Chapter 941 Just gives the three naughty brothers an extra happy childhood
Cheng Chubi looked at the original gunpowder formula and felt a little helpless to complain.
"That's it? Is this your recipe?" Cheng Chubi shook the thing with a look of disgust.
Master Yongning stared intently at the piece of silk cloth and nodded his head cautiously.
"Mr. Cheng, please be careful. This elixir recipe has been my master's lifelong endeavor."
Cheng Chubi handed the jar to Master Yongning, twisted his lips and ordered.
"Come on, give me a try and see how powerful this thing is."
After Master Yongning carefully took it, he watched him take the small jar and place it on the open space outside the alchemy room.
Then, he lit the fire stick, lit a small piece of incense, and inserted the unlit end into the small jar.
Then he quickly stepped back, and then said flatteringly to the three Young Masters Cheng.
"I would like to ask the three Mr. Cheng to watch here. Once this medicine turns into fire, it will be very dangerous. The fragments that come out will hurt people."
After about ten breaths, the small piece of incense fell into the small jar.
Then, the three Cheng Ran brothers all saw a ball of fire coming out of the jar and then making a bang sound.
The lid of the small jar was blown off, and the small jar was also blown into pieces at this moment.
"Interesting..." Cheng Chubi smacked his lips, never expecting that one day he would become a witness to China's four great inventions.
Unexpectedly, paper, printing, and gunpowder are all more or less related to me, and the rest is the compass.
Hmm... Looking for an opportunity to build that thing can be considered as a contribution to the Tang Dynasty's navigation industry.
Just when Cheng Chubi was thinking that the science and technology of the Tang Dynasty was about to develop vigorously.
Cheng Chuliang, who was next to him, suddenly nudged his eldest brother Cheng Chumo with his elbow and whispered in a low voice.
"Hmm...Brother, this thing is a bit interesting. The sound is quite exciting, much stronger than the sound of our New Year's firecrackers."
"Last year, our old Cheng family's firecrackers were outperformed by the old Hou family, which made our three younger brothers very unhappy."
The eldest brother Cheng Chumo couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he looked deeply at the Taoist priest Yongning who was standing aside and trembling.
"Third brother, I think we have picked up a good treasure on this trip that can give our old Cheng family a good reputation."
Cheng Sanlang was dragged over, and then the three brothers began to bite their ears.
"Third brother, we must keep this recipe. It will definitely come in handy on New Year's Eve this year."
"..." Cheng Chubi looked at the two chattering brothers with a strange expression, and didn't expect to turn around.
Gunpowder has returned to its original purpose, just to hear the sound...
"Big brother and second brother, this recipe is not pure at all, but it's okay to keep it for now."
Cheng Chubi immediately thought of Fang Zhu, whom he had just brought back from the palace this year and successfully transplanted...
Cheng Chubi was very worried that if his three younger brothers played with the firecrackers, they would not have enough fun.
What should I do if I put the Fangzhu that I finally got back from the palace into the brazier and use it as a firecracker?
The so-called firecrackers to drive away evil spirits should be a folk custom that has been passed down from primitive society.
Presumably in ancient times, although humans had fire, there were still some greedy beasts that always wanted to choose people to eat.
Ever since, humans have discovered that when bamboo is inserted into a fire, the bamboo will explode loudly as it is ignited.
And such a sudden explosion can scare away the beasts hiding in the darkness.
From this, an activity or folk custom similar to sacrifice was formed, and after entering the urban era, it became a custom to ward off diseases and exorcise evil spirits on New Year's Eve.
On New Year's Eve, every household likes to place a brazier at the door, insert a bamboo pole into it, and listen to the popping sound.
But the sound of firecrackers made Cheng Chubi, who was well-informed and had exploded a total of seven or eight hundred cow dung in his childhood, not even one thousand.
It was like the difference between a cannon and a small pistol, which completely prevented Cheng Chubi from having any interest in finding the fun of childhood.
But the problem is that the three naughty little brothers don't know. Every time around New Year's Eve, they only use bamboo poles to poke into the fire.
Now, I saw this gunpowder recipe and heard the two brothers mention the three brothers who went to Fangjiewa.
Cheng Chubi felt that since he had seen primitive gunpowder, it would not be easy for others to suspect him if he improved the original gunpowder into serious gunpowder.
Of course, this also just gives the three naughty brothers an extra happy childhood.
Thinking of this, Cheng Chubi's eyes fell on Taoist Yongning who was worried about his future destiny.
How should this guy be dealt with? Selling counterfeit and shoddy drugs and murdering exotic animals in Datang. It seems that there is no such crime in Datang.
Of course, Cheng Chubi believed that as long as he wanted to throw this guy to the county government, he could always get him a suitable charge.
However, he is a brave man who can even tinker with green vitriol oil and gunpowder. It seems too wasteful to throw him to jail like this.
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"Do you have a nickname or a name?"
Cheng Chubi raised his fingers in that direction and asked after Taoist Yongning arrived.
"I have been begging since I was a child. Fortunately, I was accepted as a disciple by my master. When I was a child, my master called me Tong'er. Later, he gave me the Taoist name Ning Xuan."
"So you can read?"
"The villain is literate. My master not only taught me a lot of alchemy skills, but also taught me a lot of Taoist scriptures..."
"It seems that you have a good master." Cheng Chubi smacked his mouth. It seems that Master Yongning is also a good person.
However, the Ning Xuan he trained was really not that good.
Cheng Chubi, who had lost five hundred guan to Ning Xuan, narrowed his eyes, looked at the uneasy Ning Xuan, and said after a long time.
"You have two choices now. The first choice is for me to send you to the Yamen."
Niubi, whose true Taoist nickname was Ning Xuan, had his legs weak and fell to the ground.
"The second option is that from today on, you will work for our old Cheng family."
"Ning Xuan is your name, are you willing?"
"The villain is willing to choose the second person, but the villain doesn't know anything except refining elixirs and reading scriptures..."
"It doesn't matter, it's no problem if you don't know how to do it, but fortunately you have the basics. You will understand when Cheng takes time to teach you."
Cheng Chubi's lips curled up happily. Chemistry, a basic subject, finally had a preparatory teacher.
Of course, we can't put him to work yet, but we have to leave him to the housekeeper, Uncle Fu, to repair him properly.
Chapter completed!