After some sighs, Zhou Mo quickly restrained himself from being a little slack in finding a lover, corrected his attitude once again, and purgeed the army, recruiting and training new soldiers, and distributing supplies; Down the marching route.
Of course, apart from handling official duties, Zhou Mo did not neglect his sweetheart. Whenever he had free time, he would go to Bai Duan's side, or study and improve equipment with him, or accompany him to practice calligraphy, chat, and work hard. To shorten the distance between each other - commonly known as brush favorability.
In this regard, although his confidants were somewhat surprised by his general's undisguised favor for Bai Duan, they didn't have any opinions. As we all know, now that there is finally hope of success, how can we not concentrate on it
Therefore, no one thought that under the upright appearance of General Zhou, there was this "harmful intention" of "drunkard's intention not to drink".
In this way, in the constant discussion and discussion with Zhou Mode, Bai Duan's research progress is also progressing rapidly. He made more than ten models in a row, constantly improving and adjusting the details, and finally succeeded in creating a finished product that satisfied him—and the next step is to enlarge the model in the same proportion and make it into a real thing. Take a look See if there are any other issues that the model doesn't highlight.
Making a real object is obviously much more complicated than a model. At the very least, in order to fix such a huge instrument, iron nails, rivets, iron bolts, iron sheets and other things must be used. Unfortunately, the simple white satin has no point. Bright blacksmithing skills.
However, this did not trouble the almighty Zhou Mo.
After hearing the news, Zhou Mo immediately requisitioned the blacksmith shop in the town and went to battle in person.
He skillfully ignited the stove and pulled the bellows, and the flames that sprang up from the hearth instantly turned his face red. Bai Duan watched quietly on the sidelines, dumbfounded by Zhou Mo's skillful movements.
Seeing Bai Duan's surprised expression, Zhou Mo laughed: "I grew up in the military camp since I was a child. I not only like to steal the weapons of the elders and play around, but also often go to the blacksmith in the army to watch him make and repair them. Weapons. Although I haven't formally learned it, I have seen a lot of tricks."
Bai Duan nodded: "But it's the same for me to ask a blacksmith to do this kind of rough work. Brother Zhou, you are so busy, you don't have to come and help me in person..."
"I don't have anything else to do recently. Your place is more important. As long as I can make the equipment successfully, I don't have any worries and I can let it go." Zhou Mo said, wiping the sweat from his forehead , straightly tore open the neckline and took off his shirt, revealing his strong and strong chest, "Sorry, it's too hot in here, brother, do you want to take off your shirt too?"
Bai Duan looked away in embarrassment and envy, and waved her hands again and again.
Obviously he is not too fastidious, and he often goes shirtless when he is working in summer, but for some reason, when he sees Zhou Mo's naked upper body and back, he can't help but blushes and his chest growls. Dare to bare his chest together—even if the room is really hot and makes him sweat profusely.
— Well, it must be because his figure is much inferior to Zhou Mo's, which makes him feel embarrassed and subconsciously wants to "cover up his ugliness".
Seeing that Bai Duan rejected his proposal, Zhou Mo smacked his lips regretfully in his heart, but continued the topic just now in his mouth casually: "What's more, my brother and I researched this equipment together, no one knows it better than us It, I don't feel at ease handing it over to blacksmiths who know nothing, if it is not done properly, it will have to be reworked continuously, it would be better to save time and effort if I go to battle in person."
Bai Duan responded indiscriminately, watching Zhou Mo take the red-hot iron out of the stove, put it on the blacksmithing table, and beat it repeatedly with a hammer to shape the desired shape.
Zhou Mo's movements were fast and his attention was quite focused, and he quickly finished shaping each part.
Blacksmithing is not an easy job, and even Zhou Mo couldn't help feeling tired after working hard for a while. He put down the hammer, wiped the sweat from his face and neck with a cloth towel, picked up the kettle and drank a few big gulps, his strong chest covered with sweat heaved violently, Bai Duan couldn't help but feel parched, and hurriedly dodged away Come on, set your sights on the blacksmithing platform seriously.
After Zhou Mo finished drinking the water, he was depressed to find that he had shown his figure for no reason. He thought that he would be able to seduce his sweetheart, but found that Bai Duan's eyes were not on him at all, and he couldn't help but secretly "tsk".
Seeing that Bai Duan was watching seriously and attentively, he raised his eyebrows in a dignified manner: "Why, Brother Bai is interested in blacksmithing?"
Bai Duan was in a state of confusion, hearing the words without thinking, and nodded casually, and the next second, Zhou Mo, who got the answer and had no good intentions, dragged him to the stove: "Since you are interested, you might as well try it." Last try?"
Bai Duan was stuffed with a hammer with a confused face, but he couldn't change his mind, so he picked up the hammer in depression and tried the weight.
