Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 324 Re-enactment?

Chen Mo didn't know that King Huai had already planned to attack him. Although he knew that sooner or later, King Huai and himself would be at war with each other, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

At this moment, he had just arrived at Longmen Xian with the Xia sisters, Nangong Xian, and Geng Songfu.

Because they had the intention of annexing Jiangdong, they transferred the 5,000 naval troops from Nangong Xian to Linzhou and incorporated them into the Yulin Guards to prepare for the expedition to Jiangdong.

At the same time, his twentieth birthday was coming in a few days. With the help of Geng Songfu, he organized his own "coming-of-age ceremony", also called the crowning ceremony.

This means a lot to men.

After having some free time, Chen Mo personally went to the secret workshop where the explosion occurred outside the city, accompanied by the county magistrate Huang Xiu.

When we arrived at the valley, this area was even more tightly sealed than before the explosion, and no one was allowed to enter or exit at all.

As the magistrate of Longmen County, Huang Xiu reported to Chen Mo the scene at the time of the explosion: "When the official came here at that time, he only saw dust and fire flying. It felt like the sky was collapsing and the earth was falling, and all the houses were flat. It feels like the buildings in the valley here have been moved flat, and I don’t know what happened?”

Huang Xiu had never seen gunpowder, never seen a clay pot bomb explode, and didn't even know when there were buildings in this valley, so he had limited knowledge of the situation here.

"This" Huang Xiu felt a little embarrassed, and then said: "Master Marquis, the brave guards stationed here did not let the official investigate the specific situation at all, and only said that they would report to you, so the official did not know the casualties. "

Soon, Sun Meng called people over.

The heavy troops sent to the valley were a group of people that Chen Mo asked Sun Meng to pull out from the personal barracks in order to maintain confidentiality.

"I know, you go down first." Chen Mo said.

But since I heard the noise that night, I came here with my government officials to check. When I saw the army, I realized that something big was going on secretly.

Hearing this, Chen Mo thought of this and told the defenders sent here that no matter what happened, he would report it directly to him and no one else had the right to interfere.

Or, in other words, you won’t think about it at all.

"The accident occurred because the craftsman improperly operated and used fire illegally. The craftsman who lit the fire was blown into a pulp."

This person is a centurion in the personal barracks, a ninth-grade warrior named Xu Mu. He was once a soldier in the Yuzhou Army. After being recruited by Chen Mo, he served in killing the enemy in the Battle of Weiyangpo and was promoted to centurion. Chen Mo later transferred him to his own barracks.

"Is the chief engineer still alive?" Chen Mo asked.

Huang Xiu knew that there were some things that he shouldn't ask, so he immediately resigned.

"What was the cause of the explosion?"

"Twenty-three craftsmen died, six were injured, and only three survived." Xu Mu said.

Chen Mo asked him about the casualties.

This is a big violation.

Chen Mo did not explain to Huang Xiu, but just said: "What are the casualties?"

But I didn’t think I was researching a weapon with high power.

Chen Mo asked Sun Meng to call the leader of the garrison here.

Chen Mo frowned. If he remembered correctly, there were repeated instructions in the workshop not to touch the fire, not to touch the fire. Even the oil lamps inside were placed in the middle of the water tank to prevent sparks from splashing out, but some people still used them. fire,

"He's seriously injured, but the doctor said he's afraid he won't live until spring." Xu Mu replied.

Chen Mo turned back to Sun Meng and said, "Remember to do a good job in providing pensions."

"No." The secret workshop was almost demolished, and the research results during this period were naturally destroyed. However, luckily among the misfortunes, I learned from the chief engineer who was still able to speak that every failed experiment would be recorded in a book. , the detailed operation process is recorded above.

In fact, strictly speaking, the gunpowder that failed these experiments will not explode even if it is lit with fire.

And the reason why it exploded that night was most likely due to some combination of circumstances, and the person who lit the fire succeeded in the experiment.

In this way, through the records in the booklet and after some research, it may be possible to reproduce it.

If it can really be reproduced, then it will be a piece of cake to attack the city and capture the territory.

Chen Mo plans to secretly build a gunpowder workshop in the valley to learn lessons and continue research. With previous experience in explosions, internal management must be stricter.

After Chen Mo performed the crowning ceremony, Geng Songfu left.

Chen Mo personally sent him to Linzhou. It was already spring. Chen Mo watched Geng Songfu, who was dressed as a businessman, take a boat to Huaizhou with goods.

Afterwards, Chen Mo stopped by to see Yu Scale Guard's own shipyard where they were training.

On the other side, King Huai's secret message also arrived in Chongzhou.

However, the war in Longyou was tense at this time, and King Chong could not find a force to threaten Yuzhou.

In fact, if he insists on sending out a troop of troops, King Chong can still do it.

However, just for the words of King Huai, King Chong was reluctant to do this.

The brothers still settled the accounts openly.

King Huai and King Chong were brothers, but they were not born from the same concubine.

In the past, King Chong responded to King Qin of Huai and respected King Huai as the master. This was because the interests of both parties were consistent. However, since the failure of King Qin's army, the interests of the two have become different due to the different vassals they belong to. It is even said that It's not an exaggeration to call it a "competitor".

In addition, Longyou is close to Chongzhou. Once Longyou falls, going west past Qinguan is the land of Hexi, and Chongzhou is in the land of Hexi.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If Longyou falls and the Seven Kingdoms do not continue to go south to Yuzhou, but go west to Qin Pass, wouldn't they have to fight in his homeland again?

It is impossible for King Chong to harm his own interests in order to help King Huai.

But having said that, if the Seven Kingdoms were defeated and King Huai asked him to help, King Chong was willing to help because of the hatred of his daughter-in-law being robbed.

But if it doesn't work now, once Chen Mo is angered and asks him to send troops into Longyou, the situation will be troublesome.

Therefore, King Chong refused.

It was already mid-April when I received the rejection news.

The sun is shining and the weather is warm.

After reading the contents of the letter, King Huai couldn't help but frowned. In terms of age, he was several years older than King Chong. Therefore, in his heart, he wanted King Chong, his younger brother, to follow his father. Brother's.

Moreover, the expansion after taking Fengzhou made King Huai behave even more arrogantly.

However, the rejection in the letter made King Huai understand that King Chong was equally ambitious and unwilling to be inferior to others, which also made King Huai feel ashamed.

When he accepted Liu Ji's suggestion, he made it look like King Chong would definitely help if the king spoke.

King Huai looked at Liu Ji. He was hesitant at this moment whether he should attack Chen Mo or not.

Liu Ji handed over his hand and once again offered his advice: "My subordinates have received news that Chen Thief is training the navy. He has obviously coveted Jiangdong for a long time. How could the Wu family not know that if they join forces with the Wu family?"

(End of this chapter)