Lishan, the main camp of the Meng family army and the main tent of the Chinese army.
Ying Zheng had a smile on his lips and gently played with the black iron snail he had just made together with Ji Fa.
It is said that it is a joint effort, but Ying Zheng just started, and it is more about learning every step of the operation.
Next to the black iron snail, there was a stone bowl, which contained magma that was already somewhat black on the surface. Although there were signs of cooling, it was still glowing with steam.
This stone bowl is an object used by the Ghost Hands after being smeared with the juice spit out by the Ice Gu. The magma inside is also a semi-finished product that has been filtered to remove impurities. If it is shaped and cooled, it can be made into any shape. of dense stone.
After seven days, Thumb and Ghost Hands had supervised the construction of all the required instruments.
The magma in this stone bowl is the sample made after the first trial of the equipment.
However, when Ying Zheng asked for the weight of this stone bowl, he did not want to make it into a dense stone, but wanted to use it on the black iron snail, because Ji Fa told him that the black iron snail transformed into a compass form could still be identified. The composition of magma can be used to find nearby fire eyes.
This function is very important to Ying Zheng. After all, in the next few years, he will find each fire eye to complete his mission.
In order to prevent the magma from melting the compass, some special treatment is required for the magma.
Next to the stone bowl with lava, there are two stone bowls and two stone spoons.
One of the stone bowls contained some white juice, which looked a little viscous and felt slightly chilly.
This is the juice spit out by the ice poison.
It is also the core of the core in the process of making dense stones.
It can be said that as long as there is enough ice Gu juice, Ying Zheng can create secret stones even without ice Gu and ghost hands.
But if there is no Ice Gu, there will be no endless supply of Ice Gu juice, and if there is no Ghost Hand, no one can feed the Ice Gu.
Ying Zheng wore ice silk gloves, picked up a stone spoon very carefully, scooped out a little ice poison juice, and poured it into the empty stone bowl.
Then he slowly added a little bit of magma and slowly poured it into the stone bowl just now.
The black-red magma and the snow-white ice Gu juice merged together, instantly making bursts of "sizzling" sounds.
This is the true blend of ice and fire, the collision of cold and heat, and the fight between two opposing forces.
However, after a burst of sound, everything returned to calm. In the stone bowl, the two liquid substances were tightly stuck together, and there was no more ripples.
Ying Zheng once again gently touched the lava with a stone spoon, and then touched the ice Gu juice. Seeing that there was no reaction, he slowly started stirring.
Although the sound disappeared, wisps of mist rose from the bowl.
Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, then continued stirring when he saw that there was no violent reaction.
The two elements, which were originally two extremes and restrained each other, gradually merged together in the slow stirring.
The fog disappeared, and the liquid substance in the bowl turned gray-yellow.
Ying Zheng took back the stone spoon and carefully observed the changes inside the stone bowl.
However, after waiting for a while, there was no change in the stone bowl. It seemed that the temperature had completely dropped, and the content in the stone bowl no longer seemed to be a liquid, but more like a colloid.
Ying Zheng picked up two pieces of hair that had been prepared in advance and gently placed them on the ball of glue.
There was no change in the hair, and the temperature of the gel seemed to have completely cooled down.
Ying Zheng picked up the hair and looked at it carefully. After seeing that there was nothing unusual, he picked up the stone spoon and took out a little glue.
Luckily it wasn't very sticky, so Ying Zheng put a piece of glue the size of a fingernail into the black iron compass.
The inner ring on the compass slowly rotated and began to grind this small piece of rubber grain.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the rubber particles had disappeared from the compass.
Ying Zheng put on his ice silk gloves and touched the compass. He didn't feel anything strange, so he took the black iron snail again.
Placed on the compass.
As before, Xuan Tie spiraled.
perhaps
After turning seven or eight times, the black iron snail stopped, and the direction pointed by the pointer was clearly the direction of the fire eye.
"Haha, it's done." Ying Zheng laughed.
This series of operations shows that the function of this black iron snail is exactly the same as before, and it can be used to find the fire eye in the future.
As for other minerals, let’s wait until we return to Xianyang.
Just as he was feeling proud, Ji Fa walked in from outside carrying a cloth bag.
"How's it going? Is it useful?" Ji Fa asked.
"Yes!" Ying Zheng nodded vigorously and said happily, "The test has been completed. Now it can identify the direction of the fire eye."
"Haha, that's good." Ji Fa smiled with satisfaction, then handed the cloth bag in his hand to Ying Zheng, "Here, the simple compass you want."
"Hey, it's ready so quickly." Ying Zheng took the bag, opened it, and took out the contents.
This is a compass that is much simpler than the black iron spiral disk, and is specially used to guide the direction.
At the time of Jingjue, Ying Zheng promised Wu Chan to make a simple ordinary compass specially designed to point to the south, and named it "Si Nan".
Now that the black iron snail has been made, let's make Sinan as well. After all, this thing is very effective in the desert.
Ji Fa heard about Ying Zheng's idea and strongly supported the promotion of an object that can guide the direction in the world, so after making the black iron snail, he directly rushed Si Nan to make it.
Ying Zheng opened the compass, and indeed there were no layers of roulette wheels inside. The structure was quite simple, and there was an iron spoon-like object in the middle.
Ying Zheng flattened Si Nan's compass, then gently turned the "spoon handle" with his hand, and Si Nan started turning it.
After a few laps, Sinan stopped, and a section of the pointer clearly pointed to the south.
"Hehe, it works!" Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Why, you can't trust my craftsmanship?" Ji Fa asked with raised eyebrows.
