Chapter 137: The Battle of Yangzhou

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Affirmed by Yao Yuan, Liu Chen sighed a little, that is to say, some people have already begun to contact gunpowder in this era, but unfortunately, gunpowder has been out for a hundred years, and it has not been paid enough attention.

"Since there are these situations now, that is to say, there are basic conditions for the manufacture of gunpowder, it will be easy to do!"

muttered a few words in his heart, and he became more and more happy, but he didn't get carried away, but began to think about how to arrange.

"Xingzong, you go and pass on the order of the lonely leader, move 500 masonry from all over the city, bring 1,000 strong soldiers from the army, and their families, move here!"

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chen still plans to separate people according to the process, so that it can not only save time, but also keep it confidential.

After that, Liu Chen talked to Zhao Yi alone about the production process, as well as the number of people and division of labor.

These nine alchemists had moved in a long time ago, so there was no need to doubt their identity, and since they had been exposed to alchemy for a long time, they were allowed to make gunpowder.

Five hundred masonry workers made earth mine molds, one thousand people were responsible for crushing the three things into powder, and warlocks were responsible for frying the powder together.

Liu Chen hesitated for a long time, thinking about whether to tell the nine people about the danger, but they were in the most important link, and if they were negligent, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the end, Liu Chen still decided to say something, but as soon as Liu Chen opened his mouth, the nine people said:

"I've been refining Baidan for a long time, and I've also seen the key points, but I know the power of saltpeter and sulfur!"

Hearing this, Liu Chen was also relieved, and finally formulated a reward and punishment system, which was roughly similar to the iron workshop.

Liu Chen was busy with government affairs, but he couldn't stay here for a long time, so after explaining everything, he got up and left.

Two days later, Liu Chen came here again, but today was the day when the gunpowder workshop started.

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Liu Chen has also come to the workshop, and next, I would like to invite His Royal Highness to give a lecture!"

Zhao Yi made the personnel arrangements, and then let Liu Chen come to power, Liu Chen stepped onto the stage, and behaved majestically, like a leader of one party.

"Your Highness Chitose Chitose!"

Hearing the cheers, Liu Chen was also shocked, he smiled and waved his hand, and said loudly:

"You will be the craftsmen here in the future, although you can't guarantee that you will be rich and rich, but you will definitely be able to have a food and clothing life, at the same time, in order to motivate you, the workshop has also made a reward and punishment system, below the standard of punishment, higher than the standard of reward! In addition, six days off, never break your word! ”

"Good, good!"

In the past, the craftsmen belonged to a specific family and worked for the royal family, but they could only barely make a living, but now Liu Chen is like this, which is to let the hard-working people see hope.

After mobilizing everyone's passion, Liu Chen returned to the city, and the rest of the problems were left to Zhao Yi to take care of.

In addition, according to Zhang Shu's statistics, 1,000 pairs of stirrup saddles have been built, and it is estimated that there will be 3,000 pairs of equipment in less than half a month.

At this time, Liu Chen was immersed in contemplation in Jingyang Palace, and this morning he asked Huang Chen, Zhang Yi, and his generals to ask Liu Chen to order the opening of the "Loyal and Brave Pavilion" and place the heroic spirit.

In fact, Liu Chen had already talked to Liu Chan about this matter when he was in the class, that is to say, everyone knew that this was what Liu Chen meant.

However, the result attracted a lot of opposition, and the reason was very unified, that is, Shu Han had already run out of money and goods at this time, and he couldn't take out the money at all.

Of course Liu Chen knew about this matter, but when he said it at this time, the purpose was not obvious, that is, to ask the military generals to make a statement.

At this time, Jiang Wei and himself are all the way, so the military generals of the DPRK and China will basically not object, and everyone's eyes are on many ministers.

Zhang Jun was silent, and Qian Zhou also lowered his head and was silent, only too often Jiang Xian and Liu Yan expressed their support, and gave thousands to 10,000 yuan of money to support.

Seeing this, although Liu Chen was angry, he had no choice, this was not a forced levy, but before he left, what he said made many people startled.

"There are indeed more hundred officials in the DPRK and China, so I have to cut them!"

This sentence shows that Liu Chen wants to streamline the organization, dismiss many vacant posts, and many civil officials are panicked.

However, most of the positions of real power among the hundred officials of the Han Dynasty were held by close ministers like Jiang Xian, but in order to win over the local wealthy families, they were given many fictitious positions, not only allowing them to enjoy the country's wealth in vain, but also relying on this wanton accumulation of wealth to shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty.

If you want to talk about this money, Liu Chen has already had his own plans, and just by relying on the sale of steel and carbon during this time, there is the first stage of money accumulation.

In fact, during this period of time, the sales of steel and carbon were very tight, from the original four or five cities, to more than ten cities, and even in Badong Baidi City, as well as Hanzhong Wu Street Lecheng set up an official office to manage the sale of Jin, Wei and Wu.

Suddenly, the rolling wealth converged to Shudu, in addition to giving some partners, there are also dividends to thousands of related people, and Liu Chen also has tens of thousands of silver taels.

When the Jin and Wu courts found out that something was wrong, many family names had spent enough money to buy them, and a large amount of capital outflowed from the imperial court, which also attracted the attention and worries of the imperial court.

But when they wanted to profit from it, they secretly started to follow the vine and try to take out the secret technique, but they found that the final target was directly aimed at Shudu, so they had to sigh.

Of course, these are all expected by Liu Chen, he just sneered when he heard the words, the escorts he sent were not ordinary, and the technology was in the hands of a few cronies, and it was not easy to obtain them.

This matter is just a small wave in the Jin Kingdom, and another thing is the worry in the hearts of those people in Luodu.

This matter has to start with the Chang'an incident, although Wei Qian overthrew the remnant Wei as he wished, but Deng Ai did not go east to respond according to the plan, but sent troops to disperse Chencang, choked the throat of Liangzhou, and the heart of self-reliance was clearly revealed.

The Jin Dynasty sent people to persuade Deng Ai to surrender, but Deng Ai took out the reward given to him by the remnant Wei and conquered the general of the West and the Marquis of Liangzhou.

The meaning is obvious, if you want me to bow down, these at least you have to admit it, of course, if there is a reward, it will be even better.

The Jin dynasty had no intention of renewing the dispute, so it admitted many of its demands, including the transfer of grain and grass for support.

And the tens of thousands of troops who were able to spare their hands, under the leadership of Du Pre, rushed towards Yangzhou, after all, it had been besieged by the Wu army for half a month.

At the same time, an army of 30,000 descended from Jiangxia, besieged Anlu, and advanced to Jiangling.

At this critical juncture, Sun Xiu, the lord of Wu, in order to boost the morale of the army, actually led a group of courtiers to the west to Jianye, entered the Wuchang Palace, and took charge of the northern military.

"Ahem, ahem, Pu Aiqing, what is the war now, when will Shouchun be served?"

Sun Xiu's face was flushed with suffocation, and while coughing, he asked Pu Yangxing next to him.

Seeing this, Pu Yangxing hurriedly stepped forward to smooth his back, and said anxiously:

"Your Majesty, you have to take care of your health, only if you are well, the soldiers can capture the city together!"

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(To be continued.) )