In the golden autumn of October, the blue sky is like a wash, cool and comfortable. Wildflowers on the roadside sway in the wind, silently blessing the autumn harvest. October is also the season of osmanthus fragrance, and the yellow osmanthus flowers exude a strong fragrance, so that every corner of autumn is full of fragrance.

After getting Zhao Xu's approval of his will to make new weapons (without the emperor's will, he would never dare to make bamboo grenades on a large scale without permission), Wu Zhi hired dozens of carpenters and purchased a large number of green skin bamboos of suitable size from the bamboo forest of a farmer in a village outside Bianliang City, and cut them into tens of thousands of bamboo tubes of suitable length.

After pulling the bamboo tube back to the Red Guard Camp, he mobilized all the people in the Red Guard Camp to spread out all the prepared bamboo tubes and dry them for a few days, feeling that they were completely dried before putting them away. Then, Wu Zhi took out 50 ox carts from the camp on the right side of Long Shenwei, and Lin Chong and Wang Jin led 100 guards of the Red Guard Battalion rushed to his house, and loaded more than 5,000 catties of granular new gunpowder (Wu Zhi reserved more than 5,000 catties at home) and pre-made gunpowder leads, waste paper for sealing, and bladder glue to the Red Guard camp. Then he mobilized the 1,000 Praetorian Guard officers and men of the battalion to make bamboo grenades by themselves, taught them to carefully load gunpowder into the bamboo barrel layer by layer, insert the lead made in advance, seal the mouth, and after loading a batch of grenades, they sampled and tested a batch of grenades, and then loaded the next batch after the explosion effect reached the standard.

From the very beginning, including Lin Chong and Wang Jin, the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion were puzzled by the loading of bamboo grenades, and only after witnessing the powerful power of the bamboo grenades when they exploded did they be inexplicably shocked and frightened.

Everyone finally realized why they usually carry out throwing training, and this bamboo grenade in their hands is their new weapon!

After several rounds of explosion tests, the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion gradually adapted themselves to this earth-shattering explosion effect, and came out of the shock and palpitations, and became accustomed to it. After witnessing the explosive power of the bamboo grenade, it also gave them a little more courage and confidence to go to the northwest battlefield.

After more than two days of exploration and testing, the bamboo grenades loaded by the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion achieved the predetermined explosion effect, and the final shape was finalized. A day later, everyone finally loaded more than 10,000 bamboo grenades, and more than 5,000 catties of new gunpowder could just be loaded with more than 10,000 bamboo grenades.

Looking at the neatly arranged piles of bamboo grenades, everyone's eyes lit up and they were eager to try.

After the results of the sampling test were good, Wu Zhi found a waterproof, moisture-proof and fireproof warehouse, and ordered everyone to transfer these bamboo grenades to the warehouse, then lock them up, and send troops to patrol day and night to prevent others from approaching.

In order to familiarize the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion with and adapt to the new weapons, Wu Zhi took out more than 2,000 bamboo grenades and trained them in throwing live ammunition.

After loading the bamboo grenade, Wu Zhi took out a part of the 95-degree wine at home and prepared 50 jars of nearly 200 catties of 75-degree alcohol for disinfection, and he was going to take it to the battlefield in the northwest for disinfection and healing. As for the more than 5,000 catties of new gunpowder reserved at home, Wu Zhi instructed Wu Xiu to collect and keep it. As for the hundreds of bamboo grenades made in Weishi County, Wu Zhi left them all at home, in order to be prepared and in case of accidents. He also left ten jars of disinfectant alcohol at home, and informed everyone how to use it and what to pay attention to.

After several days of parade drills, throwing training, and combat training in formations, the mental outlook of the new army has obviously improved greatly, and it has been able to enforce orders and prohibitions, and has basically met Wu Zhi's initial requirements, and Wu Zhi has also paid them 3,000 yuan per person for military salaries in October and November in advance, and he has paid more than 1,000 yuan out of his own pocket, which has made all the officers and men of the Red Guard Battalion smile. The other officers and soldiers of the Dragon God Guard in the same camp were envious, and they all regretted that they had not been able to join the Red Guard Battalion.

