Li Fengnian has never been to school since he came back from the city.
He knew that he was not good at studying. In his previous life, he had learned to count backwards. Of course, he had no confidence in passing the examination to become a scholar in this life.
And now that he has learned all the words in this world, he naturally has no interest in going to school to study.
It's better to save time and find ways to make more money for future martial arts training!
Mr. Wang also came to his home twice to look for him, but Li Fengnian was not at home at all, and not even Li Ershi and his wife knew where he had gone.
In fact, Li Fengnian has been quietly developing gunpowder in the mountains for the past two days.
He first precipitated the saltpeter in water and extracted the pure saltpeter powder by evaporating the aqueous solution.
The sulfur is then heated to liquefy it, and impurities are filtered out to obtain purer sulfur.
At the same time, he bought two kilograms of charcoal and a little sucrose from a landlord's house through his classmates in school.
Finally, by grinding them into foam and mixing them in scientific proportions, Li Fengnian finally developed one liang of gunpowder.
The total price of materials, excluding labor, costs about 35 yuan, which is quite expensive.
Li Fengnian first poured one-tenth of the gunpowder on the rock, and then lit it for testing.
The moment the gunpowder was ignited, it began a violent combustion reaction and released a dazzling light.
Li Fengnian was determined about this, which meant that his experiment was initially successful.
Immediately afterwards, Li Fengnian stuffed all the remaining gunpowder into a small bamboo tube, compacted the gunpowder with branches and blocked the seal with mud, leaving only a long lead.
Then Li Fengnian came to a deserted forest, stuffed the bamboo tube into a rock crevice, and prepared to officially start his blasting test!
After a few breaths, the explosion sounded as expected. The sound was also unusually loud, startling all the birds in the forest to fly into the sky and lingering in the sky, daring not to come down.
"Successful!" Li Fengnian was extremely excited and hurriedly went to check the power of the blast.
But when he saw that the rock was only broken into some corners, he was a little disappointed.
"The thunder is loud but the raindrops are small. Can such a small destructive power threaten a martial arts master?"
"But it doesn't matter. I can increase the dosage of the medicine, and I can also continue to improve the ratio! Now that I successfully exploded it in one go, God has been kind to me!"
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"Huh, you still know how to come back!" Li Ershi was a little excited when he saw Li Fengnian suddenly coming back after running away from home, but then he immediately became serious, picked up a wet hemp rope and walked to Li Fengnian .
"Son, please kneel down!"
Li Fengnian obeyed the instructions and knelt on the ground without saying a word.
Snapped!
Li Ershi showed no mercy this time, and the wet hemp rope hit Li Fengnian hard on the back. Because the mistake Li Fengnian made this time was really unforgivable to him!
While beating him hard, Li Ershi yelled and cursed fiercely.
"You treacherous son, I worked so hard for you to study, don't you show your own style to be worthy of me?"
"I went to the mountains and squatted for three days before I caught a deer. I didn't even want to sell it. I gave it to Mrs. Wang in exchange for your chance to study. Why don't you know how to cherish it?"
"How dare you run away from home! Do you know how worried your mother and I are?"
No matter how Li Ershi beat him or cursed him, Li Fengnian remained silent and gritted his teeth to endure the pain.
Mother Li on the side burst into tears looking at her son's painful expression, but she did not stop her husband because she also thought her son was too ignorant.
As if he was tired from the beating, or felt sorry for his son, Li Ershi finally stopped moving.
He asked breathlessly: "Tell me, what do you think?"
"I want to go practice martial arts!" Li Fengnian said with some shame.
"Son, our family can't even afford to send you to school, so you still want to practice martial arts? You know, even the son of the village chief's family doesn't dare to practice martial arts!" Li Ershi was stunned, thinking that his son was crazy.
How dare he? How could he afford to practice martial arts when he didn't even have a few acres of land at home?
"Put away your unrealistic thoughts. From now on, you can study for me honestly. Master said that you are expected to obtain a meritorious degree in the future, so just study hard for me, or I will beat you to death!" Li Ershi could not refuse! He said, as if his son dared to disobey him again, he would really beat him to death.
"Dad, please listen to me." Li Fengnian replied seriously, and then slowly stood up, preparing to use his sharp tongue to convince his father.
"Bastard, kneel down!" Li Ershi was furious.
"yes!"
Li Fengnian was frightened and immediately knelt down again.
"Dad, to be honest, I admire you very much! Grandpa didn't leave you any wealth at the beginning. This family was built entirely with your own hands. My birth and my ability to grow up are all due to you. of hard work and dedication.
You started from scratch and now have a wife and children. It's really great. I definitely wouldn't be able to do this. "
Li Fengnian flattered him first, and Li Ershi's face couldn't help but look much better. But what Li Fengnian said next made him frown again.
"But I still have to say that compared to the landowners in the village and the dignitaries in the city, your knowledge and vision are very limited. If you continue on your way, I may still be a hunter in this life.
So now I want to give it a try! I don’t want to be a hunter all my life! "
"You!" Li Ershi's eyes widened in anger, but he couldn't say anything to refute.
He is self-aware, and of course he does not dare to compare himself with the landlords. But what his son said was too unpleasant, which made him feel that his authority as a father had been affected.
"Our family is already like this. How can we get worse? Rather than letting my next generation live the same miserable life as us, then I might as well cut off my descendants!" Li Fengnian looked at his father and said.
"Bastard!" Li Ershi was furious and kicked Li Fengnian to the ground.
Cut off your descendants? How dare he say such stupid things?
People in this world have the concept of continuing the incense deeply rooted in their bones. For them, nothing is more important than continuing the incense. Therefore, Li Fengnian said such treacherous words. Even though Li Ershi felt very sorry for his son, he couldn't help but beat him. .
And it was definitely not because Li Fengnian's heartbreaking words just made him angry.
Li Fengnian almost fainted from the kick. He waited for a while before he got up from the ground with difficulty, and then continued to say slowly:
"We have nothing to lose, why can't we fight to the death? So I don't want to go to school anymore. I'm going to go hunting with you in the mountains now, and then make money to practice martial arts!"
Besides, my mother is already pregnant. When my brother is born, can you still afford it? "
Li Ershi was left speechless by the question. He looked at his son in surprise. It was hard for him to imagine that these words that struck his soul came from his nine-year-old son.
But he has only read books for three months! Why has he changed so much compared to the kid who knew nothing before?
At this moment, he looked at his son and felt a little strange.
"But, I heard that the martial arts gym in the city requires twenty taels of silver in tuition every month, plus countless precious tonics are needed to keep the body healthy. Do you think that just the two of us can save so much? Silver?
We are almost out of food now! "
Li Ershi said helplessly. He felt that his son was too whimsical. Did he think he could make a lot of money by going hunting in the mountains?
Not to mention the difficulties and hardships involved, the most important thing is that the mountains are full of wild beasts. If you are not careful, you will never come back!
"Dad, I learned a craft when I went to the city this time. Mixing saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal can produce a special medicine, which can be ignited to produce huge destructive power.
And this power is enough to break gold and stone, no matter how hard it is, the jackals, tigers and leopards will be blown to pieces by me!
With such weapons, what prey can’t we catch? Are you afraid that you won’t be able to make money? "
Li Fengnian said confidently.
He did not hide the gunpowder, but revealed it all. In this way, he can maximize the use of gunpowder and get the first pot of gold on his rise!
