"Take a place for your brother?" Zhang Qian put away his playful attitude and frowned. "Is it your grandfather who asked you?"

According to his observations and intuition during the few days he had just arrived in the Tang Dynasty, the little fat man's status in the Ren family is not very good!

Although this person has food and clothing and can spend money as much as he wants, he usually lives in a village outside Chang'an City and dare not step into the gate of Ren Mansion in the city.

On the surface, the stepmother of the little fat man seemed to be gentle and kind to him and regarded him as his own. In fact, he was afraid that he would win the slightest favor of his father Ren Qiong. It seemed that the little fat man would turn into a tiger in the future and eat all the following half-brothers and sisters.

Therefore, if Ren Qiong made a request to the fat man, Zhang Qian thought he could barely consider it. After all, both parties still maintain a close cooperative relationship in the Liushen Business Company. If the request was made by Mrs. Ren, hehe, then you have to think carefully...

"It was my stepmother who asked me for help. She said that my second brother Ren Bi is not young anymore and his understanding of studying is average." The fat man was so guilty that he blushed and explained in a low voice. "My grandfather has gone to Ganzhou again. It is impossible for him to come back before spring. I am the eldest son of the family, so I should share some of the burden for my father, so that he will not be assured of his family's affairs."

This is the weak point of the little fat man, and hesitated to remind him a few more words, but he heard the little fat man whisper: "I know my stepmother doesn't like me, but she doesn't imitate others, deducting my food and clothing and not allowing me to study. I used to be determined to learn swords, but she didn't stop her. So this time she asked me for help, and I couldn't refuse. And my second brother is also my father's son after all, and his character is still good..."

Zhang Qian completely lost his temper when he took the fat man's temper, so he could only roll his eyelids and whisper, "If you think your second brother is still useful, arrange for him to go to your second brother to do a classic. Don't put it on the side of the Armored Staff Office. You are my own brother, you will definitely not be able to manage yourself!"

"Thank you, senior brother, thank you, senior brother!" Ren Cong immediately bowed and added with a smile: "It must be the second brother's side. When recruiting apprentices in the shops, they all pay attention to exchange and nephews. What's more, our place is the Ninth Superintendent! My second brother is very smart. If you put it under the second brother's hands, you will definitely have some achievements in the future." (Note: Change the sons and nephews to join. In the past, the rules of merchants educating sons and nephews were not carried by their side to educate them personally, so as not to be the elders' soft-hearted and arrogant sons. Instead, exchange sons and nephews with friends with friends to be apprentices.) "I can't even get a Ming Jing exam. How smart can I be?" Zhang Qian muttered secretly in his heart, but he couldn't bear to even attack the fat man, and he didn't say it.

The little fat man Ren Cong settled a piece of thought and was in a high mood. Suddenly he leaned forward a few steps and said in an extremely low voice: "Senior Brother, Zhou Jianliang will leave the day after tomorrow. My second brother and I were thinking about it. In the brothel that Ashi's family the day after tomorrow, I invited him and Li Fengyu to drink and listen to music, and watch Hu Xuanwu, I don't know, senior brother, you..."

"Just go by yourself. I have gained something in my heart in the past few days. I need to quietly make what I think of!" The figure of a ruby ​​girl flashed in front of Zhang Qian's eyes and he quickly waved his hand to interrupt.

"Then let's go happily." Ren Cong looked around suspiciously, but did not see any woman's shadow, so he had to nod his head regretfully.

In his eyes, the eldest brother's reaction just now was very similar to a shrewd woman in the family and his husband was not strong. However, as far as he knew, there was no second woman beside the senior brother except Zijuan. Moreover, he had already figured out that Zijuan's little girl was actually pretending to be a girl in the house, so how could he have a duct on the eldest brother's head?

While confused, he heard Zhang Qian ask in a low voice: "Are you ready for Shuofang Army's alcohol? How many kilograms can you take to Commander Zhou in total? It's cold and cold now, how can he bring it?"

"The court added two thousand cavalry to Shuofang. Each cavalry was filled with a leather bag and could easily take away 20,000 kilograms!" When the senior brother asked about the serious matter, Ren Cong quickly closed his smile and responded seriously, "But the court only approved the Shuofang army to try out 10,000 kilograms of alcohol. Zhou Jianliang followed the instructions of his second senior brother and went to Zhang Zhengjian to grind 3,000 kilograms. The total number of cavalry was 13,000 kilograms, and the cavalry was still rich in carrying capacity."

"Yes!" Zhang Qian nodded, and then solemnly ordered, "Put our chrysanthemums and take them away for Zhou Jianliang. Tell him that this is specially used for the soldiers to drink, not for washing the wounds or setting fires!"

"Yes, I knew you would help him with your senior brother!" Ren Cong had expected this and was extremely excited to agree.

"For the alcohol taken away by Shuofangjun, you let Guo Qi put some sulfur powder in. From now on, according to this convention, add some sulfur powder to any alcohol called gunpowder." Zhang Qian hesitated for a moment and quickly replenished.

Sulfur can destroy the organic protective film on the surface of bacteria until it dies. After a small amount of sulfur dissolves in alcohol, it will only increase its disinfection effect and will not cause any harm to the human body. However, alcohol added with sulfur will taste very poor. Even if it is diluted, it will not be regarded as white wine to satisfy its cravings.

This is also his plan to avoid supplying alcohol from the front line and being used for other purposes. After all, the alcohol at present is obtained by distilling and purifying the rice wine made from pure grain. Just calculating the raw material costs are more than ten times that of rice wine. If it is not used to clean the wounds of the soldiers or eliminate the enemy, but only satisfying the desires of some officers, he, the first person who introduced the distillation technology of white wine to the Tang Dynasty, would be very guilty!

"Put sulfur?" Ren Cong's brain could not keep up with Zhang Qian's leaping speed of thinking. After thinking for a while, he still asked blankly. "What is the best way to put sulfur? How much is it appropriate?"

"If you ask you to notify your second senior brother, you will notify. The specific dosage will be given first according to each poke. Remember to add sulfur powder, and then arrange for people to stir evenly with wooden sticks." Zhang Qian thought for a little while and continued to add. "I'm talking about a large barrel of 200 kilograms. It's not the small barrel you use to mix bartenders!"

"Yes, senior brother! I remember!" Ren Cong didn't dare to ask again, nodded, grabbed the charcoal pen, and wrote the numbers on the paper.

"I will make some things in the past few days, and then there may be a loud noise. You can help me dig a larger cellar in the back garden with the help of the arrangement workshop. This way, the noise will be smaller so as not to disturb the neighbors." Taking advantage of Ren Cong's presence today, Zhang Qian simply handed over the problem of the trial gunpowder site to the other party to solve it.

"Yes, senior brother!" Ren Cong had already witnessed too many of his senior brother's magical features, so he had long been accustomed to it, and immediately agreed to record it quickly on paper.

"Dig a cellar two feet deep. After going down, expand a room separately at the bottom and use good wood to support it to prevent collapse. The room is 1 meter high, 1 meter long, and 1 meter five feet wide, about 1 meter five feet wide!" Seeing that he remembered seriously, Zhang Qian simply explained the specifications of the "underground laboratory".
Chapter completed!