From the wooden house on the south side of the island, shrill dog barking could be heard. This was a house built by Japanese pirates before. After living in a reinforced concrete house, it was left unused. Li Xiao leaned on the door and looked in, and saw that every one of them was full of eyes.

The mad dogs were red in color and had barking noises coming from their mouths. When they saw someone in the crack of the door, they howled and pounced on them.

In the iron cage in the corner, there are several marmots with wilting heads and brains!

"The boss got them all from North Korea. It's really not easy to gather these eight mad dogs!" Ai Husheng put his hands in his sleeves, not knowing what the boss wanted to do.

"That's right, has there been any letter from Huang Taiji? When are you going to pick up these bastards?"

"Tomorrow, Sony will come to pick you up in person with the money tomorrow."

"How many days have Obai and the others been hungry?"

"It's been four days, and everyone is starving. Several of them have begun to eat grass!"

"You deserve it! We won't give you the steamed buns tonight, and these dogs will be stewed for them. You find a few prisoners of war to do this, and you personally supervise when the dogs are killed and stewed. Our people are not allowed to get involved, do you hear me?

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"No!" Ai Husheng was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to say something, Li Xiao continued: "When they finish eating the meat, the remaining bones, soup, etc. will be burned together with this house for me."

"Master, Jurchens don't eat dog meat." Ai Husheng said with some embarrassment.

"If you don't eat, you're not hungry. Just give them more seasonings and make it more delicious. They're so hungry that they're eating grass. What the hell are you talking about about national integrity? Tell them clearly that if they don't

If he eats, he will be left outside to freeze to death. That man named Ao Bai, give him two dog legs. If he doesn't eat, beat his men to death. There are hundreds of people, so it's okay to kill one or two.

How can a dog-legged person be successful if he doesn’t eat the dog-legged person!

Make sure everyone gets a bite, and if there's not enough meat, give them soup."

"No!" Ai Husheng nodded. A person who has been hungry for four days. Two fist-sized steamed buns and a mouthful of hot soup every day are almost every Tatar prisoner's dream. Let alone dog meat, it is probably even human meat.

There is a problem.

National integrity is sometimes not worth much in front of the belly.

This is a useless solution that Li Xiao came up with. How many people will be infected with rabies? It all depends on luck. Li Xiao thinks that if he eats two dog legs for Ao Bai, this guy should get it. Who cares?

, I have done everything I can. The rest depends on God whether he wants this bastard’s life.

It doesn't matter if you send it back anyway, it will just waste a few bullets next time.

After instructing Ai Husheng, Li Xiao went to find a big hammer. The mortar was a damn good thing. Li Xiao couldn't put it down immediately after using it. This thing fires much faster than other muzzle-loaded artillery.

And the explosion power after landing is amazing. Especially the anti-personnel explosive shells are simply a nightmare for any infantry. This thing has a long range, and the strong charge can hit 3,700 meters.

However, Li Xiao didn't dare to take such a risk. The mortar barrel required seamless steel. He couldn't even tinker with that thing to death, and Li Xiao didn't know how strong the barrel was. In desperation, Li Xiao could only reduce the number of steel pipes.

The amount of charge was increased at the expense of range in exchange for a safety factor. Of course, the addition of three steel hoops at the end of the barrel also contributed to the fire.

It looks pretty good now. That night the artillery shells were fired continuously without any explosion. Although the range was reduced, they were still invincible within 2,500 meters. The Franco machine guns bought from the Portuguese were actually only

This range, in terms of power and rate of fire, means the mortar can hit the eight east-west streets.

Since this thing is easy to use and affordable, why not equip it with more equipment? Li Xiao came to the big hammer and asked to reduce the manufacturing of bombs as soon as possible. Increase the manufacturing of mortar shells. Good gunners are made by shells. Those who want gunners can shoot

Yes, you have to use all your strength to feed the cannonballs.

Just after finding the big hammer, Li Xiao found that Li Xiu was also here. He was tinkering with the big hammer!

When I got closer, I saw that I was tinkering with something covered in thorns, which looked like a hedgehog.

"Second brother, what are you doing here?" Li Xiao looked at it for a long time and didn't understand what Li Xiu was using this thing for.

"Brother! The last time we let go of the Tatar warship, I found that our cannonballs need to be ignited before firing. If the distance is too far and cannot hit the hull, the cannonballs will fall into the water and extinguish. So I tinkered with this

As long as the thing is launched, it will be nailed into the opponent's hull. Then it will explode on the hull. No matter how powerful their ship is, it will not be able to withstand a few hits."

Li Xiao's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. However, Li Xiao felt that the real naval battle was more realistic with front-loaded artillery.

Artillery! When Li Xiao thought of artillery, he immediately thought of something else.

Add some grease to the aluminum foil as a lubricant, then pound it and crush it into scaly powder. Li Xiao did it very carefully. With a human-shaped forging machine like a big hammer, it didn't take long for Li Xiao to get a handful of silver scaly powder.

