fang asked: "Is there any news about sulfur and saltpeter?"

Lieutenant Lu said: "Not yet. Lao Yang focused his search on the Taoist temple and spread it out. According to our speculation combined with yours, the other party built the Taoist temple here for sulfur and saltpeter, then sulfur The location of the saltpeter should not be far from here."

"The sulfur may be some distance away, but the saltpeter will not be far away." Doctor Li came out of the Taoist temple.

Qin Fang: "Doctor Li, haven't you rested yet?"

Doctor Li said: "Not yet."

Lieutenant Lu gave the buns to Dr. Li.

Doctor Li was not polite, took a bite of the bun, and continued: "Sulfur gas will produce toxins if it is inhaled in excess, so the sulfur will not be nearby. Of course, if the person who established the Taoist temple does not care about the safety of other people's lives, that is another matter. "

Qin Fang laughed: "Then even if the other party doesn't care about the life safety of others, he will also care about the life safety of the Taoist priest. If something happens to the Taoist priest, who will make the longevity elixir for him? Don't you see that this is the concept of longevity?"

Doctor Li couldn't help but smile: "The general's words make sense."

The tiger hadn't woken up yet, but the chained man had already fallen asleep after drinking the medicine. The originally unnoticed longevity temple was now brightly lit. It must be said that there is such a Taoist temple on the mountain, which is quite special.

Qin Fang and others are waiting for news about sulfur and saltpeter. Similarly, Yang Haiyan is also waiting for news. However, what she was waiting for was saltpeter.

Why did Yang Haiyan wait for saltpeter? Because saltpeter can make ice. In the summer, you can put ice in the house to lower the temperature in the hot summer. You know, in ancient times, there were no fans or air conditioners, so it was really hot in the summer.

There is saltpeter in Yang Haiyan's platform, but saltpeter in this world has not yet appeared. She can't think of a good reason for using saltpeter to make ice, so it has been useless. But now that saltpeter appears, she has a plan.

Yang Haiyan remembered that when she was reading a novel, she saw the time-traveling heroine using saltpeter to make ice in ancient times. At that time, she was curious and looked up the process of making ice with saltpeter online. It turned out that the process was very simple.

Not only is it easy to make ice from saltpeter, but she also found some information about it. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a soldier went to wash the ‌‌ after producing gunpowder. At that time, his ‌‌ still had saltpeter. As a result, when washing, saltpeter fell into the water, and then he was surprised to find that the saltpeter dropped into the water could absorb heat and lower the temperature of the water.

So, the idea of ​​making ice from saltpeter came from this.

Of course, Yang Haiyan didn't know whether the things were true or not, they were all information she saw online. She could use this, though. Now that sulfur and saltpeter are out, she can use the excuse of making firecrackers to ask Qin Fang for some sulfur and saltpeter, and then wash them in the firecrackers... and the matter of making ice from saltpeter can be solved. .

If the sulfur and saltpeter mines are found, Qin Fang will definitely report them to the court, and the firewood is of great importance. However, if ice made from saltpeter is discovered, the price of ice will decrease, and perhaps ordinary people will be able to afford ice.

I just don’t know that if the sulfur and saltpeter mines were discovered and reported to the court, how would the court reward Qin Fang? If the matter of making ice with saltpeter is reported again, how will the court reward Qin Fang?

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In the middle of the night, news of the saltpeter mine finally came.

With the Taoist temple as the center, it is indeed not difficult for a thousand soldiers to find sulfur and saltpeter mines. Because a Taoist temple can be built here, it means that the sulfur and saltpeter mines must be quite large.

Not long after the discovery of the saltpeter mine, news of the sulfur mine also came.

Qin was delighted.

Captain Yang: "General, what should we do with the sulfur and ore?"

deal with? Qin Fang thought about it and thought of what Yang Haiyan said. If the firecrackers were made into big firecrackers and used on the battlefield, who would dare to come to Fan Qiguo? He is the son of Qi State, so he naturally hopes that Qi State will be strong. "I will report this matter to the court, and we will send people to guard the sulfur mines and saltpeter mines."

Captain Yang: "Yes."

