Doctor Li thought for a moment and said, "I need to go back and study it. His condition is caused by eating all kinds of messy things for many years. Although there are signs of poisoning, the poisoning is not serious or fatal. As for how he became crazy, I can't guess. But... I smelled a strong smell of sulfur when I came in."
"Sulfur smell? What's that?" Qin Fang was puzzled.
Doctor Li said, "Based on the situation, this is a Taoist temple, and there is an alchemy furnace in this room. Combined with the smell of sulfur here, I boldly suspect that sulfur is used to make elixirs. It is recorded in the Shennong Herbal Classic that sulfur can be used to change the properties of medicine. However, excessive sulfur can be poisonous. Just now I said that this person was poisoned, and I guess he inhaled too much sulfur."
Qin Fang: "Really?"
Doctor Li said, "The smell is coming from over there. It hasn't dissipated yet, so I guess there's still sulfur over there. General, let's go over there."
Qin Fang: “Yeah.”
Doctor Li followed the smell and came to other rooms. Then his eyes lit up: "A lot of sulfur and saltpeter."
Qin Fang asked: "Yellow stone? White stone??"
Doctor Li laughed out loud: "General, you may not know that this white saltpeter and yellow sulfur can both be used to make medicines to improve the properties of medicines. I just didn't expect that there are so many sulfur saltpeter here. This is really a cause for celebration."
Qin Fang said: "Not only this room, but other rooms also have sulfur and saltpeter."
Doctor Li was even more delighted when he heard this: "How come there are so many sulfur and saltpeter here? Logically speaking, it is unlikely that they were transported from the foot of the mountain. If they transported sulfur and saltpeter from the foot of the mountain to such a high mountain in order to make elixirs, it would be better to make the elixir directly at the foot of the mountain."
Qin Fang listened and suddenly had an idea: "Could there be sulfur or saltpeter nearby?"
Doctor Li felt that this was also possible.
Qin Fang went out: "Captain Lu."
"General?" Captain Lu came in from outside.
Qin Fang said: "Send the order down, have all the soldiers start searching the mountain, looking for these small stones. The yellow one is called sulfur, and the white one is saltpeter. Doctor Li said that this can be used as a medicine, so you should be careful. But the yellow one is poisonous if inhaled in excess, so you should also be careful."
Captain Lu: "Yes."
Doctor Li took out a piece of paper and wrote a prescription: "General, this is the medicine for that person. Send someone down the mountain to get the medicine."
Qin Fang handed the prescription to one of the soldiers and said, "Go get the medicine."
Soldier: “Fuck.”
Qin Fang had no intention of taking the person away for the time being. He didn't know the other party's origin or identity, so it was safer to keep him locked here, but this tiger was dangerous. And now, tigers don't eat wild boar legs. After thinking about it, Qin Fang said to Doctor Li: "Doctor Li, let's withdraw from here first, and after the tiger falls, we can control this place. It's too dangerous to leave the tiger alone."
Doctor Li heard it and said: "General, are you going to take down the tiger?"
Qin Fang's face turned red, and he said awkwardly: "We still have some knockout drugs and sleeping pills. After we leave, we will use the sleeping smoke to knock out the tiger." Anyway... although it's some dirty stuff, he uses it quite well.
Doctor Li didn't think it was a big deal. If it could be accomplished without mobilizing soldiers, why not use it
Then, Qin gave orders to light the knockout drugs in the Taoist temple, and then they all left the temple.
The tiger didn't react when they left, and went back to its room and lay down. Half an hour later, Qin Fang went in and found that the tiger had been caught.
Qin Fang: "Come here, make a cage and lock the tiger in it, but don't hurt it. Send fresh meat to it at night. Oh, and put it in chains in a room."
Soldier: “Fuck.”
After the cage for the tiger was ready, the tiger had not woken up yet and it was already dark. Qin Fang left some soldiers to guard here and protect Doctor Li, and went down the mountain himself.
When Qin Fang returned to the general's mansion, it was already completely dark.
"The General is back."
There was a shouting sound coming from the gate of the general's mansion. The sound was louder than usual. If it was a smaller mansion, I estimate that everyone would have heard it.
Qin Fang paused: "Uncle Hong is full of energy today."
Uncle Hong chuckled and said, "No, my wife told me to call out loudly if you come back. You didn't come back for dinner today, and my wife came to the door several times."
Qin Fang listened and hurried inside.
Although Uncle Hong's call did not reach Yang Haiyan, the guards patrolling the mansion heard it and immediately went to the inner courtyard to inform Yang Haiyan: "Madam, the general is back. A voice was heard from Uncle Hong just now."
Yang Haiyan had already eaten, and Qin Siya was taking a walk to digest the food. When she heard that Qin Fang had returned, she asked Qin Siya to go back to the yard, and told the servants to serve the warm dishes, and then she went to pick up Qin Fang.
