Chapter 446 Black Powder
He bullied her until her legs became weak and half of her body was hanging on him. Only then did Lu Shiyan show mercy and slowly let her go.
Jiang Tangtang gave him an angry and coquettish look.
How can you be so childish when you're already this old? I just laughed at him! Is that necessary?
Her lips were rosy and gorgeous, like cherries ready to be picked, and her eyes were furious yet charming, like an angry little cat. Far from being intimidating, she made the person opposite her want to tease and cherish her even more.
Jiang Tangtang was so embarrassed that her face could bleed after discovering someone's dishonest hands, "Can you be more serious?"
Although the door is closed, this is the yamen.
In order to control the budget and considering that this was just a temporary office, her office was very close to the rooms of other officials.
And the Falcon had just knocked the window open, and it wasn't closed yet. It would have been fine if he'd pressed her against the wall and kissed her, but he'd even put his hand inside...
She felt ashamed and embarrassed thinking that there were so many officials outside handling official business, but he locked her in the room to do such a thing.
But someone just holds a grudge and his actions become more and more excessive.
Jiang Tangtang was aroused by his competitive spirit. With a thought, the two of them instantly arrived at the bedroom in the space.
She pushed him onto the bed, ripped off his clothes, and said like a little gangster from a Hong Kong movie, "Do you think I'm scared of you? Boy, you're too naive!"
Looking at Jiang Tangtang's fierce look, Lu Shiyan was stunned for a moment, then laughed muffledly.
"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Tangtang said unhappily, "Aren't you burning with desire and acting horny regardless of the occasion? Come on, come on, I'll play with you to my heart's content today!"
"Are you angry?" Lu Shiyan stroked her fur. "Why are you so weak?"
Jiang Tangtang pinched his chest, "Bah! How can anyone be so funny as you?"
As he spoke, he pinched someone's thing that was already expanding uncontrollably, "How about I tease you like this?"
Seeing that he had really irritated the person, Lu Shiyan hurriedly coaxed: "Okay, I was wrong, let's go out first, okay? It's not good for us to disappear for too long."
Jiang Tangtang snorted softly and got off him. "Now you know it's not good. What were you doing just now?"
"I just wanted to tease you because you were unhappy." Lu Shiyan stood up and began to tidy up his clothes.
He didn't lie.
He was indeed a little angry at his wife's ridicule, but the main reason was that she seemed unhappy and he wanted to cheer her up.
He couldn't help but ask Jiang Tangtang what happened just now.
Jiang Tangtang handed the letter to Lu Shiyan and said, "Xiao Xian sent Snow Eagle to deliver a letter. If the other party is coming towards us, I'm afraid we have to prepare for it in advance."
Even though they conquered Xirong last year and expanded the country's territory, the treasury of Daming is actually very empty and is not suitable for war at all.
Xiao Ye was not a particularly capable emperor. His officials were corrupt, protective of one another, and oppressing the people. The country had long since collapsed.
What's more, we later experienced wars and various natural disasters.
The original Xirong was not much better than the Great Zhou. After she conquered Xirong, she didn't know how much food she had sent to them.
Although Damin is now a completely different place thanks to her efforts, the time was too short.
Fighting does them no good.
Of course, if an enemy invaded, she would not be afraid and would fight with all her might. However, after this war, the economy of the people would decline again.
The people's lives, which had just begun to improve, will be ruined and they will return to misery again.
Lu Shiyan hugged Jiang Tangtang comfortingly, pointed at his eyebrows and said, "Do you know how this happened?"
Jiang Tangtang looked at his expression that said, "Praise me!" and had a bold guess in her mind, "Has there been any progress in making the musket?"
Ever since Lu Shiyan watched modern blockbusters in the space, he has developed a strong interest in modern military equipment such as guns and explosives.
I have been studying military-related books in the space, and have been thinking about replicating those weapons.
After repeatedly studying the books in the space, Lu Shiyan decided to start with the simplest method of making black gunpowder.
The eyebrows on his face were blown off when he was trying to mix the formula for gunpowder.
Although he had only successfully tested black powder, which was still far from his goal, Lu Shiyan felt that success was only a matter of time.
He kissed Jiang Tangtang on the cheek and said, "My wife is so smart. She guessed it right at once."
Jiang Tangtang ignored his exaggerated praise and asked excitedly, "What did you make? A musket?"
If it was a musket, why would she be afraid of fighting?
"No." Lu Shiyan said, taking out two black balls from his arms and giving them to her.
Jiang Tangtang looked at it carefully and asked, "What is this?"
Lu Shiyan said: "Black powder will explode if it is thrown out."
Jiang Tangtang's face was filled with black lines. "You put it in your pocket? No wonder your eyebrows were blown off. You have such poor safety awareness."
"It's not that I'm gone, I still have some." He is obviously a man in his thirties, but when his wife laughed at him, he still pulled his eyebrows childishly and tried weakly to defend himself.
Jiang Tangtang was speechless. "Does it matter whether you have eyebrows or not? Your behavior is very unsafe. Gunpowder is easy to explode, and your homemade black powder is even more unstable. It's not safe to put it in your pocket. You just carried this gunpowder to me..."
Lu Shiyan looked at her and asked, "What do you do to you?"
"Okay, let's go out and take care of business first." Jiang Tangtang pulled him out of the space, "Let's go somewhere to test your black powder."
"Go to the mountains!" Lu Shiyan said.
Jiang Tangtang immediately summoned Gugu and rode Gugu with him to the barren mountains far away from the city.
Lu Shiyan first took out a bullet of black powder and threw it into the distance. The gunpowder exploded on a tree in the distance, emitting a thick and pungent smoke.
Jiang Tangtang went to check on the trees and said with some disappointment, "It's not powerful enough! And it doesn't throw far enough."
"The one I made at the beginning is more powerful than this one." Lu Shiyan said, and tried the remaining few.
Jiang Tangtang discovered that the black powder he made had different levels of power.
The powerful ones can shatter rocks, while the weak ones can only make a noise.
However, in this era, being able to make such black powder is already very impressive.
If they could improve the power and stability of black powder, their army would be invincible.
Jiang Tangtang's mood brightened instantly, and she came up with an idea with Lu Shiyan. With the muskets so tightly packed together, it would definitely be more difficult.
They could make something simpler based on the idea of black powder, and turn this black powder ball into a more powerful bomb.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
