Chapter 423 The Iron Man
Fourth brother's reminder opened up a whole new line of thought for Mo Jiuye.
However, at present, the work of making bombs is not delegated to others, but is done entirely by our brothers themselves.
His brothers were no problem at wielding swords and guns. The fifth brother was smart and careful, so he had no problem developing gunpowder with the formula. It wasn't difficult for everyone to learn how to make bamboo tube bombs together. However, the blacksmithing really stumped him.
There is no doubt that if you want to wrap the bamboo tube with iron sheets, you must have the help of a blacksmith.
Seeing that Mo Jiuye hadn't responded yet, Mo Qing asked, "Jiuye, do you think what your fourth brother said doesn't make sense?"
"No, Dad. Fourth Brother's suggestion is a good one. However, to make the bomb with iron sheets, we need a skilled ironworker. The fewer people who know about bomb making, the better."
For Mo Jiuye, making bombs is a very serious matter. The Mo family is already at the center of controversy. If this matter is leaked, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.
He would rather have the bomb thrown at a shorter distance and with less power than take any risk.
In this regard, Mo Qing thought longer-term than him.
"Although you brothers are the ones making the bombs now, these bombs will be distributed to the soldiers in the future. Do you think the bombs will still be a secret in the near future?"
Mo Jiuye was indeed not worried about this. The Mo family naturally wanted to raise loyal soldiers, and they would feel at ease only after handing the prepared bombs to them.
The reason for his caution was simply that he didn't want the method of making the bomb to be leaked.
In this way, even if a traitor appears among his private soldiers in the future, he will at most take away a few finished bombs, which will reduce the threat to the Mohist school much more than leaking the formula.
However, thinking of making a bomb that could be thrown farther, my father's intention was very clear, which was to find a reliable person who could forge iron to make the iron sheet wrapped around the bamboo tube.
"Dad, this involves bomb-making techniques. If Tao Ran and his men are capable, there's absolutely no problem. After all, their loyalty to the Mo family is unquestionable. If it's someone else, I'd rather our bombs have a shorter throwing distance."
In Mo Jiuye's heart, he couldn't even fully trust Hu Cong.
Since returning to the Mo family, Mo Xing discovered that his ninth son was extraordinary. He was not only skilled in martial arts, but also meticulous in mind.
"Your concerns are not without reason. I personally trained Tao Ran and his group, and I know them very well. Now that the Mohist School has been exiled here, they have followed me without hesitation. There is no need to worry about their loyalty."
"Dad, do you mean that there is someone among them who can do blacksmithing?" Mo Jiuye immediately understood what his father meant.
“If I remember correctly, Lin Hong was the one I rescued in a small town not far from the Western Territory.
He was an apprentice in a blacksmith's shop at the time. He was beaten half to death on the street because he stole a steamed bun from his boss's house. I felt sorry for him and rescued him. I thought it would be better to call him here to ask him about it. I think there should be no problem.
Although Mo Qing didn't know how to forge iron, he knew a little bit about it. Forging iron sheets was not a technical job, and he believed that Lin Hong could do it.
Mo Jiuye still trusts Tao Ran's group of old subordinates.
"Dad, I'm going to go find Lin Hong right now."
Mo Jiuye went out for a short while and came back with Lin Hong.
On the way, he had inquired clearly that Lin Hong had been an apprentice for quite a long time, and because he had been sent to a blacksmith shop since he was a child, he learned a lot there.
It's just that the master was mean and bullied him because he was young, always treating him like an apprentice. In fact, he was doing the work that only an experienced master could do.
In this way, there will be no problem for him to forge iron sheets.
However, iron was strictly controlled by the imperial court in this era. Those who opened blacksmith shops in the city had to apply to the government and could only open the shop after obtaining approval.
Not only that, the blacksmith shop only has a fixed amount of iron each month, and once it's used up, there's no more.
If the shop is doing well, we basically close it after opening for half a month.
Therefore, the source of iron is a key issue for Mohists today.
This is not a problem for Mo Jiuye, as the Taobao mall in his wife's space has iron materials for sale.
He just needs to find an excuse to take it out.
Since he had chosen to use iron sheet to wrap the bamboo tube, Mo Jiuye planned to put the small iron beads in it as well.
He didn't know if this would succeed, but he was unwilling to give up without trying.
If successful, the power of the bomb will increase significantly.
After the matter was finalized, Mo Jiuye was responsible for preparing the iron materials, tools and location for blacksmithing for three consecutive days.
He Zhiran also didn't plan to stay idle. It was already the beginning of June, and the wedding day of Mo Hanyue and Meng Huaining on June 12 was getting closer and closer.
After all, Mrs. He is an experienced person and knows that twin pregnancies are prone to premature birth.
It is not known whether Zhang San will be successful in asking a gynecologist to come from the capital. Even if he is successful, given the distance from the capital to the northwest, he probably won't arrive too early.
Although her son-in-law repeatedly assured her that He Zhiran and his child would be safe, she, as a mother, was still worried.
It would be different if a gynecologist was here. He and his son-in-law could show off their skills. In this way, the safety of He Zhiran and the baby in her belly would be guaranteed.
Therefore, in order to let her daughter take good care of the pregnancy, Mrs. He did nothing all day long. As long as Mo Jiuye was not around, she would always stay by He Zhiran's side, for fear that she would be careless and have a miscarriage.
With Mrs. He watching over him all day, it was really inconvenient for He Zhiran to prepare something for Mo Hanyue.
There was no way. Mother was her biological mother. Everything she did was for her own good. He Zhiran couldn't just turn his face away and push her away.
She had already discussed with Mo Jiuye what dowry to prepare for Mo Hanyue.
The courtyard house that was built was considered part of the dowry. Originally, He Zhiran planned to pay for it herself, but later her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law felt that this was inappropriate.
Finally, after calculating the cost of the courtyard house, it was divided into ten parts. The nine brothers of the Mo family each contributed one part of the silver, and Madam Mo also contributed one part.
In other words, this courtyard house was the dowry prepared by the whole family for Mo Hanyue.
He Zhiran had already said in front of her family that she would be responsible for arranging Mo Hanyue's dowry.
There are so many good things in her space, but these treasures all come from the imperial palaces of Dashun and Southern Xinjiang. It would be okay for her to sell them on Taobao as antiques, but if she gives them to Mo Hanyue as a dowry, if someone with ulterior motives finds out something is wrong, it would be a waste of time.
Therefore, He Zhiran had originally planned to purchase Mo Hanyue's dowry from Taobao Mall.
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