Xuanyang City.
A small town that can accommodate more than 20,000 people and is home to five to six thousand people.
There are slums, courtyard areas where the rich live, and small courtyards where the middle class live.
But more of them are shops where shops and accommodation are integrated.
For middle-class people who own shops or groups of shops doing business, their daily life is to open a shop in the morning and finish work in the evening.
People in the slums work in these shops, or they set up street stalls on the streets to drink and sell candied haws.
The rich just patrol their business every day. In their free time, they play with birds, go to teahouses to listen to books, visit brothels, go to Goulan to listen to music, etc.
Of course, there are also some young men who meet up to go hunting on horseback.
In addition to various gambling stalls, brothels, hookups, etc., the rest of gang business is trading with caravans from other places, or providing local intelligence to other countries.
Since the Chechi Kingdom was a key point on the Silk Road of the great Central Plains country, there were particularly many caravans coming to the towns surrounding the Chechi Kingdom.
It’s not just caravans from the Central Plains.
There are also caravans from the Baoxiang Kingdom, the Wuji Kingdom, the Nvv Kingdom, and the Chechi Kingdom itself.
It can be said that before Zhao Lei and the monsters took over, Xuanyang City would be very prosperous and lively every day.
It's a bit like a small town dedicated to tourists and tourists.
After Zhao Lei and other monsters took over, the entire Xuanyang City became very deserted at first, and the quality of life of the people also dropped a lot.
Mainly, Xuanyang City purchases many commodities, seasonings and other daily necessities from caravans of other countries.
After these caravans did not dare to come to Xuanyang City, daily necessities became less and less used, and the quality of life inevitably began to decline.
After taking over for a period of time, Li Jincheng sent caravans to other towns to purchase, thus maintaining the quality of life at the same level as before.
Then after Zhao Lei got out of seclusion, Zhao Lei sent the little demon to 'invite' the passing caravan to come to Xuanyang City.
These caravans slowly let down their guard when they saw that the monsters not only did not harm them, but also took the initiative to help load and unload the goods.
After that, monsters became the unique style of Xuanyang City.
There are more and more caravans who dare to come to Xuanyang City, as well as tourists who come for sightseeing.
Only then did Xuanyang City regain its former prosperity and liveliness.
No, it should be said that it is more prosperous than before.
Because monsters have become the signature of Xuanyang City.
If there weren't cameras in this era, maybe everyone would still be rushing to take photos with these monsters.
Therefore, the lives of the people living in Xuanyang City today are basically the same as before. The only difference is...
They have become more like a family now.
Zhao Lei stipulated that the entire Xuanyang City should read and read together. In modern times, this would be to bring adults in the entire building together for group building, which would undoubtedly promote everyone's feelings and interactions.
Even if there were occasional quarrels, due to the existence of Zhao Lei, the Tiger King, they would only be minor quarrels and harmless.
Another more important point is because of Zhao Lei's casualness.
What Zhao Lei emphasizes is applying what he has learned, being pragmatic and practical.
Xuanyang City did not have a large enough place to accommodate the students, so Zhao Lei ordered everyone to hold classes in the Yamen. If an ordinary county magistrate did this, he would definitely be sprayed to death by the older generation of scholars.
But who is Zhao Lei?
He doesn't abide by tradition, who dares to scold him?
So, Zhao Lei liked it and took classes in the yamen.
I was so happy that I went to do extracurricular activities in a courtyard that was vacant for members of the Communist Party of China. Moreover, these members of the Communist Party of China were scrambling to get this opportunity to provide a place for classes.
Because Zhao Lei would help them advertise their business, and when tourists and caravans came to Xuanyang City, he would instruct the little demons to give priority to the business of these wealthy people who had contributed to Xuanyang City.
Overall, it is a happy and prosperous scene.
This day is another day for extracurricular activities.
But this time, Zhao Lei did not choose to take everyone to the Yamen or the courtyard in the city. Instead, he took everyone to the area outside the city gate.
Many people will take a second look when they pass by.
Of course, Zhao Lei did not do this to attract attention.
But after he ordered people to collect zinc, tin, lead, copper, silver, gold... and other metal materials that can produce electricity, he finally made new progress!
Although he has not yet collected all the metal materials for making electricity, in the process of collecting, he came up with an interesting gadget, that is, black gunpowder!
In order to develop the people's spirit of exploring new things, Zhao Lei specially asked everyone to come to the open space outside the city gate today to conduct an experiment.
Soon, everyone was almost here, and a kid from a rich family couldn't help but ask: "Hey, Tiger King, are there any interesting things to play today?"
