I do research in ancient times

Chapter 141

The gunpowder smoke cleared, and corpses littered the field under the Tiger Roar Gorge.

Many people died not from explosions or landslides, but from stampeding and pushing each other in panic, or being trampled into flesh by frightened horses.

If it were Ning Fei, he would immediately discover that the so-called "Fire and Thunder" was just gunpowder with a louder sound. With the help of the special trumpet-shaped geological structure of Huhou Gorge, the sound was amplified countless times. Can be regarded as average.

But for Yangzi Bing, this is a terrifying scene that he has never seen in his life.The sky and the earth are covered by billowing black clouds, there are earth-shattering loud noises in my ears, the ground under my feet is constantly shaking, and countless flying sand and rocks are rushing towards my face, just like the legendary hell, there is nowhere to avoid, there is no way to escape.

Thunder, that is the means of gods.Hu Man suddenly released a sky thunder, which made the Yangzi soldiers panic and panic.

Therefore, almost all of these 5000 people died of stampede and frightened horses, except for the one hundred and ten soldiers who rushed through the Huhou Gorge at the beginning.

Those who escaped by chance were all frightened and ran out of Huhou Gorge desperately, fearing that they would be overtaken by Hu Qi from behind.

It turns out they were thinking too much.Instead of pursuing, Hu Qi blocked their way back to Yangzi.With the order of the wolf fur hat, the barbarians set fire to the corpses in the valley, and pulled out the prepared stones and wood to block the narrowest tiger exit, destroying the entrance of the mountain road and completely cutting off the shortcut to Changzhou City. .

A day later, Hengshou Xue Yijian brought three thousand soldiers from the government to the city of Changzhou and surrounded several city gates.

He didn't attack the city, but knelt down in the direction of Xue's ancestral hall. He was completely naked, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, and wept bitterly, so that the guards were bewildered.

I knew before that Hang Shou would make some moves, but what does crying mean?Who are you crying for?

Some people couldn't help thinking of Xue Yiluan's disappearance.

Although there were rumors in the capital that Xue Yiluan was sent to the Qianshui River to investigate the dam break, but no matter how anxious he was on business, he had to let someone go home to pack his bags.Xue Yiluan didn't even see a shadow of him, so he was already suspicious.

Now that Xue Yijian is wearing sackcloth and filial piety at the base of the city, it makes people feel even more uncertain.

Sure enough, Xue Yijian quickly got to the point.

Knowing it with reason and moving it with emotion, the central meaning is that Emperor Zhengming was cruel and ruthless, tricked Xue Yiluan into the palace and poisoned him, and even sent troops to Changzhou City to rob the Xue family's property.

Nobody believed it at first.The two Xues separated for more than half a year. Although the one under the city was surnamed Xue Zong, they were not from the same family. Those who led troops to besiege the city were not kind.

As a result, by coincidence, a group of soldiers came from nowhere.

Wearing military uniforms issued by the imperial court and holding standard weapons, this group of people rushed towards the city of Changzhou recklessly.

"Yes...the soldiers and horses of the imperial court!"

At the head of Changzhou City, someone who saw it shouted loudly.

"Sure enough, His Majesty killed the Patriarch. This is sending troops to rob our Xue family's property!"

This voice scared everyone in the city.

The clothes of the Xihe army and the Dongshan army are different, and they can be distinguished at a glance.

What's more, these people still ran out from the direction of Huhou Gorge.Huhou gorge connects Yangzi, Xue Yinian is not lying, the emperor is indeed going to destroy their Xue family!

Frightened and furious, the soldiers of the Xue family's mansion inside and outside the city united for the first time, beheading those Yangzi soldiers who escaped from Huhou Gorge with great difficulty under the city of Changzhou.

Pity this group of unlucky bastards. They thought that they could save their lives by going to Changzhou City, but they never expected that they embarked on the road of death that was calculated by others.

Of course, the secret of Huo Lei was also concealed.

Xue Yijian took over the Iron Mine and Longquan Jianfang, and sat on the throne that his father had dreamed of all his life as the Patriarch.

He wrote a letter of love to the people of the world, saying that the elder brother of the direct branch was killed by the traitor king and killed in the palace. The clans united against the tyranny of the traitor king.

As soon as this matter came out, the world was in an uproar.

The conflict rose to the survival of the aristocratic family, and the struggle between the imperial power and the clan was completely spread out, so that each family could not be worried.

With lips dead and teeth cold, who knows if he will be the next one.

