"Sir, I can't blame you, the barrel manufacturing process will be more demanding if the barrel is lengthened. I believe that Minister Ma told Mr. about the rifling of the barrel, and only the barrel engraved with rifling can keep the projectile running forward in a straight line after firing and ensure that it hits the target. A barrel projectile without rifling floats after firing and cannot be accurately hit. There is also a special attention to the amount of medicine used for each shot. These need to be improved are very difficult, take your time. At present, the improved Sky Bombing Grenade and the improved repeater crossbow and the iron cannon supervised by Mr. are all good, and even have achieved good killing results on the battlefield, and this king will reward you for this. After Yang Er finished speaking, he greeted Yu Wenhua Long, who was outside the house. I saw Hualong holding a plate of gold ingots in his hand, and then Zhong Jian came in with dozens of silk in his hands.

"Lord, why are you doing this?" Li Chun asked in surprise, obviously in the eyes of people like them, they didn't care about these yellow and white things.

"Sir, this is a reward for your supervision of the opening of the Guangtong Canal and the transformation of our firearms. Ben Wang knew that Mr. was not interested in official positions, but these rewards still need to be accepted by Mr. and can be handed over to his family to keep if he doesn't use them. Yang Er said sincerely, although Li Chun never attached importance to fame and fortune, he didn't want to say anything about it.

"Alas! Since the lord is kind, the old man will no longer refuse. Li Chun thanked him. Hualong and Zhong Jian hurriedly put the things in their hands aside and stepped back on the table.

"Sir, the Guangtong Canal has been opened, and I think Mr. can also feel the great changes brought to the people after the canal was opened. The main thing is to speed up the flow of goods and reduce freight costs. As a result, it led to the development of non-governmental commercial trade, and made the people along the river rich. And that's not even counting the military role of the river. In fact, this king came to visit Mr. or wanted to ask for Mr.'s opinion, this king intends to dig a waterway connecting Zhuojun and Liyang, named "Yongji Canal", Mr. was originally a person from Jizhou, before building bridges on the Jizhou River, the water conditions and soil quality on the Jizhou Plain have an understanding. This "Yongji Canal" is ready to open up the two water systems of the Haihe River and the Liyang Yellow River in Zhuo County. I wonder what Mr. thinks? Yang Er euphemistically stated the purpose of coming to visit Li Chun this time.

"My lord, the distance between Zhuojun and Liyang is very far, several times that of Guangtong Canal. The difficulty of opening the canal is not great, and the difficulty of excavation in Jizhou is less than that of the Guangtong canal, but it is ---" Li Chunfu said with his eyes half-closed.

"Sir, just what? But it's okay to talk about it. If there is any difficulty, this king can return to Beijing this time to explain to his father. Yang Er said anxiously, because Li Chun's attitude as an expert is very important.

It's just that more than 300,000 manpower was used in the short Guangtong Canal, and if the "Yongji Canal" was excavated, it would have to be a million manpower! This also involves the issue of encroachment on the land of the people, and ----, alas! The lord is just a prince, and this --- needs to be more stable! Li Chun puffed out his eyes and said to Yang Er, considering Yang Er's identity, some words were obviously not easy to say directly.

"Huh! This king Xiuqu does not want the gold and silver in the treasury of his father's palace, and he does not want his father to announce to the world to collect people's husbands. At that time, the people who came to the canal opening site to take the initiative to apply for the millions in Mr. Wang's mouth are not the millions, which does not need to be worried about Mr. The occupation of land mentioned by the gentleman can also be solved, because the "urbanization" construction advocated by this king requires landless peasants to move into the city to work as merchants or workers, in short, to ensure that their lives are better. ”

"My lord, how can there be a good solution to the matter of encroaching on land, not to mention the resettlement of landless peasants, that is, the power of the local tyrants and gentry all over Jizhou and Zhuo County is not something that the lord can solve with the ability of a prince. The slightest carelessness will cause chaos in the world! I hope that the lord will think twice. Li Chun said anxiously, and pointed to the key point with a word, which made Yang Er can't help but admire. This Li Chun is not a pure literati and a nerd at all, he can actually see the contradiction between the land and the nobles.

"Thank you, sir, for the reminder! For the sake of the people of the Great Sui Dynasty and the happiness of my descendants, the difficulties that we may face now need to be faced, no matter how great they are. Sir didn't know that if the "Yongji Canal" could be opened within 2 years, the king's army would be able to easily attack the Liaodong region and conquer the barbarian land. This canal is of great significance, and it is a must-do! If this king receives the decree, I hope that the gentleman will help me succeed! After speaking, Yang Er gave Li Chunshen a salute.

"That being the case, the old man should help the lord to achieve eternal merit, and leave a name with the lord in the green history!" After Li Chun listened to Yang Er's bold words, he also inspired his heart as a great craftsman of this era, and he couldn't help but be very excited.

"Good! Sir, the king thanked me for that. When the canal was opened, Mr. Ma was only in charge of the project, and Minister Ma was in charge of the rest. If so, this will cause chaos in the world, and this king will not be a pity! ”

Yang Er and his entourage were far away from Li Chun's residence, and Li Chun was still standing on a high place and staring at the direction of Yang Er's departure for a long time.

