Qin Fang walked over, his eyes also showing a smile: "Why are you here? How was your journey?"
Du Xingran laughed: "Very good, it's only a three-day journey, the emperor asked me to come, and I also fought for it. By the way, brother Qin, I am no longer a captain guarding the city, but I am serving in front of the emperor. I am now a sixth-rank guard."
Qin Fang was very happy for Du Xingran when he heard it. You know, no matter what rank an official is, serving in front of the emperor is different. Just like whether an official has real power, even if the rank is low, but has real power, it is different.
Qin Fang patted Du Xingran on the shoulder: "In that case, we should celebrate today."
Du Xingran said: "Thank you, Brother Qin. By the way, Brother Qin, let me introduce you to our captain, the fifth-rank commander of the Yulin Army, General Yu Nian."
The man Du Xingran introduced seemed to be about 30 years old, with a fierce look in his eyes and a very serious expression.
Yu Nian said: "General Qin, I have heard of your great name for a long time." He looked fierce, but he was not a murderer. However, because of this face, many people were afraid of him. When he proposed marriage, he spent a lot of effort. Now he has a child, but the children at home are also afraid of him. Yu Nian is a little worried.
Qin Fang said, "General Yu, please come in."
There were a hundred soldiers from the Su Lin Army accompanying them this time. Only Du Xingran, Yu Nian, and the five captains of the Su Lin Army brought by Yu Nian entered the tent with Qin Fang. Among the hundred soldiers of the Su Lin Army, there were twenty in each team.
After entering the tent, Yu Nian said directly: "General Qin, I have official duties to attend to. I will tell you directly, regarding the gunpowder, when will you prepare to give it to us? We can set off as soon as possible and send it to Yongzhou."
Qin Fang said: "It will take another five days."
Yu Nian could not help but frowned and said: "Five days? Yongzhou is in urgent need of gunpowder, why does it take another five days? Didn't His Majesty send a letter in advance?"
Qin Fang said: "General Yu, you don't know that gunpowder cannot be made in advance. Gunpowder made in advance will be damp and affect its power, so it is all made now. Qin started making it as soon as he received His Majesty's letter, but the manpower for making gunpowder is limited. In the past few days, It will take another five days to produce the amount that Your Majesty wants. "
Yu Nian didn't know anything about the gunpowder either. Since Qin Fang said so, he naturally didn't doubt it. However, "Can't we add more people to make it? Otherwise, what if we miss the time? It's urgent in Yongzhou."
Qin Fang said, "Your Majesty knows that the gunpowder must be made now, and I came from Yongzhou. With the current military strength of the barbarians, they are no match for my army, so General Yu doesn't have to worry. The people who make gunpowder are all from the Ministry of Works. We can't add more people, otherwise if the formula of gunpowder is leaked, Qin can't bear the responsibility."
Qin Fang said so, so Yu Nian didn't say anything. Moreover, even if there is a miss, it is not their responsibility, but Qin Fang's responsibility.
The one hundred soldiers of the Yu Lin Army brought by Yu Nian were settled in the military camp. Yu Nian did not want to separate from the Yu Lin Army, so he also lived in the military camp. Du Xingran was taken back to the general's mansion by Qin Fang.
In the general's mansion, Yang Haiyan was playing with her son. Seeing Qin Fang bringing Du Xingran into the yard, she was very surprised: "Second Brother Du."
Du Xingran was also happy to see Yang Haiyan: "Sister, OK..."
Before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Xiao Luo Luo beside Yang Haiyan: "Brother..." A word jumped out of the mouth of little Qin Linyang.
Little Qin Linyang can call mother, father, and brother. Hearing Yang Haiyan call Du Xingran "Second Brother Du", he followed suit. This call made everyone laugh.
Du Xingran guessed who he was: "This is my nephew, he's so big now."
Qin Linyang was well-fed, and Yang Haiyan never stopped feeding him milk powder, so he was taller than his peers.
Yang Haiyan said: "He's just a little silly. Brother Du, please come in quickly. Why are you here?"
Du Xingran: "I was ordered to deliver gunpowder to Yongzhou."
Qin Linyang watched his mother and father take his brother in. He followed behind with his legs swinging. Anyway, there was a walker and a maid watching him, so he followed happily, and Yang Haiyan didn't worry about him.
Military Camp
There were two soldiers from the Yulin Army who seemed to be visiting the military camp, but they were actually talking secretly.
"The time for the gunpowder delivery is different from what we expected. Is there any problem there?" It doesn't matter if it's one or two days off, but if it's five or six days off, it's a bit long.