Immediately afterwards, the King of Xihe took advantage of the fire to loot, and sent a rebellious army to capture the two cities of Yongping and Heyuan, and pointed his sword at Yangzi City.The King of Dongshan hastily met the attack, and sent his general and future brother-in-law Yu Ding'an to lead the army. He spelled out the names of tens of thousands of soldiers, and carried the Dongshan army to Tingshan Pass.

The two armies are in a stalemate, and the hole in the consumption of military supplies is gradually widening.The aristocratic families already standing in line also felt the pressure. On the surface, they should eat and drink, but in fact they began to gather troops to store food and secretly build fortifications.

Only Yongxiguan in northern Xinjiang is really calm, which means that the years are quite peaceful.

At that time, Young Master Feng had just completed the inspection of the second batch of Mo Dao, and was riding back to Dadu Hufu from Xidaying with his own father.

Both father and son were very satisfied with the quality of the second batch of Mo Dao.Counting the previous five hundred knives, the frontier army's Modao team now has a size of a thousand.Once the Mo Dao formation of thousands of people is pulled out, it will be murderous and powerful.

Feng Daduhu's eyes were so greedy that his saliva was about to flow out, the more he looked at it, the more he felt itchy, he wished he could stand in and play.

Reluctantly, it was agreed before that the first Modao team was given to the Black Armored Army led by the eldest son.

He wanted to play tricks and deny it, but Da Lang just murmured slowly: "My brother and I built an iron workshop in Jiuling Lake. If Dad can afford the price, you can have as much as you want for Mo Dao."

Feng Dahu was speechless.

He has no money, at least no son of a bitch has money.

If the son of a bitch raises the price again, he will have to have the cheek to find loan sharks!

When passing by the concierge, Feng Kai saw Liu Tie at a glance.

The tea soup and snacks in front of Liu Tie didn't move, he was just sitting in a daze, and he didn't know how long he had been here.

Feng Kai stopped in his tracks.

"Son, what's the matter?"

Seeing that he suddenly stopped leaving, Duhu Feng asked curiously.

Feng Kai stretched out his finger to point at Liu Tie, and it happened that Liu Tie was also looking up, seeing that it was Mr. Feng, he quickly got up and greeted him.

"Eldest son, I, Zong Juzi, have a letter to send to you."

"letter?"

Feng Kai raised his eyebrows.

"where is it?"

"Oh, here."

As he spoke, Liu Tie took out an envelope from his pocket.

Feng Kai took it over, changed his expression after only one glance, and signaled Liu Tie to follow him towards the study.

Chief Protector Feng felt strange, so he also followed.He eagerly poked his head out from behind, wanting to see what Boy Ning gave Da Lang.

It's rare to see a son of a bitch with a serious expression, what happened? !

Feng Kai entered the study, sat down at the desk, and signaled Lu Yong to close the door.

He took out the letter from his pocket and read it for a while, his slender fingers brushing the mud print on the mouth of the envelope.

"Oh Dalang, what are you still doing in a daze! Hurry up and see what Ning boy has written?!"

Chief Feng is in such a hurry.

He just waited to see if there were any new gadgets, why did Dalang just look at the mud prints, what's so interesting about mud prints!

Feng Kai turned his head to look at Liu Tie, and waved the envelope in his hand.

"Is this paper?"

Liu Tie was surprised.

He didn't expect that Young Master Feng, who was far away in Ding'an City, would recognize what his family had just made.

He nodded.

"Yes, this is paper."

Feng Kai smiled.

He opened the mud envelope and took out the letter, read it through first, then took out another blank piece of paper from the envelope, and spread it on the desk.

This piece of paper was much larger than Ning Fei's two-word letter, and the folded parts were fully unfolded, covering most of the desk.The study room is well lit, and the setting sun shines into the room. The milky white paper is square, thin and smooth, like a piece of delicate silk at first glance.

Feng Kai stared at it for a long time, opened the inkstone to grind it himself, picked up the pen and tried to write the first character on the paper.

It is the word "Wu".

The characters are like the person, and when the pen is written, it is said that a strong man draws his sword, with a silver hook and iron stroke, murderous and intimidating.

Raising the wrist with the pen raised, Young Master Feng's eyes were sharp, he stared at the words on the paper for a while, then suddenly lowered his wrist, like a Kunpeng flying into the sea, moving and turning, flowing water and clouds.

At first, Chief Protector Feng was still watching the fun, but when he saw the words written by his son on the paper, his expression became solemn in an instant.

After a long while, Feng Kai stopped writing and remained silent, while Chief Protector Feng took a deep breath.

