When Yang Shen said this, the three of them seemed to be slightly relieved, but the word "great hero" still made them a little frightened. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

God is pitiful, although they want to make meritorious contributions to the Rongguo Mansion, they never thought that they and others would come up with such a terrifying thing.

The three of them have lived for sixty or seventy years, and they have seen a lot of things in the world, and they are no longer as easy to fool as young men, and they feel that the credit they have made this time seems to be too great, and they are uneasy in their hearts.

Yang Shen groaned slightly, then looked at the three of them and said: "This duke and you open the skylight to say bright words, the formula of this gunpowder is very important, and this duke will never allow it to leak the slightest, so from now on, the three of them not only need to do things for my Yang family, but also their whereabouts will inevitably be restricted, even if they meet with their families, they will inevitably be supervised by our government." ”

Although the three of them felt very uncomfortable when they heard this, they also understood that Yang Shen did not take their lives, and he had already done a very kind job, and one of the old Taoist priests hugged his fists with a bitter face and said, "Thank you Grandpa Guo for leaving us alive." ”

Yang Shen smiled slightly and said: "You Dao Elders don't have to be too frustrated, my Yang family will not treat you badly, so let's do it, this father will give you thirty taels of gold each, whether you want to send this money home or stay by yourself, you can arrange it." ”

The three old Taoist priests were overjoyed in their hearts, and this time they really bowed down from the bottom of their hearts and thanked: "Thank you Guogong." ”

In this era, one tael of gold can be exchanged for more than ten taels of silver. When it comes to purchasing power, one tael of silver is about equivalent to 1,000 yuan in later generations, and these 30 taels of gold are equivalent to 300,000 yuan in later generations, which is really a huge amount of money, so it is no wonder that these old Taoist priests are so happy.

Yang Shen gave this reward amount after careful consideration, and the amount of reward given to them was naturally nothing to the Yang family, no different from a grain of sand in the desert. If the gunpowder was really made out of scratch by these three people, let alone thirty taels of gold, Yang Shen was willing to give them three hundred taels. But these three people actually only played a role in verifying Yang Shen's gunpowder formula, and giving thirty taels of gold was enough.

It is true that Yang Shen is rich, but his family has a big business, and the money cannot be spent indiscriminately.

An old Taoist priest said to Yang Shen: "I also ask Lord Guogong to send this money to the old Taoist's house." The other two demanded the same.

They're old, what's the use of keeping the money around? It is better to leave it to the children and grandchildren, who need money just when they need it.

Yang Shen nodded slightly. The families of these people are all under the control of the Yang family, and it is naturally easy to send the money to those people.

He said to the three of them again: "Several Taoist leaders, I plan to arrange you to Qingzhou, you can prepare." However, I allow you to meet with your family before you leave. ”

The three old Taoist priests looked at each other and said helplessly: "We will obey the order, thank you for your understanding." ”

The three old Taoist priests were naturally reluctant to travel far, but their arms couldn't twist their thighs, and since Yang Shen had spoken, they also knew that they couldn't refuse at all.

Fortunately, before leaving, they were able to meet their families, and the three of them felt some comfort in their hearts.

Naturally, the Yang family will accompany the whole process of meeting, which both parties understand.

Yang Shen said lightly: "When everything is said has been said, my father will not disturb you and leave." As he spoke, he walked out, and Fang Huaxiang followed behind him.

After Yang Shen left, the three old Taoist priests looked at each other for a while with bitter faces, and let out a long sigh in unison.

The carriage was walking on the way home, and Yang Shen was in thought.

The choice of the gunpowder workshop in Cheongju was the result of Yang Shen's careful consideration.

There are many people in Jingshi, so naturally it is not a good place to make gunpowder.

Cheongju is the base camp of the Yang family, although there are also many spies from other families, but according to Yang Shen's speculation, before the official use of gunpowder, no one will spend a lot of effort to investigate this thing, with the strong strength of the Yang family, as long as you are cautious and well-prepared, there is no problem in keeping secrets.

And in Cheongju, both money and material resources can be fully supplied, and the production of gunpowder will not be shackled at all.

As the head of the Yang family, Yang Shen is entangled in everything, even if he has to think about problems in a carriage, he can be said to be exhausted.

About half an hour or so, Yang Shen finally returned to Yang's house.

He got out of the carriage, but saw that the old housekeeper Yang Dancong had already been notified and was waiting outside the gate. Yang Dancong saw Yang Shen and said with a smile: "The head of the family is back." ”

Yang Shen nodded and said, "Uncle Lao Yang has informed Yang Jihua to come to my study." ”

Yang Jihua is the head of the Yang family's internal affairs office and is in charge of the Yang family's finances.

Yang Dan was shocked in his heart, his status in the Yang family was not low, and the head of the family personally went to invite Yang Jihua, obviously there was something important to discuss.

He didn't dare to slack off, and said, "Okay, the old slave will go right away." ”

Yang Shen arrived at the study and flipped through some of the documents that should be handled today, and it didn't take long for him to hear the footsteps of two people outside.

The footsteps of one of them stopped outside, and I saw the old housekeeper Yang Dancong walking in and said to Yang Shen: "Family master, Manager Yang is here, just outside." ”

Yang Shen nodded slightly and said, "Please let him in." ”

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man with a slightly round face and a fat figure walking in from outside. After he stood still, he bowed down and saluted Yang Shen and said, "Subordinate Yang Jihua has seen the head of the family. ”

His attitude was very respectful and impeccable.

"Boss, please." Yang Shen smiled.

After seeing Yang Jihua stand up, Yang Shen said: "I don't know if the chief manager has paid attention to such a thing as gunpowder?" ”

Yang Jihua asked in surprise: "Gunpowder?" This thing is naturally known to the subordinates, but as far as the subordinates know, it seems to be useless? ”

Yang Shen said lightly: "That's a thing of the past, a few days ago I found a few alchemy masters, after their improvement, now the power of gunpowder is already very terrifying, it will play a great role in military use, and the siege of the city can be described as invincible." ”

As he spoke, he carefully described the power of the gunpowder explosion he saw to Yang Jihua.

Yang Jihua has been the head of the Internal Affairs Office for seven or eight years, and he can be regarded as well-informed on weekdays, but when he heard the power of gunpowder described by Yang Shen, he still couldn't help but be shocked, not only the shock on his face was difficult to hide, but even the hands hanging under the hem of his shirt were trembling slightly.

After Yang Shen finished speaking, it took a while for Yang Jihua to seem to come back from the shock, his face was solemn, and he bowed respectfully to Yang Shen: "This move of the head of the family is great for the future of my Yang family, please accept Jihua's worship." ”

This worship, he bowed sincerely.

Seeing this, Yang Shen couldn't help but smile slightly.