"What can we do? Who knew the time for the gunpowder would be different? I thought His Majesty asked us to come, and there was ready-made gunpowder. We can only wait."
"That's the only way. It's too late to send a message now. By the way, His Majesty actually gave the gunpowder to Qin Fang, a farmer's son, to manage. He really trusts him."
"Who knows? It has nothing to do with us. We just have to guarantee the gunpowder..."
"If this thing succeeds, we brothers can retire. Who will still be in the Yulin Army then?"
"That's right." Ordinary guards like them, who have no money and no power, are the hardest.
Qin Fang said it would take five days, and it was five days. Five days later, Qin Fang handed the gunpowder to Yu Linjun: "General Yu, this is the gunpowder the emperor mentioned. Please count it. There are two hundred packets in total."
Yu Nian naturally wanted to count them. Two hundred packets were no problem, but they didn't know what gunpowder was. They didn't know whether it was real or fake, but they had no way to verify it. Yu Nian collected the gunpowder and asked Yu Linjun to load it. Because it could not be exposed to rain, he loaded it very carefully: "Thank you for General Qin's hospitality these days. But... I hope General Qin can forgive my mean intention. In order to prove that this gunpowder came from General Qin, could General Qin send someone to accompany us?" In this way, if there was a problem with the gunpowder, it would have nothing to do with them.
Qin Fang had originally intended to do so, and when he heard Yu Nian's proposal, he was overjoyed. He said readily, "No problem. I'll let Captain Yang take a hundred soldiers with you. Moreover, Captain Yang followed me from Yongzhou and is more familiar with this road."
Yu Nian: "That's great. Thank you again, General Qin."
Qin Fang: "General Yu, you are too kind."
After the gunpowder was loaded, Yu Nian led the Yu Lin army, and Captain Yang led the soldiers, and they set off together. Du Xingran waved to Qin Fang: "Brother Qin, I'm leaving. We'll have a drink together again if we have a chance."
Qin Fang: "Take care on your way."
After Yu Nian and others left, Qin Fang turned around and went to the Taoist temple in Shoushan.
The Shoushan Taoist Temple was deserted. Apart from the detained officials from the Ministry of Works, there were only the cooks and maids who stayed to take care of the officials from the Ministry of Works.
But today, there was an unexpected visitor.
"Are they all gone?" The visitor asked when he saw Qin Fang coming.
"Well, it's a good thing you arrived yesterday, otherwise it would have been delayed for a few days." Qin Fang looked at him. The visitor was not someone else, but Han Zhen.
Taoshan took seven days to get to the border from Yunxiang County, while Han Zhen only took five days, because they had different horses. Qin Fang actually calculated it, because he had walked this road before, so he could calculate the number of days it would take for Taoshan to get to the border. Qin Fang's horse was the same as Wu Shuai's, so he could also calculate the number of days it would take for Han Zhen to get here. Of course, if there was a difference of a few days, Qin Fang could delay it in time.
Han Zhen: "Is this gunpowder really that powerful?"
Qin Fang said, "I'll take you to see it." Han Zhen disguised himself as a soldier and followed Qin Fang to the Beast Mountain, so no one knew his identity. To others, he was just an ordinary soldier.
Qin Fang took out a bag of gunpowder from the Taoist temple on Shoushan Mountain: "This is a small gunpowder. For the convenience of carrying, it is slightly different from the gunpowder developed before. Of course, the power is also different. Small gunpowder is convenient for you to throw on the front line, and large gunpowder can't be thrown far."
As he said, the two of them went to an empty place. There were many traces of gunpowder here. When they were studying gunpowder before, they were all tested here. There were sandbags all around, which were very high and there were many of them, so as to prevent the mountain from being blown up when the gunpowder exploded.
Qin Fang fixed the small gunpowder bag on the arrowhead, then ignited it and pulled the bow.
Bang... The arrow flew into the sandbag, and then the gunpowder exploded. Han Zhen couldn't help but take a few steps forward, he was a little excited: "This... this..."
Qin Fang said with a bit of pride: "How is it?"
Han Zhen swallowed his saliva, his throat was a little dry from the excitement: "Good stuff, really good stuff. This small package can definitely kill a dozen people. Brother, your stuff is really great. With this thing, why should my Qi country worry about other countries invading the border?"
Qin Fang said: "Although it is so, it is very important to be able to do this. There is very little ore in the area."
