Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 524 The Ancients Were Just Ancient, Not Stupid

After Yue Mu finished speaking, Yue Ruyan's aunts and uncles all looked a little lonely.

Yue Mu's sister pondered for a while and said, "Duke Anguo has taken a fancy to Ruyan. Even the Jinxia barbarians are no match for Duke Anguo. With Duke Anguo's strength, if he helps us, it shouldn't be difficult for us to return to Longyou and rebuild our ancestors' foundation."

Mother Yue was silent. Indeed, with the current situation of the Yue family, they were unable to return to Longyou on their own. But with Chen Mo's help, it would be different.

"Yes, Ruyan has moved into the Anguo Duke's mansion. Maybe she has become his woman now. Based on this relationship, the Anguo Duke will not refuse to help." Yue Ruyan's aunt said.

"Yes, yes"

Listening to the clan members talking one after another, Yue Mu sighed again and said, "But Ruyan has not yet entered the Chen family. She has no status, so how can she bring it up?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a servant came over quickly and said, "Madam, the eldest lady of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion sent someone to deliver a message, inviting you to meet in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion to discuss the marriage of the master."

Hearing this, Yue's mother was also stunned, and then her eyes lit up. Now the Yue family can only rely on Chen Mo, so naturally they hope that Yue Ruyan can enter the Chen family as soon as possible.

"Send a reply and tell them I'll be there soon." Yue Mu said happily.

The Yue family had something to ask Chen Mo for, so they didn't mind Wu Mi's request to get married this month at all. Instead, they did just as Yue's mother wished.

As both parties were willing, the marriage discussions went smoothly and it was finally agreed that Yue Ruyan would marry on the 21st of this month.

It is now January 9th, which means there are still eleven days left.

Fortunately, it was a concubine, so even with the construction of the Eight-Lift Bridge, these ten days did not seem rushed.

After the marriage was settled, Yue Ruyan no longer lived in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion and returned to the Yue Residence.

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Chen Mo didn't know the exact time of his wedding yet. After breakfast, he went to the gunpowder workshop in Suzaku Camp, intending to expand the factory for manufacturing shrapnel and increase the output of shrapnel.

Tian Sheng showed him the thirteen new red cannons that had been made during the time he was fighting in the north.

When Chen Mo led troops to resist Jin Xia, he did not take all the people of the Suzaku Guard with him. The craftsmen who made the red cannon and the shrapnel shells were still in Xiangyang.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Once the craftsmen have mastered the process of making red cannons, the manufacturing speed will naturally increase.

Tian Sheng brought Chen Mo to a workbench made of stone bricks.

Pointing to a new type of clay bomb, he said, "Duke Anguo, didn't you tell your subordinates before to improve the power of the shrapnel bomb?"

Chen Mo nodded: "What's wrong?"

"My subordinates and the craftsmen pondered over various things and read ancient books, hoping to find new ideas. Finally, they found an alchemy method called "Spiritual Refining" in a book about Taoist alchemy."

Tian Sheng took out the book from the workbench, found the description of "Spiritual Refining" on it, and then slowly said: "To put it simply, when refining the elixir, if you pour innate spiritual energy into the elixir furnace, it will not only be able to better remove impurities on the elixir, but also greatly enhance the medicinal power of the elixir, and make the innate spiritual energy poured into the elixir furnace stored in the elixir, so that people can absorb it better when swallowing the elixir.

So I thought, if we treat the clay pot bomb as a pill, use the spirit refining method to purify the gunpowder, and store some innate spiritual energy inside the clay pot, will its power be significantly increased when it explodes? "After listening carefully to Tian Sheng's story, Chen Mo stared at Tian Sheng with admiration in his eyes. Regardless of whether Tian Sheng's method can work, his bold idea alone is worthy of recognition.

You know, many things that have changed humanity were created by chance.

This made Chen Mo think of a saying on the Internet: The ancients were just ancient, not stupid.

They were only restricted by the limitations of the times. If the ancients were provided with vision and ideas, with their intelligence and talent, they could have created many unexpected things.

And Tian Sheng can be regarded as the ancient person in this sentence.

Chen Mo provided him with vision and ideas, allowing him to see what black powder, cannons, and bombs are.

Then based on these, it is possible for him to improve and innovate and create new things.

"Duke Anguo, what's wrong? Was it because my subordinates said something wrong?" Seeing Chen Mo staring at him, Tian Sheng said nervously.

"It's okay." Chen Mo turned his gaze back to the new type of pottery bomb on the workbench and said, "So this is the bomb that stores innate spiritual energy that you mentioned? How powerful is it?"

Tian Sheng shook his head awkwardly and said, "Duke Anguo, I haven't started yet. This is just an idea of ​​mine. This is a mold I made based on the idea in my mind."

After all, without Chen Mo's approval, Tian Sheng dared not do anything reckless. There was a special independent department in the Suzaku Guard that would audit the accounts of the gunpowder workshop at regular intervals. If they knew that he used the money that was supposed to be used to make cannons and shrapnel to research this kind of thing, he would definitely be in trouble.

"It's okay." Chen Mo smiled and patted Tian Sheng's shoulder, saying, "I'm very interested in the idea you mentioned. Go for it boldly. I support you. Don't worry about the money. I'll give you three thousand taels to use first. If it's not enough, come and ask me for it."

Chen Mo thinks Tian Sheng is still worth investing in.

Feeling Chen Mo's trust in him, Tian Sheng was so moved that he almost wanted to cry. He said solemnly: "I will definitely not let Duke Anguo down."

Coming out of the Suzaku Camp, Chen Mo saw Sun Meng running towards him from a distant street, with an anxious look on his face. After seeing Chen Mo, he said from a distance: "My Lord, I am late. Please forgive me, Lord."

But Chen Mo noticed the red number on his forehead.

235.

"You have made a breakthrough?" Chen Mo said.

Sun Meng was not surprised that Chen Mo could tell that he had made a breakthrough. After all, the other party was a top-grade warrior. When he got closer, Sun Meng bowed and said, "Thanks to the spirit fish sent by the Marquis last night, I was able to sense the opportunity for a breakthrough. Thanks to the Qi-absorbing method that the Marquis gave me before, I was able to make a breakthrough this morning."

As he spoke, Sun Meng sighed again and said, "It's a pity that my talent is not good enough. I can only sense the lowest level of Xiaoqing spiritual energy. The Qi-absorbing technique given by the Marquis is wasted."

Among the middle-grade warriors of the same level, who is stronger and who is weaker is determined by who can sense and absorb the innate spiritual energy better.

Xiaoqing spiritual energy is a common innate spiritual energy.

(End of this chapter)