"I didn't think it through, and I apologize to you." Wang Lang got up from his seat and bowed to the expedition members.

This sudden move startled everyone, and they all stood up and said, "Your Majesty! ”

Wang Lang straightened up and said to these expedition members: "You have paid such a great sacrifice for the country, as the emperor, I will definitely not treat you badly, you have no one to reward five thousand copper coins, I will order the household department to choose a healthy and beautiful woman for you to be your wife, I hope you can contribute more strength to the tribe in the future." ”

The members of the expedition were very excited at the moment, Wang Lang, as the leader of such a big country, could give such a great gift to his humble status, and suddenly gave birth to a feeling that a soldier was a confidant and died.

The sturdy man knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Lang, and said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty treats us like this, and I, Zhao Shui, swear allegiance to Your Majesty." ”

The rest of the expedition members also knelt down and said in a loud voice: "I will swear allegiance to Your Majesty to the death." ”

Wang Lang hurriedly stepped forward to help them up, and said excitedly: "Warriors, please get up quickly, it is a gift from the gods to me Wang Lang in Daxia, and I am proud of you." ”

After helping these expedition members up, Wang Lang said: "Since your wife has remarried, this is something that cannot be changed, but you can rest assured, your children and tribes have taken good care of them and have not let them suffer any harm, I will return your children to you, this is your bloodline, I hope to teach your descendants well, so that they can be as brave as you." ”

"We will obey Your Majesty's orders!" The crowd replied in unison.

Wang Lang nodded, and instructed the guards: "Tell me to go down, prepare good wine and food, and I will entertain these warriors well today." ”

The guards looked at these ragged people enviously, and respectfully followed Wang Lang's instructions to prepare.

"The secretary of the military department, the black horn general, it just so happens that you are also here, accompany me and entertain these warriors." Wang Lang said with a smile.

When Lin Huo heard this, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, my Great Xia people are hardworking, the soldiers are brave, and the expedition team is brave, so my Great Xia must be extremely strong." ”

"It's all because the gods have favored my Xia Kingdom that they have given me so many brave people, and today we won't get drunk or return." Wang Lang laughed heartily.

As the food was served like a stream, several people sat down separately, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors, the expedition members did not have the restraint at the beginning, drank wine and ate meat in large pieces, and pushed the cup to change the lamp, this imperial banquet can be said to be quite enjoyable.

As a modern Wang Lang, he will not be like the ancient emperor, there is a mess of red tape, he has not been so relaxed for a long time, he was drunk this day, and in the evening, with the support of the guards, he returned to bed.

Fanxing walked in and looked at Wang Lang, who was like a mess of mud, and asked the guards, "Why is Your Majesty drunk like this?" ”

The guard replied respectfully: "Back to the queen, Your Majesty is very happy today, and drank a few more glasses." ”

Fanxing frowned, waved his hand, and asked the guard to step back, walked to Wang Lang's side, and straightened the crooked one who was lying crookedly.

Seeing Wang Lang sweating profusely, he gently wiped his sweat with his sleeves.

Early in the morning, after Wang Lang woke up, he saw Fanxing lying on the side of the bed asleep, smiled gently, and gently carried him to the bed, and did not wake him up with gentle movements.

I rubbed my sore head, asked someone to bring clean water, and washed my face before I felt much sober.

In view of the situation of the Fourth Expedition, Wang Lang immediately added a new regulation to the law, all Chinese who have not returned from the absence of three years are included in the list of missing persons, and those who have not returned for more than five years are regarded as dead, and women can have the right to remarry after five years.

Although the Fourth Expedition brought news from the north, Wang Lang has no plans to develop there at present, the foundation of the country is not stable, and the reason that it is easy to pull the egg if the steps are too big is easy to understand, and he will not fail to understand.

After breakfast, Wang Lang summoned the head of the household, ordered the rewards of the fourth expedition, and demanded that their children belong to the expedition members.

In the process of enforcement, although the mothers of these children were reluctant in every way, how could the people who came to enforce the law reason with them so much, and directly took the children away and handed them over to the fathers of these children.

Wang Lang didn't care about these small frictions, and after finishing this matter, he went directly out of the city to the secret production site of gunpowder.

The progress of nitrate production is extremely slow, the team collecting sulfur has not returned, and the gunpowder production is still in the stage of proficiency, and some of the more than ten catties of sulfur have been wasted, but these workers are basically familiar with the gunpowder production process.

Wang Lang checked the gunpowder particles and nodded with satisfaction, these gunpowders are in good condition, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, large-scale production will start immediately.

With gunpowder, it will be much more convenient to open mountains and pave roads, or to mine ores.

The craftsmen carefully accompanied Wang Lang to inspect the gunpowder workshop, they came here and were basically in a state of isolation, although the remuneration was rich enough, but they had seen the power of the gunpowder explosion, this work can be said to be pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and if they were not careful, they would be blown up to the western sky.

"When producing gunpowder, you must strictly follow my orders, not only for the sake of these gunpowders, but also for the sake of your lives, I don't want an explosion here one day, I will dispose of your corpses." Wang Lang said solemnly.

An official in charge of this place hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will never have an accident here." ”

Wang Lang nodded, his sharp eyes swept over the faces of every craftsman, "Everything here must be kept secret, anyone who leaks half a word of the formula of gunpowder will be executed immediately." ”

The murderous words frightened the craftsmen into a cold sweat, and they hurriedly swore that they would never leak half a word.

At this time, Mu Feng ran over excitedly and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, it's done, the paper is made." ”

Wang Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, take me to have a look." ”

"Yes!"

Mu Feng excitedly led the way in front, and after a while, the group arrived at the workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

The craftsmen of the paper workshop are waiting respectfully here.

Seeing Wang Lang coming, a craftsman hurriedly took the finished paper.

Wang Lang took the paper and looked at the yellowed paper in his hand, although it was a little rough, it was barely called paper, even if this paper was no different from butt wiping paper.

"Your Majesty, how is this paper?" Mu Feng asked expectantly.

It has taken nearly half a year to make today's progress, and I am very much looking forward to Wang Lang's evaluation.

Although there is still a big gap between this paper and what I think, in order not to discourage everyone's enthusiasm, I nodded and said: "You have done a good job, in such a short period of time, I am very pleased to be able to do this, but you can't slack off, continue to improve the papermaking process, try different materials, try to make strong and smooth paper, if you make it, everyone will be rewarded." ”

When Mu Feng heard this, he said happily: "Your Majesty, this paper is only made of weeds and corn stalks, and then we will try to make it with wood, the basic process is almost the same, and the rest is just to try different materials." ”