When the training and weapon assembly of the Red Guard Battalion of the New Army were almost ready, Wu Zhi also began to plan another thing, that is, how to ensure the personal safety of everyone in his family, especially Jin Lian!

When Wu Zhi led the Red Guard Battalion to the northwest, is it possible that the Xiang family suddenly attacked and kidnapped Jin Lian or hurt other people in the family? This is what Wu Zhi is most worried about!

After Wu Zhi's family returned to the capital, although so far, the Xiang family seems to have died down and has not taken any drastic actions, but Wu Zhi can not allow Xiang Huaiyu to have any kind of dirty psychology and what kind of perverted behavior he will have when he is not at home. Just in case, Wu Zhi decided to take the necessary measures to prevent it, so that he could lead his troops out with peace of mind.

So how can you prevent it? After thinking about it, Wu Zhi decided to use the human and physical evidence obtained in Weishi County in advance. Since Zhao Xu now needs him to go to the northwest to serve, he will naturally protect his family!

So, Wu Zhi sent Li Hongyi back to Weishi County, secretly got Xiang Ergou out of the base of the Caoyun Company, and quietly brought him back to the capital. Before Wu Zhi returned to Beijing from Weishi County to take up his post, he had unknowingly transferred Xiang Ergou from the Weishi County prison to the mansion in Weishi County, where he was secretly imprisoned and guarded by Meng Da.

After Li Hongyi secretly escorted Xiang Ergou back to the capital, Wu Zhi didn't bother to engage in any roundabout tactics, so he directly transcribed another confession, and tried every means to get Xiang Ergou to sign and draw a fingerprint on it, and simply handed over a confession to the official Zhao Xu, and the other confession was sent to the Criminal Department along with Xiang Ergou. Let Zhao Xu and the imperial court share some of the pressure for him, lest they have nothing to do and go specifically to harm the old party people!

After submitting his confession, Wu Zhi no longer paid attention to the results, and took Wu Xiu, Dahu, Erhu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo to a secluded and uninhabited place in the mountains and forests outside the city, trained them to use bamboo grenades, and warned Wu Xiu, Dahu, Erhu, Suo Yanqing and Li Wanchun The five men must protect the female dependents in the family, and they can also use grenades to blow him up at a critical juncture, and he will bear what goes wrong! Everyone was awe-inspiring and remembered it.

On the imperial court's side, when Zhao Xu received the confession submitted by Wu Zhi, he was furious. He knew how arrogant and reckless these imperial relatives in the court were on weekdays, but he never thought that they would be so mad as to plot to kill the court officials!

And the Criminal Department, especially the Criminal Department, is even more of a headache! It's not okay to pick it up, and it's even worse if you don't take it, because the case has already been stabbed to the official Zhao Xu. Xing Shu could only sigh that he was unlucky, and went to trial hard, and at the same time secretly scolded Wu Zhi in his heart for being too treacherous and cunning.

Originally, the criminal department planned to conduct the trial slowly to delay the time, but Zhao Xu couldn't wait, and directly ordered the criminal department to have a result within three days. Because it was the day when he would go to the Red Guard Camp in a few days, Zhao Xu knew in his heart that the reason why Wu Zhi would send an army to his family at this time was to make it clear that he wanted the imperial court to protect his family! If the imperial court doesn't give a charter, if this Wu Zhi stops doing it, then the matter will be a big deal!

Before Xiang Jia could fully react, and before he could successfully instigate Xiang Ergou to retract his confession, the case was over, and Xiang Ergou, who was afraid of death, confessed because he failed to get Xiang Huaiyu's confession instruction in time, and shook Xiang Huaiyu's ugly affair to the bottom! The criminal forgiveness could only bite the bullet and reluctantly handed over the closed case file to the official Zhao Xu.

