At the end of an era, there will always be some strange phenomena.

It is said that this is how it is.

So one day, a thunder suddenly sounded in the depths of the big zodiac west of Peiyi, Song Dynasty.

There is no cloud in the sky, not thunder.

Flocks of wild ducks living in the siege were the first to hear the thunder, flapping their wings instead of rattle, which prompted the rest of the birds to fly up and become a mess.

Mozi, Qin Huali, Gao Sunzi and other important figures among Mozhes let go of their fingers covering their ears and looked at the unsightly-looking straw man in the distance in surprise.

Shi was holding a torch, and an unpleasant smell floated in the air. If anyone is interested, he will definitely think of the smell of the scene when he is making ink and pretending to be a ghost.

The sulphur, saltpeter and charcoal mixture does smell bad after it explodes.

But Mo Zi couldn't wait to snatch the torch from his hand, walked to the front and lit another thing called "Thunder".

Very simple to make.

The shell dug out by the stonemason was filled with black, suitable powder, and a long thread was exposed outside.

After another loud bang, Gong Zaoye did not block his ears this time and shouted in a loud voice: "Sir! I made this out, it seems that the means of defending the city and preparing the city will be increased again!"

Mo Zi also shouted: "Yes! This thing is thrown down from the city wall, which can break the method of "ant attachment". In addition, the formula of this thing must not be obtained by anyone! According to Mozhe's order, only a few people can know it!"

I was ready to go, blocking my ears early and half open my mouth, so my ears didn't make a buzzing sound.

Listening to the howling words of the senior officials of the Mozhe, he knew that his voice was too small and these people couldn't hear it, so he waited for a while.

The "thunder" just now was filled with a perfect match of about one and a half pounds of black gunpowder. It was even a large firecracker, and its power was far better than those firecrackers with extremely small charges.

The stone is too heavy, and bronze can be used as a shell. There is no technical difficulty, that is, the bronze shell is too expensive, and one shell is worth about a hundred kilograms of grain.

Before agriculture develops greatly, the price of five grams of copper per pound will last for a long time. This hundred pounds of grain is equivalent to the annual surplus grain income of nine farmers who are granted farmer a year, so it is really hard to afford.

Shi called this thing thunder, and everyone did not refute it.

When burning, it is purple flames, producing smoke like clouds and mist. If it explodes, it will make a sound of thunder. It is most suitable for defending the city temporarily.

In fact, it has been done for a long time, but the Mozhe was busy with the rest of the matter before, and it was impossible to demonstrate it in Peiyi. There are many eyes and ears and ears where the news is easy to leak, so he chose to be in this rare marsh.

After a long time, the ink-men whose ears were buzzing with shock all came over, gathered together to sit down, playing with the remaining stone thunder.

Shi said, "Sir, this thing is the most suitable thing to defend the city. Didn't you worry that the Chu people surrounded the Song Dynasty and the three Jins fought for hegemony to lead to the impact of innocent small countries? With this thing, the Mo people are even more intimidating. Whenever they attack the city, we must consider our existence."

"Do you remember that I asked the Sword of the World? Actually, it means the same thing. If my elder brother had not brought people in Shangqiu, how could the King of Chu be convinced by you in a few words without attacking Song? You must ensure that the agreement can be punished so that the agreement can be implemented."

Mo Zi nodded, remembering the Nine-Level Paradise that he had mentioned, and asked, "According to what you said, this thing should appear in the next level of Paradise. I also know that it is very beneficial to defend the city. However, the sword has double blades, which can save people and hurt people."

"Those rebels who followed me to learn the art of defending the city can defend the city and attack the city. Just like the gunpowder you said, you can defend the city and attack the city. The configuration is so simple, as long as the formula is leaked and the method of raising dirt is transmitted, will it not be possible for all countries to use? What should I do if it is used to blow up the city wall?"

At this time, the city walls were covered with rammed earth. If there were three or five thousand kilograms of gunpowder, not to mention Shangqiu, even an ancient capital like Luoyi would be enough to explode within three days.

Shi felt that this was an unsolvable question, so he shook his head and refused to answer.

Mozi asked again: "Don't talk about this for now, take out the other thing you mentioned, and take it out and take a look."

Shi took out another bamboo tube. The outside of the bamboo tube was covered with a layer of cowhide, filled with gunpowder, and a very light cotton ball in front of it was blocked.

There was no danger this time. The cotton ball was not stuck very tightly. After ignition, it emitted a burst of smoke. The cotton ball sprayed forward about a dozen steps, and the speed was very slow.

"The problem I just said is not just as simple as blowing up the city wall. Once this thing comes out, the city gate is useless."

He pointed to the simple bamboo tube, and the public capital already understood the meaning of coming to the right place.

Most of the ink people have worked as smelters, and the ink people must also have leather bellows to defend the city, so there are often cases where the leather bellows cannot withstand air pressure and explode. Later, changing the wooden bellows is considered to be the solution to this problem.

Since Shi was just using bamboo, I understand what Shi meant by Shi. If I replaced this thing with copper, I was afraid it would be more than just a cotton ball. Wouldn't it hurt someone if I flew out a lead ball? If I made it bigger, wouldn't it be possible to fly the stones and smash the city gate?

In this way, city gate defenses such as door latches are indeed useless.

Mozi also understood Shi's meaning and asked Gong Zaizhu: "You have learned to cast bells. From your perspective, it should not be difficult to make something like a bamboo tube, right?"

Shixin said, of course it is not difficult. When the cannon guns first appeared, there were some air leakage behind them, not to mention the various strange looks. Whether it is practical or not, but if something that relies on gunpowder to push lead bullets is called guns and cannons, it is indeed not difficult to make a technical verification thing now.

