But if you don't agree, the city will be destroyed and people will die.
The negotiations suddenly reached a deadlock, but the initiative was completely in the hands of the Tatars.
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At the same time, Zhao Muyun and his party finally entered the territory of Yanzhou after a long journey.
Tang Yanhai had already received a secret order and personally met them at the designated location, and brought Zhao Muyun and others into an extremely secret valley.
There is a hidden world in the valley, where some simple workshops and barracks are hidden.
"Head Zhao, I'm so glad you returned safely!"
When Tang Yanhai saw that Zhao Muyun was safe and sound, he was so excited that his voice trembled.
Zhao Muyun patted his shoulder and said, "Yan Hai, thank you for your hard work. Is this place safe?"
"Absolutely safe! This place was transformed from an abandoned mine, and only a few people know about it." Tang Yanhai guaranteed.
"Okay." Zhao Muyun nodded. "Immediately summon Du Wei, the commander of Yanzhou, to come see me. Remember, no word can leak out."
When Dewey was secretly brought into the valley by Tang Yanhai, he was so shocked that he almost cried out when he saw Zhao Muyun, who should have been "dead", standing alive in front of him.
Then came a huge surprise: "Master Zhao, you... you are not dead! This is really... God has mercy on us!"
Zhao Muyun motioned him to silence. "Captain Du, this matter is top secret and cannot be made public for the time being. I summoned you here today to entrust you with an important matter."
"Just give me your orders! I will do anything for you, even if it means death!" Dewey clasped his fists excitedly.
"I need you to secretly mobilize the trustworthy people in Yanzhou to secretly purchase large quantities of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, especially high-quality saltpeter, the more the better, and transport them into this valley in batches. Is it possible?" Zhao Muyun said in a deep voice.
Although Du Wei didn't understand why, he didn't hesitate. "I will do my best to see it through! Yanzhou is located on the south bank of the river, and trade is complex. Although we need to be careful in procuring these materials, it should be possible!"
"Very good. This matter concerns the future war situation, so you must be cautious." Zhao Muyun warned.
After seeing Dewey off, Zhao Muyun came to an open space deep in the valley.
There, a dozen or so fireworks craftsmen "invited" from Jinyang were waiting anxiously.
Zhao Muyun looked at them and asked Tang Yanhai to bring out a box of silver:
Here are 1,500 taels of silver. Each of you will take 100 taels as a settlement allowance. Next, you will develop a new type of... 'fireworks' according to my formula and requirements."
When the craftsmen saw the white silver, they were surprised and suspicious.
Zhao Muyun picked up a piece of charcoal and wrote down the rough proportions of "one saltpeter, two sulfur, three charcoal" on the slate. He then explained in detail the requirements for grinding, mixing, compacting, and packaging, as well as the effect he wanted to achieve of "sound like thunder, smoke and flames filling the sky."
"Remember, the ratio is not absolute. You need to experiment repeatedly to find the most powerful and stable ratio and production process."
"Be sure to stay away from people during the experiment and pay attention to safety!" Zhao Muyun said seriously, "If you succeed, there will be a generous reward later! If you leak any information or deliberately sabotage..."
He hadn't finished speaking, but the coldness in his eyes made all the craftsmen shudder.
Although the craftsmen felt that the "lord's" request was strange and dangerous, they had no choice but to agree under the huge reward and pressure.
In this isolated valley, they began conducting secret experiments that were destined to change the face of warfare.
Zhao Muyun looked at the craftsmen who started to get busy with their work, his eyes deep.
He knew that the court's stupidity and self-destruction had caused the situation to deteriorate to the extreme.
If you want to carve out a path in this chaotic world and protect everything you want to protect, you must possess a powerful force that transcends this era.
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