Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 503 We also have gunpowder
"He dare not?"

Ye Hongxue was a little confused by Zhao Kang's words.

Zhao Kang nodded confidently and explained with a smile: "Prince Ning will not act rashly unless he is absolutely sure about something. For ordinary people, there is only a six-digit chance of success, which is worth fighting for." Give it a try.”

"But for him, he has to be [-]% sure before he can give it a try. Kill me? He does have the ability, but he doesn't dare to gamble."

Ye Hongxue understood and couldn't help but sigh: "This person is really too cautious."

Zhao Kang said with a smile: "After all, he wanted to rebel before. If you can't do this with your head in your waistband, you are going to die. What I'm thinking about now is that besides the alien barbarians we see now , does he have any backup plan?"

"You mean..." Ye Hongxue was shocked.

"Qi State and Zhou State." Zhao Kang gave the answer.

Xiao Feiyu's ultimate goal is himself, but now he lets these foreign barbarians attack Jingguo.

Its purpose is self-evident, it is to hold back Emperor Jing Wu Rulong.

Without Wu Rulong, he can basically say that he has no rivals in the world today, so he can concentrate on dealing with Qian Guo.

But even though he was on guard, Xiao Feiyu's strength alone was still weak.

So he still needs an ally. Who else can help him besides Zhou and Qi?
Thinking of this, Zhao Kang couldn't help but show a hint of worry.

He had previously written two secret letters asking Ye Hongxue to find someone to send to Qian Country. The content was to tell the Empress and others that Xiao Feiyu was back.

Let Her Majesty the Empress take Yufeng and the others to take shelter in the military camp, and beware of Zhou and Qi sending troops.

Even Xiao Feiyu couldn't break in under the tight guard of more than 20 to [-] troops.

But it's not necessarily the case in the palace.

Zhao Kang sighed in his heart, his own cultivation level was still not enough. Facing a strong man like Xiao Feiyu at the fourth level, he could only be a piece of cake.

If you are also a second-grade strong person, why do you need to be like this?Let’s have a real man 1v1 battle with him, Prince Ning.

But this time, now that the opponent is determined to be you!

There is a flash of coldness in his eyes, so don't even think about escaping this time!

Making a decision in his heart, Zhao Kang began to think about how to deal with the current Jin soldiers.

The next day.

When the sky was slightly bright, the enemy troops outside Xiatian Pass launched an aggressive attack. There were only a small number of people, only about 1 people attacking the city.

They were using equipment such as engineering chariots. Xu Ning, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, had a feeling that these guys didn't look like they were attacking the city.

Instead, it was more like training soldiers.

It makes people feel quite uneasy.

Chen Maokai, the vanguard of the left army, received the report from his subordinates and quickly came to his side: "Commander, the National Master and Mr. Ye are here."

When Xu Ning heard this, he quickly turned around and saw Zhao Kang and two others ascending to the top of the city.

"National Division."

Zhao Kang smiled and nodded: "Mr. Xu."

"What does the Imperial Master think of the current situation?" Xu Ning hesitated before speaking.

He really didn't have any good way to face the Jin people this time.

In a face-to-face fight, the opponent's cavalry was far more powerful than them, so shrinking into the Turtle Gorge and Tianguan was never an option.

And now the opponent has divided its forces to attack other states, and the troops in those places cannot withstand this group of wolf-like enemy troops.We must come up with a way as soon as possible to contain all the enemy forces!
Zhao Kang smiled and said: "There is no good solution."

Hearing this, Xu Ning smiled bitterly, but heard Zhao Kang continue: "However, this gunpowder was made by me, how could we let the enemy use it to beat us?"

Xu Ning was stunned: "Master, what do you mean?"

"Gunpowder, we have it too."

Zhao Kang grinned. Ye Hongxue looked at him with tender eyes, and then said to Xu Ning: "Xu Shuai, yesterday Zhao Kang asked me to send a secret message to His Majesty, asking the craftsmen of the Imperial Capital's Ministry of Industry to start making gunpowder."

Xu Ning was overjoyed, and then asked doubtfully: "But is it too late?"

"Of course I can."

Ye Hongxue said softly: "Zhao Kang once asked His Majesty to stock up a large amount of gunpowder raw materials when he was in Jingguo, namely the yellow powder, charcoal and fire salt. But at that time, we didn't know that these three materials were used to make gunpowder. of."

Xu Ning looked at Zhao Kang dumbfounded. When Zhao Kang was a national counselor in Jingguo, he asked Wu Rulong to buy these three things and store them.

Naturally, Wu Rulong would not refuse Zhao Kang's request, and even asked Zhao Kang what it was used for.

But Zhao Kang didn't say it clearly, he just said that it might be needed in the future to take precautions before it happens.

At that time, the Minister of Household Affairs was quite critical, saying how much it cost to buy these three things.

Unexpectedly, these three things are actually used to make gunpowder!

"National Master, did you expect this before?" Chen Maokai's face was filled with surprise.

Zhao Kang rolled his eyes: "I'm not a god, so I can predict the future. At that time, I just thought that if Jingguo encountered a strong enemy in the future, it would be convenient to make gunpowder with the raw materials."

"The formula has been sent out along with the secret message. I think it won't take long for a large amount of gunpowder to arrive."

Holding on to the wall stacks and looking at the enemy troops attacking the city outside, Zhao Kang sneered: "Wouldn't it be a waste to use such a good thing to blow up the city gate? Then I will teach you how to use it to kill people!"

The people of the Jin Kingdom did not know that they were about to face a disaster. He Lianwei, the general of the vanguard army, continued to use Xiatian Pass as a whetstone.

Used to train infantry in siege tactics.

Wu Rulong was overjoyed after receiving the secret letter and gunpowder formula. He stroked his beard and smiled broadly: "What a Zhao Kang!"

"What happened to your father?" Wu Guanhai asked curiously.

The other ministers also craned their necks and looked over. There was no great victory on the front line. Why was Your Majesty as happy as if he had eaten bee dung?
Wu Rulong was very happy: "The national master gave us the formula of gunpowder and the raw materials for making gunpowder. He had prepared it for us when he was in Jingguo, Sun Wen!"

The Minister of Industry came out immediately.

Wu Rulong smiled and said: "Order your Ministry of Industry to make gunpowder as quickly as possible. After success, all the gunpowder will be sent to Xiatian Pass! It's time to let these barbarians have a taste of the power of this thing!"

"I obey my orders!"

After half a month.

With the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry working hard day and night to make it, a full [-] kilograms of gunpowder was packed and sent to Xiatianguan.

Xu Ning, who had been huddled in Xiatian Pass these days, was overjoyed and found Zhao Kang immediately.

"National Master! The gunpowder has been delivered, what are we going to do to those bastards outside!"

This period of time made Xu Ning extremely frustrated.

Zhao Kang smiled slightly: "Mr. Xu, let's check this batch of gunpowder first. Then I will teach you how to use it."

(End of this chapter)