The words fell, and there was a dead silence in the Zichen Palace.

Including Li Xian, the Emperor of Yingtian Shenlong, no one expected that behind Zhang Qian's move to build a medicine refining furnace with pure copper at all costs, there were so many "deep meanings" that they were stunned one by one.

And many of them who are dissatisfied with Sha Chongyi, in addition to being shocked, will inevitably follow Zhang Qian's train of thought, surnamed Sha today caught Zhang Qian, a small eight-grade master who has only been in the office for less than two months, and the bite is not finished, is the intention just to please Zong Chuke and Ji Xianne?

After all, Sha Chongyi's ancestors were originally Turkic people who took refuge in the Tang Dynasty. Although the Sha family has been an official in the Tang Dynasty for three generations, and Sha Chongyi himself has done a purely civilian job, no one can guarantee that he has nothing to do with the recent resurgence of the Western Turkic forces.

The Turks are currently living in no fixed place and come and go like the wind. Even if they heard about the powerful uses of "gunpowder", there were not enough skilled craftsmen and enough stable places to build the huge alchemy pots of the Firearms Department.

But if the pure copper medicine refining pot was replaced with an iron pot, a jar and a bamboo tube, the Turkic people's way of obtaining "gunpowder" would be too easy.

Once the Turks mastered the use of gunpowder, the chances of death dropped by more than half when their soldiers were wounded. The Turkic soldiers, on the other hand, were never trained, and relied entirely on the survival of the fittest in actual combat.

When a large number of wounded and recovered Turkic veterans return to the front line, they will definitely become more difficult to deal with when they attack the Tang border again. In order to obtain enough food to make rice wine, after they wandered into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the methods they used to treat the people of the Tang Dynasty would be even more cruel!

"Supervising hundreds of officials, yes, is the responsibility of the imperial history! You, you have no evidence, you can't, you can't be a fool! After a few breaths, someone finally broke the silence. But it was Sha Chongyi himself who finally realized what kind of thistle he had bitten into today's bite, and with fine beads of sweat on his head, he stammered to defend himself.

"You slander Zhang for his clever tricks and don't need any evidence. How did it fall on your own head and you immediately needed it? Zhang Qian hated this person for biting like a mad dog, re-emerged, approached half a step forward, and asked with a smile, "Zhang Mou built that medicine refining pot, from beginning to end, all the parts are from the cane department and the general as a prison, and none of them come from outside. After Zhang's alchemy pot was erected, all the processes of refining alcohol were also written on the wooden board, and almost every craftsman could memorize it backwards, without hiding any secrets. Zhang was bent on improving the method of making alcohol, and he had no time to stare at the pot from morning to night. The production of alcohol is still higher day by day under the operation of craftsmen. Zhang Now, for every ten catties of rice wine, one catty of alcohol can be produced, plus firewood, labor and fire consumption, the cost of each catty of alcohol is no more than 150 Wen, and it is still decreasing! Even so, Zhang will be slandered by you as a clever trick to exhaust the country. Then you don't do anything serious, but you stare at Zhang's alchemy copper kettle all day long, isn't your intentions obvious? ”

"I didn't, I didn't stare at your alchemy pot, I, I just did my duty to do the news!" The two sides were clearly separated by a large distance, but Nasha Chongyi was forced to stagger back. The arguments sounded less and less convincing.

"Holy Lord, that gunpowder must not flow into the hands of the Turks!" There is a way, one fence three gangs. The right servant shoots Xiao Zhizhong's command, and there is no shortage of helpers. Seeing that Nasha Chongyi was beaten by Zhang Qian and had no power to fight back, he quickly stood up and increased his weight.

"Holy Lord, the last general will ask the Holy Lord to see, what is Sha Yushi's intentions?!"

"Holy Lord, the minister seconded the proposal."

"Holy Lord, prevention is better than prevention, no matter how careful you are!"

……

As an eagle dog under the command of Shangshu Zong Chuke of the Ministry of War, Sha Chongyi has offended too many people. At this moment, seeing that he could fall at any time, everyone stood up one after another, and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

And Li Xian, who was sitting behind the imperial case, had already transferred all his suspicions about Zhang Qian to Sha Chongyi. Especially after hearing that the cost of alcohol is only about 100 yuan per catty, I feel guilty for Zhang Qian, and I am even more disgusted with Sha someone.

At this moment, seeing so many courtiers, all surrounding Sha Chongyi and beating the water dogs, Li Xian immediately made a ruthless decision, slapped the table case with his hand, and ordered loudly: "Zhuqing, don't make noise, I will definitely find out this matter clearly." Someone ...... coming."

"Holy Grace!" Sha Chongyi was so frightened that his legs weakened, he couldn't stand anymore, and fell to his knees with a "poof", kowtowing and begging for mercy. "Wechen has absolutely no intention of snooping into the secret recipe for gunpowder manufacturing, and Wechen is loyal to Datang. We-Chen......"

