After Qin Fang came out of the house, he realized that he had not eaten dinner yet. He had just drunk a bowl of shredded pork soup, but his stomach was still not full, so he went to the steamed bun shop. Although it was late, the steamed bun shop was still open because the steamed buns had not been sold out, so it was not closed yet. So Qin Fang sold all the steamed buns in one go, which was 35 buns, and he spent 70 coins.
However, General Qin now has more private money. When he was a centurion, he had 100 coins a month for pocket money, and when he was a thousand-man, he had 1 tael of silver a month for pocket money. Now he is General Qin, and he has 10 taels of silver a month for pocket money, so he doesn't care about the mere 70 coins. In the past, he felt bad when Yang Haiyan bought him meat.
To be honest, at that time, he was happy with a hundred coins for pocket money. Now that he has ten taels of silver for pocket money, he can't feel the happiness at that time.
Qin Fang finished six buns in one breath, and there were twenty-nine left. Yunxiang County is poor, so the buns are big. If the buns are not big, few people will buy them.
Then, Qin Fang went to the East Suburb Barracks.
Except for the soldiers on guard duty and in the barracks, all the others went to search the mountain. Qin Fang went to the barracks and asked the logistics soldiers in the barracks to prepare meals for them, so that the soldiers who searched the mountain would not be hungry when they came back. Especially the one hundred soldiers who followed him in the morning, they were even hungrier now.
After instructing the logistics soldiers in the company, Qin Fang went directly to the Beast Mountain.
The Beast Mountain is big and high, and it takes a lot of time to climb the mountain. In the morning, Qin Fang led the soldiers to climb for more than an hour. Now he was alone, and he hurried. In less than an hour, he arrived outside the Taoist temple.
"The general is here."
"General..."
"General, the tiger hasn't woken up yet."
Lieutenant Lu: "Why is the general here?"
Qin Fang gave the buns to Lieutenant Lu: "Distribute them to the soldiers present, the quantity is limited."
Lieutenant Lu: "Yes." Twenty-nine buns are still enough to share. The number of people present is not as many as twenty-nine, because basically everyone has gone to search the mountain.
Thinking of searching the mountain, Qin Fang asked, "Are there any news about sulfur and saltpeter?"
Captain Lu said, "Not yet. Old Yang is searching from the Taoist temple. According to our speculation combined with yours, if the other party built the Taoist temple here for sulfur and saltpeter, then the sulfur and saltpeter should be not far from here."
"Sulfur may be some distance away, but saltpeter is not far." Doctor Li came out of the Taoist temple.
Qin Fang: "Doctor Li, you haven't rested yet?"
Doctor Li said, "Not yet."
Captain Lu gave the buns to Doctor Li.
Doctor Li was not polite either. He took a bite of the bun and continued, "If you inhale too much sulfur gas, it will produce toxins, so sulfur will not be nearby. Of course, if the person who built the Taoist temple does not care about the safety of others, that is another matter."
Qin Fang laughed, "Even if the other party does not care about the safety of others, he will care about the safety of the Taoist priest. If the Taoist priest gets into trouble, who will make the longevity elixir for him? Can't you see that this is the Changshou Temple?"
Doctor Li couldn't help laughing, "General, what you said makes sense."
The tiger has not woken up yet, and the iron chain man has fallen asleep after drinking the medicine. The Changshou Temple, which was originally deserted, is now brightly lit. It must be said that having such a Taoist temple on the mountain is a special experience.
Qin Fang and others are waiting for news about sulfur and saltpeter. Similarly, Yang Haiyan is also waiting for this news. However, what she was waiting for was saltpeter.
Why was Yang Haiyan waiting for saltpeter? Because saltpeter can make ice. In the summer, ice can be placed in the house to reduce the temperature in the hot summer. You know, there were no fans or air conditioners in ancient times, and it was really hot in the summer.
Yang Haiyan has saltpeter on her platform, but saltpeter in this world has not appeared yet. She can't think of a good reason to make ice with saltpeter, so she has never used it. But now that saltpeter has appeared, she has a plan.
Yang Haiyan remembers that when she was reading a novel, she saw a time-traveling heroine making ice with saltpeter in ancient times. At that time, she was curious, so she looked up the process of making ice with saltpeter on the Internet. It turned out that the process was very simple.
Making ice with saltpeter is not only simple, but she also found some information about saltpeter. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, a soldier went to wash his hands after producing gunpowder. At that time, there was saltpeter in his hands. As a result, when washing his hands, the saltpeter fell into the water, and then he was surprised to find that the saltpeter that fell into the water could absorb heat and lower the temperature of the water.
So, the matter of making ice with saltpeter came from this.
Of course, Yang Haiyan didn't know whether the matter was true or false, and all the information was seen on the Internet. However, she could borrow this matter. Now that sulfur and saltpeter have come out, then she can use the excuse of making firecrackers herself to ask Qin Fang for some sulfur and saltpeter, and then wash her hands while making firecrackers... The matter of making ice with saltpeter can also come.
If sulfur and saltpeter mines are found, Qin Fang will definitely report to the court, and gunpowder is of great importance. However, if saltpeter is discovered, the price of ice will be reduced, and perhaps ordinary people will be able to afford ice.