I have to say that since Zhao Lei started teaching.
These rich kids who usually have nothing to do are even more enthusiastic.
Because Zhao Lei taught them interesting knowledge and extracurricular activities, which were much more interesting than playing with birds or fighting crickets.
Zhao Lei said enigmatically: "Don't worry, you will know later."
Not long after, someone moved a table and placed it next to Zhao Lei.
And sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter were placed on the table.
Zhao Lei came behind the table and said to everyone: "What I want to teach you today is chemistry!"
"Chemical?"
Everyone is confused. You look at me and I look at you. I don’t know what their Tiger King is talking about.
Even those caravans who passed by wanting to gossip couldn't help but stop and want to see what chemistry was.
Zhao Lei introduced with a smile: "Chemistry means that when you combine different substances and different dosages, they are likely to produce different effects. For example, these three items on the table."
"Brimstone, everyone knows that, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Charcoal, everyone knows that, right?"
Everyone nodded again.
"This is called saltpeter. Not many people may know it, but it doesn't matter. It is not the focus of today. Today I mainly want to show everyone what changes will occur when these three substances are fused together."
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Lei began to make black powder in front of everyone.
Everyone was still confused.
What did Tiger King do with all this black stuff?
It didn't take long for the black powder to be ready.
And placed a certain amount on the ground.
Children from rich families are particularly eager to learn and be active in this novelty: "Tiger King, what is the use of this thing?"
At the same time, I was thinking, is the so-called chemistry just mashing and stirring several different things together to turn them into something black?
Zhao Lei smiled slightly.
Then he picked up a piece of paper, used the electric part of the Five Thunder Methods to release a little current, ignited the paper, and then threw it at the pile of black powder on the ground.
The moment the flame touched the black gunpowder, the black gunpowder suddenly hissed into a ball of fire.
It immediately shocked everyone present.
The Tiger King knows how to play with fire, and they understand that.
But how could such a small flame suddenly burst out so strongly after it touched that black thing?
The rich boy was stunned and stammered: "Tiger King, this...is this a magic spell?"
Zhao Lei waved to the rich boy and said with a smile: "This is not a magic spell. You can come over and try it."
The rich boy walked over subconsciously.
Then Zhao Lei tinkered with a pile of black powder and placed it on the ground.
And after lighting a piece of paper, he handed the paper to the rich boy.
The rich kid took the lit paper.
Step by step, cautiously walking toward Black Powder.
Because he was walking too slowly, the flames were about to burn his hands. He quickly threw the paper away, and then his whole body bounced back.
Hiss! !
The same scene happened again.
This shocked everyone present, including the caravans who stopped to eat melons!
This time they actually saw it!
The flame was thrown down by the rich boy himself!
Is this so-called chemistry a science that allows mortals like them to cast spells? !
Zhao Lei ignored everyone's shock and continued to explain: "Did everyone see it? What I handed him was just an ordinary flame. In other words, no matter who you are, as long as you master this knowledge, you can create Such an effect.”
Wow——!
In an instant, the whole place was in an uproar!
Spell!
Mortals can also cast spells!
Immediately afterwards, someone in the crowd raised their hands and said excitedly: "Tiger King, can I try it too?"
"Tiger King, can we try it too?"
Zhao Lei reassured everyone: "Okay, okay, but there are not enough materials prepared today, so we can only test in groups."
Next, a group of middle-aged and elderly people held an experimental meeting with black powder.
Some succeed and some fail.
Everyone was very excited.
Not long after, the kid from the rich family finally recovered from his excitement and suddenly asked, "Tiger King, this thing is fun to play with, but what does it do?"
Zhao Lei looked around.
Just at this time, Yangyang and several naughty children from Lijia Village walked out of the city with candied haws of sugar in their hands.
Zhao Lei grinned and waved to Yangyang: "Yangyang, come here~"
Several naughty children jumped up to Zhao Lei and licked the candied haws: "Your Majesty~"
"The king wants to play a game with you. Can't you see there is a pile of cow dung over there?"
The naughty kids nodded.
"You bury this thing in cow dung. Then you light it with fire. After counting to three times, you turn around and run away. Do you understand?"
"oh!"
Then I saw Yang Yang taking the small gunpowder bag made by Zhao Lei and jumping towards the cow dung. Bury the gunpowder bag in cow dung.
The naughty friend took a small fire stick and lit it.
"One, two, three, run~~"
boom!
The sky is full of shit.
Click, click, click, hit the naughty children all over their bodies.
Then I heard the king’s hearty laughter coming from behind: “Hahahahahahaha!”
Yangyang:......
bad boy:……
(End of chapter)