Han Zhen: "So the emperor intends to strike a blow in this battle with the barbarians? We know that there is little ore, but others don't know. The shock effect will definitely be good."
Qin Fang: "We can never guess what the emperor thinks."
Han Zhen: "That's right. They will arrive in two days at most. We will set out then and catch up."
Qin Fang: "Yes." According to Qin Fang's original plan, Han Zhen and his team followed the team. But after the two met and discussed yesterday, they changed their minds. Han Zhen led his own team and left with gunpowder. And Yu Linjun and his team...
Two days later, Tao Shan and others arrived.
Han Zhen only had five people, so there were not enough people to transport gunpowder. So Qin Fang sent fifty cavalrymen to follow, which was not much.
Before this, the gunpowder had been moved to the Imperial Grain Factory and packed. So when the gunpowder came out of the Imperial Grain Factory, in the eyes of others, it was potato flour and sweet potato flour.
Now there are potato flour and sweet potato flour all over the country, and no one will snatch this stuff.
Therefore, Han Zhen and his team will be very safe on this journey.
Qin Fang was also worried when he saw Han Zhen leaving with fifty cavalrymen, hoping that they would arrive in Yongzhou safely. Only when they arrived in Yongzhou were they completely safe.
Because he was worried about the gunpowder, Qin Fang did not sleep well these days. Seeing this, Yang Haiyan was reluctant to let him go. She bought some calming incense from the platform and gave Qin Fang a massage.
Little Qin Linyang saw his father lying on the couch, wearing only a pair of underwear, and his mother sitting on the side pressing his father's head, so he walked to his father, stretched out his little fleshy hand, and pressed on his father's hand, while looking at his mother.
Yang Haiyan couldn't help but say: "Aren't your hands sore?"
Little Qin Linyang didn't understand, and stopped pressing after a few times. He walked aside to play with the cloth ball and threw it at his father. But he was not strong enough to throw it at his father.
Qin Fang glanced at him, and he chuckled, having a lot of fun by himself.
Qin Fang: "What is this idiot laughing at?"
Yang Haiyan: "We don't understand the happiness of children. You should have a good rest, don't worry about him."
Qin Fang hummed, closed his eyes and rested. I have to say that his wife's hand on his head, although the force was light, was really comfortable, and made him relax unconsciously. Yang Haiyan used to run her own weight loss camp, so she had some understanding of the acupuncture points of the human body, and she was massaging according to the acupuncture points.
The General's Mansion has regained its former tranquility, but the team delivering gunpowder is not peaceful at all.
Yu Nian brought a hundred people to deliver gunpowder, plus the hundred soldiers led by Captain Yang. It should be easy for a total of two hundred people to transport ten boxes of gunpowder.
But this ease only looks easy, but it is not actually easy. Because each box of gunpowder is heavier than they imagined. When we just left Yunxiang County, we were in high spirits and didn't think the gunpowder was heavy. But now we have been traveling for five or six days, and the food supply is not enough, so the weight of the gunpowder is evident.
During the break, Yu Nian walked to Captain Yang and said, "Captain Yang, how many days will it take to reach the Yongzhou military camp?"
Captain Yang calculated and said, "We have traveled for six days. At our current speed, it will take another six days."
Six days, not bad.
Yu Nian had never seen gunpowder, so he was a little curious about this weapon. Now, while taking a rest, he asked curiously, "Has Captain Yang seen gunpowder?"
Captain Yang said, "Of course I have. Gunpowder is very powerful. Take this hill for example. As long as there is enough gunpowder, it can be flattened in the blink of an eye."
Yu Nian was very surprised, "So powerful?"
Captain Yang said, "Not only that, you have to see it for yourself. I said you haven't seen this scene, and you can't imagine it."
Yu Nian thought about it and it was true.
After resting for a while, everyone continued on their way.
Yu Nian and others were wearing the clothes of the Yulin Army, and the soldiers led by Captain Yang were still wearing the clothes of the military camp, so they were officers and soldiers at a glance. Therefore, they were not afraid of robbers, so they walked very bravely along the way.
However...
"There is a Land Rover ahead." Du Xingran said, "How can there be two big trees in the middle of the road on such a nice day?"
This situation was not right at first glance, Yu Nian shouted: "Everyone pay attention." Damn, who dares to be so bold to attack them? Yu Nian sent a few people to move the trees, and said to Captain Yang, "Captain Yang, it seems that this situation is not simple."
Captain Yang remembered the general's instructions before coming, and he said: "I will take people to check nearby?"
Yu Nian said: "Okay, we will wait here."
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