Doctor Li thought for a while and said, "I need to go back and study it. His physical condition is caused by eating all kinds of messy things for years. Although there are signs of poisoning, the poisoning is not serious and not fatal. As for why he became crazy, I can't estimate. But... I smelled a strong smell of sulfur when I came in."
"Sulfur smell? What is that?" Qin Fang was puzzled.
Doctor Li said, "From what I have seen here, it seems to be a Taoist temple. There is an elixir furnace in this room. Combined with the smell of sulfur here, I suspect that sulfur is used to make elixirs. It is recorded in the Shennong Herbal Classic that sulfur is a medicine that can be used to change the properties of medicines. However, excessive amounts of sulfur can be poisonous. Just now I said that this person was poisoned. I guess he inhaled too much sulfur."
Qin Fang: "Really?"
Doctor Li said, "The smell came from there. Now the smell has not dissipated. I guess there is still sulfur there. General, Let's go and have a look."
Qin Fang: "Yes."
Doctor Li followed the smell and led the way to other rooms, and then his eyes lit up: "A lot of sulfur and saltpeter."
Qin Fang asked: "What are the yellow stones and white stones?"
Doctor Li laughed: "General, you don't know, the white one is saltpeter, and the yellow one is sulfur. Sulfur and saltpeter can both be medicines, used to improve the properties of medicines, but I didn't expect there to be so much sulfur and saltpeter here, but it's a cause for celebration."
Qin Fang said: "Not only this room, there are sulfur and saltpeter in other rooms."
Doctor Li heard this and was even more delighted: "It's just, How come there are so many sulfur and saltpeter here? It is unlikely that they were transported from the foot of the mountain. If they were transported from the foot of the mountain to such a high mountain for the purpose of refining elixirs, it would be better to refine the elixirs directly at the foot of the mountain."
Qin Fang heard this and suddenly had an idea: "Could there be sulfur and saltpeter nearby?"
Doctor Li thought that this was possible.
Qin Fang went out: "Captain Lu."
"General?" Captain Lu came in from outside.
Qin Fang said: "Send the order, let all soldiers start searching the mountain, looking for these two small stones, the yellow one is sulfur, and the white one is saltpeter. Doctor Li said that this can be used as a medicine, so you should be careful. But the yellow one is poisonous if inhaled too much, so you should also be careful."
Captain Lu: "Yes."
Doctor Li took out a piece of paper and wrote a prescription: "General, this is the medicine for that person, and someone has to go down the mountain to get the medicine."
Qin Fang gave the prescription to one of the soldiers: "Go get the medicine."
Soldier: "Yes."
Qin Fang did not have the idea of taking the person away for the time being. He did not know the other party's origin or identity, so it was safer to continue to lock him here, but this tiger was dangerous. And now, tigers do not eat wild boar legs. After thinking for a while, Qin Fang said to Doctor Li: "Doctor Li, let's withdraw from here first. After the tiger falls, we can control this place. It's too dangerous to leave the tiger here."
Doctor Li heard it and said: "The general wants to knock down the tiger?"
Qin Fang's face turned red and he said embarrassedly: "There are still some knockout drugs and sleeping pills from before. After we leave, we will use the sleeping pills to knock the tiger down." Anyway... although it is a dirty stuff, he uses it very well.
Doctor Li didn't think it was a big deal. If it can succeed without moving a single soldier, why not use it?
So Qin Fang gave the order to ignite the sleeping pills in the Taoist temple, and then they withdrew from the Taoist temple.
The tiger saw that they had left and didn't react. It went back to its room and lay down. After half an hour, Qin Fang went in and saw that the tiger had been hit.
Qin Fang: "Come here, make a cage to lock up the tiger, but don't hurt it. Bring fresh meat to it at night. Oh, and put it in a room with the chained man."
Soldier: "Yes."
After the cage was built, the tiger hadn't woken up yet, and it was already dark. Qin Fang left some soldiers to guard it and protect Doctor Li, and went down the mountain.
When Qin Fang returned to the general's mansion, it was completely dark.
"The general is back."
A shout came from the door of the general's mansion. The sound was louder than usual. If it was a smaller mansion, everyone would probably hear it.
Qin Fang paused: "Uncle Hong is full of energy today."
Uncle Hong chuckled and said: "No, it was Madam who ordered that if you come back, you have to shout loudly. Look, you didn't come back at dinner time today, and Madam came to the door to check several times."
Qin Fang heard it and hurried inside.
Although Uncle Hong's call did not reach Yang Haiyan, the guards who patrolled the mansion heard it and immediately went to the inner courtyard to inform Yang Haiyan: "Madam, the general is back, and there was a sound from Uncle Hong just now."
Yang Haiyan had already eaten and was taking a walk with Qin Siya to digest the food. When she heard that Qin Fang was back, she asked Qin Siya to go back to the yard, and ordered the servants to serve the warm dishes, and went to pick up Qin Fang.