This hammer looked extraordinary from the outside, but now that it was in his hand, it was even more heavy, weighing at least a few dozen catties. Even Bai Duan, a carpenter, can be regarded as a physical worker, but he still can't control such a heavy hammer. After swinging it four or five times, his arms feel sore and unbearable, and even his body can't stand the huge inertia. Staggered up and down.
——And Zhou Mo has been waiting for this moment for a long time.
He laughed, unceremoniously took Bai Duan, who was standing unsteadily, into his arms, and wiped off the sweat on his face affectionately, with a teasing tone: "My dear brother, it seems that you still need to exercise a little bit more." Just do it!"
Zhou Mo lightly took away the heavy hammer in Bai Duan's hand and put it on the ground. He limply leaned against the other party's arms, panting heavily, until he recovered from exhaustion a little, and then realized his current situation.
Immediately, Bai Duan's body stiffened, and the blush spread from the cheeks and ears to the neck. She felt that the sweat-soaked thin shirt on her body seemed to no longer exist, and the skin on her back seemed to be directly attached to Zhou Mo. The naked chest was scalded by the heat from the opponent.
But Zhou Mo is not only satisfied with this.
Holding Bai Duan in one hand, and kneading his arm that was sore due to excessive force with the other, Zhou Mo's technique was professional but full of ambiguous hints. He put his lips against Bai Duan's ear, his voice was deep and hoarse, Extremely gentle: "My dear brother, are you okay? Is your arm strained?"
Bai Duan's mind was in a mess, he didn't know what was going on with him, but he instinctively realized that he couldn't continue to let things go like this.
A little flustered, Bai Duan pretended to be unwell, and under Zhou Mo's caring eyes, Bai Duan pretended to be calm and left the blacksmith's shop, but she didn't know that her behavior was full of embarrassment in Zhou Mo's eyes, as if she was a frightened, panic-stricken animal. rabbit.
Watching Bai Duan leave, Zhou Mo curled his lips in a good mood, raised the hammer again, and continued his unfinished work.
—No matter what the era he is in, no matter what character he needs to play, he always has countless ways to seduce his lover so that he can't help himself.
——As long as Bai Duan still has affection for him in his heart, he is destined not to escape from his grasp.
With the help of Zhou Mo's "enthusiasm", Bai Duan finally made the model into a real thing, and the next step is to see how the experiment works.
This kind of equipment looks a bit similar to a catapult in appearance, but it has higher accuracy, a longer range, and a stronger and smaller body, and because it is mostly made of wood, it is lighter in weight and more maneuverable—the most important thing Yes, what it projects is not a stone, but a shell in a sense.
In this era, gunpowder has been invented and occasionally used in the military, but it has always been used to make fireballs, rockets and other fire weapons by using its burning properties to replace rosin, grease and other inflammable materials. However, under Zhou Mo's "reminder", Bai Duan took advantage of its explosive performance and developed a weapon with stronger lethality and higher deterrence.
When the first cannonball was fired, the earth-shattering sound and the shattering aura made everyone who witnessed the scene shudder and shudder.
Billows of thick smoke rose up, gravel and shrapnel splashed everywhere, and the deafening sound caused ears to buzz, and even the ground under their feet seemed to tremble and tremble endlessly under its power.
Everyone subconsciously raised their hands to cover their ears, and their mouths grew dull, but no one wanted to take their eyes off this spectacular and shocking picture.
Among the onlookers, probably only Bai Duan and Zhou Mo, who jointly produced it, were not surprised by this.
Zhou Mo stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the deep crater left by the shell explosion, and turned his head to look at Bai Duan, who frowned slightly but had bright eyes: "What do you think of the result?"
"The accuracy is not too high, I have to adjust it again." Bai Duan pursed his lips. Although he said so, he was actually quite satisfied with his work - he never thought that his first A finished product can achieve such a good effect.
"Well, you can continue to adjust, but I think it is already ready to show its skills on the battlefield." Zhou Mo chuckled.
During the conversation between the two, the rest of the people finally recovered from the shock, looking at the black instrument covered in black paint, like a silent giant beast, full of shock and fear.
"This, this is the weapon you designed, General?!" Song Ying's voice trembled slightly - they only knew that the general valued this kind of ordnance very much, but they never thought that it would be so powerful.
Zhou Mo smiled slightly, and would never compete with his lover for credit: "It's not so much that I designed it, it's better to say that I just put forward a somewhat whimsical idea at first, and it was Brother Bai who really turned it into reality. —To be honest, this is more perfect than I imagined."
Bai Duan was overwhelmed by Zhou Mo's praise, and he was bathed in the admiration of everyone, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
His mind was blank, and he instinctively raised his face, with a calm expression, calm eyes, and empty eyes, with a well-thought-out and unpredictable aloof demeanor.
Those who were not familiar with Bai Duan couldn't help being deeply impressed. Even Song Ying, who was usually close to him and had a good relationship with him, subconsciously lowered his breath a little. Little brother Bai who blushes easily when teased.
——Really, "real people don't show their faces, and their faces are not real people"!