The Song Dynasty had gunpowder and was widely used in military activities, which was clearly written in the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics", and it was widely known, and of course the eldest grandson Hong also knew it.

However, the mushroom cloud he saw at this moment stunned Changsun Hong, because in order to prevent the chaos in the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the seizure of power by martial artists, the Song Dynasty strictly prohibited weapons in the world, and gunpowder, which is beyond the destructive power of any cold weapon, is of course also strictly prohibited, how did this explosion happen?

Look at the place where the clouds rise, it seems to be on the river, and you can reach it by turning a few turns on a few hills, and calculate the time, it is less than an hour before the official ship passes.

It was difficult to get on the water, and it was even more difficult in today's windless weather, and it was all up to the strength of the slender man, so the fleet should have just gone under that cloud......

An ominous thought arose, and Changsun Hong came to the side of the clearing near the river, where the trees were sparse, and he could see the river and the mountain more clearly.

Shu is mountainous, the long Jialing River bends and bends here, nine bends and eighteen bends, the river is mighty, it is gone when it turns a corner, the peaks are one after another, Changsun Hong can't see what happened on the other side of the mountain, the mountain under his feet is not high, and it is useless to climb to the top.

There was a commotion at the foot of the mountain, someone struck a gong, the village was a whining and shouting, and a group of people ran out with knives and sticks, led by Li Xian and his follower Li Yi.

These people hurriedly ran out and went over the mountain towards the place where the explosion occurred, and then Baozheng Changsun Hao took his brother Changsun Jin and a group of young people in the village also ran out, and Sun Hao, the chief of the village, gave several orders one after another, asked people to block the intersection, and took the rest of the people and ran over following Li Xian's footprints.

"Something is wrong?" The dog stood beside Changsun Hong, looked down the mountain, and asked nervously, "What's that sound?" It shook my ears so much that I could barely hear them. ”

Changsun Hong stared at the pillar of smoke in the distance, narrowed his eyes, shook his head and said, "It's gunpowder, ordinary fires can't cause this kind of black smoke." ”

"Gunpowder?" The first time the child dog in the mountains heard of this kind of thing, he smacked his tongue and said, "Good girl, it's really amazing!" ”

He put his hand on the pergola, looked at the smoke, and said: "Listen to my father, there is a government boat passing by outside today, it can't be that the boat has an accident, right?" ”

This sentence came to Changsun Hong's heart, and he was also suspicious, this explosion must have a lot to do with the official fleet, but the ship is on the river, what is the use of gunpowder explosion? It can't be detonated in the water, not to mention that it is impossible for the Song Dynasty to have underwater blasting technology, just by doing so, won't the people on the boat also be blown up?

Changsun Hong frowned and thought about it, he couldn't think of anything, he hadn't been involved in this matter from beginning to end, he just listened to the eldest grandson brother talk about it in pieces, and it was too embarrassing for him to rely on these fragments to deduce what had happened.

So he simply didn't want to think about it, Changsun Hong turned around, pulled the dog and said: "Don't care, the people from the government have their own government to cook, it has nothing to do with us, come, continue to practice!" ”

The two of them fought at the trunk of the tree for a while, but they had no heart, the dog was always curious, pinned his neck to look east and west in the direction of the smoke pillar, and Changsun Hong was also worried about whether the second uncle of his father who brought people over would have an accident, the big explosion was definitely related to the important criminals escorted by the official ship, and the remnants of the Southern Tang Dynasty could make such a big move, so they must be fully prepared. A group of villagers passed, even if the eldest grandson brother could fight again, there was no guarantee that something would happen.

Absent-mindedly, the two of them couldn't practice anymore, so they ended hastily, put sandbags and other things into the cave, and the two went down the mountain.

The entrance of the village was already guarded, and when they saw the two coming, they shouted from afar, and they saw that it was the eldest grandson and the two of them, so they stopped, and there were old men inside, and told the two to go back quickly, and not to run around outside the village if they were fine.

The two agreed, trotted into the village, broke up, and went back to their respective homes.

Back home, Zhang's was guarding the door and looking, and saw his son showing his figure at the mouth of the alley from a distance, the hanging heart suddenly fell to the ground, and hurriedly caught up, pulling the eldest grandson Hong into the yard, and after entering, he turned around and closed the tattered firewood door, and then went on the door latch that had no effect, and then patted his chest and said, "Why did you come back?" My mother is still worried that something will happen to you, it was so loud just now, and my mother was afraid that you would not be involved. ”

"How can I be, mother, I'm just playing outside with the dog, won't I come back?" The eldest grandson Hong smiled, followed Zhang into the hall, took the water cup handed by Zhang and drank it.

