Xiao Cui finished the business in hand, washed up and came to Xiao Yao's bedroom.
Since Zhao Ruiyun left, Xiao Cui moved to Xiao Yao's next room to accompany Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao asked Xiaocui to go to bed and sit down with her.
Xiao Cui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Miss, is it really that powerful for you to make that new weapon?"
Isn't that dangerous?
You might as well not get involved yourself. ” Xiao Yao knew that Xiao Cui was worried that she was in danger, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I just commanded them to do it, and I won't go to the experiment myself."
Only I know how to do it, I can't do it if I don't go.
I taught them that I wouldn't go. ” Xiao Cui was relieved when she heard this.
The two chatted for a while, and then rested early.
Early the next morning, after Xiao Yao finished breakfast, she took her three senior brothers and Xing'er to the princess's mansion by car.
The two craftsmen were already waiting in the house.
Xiao Yao asked a craftsman to go to the firecracker workshop with Caimai to purchase gunpowder for firecrackers, and asked him to bring a message to the two shopkeepers to quietly send a cart of gunpowder every two days.
The other lists the things needed to make gunpowder, Xiao Yao is going to find someone to make gunpowder by herself, and what she wants to do is land mines and earth grenades.
A large amount of high-purity gunpowder is required, and it is obviously not enough to purchase it from a firecracker workshop, and it is easy to arouse people's curiosity and suspicion.
What she hopes is to proceed quietly and unconsciously, and when the time comes, she will surprise Zhao Ruiyun, give the enemy a head-on attack, and take down the enemy in one fell swoop.
After making a list, Xiao Yao asked Xing'er to pay the silver and sent his junior brother Huang Weimin and craftsmen to purchase things to make gunpowder.
Xiao Yao and the rest of the second senior brother, Kang Hongbao, walked around the princess's mansion together, choosing places to make mines, grenades, and test effects.
It wasn't until noon that all the ingredients were finally ready, and Steward Liu sent someone to send some of the chili noodles that had been prepared.
While having lunch, Xiao Yao suddenly thought that the practice of land mines should not be known to outsiders, after all, this is a weapon of destruction, and it cannot be spread among the people in this era, it will be a serious sin.
She decided to study the ingredients of gunpowder by herself, and the second senior brother and Kang Hongbao were responsible for the field test.
Two craftsmen are responsible for making the chili cannons.
In the afternoon, Xiao Yao introduced his idea of making chili cannons to the two craftsmen and brothers, and said frankly that it was to fascinate the enemy's eyes and help the soldiers in front to defeat the enemy.
Let them find a way to make a cannon that can fly far, explode loudly, and make the pepper noodles spread wide and fast.
Everyone understood Xiao Yao's intentions and began to try it.
Xiao Yao watched from the side, and asked the craftsman from time to time about the ratio of gunpowder, which thing has more medicinal properties and great power?
She was involved in the whole process, occasionally holding their strange-looking pen-like things and jotting down something in a small black book that she had never seen before.
For ten consecutive days, Xiao Yao except for entering the palace on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve to accompany the emperor's family to observe the New Year, and going to the sixth old prince's mansion on the morning of the new year to pay New Year's greetings to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, the rest of the time has been eating and living with the big guys in the princess's mansion, and everything that should be prepared during the year is handled by Xiao Cui and the old butler, including the one for the shopkeeper of each shop, and the year-end dividend of the steward of the grange is handled by Xiao Cui.
Xiao Yao devoted all his body and mind to the test of weapons.
The hard work paid off, and after repeated trials, two more practical chili cannons were finally made.
One is a giant artillery battle that resembles a modern two-kicker.
It is lit on the ground, one is sent to the sky, and the second is exploded in the air.
When it is fried in the air, the pepper noodles filled with it, and the peppercorn powder is scattered everywhere in the air.
The difference is that this kind of cannon is lit on an inclined wooden stand at a certain angle, in order not to let it fly straight into the sky, but to fly diagonally towards the enemy's camp in front of it, at an angle of at a minimum of 15 degrees and a maximum of 60 degrees, suitable for use in front of the battle at a relatively close distance.
The other is shot with a bow and arrow, which is suitable for siege and long-distance use.
Xiao Yao let everyone test the stability of this kind of artillery battle for three days, and saw that there was a success rate of more than 90 percent.
Only then was it decided to recruit workers to start production.
After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the sales of firecrackers were not as good as before, and many craftsmen were dismissed and returned home.
Xiao Yao asked the two great craftsmen to find more than a dozen people from their senior brothers to work.
Because they are all handmade, only the more people there are, the greater the output.