Chapter 63: The little emperor's closeness

Seeing that Hua Qingxue's face changed, Li Jingnan immediately became nervous, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the weapon?"
Hua Qingxue was silent for a while, telling him: "Some time ago... a few Liao soldiers secretly mixed into the barracks and took our craftsmen away."
Li Jingnan heard that his eyebrows were almost raised! "Liao Bing mixed into Qingzhou camp?! What about Fu Tingye? He didn't find out?!"
"The other party's Qi Bing, dressed as a serious wound, was sent to the barracks, but the general didn't know." Hua Qingxue didn't mention that he was about to be taken away, and only You You sighed. There is no way to do everything together."
Li Jingnan resented and slapped on the table! I even shook the teacup with the winter melon tea.
"These Liao dogs! I will kill them sooner or later!"
Li Jingnan grew up in the shadow of Daqi's aggression from the beginning of his memory, and his hatred for the Liao people is deeply ingrained.
Hua Qingxue didn't really feel much about the two countries at first, but as the relationship with Fu Tingye and Li Jingnan became more and more intimate, and lived and lived here, he gradually had feelings for Daqi.
Correspondingly, she also began to develop resistance to Daliao. Especially after Liu Tiejiang's affairs, although Hua Qingxue was not Qi Ren, her position was basically the same as Qi Ren.
Hua Qingxue's voice was muffled: "Liao soldiers are not moving now, they must be rushing to make new weapons. Once the weapons are completed, they will commit the crime again."
Li Jingnan's small face sank, and the good mood just now swept away.
Although he is young, it is also clear that Daqi's national strength and strength are too weak and too weak compared to Daliao. Taking the initiative to attack is like hitting a stone with an egg! But passively waiting for the other party to hit the door is really suffocating!
Hua Qingxue finally made a new weapon. He thought he saw hope, but he only won one game and was taken away by the craftsmen who made the new weapon!
Is it true that Daqi can't hold on to this world?
"Okay, don't frown anymore. If you are so young, frown everyday. Beware of getting old soon." Hua Qingxue didn't want Li Jingnan to be too burdened. Try to make his tone lighter. "Don't worry about the military camp, general. I have already stepped up training a group of archers and reinforced the long-range attack capabilities of the army. I also mean this. The Liao soldiers used the name of the iron ride to make the surrounding countries tremble.
Li Jingnan remembered that Hua Qingxue made a bow with a range of 400 steps. His mood improved slightly and nodded in agreement. "Yes, we should develop our own advantages in the future. If we can't fight cavalry, we can fight long-range archers!"
After he finished speaking, he was worried again, "But... the Liao people's riding and shooting skills are very good. In case one day they figure out this kind of bow, then we..."
"This is a matter of time." Hua Qingxue said.
Li Jingnan stunned, staring blankly at Hua Qingxue.
"Once on the battlefield, there will be damage. As long as Liao Bing seized a few of our bows and arrows, disassembled the structure, and then looked for craftsmen to ponder for a few days, we would definitely find the mystery." Hua Qingxue's voice was still soft, said The words are very cruel, "So the bow and arrow are copied, sooner or later, we can't pin our hopes on the bow, it may help us win once or twice, but it will never be permanent."
Li Jingnan listened, her small face stretched tightly, her lips closed silently.
Hua Qingxue knew how much he wanted to give Liao Bing a heavy blow, so when she looked at Li Jingnan like this, she would be very unbearable...
"Come on, I will show you something." Hua Qingxue stood up and took Li Jingnan to the west side house.
The close Xiaodouzi also followed with a low eyebrow.
Hua Qingxue seemed to avoid it, and said to Xiaodouzi: "You should wait outside."
Xiaodou froze for a moment, then went to see Li Jingnan.
He has always been serving close to him, even Li Jingnan has never left the squat hut!
Besides, the emperor didn't say anything. Why should she? !
I don’t know how Li Jingnan thought about it. Waving in disgust,
Waiting outside.

"..." Xiaodouzi hung his head and stood under the eaves properly.
Hua Qingxue closed the door immediately.
"What are you going to give me? Such a mysterious..." Li Jingnan walked into the house curiously and saw that the whole wall was covered with wooden shelves! It was filled with handmade soap, and it was amazing!
"Wow! ... you made it all by yourself?!"
"Yeah, after doing proficiency, I will cook two pots every day." Hua Qingxue handed him a piece, "Is the last one I sent you used up? Don't use it, use this batch of new soap , Better than the original."
Li Jingnan nodded again and again, not polite to her, "Then you can install more for me, I will send a few pieces for the mother to use."
When Hua Qingxue heard it, the Queen Mother would even use her handmade soap? This feels really amazing!
She smiled and said, "Okay, then I will give you more decoration for everything. You can reward the minister's daughters and help me advertise!"
"What is advertising?" Li Jingnan looked at her inexplicably.
"It means to promote."
After reading the handmade soap, Hua Qingxue walked to a table case, picked up a handful of paper with various strange patterns, rummage through it a few times, and took out a few sheets from the paper and handed it to Li Jingnan.
