When Wei Yan took Liu Liang's waist card and looked at it, he saw Liu Liang's name on the waist card, indicating that he was the shopkeeper of Liu Ji's grocery store, and his home address was No. 39 Qilin Street.

Wei Yan smiled when he saw it: "Cao Ren is very tightly managed in the city. With this waist card, you can come and go casually? ”

"Yes, yes. However, it is also necessary to know the sentry guarding the city gate, if not, the sentry must go to the officer on duty of the city defense department to verify his identity before he can be released. Trouble with that. ”

Wei Yan listened and stopped asking, and after comforting Liu Liang and sitting down, he turned around and reported the situation to Liu Cong and said: "Tell the lord that the last general took a dozen gunpowder canisters and went to the mountain behind the barracks to find a suitable place to verify it, and this gunpowder is still easy to use."

The power is so great that it blows up a rocky cliff with a big roof to pieces. Well, it's okay, this powder cartridge will still work. ”

Wei Yan said, handing Liu Cong a gunpowder bamboo cylinder that he had brought in in his hand.

Liu Cong took it and looked at it carefully a few times and said: "There should be no problem, it turns out that the skin is sealed with wax oil, and the moisture will not be too heavy." On a good day, it will dry out after a few days. Well, what should I do? Do you think we'll send soldiers back tomorrow? ”

"Well, that's what the last general is going to do, so he came here to ask for instructions."

"Well, then you can go out and get ready. I'll take someone to do it tomorrow. ”

Liu Cong said, and handed the gunpowder cartridge in his hand to Wei Yan.

At this time, Liu Liang spoke, and he asked, "Lord, what is this thing for?" As he spoke, he took the bamboo tube from Wei Yan's hand and checked it repeatedly.

"Didn't you hear a distant thunder when you came over?" Liu Liang raised his head and thought for a while and said: "I came from the south, and when I was about to walk to the door of the barracks, I heard a muffled thunder on the mountain in the north, the sound was so loud, I thought it was a thunderstorm, and when I looked at the sky, the weather was very clear, not like it was going to rain, so I felt strange, but I didn't go to my heart." I still don't know what's going on. ”

Liu Cong and Wei Yan both laughed.

Liu Cong said: "It's Wei Wenchang's ghost with this thing." Ask him. ”

Wei Yan said to Liu Liang: "Shopkeeper Liu, look, just this thing, as long as you light the fire from here, this guy will explode in the blink of an eye, and the sound will be the same as thunder." Well, the power is even more terrifying, if this one rings here, the three of us will be blown up without a trace. Do you believe it? ”

Liu Liang looked at Wei Yan suspiciously, and waited for a while before saying, "Can it have such great power?" ”

"Didn't you hear the last general's report to the lord just now? A cliff with a large roof was blown away with just one sound. ”

"Oh my God, isn't this divine power? Who would dare to believe it? Liu Liang suddenly remembered something when he said this, and hurriedly said: "When I walked out from the north gate of Fancheng this morning, I saw a bunch of such things in the cave of the north gate of Fancheng, rolling all over the ground, and I didn't have time to take a closer look. But I didn't know it was so powerful. What's the use of this thing? ”

When Liu Cong and Wei Yan heard this, they were taken aback at the same time, and asked in unison, "Why does Cao Bing also have this thing there?" ”

"yes. I saw it with my own eyes, but I didn't know what this thing was for. I don't have the time to look closely. ”

Wei Yan suddenly realized: "I know, it must be Cao Bing who moved those bamboo tubes we threw outside Fancheng into the city. ”

Liu Cong also understood, and said, "En." The day before yesterday, when you sent Ma Yuan with soldiers to retrieve these things, Cao Bing became suspicious. So when our soldiers came back, they went down to the city and moved in. Hehe, it's a pity they don't know what these things are for. ”

"So what's the use of these things? Both of them are held like a baby. ”

Liu Cong told Liu Liang about the usefulness of this gunpowder tube: "The walls of Fancheng are tall, and if they are attacked, they will definitely kill and injure many soldiers. So I developed this gunpowder.

Do you think, with this gunpowder to blow up the city wall, can Cao Ren and Man Chong still hold Fancheng? Isn't that easy? ”

Liu Liang heard it and shouted: "Mother! That's a great idea. After a pause, he said, "But Cao Bing also has this thing, if they also use this thing to fight, then don't we shoot ourselves in the foot?" ”

Liu Cong said confidently: "I expect that Cao Bing doesn't know the use of this thing yet, but if he knows the use, he won't use it for the time being."

Well, shopkeeper Liu, after you go back, can you try to trick these powder canisters from Cao Bing's place? ”

Liu Liang scratched his scalp and said, "This is troublesome." If Cao Bing doesn't know the usefulness of these things, well, he has to find a way. I'm afraid not. The army's stuff wants to be deceived into its hands, and such a thing has not been done once before. ”

Liu Cong smiled and said, "Don't you have any familiar people in Cao Bing?" ”

"There are a few, but they don't matter."

"Take a bribe. There will be brave men under the heavy reward, try it. Liu Cong inspired.