I just don't know how the court will reward Qin Fang if the sulfur and saltpeter mines are discovered and reported to the court? If the matter of saltpeter ice is reported again, how will the court reward Qin Fang?
Beast Mountain
In the second half of the night, the news of the saltpeter mine finally came.
It is not difficult for a thousand soldiers to find sulfur and saltpeter mines with the Taoist temple as the center. Because a Taoist temple can be built here, it means that the sulfur and saltpeter mines must be large.
Not long after the saltpeter mine was found, the news of the sulfur mine also came.
Qin Fang was overjoyed.
Captain Yang: "General, how do we deal with these sulfur and ores?"
Deal with? Qin Fang thought about it and thought of what Yang Haiyan said. If the firecrackers were made into big firecrackers, then used on the battlefield, who would dare to challenge Qiguo? He was a citizen of Qiguo, so he naturally hoped that Qiguo would be strong. "I will report this matter to the court. You send people to guard the sulfur mine and saltpeter mine."
Captain Yang: "Yes."
Qin Fang: "Let's go, take me to see."
So Captain Yang took Qin Fang to the saltpeter mine first. Looking at the white crystals in the mine, Qin Fang was so surprised that he could fit an egg in his mouth.
Captain Yang said: "The soldiers were also shocked when they first found it. This mine is really big."
Qin Fang's idea was that with so many saltpeter mines, if the sulfur mine was also big, how many big firecrackers could be made? "Is there so much sulfur there?"
Captain Yang said, "It's not as big as the saltpeter mine, but it's still a big mine."
Then they went to see the sulfur mine. As Captain Yang said, although the sulfur mine is not as big as the saltpeter mine, it is indeed a big mine.
After returning to the Taoist temple, Doctor Li approached Qin Fang and said, "General, can we take more sulfur and saltpeter from here to the General's Mansion?"
Qin Fang said, "Sure, take all the sulfur and saltpeter from the Taoist temple away, and don't touch the ones from the mine."
There were several baskets filled with sulfur from the Taoist temple alone, filling up many rooms. These were enough for Doctor Li to use for several years, so he was very happy: "Thank you, General."
Qin Fang said, "Except for those who stay here, everyone else can go back. Remember to bring food to the soldiers who stay behind after you go back."
"Yes."
Doctor Li: "I won't go. I can't stand climbing up and down the mountain."
Qin Fang thought that Doctor Li would be here to treat the patients in the iron chain, and it would be tiring to climb up and down the mountain, so he nodded and said, "Then you stay here for now."
Doctor Li: "Thank you, General. I would like to trouble the general to tell my daughter to pack some luggage for me and send someone to bring it over."
Qin Fang: "Okay, I'll let Tao Shan do it."
When Qin Fang returned to the general's mansion, it was already ugly, and there were still several baskets of sulfur and saltpeter, so there was quite a lot of noise.
Yang Haiyan got up in a daze, and without getting dressed properly, she just put on a cloak. Then she walked to the door and saw Nanny Lian coming in. She asked, "Nanny, what time is it?"
Nanny Lian said, "It's the ugly hour."
Yang Haiyan thought about it. Isn't that two o'clock in the morning? "What's going on outside?"
Nanny Lian said, "The general is back, and he brought back several baskets of sulfur and saltpeter, and he's sending them to Doctor Li's yard."
When Yang Haiyan heard about sulfur and saltpeter, she hurriedly said, "Quick, send a few baskets over here."
Nanny Lian was stunned: "Oh, Madam, sulfur is said to be poisonous. What are you going to do? Be careful not to get poisoned."
Yang Haiyan said, "Don't worry, Madam, I just want to make some firecrackers to liven up the mansion during the New Year and other festivals." Nanny Lian
thought that the madam was just thinking about this because she was bored. If she wanted firecrackers, she could just go and buy them. Even if there weren't many firecrackers, she could still buy a few to play with. "How about I go buy you some firecrackers tomorrow?"
Yang Haiyan said, "What's the point of buying them? You have to make them yourself."
Wait... Nanny Lian realized that she had overlooked something: "This sulfur and saltpeter are used to make firecrackers? But aren't they medicines?" Even if there are people who make firecrackers and sell them, they will not tell the recipe, so few people know that sulfur and saltpeter are one of the materials for making firecrackers. In the eyes of people who know a little about medicine, sulfur and saltpeter are indeed medicines.
Nanny Lian dare not say that she knows medicine, but after staying in the inner house for a long time, she still recognizes some medicines, such as sulfur and saltpeter.
Yang Haiyan said, "I have also seen it in books. I don't know it yet. When I have sulfur and saltpeter, I will ask an old master to make it and I will know." Even if there is sulfur and saltpeter, she can't make firecrackers.
Nanny Lian didn't think much about it: "Then the old servant asked someone to carry the sulfur and saltpeter over here?"
Yang Haiyan said: "Okay." She didn't want the sulfur, but it was not appropriate to have one, so she took both.
Nanny Lian just went out and confronted Qin Fang again: "I have met the general. General, the madam wants sulfur and saltpeter to make firecrackers, and I want to evenly carry some from here to the madam's yard."
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