Qin Fang: "Let's go, take me to see."

So Captain Yang took Qin Fang to the saltpeter mine first. Looking at the white crystals in the mine, Qin Fang was so surprised that he could fit an egg into his mouth‌.

Captain Yang said: "The soldiers were shocked when they first found it. The mine is really big."

Qin Fang's idea is that if there are too many saltpeter mines and the sulfur mines are also large, how many large firecrackers can be made? "Is there a lot of sulfur over there?"

Colonel Yang: "It's not as big as a saltpeter mine, but it's still a big mine."

Then, they went to see the sulfur mine. As Captain Yang said, although the sulfur mine is not as big as the saltpeter mine, it is indeed a large mine.

Back at the Taoist temple, Doctor Li approached Qin Fang and said, "General, can you take more of the sulfur and saltpeter to the general's residence?"

Qin Fang said: "Okay, take away all the things from the Taoist temple. Don't touch those in the mine."

There are several baskets in the Taoist temple alone, and many rooms are full. These are enough for Dr. Li to use for several years, so he was very happy: "Thank you, General."

Qin Fang: "Except for those who stay here, everyone else should go back. When you go back, remember to deliver meals to the soldiers who stayed behind."

"yes."

Dr. Li: "I won't go to the grass. I can't stand the grass climbing up and down the mountain."

Qin Fang thought about it, Doctor Li was going to treat the chained man here, and it was really tiring to climb up and down the mountain, so he nodded and said, "Then you stay here for now."

Doctor Li: "Thank you, General. I would also like to ask the General to tell my daughter and ask him to pack some luggage for me and bring it to me."

Qin Fang: "Okay, I'll let Tao Shan handle it."

When Qin Fang returned to the General's Mansion, he was already in the middle of nowhere. In addition, there were several baskets of sulfur and saltpeter, so there was a lot of movement.

Yang Haiyan got up in a daze and didn't dress properly, so she put on a cloak outside. Then she walked to the door and saw Aunt Lian coming in from the outside, so she asked: "Auntie, is it time?" "

Aunt Lian said: "When you are ugly, you are in trouble."

Yang Haiyan thought for a moment, isn't it two o'clock in the morning? "What are you doing outside?"

Aunt Lian said: "The general is back, and he has brought back several baskets of sulfur and saltpeter to send to Dr. Li's yard."

When Yang Haiyan heard about the sulfur and saltpeter, she hurriedly said: "Quick, send the basket over here."

Aunt Lian was stunned: "Ah, Madam, sulfur is said to be poisonous. What are you going to do? Be careful of poisoning."

Yang Haiyan said: "Don't worry, mama, I just want to make some firecrackers to make the house lively during the New Year and the holidays."

Aunt Lian felt that the wife was bored out of her mind and just went to buy firecrackers. Even if there were not many firecrackers, you could still buy some for fun. "How about I buy you some firecrackers tomorrow?"

Yang Haiyan said: "What's the point of buying it? You have to make it yourself."

Wait... Aunt Lian realized that she had overlooked something: "Sulfur and saltpeter are used to make firecrackers? But isn't this medicine?" Even if someone was making firecrackers and selling them, they wouldn't tell them the formula. came out, so few people know that sulfur and saltpeter are one of the materials used to make firecrackers. In the eyes of people who know a little bit about medicine, sulfur and saltpeter are indeed medicine.

Aunt Lian did not dare to say that she knew medicine, but after staying in the house for a long time, she still knew some medicines to give, such as sulfur and saltpeter.

Yang Haiyan said: "I have seen it in the book. Don't you know? When you have sulfur and saltpeter, ask a master to make it and you will know." Even if there is sulfur and saltpeter, she will not know. I can make firecrackers.

Aunt Lian didn't think much about it: "The old slave asked people to carry the sulfur and saltpeter here?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Okay." She didn't want sulfur, but it wasn't appropriate to have either, so she wanted both.

As soon as Aunt Lian went out, she was fighting with Qin Fang again: "I've seen the general. General, my wife wants sulfur and saltpeter to make firecrackers. I want to get some from ‌‌ and carry them to my wife's yard."