However, Yang Haiyan saw Qin Fang coming back just as she walked out of the yard. She took a few steps forward: "Why did you come back just now? You didn't even ask anyone to send a message back." Knowing that he had gone to the Beast Mountain and hadn't come back yet, she would think of other things and worry that he was in danger.
Qin Fang heard the concern in her voice and was very apologetic: "Yan Yan, I was very busy today and stayed on the top of the mountain. I called everyone in the barracks to search the mountain, so I didn't have time to come. I'm sorry to worry you."
Yang Haiyan could understand after hearing his explanation. When you are busy, you won't care about these things. "I'm glad you're okay. I just want you to be fine."
Qin Fang took her hand: "Don't worry, I'll remember it."
The two entered the yard.
Qin Fang didn't eat enough at noon, and he had consumed a lot of energy climbing the mountain today, so he was already very hungry. As soon as he smelled the fragrance of rice, his stomach growled. He was used to being shameless in front of her, but he still had to maintain his image: "The cake and biscuits at noon were eaten by others, and I didn't eat enough."
Yang Haiyan listened, but she didn't understand what he meant. She said considerately: "Who is so excessive to snatch your husband's food?" As she said that, she also served him a bowl of soup, "Drink the soup first to fill your stomach."
The soup was shredded chicken soup, which was very delicious and simmered slowly over low heat.
Qin Fang took a sip, and then several more sips in a row, and then his stomach felt better. Then he said, "It wasn't robbed. Something happened in Beast Mountain today..." Then he told the story of what happened in Beast Mountain.
Yang Haiyan heard it and hurriedly said to the outside, "Madam Lian."
Madam Lian answered at the door, "Madam?"
Yang Haiyan said, "Madame Lian, send someone to tell Lieutenant Lu and Lieutenant Yang that Lieutenant Lu and Lieutenant Yang are busy now, so they can do nothing. Don't let Madam Lu and Madam Yang worry."
Madam Lian said, "Yes."
Qin Fang said, "I forgot about that." Men are not so careful about some things.
Yang Haiyan said, "My husband is a man who does big things. How can he remember trivial things like a little girl like me?"
Qin Fang said immediately, "No, Yanyan is the smartest person. How can I compare with Yanyan?"
Yang Haiyan's mouth curled up to the sky. This man is really getting better and better at talking. However, "You said, you found sulfur and saltpeter in that Taoist temple?"
Yang Haiyan studied very hard back then. Her grandmother died, and she was an orphan with no other way out except studying, so she studied day and night, and her grades were very good. Even after more than ten years, some knowledge has been forgotten, but some knowledge is also remembered, such as gunpowder.
Gunpowder was originally discovered by the Chinese during the Western Han Dynasty. Moreover, sulfur and saltpeter are important materials for making gunpowder.
However, Qiguo did not have gunpowder.
It is a bit strange that Qiguo already had firecrackers, so how could there be no gunpowder? Qiguo's firecrackers are Chinese fireworks, but the manufacturing principle of firecrackers is similar to that of gunpowder, but the amount of materials is not as large as gunpowder, and the power is not as great as gunpowder.
So, Qi State had firecrackers, why didn't they have gunpowder?
Yang Haiyan didn't understand this question. However, "Husband, do you know what firecrackers are made of?"
Qin Fang was stunned: "I don't know." He was ashamed. Did his wife want to test him? Probably not, his wife knew he had no talent. Take poetry for example, he only wrote it once.
Yang Haiyan said cryptically: "I read in a journal that firecrackers are made of sulfur and saltpeter."
Qin Fang didn't understand what Yang Haiyan meant when he heard it.
Seeing this, Yang Haiyan said it more clearly: "So, my husband, I have an idea. Since we in Qi State have sulfur and saltpeter, why don't we make big firecrackers? In this way, when we fight the enemy, we can directly blow them up with a big explosion. Isn't it faster? I just don't understand why the court doesn't make big firecrackers?"
When Qin Fang heard this, he was stunned at first, then put down the bowl and clasped Yang Haiyan's shoulders: "Yan Yan, you are so smart, so smart..." He kissed Yang Haiyan on the face with joy, then ran out, "Yan Yan, I'm going to be busy and won't be back today. You go to bed early and don't wait for me."
"Husband..." Yang Haiyan chased out, but the man had already run far away.
Yang Haiyan shook her head helplessly. This man... But she smiled again. It was good that he understood what she meant.
Although Qin Fang didn't know that Yang Haiyan was reminding him on purpose, he did think of it. Why didn't the court make big firecrackers to deal with the enemy? Because there was not enough sulfur and saltpeter. Why did King Liang build the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain? Because there was sulfur and saltpeter there. If the Taoist temple was built at the foot of the mountain and sulfur and saltpeter were transported from the mountain, it would definitely be discovered. In this way, the court would know the existence of sulfur and saltpeter and would definitely come to ask for it.
King Liang did not want to hand over the sulfur and saltpeter to the court.
Of course, this was Qin Fang's idea. But it doesn't matter whether it is or not. He thinks his guess is correct. There must be a lot of sulfur and saltpeter near the Taoist temple.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