"I, Da Sui, have this Mingjun, which is my luck! It is the blessing of the people of the world! Li Chun thought silently in his heart.

Suddenly, there was a loud "click--- sound, and Li Chun suddenly felt a huge shock in his heart, and his face couldn't help but change drastically, and he panicked.

It turned out that this book of clear skies suddenly thunderclapped, I don't know why? The birds all over the mountain were shocked!

Yang Er was also shocked by the thunderbolt in the clear sky on the horse, and hurriedly looked up at the sky, everything was the same as before, nothing unusual. Unconsciously looked at Hua Gongming, who was accompanying him all the way, and asked, "Why is there such a sound in this valley?" ”

"The lord is frightened, and the last general has never seen anything strange here, but the sky is about to change?" Hua Gongming looked at the sky and said, but he couldn't see a trace of dark clouds with rain, and he felt strange in his heart.

"Changing the sky? Zhong Jian, what does the Lord mean by the strange noise in this valley? Hua Gongming's sentence "changing the sky" was so sensitive that it touched Yang Er's heart. Turning his head to look at Zhong Jian, he asked.

"Brother Shi, the younger brother also feels different, ask the heavenly statue, and ask the sister of the dust."

"Hmmm! Hurry back to Huayin City. Yang Er didn't say much, and hurriedly urged everyone to hurry back.

At this time, Yuan Chong, who was far away in Chang'an City and was named Taishi Ling by Emperor Wen himself, was sitting upright at the Seven Star Altar, looking at the eastern sky, pinching his fingers and counting, and suddenly his eyes were round, and he couldn't believe the sudden appearance of the sky hexagram.

And Yuan Tiangang, who was invited to open a dojo in Chang'an City to give lectures, was also sitting in the quiet room at this time, and suddenly felt that he couldn't help pinching his fingers, and after a while, his face showed a bitter expression, and he smiled bitterly again and again.

"Master, why are you laughing?" Li Chunfeng, a little Taoist boy who was accompanying him, couldn't help but ask after feeling this abnormality of his master.

"Huh! Sooner or later, it will come. The world is about to be in chaos! Yuan Tiangang finished with a wry smile, and then closed his eyes and was silent. Li Chunfeng was still confused when he heard this.

Luzhou North, Dongyue Temple.

Since the defeat of the attack on Wagang in Lulindao, Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng gathered with Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng to live in Shan Xiongxin's Erxian Village. But after all, the two of them were monks and cultivators, and there was a lot of inconvenience, so they went to the Dongyue Temple in the valley ten miles away from Erxian Village to place an order to practice. Originally, the incense of this Dongyue Temple was not prosperous, but since the two of them arrived, they had to be funded by Shan Xiongxin to rebuild the temple, and the incense was also prosperous for a while.

On this day, the two were meditating in the nunnery.

"Mao Gong, do you feel something?" Wei Zheng suddenly whispered to Xu Maogong, who was sitting down on the opposite dough.

"Huh! Why did Xuan Cheng ask me. Since it is providential, our time will come! Xu Maogong opened his eyes, shook the dust, and said slowly with a smile.

"Huh! Tomorrow, I should go to Erxianzhuang to discuss with the single staff. ”

Because of the vision in the sky, Yang Er felt a little uneasy in his heart, and the speed of returning to the city was also extremely fast.

When I came to the house, I saw Chuchen and Wang Dai frolicking. Yang Er hurriedly called out of the dust and told the strange thing that the clear sky that appeared in Shaohua Mountain and a thunderclap.

When Chuchen heard this, his face suddenly darkened, his expression became grim, and he hurriedly sat on the futon mat in the house, and soon entered a mysterious state, and the fingers of his left hand were still pinching. A moment later, Izuchen opened his eyes and whispered: "Brother Shi, my little sister has calculated according to what you said, and it has been calculated that there will be smoke again in the territory of Dasui in the spring next year, if Brother Shi can solve the danger of the world." If you are not careful, you will fall into a state of catastrophe. Providence is the master! ”

"Huh! All right! For my brother, I was prepared for a long time, and I could also predict this result. I didn't want to be from heaven but gave a hint early, okay! Let's fight with Providence for brothers! Yang Er couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing Izuchen's prediction. But there are also some people who admire the Taoist metaphysics of this era, and can really predict the future according to celestial phenomena. I was preparing to dig the Yongji Canal to kill three birds with one stone, opening a precedent for China's Cao Yun and promoting exchanges between the north and the south; Second, the feudal scholar system was eliminated by opening a canal, in order to highlight the prestige of the imperial authority, and like the Northern Song Dynasty, the land was recovered, completely cutting off the soil for the rebellion of the scholar group; Third, take advantage of the situation to cut the feudal domain and centralize the central power. Now that the heavens have foreshadowed it, it is better to prepare for the challenge. Otherwise, the hundreds of thousands of Jin troops raised in Hedong are really fun?

