Chapter 42: Flintlock
The next day, I returned to the military camp from the market and lay down in my own tent. I felt drowsy and didn't have a good rest last night.
However, the operation of the market is proceeding in an orderly manner. Fusu is relieved to hand over the entire market to Lin Xiaofeng.
The caravans that went to the Huns to conduct trade have expanded to seven or eight, so naturally Lin Xiaofeng didn't need to lead the team himself. Therefore, Fusu was relieved to let him coordinate the operation of the entire market.
Besides, every time the cattle and sheep brought back from the Huns need to be transferred to the Yumen Pass.
"I've been very busy lately and have to ask about all matters. It's just a county. If I really wait for me to succeed to the throne in the future, then I might die young!"
"So, for the sake of your own life and in order to make life easier in the future, I still have to find a way to extend my life to Da Da Qin!"
"This is like a big family industry, with a father on it, and I feel at ease as a rich second generation who is waiting to die? If the father is gone, isn't this heavy burden just falling on me? What's more, the country..."
Lying on my own bed, thinking about things in my mind, my consciousness gradually became blurred and I fell asleep.
I don’t know how long I slept, but Fusu was awakened by the noisy sounds outside.
"Jia Xianfeng, what happened outside?" Fusu sat up and asked.
"Young Master, something happened to the Difrost Mine." Jia Xianfeng immediately came in and replied.
"Ground Frost Mine? What happened?"
When Fusu heard this, his expression was slightly stunned. Isn’t the Earth Frost Mine a saltpeter Mine? Could it be that a mine accident happened?
"Young Master, it was a raging fire that ignited there. I am guarding outside the camp and I don't know clearly!" Jia Xianfeng replied.
"Let's go and have a look." Fusu hurriedly put on his shoes and walked out.
When I came to the saltpeter mine, Fusu saw many wounded people, and they were more or less burned. Fortunately, the fire here had been extinguished.
"Young Master, the situation is clear. He is a sinful slave from the Difrost Mine. He secretly collected some Difrost, as if he was going to make something. He caught it off guard, causing the fire to spread and the person has been taken down." As Fusu came over, the soldiers in charge of Difrost Mine immediately came over to report the situation.
"How are the casualties of the corvee laborers?" Fusu spoke, and the first sentence was to ask about the casualties first.
"No one died, but dozens of people were burned from different levels."
"Well, the injured, do your best to treat the injured!" Fusu nodded slightly and ordered.
"Where is that sin slave? Bring me here to take a look." Fusu asked again.
After a while, a young man who looked thirteen or fourteen years old and was brought over, knelt down in front of Fusu, his clothes were covered in shiver and shivered.
Obviously, I also knew that I had caused a big disaster and would definitely die today.
Although he proposed to abolish corvee labor, the main target of Guizhou heads who were voluntary labor, many of the criminal slaves who were punished for being convicted were naturally not in the strategy of using labor instead of servitude.
Therefore, although these sin slaves also have the same food, they naturally don’t have three hundred dollars a month’s wages.
Therefore, other corvee workers have money and look good in terms of clothing, but this slave looks like they are wearing lace.
"Tell me, use ground frost to drive fire. Who taught you this?" Fusu looked at the thin young man in front of him and asked.
"Young Master Qi, I was originally a alchemist. I was killed because my master was convicted. Although I was not guilty until I died, I was sent to the Great Wall. The method of frost in the ground was taught by my master at the beginning..." The young man shivered and did not dare to hide it.
"The apprentice of the alchemist?" Hearing this, Fusu raised his eyebrows slightly.
Why was he demoted by Qin Dada here to supervise the Great Wall? Wasn't it because Qin Dada was furious and wanted to kill the alchemists who deceived him, and his predecessor ran to persuade him, so he was punished?
Unexpectedly, I could meet an apprentice of a priest here?
Saltpeter can not only be used to make ice, but also one of the main materials for gunpowder.
In this ancient times, who should I talk about gunpowder first? It is the alchemist.
In order to pretend to be a god, many alchemists even played gunpowder in various ways.
"Since you know that the alchemist is not tolerated by the Qin Dynasty, why do you still try the method of frost and fire?" Fusu was still calm on the surface, and asked.
"Yesterday, the fireworks exploded in Yumen Pass. Even on the construction site, I saw that the fireworks developed by the young master were not colorful enough, so I thought that if I could develop more gorgeous fireworks and offer them to the young master, I would definitely be rewarded by the young master."
"But I didn't expect that if I committed such a heinous crime, I would like to ask the young master to spare my life, and I would like to ask the young master to spare my life. The criminal slave knows that he will never dare to commit it again..."
In the end, this sinner robbed the land with his head and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.
"Oh? As you said just now, the fireworks made by me are not gorgeous enough, so you can make more gorgeous?" Fusu asked with a brow raised.
"If it goes well, it won't be a problem!" The boy replied with his head down.
"How long will it take?" Fusu asked.
"Two days should be enough!" After a little consideration of the time, the boy gave an answer.
"I will give you three days to provide sufficient materials. I will give you a remote place to study. In three days, if it is successful, the death penalty will be avoided. If it is not successful, the death penalty will be killed!" Since it is a talent, Fusu doesn't mind giving the other party a chance to try it.
"Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness!" The sinner was ecstatic.
"Don't be busy thanking you, wait until you make better fireworks..." Fusu turned around and left, and at the same time, he asked Jia Xianfeng to arrange these things himself.
Although I can search for various information about gunpowder on the Internet, there are no relevant talents on hand after all. If this guy is really capable, it will definitely have a lot of help in the research and development of fireworks, guns, and even bombs.
After leaving the construction site, Fusu did not mean to return to the tent. He thought about it and turned his body to walk towards the craftsmanship.
The craftsmanship department first studied pulley sets and then burned glass. After the technology was mature, it promoted the construction and put into mass production.
So, Fusu felt that it was time to give the craftsmanship a new task next.
With a market, Fusu has a clearer concept of sales, such as mirrors and nectar and jade liquid, which are luxury goods, and the profits are naturally huge!
However, although the profits of glasses and ground cream are not high, they cannot withstand the vast market demand. In general, the profits are also considerable.
So, this time Fusu came to the craftsmanship office and found many craftsmen led by Lao Zhao. He told them about the saponification reaction and told them about the craftsmen that they would try the saponification reaction next and make soap.
It can not only be used to take a bath, but also to wash clothes. This is naturally a popular commodity. If you clean yourself, the people's mental outlook will be completely renewed, right?
"Old Zhao, I have something else to arrange for you!" However, when these craftsmen tried, Fusu called out to Lao Zhao.
Then, Fusu took out a design drawing he had drawn and said, "Old Zhao, this thing is called a musket. The principle is like this..."
In the past few days, Fusu has been gnawing some principles and dynamic drawings of the flintlock rifle on the web page, and finally got to know a lot. Then, he explained to Lao Zhao's head as he painted the cat.
"Next, Mr. Zhao, your main thoughts are here. Don't worry, take it slowly, but I hope you can make it!"
It took an hour to explain the situation in all aspects, and Fusu finally made a summary.
Chapter completed!