sbdcsierra Chapter 302 Steps to Make Fireworks
Chapter 302 Steps to Make Fireworks
After Xiao Han went to the military camp, Long Chuqing didn't leave the manor much. She mostly stayed in Qiushui Pavilion making medicine and dealing with the batch of saltpeter she had bought.
She learned that this dynasty did not yet have gunpowder, so there were no fireworks. So she went to buy raw materials and made them herself, preparing to set them off during the New Year.
She was quite familiar with the steps and procedures for making fireworks.
She had even gone to a fireworks shop to learn how to make them before, and she and Fei Feng and Feng Yu often played around with them in other time-travel dynasties.
The main raw materials for fireworks are potassium nitrate, sulfur, and wood ash.
Potassium nitrate can be extracted from saltpeter.
First, crush all the saltpeter blocks, then mix them with hot water to dissolve them, and then stir them evenly with a stick. Next, filter out the sawdust and gravel with a cloth.
After the filtered liquid cools down, it needs to be filtered again to remove the impurities.
The treated nitrate solution is then heated to evaporate and concentrate the water. Finally, the purified hot solution is allowed to cool slowly, and potassium nitrate will slowly crystallize due to the sudden drop in solubility.
After drying the crystals, potassium nitrate can be obtained as the finished product.
It took several days to refine potassium nitrate, during which time she also prepared other materials needed for making fireworks.
Before we knew it, it was the fifteenth of the month again.
The sky was exceptionally clear today, and the sunlight seemed particularly gentle.
Good weather should bring a good mood, but Long Chuqing's condition was rather bad.
Judging from the clear blue sky, the bright moon will arrive as scheduled tonight.
This night was the hardest for her, and she had no mood to appreciate the bright moon and stars.
She experienced no discomfort during the day on the fifteenth of last month, to the point that she completely forgot the date.
This month was different. I started experiencing discomfort when I woke up early, with a dizzy head and general fatigue.
The discomfort was more pronounced than before, and the chills in my body began to increase dramatically.
I'm afraid tonight won't be easy either; there might even be situations that are beyond our control.
The worst-case scenario would be like the previous situation where darkness followed the appearance of the dragon. In that case, it would be absolutely impossible to stay in the mansion any longer.
She was also frustrated, wondering why the situation was so unpredictable, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
After lunch, upon returning upstairs, Long Chuqing noticed faint signs of dragon scales appearing on her body.
Unexpectedly, this situation occurred earlier than the previous three times.
"Qingqing, if things continue like this, how will you get through the long and cold nights? Even with my help, it will be hard to endure. What should we do?" Feifeng said with a worried and sad tone, "Alas... If only the Prince were here."
Long Chuqing replied weakly, "What does it have to do with whether he's in the manor or not? He has no spiritual power and can't cure diseases."
"You must have forgotten that you managed to get through the first two times by going to his dorm room. There must be something going on here. I think... it's definitely related to the method of using yang to supplement yin that I mentioned before."
Although the theory of using yang to supplement yin has not been proven, Fei Feng firmly believes that Long Chuqing's ability to successfully remove the cold from her body is related to Xiao Han.
If it has nothing to do with him, then some uncontrollable factors will occur.
For example, if Long Chuqing cannot suppress the cold energy within his body and cannot control himself, he will manifest his dragon form. Even if he does not manifest his dragon form, his dragon horns and scales will appear.
Seeing scales and dragon horns on someone's body, how could one ignore it? If such a thing happened, it would have already caused a commotion.
They might even arrest Long Chuqing as a monster, or expel him from the manor as an outcast.
The fact that everything is still peaceful now proves that nothing unusual happened after Long Chuqing went to Xiao Han's dormitory.
Not only did nothing wrong, but the problem of cold invasion was also solved, and she finally fell into a good sleep.
While at Qiushui Pavilion, it was so cold that he couldn't sleep, and even his eyebrows and eyelashes were covered in frost. No one would believe that this had nothing to do with Xiao Han.
Anyway, Fei Feng didn't believe it.
Long Chuqing disagreed: "Nonsense..."
Feng Yu also asked, "Regardless of whether it's nonsense or not, just tell me, did the chill on your body disappear after you found the prince?"
Long Chuqing tried to recall something, but... she couldn't remember anything.
I remember Xiao Han saying that she seemed to have touched and kissed him all over.
Ugh, how embarrassing.
"I don't remember anything." Long Chuqing stammered, "I...I fell asleep."
However, it was only after she went to Xiao Han's dormitory that the chill on her body was relieved.
Could it really be related to him?
But... what is the main key point?
Could it be because of Xiao Han's embrace? And with the warm room in his room, that's why the chill on her body gradually faded away?
To be honest, his embrace was indeed quite warm.
Bah... Long Chuqing shook his head and dismissed the thought.
Xiao Han is not at home now, and the warm pavilion in Qinli Courtyard has not been heated.
He did mention twice that she should move to Lanxi Courtyard, or ask Uncle Zhong to open up the warm pavilion in Lanxi Courtyard so she could stay there tonight.
Fei Feng pondered: Since the prince is not here, we have to think of another way. We can't exactly go to the military camp to look for him! Nor can we let Qingqing go to other men! That would be too outrageous.
Just as Long Chuqing was struggling with her decision, Fei Feng came up with a solution.
"Qingqing, if you're worried about being seen in the manor, why don't we go back to that lake in the mountains? That way, even if we reveal our dragon form, we won't have to worry as long as we dive into the lake."
Mountain village?
In the lake?
Feng Yu was completely confused.
"Qingqing? When you revealed your dragon form before, were you hiding in the lake?"
At that time, Feng Yu was still in Long Chuqing's void realm and had not come out, so she was unaware of this matter, and neither she nor Fei Feng told her afterwards.
"Yes, I was unconscious in the lake for two days before I woke up."
"She slept in the lake for two days?" Feng Yu clicked her tongue, then scolded, "I say, Fei Feng, you're so useless! You actually let Qingqing be in danger for two days."
Fei Feng retorted defiantly, "Stop talking nonsense. The situation was quite tricky at the time, and it had never happened before. I just couldn't think of a solution for a moment. In the end, wasn't it me who found a way to wake Qingqing up?"
"Besides, as you know, Qingqing's spiritual power is now sealed, and we are also affected. It's not a problem with my ability."
Feng Yu said leisurely, "Alright! Putting aside what happened before, your suggestion just now was inappropriate. If you ask me, going to the mountains is not as good as going to that hot spring resort we went to before. Isn't soaking in the hot spring more comfortable than soaking in the lake? Maybe the hot spring water can even ward off the cold air of the moon!"
“Hey, don’t say that… Fengyu, your suggestion is pretty good.” Feifeng said, “Alright, since your idea is not bad, I won’t hold what happened earlier against you.”
Feng Yu rolled her eyes arrogantly.