super concubine

Chapter 454 Dynamite Ball

War is imminent!
As soon as Di Qing's cavalry came out of the city, they went to Meng Gongzuo and executed the tactics very thoroughly.

And Li Zhun's army is also marching towards Dingxiang!

On the Liao side, Zhang Yuanzhi and Yelu Aluhan were also fully prepared, waiting for Li Zhun's fall.

This time, the [-] troops of the Liao Kingdom did not leave Dingxiang, but were ready to fight a decisive battle with the An Dynasty army!

Xiao Mo, who was far away in Luzhou, naturally would not know about the war in the north.

Now all Xiao Mo's focus is on the women at home, of course... and the military camp in Luzhou.

The first batch of compressed explosives has already been released. Zeng Gongliang specially sent someone to tell Xiao Mo that he was going to try it out and asked Xiao Mo to go to the barracks.

Although the military camp is not in Shen County, it is not too far from Changle Town, so Xiao Mo talked to Yun Xue and the others, and then went to the military camp.

The barracks is actually an arsenal, of course... to deceive people, it is still called a barracks, and it is called the Eastern Suburb Camp of Luzhou!

This time it was only to test the power of explosives. As for the power of these explosives used in the cannon, it cannot be tested yet because the cannon is still in the process of being designed.

So this time the experimental explosives used the method of Zeng Gongliang's "throwing ballista". This is on the original catapult, it should be inserted a bit, and a large iron spring is added, so that the explosive package can be thrown farther !

And, most importantly, this time Xiao Mo came to the barracks and finally saw the formed explosive fuse.

In the last battle in Cangshan Mountain, Xiao Mo only equipped the explosive package with a fuse made by the earth method. This kind of fuse is relatively safe, because it takes a certain amount of time to burn!
But with security, without stability!
This can also be seen from the fact that the explosion rate of the explosive package is less than half.

With leads, that's a different story!

Moreover, Zeng Gongliang also asked the blacksmith to cast some hollow iron balls, and now the dynamite pack has been renamed the dynamite ball!

After getting ready, the soldiers held torches and stood ready.

And Xiao Mo is with Zeng Gongliang, Gongsun Bo and Zhao Guanying.

Sure enough, the success rate of the ten dynamite balls this time was very good. After the first nine dynamite balls were ejected, they all exploded, only the last one, and after waiting for a while, there was still no movement!

At this time, the soldiers were puzzled, and some even wanted to check in front of the explosive ball.

Of course... such an approach was stopped by Xiao Mo.

Because... the dynamite ball is still smoking!

"Wait and see..." Xiao Mo stabilized the soldiers, then looked at Zeng Gongliang with a slight smile and said, "Did you arrange this last dynamite ball on purpose?"

Zeng Gongliang said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really smart. Inside the last explosive ball... are all residues after refining explosives..."

Halfway through, there was only the sound of an explosion, and then the last iron ball exploded, some iron pieces scattered, and there was a thick cloud of smoke.

Xiao Mo smiled when he saw it, and said to Zeng Gongliang: "Although these residues are not very powerful, they are very interesting to set off at night, um...you collect all the residues, and I will send someone to deal with them in the future! Again, everything in the barracks must be kept secret!"

After explaining to Zeng Gongliang, Xiao Mo, Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo stayed in the tent for another night, mainly discussing some issues about guns, and there was another problem... this time the explosive ball, although The success rate has reached [-]%, but the accuracy is far from the previous budget!
So Xiao Mo's desire for artillery became stronger and stronger. He studied the principle of using gunpowder to propel the artillery, as well as the structure of the artillery, and studied it carefully with Zeng Gongliang. Finally, Xiao Mo gave Zeng Gongliang a death order, that is: "Don't be afraid of the cost, don't be afraid of spending money, we have high-ranking officials, what you have to do is to make all the cannons and long guns out of nowhere!"

Inexplicably, Xiu's name was shot again. Senior official Xiu has been shooting since he met Xiao Mo, especially after he arrived in Jiangning.

Who made him rich?

After giving Zeng Gongliang the order to see Da Pao in mid-May, Xiao Mo returned home early the next morning.

Back home, before entering the house, Xiao Mo knelt down at the door.

The people in Changle Town got up quite early, and when they saw Xiao Mo, a talented scholar and official in the town, kneeling in front of their house, they all rushed over.

"Yo... Brother Xiao, what's the matter? Did the princess find out about stealing fish?"

The one who spoke was a sister-in-law with a more aggressive style, who was more straightforward, and usually said what was in her heart.

After returning to Changle Town for so long, the folks are also used to having such a wealthy family in their hometown, and the man in the family is a world-renowned talent and official!And the mistress of the house is still the princess of the current emperor...

And Xiao Mo, the princess, and the female family members of the Xiao family showed amiable personalities, which made the villagers happy. After coming and going, everyone became acquaintances. Regardless of their identities, Yunxue was originally a Growing up in Changle Town, it is not difficult to get close to the villagers.

Hearing this sister-in-law's words, the widows all laughed, and some even asked Xiao Mo which house he had stolen...

It has to be said that because of the scarcity of males in the village in the past few years, the aborigines in Changle Town have a much bolder style, and each of these widows has a bold and bold style.

Hearing the questions from the widows, Xiao Mo raised his head and said with moist eyes: "Xiao Mo is begging for mother's forgiveness. During the filial piety, he didn't come home last night because of business, and he feels ashamed... "

As soon as they heard Xiao Mo's explanation, people put away their flirting expressions.

Why?

Because Xiao Mo said that he was asking his dead mother for forgiveness for himself, this is filial piety!

Anchao advocated Confucianism and paid attention to the eight thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, appearance, integrity, and shame.

Among the eight thoughts and rules of conduct, filial piety is ranked second, just behind loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, which shows how much the ancients valued and respected "filial piety"!
Since it is about Xiao Mo's 'filial piety' to his late mother, who would dare to make fun of it?

So the widows all looked at the respected and loved great talent in front of them with some sympathy and pity, but they didn't know what to say now.

Some people advised Xiao Mo not to be serious, now that the filial piety period has passed for more than a month, he can leave home for a walk...

Some people persuaded Xiao Mo, saying that Xiao's mother is kind and doesn't care about these things...

(End of this chapter)