mesbooks Chapter 279: Hellfire
Chapter 279: Hellfire
As the carriage moved forward, by the time Jiang Yuan and his companions were about to return to Taiping County, it was already early summer.
"Sir, judging from the distance, we will be home tomorrow." Li Hu said excitedly.
As the weather gradually warmed up, Jiang Yuan simply sat outside the sedan.
"Well, it's getting late. Let's find a place to set up camp first." Jiang Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After a while, everyone found a valley, set up the tent and started making a fire to cook.
Jiang Yuan looked at the beef jerky he had brought from Taiping County and still hadn't finished eating, and couldn't help but sigh: "Don't we have anything else?"
"Master, we have eaten everything else. How about I go into the mountains and take a look?" Wang Gang said.
Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. He had just broken through the fifth level of Liuguang Movie not long ago, so why not give it a try now?
"No need. Wang Gang, you stay here. Li Hu, come with me into the mountains to hunt."
Jiang Yuan said this before disappearing in a flash. Li Hu curled his lips and said, "You want to compete with me in speed? I think you're just a little mouse licking a cat's ass, looking for excitement!"
After a while, Li Hu easily caught up with Jiang Yuan: "Sir, where are we going?"
Jiang Yuan shook his head helplessly. He ran first but was caught up so easily. Li Hu's speed was really amazing.
"Okay, stop showing off and let's look around."
As they were talking, Jiang Yuan had slowed down. The two of them searched deep in the mountains and forests and found many traces of animals. However, they were not professional hunters and had no way of judging which direction the prey had gone.
Jiang Yuan looked around and said, "Let's find a water source and guard it. We'll definitely be able to catch prey."
Following Jiang Yuan's suggestion, the two quickly found a pond to guard, but even after waiting until dark, no animals came.
"Sir, let's go back. I think eating dried meat is pretty good too." Li Hu said weakly.
Jiang Yuan could only sigh. If they couldn't catch the prey when they came, it was because they didn't have the ability. But if the prey didn't come at all, it could only be said that they were unlucky.
On the way back, the two were still unwilling to give up and deliberately slowed down their pace as they walked through the forest.
After a while, Jiang Yuan, who still had nothing to show for it, couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Just as he was about to ask Li Hu to speed up and go back, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright ball of light out of the corner of his eye.
"Huh? What is that? Blue flame?"
"What the hell?" Li Hu was shocked and quickly turned his head to look in the direction Jiang Yuan was looking. A ball of blue flame was floating above a rotten bone.
"Sir! Don't go over there, this fire is very evil!" Li Hu said quickly.
"My grandfather told me about this kind of fire. It's called Hellfire. Once you go through it, it will follow you. You must never go through it!"
Jiang Yuan, who was standing by and saw the blue flame, suddenly had his eyes lit up.
What are several hellfires? Isn’t this just phosphorus fire? It is also called ghost fire by many people in China.
The main reason for its formation is that animal bones contain trace elements, which may form will-o'-the-wisp by chance.
As for why this thing will follow people, it is entirely because the phosphorescence is very light, and the air flow generated by people walking will drive the phosphorescence, which creates an illusion.
In addition to these, Jiang Yuan also thought of a weapon, a weapon that is banned from use on Earth.
White phosphorus bomb!
This weapon is undoubtedly fatal to the human body, but what is even more terrifying is that the way it causes death is too cruel, which is why it is banned.
But this isn't Earth, and no one has ever used this thing.
"White phosphorus, white phosphorus, can be extracted from human urine or animal bones..." Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.
"Sir, what are you mumbling about? What are you saying? I don't understand." Li Hu looked at Jiang Yuan nervously.
Jiang Yuan came back to his senses and took a deep breath: "You don't need to understand, let's go back!"
After the two of them returned and had their meal, Jiang Yuan covered his head and fell asleep.
At noon the next day, the group finally arrived at the gate of Taiping County.
After entering the city, Jiang Yuan returned to the county government office as usual to handle official business. The biggest change in Taiping County was that the second circle of the city wall had been completed. According to the floor plan, Taiping County could now accommodate a full population of 200,000.
"Ma Zhi, let them build houses and other facilities first. There's no rush to build the city walls." Jiang Yuan said softly.
There are already two of the three major raw materials for cement. As long as sand can be found, there is no need to use mortar in the outer city. Just go straight to concrete, which saves a lot of money than mortar, and unlike mortar, it does not have obvious weaknesses.
According to chemical knowledge, although the city walls constructed of cement mortar are strong, they are afraid of alkaline substances, such as human urine.
"Sir, what's going on? We still have a lot of money in our account." Ma Zhi looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion.
"Nothing. I developed a new type of material. It's much cheaper than cement and stronger." Jiang Yuan answered while drawing on paper.
Most of the buildings in Daduan are still built with a mixture of lime, at most adding some glutinous rice or something like that. Sand has not been used yet, and sand-dredging ships are even less likely to be used.
After finishing the drawings, Jiang Yuan felt a little unsure. He had only seen this thing a few times on his mobile phone, and he was not sure whether it would be successful.
"Ma Zhi, building a ship according to this blueprint should take about half a month, right?"
Ma Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at the blueprint with a bit of confusion: "Sir, what is this? Can this be called a ship?"
"And why does this ship have a pointed nose? Could it be that you, sir, are planning to build a warship?"
"Taiping County is surrounded by mountains. Why would I build a warship? I'll draw a detailed diagram later. Just have someone build the ship first."
Jiang Yuan said as he continued writing and drawing on the drawing.
Most modern sand-dredging ships suck sand up directly from the bottom of the water, but this thing is impossible to produce here. Jiang Yuan is quite clear about his own capabilities.
Therefore, Jiang Yuan decided to adopt a drum-type sand mining method and install something similar to a waterwheel structure in the front of the boat. He only needed to use the gear rotation method to rotate the claws in front of the boat, and then put a bucket behind the claws to directly deliver the excavated sand.
By the time Jiang Yuan finished working on the design, it was already dark.
"Huh, not bad, just follow this."
Throwing down the blueprint, Jiang Yuan beckoned Wang Gang and Li Hu, "Come on, follow me."
"Sir, it's dark now. What are you going to do?" Li Hu said with a crooked mouth.
"Stop talking nonsense to me and hurry up!" Jiang Yuan cursed without any mercy. Ever since this guy picked up a girl, he can't wait to run home every day!
As soon as the group walked out of the Taiping County wall, Jiang Yuan couldn't wait to rush to Tai'an County.
The human waste produced in Taiping County is used by itself, and the rest is discharged into Taizong County. This thing can directly produce white phosphorus.
"Sir, are you going to Taizong County?" Li Hu asked in confusion.
"That's right, I want to take a look at their moat!" Jiang Yuan's voice sounded very excited.
As long as the sand-dredging ship can be successfully manufactured and concrete can be successfully developed, Taiping County will be a solid foundation.
If white phosphorus can be produced again, as long as the quantity is sufficient, Jiang Yuan will not be afraid even of a million-strong army!
These two things are related to whether Taiping County can stand out from the world. How can Jiang Yuan not be excited?