All the officials outside the hall looked in disbelief at the flashing fire and the sound that was louder than when real bamboo was burned on fire.
"This, this, this... what is this?"
After the firecrackers finished setting off and the sound disappeared, the ministers couldn't help but ask: "How could it make such a noise when there is obviously no bamboo?"
"I have seen someone put special things in a bamboo tube and light it and then make a noise, but I have never seen anything like this. Could it be that those things just hung are also bamboo?"
After hearing this, the sharp-eyed minister shook his head: "No, no, look at the red paper underneath. It's not bamboo, but paper!"
"Hey, it's really paper!"
The people in the clan on the side were also amazed, and ordered the young eunuch to go down and bring back the shredded paper, and then picked it up and took a good look at it.
However, in the end, no one saw anything good about it.
Chu Moyuan then spoke quietly and said that this thing was called a firecracker and that it was jointly invented by King An's twins, Chu Jinyan and Chu Shenxing.
When the ministers heard this, their eyes almost popped out of their eyes in shock. That thing was actually invented by two three-year-old children! ?
How is this possible!
Immediately, someone asked the two little guys in amazement how they could make such an exquisite thing. No need for fire or bamboo, just some paper and fire folds, and they could make the sound of firecrackers!
Chu Jinyan was too lazy to explain and couldn't explain the production method, so he just said: "Because Zhizhi wanted to see it, so I made it."
As soon as this was said, all the ministers' eyes were once again focused on the newly minted little princess.
It was made specially for the little princess to see? !
So what they can see now is just incidental?
For a moment, everyone didn't know what to be surprised about first. Finally, they focused on the cylinders in the center and said curiously:
"If those are the same as firecrackers, then what are these cylinders used for, Your Highness?"
“Is it like bamboo and needs to be piled up and burned?”
All the ministers speculated one after another, but when they saw the emperor, he smiled and said nothing, and then ordered the palace people to come forward again and start lighting fireworks.
When they saw the firecrackers, the ministers could still exchange words in amazement, but after seeing the fireworks, they were completely dumbfounded. This, this, this... this thing can actually lift into the air, and can explode so many fireworks? !
What on earth is this? !
So beautiful too! !
The appearance of firecrackers and fireworks made the palace banquet more lively than ever before. Everyone was amazed by them, and even thought that the two young princes of Wang An's family were simply geniuses.
But Shen Zhizhi blinked when she heard everyone praising the two little guys. She suddenly remembered something.
[Since Xiaoyan can make firecrackers and fireworks, doesn’t that mean he has also developed gunpowder! ? 】
Shen Zhizhi blinked and quickly turned to look at Chu Jinyan.
Chu Jinyan: "..."
He really didn't make the gunpowder. When he came up with the idea of making firecrackers, the first thing he went to was the alchemist in the palace. They had all the equipment and protective measures.
Because the late emperor loved to make alchemy and pursued the art of immortality, many Taoist priests who made alchemy were recruited into the palace. Although Chu Moyuan was not interested in alchemy, he did not drive those Taoist priests out after the death of the late emperor.
I thought I was going to test the gunpowder ratio bit by bit, but unexpectedly, as soon as Chu Jinyan passed by, he saw the fire suddenly burning up and reaching the roof in an instant.
Everyone rushed to put out the fire. The servants who had been carrying buckets outside the house immediately rushed into the house and quickly put out the fire.
Then Chu Jinyan learned that his uncle, the emperor, had given these alchemists a few things for them to refine a few days ago.
They tried many times, and one time they almost burned down the alchemy room. From then on, there was always water outside the door.
Chu Jinyan: "..."
No wonder he reacted so quickly, it turned out he was used to being burned.
That was almost the prototype of gunpowder. Chu Jinyan studied it for a long time with one of the alchemists and doctors, and finally worked out the most suitable ratio before making firecrackers and fireworks.
And that gunpowder... Chu Jinyan quietly raised his head and glanced at his emperor uncle, always feeling that his formula seemed to be given by Shen Zhizhi.
But Shen Zhizhi can't even speak clearly now...
Could it be that...he was not the only one who could hear Shen Zhizhi's thoughts? ? ?
Chu Jinyan was so shocked by his thoughts that his scalp numbed, and he instantly recalled Shen Zhizhi's embarrassing remarks about him at the birthday party, as well as the waistcoat he wore in his previous life!
Chu Jinyan lowered his head expressionlessly, "I think, therefore I am, so as long as I don't believe that others can hear it, then others can't hear it."
[However, even if it is researched, it may not be perfect... You still need to give the ultimate gunpowder formula from the mall to the emperor's uncle...]
[And in addition to the formulas, there are several weapon drawings using gunpowder~ This is more useful! 】
Shen Zhizhi's heartfelt words reached Chu Moyuan's ears word for word. His heart moved slightly, and then he heard Shen Zhizhi continue:
[The formula and drawings were placed under the pillow where my uncle slept. I don’t know if he saw it...]
Chu Moyuan: "..."
I want to go back to the dormitory immediately to have a look.
Chu Jinyan, who was adhering to idealism, began to observe the reaction of his uncle the emperor.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he was still curious about what was going on in Zhizhi's heart, whether only he could hear it, or...
He clicked his tongue and his eyes fell on his dear brother's face.
Chu Shenxing: "..."
I always felt that his brother didn't think of anything good.
After all the fireworks were set off, all the ministers were amazed and looked at the mess in front of the palace with unfulfilled interest. Some quick-thinking people had already approached King An, secretly wondering whether they could cooperate in the fireworks and firecrackers business.
King An: "..."
Even though they were cooperating, he didn't know the existence of this thing from the beginning to the end. It seemed that the two brats got it together with the imperial brother without telling him.
So King An smiled slightly and directly blamed everything on his royal brother.
Anyway, the royal brother is omnipotent.
When the ministers heard this, they immediately fell silent and skipped the topic in embarrassment. They even glanced at the emperor secretly and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was not discovered.
King An was right about this. After Shen Zhizhi finished talking about the firecrackers and fireworks business, Chu Jinyan immediately thought it was feasible, and then found one of his biggest backers and partners, his emperor's uncle Chu Moyuan.
The market for this thing is not limited to Daliang!
So he had to ask his dear uncle the emperor to take action.
If Shen Zhizhi knew what he was thinking now, he would definitely give him a thumbs up.
We haven’t made anything yet, but the market is already expanding to Northern Europe.
A true business wizard.