"The new weapon, I haven't shown it to the second person yet." Hua Qingxue's tone was with a little pride, "If it is done, I can guarantee that even if this thing is stolen by Liao Bing, they can't do it. come out."
Upon hearing this, Li Jingnan didn't dare to underestimate, and looked seriously.
But when he looked left and right, he couldn't see what was drawn on the paper...
"What's this?" He looked up and down at the piece of paper in his hand. "It's like a round ball. It can't be chopped or chopped. How to use it on the battlefield?"
"To coordinate with these uses." Hua Qingxue handed him another few pieces of paper.
Li Jingnan still doesn't understand.
He was discouraged, "You tell me directly, what's the use of this thing?"
"This is called gunpowder, and you can understand it as a firecracker that is a hundred times more powerful than fireworks." Hua Qingxue put all the drawings in front of his eyes and explained one by one, "Once the gunpowder is made, we can start making rockets, guns, Artillery, every weapon has powerful lethality!"
"A hundred times more powerful than fireworks..." Li Jingnan felt a little unimaginable, and his expression became crumpled.
Probably because of this... In the Daqi Dynasty, the power of fireworks and firecrackers is too weak, and the people can listen at best.
Hua Qingxue felt that the problem should be in the purification process, which caused saltpeter not to play its due role.
In fact, during the Song Dynasty, gunpowder weapons were very developed. Not only did they have the prototype of muskets, Zhentianlei and Thunderbolt were born in the Song Dynasty.
It is a pity that although the Daqi dynasty is close to the Song dynasty in all respects, it only has military power... which is really hard to say.
The original ancient gunpowder, that is, the mixture of nitrite, sulfur and charcoal, did not attract people's attention and was difficult to apply in the battlefield, but after improvement, the combination of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and carbon according to a certain ratio, Powerful! Almost the same as postmodern explosives!
Hua Qingxue's biggest headache right now is not the making of gunpowder, but the selection of materials for the lead parts. It must be flammable, uniform in speed, and must have a certain resistance to moisture.
The most conservative method is to use cotton thread to make a thick line. The disadvantage is that it is too susceptible to moisture. Once it encounters bad weather, it is very likely to go out halfway.
The lead is not working, and even the most powerful artillery cannot exert its power.
Hua Qingxue is still trying to extract sodium chlorate.
Sodium chlorate will release oxygen when heated. Oxygen is the best combustion aid. As long as it is added into cotton thread, it can solve all her concerns.
These questions are too difficult for Li Jingnan to understand, and Hua Qingxue can only explain the rough.
"... In short, the general has agreed to set up a firearm battalion. He sent staff to assist me. If it goes well, we will soon have the first artillery soldiers." Hua Qingxue put away the drawings he had drawn recently and looked into his eyes. Some yearned, "They will definitely become the most brave team of soldiers in Daqi."
"But he didn't report the matter to the court!" Li Jingnan frowned, somewhat grudged.
Even if such a big event is to be done, it must be reported to the court first!
"The general might be worried about me..." Hua Qingxue smiled embarrassedly. "He was afraid that I would be punished for failing, so he helped me with it and reported it to the court, instead of waiting for the court to approve it. Do you have to wait a long time?"
Li Jingnan reluctantly accepted this explanation, and said with some unhappiness: "You can rest assured that as long as it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, I will definitely approve it! Tax relief, rest and interest, so these years...the Treasury really has no money."
Hua Qingxue nodded to express her understanding, sincerely, "The first emperor is a good emperor."
A simple and plain sentence, somehow, Li Jingnan felt a bit sore after listening to it.
After the first emperor's car collapsed for so long, he had never heard anyone evaluate his father in this way... Even the mother, when she mentioned the father emperor, also had a disapproval.
He deliberately raised a big smiley face, wanted to cover the eyes with reddish trends, and said: "I happen to be in a private visit in microservices. I will live with you for a few days! See how you make new weapons, how?"
Hua Qingxue nodded with a smile, "Okay, let you see, please be sure to go back and give me money when you are satisfied. Although the general said he was rich, I was a little worried that he had a swollen face and became fat. After all, this thing really needs mass production If it’s not, it’s not a matter of overnight, nor is it a matter of thousands or tens of thousands of silver..."
Li Jingnan raised his head proudly, "Then you can find me right. Fu Tingye, a general, how many salaries can he earn each year? Even if Wang is able to set up a name to collect taxes and collect money, it is also the king who just sealed this year and can't save much. Silver money! Even if the treasury is empty, it will definitely be richer than Fu Tingye!"
Hua Qingxue listened to Li Jingnan showing off her wealth and couldn't help laughing.
Li Jingnan laughed when she saw her.
He also couldn't tell why he would trust Hua Qingxue so much.
Maybe it was a short time when that part of the world could not be relied upon? ...Maybe because Hua Qingxue always has strange theories in his mouth?
She was full of incredible things, just like the pancreatic soaps on the wooden shelf, just do it.
For her, many incredible things seemed to be easy to accomplish.
and so……
Looking at the stack of drawings on the table, Li Jingnan thought: This time, she will certainly be able to do it.