"The grain shop has been sealed, and the wealthy households have also collected the grain, so they have to be kept as military rations." Boss Sun smiled as if crying and spread his hands, "So, the Taoist priest wants to buy grain, but he can't do it. Even the tools and debris transported are secretly."

So that's it! Meng Jiucheng nodded and said, "It's hard for Mr. Sun to transport miscellaneous items. I am very grateful to you. As for the food, I'll find another way!"

Boss Sun looked at Meng Jiucheng with a strange look, and the change was a bit big, but he was not easy to ask, and hesitated for a moment, and then kindly reminded: "Master, be careful, then Ma Si will revenge. Now that he has the power, he might remember you to knock him over."

"Thank you, Mr. Sun, for your reminder, I won't save you." Meng Jiucheng also thought of this, but he still bowed to express his gratitude.

Boss Sun's eyes rolled, he was a little reluctant to speak, and rubbed his hands gently, making him feel anxious.

"Mr. Sun, do you have anything to do?" Meng Jiucheng asked in confusion. His expression was too obvious and anyone could tell that this boss Sun was also an honest person. Asking more was also out of gratitude.

"Hehe--" Boss Sun smiled embarrassedly, told the matter in embarrassment, and then said nervously: "I am really naughty and ignorant. Isn't the gods blamed me, right?"

Li Guizu was from Wusongshan, Zichuan. Emperor Xiaowen of Wei was the magistrate of Quliang County at that time. He was honest and loving the people. After his death, he set up a temple to worship. According to folk legend, Taibai Jinxing descended to earth. The people are called "The King of Gengfu, Wencai, also known as the King of Wealth, and the King of Wealth, and the King of Gengfu, and the King of Gengfu. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, they often invited people home to serve them in order to increase their blessings and increase their wealth and pray for peace.

It turned out that the embarrassment of Boss Sun was that the husband Zengfu invited by his family was accidentally broken by his grandson. Meng Jiucheng smiled and comforted: "A god, there are many adults, and you are sincerely offering sacrifices, so of course you won't blame me!"

Boss Sun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, "What the Taoist priest said is, what he said is. I want to invite another one to go back to worship today. I wonder if this day and time are suitable?"

Meng Jiucheng blinked and smiled and said, "The gods only protect the kind-hearted people, and only those who are sincere. In the days and hours, how can the gods care about the measurement of the gods? Please wait for Mr. Sun, so I will go and ask the God of Wealth to increase my blessings."

"Okay, okay." This was the first time Boss Sun smiled after entering the Taoist temple.

Meng Jiucheng returned to the bedroom, looked at the several clay statues with colored colors placed on the wooden shelf, carefully selected them, and moved the grand ones.

When he returned to the worship hall, Meng Jiucheng placed the clay statue on the altar. Boss Sun devoutly burned incense, kowtowed, and said something nice to Meng Jiucheng. Meng Jiucheng paid the bill and settled some miscellaneous items. Boss Sun wrote down one by one before saying goodbye with the clay statue and hurried away.

This is the chaotic world, where dregs appear, and even a donkey, horse, and a rotten boy have the chance to jump out.

Meng Jiucheng thought about returning to the house, but felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.

The girl named Xiaoxiao was hugged by her sister, with her little face shattered, and there were still tears on her face. Seeing Meng Jiucheng come in, the girl looked at Meng Jiucheng and was so aggrieved that she flattened her mouth.

Meng Jiucheng saw the culprit of bullying the child at a glance. Chen Mengyao sat on the chair against the wall, holding A Fu who was half-colored, and smiled. Chen Daotong looked helpless and had to lower his body to coax Xiaoxiao.

Yes, we can't preside over the justice. Meng Jiucheng smiled bitterly at Xiaoxiao and said, "I'll give you another one tonight."

Xiaoxiao blinked her big eyes, stretched out her small hand, and bargained guiltily, "Can you two do it?"

"Okay." Meng Jiucheng nodded and smiled, "You can use the color yourself."

The little girl burst into tears and laughed, and her little head was lit happily.

Meng Jiucheng sat on the couch, pondered for a while, and then repeated the situation that Boss Sun had just said.

"Ma Si is the rogue in the town?" Mu Yi asked, and when he saw Meng Jiucheng nodding, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and was speechless for a while.

"The villain is in power." Meng Jiucheng sneered and said, "Even if Ma Si wants to cause trouble, he can't bring many people. This Taoist temple is at least the place where the gods are, and there is no convincing reason. Except for his best friends, those people who make excuses or are trapped, most of them will not come."

"With that being said, I have to be careful!" Mu Yi said as he stood up, "I went to summon the militia and practiced for a while for a while. Think about it again, maybe there might be another way."

"Well, Brother Mu is tired. Let me think about it carefully. Maybe there is a little trick. By the way, please let Brother Mu go out and tell Sanming that he would summon all the carpenters to the worship hall. I have something to do." Meng Jiucheng was not humble and walked into the inner room, took out paper and pen, and laid on the table and started drawing.

In ancient times, the name cannon was found very early, and it was also written as a cannon, which is a catapult or a stone thrower. However, from the earliest appearance in the Warring States Period to the time when it was replaced by gunpowder, China's stone thrower has always used manpower. For example, the seven-pin cannon in the Tang Dynasty required more than 250 people to pull it.

What Meng Jiucheng is painting is similar to the counterweight stone throwing machine used by the Yuan army decades later. According to records, this stone throwing machine was made by a Western Region man named "Yisi Mayin", and is also called "Hui Hui Cannon" or "Xiangyang Cannon" and "Western Region Cannon".

The principle of lever is the same, except that this kind of stone thrower does not require a person to pull the gun cable, but instead binds a counterweight at the tip, installs an iron hook on the gun stand, and hooks the gun rod. When firing the gun, just pull the hook away, the counterweight falls immediately and presses the gun tip, and the stone bullet is suddenly thrown out.

This design and structure save manpower, is easy to use and has great power. It cannot be said to be a major reform of the stone thrower.

Theoretically, the weight and range of the grenade of a stone caster are controlled by its counterweight. If it is made tall enough, there is almost no upper limit on the power. However, there are still limiting factors, which are the strength and operation requirements of the instrument itself.

Of course, what Meng Jiucheng painted was a reduced-type counterweight stone thrower. The materials do not need to be too demanding, they are easy to manufacture and can be put into use in a short period of time. They are not dealing with regular troops. If the materials can be obtained and gunpowder cannonballs can be used, ordinary troops will be unable to resist.

Since the leverage principle is used, the length of the cannon tip, as well as the ratio of the power arm and the resistance arm, naturally needs to be calculated to estimate the weight of the shell to be produced and the approximate range.

As long as it can throw about ten kilograms of shells away from a hundred steps, it will meet Meng Jiucheng's requirements. In order to build a stone thrower faster and easier, Meng Jiucheng also used a trick to change the hard bullet hole into a flexible grenade belt.

The power of the stone caster comes from its lever arm, counterweight and grenade belt with appropriate weight. This small change to the grenade belt does not require any means to make the shorter lever arm reach the ultimate (end line) speed, which doubles the power of the stone caster and greatly improves the range.
Chapter completed!