After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 277 Fireworks and Firecrackers

"A lower concentration of lime water is acceptable, so please do not prepare lime water at home. Lime water should only be used as a last resort."

If someone is suffering from severe nitrate poisoning and has fallen into a coma, our treatment will be safer for them.

"Of course, if you can induce vomiting, then you won't need to drink the lime water anymore. You can just get some detoxifying Chinese medicine."

After hearing her explanation, everyone nodded.

Of course, these are all things for the future.

Meanwhile, in the restaurant, these literati were still reading storybooks together.

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Shen Aoning knew that the only way to change this situation was to make some poor people rich so that they could afford to eat.

So she found the woman who had treated the man last time—Aunt Yang.

They joined forces with the common people of their street to produce large quantities of saltpeter.

Arrange for a group of people to collect saltpeter.

Nitrate can generally be found in places that are not easily washed away by water, such as toilets, pig and cattle pens, houses, and old corners of courtyards. Alternatively, it can be collected in saline-alkali land and some dry caves.

After obtaining this portion of nitrate soil, the nitrate crystals are extracted by leaching.

Another group of people used a manual stacking method, mixing human and animal excrement with wood ash, soil, and other materials. Through the action of nitrifying bacteria, nitrogenous substances were converted into nitrate ions, producing potassium nitrate.

After the nitrate is generated, it is extracted through operations such as dissolution, filtration, and evaporation.

These are all done without the presence of nitrate ore.

She did this so that the people in the streets could produce saltpeter to process leather and make fireworks to sell.

In the leather-making process, tanning can treat raw hides and soften them, making them more durable and softer, completely different from the leather available on the market.

Another one is making fireworks.

Once these two are made, they can be sold for a large sum of money.

Shen Aoning will treat them as employees and pay them wages later.

She was quite surprised that fireworks didn't exist in this dynasty.

Without fireworks, there's no gunpowder either.

Therefore, we are now in a pure era of cold weapons!

Making fireworks wasn't difficult for her; the challenge was selling them.

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"What are fireworks? Why do people say there's no gunpowder without fireworks? And what is gunpowder? And what Shen Aoning said about the era of cold weapons—I recognize each word individually, but I can't understand them when they're put together!!"

Ye Yuwu had no idea how much confusion she had given the ancients.

"You're asking us? Who should we ask? Mr. Wuming?"

"I really want to write to Mr. Wuming right away and ask him what's going on!"

"I really want to ask too, but God knows, I've been racking my brains trying to figure out what this thing is!"

"Didn't it say in the storybook that these fireworks can be launched into the air, like flowers exploding, bright and beautiful, like stars?"

"As you said yourself, this is a scene described in a storybook, but none of us have ever seen fireworks bloom in reality, so naturally we can't imagine it!"

"This can't be real! As bright as the stars? Does such a thing really exist? Tsk, this story is getting more and more outrageous. I can't take it anymore!"

Several scholars, after reading it, immediately advised against it, saying they wouldn't waste their time reading the story and planned to go home.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to slander Mr. Wuming, saying he had run out of talent and was just living off his past achievements!

The departure of these people did not affect the group that remained. However, this group had different ideas from those who left. They believed that this story was very profound and that if one read it carefully, one could learn something from it.

"These people are really something! Not only do they lack appreciation skills, but they also dare to slander Mr. Wuming! If Ziming hadn't stopped me, I would have gone up and beaten them up long ago!"

"Hey, don't bother with these people. How could they possibly understand Mr. Wuming's stories! You just didn't see how detailed the descriptions of these production details are; it's almost like... almost like..."

"As if it were teaching us!"

"Yes, yes! Ziming is right! That's exactly what I meant."

"Mr. Wuming's vision is as grand as we imagined!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Study hard, and maybe Jin Kingdom will really have fireworks someday."

Several people agreed with this statement, attributing all the changes in Jin Kingdom over the past two or three years to Wuming's storybook.

Now, Wuming's storytelling has almost become a fashion trend throughout the country.

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In the story, after many hardships, Shen Aoning finally reached a cooperation agreement with the pleasure boat.

The most famous courtesan selection in Bianjing will be held this time on a flower boat in the waterside pavilion.

Many people will come to visit, including many wealthy individuals.

What Shen Aoning wants to do is to let everyone see the fireworks she made!

We've finally waited for this day.

The courtesan competition begins in the evening.

As soon as night falls, the riverbank, the shore, the bridgehead, the riverside taverns, and even the river itself are filled with people.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a sea of ​​people, but fortunately the river where the flower boats would float during the courtesan competition had been cleared, so there were no boats obstructing the view.

As night falls, the city lights begin to illuminate the scene.

Suddenly, a loud bang shattered the silence, like a thunderclap, causing everyone to look up.

As everyone looked up, a deafening roar filled their ears. Fireworks, like dragons emerging from the sea, shot straight into the sky, illuminating the once-dark night sky.

Everyone was astonished and amazed.

From then on, the fireworks became famous in Bianjing because of this competition.

After that, many wealthy people and powerful figures came to her to sell fireworks.

She even introduced firecrackers for this purpose.

This firecracker is naturally different from the "firecrackers" of this dynasty.

In this ancient era, firecrackers were actually detonated using bamboo.

They usually choose longer bamboo stalks and then burn them to make them pop.

Shen Aoning used paper tubes and hemp stalks to wrap gunpowder and weave them into strings to make "stringed firecrackers," which are firecrackers.

Unexpectedly, these firecrackers were even more popular than fireworks.

Fireworks and firecrackers were used in many ancient sacrificial activities.

Currently, only their family in Beijing can make these fireworks and firecrackers.

Shen Aoning also provided many poor people with a way to make money.

Of course, she still wanted to be a doctor who could save lives; this was her lifelong ideal.

She used the money she earned from fireworks and firecrackers as pocket money.

Shen Aoning hadn't been sitting for long when Madam Shen's confinement was lifted.

Unexpectedly, Madam Shen was able to remain calm and behave herself for a few days. However, she did not remain calm for long before she started having bad intentions again.

I don't know how she convinced Shen's father to find her a husband.

Shen Aoning couldn't find a reason to refuse. After all, her daughters were already married, and if the eldest daughter of the main wife didn't get married, the Shen family would inevitably be criticized.

Therefore, under the instigation of Madam Shen, Shen's father urged Shen Aoning to get married as soon as possible.

Madam Shen wasn't in such a hurry to marry off Shen Aoning because she wanted what was best for her.

She naturally had her own reasons for doing this.