The Great War is imminent!

As soon as Di Qing's cavalry left the city, they went to Meng Gongzuo and executed the tactics very thoroughly.

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

On the Liao side, Zhang Yuanzhi and Yelu Aluhan were also fully prepared, just waiting for Li Zhun to come.

This time, the 100,000 troops of the Liao State did not leave Dingxiang, but were in a posture of a decisive battle with the army of the An Dynasty!

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

Now all Xiao Mo's focus is on the women in the family, of course...... There is also a military camp in Luzhou.

The first batch of compressed explosives had already been baked, and Zeng Gongliang specially sent someone to tell Xiao Mo, saying that he was preparing to try it out and asked Xiao Mo to go to the barracks.

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

The barracks are actually arsenals, of course...... In order to hide people's eyes, it is still called a military camp, and it is called a camp in the eastern suburbs of Luzhou!

This time it was only an experiment on the power of explosives, and as for the power of these explosives used in the cannon, it was not possible to experiment at this time, because the cannon was still in the process of being designed.

So this time the experimental explosives used Zeng Gongliang's 'projectile ballista' method, which was on the original catapult, it was time to enter a little, and a large iron spring was added, so that the explosive bag could be thrown farther!

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

The last time Xiao Mo was in the battle of Cangshan, the explosives package was only equipped with a fuse made of soil methods, and the safety of this fuse is relatively good, because it takes a certain amount of time to burn!

But with security, there is less stability!

This can also be seen from the fact that the explosive package has less than half of the chance of exploding.

With leads, it's a different story!

Moreover, Zeng Gongliang also asked the blacksmith to cast some hollow iron balls, and now the explosive package has been changed to explosive balls!

When they were ready, the soldiers took their torches and waited for them.

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

Sure enough, this time the success rate of the ten explosive balls was very good, after the first nine explosive 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 go in front of the explosive ball to check it.

Of course...... This was stopped by Xiao Mo.

Because...... The explosive balls are still smoking!

"Wait and see...... Xiao Mo stabilized the soldiers, then looked at Zeng Gongliang with a slight smile and said, "This last explosive ball, did you arrange it on purpose?" ”

Zeng Gongliang said with a smile: "My lord is really smart, this last explosive ball is ...... It's all the residue of some dynamite refining......"

Halfway through the sentence, an explosion was heard, and then the last iron ball exploded, scattering some pieces of iron and a thick cloud of smoke.

Xiao Mo smiled when he saw it, and said to Zeng Gongliang: "These residues, although they are not very powerful, are very ornamental when they are set off at night, huh...... Collect all the scraps, and I'll have them take care of it later!" Again, everything in the barracks must be kept secret! ”

After confessing to Zeng Gongliang, Xiao Mo stayed in the camp with Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo for another night, mainly to discuss some issues about guns and cannons with each other, and another question was ...... This time, although the success rate of the explosive ball reached 100%, the accuracy was much different from the previous budget!

So Xiao Mo's desire for artillery became stronger and stronger, he carefully studied the principle of artillery using gunpowder to propulse, as well as the structure of artillery, and Zeng Gongliang carefully studied it, and finally Xiao Mo gave Zeng Gongliang a death order, that is: "Don't be afraid of cost, don't be afraid of spending money, we have big officials, what you have to do is to make artillery and long guns desperately!" ”

Xiu's name is inexplicably gunshot, and the Xiu officials have been shooting since they met Xiao Mo, especially since they arrived in Jiangning.

Who made him rich?

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

When he returned home, before he entered the house, Xiao Mo knelt down at the door.

The people of Changle Town all got up quite early, and early in the morning, they saw Xiao Mo, a talented and big official in the town, actually kneeling in front of their house, so they all came over for a while.

"Yo...... Brother Xiao, what's wrong? Was the stealing discovered by the princess? ”

The one who spoke was a sister-in-law with a more pungent style, who was relatively straightforward, and generally spoke directly when she had something in her heart.

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

And Xiao Mo, the princess and the daughters of the Xiao family showed a friendly character, which made the hearts of the villagers happy, and after coming and going, everyone became acquaintances, regardless of identity, Yunxue originally grew up in Changle Town, and it is not difficult to get close to the villagers.

Hearing the sister-in-law's words, the widows all laughed, and some people even asked Xiao Mo which fishy ......

I have to say that because of the scarcity of men in the village in the past few years, the style of the aborigines of Changle Town is much bolder, and these widows are even more spicy and bold.

Hearing the widows' questions, Xiao Mo raised his head, his eyes were a little moist and said, "Xiao Mo is begging for his mother's forgiveness, but during the period of filial piety, he is ...... because of official business I didn't come home last night, and I feel ashamed ......"

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

Why?

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

The An Dynasty admired Confucianism and paid attention to the eight ideas of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, grooming, integrity, and shame.

Among these eight kinds of thinking and code of conduct, filial piety is ranked second, only behind the loyal monarch and patriotism, which shows the importance and respect of the ancients for 'filial piety'!

Since it is related to Xiao Mo's 'filial piety' to his deceased mother, who would dare to make fun of it?

So the widows all looked at this man 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, it is okay to leave home......

Some people also persuaded Xiao Mo, saying that Xiao's mother was merciful and didn't care about these things......

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