"Fucking old uncle!! This... this thing... this..."

He said "this" for a long time and couldn't complete it, so he could only stare at his son, waiting for him to come to a conclusion.

Feng Kai held the piece of paper in his hand, and under the setting sun, carefully inspected the ink seepage on the paper.

"Very light, lighter than silk, and so thin that it can be ignored."

"No bleed, no smudge, tough texture..."

Feng Kai paused suddenly, then turned to look at Liu Tie who was standing aside and waiting for orders.

"Feidi said in the letter that this thing is made of asparagus. What is asparagus?"

Liu Tie scratched the back of his head, still a little nervous facing Mr. Feng.

"It's the weeds on the mountain. It's found on the sunny slopes of Niubei Mountain. Its roots are still growing. Once it grows, it will cover the entire slope."

"Jizi said it's better to use weeds, which grow on hillsides and are cheap to grow, but don't damage the roots when mowing the grass leaves, and new leaves will grow after a while."

Hearing what he said, Protector Feng's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Made of grass? Can grass make this thing? Why is it white, and you can't find grass leaves?"

"When the grass is taken back, it must be retting before it can be used. After washing it several times, it will lose its color."

Liu Tie couldn't explain the specific reason, but he was deeply impressed by the pair of rotten wooden stakes with white hairs that Clay carried back.

But without Juzi's permission, it is impossible for him to reveal specific information to outsiders, and the Feng family who has made good friends with them is no exception.

Chief Protector Feng is a sensible person, how could he ask the bottom line without winking?

The writing on this paper is smooth and smooth, and the handwriting is clear. When folded, it is a thin sheet, which can be carried on the body at any time. It is perfect for drawing maps!

He doesn't care how the paper is made, he just wants to know how much it costs and how much it can provide.

"It's such a big piece of money."

Liu Tie gestured.

These are the base prices that Ning Juzi told him before he left, and he can negotiate with the Feng family.

Protector Feng took a deep breath.

A lot of money for a piece, it sounds not cheap, but if it is really compared with bamboo slips and silk, it is so cheap that it makes people cry!

Not to mention the sheepskin used for drawing maps, the roughest tanned one costs a tael of silver. Like the one he is using now, it is wide, flat and even in thickness. This kind of sheepskin cannot be bought in the market, and only the family raises it. Only professional leather craftsmen can polish it carefully.

Calculating the money for raising people and selecting sheep, it costs more than ten taels of silver, which is not as easy to carry as this paper.

"Then... is that good to make!?"

Chief Guard Feng asked holding his breath.

"It's bigger than this one...can you make it?"

Liu Tie knew the answer to this question.

The net bed for papermaking was forged by himself, because it was only a trial production, and the large one has not been used yet.The wide width that Feng Dahu said can be satisfied by changing the net bed.

"Yes. We have big tools, no matter how big they are, and the process is the same."

Chief Protector Feng picked up the envelope that was put aside, this thing was also made of the same material of paper, no different from the one in Da Lang's hand.

Feng Dadu's protective fingers pulled flat to the sides, and it took [-]% of his strength to tear the paper in half.

"This papyrus is really strong!"

Feng Dadu murmured.

"Cheap and strong, it can be big or small, light and flat, everything can be clearly drawn, the best thing is that it doesn't take up space when folded, and it doesn't smell at all. This is what I dream of!"

He glanced again at the piece of writing on the letter paper in his eldest son's hand. He was so excited that he tore up the paper just now. Before he had time to experience the feeling of drawing a picture, his hand was so itchy that he always wanted to find a chance to try it for himself. try.

"Hey, son."

Du Hu rubbed his hands together, and looked at Young Master Feng with a smirk.

"Your piece of paper, can you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was flatly rejected.

Feng Kai shook his head, directly dismissing his father's thoughts.

"No, Dad, don't think about it, it's impossible."

The handsome young man was expressionless, but there was a glimmer of joy in his eyes.

"This first paper letter was specially written by Feidi. It is very meaningful. Dad should give up on this idea and find another way."

Chief Protector Feng: ...

Chief Protector Feng: "Then the one you write on is also fine, I'll try..."

Feng Kai still shook his head.

"No way, this is the first reply letter, it is very meaningful, I want to send it back to Brother Fei."

Chief Protector Feng: ...

Chief Protector Feng: Fart, little bastard!Isn't it just that people tell you that paper has been made, and you say that it is very good to know, and you need to be so sticky? !

It's also very meaningful... I don't know, I thought you two exchanged tokens of love!