"Yes! General Pang not only robbed the food, but also detained the people. Now he is locked in a camp outside the city. General, you must persuade General Pang well, and you must not take action!"

"You didn't say it earlier..."

Xu Yan looked overjoyed, and turned over and rushed towards the camp outside the city.

Tang Weichang stood there in a daze.

As soon as he heard about the Sihai Business, Xu Yan knew that it was the third brother who was here. He rode back to the camp and ran into the coach's tent. He saw Zhao Chenghuai who was talking to Hu Zi.

She still has that beautiful but unshaven face, wearing a blue short shirt, and her smiling eyes make people feel warm.

"Brother Third, when are you here?" Xu Yan stepped forward and hugged him, looking excited.

"As soon as I heard that Hu Zi and I were going to Fenzhou to quell the rebellion, I thought about how to help you. There was a flood and a military disaster here, and there must be a shortage of food. I took a convoy from Shaanxi and Sichuan, purchased food along the way, and rushed to rescue the disaster!"

Zhao Chenghuai patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "Along the way, I have heard a lot of stories about you using troops like a god and trying to defeat the thief. It's good, it's not embarrassing our Yulin Army!"

"It's all a little clever. The batch of food transported by the third brother is really a big emergency!"

"I was worried about revealing my identity, but later I heard that you were collecting food from the rich in the city and then going to another prefecture to borrow food. There was a big stir. So I played a scene with Hu Zi, which made people think that you had robbed food... When you go back, you must tell your evil situation all the way."

All three of them were laughing.

"There is another thing. I encountered a few thieves on the way, so I asked me to catch them!"

"Who?"

Zhao Chenghuai smiled without saying a word, and Hu Zi beside him winked and said, "You guess?"

Xu Yan kicked him: "Speak quickly!"

"It's Yan Baihu. That guy was shot in the back and was about to die. He just happened to hit the third brother's convoy and caught him. Do you think he was unlucky?"

Xu Yan was slightly stunned, then laughed: "Where is the person?"

"In the back camp, after applying the Hundred Treasures Pills, the injury healed. He kept shouting to see you and said he had something to tell you..."

"What's there to say?"

Xu Yan waved his hand: "Cut it directly, hang his head on the Fenzhou city wall to serve as a warning to others!"

"Yes!" Uncle Xing turned and left.

"There is another thing. Half a year ago, a Persian merchant came to me with your letter and asked me to spend a lot of money to buy his sulfur. Although this sulfur is rare, there are still in Shaanxi and Sichuan. Why do you have to buy it from Persia thousands of miles away?"

"Third brother, I'm about to forget if you don't say it. This matter is very important... What did you say? There is sulfur in Shaanxi and Sichuan?" Xu Yan stood there in a daze when he heard the second half of the sentence.

"Yes! Shaanxi and Sichuan are mountainous, and it is not uncommon to have sulfur!" Zhao Chenghuai said truthfully.

This reflects Xu Yan's ignorance. Although he has been in this world for many years, he is still unfamiliar with the mountains and rivers here. He often makes judgments based on the memories of his previous life, but he forgets that this is a parallel world and there are many differences.

The Jin Dynasty had a vast territory and abundant mineral resources, especially in the Shaanxi-Sichuan area, with continuous mountains and several extinct volcanoes.

After receiving Xu Yan's letter, Zhao Chenghuai sent someone to search for the mountain people. After spending more than a month, he finally found a sulfur mine. Now he has sent people to dig and hoard and preserve it.

"Wouldn't that be a lot of money?" Xu Yan patted his head and actually made a mistake.

Zhao Chenghuai smiled and said, "I didn't lose anything. Instead, I accidentally broke the road to the Western Regions through the Persian merchant. According to Akasa, the three things such as liquor, tea and salt are very popular in them. I signed a contract with him, and the goods were provided by the Sihai Commercial Bank. He led someone to transport them. The money he earned was 50,000 cents... The profit was expected to reach hundreds of thousands of chunks!"

"That's good, this business can be done for a long time!"

The two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they talked endlessly when they spoke.

In the evening, Xu Yan personally cooked many dishes, such as his specialty brown sweet and sour pork ribs, braised lion heads, steamed carp, braised elbows and other big dishes, as well as four or five kinds of vegetarian dishes such as bean sprouts and wild vegetables, okra scrambled eggs, all of which were made of large military camp stoves, each of which was large portion, and a total of three tables were set.

The freshly baked scallion oil pastry cake was salty and crispy. Another pot of fragrant mutton soup was cooked, and it was steaming on the table. All the brothers from Yulin who came with Zhao Chenghuai were called up. Everyone gathered together to eat and drink, and laughed and showed a long-lost closeness.

The good wine brought from Fenzhou City was delivered with jars of wine. Many people were drunk and it was as lively as the New Year.

After the meal, everyone was placed in place. Xu Yan, Hu Zi, Zhao Chenghuai and the other two squeezed together and continued to speak.

Hu Zi was the most heartless. He lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep. Xu Yan and Zhao Chenghuai were talking in a low voice.

"What's the situation in the court now?"

"The Empress Dowager and Duke Xinguo have completely split and there is no possibility of ease. This time, the Empress Dowager asked me to lead troops out, one to suppress the rebellion and the other to recruit soldiers. I will bring these 30,000 people back to Chang'an. It will probably not take long before the matter will be decided!"

Xu Yan picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Zhao Chenghuai: "I originally wanted to go to Shaanxi and Sichuan after quelling the rebellion. There is something you need to do with your third brother, and I only believe in you!"

"you say!"

"You should already know the power of gunpowder. This thing was discovered by my master when he was living in seclusion in the mountains. The master said that this thing hurts the world and asked me not to use it unless I had no choice!"

Xu Yan found a proper reason. There was strong wine and tea in front of him, so Zhao Chenghuai naturally had no doubts.

Xu Yan continued: "Now we are facing Duke Xinguo Han Bingye, and the 150,000 imperial guards in his hand. As the saying goes, one mountain does not accommodate two tigers, there must be an internal strife in Chang'an City. We must help the Empress Dowager eliminate Han Bingye, otherwise the world will be big, but we will have no place to stand!"

"San brother, I will tell you the formula of gunpowder. After you return to Shaanxi and Sichuan, you will find some death row prisoners and ask them to make them secretly. When there is civil strife in the future, we will have a life-saving trump card!"

"Actually, it's simple. There are only three kinds of materials required, saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, and three things are mixed together to form gunpowder. The formula ratio is 7 to 2 to 1. This is the most basic. If you add egg whites and mix them evenly and sif them into particles, the power will increase by 10%!"

"This matter is of great importance and must be kept confidential. It is best to make it in the deep mountains. Those dead prisoners also need to be strictly supervised. If they have a second intention, they will be killed immediately and must not be leaked out and let the third person know!"

...

After Zhao Chenghuai finished listening, Zheng pointed out: "I know the importance of it!"
Chapter completed!