Powder. Very good, this thing is aluminum powder.

When pyrite produces sulfuric acid, a large amount of iron oxide will be left behind. Li Xiao carefully mixed the aluminum powder in a ratio of one to three and found an open space. A deep pit was specially dug, and Li Xiao stood by the pit.

Pour up a small bottle of sulfuric acid and throw in a stick of incense!

"Boom!" Just a small handful of the mixture released a heat wave that directly scorched Li Xiao's hair. Li Xiao did not expect that this thing was so powerful. He had only heard of it before, but he had never tested it.

Fortunately, I only got a few taels of these things. If I got too many of my own ignition methods, I would be burned to death.

Li Xiao feels that he should not mess with this kind of chemical reagent in the future. With his little chemical background, if he makes an explosion, he will not win a Nobel Prize!

"Be careful! This thing is very dangerous. Put this thing in a cannonball. If it explodes, it will set the whole ship on fire." Li Xiao poured the remaining mixed powder into the cannonball and placed a small amount in the middle.

Bottles of sulfuric acid are used as oxidants. After lighting the fuse, the gunpowder will explode the sulfuric acid bottle. Then there will be a violent combustion. Anyway, this is the basic version of the incendiary bomb.

"Brother, if you have this thing, you can set the enemy's ships on fire?" Li Xiu's eyes shone with excitement.

"Don't say it's a wooden boat, even iron can be melted."

"Brother, you are joking. It is impossible to have an iron ship."

"You can't say for sure. Find an iron basin and see if it floats on the water. There are many unknown things in this world. Maybe one day there will be an iron ship floating on the water. It can even fly into the sky.

Even the iron birds are not sure!"

"Really? Brother, I haven't read the book, so don't lie to me."

"From now on, if you have nothing to do, go to Mr. Mao's place more often. Those things like the Four Books and Five Classics will be the same whether we study them or not. But we must know the words. Otherwise, if I write you a letter from now on, you won't be able to understand it. What's wrong with that?"

all.

Now Xiaohu can recognize a few characters a day. I took a test on him a few days ago. He can already recognize more than 200 characters. You have to learn from Xiaohu."

"I know, brother! But brother, Master Wu doesn't seem to know so much. Where did you learn so much knowledge?"

"Think more about things when you encounter them. The more you think about, the more you will gain. Just like you study barbed cannonballs, this is the result of thinking. When you encounter things in daily life, listen more and watch more. You are no worse than your elder brother. One day you will find

, how big your heart is, how big this world will be." Li Xiao smiled and patted Li Xiu's shoulder, but his back almost got wet.

Others don't know the details of Li Xiao, but his younger brothers and sisters can't hide it. His random inventions and creations seem to have made his younger brothers and sisters suspicious. In the future, it is better not to tinker with big killers, even if they are tinkered with, it must be technology

The content is relatively low. Otherwise, sooner or later, everyone will suspect that they are monsters.

After patting Li Xiu on the shoulder and drinking a strong drink of chicken soup for the soul, Li Xiao floated away, leaving an excited Li Xiu shaking his head.

During dinner, the strong smell of meat wafted from the place where the prisoners were kept. Li Xiao knew that it was unethical to do this. Mad dogs were likely to get rabies. Sick marmots were likely to cause plague.

Not to mention that there is no plague in winter, the Harbin plague that was prevalent in later generations was caused by someone eating sick marmots, which eventually led to the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of deaths. This afternoon, Li Xiao made several decisions.

Finally decided to burn those marmots!

Although Li Xiao knew in his heart that this was the best way to fight against the Tatars, Li Xiao knew that once the demon of plague was released, he would not have the final say on how many lives would be devoured.

The Black Death, the most famous disease in Europe, raged for several years and killed tens of millions of people before it finally subsided. Who knows, I will also become a victim of this plague that I created.

Thinking about it, rabies seems to be more controllable. I have never heard of hundreds of thousands of people dying from rabies in a certain place. That kind of scene can only be seen in zombie movies.

It got dark very early in winter, and the wooden houses in the south of the island began to burn. According to Li Xiao's order, the wooden houses were doused with kerosene. They burned until there was no intact piece of wood left! The last remains of the Japanese pirates disappeared on Phi Island. Who

I would never have thought that this island was actually snatched by Li Xiao and others from the Japanese pirates.

After the last fire in the wooden house was extinguished, there was a knock on the door of Li Xiao's study. Ai Husheng walked in and said to Li Xiao: "I did everything according to the master's instructions."

"Eat everything?"

"Some people didn't eat at first, but in the end they started eating after seeing everyone else eating."

"Obai also ate it?"

"I didn't want to eat at first, but then I followed your instructions and beat his men. I beat him lame several times, and he had to eat them. The two dog legs were chewed clean."

"That's good. Sony will come tomorrow and hand over the money and the people."
Chapter completed!