Gong Zaizhu nodded indeed and said, "It's not difficult. I can make such a copper tube without asking for help."

Mo Zi said, "I originally thought that I would make a powerful crossbow to defend the city in the next few years, but once this thing was released, it seemed useless to make this crossbow. Crossbow arrows were expensive, and they had to be sharpened and sticky to feathers. In other words, this thing only needs to be transformed into pills to use..."

"If there are three or five thousand inks holding this thing and carrying the previous thunder, I am afraid that even the strong Chu of the Three Jin Dynasties cannot conquer a city."

At this time, Mo Zi still wanted to create a neutral interference armament to help weak countries defend the city, which is another form of the sword that he understood.

The idea of ​​the right person is different from Mozi, but it is hard to say at this time, just saying: "What Mr. Husband said is very true. Doesn't he say that there is light, there must be shadow? Contradictory always exists, and it's not good to not make it because this thing can be used for siege."

Mo Zi smiled and said, "I am not that pedantic yet. But for the time being, you must keep the secrets strictly and prepare in advance to prevent chaos in the world and the devastating of life. At that time, we may have to go everywhere to help the weak defend the city and to attack the city with exhausted strong country."

Shi hurriedly said yes, but was thinking about how to not exceed Mozi's considerations during Mozi's lifetime, and strengthen his strength without making Mozi feel a little ambitious.

The ink masters said a few more words and sat on the grass to discuss future events.

The matter of gunpowder will be decided temporarily. First, prepare saltpeter and sulfur secretly. The only secret recipe for configuring gunpowder is Qi Wuhao. Giant and Shi know how to configure it in the future. When the autumn matter is solved, we will start.

Some cattle and horses from the north have already rushed back, and the previous spirits were also sold among the nobles of Qilu for a good price, which far exceeded the cost, which has alleviated the financial problems of the Mozhe.

Although Gao Sunzi disagreed with this matter, he did not say that he would come back to mention this matter when the autumn matter was settled.

A while ago, he went to various villages and communities as the head of the inspector. Overall, Mozhe's development on the periphery of Peidi is quite good.

The sunflower seeds used to pretend to be a god have grown up and are about to bloom.

Gao Sunzi heard that this kind of flower faces the sun, and when it blooms from a distance, it looks like the sun. Therefore, the prophecy that a golden crow must be on the ground is not necessary. Once it blooms, the people will definitely understand what it means.

Taking advantage of the last time that the witch's sacrificial power was usurped and the basis for the people's faith in witch's sacrificial power and lewd sacrifices, the Mozhe used this trust to easily develop the things he did in the village without any stagnation.

Some escaped hidden households also formed some vegetation in advance due to the salt problem. In name, they were just to prevent people from buying salt at low prices and then selling it. In fact, the ink-like people are spending money to control the grassroots.

In addition, Luhua brought some Mo people who knew some medical skills to the village community to treat some diseases, and in some places it had replaced the existence of Wu Zhu.

Wu, Shi, and Medical were originally a family, but now the old Central Plains countries have been separated, but the villages and communities here have not been separated yet, so walking in the countryside is also very smooth.

Now the people's trust is almost the same. When those crops that make samples are harvested and the sunflower blossoms reveal the scam of Wu Zhu, they can move on to the next step.

The Mozhe also deliberately sent people to talk to the local clans to stabilize them. Mozi has been in and out of courts in various countries all year round. Some Mozhes are very familiar with the etiquette of the upper class, and have not yet revealed the intention of preparing to "check the fields and slurp". Basically, taxation and other things are the same as before, and they have the intention of letting go no matter we are just here to do good things.

The biggest reaction was those Wu Zhu. Although he was fooled in every way, he would always rot when he died. Even if Mo Zi’s coffin was well made, the stench could still be spread. Some believers of Wu Zhu had already become suspicious and did not dare to disbelieve it at the moment.

After all, after that day, after bringing the poisoned Wu Zhu back, the things that were vomited at night emitted fluorescent. This was a miracle at this time, so it could only be a skeptical.

Shi also said that when the Golden Crow was in a state of vain, he would give these people an explanation. The believers of Wu Zhu also thought that these people might have really had the means, so they just doubted it.

Thinking of this, Gao Sunzi asked, "Shi, you have killed dozens of people quietly. When you arrive at the Golden Crow, a chaos is inevitable."

Shi smiled and said, "It can be seen that chaos is the only way to kill people. The people now believe in us and believe in witch and ghost worship. As long as the people do not object, rely on those witches, I think we can still deal with them, right? I will kill more this time so that anyone can avoid such a desire to make money. With the fierce public opinion, they will scare the old and old tribes who collude with witches. We had no people's heart a few months ago, but now it is different."

Mozi looked at Gao Sunzi and smiled and said, "You still don't understand why you didn't kill people in public at that time, and you had to wait a few months before killing people. Now that we gather the people, we have no choice, but sacrifices can easily gather the people... If there is no lewd sacrifice, or if the murder is exposed at that time, how can we let the people gather easily to listen to our righteousness?"

Mo Chengzi also said: "I saw this thunder and fire today, but I remembered the statement that Zichan said was moderate and moderate. The erotic sacrifice here is very strong. If you want to completely curb it, you must use severe punishment. The appropriate means can scare those witches, but it is not enough to shake people's hearts."

After saying that, he pointed to the stone thunder left behind and said, "At that time, the witch and his followers will kill them with this thing. If things fail, they will be punished by heaven; if things can be accomplished, they will be shocked. The gentleman guards the city and wants to form a corps to sit in the house, so that the city will not be destroyed, and the means are cruel; now using this thunder to kill people is to no longer betrayal in the future, and the means must be cruel."
Chapter completed!