However, Yang Haiyan had just walked out of the yard when she saw Qin Fang coming back. She took a few steps forward and said, "Why did you come back just now? You didn't even send someone to tell me." Knowing that he had gone to the Beast Mountain, if he hadn't come back at this time, she would think of other things and worry that he was in danger.
Qin Fang listened to the concern in her voice and felt very sorry: "Yan Yan, I'm very busy today. I've been on the top of the mountain. I asked everyone in the barracks to search the mountain, so I didn't have time to come. I'm sorry to have worried you."
Yang Haiyan could understand his explanation. When she was busy, she would not care about these things. "I'm glad you're okay. I just want you to be fine."
Qin Fang took her hand and said, "Don't worry, I will remember it."
Someone entered the yard.
Qin Fang didn't eat enough at noon, and he also consumed a lot of energy from climbing the mountain today, so he was already starving. When he smelled the fragrance of the rice, his stomach growled. He was used to being shameless in front of her, but he still had to maintain his image: "Everyone ate the cakes and biscuits at noon, and I didn't feel full."
Yang Haiyan listened and understood what he meant. She said considerately, "Who is so excessive as to snatch your husband's food?" Then she served him a bowl of soup and said, "Drink the soup first to fill your stomach."
The soup is shredded chicken soup, which is very fresh and cooked slowly over low heat.
Qin Fang drank a sip, and then drank several more sips in succession, before his stomach felt better. Finally he said, "It's not something that was stolen. Something happened in Beast Mountain today..." Then he told the whole story of what happened in Beast Mountain.
Upon hearing this, Yang Haiyan hurriedly said to the outside, "Madam Lian."
Aunt Lian answered from the door: "Madam?"
Yang Haiyan said, "Madame Lian, please send someone to Captain Lu's and Captain Yang's homes to tell them that Captain Lu and Captain Yang are busy right now, so they are fine. Don't worry Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Yang."
Aunt Lian: “Yes.”
Qin Fang listened and said: "I actually forgot about this." Men are indeed not so meticulous about some things.
Yang Haiyan heard this and said, "My husband is a man who has done great things. How can he be like a little girl like me who only remembers trivial things?"
Qin Fang immediately said, "No, Yanyan is the smartest person. How can I compare with Yanyan?"
Yang Haiyan's mouth curled up to the sky. This guy is really getting better and better at talking. However: "You said, did you find sulfur and saltpeter in that Taoist temple?"
Yang Haiyan studied very hard. Her grandmother died and she was left alone. She had no other way out except studying, so she studied day and night and forgot to eat and sleep, so her grades were very good. Even after more than ten years, some knowledge has been forgotten, but some knowledge is still remembered, such as □□.
Most importantly, it was discovered by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty. Moreover, sulfur and saltpeter are important materials for making medicine.
However, Qiguo has not yet done anything.
It's a bit strange. Qiguo already has firecrackers, so how come there is no □□? Qiguo's firecrackers are similar to Chinese fireworks, but the manufacturing principle of these firecrackers is similar to that of □□, except that the amount of materials is not as large as □□, and the power is not as great.
So, if Qi State has firecrackers, why doesn’t it have □□
Yang Haiyan didn't understand this question. But: "Husband, do you know how firecrackers are made?"
Qin Fang was stunned: "I don't know." He felt ashamed. Was his wife trying to test him? Probably not. His wife knew that he had no talent. Take poetry, for example. He had only written it once.
Yang Haiyan said cryptically: "I have read in my miscellaneous notes that firecrackers are made of sulfur and saltpeter."
Qin Fang listened carefully, but still didn't understand what Yang Haiyan meant.
Seeing this, Yang Haiyan said more clearly: "So, my husband, I have an idea. Since we have sulfur and saltpeter in Qi State, why don't we make big firecrackers? In this way, when the enemy army is fighting, we can directly bomb them with big explosions. Isn't it faster? But I don't understand, why doesn't the court make big firecrackers?"
Qin Fang was stunned when he heard it, then he put down the bowl and clasped Yang Haiyan's shoulders: "Yan Yan, you are so smart, so smart..." He kissed Yang Haiyan on the face happily, then ran out, "Yan Yan, I'm going to be busy. I won't be back today. Go to bed early and don't wait for me."
“Husband…” Yang Haiyan chased after him, but the man had already run far away.
Yang Haiyan shook her head helplessly. This man... But she smiled again. It was good enough that he understood what she meant.
Although Qin Fang didn't know that Yang Haiyan had reminded him on purpose, he did think of it. Why didn't the court make big firecrackers to deal with the enemy? Because there wasn't enough sulfur and saltpeter. Why did King Liang build the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain? Because there was sulfur and saltpeter there. If the Taoist temple was built at the foot of the mountain and sulfur and saltpeter were transported from the mountain, it would definitely be discovered. In this way, the court would know the existence of sulfur and saltpeter and would definitely come to claim it.
King Liang did not want to hand over sulfur and saltpeter to the court.
Of course, this was Qin Fang's idea. But it didn't matter whether it was true or not. He felt that his guess was correct. There must be a lot of sulfur and saltpeter near the Taoist temple.