As the iron barrel and Yuan Tiangang brushed past each other, the tail flame sprayed from the barrel's opening instantly ignited his beard, eyebrows, and hair!
Damn it!
Fang Er, who had been staring from behind the window in the house, saw this and couldn't care about the trajectory of the iron barrel. He quickly grabbed a wooden bucket from the house and ran out.
Reaching the courtyard, he directly splashed the water in the bucket onto old Yuan's head, extinguishing his rapidly burning hair.
However, after splashing, Fang Er seemed to smell a pungent odor.
Damn it, wasn't this bucket filled with water?
*Pfft~~*
Yuan Tiangang wiped the water from his face with his hand and looked at the still flying iron barrel for the first time.
He saw that the iron barrel had already flown over the roof and was about to disappear from their sight.
Where do you think you're going!
With a loud shout, Yuan Tiangang spread his legs and chased after the iron barrel.
Fang Er also quickly followed.
Even though old Yuan's rocket was a failure, it was still necessary to follow.
The two of them went out of the courtyard and ran madly after the iron barrel in the air.
Seeing the iron barrel fly over Yuan Tiangang's courtyard and wobble towards the backyard, Fang Er's face turned green!
Chai Yue and the others were all in the backyard right now. If the iron barrel suddenly exploded, the consequences would be...
Guards! Quickly! Protect Madam!
Fang Er shouted as he followed Yuan Tiangang to the backyard.
In the courtyard, Hua Niang, Chai Yue, and Xiao Qing were chatting when they saw a ball of fire flashing overhead. Hearing Fang Er's startled cry, they were immediately frightened.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Before they could react, they saw the iron barrel pass through the backyard and then plunge into the adjacent courtyard.
Father?
Chai Yue was stunned.
The direction the iron barrel was falling was exactly the courtyard where Chai Shao lived!
Yue'er, don't panic! I'll go and see!
At this moment, Fang Er and Yuan Tiangang had just reached them.
How could their legs possibly catch up to gunpowder?
But the iron barrel had landed in Chai Shao's courtyard. Who knew if the gunpowder inside had burned out?
Without a moment's delay, the two passed by Chai Yue and the others, went through the courtyard gate on the other side, and ran towards Chai Shao.
Chai Shao was resting on a lounge chair in the courtyard, with two maids beside him. One was massaging his shoulders, and the other was singing a catchy tune loudly, enjoying himself.
But just as he was enjoying himself, an iron barrel fell from the sky and landed directly in his arms.
Holy crap!
Before Chai Shao could even see what it was, he instinctively threw the iron barrel away. Then, he instantly jumped up from the lounge chair and stared at the thing he had thrown, bewildered!
What the hell is this thing!
*Hiss~~~!*
Suddenly, an excruciating pain shot through his hands, making him gasp.
In that brief moment of contact, both his hands were covered in tiny blisters from the heat. If he hadn't been wearing thick clothes, he would have been burned even more severely.
The two maids were so frightened that they froze on the spot.
*Bang!*
At this moment, the courtyard gate was kicked open by Fang Er and Yuan Tiangang from left and right. Seeing Chai Shao still standing, and the iron barrel on the ground not far from the gate, the two breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
Fortunately, nothing major happened.
Father-in-law, how are you? Are you injured?
Fang Er walked to Chai Shao's side and asked with concern.
What is this thing? It almost smashed me to death! Chai Shao was still dazed.
Sitting at home, disaster strikes from the sky!
Anyone in this situation would be unable to react immediately. Throwing the iron barrel away the moment it landed on him was his instinctive reaction as a military general.
Fang Er quickly explained the whole story. Looking at his blistered hands, Chai Shao couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
Damn it, if that thing had exploded the moment it landed in my arms, I would have died without a whole body, right?
Hahaha, Duke Chai, please forgive me. It is this poor Taoist's mistake, it is this poor Taoist's mistake!
Yuan Tiangang bowed to Chai Shao and said apologetically.
Mistake your grandma! Witnessing miracles every day, the fact that you, this old Taoist, are still alive is a miracle in itself!
Chai Shao cursed at Yuan Tiangang angrily.
Yuan Tiangang was not angry. He grinned and stayed by his side, smiling obsequiously. After all, he was the one who made the mistake first and almost killed someone. What was wrong with being cursed a few times?
Father-in-law, your hands? Fang Er also saw Chai Shao's hands covered in blisters and asked curiously.
His whole body was fine, only his hands were like this. He couldn't figure out what had happened.
Replying to the son-in-law, the bucket, it just fell into Master Duke's arms. The maid on the side finally came to her senses and recounted the incident of the iron bucket falling.
Fang Er looked fearful and said to the maid, "Quickly go and invite Master Sun to treat the wound!"
The maid heard this and quickly ran out.
When old Sun arrived, Chai Shao's hands were wrapped in thick gauze, looking like two white bear paws.
After his injuries were treated, Fang Er and Yuan Tiangang took the iron barrel and took their leave.
Such a minor injury was insignificant to a seasoned warrior who had fought for many years.
After returning to Yuan Tiangang's courtyard, Fang Er squatted on the ground and examined it carefully. Then he said to Yuan Tiangang.
Master Yuan, can you demonstrate how you made the propellant charge inside?
What's so difficult about that! Yuan Tiangang nodded in agreement.
Soon, he brought a pile of things and placed them on the table in the courtyard, starting to make the propellant charge.
The improved gunpowder, egg whites, and glutinous rice juice were mixed into a paste in a wooden basin and poured into a mold for shaping.
After doing this, Yuan Tiangang looked at Fang Er with a smile: Young friend, my methods are fine, right?
Fang Er looked at his series of operations and finally knew where the problem lay.
The problem was huge!
First of all, setting aside whether the gunpowder ratio was correct, if you just cast it in like this and leave it, there would easily be air bubbles in the propellant charge.
Also, the propellant charge needs to be baked at low temperatures, not naturally dried in the mold.
After talking about the propellant charge, Fang Er pointed at the iron barrel and said:
And what about that iron barrel? Where did you get it?
Oh, you mean that barrel? That was my chamber pot when I got up at night...
Holy crap!
*Gag~~~*
As soon as Yuan Tiangang finished speaking, he seemed to realize something, and his whole person instantly felt unwell. With a startled cry, he leaned against the wall and started to vomit.
Fang Er looked confusedly at Sun Simiao and asked, "What's wrong with Master Yuan?"
Sun Simiao was tidying up the medicinal herbs and said lightly, "Nothing much."
That iron barrel was his chamber pot from before, and the one you just carried out of the house is his current chamber pot.
My junior nephew was sent to find you early this morning, so he probably didn't have time to empty it.
Fang Er: ...
So, what he had just splashed on Yuan Tiangang's head was his urine from last night?
Damn it, no wonder it smelled so strong!
After vomiting for a while, Yuan Tiangang ran to the water vat in the courtyard and directly plunged his head into it.
After washing for a long time, he raised his head and shouted loudly: Li Chunfeng! You ungrateful disciple, get over here!