Just when he was so frightened that he was about to faint, he suddenly saw the master behind him, Shangshu Zong Chuke of the Ministry of War, who took a few steps forward and saluted solemnly at Li Xian, "Holy Lord, the minister impeached Sha Chongyi for dereliction of duty and abuse of the power of imperial history!" ”

"Holy Lord, the minister seconded the proposal. Sha Chongyi abused his power and misled the country, and he should be stripped of his position as imperial historian. Relegated to the place. Let him educate the people of a place for the Holy Lord, and make up for his mistakes! Ji Xina also knew that if he didn't stop the loss in time, Sha Chongyi would probably have to go to the prison of the Criminal Department today, so he hurriedly helped Zong Chuke on the side.

"Hmm-" Seeing that the two of them could take the initiative to draw a line with Sha Chongyi, Li Xian felt very satisfied. Looking at Sha Chongyi's gaze, it was no longer as cold as before. After a little groaning, he asked loudly: "Sha Chongyi, do you know the mistake?" ”

"Weichen knows his mistake, and he is willing to lead His Majesty to be punished, thinking that the latecomer will be punished!" Sha Chongyi was discouraged, and honestly lay on the ground, waiting for disposal.

Seeing that he was acting so honestly, the suspicion in Li Xian's heart quickly decreased. After a few more breaths, he slowly announced that he would demote this person to Yazhou Sima and immediately go to work.

Sha Chongyi escaped, and quickly sobbed and thanked him. As a result, before he could finish his statement, Yang Qi, an old waiter who had never participated in any topic before, suddenly stood up and shouted at Li Xian: "Saint, although Sha Chongyi is suspected of abusing the power of imperial history, he has served the country for many years after all. Degrading it to Yazhou is an excessively heavy punishment. The minister thought that he should be allowed to stay in Beijing and serve nearby. In this way, firstly, he can avoid the pain of traveling thousands of miles, and secondly, it will also save him from leaking secrets of gunpowder formulas and production methods in the future, so that he will be suspected and implicated for no reason! ”

"Huh?" Unexpectedly, Yang Qi, who had not asked about political affairs for a long time, would actually intercede for Sha Chongyi, and Li Xian immediately began to be a little undecided.

"Holy Lord, Lao Chen has another proposal, the production of gunpowder involves the safety of my Tang Dynasty, and its manufacturing tools and manufacturing methods cannot be leaked no matter what. I beseech that the Holy Majesty shall immediately decree that the leakage of today's art of simplifying the manufacture of alcohol shall not be prohibited. If the people use the method of simplification to make gunpowder, the government will make every effort to trace the source of the means of making it, and severely punish those who leak secrets! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" As soon as the words fell, Ji Chu Ne immediately shouted loudly beside him.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Zong Chuke was eager to leave Sha Chongyi in Chang'an, so that he could find another opportunity to help him reinstate his official at any time, and he also expressed his deep approval.

As soon as a few of them took the lead, seven or eight middle- and lower-level officials immediately responded. Naturally, there was a momentum. And the right servant Xiao Zhizhong, although he is not in the same faction as Zong Chuke, he also feels that leaving Sha Chongyi in Chang'an and sending someone to monitor him nearby is even less likely to leak the secret than to degrade him to a place. smiled and decisively pushed the boat down the river. "Holy Lord, the minister seconded the proposal!"

In this way, the proposal to strictly prohibit the production of alcohol in rudimentary ways was a foregone conclusion. And Zhang Qian's move to use pure copper to build a medicine refining pot has also become a far-sighted plan. No one can accuse him of wasting his money, and even if someone does find a more cost-effective and efficient way in the future, they will continue to make mistakes.

"This, how is this possible! Am I really not dreaming? Listening to the benefits, he "smashed" himself one after another, Zhang Qian couldn't wait to turn around and bite his fingers a few times first!

Alcohol is extracted from rice wine, and the technical content is extremely low. When the window paper was pierced, even if he used all his money and connections, he could not prevent the liquor workshops purified by the soil method from blooming everywhere in Datang. However, today, in order to keep secrets, the imperial court actually took the initiative to nail a layer of iron plates outside the "window paper"!

It is foreseeable that after the ban is issued, the popularity of high-grade liquor in Datang will be delayed for at least five years. Without high-concentration alcohol, it is even more difficult for the folk to crack the manufacturing formula and process of toilet water.

If you can't crack the recipe of flower water, you can continue to eat alone.

If the Six Gods Firm eats alone for a longer period of time, it will become stronger. When he turned into a capital monster......

"Uh-huh, um-hmm, um-hmm......" The old man was short of breath, and he talked a little too much just now, and Yang Qi, who was in the middle of the service, suddenly bent down again and coughed softly.

Anyway, the other party is also the grandfather of the Ruby Girl, Zhang Qian quickly put away the ecstasy in his heart, and cast his gaze over, judging whether he needs to help himself.

However, he was surprised to find that the old fox quietly aimed his face at him, and his two wrinkled triangular eyes blinked so proudly!