Liu Liang said: "Wait until I think about it." ”

Liu Cong further inspired: "Since Cao Bing doesn't know the usefulness of this thing, they won't value these things. You go back and spend some money to buy them, and then you buy them and keep them at home and carry them out when you have the chance. Isn't that what it takes? ”

"Well, if you say that, it's pretty much hopeful. It's just that I'm worried about it, and I'm at home, if I accidentally light the fuse, won't I reimburse the whole family under it? It's just that you can't hurt anyone, and the little family property that you have accumulated in the next ten years?????? Well, by the way, there is a warehouse under the wall of the west city of Fancheng, and when you get these things, you will store them in that warehouse. ”

When Liu Liang said this, Liu Cong said casually: "Yes." There's a way, it's really unexpected. ”

Wei Yan listened to the last sentence: "The last general understands what the lord meant." Hahaha, that's a great idea. Lord, God really helps our army! ”

So the three of them conspired, and Liu Cong whispered to Liu Liang: "Just do this." After the deed is done, I will compensate you for all your losses. ”

Liu Liang hurriedly excused himself: "It's not necessary. Which?????? I'll get back to the city tonight. ”

Here is ten miles away from Fancheng, Liu Liang rode a horse with his servants, and came to the north gate of Fancheng before dark.

At this time, the sun was just closing the western mountain mouth, and when Liu Liang crossed the suspension bridge and walked into the city gate, he saw that the pile of gunpowder bamboo tubes was still placed there in a mess.

Liu Liang handed over the horses to the servants, walked slowly, looked at these things carefully, and sure enough, he saw that all of them were intact, so he secretly rejoiced in his heart, but did not show his face.

When he came to the urn city, he saw that the uncle named Lao Bao who was guarding the north gate was standing there talking to the two soldiers, so Liu Liang went over to say hello: "Busy, Master Jun?" ”

Because Liu Liang is often a good person to communicate with and use, this old Bao has not lost his benefits, so this old Bao has also provided Liu Liang with a lot of convenience.

When Liu Liang went out of the city to buy goods and passed by the north gate, Lao Bao never ordered someone to verify his waist card. Sometimes there was too much cargo, and the soldiers would be ordered to come and help push over the slope.

The two had a good personal relationship, so as soon as Liu Liang greeted him like this, Lao Bao skimmed the soldier who was talking, came over and asked affectionately, "Is Shopkeeper Liu back?" Hey, why didn't you bring the goods this time? ”

"Hey, there are too many goods to order this time, and the rain has washed away the road, and many places are not able to drive. I discussed with the store, and in a few days, the store drove the carriage to deliver it in person. ”

When Lao Bao heard this, he hurriedly said intimately: "Yes, yes, the road is not good, the cars and horses are difficult to travel, but don't lose the goods." Well, besides, if the business is good, it will not be bad for three days or two days, so just wait a few days. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Liang pointed to the gunpowder canister next to him and asked, "When I went out of the city in the morning, I saw these things piled up here, what are you doing?" These things. ”

"What are you doing? No one knows. Well, when the Jingzhou soldiers came to attack the city a few days ago, they brought these things and threw them at the base of the city wall, and they stayed for a few days and came to grab some back.

General Cao thought that this thing must be useful, so he ordered all the soldiers to move in and stack it here.

Hehe, General Cao and the Manchu army division also smashed a few on the spot to take a look, only to see that there was only some black powder inside, thinking that the rice ball was moldy, and went to the bottom of the nose to smell it, but it was a burning smell, knowing that it was useless, so I threw it here and didn't care about it.

It's awkward to put it here, and it's messy and affects traffic. Kindness. ”

Liu Liang listened to the idea, bent down and picked up one in his hand to look at it carefully, looked at it for a while, and said: "I think this bamboo tube is very good." Since it's useless, because it has rained for many days at home, there is no firewood and grass to make a fire for cooking, why don't you sell it to me?

This piece of bamboo is dried and the fire is prosperous, and it burns with the sound of the butt mother-in-law. ”

Lao Ga laughed: "Hahaha, Shopkeeper Liu is worthy of being a trader, and he can see the value of anything." You say, I've been here for a few days, why didn't I think of this? Huh? What to buy? You'll have to spend some money, so you can take some home with you. ”

"Hehe, Master Jun, I think this is all going to come down, okay?"

"It's hard to say. If you take only ten or eight, it's all right, and I'll be the master. If I take them all, I'll have to ask General Cao.

Otherwise, one day General Cao came to be interested, and when he came to check again, he disappeared, so my dog head, huh? Lao Bao made a knife slashing motion towards his neck with the palm of his hand, and then said, "Can it still be attached to the body?" Ah, hahahaha. ”

Liu Liang laughed in agreement, and said casually: "Is it so powerful? He gave the servant a look.

When the servant saw this, he hurriedly grabbed a handful of large coins from his coat, saw that there was no one, and hurriedly stuffed it into Lao Bao's arms.

Lao Bao pretended to excuse himself: "What to do?" I want to ask the shopkeeper Liu to break the bank. ”

Liu Liang said: "I have to trouble the military master to go up and be accommodating, and let Liu Liang buy these firewood." Hey, Master Jun, there is no firewood for cooking at home.

You old man can't look at a dozen people in my family, eat raw rice and drink raw water, right? Huh? Hahahaha. ”

This old Bao got a bribe, and immediately followed: "The matter of Shopkeeper Liu is my business, do you need to say more?" I'll send you a message tomorrow. Okay, right? ”

"Thank you very much. Your old man is busy with military affairs, so you don't dare to disturb him too much. Say goodbye and go to the shop to drink. ”

After Liu Liang finished speaking, he arched his hand to say goodbye to Lao Bao, turned around and walked to his store.

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