Chapter 492: True and False Gunpowder (1)

This time, Pang Tong did a very good job in eliminating Cao Wei's fine work, so much so that Sima Yi did not know that the fine work he had painstakingly deployed had been eradicated within half a year. After half a year, when Sima Yi heard that his fine work and the lower line were not all connected, he felt that something was wrong, and later after investigation, he learned that there had been a bloody purge in Luoyang half a year ago, and he remembered half a year ago that the lowest fine work came from all the hidden words of half a year, and finally realized a problem, that is, he was afraid that the fine work he deployed to Luoyang was all killed by the Han army in that purge.

When he finally thought of this, Sima Yi's face suddenly changed greatly, not only because the meticulous work he had painstakingly deployed had been cleared, and he could no longer steal information from the Han army camp so conveniently, but more importantly, he was also worried about another question, that is, would the information he had obtained before be fake? Especially if the gunpowder formula of the enemy army that was stolen last time was fake, wouldn't half a year's hard work be in vain?

The most worrying thing is that in order to ask Cao Hong for credit, he specially told Cao Hong the news of the secret recipe for gunpowder production, and now Cao Hong is paying attention to the progress of gunpowder development technology day and night, and he also proudly told Cao Hong in the first two days that it only takes half a month at most, and the first batch of thousands of catties of gunpowder will be successfully produced.

Sima Yi's face was worried, and he sighed again and again in his heart, and at the same time, he was also jealous of the person in charge of the Han army who dealt with his subordinates. I sent out so many exercises, forming an extremely tight intelligence network, it can be said that no matter which link has a problem, it can be timely to get out to my ears, but this person can actually catch all the details, and can also block the news for half a year. It's frightening to think about.

"Although there are many talents in the Han army, but there are no more than four people who can have such means, these four people are the emperor Liu Qi, the Taiwei Jia Xu, the left servant shoots Pang Tong, and the prince and the prince Xun You, with Liu Qi and Jia Xu such a high status, they will definitely not personally deal with these fine works under my command, Xun Yu is old, I heard that he has been infected with scabies, and Zhishi is at home. What's more, as the crown prince and prince, although he is a nobleman, he has no power, how much power does he need to use to instigate such an accident? So it can't be him, so in this way, it should be Pang Tong, who is known as the crown of Jingzhou scholars, no wonder this person can always be trusted by Liu Qi. It's so extraordinary as soon as you make a shot, it's really not easy. ”

Sima Yi thought silently for a long time. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly, even if he knew about it? Can you still mobilize someone to assassinate Pang Tong? Hugh said that his subordinates had been cleaned up, and even in his heyday, he only dared to steal information, and he would never dare to do such a big thing as assassinating the other party's dignitaries, because since Cao Pi was assassinated. Both sides have heightened their vigilance, and no matter who it is, there will never be another successful assassination.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a report from the sergeant, saying that Cao Hong, the general of the hussars, had come to visit. Sima Yi knew that it was because of the gunpowder, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he could only go to greet him.

The relationship between the two is very close, so the two sides are not polite, Cao Hong just said a few words of greetings and said: "Lord Sikong, I really don't hide it, I came to see you today mainly because of the gunpowder thing, hehe, you old fox is hiding from me so hard, obviously the gunpowder has been successfully developed, but he deliberately covered it up and didn't let me know, it's really a little inauthentic, let's take a walk, take me to see, what kind of power does the legendary gunpowder that can bring the power of moving mountains and reclamation have?" ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Hong took Sima Yi's hand and prepared to go out. 、

Sima Yi was shocked in his heart, and then smiled: "What did the general say?" If the goods are to be successfully developed, will the lower officials dare not inform you? It's true that the lower officials haven't heard about this, where did the general get the news? Isn't it a rumor? ”

Cao Hong was stunned when he heard this, he saw that Sima Yi's face didn't seem to be fake, and asked in surprise: "Lord Sikong doesn't know anything about this?" This is really strange, such a big thing even the last general knows, how can Lord Sikong not know? If you want me to say, your subordinates should really take care of the discipline, and they have become so loose that they don't even report such a major matter to you. ”

Sima Yi was also displeased when he heard this, snorted heavily, and then shouted: "Where is Chen Liu?" ”

Chen Liu was the main person in charge of reporting the progress of gunpowder research to him at any time, and he saw that Chen Liu had not appeared in front of him today, and he was ridiculed by Cao Hong, so he couldn't help but feel slightly angry in his heart, and called Chen Liu in a deep voice.

