Lao Zhu stared outside the palace, as if he saw the enemy thousands of miles away, far away from the Ming Dynasty.
I have been in the imperial world for more than ten years from nothing, and I have never been afraid of any opponent. If you want war, then let's do it. Glancing at Han Du and Tang He who were standing under His Majesty Dan, Lao Zhu secretly nodded with satisfaction.
Tang Henai is a rare handsome man. Although he is older, he is more calm and steady, and he is more than enough to suppress the navy. Therefore, Lao Zhu was not worried that the Navy would not be able to deal with the mere Japanese pirates.
Although Han Du is young, he is smart and resourceful. If Han Du hadn't pointed it out this time, Lao Zhu himself wouldn't have thought that this time it would be the fault of those who secretly printed treasure banknotes. Its purpose was to destroy Ming's food when Ming was short of food, in order to overthrow Ming. But since Han Du has seen through it, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Thinking of this, Lao Zhu laughed instead.
Han Du and Tang He saw Lao Zhu laughing and looked at each other. They didn't know why Lao Zhu was laughing, but they didn't ask.
Fortunately, Zhu Biao was still present, "Why did my father laugh?"
"No, nothing?" Lao Zhu smiled and waved his hand, avoiding the topic.
When he looked up and saw Han Du, he smiled and asked, "Do you want to go to the place where the grain depot caught fire?"
Han Du was stunned for a moment, but naturally he wanted to go. After all, his belief that the fire in the grain depot was man-made was just his own guess. When it comes to guessing, no matter who you are, you will get it wrong sometimes. It would be great if you could go to the grain depot and confirm your thoughts.
But will Lao Zhu let himself go? I originally thought that Lao Zhu would not let me go. After all, Lao Zhu summoned himself back so secretly, obviously not wanting others to know. And if he goes to the grain depot, he will definitely be seen.
However, Lao Zhu now asks...
Han Du hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully: "If the emperor allows it, I will naturally want to take a look."
"Then let's go and have a look. Let's all go and have a look." Lao Zhu stood up suddenly, "Since he has such a big conspiracy, he obviously doesn't care whether you come back or not."
Lao Zhu changed into casual clothes and took Tang He, Zhu Biao, and Han Du to the grain depot.
The grain depot had been surrounded by soldiers for a long time. When Lao Zhu arrived, the guard general invited everyone in after paying homage to Lao Zhu.
What Han Du saw was a vast expanse of scorched earth. From a visual inspection, it was at least the size of five or six standard football fields. Even though Han Du had long known that the place that could store millions of tons of grain would be large, he still couldn't help but change his color when he saw it with his own eyes.
Seeing the ruins now, Han Du could imagine how big the fire would have been at that time. Judging from the damage to the surrounding residences, the fire at that time even burned some of the residences. It's just that the area where the house caught fire was not large and the fire was relatively small, so it was extinguished in time.
Seeing this, Han Du couldn't help but look gloomy. These people regard human life as nothing, openly setting off such a big fire in the capital, completely ignoring the people around them.
Moreover, judging from the sparse surroundings where almost everyone wore sackcloth and mourning, some people were burned to death by the fire.
Han Du couldn't help but feel hatred in his heart. This was the first time Han Du had hatred towards a group of strangers since he came to Ming Dynasty. This group of lunatics who only think they are superior to others will be a disaster if they are left alive in the world. For the first time, Han Du had the idea of killing this group of people.
Sensing Han Du's abnormality, Lao Zhu said in a deep voice: "Take a good look and see if you can find anything?"
Han Du nodded with an ugly expression. Instead of following Lao Zhu and his party and walking directly inside, he suddenly turned around and went to the edge of the scorched earth to search.
Lao Zhu noticed Han Du's actions and couldn't help but follow him with his people.
"what have you found?"
Han Du didn't answer Lao Zhu. With sharp eyes, he saw a piece of wood that was not completely burned. He quickly stepped forward and picked it up. I looked at it carefully, put it under my nose and smelled it.
"Your Majesty, please look."
Han Du handed the wood to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu took it and looked at the wood for a few times. He couldn't see anything, so he looked at Han Du doubtfully.
"Your Majesty, please look here." Han Du pointed to the place a little further back from the burnt part of the wood. The color here was obviously darker than other parts of the wood, as if it had been soaked in water.
Lao Zhu only saw different colors and could not see anything else.
Han Du continued to explain: "This kind of mark is the result of oil smoke eroding into the wood when the wood is burning. When the oil is burning, it will boil and turn into oil smoke before burning. The boiling oil smoke has a very high temperature. And it spreads in all directions, so it will erode into the wood. This kind of erosion, even if the wood is washed by rain, will continue to exist for a short period of time and will not be eliminated at all."
"Your Majesty, if you smell it, does it smell like fire oil? If you smell it carefully, you can still smell the burning smell of saltpeter and sulfur."
Lao Zhu lowered his head and smelled it. After feeling it carefully, he nodded and said, "There is indeed a smell of kerosene, so is this fire really man-made?"
"Of course it's man-made." Han Du nodded, "Before I didn't see the wood, I was just guessing, but now it's all on the surface. The grain depot was indeed burned on purpose."
Lao Zhu threw away the wood at will. The original purpose of bringing Han Du here was to let Han Du see if he could find any clues. Now that Han Du is sure that this fire is man-made, there is no need to watch it here anymore.
Lao Zhu returned to the palace without interest, leaving Tang He and Han Du standing there to see him off.
After Lao Zhu left, Tang He straightened up and looked at Han Du, "You haven't been to my house for a few days. Why don't you go there today?"
Han Du pondered for a while, knowing that Tang He wanted to say something to himself, so he nodded in agreement.
As soon as he entered the Duke Xinguo's mansion, he saw the soup cauldron.
"Brother Han, you are a rare guest, please come in quickly."
Han Du was embarrassed for a while. Tang Ding had been very polite to Han Du since he came back from Yunnan last time. He believed that Han Du's medical skills were amazing and it was Han Du who saved his life, and he completely became Han Du's little fanboy.
"Brother Tang, you're fine."
Tang Hena saw that the two of them were sour to each other as soon as they met. He waved and said, "Okay, it's enough that we've met before. Stop whining, Ding'er, go ask someone to serve some food and wine. I want to have a drink with Han Du." .”
"I know, dad." Tang Ding smiled and hurriedly gave instructions.