"How could it be? I thought this new object had just been made and why I hadn't modified it a few times, but I didn't expect that it was done in one go." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"What's so strange about this?" Ji Fa said, "This, Si Nan, is just the most basic principle of black iron snails. Didn't I teach you before? As long as the raw materials are sufficient, we can make as much as we want. "
"That's not okay." Ying Zheng shook his head like a rattle and said, "In that case, this Si Nan will be worthless."
"Hahaha, you." Ji Fa smiled heartily, "You want Wu Chan to remember you, okay?"
Ying Zheng said nothing and seemed to have acquiesced.
"Alas!" Ji Fa sighed and said, "It is a normal thing for a man and a woman to have feelings for each other. However, due to your respective identities, it is indeed difficult to achieve what you want."
"Senior, do you... know?" Ying Zheng asked weakly.
Ji Fa nodded and said, "He told me about Thumb a long time ago."
"Thumb?" Ying Zheng was slightly surprised, "He doesn't seem like a troublemaker."
"How do you know that he wants to stir up trouble?" Ji Fa said, "He told me because he wanted to promote good things for you."
Ying Zheng felt strange. He always felt as if Ji Fa and Thumb were meeting their in-laws.
"Uh, so he wants to know what senior means?" Ying Zheng asked tentatively.
"Well, not bad." Ji Fa said.
"Then..." Ying Zheng looked a little shy, "Senior, do you think this matter... is feasible?"
"Hahaha..." Ji Fa laughed suddenly, "Originally, I thought it would be difficult to achieve our goal, but with the relationship between Queen Jingjue and you, things will become easier."
Ying Zheng asked thoughtfully: "Senior, is this what you are referring to...?"
Ji Fa stroked his white beard and said slowly
: "Didn't I tell you before that due to the control of the dragon veins and fire eyes, the water of the Yellow River may become extremely turbid, and the Western Region will also be swallowed up by wind and sand."
"Well," Ying Zheng nodded and said, "When I reached the edge of the sand millstone,
At that time, I was also thinking about whether the sand millstone might be related to the fire eye. If we restored the natural source of power, would the sand millstone shrink or continue to expand? "
Ji Fa sighed softly and said: "I didn't mention the sand mill to you before, because I didn't want you to worry about it prematurely. As a result, you just mentioned it. If we restore the natural source of power, It will inevitably release power through the red current for backlash, and the core of that power is under the sand millstone."
Ying Zheng: "!!"
As expected.
Ying Zheng's previous guess was correct. The gradual expansion of the Sand Mill has been due to the action of natural sources, and the core of its backlash is really in that area. This means that the Sand Mill is It will also accelerate its expansion, and even sweep across the entire Western Region!
"Senior, is there any way to stop or slow down the spread of the Sand Mill and limit it within a certain range?" Ying Zheng asked eagerly.
Ji Fa sighed and shook his head: "I once asked the Dragon Clan. They said that if you want to cure the natural source of power, you must let this power be released. The same is true for Jiuyou, but the outbreak of Jiuyou may be more serious. Violent, and in the sea.”
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and then asked: "Senior just mentioned that he would take advantage of my relationship with Wu Chan. Could it be that he already has some plan?"
"That's right." Ji Fa said slowly, "My original plan was for you or your descendants to gradually take over the Western Region, and gradually move the Western Region countries to the periphery, away from the Millstone of the Sand."
"As for Jingjue, I want all of them to move to China. This can not only ensure their safety, but also use their strength to build royal tombs and the Great Wall."
"That's why I said that with this relationship between you and Queen Wuchan, things may be easier to handle."
So that's it.
No wonder Ji Fa was in a hurry to send Ying Zheng to the Western Regions, and borrowing the secret stone was just a small excuse.
Although the Western Region is not China's territory, it is after all related to the safety of the people there. What's more, it is their Tianhe lineage that directly caused this situation.
Although everyone understands the principle of taking the overall situation into consideration, it is really unfair to the Western Region.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng asked: "There is no problem here, but Jingjue, and even the people in the Western Regions, I don't know what they will think. They must not be obedient."
"So, the most important thing must be decided immediately, while other countries must take time to figure it out." Ji Fa said, "As for the method, it is up to you to master it yourself."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "My thumb discussed this matter with me on the way back, but I don't know what his thoughts are at the moment."
"Haha, it's not difficult to know his thoughts." Ji Fa said with a smile, "He is right outside the door."
Ying Zheng: "..."
After working on it for a long time, Ji Fa and Thumb came together.
Ji opened the tent door, and after a while, he brought his thumb inside the tent.
"Senior Thumb." Ying Zheng greeted with cupped hands.
"Haha, King Qin, Senior Ji has expressed his opinion. He is in favor of your marriage to Wu Chan." Thumb said happily.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "No one from Da Qin will object, but I don't know what Jing Jue's plan is."
"Hahaha..." Thumb said with a smile, "Actually, I discussed it with the elders before coming here, and Jingjue all agreed to marry Wu Chan to King Qin, but there is a condition."
"What conditions?" Ying Zheng asked eagerly, his brows twitching.
"That means all the natal family members will move to Da Qin." Thumb said, "King Qin, you have to make room for them, and you have to take care of food and housing."
"Hahaha..." Ying
Zheng grinned happily from ear to ear, "Of course there's no problem with that."
Indeed, even if Ying Zheng did not marry Wu Chan, he would agree to this condition.
"Then as a betrothal gift..." Thumb stepped forward and took Si Nan from Ying Zheng's hand, "I will accept this Si Nan on your behalf."
Ying Zheng: "..."