Immediately, I saw a man in a green cloth robe running over outside the door, and whispered, "I don't know what the important thing is for the adults to call the servants to come?" ”

Sima Yi saw that the other party had a look of complete ignorance, and he was even more angry in his heart, and shouted: "Bold slave, this official ordered you to report the progress of gunpowder research to me at any time, why did gunpowder have become such a big thing, and you dare not report it?" It seems that such a slave should really be killed with a stick, and someone will drag him out with me, and beat him to death with a stick, and there will be violators in the future, take this as an example. ”

The soldiers on the left and right agreed and wanted to drag Chen Liu away, but seeing that Chen Liu's legs were weak, he quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "My lord, the little one is wronged, the little one has obviously told the adult about the making of gunpowder, but the adult is noncommittal, just nodded slightly, and the villain saw that the adult was thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something, so he didn't dare to disturb and quietly retreated." But even so, the villain did not dare to go far, because the villain knew that the matter of making gunpowder was very important, for fear that the adult would have an inquiry, so he had been waiting outside the door, if the adult did not believe it, he could ask the general, because when the general came, the villain was waiting outside the door. ”

After Chen Liu finished speaking, he saw Cao Hong nodding and said, "Before entering the door, the general did see a person waiting outside the door, and now that I think about it, it should be this person." ”

When Sima Yi heard this, he immediately believed six or seven percent, and when he saw that he was nodding his head left and right, he believed what Chen Liufang said even more, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, and said to Cao Hong with a dry smile: "Look at my memory, I actually forgot such an important thing, which really made the general laugh, I really seemed to have heard what this slave reported to me, but the lower official was thinking about how to deal with the Han army, but he didn't listen to it, and almost blamed the good people, hehe." ”

After that, he turned around and said to Chen Liu: "Chen Liu, although this matter is mine, you should also choose to report it again after I wake up, if the general didn't come in person today, wouldn't this official miss a big thing?" You minion, why don't you go down and get the bounty of 5,000 dollars? ”

Only then did Chen Liu know that he had not been convicted this time, but had been blessed by misfortune and had received a bounty of 5,000 yuan, and he was immediately overjoyed, and he repeatedly kowtowed to Sima Yi to thank him, and thanked Cao Hong for his kindness, and then left in a hurry.

But Cao Hong laughed and said: "Lord Sikong works hard for the country, but as for Si, Cao admires, haha, today's gunpowder is made, we no longer have to be afraid of Liu Qi's army, Lord Sikong can worry less in the future, hehe, let's take a look, let's take a look at what kind of surprise the rumored powerful gunpowder can bring?" This is also your distraction. ”

After that, Cao Hong couldn't help but say, grabbed Sima Yi's arm, and dragged him to the palace.

At this time, the gunpowder had just been refined, and it was all piled up together, looking like piles of black sand, and in any case, it was unimaginable that these "black sands" contained incredible power.

And Cao Hong was naturally happy when he saw these gunpowders, and said to Shi Sima Yi with a smile: "Since the gunpowder is made, we should let Bai Guan see its power, and then the whole country will congratulate him, and let Liu Qi dare not offend easily because he is worried about us." ”

Sima Yi was afraid that the gunpowder made was fake, so he tried his best to prevaricate: "This gunpowder is very powerful, and now it is in the palace again, if there is an explosion and innocent people are injured, what should I do?" ”

Cao Hong laughed and said: "This matter is easy to hear, let's go directly outside the city, as long as we bring hundreds of people, block a place on the outskirts of the city, and then light the gunpowder, everyone stands in the distance to watch its power, it will not cause casualties, but also show the power of gunpowder, why not?" ”

When Sima Yi heard that Cao Hong was going to publicize gunpowder with great fanfare, he was naturally even more nervous, because once he found that there was a problem with gunpowder, how could he explain it to everyone? But seeing that Cao Hong was now full of interest, he couldn't refuse, so he had to say slowly: "General, now that this gunpowder has just been made, we are not familiar with it, so we will do it in front of hundreds of officials, if things go relatively well, it is okay to say, but if it fails to explode, or there are other accidents, won't it make you and me lose face, and the civil and military officials will be embarrassed?" It's better to be like this, today it's just that you and I will go to the suburbs with craftsmen and attendants to try to detonate gunpowder, even if we don't succeed, we won't lose face, and in the future, we will master the gunpowder technology, and then it will not be too late to demonstrate it to the hundred officials. ”

Cao Hong listened to Sima Yi's words, nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It's still Lord Sikong's thoughtfulness, this statement makes a lot of sense, hehe, this gunpowder has just been developed, it's hard to guarantee that there will be any accidents, in case the ministers are caught by those ministers, we can't say what trouble there will be." That being the case, then, tomorrow afternoon, we will take the craftsmen and attendants to the black pine forest in the suburbs to test the gunpowder, hehe, Cao really can't help but want to see its power. (To be continued.) )