For the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, what is it to sacrifice some of your own people, not to mention a pig teammate like Xiang Huaiyu. Zhao Xu was so angry that with a stroke of his pen, he directly ordered Xiang Huaiyu to be arrested in the prison of the Criminal Department, imprisoned, and ordered to remove Xiang Zonghui from the title of King of Handong County, demoted to the Duke of Handong County, and fined him for one year.

As soon as this edict came out, the Jingshi was shaken, and the court was in an uproar, and there were many discussions, and those in the know were particularly awe-inspiring.

Empress Dowager Xiang was shocked when she heard this edict at first glance without knowing it, and she was angry and wanted to ask Zhao Xu Xingshi for guilt, and after seeing the confession and file in Zhao Xu's hand, she couldn't help but lose her face and was furious, Xiang Huaiyu's audacity and recklessness had exceeded her imagination, and she suddenly lost the idea of interceding. Let this naughty nephew stay in the prison of the Criminal Department for a while, and reflect on it!

When Wu Zhi heard this, he laughed, Zhao Xu was just showing him a show, Xiang Huaiyu suffered a lot from prison, and the Empress Dowager Xiang was there, Zhao Xu didn't dare to do anything to Xiang Huaiyu, Xiang Jia was just punished by the demotion of the knight, and he didn't hurt his muscles and bones at all. But Wu Zhi was still happy in his heart, because his goal had been achieved. As long as Xiang Huaiyu doesn't have a chance to come out and make waves during the time he is not in the capital, then everyone in the family will be safe, which is also called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys!

Two days later, on the tenth day of October, the season of autumn breezes, the day of going to the northwest has finally arrived.

The day before, Wu Zhi had already instructed Lin Chong and Wang Jin to find the Praetorian Guards to send the customized belts to the Red Guard Camp and distribute them to the officers and soldiers one by one. The officers and soldiers looked at the belt in their hands and were very curious, and after Wu Zhi's guidance, after finding a janissary to demonstrate, everyone knew its use. The belt was tied close to the waist, eight bamboo grenades were pinned to the pocket of the belt, the shirt was put down, and then the saber was put on the shoulder, and the movement was almost unaffected, and everyone was relieved and sincerely admired this small invention of Wu Zhi.

On the day of the expedition, in the camp of the Red Guard Battalion, Wu Zhi distributed more than 8,000 bamboo grenades left after the live-fire training to all the officers and soldiers, including him, Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo, eight each, all of which were placed in the pockets of their belts and packed up one by one. At the same time, everyone was given two fire folds, ready for trouble. After everything was ready, the left and right battalions lined up their ranks, carrying the banner of the Red Guard Battalion, carrying fifty jars of disinfectant alcohol, Wu Zhi, Lin Chong and Wang Jin rode horses to lead, and the rest of the people got into the carriage and walked out of the camp in a majestic and high-spirited manner, marching in the direction of Caomen. The farewell ceremony was held outside Caomen.

At noon, outside Caomen, the flags were displayed, the people on both sides of the road were crowded, and there were many people to see them off, and Zhao Xu led all the civil and military officials to see them off.

After drinking the send-off wine and thanking the emperor, Wu Zhi walked to the side of the road, ignoring the surprised eyes of others, hugging Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Jin Lian and Xiao'e one by one, and after wiping away the tears of Jin Lian and Xiao'e, he waved goodbye to Dahu, Erhu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun and others, got on the horse, and reluctantly marched forward. Seeing this, Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo also jumped out of the carriage one after another, bidding farewell to Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun and others, and the Yang, Liang and Tianjiao who were present also cried and red-eyed.

Lin Chong and Wang Jin also said goodbye to their families one by one, then got on their horses, led the guards of the Red Guard Battalion on the left and right to slowly follow Wu Zhi forward, and the baggage team of 100 people behind them was full of grain and grass and slowly followed, forming a long queue of carriages and horses.

When the team faded out of sight, Feng Niang, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and others did not move for a long time, with tears in their eyes, they were really reluctant and full of worries, Wu Zhi and Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo and other four people went here, I don't know when they will be able to return home triumphantly!