"Zhong Jian ordered to go down, and at one moment tomorrow, board the ship and go to the capital as soon as it is cold, without delay!"

As soon as Yang Er's words came out, everyone in the room prepared to go. Yang Er walked into the courtyard, looked at the blue sky, and thought to himself: "With such a celestial phenomenon, it seems that it is not easy to convince my father and the emperor to convince the Manchu Dynasty of civil and military affairs!" ”

The autumn wind rises, the wind is full of sails, although it is against the current, but the boat is stable. Finally, before the sun set, Yang Er and his entourage arrived in Chang'an. There was no time to enter the palace to rest, so Yang Er rushed to the palace Wenhe Hall to see his father and mother. First, he hasn't seen him for more than half a year, and Yang Er is also very worried about his father and mother; The second is to discuss with his father about opening the canal first, although he has already played the music for the opening of the canal to his father.

Under the guidance of Yuan Yan, Yang Er was able to come directly to the imperial study of Emperor Wen in the palace very smoothly. At this time, Emperor Wen was placing chess pieces on the table, holding a chess book in his hand, very serious.

"Father, my son has seen my father."

"Oh! Ahh You finally remember to come back, and your mother misses you every day. Emperor Wen put down the chess book, threw a chess piece between his fingers on the chessboard and said.

"When the son received the call of his father, he hurried to the capital, and when the ship arrived in the capital, the son came directly to see his father and the queen mother."

"Sit down! In his father's letter, he asked you to find a way to drive Li Yuan out of the loop, how did it go? Why hasn't there been any movement? Emperor Wen got up and walked over to Yang Er and asked.

"Father, the son is here to report this matter. Now, I, Hedong, have used manpower and material resources, and I believe that news will come soon. Father and Emperor can rest assured that there is no need for his sons to do anything this time, and Li Yuan will obediently withdraw from the Hetao area, and he will not be able to pick up benefits. Yang Er hurriedly replied.

"Good! If Li Yuan doesn't leave, his father won't be able to live in peace for a day! After all, the capital is separated from the Hetao area by Shuofang County. After listening to Yang Er's words, Emperor Wen put his mind at ease and didn't say much about this matter.

"Huh! You can never forget state affairs when you are out on a cruise, and my father is very relieved. Your strange soldier has a very good plan to leap thousands of miles out of Yin Mountain and into the desert! There is also a glow on the face of the father! Emperor Wen then talked about the retreat of the Turks.

"The father and the emperor and the sons are just lucky, it's not a big deal." Yang Er didn't dare to be arrogant in the slightest, and replied cautiously.

"When you go to court tomorrow, my father will reward this meritorious soldier, and the relevant people you mentioned in the transcript have all arrived in the capital, right?" Emperor Wen was happy in his heart and asked.

"Father, Wu Yunzhao and other meritorious soldiers have come to Beijing, and they will wait outside the council hall tomorrow. It's just that there is still something about the father and the emperor's sons? ”

"It's about opening a new canal, right? If so, my father will not be able to answer you now, and will wait until tomorrow morning to discuss with the courtiers. ”

"Yes, Father. If there is nothing else, the son will go to the queen mother to say hello. ”

"Go ahead! We have time to talk about things between father and son, so let's go and see your queen mother! Hehe! Emperor Wen smiled and pushed Yang Er out.

Out of the study, Yang Er turned around and came to the harem, and under the leadership of the palace maid, he rushed to the lotus pond in the imperial garden, and Queen Dugu was concentrating on feeding the goldfish in the pond at this time.

"Queen Mother, Ji'er is back." Yang Er walked behind Queen Dugu and whispered.

"Oh? I'm back? As she spoke, Queen Dugu immediately turned around with tears in her eyes.

"Queen Mother, the child has come back to see you, the Queen Mother has always been good?" After that, Yang Er knelt down in front of Queen Dugu.

"Get up quickly, and let the queen mother see." Queen Dugu hurriedly pulled Yang Er up and looked at her son, who was away, with a kind face.

"Huh! Ji'er has grown taller again, and her face has tanned a lot, but she is more manly. It's not like your brother who looks sick and has no energy. Queen Dugu looked at Yang Er's face and said happily, pulling Yang Er over and sitting down on the wooden chair beside her.

"The queen mother, the child traveled to Zhongzhou and Qi County and other places this time, and did nothing else, but gave the queen mother two daughters-in-law, without the consent of the queen mother, don't blame the queen mother."

"Good! How can the queen mother blame you, it's too late to be happy! Tell the queen mother who the women are? Queen Dugu asked happily.

"Does the queen mother still remember Xiao Yue, the king of Liang? The wife that the child wants to marry is his daughter Xiao Meiniang, but he agreed with her to marry in two years. ”

"Oh? It turned out to be Xiao Yue's daughter, and the woman's mother had also seen her, but she was only 5 or 6 years old at that time, but she was also a match after the royal family. But why is there such a two-year covenant? Queen Dugu asked puzzled.

After that, after Xiao Yue, the king of Liang, interceded in front of Emperor Wen, his Xiao family was able to be treated well by the Sui court and sealed as the king in the Jingxiang area.