"Just know how to play, your father wants you to study, and when he comes back, you must sit and write, otherwise you will be counted again." Zhang blamed his son for a few words, walked to the door, looked out a little anxiously, and said to himself: "I don't know where your father went, such a loud noise, he has the duty to protect the integrity, will he take someone to investigate, alas, this official is not the official and the people, but the management is more lenient." ”

The eldest grandson spread out the straw paper on the table, poured ink and ink, and comforted his mother with a smile: "Mother, don't worry about it, my father can save it, so many winds and rains have come before, can this little thing still stump him?" The second uncle is with him, and he can handle everything, and besides, Li Daguan will also go, and it will be fine. ”

On the village road outside, some people are running, some people are shouting loudly, all of them are shouting to greet Ding Zhuang in the village and hurry to the entrance of the village to gather, noisy and chaotic.

Zhang became more and more worried, and said, "What do children know?" He took a pair of soles and sat on a bench at the gate of the courtyard, and looked out while holding the soles of his shoes through the wood door, listening attentively, hoping to get some information from the sound outside.

Changsun Hong is not very anxious, this kind of water is extremely deep involving the rise and fall of the dynasty and the dispute between the sect and the government, ordinary people have no part to participate in it at all, as the fritters of the border army mixed with the old, Changsun Hao should be able to understand, at this moment to bring people over, but to fulfill his duty, along the river bank for a while, may not be to the place will stop, shouting from afar, everyone knows that the person who has the ability to use such a large equivalent black powder is not a good kind, close to other gods to fight, the people are beaten, then it is unlucky.

No matter how bad it is, with Li Xian's gang in front, it's too late to run if anything is wrong. Changsun Hong wanted to laugh while writing, just now I saw my father on the mountain grinding at the entrance of the village to deploy guards, it seems that it was deliberate, wait for Li Xian and the others to run away and then slowly follow, let the salt lord bear the brunt, Dad doesn't seem to be so honest.

Sure enough, in the evening, the two brothers came back, and when they walked to the door, Changsun Hao still gave something to a villager who followed him, and the man whispered and agreed.

Changsun Jin came in later, his expression was relaxed, and he shouted that he was thirsty, and Changsun Hong hurriedly scooped a scoop of water and handed it to him.

"Second uncle, what's wrong? Is something wrong? Looking at Changsun Hao, who walked into the house with a serious face, Changsun Hong approached the second uncle and asked quietly: "I heard a lot of thunder, it's so loud!" ”

"What thunder? That's a blast! Changsun Jin swallowed the water with his cheeks puffed out, and said with a smile: "The gunpowder commonly used in the army will explode when ignited, but today this amount is a bit large, and the fire boat blew up half of the fish in the river." ”

"Fireship? Explode? Changsun Hong exclaimed, this is not pretending, what Changsun Jin meant in his words, Tangmen seems to have used an explosive ship.

"That's right, I went over with your father to see it, Tang Men is very powerful, I know in advance when the official ship of the escort will pass, it is early in Zhanggong Beach, the water is shallow, there are many reefs, the number of explosives in the fireboat is sufficient, a reef was blown up, and the flying stones blocked the channel, and the people on the official ship couldn't pass even if they weren't stupid." The eldest grandson Jin said abruptly, took another sip of water, and ran down this time, but he was thirsty.

"Oh, it's not a ship, it's a reef. And then what? The eldest grandson Hong asked, "Have the people been robbed?" ”

"Nope." Eldest Sun Jin rolled his eyelids: "There are so many officers and soldiers on the ship, do you think it's going to be a war?" I don't know why, the person who set the boat on the boat blocked the channel and didn't show up, as if it was just to blow up the reef, when we rushed over, the people on the boat were all ashore, the shield wall was gunned, the defense was tight, and they didn't let us get close, but we didn't see a single person from the Tang Gate. ”

"Huh?" Changsun Hong was stunned and said in surprise: "It's so hard to stop the fleet? ”

"Isn't that weird? It stands to reason that there should be countless small boats and flags scattered all over the river, and thousands of bandits shouting in unison, brandishing knives and guns, right? Changsun Jin touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "But no, there is no one!" ”

"That's it! Second brother, I see you've heard a lot of books! A rough voice sounded next to them, and the two looked sideways, only to see Changsun Hao holding a face cloth, walking over, scooping out the water in the water tank to wipe his face.

He soaked the cloth in the water scoop, wiped it all over his face, and then shook the droplets of water on his beard and said: "If the Southern Tang Dynasty is not extinguished, maybe it can be like what you said, now that the Tang Sect is not visible, where can there be a team of thousands of people to pull out?" If they could, they would have rebelled. ”

"I haven't been to the county seat for a long time, where can I go to hear about it...... But it's strange, Erlang is right, gunpowder is not easy to find, Tangmen spent so much effort, did the first year of junior high school but did not see fifteen, no. The eldest grandson Jin was still thinking and speculating: "Could it be ...... What else do they have in mind? ”

"What's the picture? Isn't it obvious! Changsun Hao put the blue face cloth that had been used for a long time and was a little whitish on his shoulder: "They want to force the people of the government to come ashore." ”