It was a sunny morning, and on this day, Zhao Dan's king drove to Shanglin Yuan, the territory of Shaofu outside Handan City.

Shaofu, this is a new institution established by Zhao Dan. It is basically the same as the Shaofu in the Han Dynasty, that is, an institution exclusive to Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao, and dedicated to serving Zhao Dan and the palace.

Starting this year, Zhao's tax revenue will be divided into two parts, and one-tenth of them will be classified as a special fund for Shaofu.

For this point, Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng was the first to question it.

It's not because it's too much, it's because it's too little.

You must know that according to the regulations that Zhao Dan came up with, this Shaofu is not only responsible for the operation of thousands of people up and down the Zhao Palace, but also the silver taels required by Zhao Dan's various activities, the daily use of the concubines and wives, and even Zhao Dan's extra rewards for the soldiers who go out on the expedition, etc., all have to come from the Shaofu.

Zhao Sheng has been a prime minister for so many years, and he is still very clear about the concept of these expenses in his heart.

Is just a tenth of the tax enough?

However, after learning that Zhao Dan was going to include several new smelters in Nanyang County, several coal mines in the north, and many horse farms on the grassland into Shaofu's industry, Zhao Sheng was finally relieved.

After all, if Zhao Dan has no money, then the treasury must also pay, if he always allocates money from the treasury because the Shaofu has no money, it is easy to disrupt the normal operation of the treasury.

If that's the case, it's better not to divide this Shaofu.

After the establishment of Shaofu, Zhao Dan divided a large area outside Handan City, about a radius of hundreds of miles, into Shaofu.

This is where the tombs of the kings of the Zhao Kingdom are located, and every king of the Zhao Kingdom has been buried here since the capital was moved to Handan.

There are also thousands of families living here, forming several villages of considerable size.

The inhabitants of these villages are complex and divided into three villages, one of which is the Zhao side branch, the other is the disabled soldiers and their families, and there is a newly built artisan village.

All the people in these three villages have one thing in common, that is, they are all loyal to Zhao Dan and the Zhao royal family.

Zhao Dan's royal drive passed before the village, attracting the curious eyes of the urchins.

This time, Zhao Dan did not come to worship his ancestors, the reason why he came here was actually to inspect a very important thing.

Earthquake Thunder Workshop.

This earth-shattering thunder workshop is located about two or three miles next to the tombs of the previous kings of Zhao State, and it is very heavily guarded.

Zhao Dan had just stepped down from the car, and the general of Zhao Guo, who had already waited here, immediately greeted him with a group of people: "I've seen the king!" ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Belly Zhen, patted Belly Zhen on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "General, you seem to have gained a lot of weight recently." ”

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "What does this mean, this shows that the minister is very comfortable living under the king." ”

The Praetorian Guard general who was standing beside Zhao Dan couldn't help but glance at Yu Zhen when he heard this, and he was mentally prepared to press this guy to the ground.

Dare to talk to the king like this, is it impatient to live?

Originally, this workshop was placed in the workshop area in Handan, but when the craftsmen of Zhao tried to improve the power of gunpowder, there were multiple explosions, and in another case even killed more than a dozen people, causing a small fire.

After that, the workshop specializing in explosives moved out and came to the Upper Forest Garden.

This workshop is not the only one, but several other workshops related to future technology and thermal weapons have also been moved, but those workshops are located several miles away, which makes this powder workshop seem lonely.

As soon as he walked into this gunpowder workshop, Zhao Dan smelled a very obvious smell of smoke in the air, which made him frown and said, "Exploded again?" ”

The belly was really flustered, coughed very embarrassed, and said, "King, what about this...... Accidents are inevitable, they are inevitable. ”

Zhao Dan sighed and said, "The widow knows that you are very anxious, but you must remember that safety comes first at all times." There is nothing if it fails, but if there is no one, it will be a serious loss for the widow and the Zhao State, understand? ”

Zhao Dan is telling the truth, after all, in Zhao Dan's opinion, no matter how much the power of gunpowder is increased, in fact, it will not affect the result of Zhao Guo's unification of the world now, at most, it will affect the speed of unification.

Whether it was two years earlier or two years later was not a big deal for Zhao Dan, after all, Zhao Dan's current lifespan could afford to wait.

But if these masters who are already familiar with gunpowder and have a lot of experience die because of an accident, this is something that Zhao Dan can't accept.

What is the most important thing in this world? Of course, that's talent!

Belly Zhen nodded, and then suddenly remembered something, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "The king, a while ago, the ministers and others have already researched the latest version of the earth-shaking thunder, and the power is one percent stronger than before, and the king is invited to go to the school with the ministers to have a look." ”

Looking at the appearance of Belly Zhen, Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that Belly Zhen didn't take his words seriously, which made Zhao Dan a little speechless.

Interestingly, Zhao Dan actually hoped that Belly Zhen himself could devote himself to the development of the steam engine, but Belly Zhen was hopelessly fond of gunpowder.

As a general of Zhao State, he spent at least 25 days of his month in this gunpowder workshop to study and improve gunpowder.

Belly Zhen is also very lucky, like other craftsmen have accidents, either dead or disabled, and although Belly Zhen has had a few problems when studying gunpowder, but every time he is just disgraced, the worst one was blown up and lay down for a month, and then he returned alive.

Over time, Zhao Dan will also go to him, after all, people with skills have tempers, so let him play well, anyway, most of the craftsmen of the Mo family have been concentrated on the steam engine, and the lineup is quite luxurious, and it is not a big deal to have a young belly.

A moment later, with a boom, a cloud of smoke rose from the center of the training ground, and a small section of the city wall in front of Zhao Dan was blown apart, and debris flew everywhere.

The belly really eyebrows danced and said to Zhao Dan: "The king, the ministers have already studied, if nothing else, they only need to increase the power of the earth-shaking thunder by two percent, then it is possible to blow up the city walls of Xianyang and Yingdu!" ”

When he said this, his face was full of expectation, and he obviously couldn't wait to see that day come.

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