"The gun is the same gun, but the one I just gave you smokeless gunpowder!" Li Chengqian's voice solved the doubts in Ma Zhou's heart, so he pulled the bolt and fired again, and sure enough, there was still no gunsmoke.

Now Ma Zhou knew why Li Chengqian wanted to eliminate black powder, because that thing was so bad, not because its power was small, but because the 'side effects' were too great.

Just one bullet already has such a heavy gunsmoke, so if it is a cannonball, it will probably make people think that it is on fire!

Thinking of this, he began to understand Li Chengqian's feelings, but this understanding was still limited to the replacement of weapons, not the conversion of black powder to civilian use.

On the point of eliminating black powder, Ma Zhou still has reservations.

……

At the shooting range, Li Chengqian, who was addicted to guns, returned to Chang'an with Ma Zhou, whose shoulders were already swollen and tall, and first ordered the firearms workshop that would be used as a supervisor to make a batch of black powder with less powerful power, and then wrote a receipt to Liu Hongji, telling him that the use of black powder in the mine could appropriately open up some openings, but the supervision should be strengthened.

If you want to increase the output of the mine, you can only fill it with gunpowder, who has not yet achieved mechanization.

After Liu Hongji received the receipt from Li Chengqian, his mood was also greatly relieved; although he was not in charge of the affairs of the mines and iron and steel plants, these places must be in his jurisdiction, and he, the administrative director, naturally had to bear some responsibility for the completion of the total.

But now it's okay, looking at the meaning of the young master in Chang'an, it seems that the supply of black powder can be opened, how can it not make Lao Liu overjoyed.

As a result, the mine manager who received the notice brought ten carts, loaded 5,000 catties of black powder, and almost emptied the inventory.

In the next period of time, the explosion sound of Xuansucheng Coal Mine was endless, day and night, and the coal trucks were constantly pushed out, and a large amount of coal was stacked in the stockyard.

In the end, although the 10 million catties of coal were not fully mined within the specified time, at least ninety percent of them were completed, allowing the mine manager to escape the punishment of dismissal by chance.

……

The eldest grandson Wuji obviously did not expect that the Ministry of Civil Affairs' plan for mineral mining would rise year by year, and it would rise so fast.

When he knew that the mine he contracted in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan needed 20 million catties of output, the whole person almost didn't cry.

This is especially life-threatening, a few years ago, the planning standard of such a large mining area was only two million catties, how did it turn so much now, if it is really mined according to this standard, let alone secretly get some out and sell it, a bad one may not be able to complete the task.

With strong dissatisfaction, the eldest grandson found his nephew and began to complain with a handful of snot and tears.

Li Chengqian also has no good way to deal with such an old grandson, he must be his own uncle, and he can't be like an ordinary subordinate.

So after hesitating for a long time, Li Chengqian sighed and said: "Uncle, to be honest, I can't do anything about the mining plan, 20 million catties a year seems like a lot, but in fact, it is simply beyond our means." ”

"What then? Gao Ming, you can't cheat your uncle. "The eldest grandson seems to have Liu Bei's attributes, he wipes his tears at every turn, and Li Chengqian is not laughing when he cries.

After listening to his words, he could only smile bitterly and said: "Otherwise, I will give you another iron mine, as long as you can come up with five million catties of steel every year, how about canceling the 20 million coal mining plan?" ”

"So, isn't that the same? Five million catties of steel and 20 million catties of coal may not be enough. The eldest grandson Wuji secretly calculated, and always felt that he had suffered a loss.

"Then I can't help it, uncle, you are the country's Zaifu, you should understand my nephew's hardships, you don't want me to give others a mining plan of 20 million catties, come to you for 10 million catties, right? How much hatred that would bring to the eldest grandson's family, have you ever thought about it? ”

"This ......," Eldest Sun Wuji hesitated.

What Li Chengqian said is not wrong, if others are 20 million, and he is 10 million, then the eldest grandson family will inevitably become a thorn in the flesh of others, there may be nothing at the moment, but no one can guarantee that others will not stumble behind their backs in the future.

"Uncle, the difficulties are only temporary, with your experience, can't you see that Datang is constantly jumping forward? The 20 million jin plan may be a little difficult for you now, but have you ever thought about it, in fact, the market of Datang itself is big enough, enough for the eldest grandson's family to eat for decades, so why care about the bits and pieces outside. ”

Li Chengqian saw that the eldest grandson Wuji seemed to be a little puzzled, so he simply picked out the topic.

After all, the eldest grandson Wuji, the old man, is now in it for money, everyone talks about it, and it will be good if the old man has figured it out.

And the eldest grandson Wuji is too, he is now an existence under one person and above tens of thousands of people, and there is nothing to be gained for him in terms of power or anything, and Datang has no particularly difficult enemies to deal with externally, so he can only focus on money when he has nothing to do.

So when Li Chengqian opened his words, the fat old man simply didn't say anything more, just put on an expression that you were looking at.

In this regard, Li Chengqian smiled bitterly again, and then said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Uncle, money is actually not enough, and you always have to leave some life goals for Cousin Chong, if you arrange everything, what should you do with Cousin Chong?" Do you eat every day and wait for death? ”

"What's more, those aliens are actually not a good thing, and it is no good for you to have a deep relationship with them, those people are all creditless, in case you lose your trust, your efforts in the past half a year will be in vain."

The eldest grandson Wuji quietly listened to Li Chengqian talking to himself there, but he was thinking about other issues in his heart.

Li Chengqian is no longer the child who obeyed him when he was eight years old, and now Li Chengqian has the wealth of the world and the support of the military, so it can be said that in addition to not ascending the throne, he is already the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

What his opinion of the eldest grandson's family is related to the future of the eldest grandson's family in the future, which makes the old eldest grandson dare not be too sloppy.

But if you let the eldest grandson accept his fate and bow his head to this nephew, to be honest, his old face is still a little unbearable, after all, no matter how he says that he is also Li Chengqian's uncle, he is his elder, and he can't be said to be at the mercy of a junior.

Therefore, the eldest grandson fell into a deep contradiction, on the one hand, he wanted to show his special status, and on the other hand, he had to consider the future of the eldest grandson's family, which made the eldest grandson and the old fox make a decision for a while.

(End of chapter)