All I can say is that these two men are too lucky to escape.
Especially for Qingfeng, if the huge wootz steel was slightly deflected, it would not be his legs that would be shattered, but his whole body.
With that said, Yuan Tiangang walked up to Du He, bowed deeply, and said seriously: "Du He, you saved Qingfeng's life, and I, Yuan Tiangang, owe you my life."
Saying that, Yuan Tiangang actually wanted to kneel down to Du He.
Du He could not bear this and quickly helped Yuan Tiangang up.
"Lao Yuan, there is no need to talk about this between you and me. But, after the breeze returns in a few days, where will you go? Do you need to build Qingfeng Temple?" Du He asked curiously.
When Yuan Tiangang heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he pointed at Du He and said, "You have defrauded my Yuan family's old house. Now I am homeless."
Du He chuckled: "You can't say that. You were the one who sold it to me willingly in the first place. Why don't you stay and work for me since you know how to point gunpowder and smelt iron?"
What Du He was interested in was Yuan Tiangang's ability to smelt iron. This guy was obsessed with refining elixirs, but unintentionally mastered a lot of skills in smelting iron and steel.
Yuan Tiangang shook his head like a rattle and refused to agree to anything.
Du He suddenly smiled mysteriously: "I never force anyone to do anything. It doesn't matter. You can leave after Qingfeng recovers from his injury. However, I'm afraid it won't be long before the world knows that you have a son named Yuan Qingfeng."
Yuan Tiangang suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Du He in disbelief: "You...how did you know?"
"No comment!"
"Are you threatening me?"
Du He shrugged helplessly, "Did I say I was the one who spread the news?"
Yuan Tiangang really wanted to beat Du He, but unfortunately he was not Du He's opponent.
After a long while, Yuan Tiangang nodded helplessly: "Okay, I promise you to stay, but what can I do?"
Du He thought to himself, I like the way you hate me but can't kill me.
He asked with a smile: "How did you get the iron iron I asked Lu Bu to bring back?"
Yuan Tiangang nodded hurriedly: "I spent more than ten years and paid a high price to buy the iron iron from a Persian businessman. I originally wanted to build an alchemy furnace, but I didn't expect that it almost killed Qingfeng."
Du He said: "The iron, or wootz steel, used to make the alchemy furnace is too wasteful. It is better to use it to make something more interesting."
"what?"
"cannon!"
Du He smiled mysteriously and said: "Lao Yuan, you happen to be good at smelting iron and making gunpowder. Just so, I have an idea to build a cannon. Are you interested?"
"What is a cannon?" Yuan Tiangang looked confused.
Du He pointed to a mountain of earth on the other side and said, "The worst cannon, placed here, can blow up that small mountain of earth at once. What do you think?"
Yuan Tiangang simply couldn't imagine it.
"Is there such a powerful thing in the world?"
Du He said: "There are no cannons in the world, but when I, Du He, came, there were them."
Yuan Tiangang said with some curiosity: "Okay, Du He, since there is such a magical thing, how can I not agree?"
Du He smiled slightly: "Lao Yuan, don't rush to agree. I have conditions. First, you and I must sign a confidentiality agreement. Within five years, if you dare to leak the secret of the cannon, I will
I can kill you at any time. Secondly, your Majesty joins Datang Furniture Factory. In the future, I will build you a high-tech laboratory for you to do various research, even if it is used to make elixirs, it doesn't matter."
When he heard the second article, Yuan Tiangang's eyes lit up.
At this time, this old Taoist still has not forgotten to make alchemy.
He agreed without thinking.
Immediately, a confidentiality contract was signed, which could be regarded as a life and death contract, and Yuan Tiangang risked his own life.
Early the next morning, Du He asked the workers of the furniture factory to build a house on the river bank as a base for manufacturing cannons.
…
A few days later.
Royal Palace.
Li Er asked: "Zhao Yang, I asked you to invite Yuan Tiangang into the palace. I want to allocate money to build Qingfeng Temple for him. By the way, you can predict the fate of the country for me. Why is there no news yet?"
Zhao Yang said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I have been to Datang Furniture Factory several times and saw Yuan Tiangang's important events. He said..."
"what did he say?"
"Master Yuan Tiangang said that he is now busy exploring scientific truth, and he no longer does the business of predicting the fate of the country!" Zhao Yang said in a low voice.
Snapped.
Li Er threw the brush in his hand and smashed it on the ground: "... Yuan Tiangang must have been bewitched by Du He. This bastard..."
…
at the same time.
The Qingfengguan incident has spread throughout Chang'an City.
Everyone is saying that the famous Taoist Yuan Tiangang practiced the Ascension Pill and became a Taoist Immortal. When he left, he accidentally farted and blew up the Qingfeng Temple.
Of course, many people don't believe this.
Near the West Market, a huge house suddenly appeared on the corner of the street. This house's luxurious entrance and grandeur formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding low buildings.
The most noticeable ones are the four guards standing at the gate. Each of them is rugged, muscular, with beards, wearing armor made of animal skins, and carrying a scimitar at his waist.
Anyone passing by would stay away from these fierce men if they saw them.
Deep in the courtyard, in a room.
"Prince Gongsong Zanbu, we have found out clearly that Du He, the son of Lantian County, is the inventor of explosives. He contributed the method of making explosives to His Majesty the Emperor and obtained the title of Prince of Lantian County. Moreover, the nearest city
A Taoist temple exploded outside, turning the ground into a flat ground overnight, shaking the city of Chang'an. It was also because of the explosives... Prince, we can't wait any longer. Now the Tang Dynasty is sharpening its sword at our border, just to occupy us.
Land, take away our cattle and sheep, take away our women!”
A middle-aged man in a leather jacket with pigtails said respectfully to the young man sitting on the revolving wooden chair.
I saw that the young man was in his twenties, with a round head, a round face, and a pair of exaggeratedly small eyes, as if two small beans were embedded in his face. The hair around his head was shaved off, leaving only one on the top of his head.
A handful, but scattered around in a messy manner.
The young man's real name is Gongsong Zanbu, but his origin is unusual. He is the prince of the Tubo Kingdom today. His father is the famous Songtsen Gampo. Of course, the Tubo led by Songtsen Gampo at this time was not very strong.
There were frequent frictions between the border and the Tang Dynasty, and there were occasional wars.
Throughout his life, Songtsen Gampo admired the culture of the Central Plains the most, so he sent one of his sons, Gongsong Tsangbu, to Chang'an City to learn Chinese culture.
After a while, Gongsong Zanbu stood up and said seriously: "Du He is extremely cunning. If you want to kidnap him to Tibet and make explosives for us, you only have one chance. The longer it gets at the Datang Furniture Factory, the more guarded it becomes.
Sen Yan, the best opportunity is in the evening, when everyone goes to eat!"