The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 645 Blind Fans

The reason why Zhang Yun逸 arranged for Xue Ke to leave Beijing.

On the one hand, it is true that he is not like Xue Pan, so he is easier to fool.

She was worried that he would notice any clues, which would affect her happiness and Xue Baoqin's status as a mistress.

On the other hand, with the emergence of Quyuan Zatan and newspapers, using the Xue family's business to gather intelligence has become quite useless.

Even from the perspective of gathering intelligence, the Xue family's business required large investments but produced little results, and it consumed a lot of his manpower.

He was the first one to plan the Xue family business and spent the longest time training staff.

Good steel should be used on the blade. Although Jiangnan suffered a disaster and a group of people were recruited, there are still obvious shortcomings.

In addition, he also planned to add some manpower to the Wucheng Bingmasi and the subsequent navy. It would be better to withdraw the Xue family's manpower, concentrate them, and make other arrangements.

Of course, the evacuation of personnel cannot be achieved overnight. It has to be done step by step to give Xue Ke some time to move around.

This requires discussing with Zhen Shiyin how to slowly withdraw people.

There is no need to elaborate on how to carry it out, it is nothing more than submitting your resignation voluntarily under the guise of being unprofitable.

With the cooperation of the two wives of the Xue family, Xue Ke would not be suspicious.

After dealing with the Xue family's affairs, Zhang Yunyi took some time out and came to the Xianxue.

He brought Wang Hui and a group of teachers and students to the project and was very picky, pointing out several shortcomings, such as the water pump being too heavy and the material of the water pipes. He asked them to keep improving and try to make further breakthroughs in miniaturization.

This was originally the result of Zhang Yunyi's share of the profits, and although it was a bit nitpicking, no one dared to raise any objections.

Wang Huize looked puzzled and hesitated to speak, but finally he resisted the urge to ask in public.

After Zhang Yunyi went to the duty room, he came to the door and said, "Sir! Although this water pump still has some shortcomings, after the autumn harvest, we will have to plow the fields in autumn. The sooner it is launched, the sooner the people can benefit. Isn't it a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater if you worry about those trivial details?"

"This is what your majesty meant!"

At this point, Zhang Yunyi shook his head helplessly and said cryptically, "Fortunately, there are only two months left before the one-year anniversary of His Majesty's ascension to the throne, so we can still catch up."

"But……"

Wang Hui was about to persuade him again, but suddenly he realized what was happening and stopped talking. He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, why..."

"Be careful with your words!" Zhang Yunyi interrupted quickly, "We just need to do our duty as subjects!"

At this point, he changed the subject and said, "However, His Majesty has His Majesty's considerations. We also have to make some preparations. We should just make a show of the renovation and prepare as many semi-finished products as possible."

"Yes! You are very thoughtful, sir!" Wang Hui nodded in agreement.

As they were talking, they heard a "bang" from outside. Zhang Yunyi and Wang Hui were startled and quickly ran out of the duty room.

The square of Xianxue was already crowded with teachers and students who had heard the news and came out to watch the fun.

Zhang Yunyi grabbed a student and asked, "What was that noise just now?"

"No... I don't know..." The student also looked confused, but pointed in the direction behind Zhang Yunyi.

As they were talking, they heard Jia Huan yelling from behind: "Godfather! Godfather! What's going on?"

Zhang Yunyi turned around in surprise, only to see Jia Huan, who was covered in dust, running up to him breathlessly, unable to hide the excitement on his face. He said in a serious tone, "I knew that godfather must have a deep meaning in what he did. This test turned out to be as expected!" "Huh?"

The corner of Zhang Yunyi's mouth twitched. Although he was confused and didn't understand the deep meaning of what Jia Huan said, as soon as Jia Huan said this, all the teachers and students in the square looked at him in unison.

In order not to affect his mysterious image, he could only pretend to be calm and touch Jia Huan's head, praising him: "It seems that you have discovered something, why not share it with everyone."

Because he was afraid of interrupting and distracting Jia Huan, in order to get the point across, he simply did not correct Jia Huan's address.

"Godfather always does things in a linked way. Glass can be used to make containers, and the improved tungsten filament light bulbs nowadays also cannot do without glass. But the purpose of the white sugar has puzzled my son, so I tried them one by one according to the research projects in the current fairy science. Today, my son finally figured it out. Adding some white sugar to the gunpowder actually made a much louder noise than usual!"

Today's black powder is just the earliest type of gunpowder, and its power is orders of magnitude less than that of later generations.

The quality of gunpowder directly affects the lethality of firearms. Zhang Yunyi, who is improving firearms, naturally cannot ignore it.

Listening to Jia Huan's complacent talk, Zhang Yunyi suddenly realized and blurted out: "That's right! One saltpeter, two sulfur, three charcoal, add a little sugar, big Ivan..."

He accidentally blurted out the rhyme from his previous life and forgot about these ancient people. Not to mention Big Ivan, he didn't even know what the east wind represented. He was in a difficult situation for a while.

But Jia Huan didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean by ten thousand?"

Zhang Yunyi looked around at the teachers and students standing in awe, and an idea suddenly occurred to him. He said calmly, "What I mean is, if we make it into a cannonball, as long as the charge is enough, it will be no problem to kill 10,000 enemies!"

"As expected, I always say that godfather has deep meaning behind his actions, and he will never do it without a purpose!"

Jia Huan looked at Zhang Yunyi with admiration, his back straightened unconsciously.

To be honest, Jia Huan was not good-looking and had no knowledge. Zhang Yunyi had brought him to study Taoism purely to give Aunt Zhao an explanation.

I didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise. Looking at his eyes full of admiration, Zhang Yunyi thought to himself, this is probably the power of fans?
He looked at Jia Huan with a complicated expression, touched his head, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay! It's okay!" Jia Huan acted as if nothing had happened. He raised his sleeves and wiped his face, making a mess. He shook his head and rubbed his hands on Zhang Yunyi's hand, saying, "The copper basin was blown up to the sky. My son lit the fire and ran away. Only some ashes were left!"

As he spoke, he ostentatiously pulled Zhang Yunyi to the explosion site.

Looking at the small hole one foot square that was blown out on the ground, and the copper basin that had fallen to the ground and was somewhat deformed, as if it had been dropped or smashed, Zhang Yunyi couldn't help feeling a little scared.

If Jia Huan got into trouble in the School of Immortality, he really didn't know how to explain it to Aunt Zhao.

He patted Jia Huan on the head and warned him, "Don't be so careless in the future. You must take safety measures."

Having said this, he raised his head again, looked around at the awe-inspiring crowd, and said in a deep voice: "The same goes for you! You are all the pillars of my immortal studies, remember, don't put yourself in danger!"

"Yes, sir!" Everyone responded with a roar.

"Since Jia Huan has discovered my intention to make white sugar, I will not hide it anymore. In addition to increasing the power when mixed with gunpowder, this thing also has other functions. It can be used as a fire signal to trigger bullets... You can slowly figure it out."

At this point, he changed the subject and said, "However, you can do the research, but you must pay attention to safety. In the future, Tiangong Institute will also increase the production of white sugar and use it as a strategic resource."

He did remember that in his previous life, white sugar mixed with some kind of oxide could not only be ignited by impact, but could also be used as rocket fuel.

But I forgot it after I heard it at that time.

However, his mysterious image has been deeply implanted in the minds of teachers and students. It not only does not affect his pretense, but makes everyone more convinced.

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(End of this chapter)