The tests of fireworks did not go very well, and the main problem was with gunpowder. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Due to the limitations of science and technology, there are certain difficulties in the refining of nitroglycerin, and the production of yellow powder is quite laborious. Of course, he is not helpless about this, but out of instinct, Jiang Yun is very reluctant to develop this kind of thing.

Once yellow powder appears in this world, firearms will enter a period of rapid development. The development of science and technology is a good thing, but there is no end to people's greed, whether it is a blessing or a curse is decided, he doesn't want to let himself become the source of all evil, whoever loves to invent will invent, anyway, he won't do it.

For this reason, Jiang Yun could only choose the black powder that had appeared in this era. Compared with the former, the biggest flaw of black powder is instability, and if you want fireworks to show a fixed form, you need stability.

The failure of the whole day made Jiang Yun completely give up the attempt to form fireworks. He thought about it for a long time, and decided to think differently and try something similar to cheating.

Night.

I had an idea in my heart, and I didn't sleep very well this night, tossing and turning, and finally gradually became confused, and in a blink of an eye, I woke up with urine.

Turning over and getting out of bed and putting on his boots, Jiang Yun raised his head, and suddenly saw a figure standing quietly in front of him. The goosebumps stood up almost instantly, Jiang Yun suddenly took a step back, and shouted, "Who is it!" ”

The figure that blended into the night took two steps forward, revealing the true face of Lushan. It was a woman with a delicate face, her hair reached her waist, she was obviously standing in front of Jiang Yun, but she did not reveal the slightest popularity, she stroked her chest with one hand, and her knees bent slightly and she was shortened.

"My subordinates pay homage to the Holy King." The voice is ethereal, soft, yet clear.

"You are ... Ling Bing? ”

Hearing her first sentence, Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief. He had seen the eight protectors of the temple one by one, only Ling Bing, who saw the head and the tail of this divine dragon, for various reasons, did not have the opportunity to meet each other before leaving Yizhou, and they were all correspondence.

This was the first time they had met, and Jiang Yun looked at her carefully. How to say it, this woman is very ordinary in all aspects, not particularly pretty. Judging from his aesthetics, at best, it is more attractive, and it belongs to the kind that cannot be found if you throw it into the sea of people.

The appearance is like this, and so is the temperament. People are there, and it's hard to find out if you don't pay attention, and it's indeed a natural espionage.

"Get up." Jiang Yun raised his hand and asked, "How many days have you been here?" ”

"After receiving your instructions, I wanted to set off immediately, but there were many extraterritorial spies suddenly infiltrated in Yizhou, and it took some time to deal with them, so I was a little late, and I only arrived today."

"Is it clean?"

"Don't worry, you didn't let them take any information."

"That's good." Jiang Yun walked to the bed, took out the old emperor's imperial gold medal from under the pillow, turned around and handed it to Ling Bing. "This is a gift from the emperor to set up an espionage agency, which is quite effective. You take it, if you need to use the government, it can solve a lot of troubles for you. ”

"Formed on the spot?" Ling Bing was slightly stunned and said: "I'm afraid that there will be some difficulties, I don't have a popular foundation in Dazhou, and it takes time to recultivate, and it is easy to attract attention." ”

"I've thought about that." Jiang Yun said lightly: "You go to Jinling immediately to find Lu Xiaochuan, in the past half a year, he has laid a fairly solid foundation, and he can be used at any time." ”

Ling Bing had already heard about this when he came, and raised his head and asked, "Just those ruffians?" ”

"Oh, don't underestimate these bastards, they are the snakes of the land, and they won't attract the attention of others. The foundation of the spy alliance in the Great Zhou is the spies who are integrated into the people, we are in the light, they are in the dark, but if you can control the gangsters in some important areas, and then train them, then we can dive deeper and darker than them, and this kind of expansion will be relatively much more tolerant. ”

"My subordinates understand."

"I also know that there will be some difficulties in this matter, what I want you to do is to completely control the Jiangnan region in the shortest possible time, and pull out all the secret stakes of the spy alliance for me. As for the funding, it doesn't matter how much you spend, if you don't have enough money, you can ask Monroe to take it. ”

"Okay, then the subordinate will go to Jiangnan immediately."

"How many people did you bring with you this time?" Jiang Yun suddenly thought of something and asked.

"Ten of them, all of them are old men who are used to being used to by their subordinates, what else is there to do with the Lord?"

"Jueming Temple outside the city, you go to investigate. Monks over thirty-five years old, with swirls on their cheeks and sunken chin when they laugh, they all killed me if they didn't leave any of them. Jiang Yun thought about it and added: "After solving the problem, you don't need to go into the city to return to the city, go directly to Jiangnan, and be careful not to let people follow." ”

"Understood, subordinates retired."

As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't know what to do, and she lost her figure almost in the blink of an eye, and walked silently. Jiang Yun was stunned for a long time, and suddenly a burst of urine attacked, he couldn't help but shiver, and hurriedly got up and opened the door and walked outside the house.

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Three days later.

There were more than a dozen figures standing in the treasury of the Ministry of Rites, busily shuttling back and forth among the tall wooden frames.

They are all celebrants of the Ministry of Rites, who are responsible for the unified evaluation and classification of the congratulatory gifts presented by the court officials to His Majesty the Emperor. The emperor's birthday, and it is the only time since he ascended the throne for decades, whether it is a Beijing official, a magistrate, a feudal official, or a feudal prince, all of them have carefully prepared a generous gift to show their hearts, and these things eventually flowed to the treasury of the Ministry of Rites.

How many officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty are more than 10 million? One for each person, the warehouse of the Ministry of Rites, which had been vacant for decades, was already filled with all kinds of beautifully packaged gifts in just one or two days. There were too many things to be brought to the emperor, so they had to pick and choose the most valuable, the most distinctive, enough to attract the emperor's attention.

This is a tradition of the Great Zhou, before the start of the dinner, in front of the envoys from various countries who come to congratulate, the selected gifts will be presented to the emperor one by one, in order to show the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the emperor's affection, in addition, there are some show meanings in it.

As for the rest of the gifts, the emperor was not interested in looking at them, and according to the rules, the Ministry of Etiquette would not present them, but sent them directly to the treasury of the palace and became the emperor's personal belongings, which were used to reward meritorious ministers or harem beauties. In the event of a natural disaster for many years, it will even be auctioned for silver relief.

This matter is also quite contradictory, because the object of the congratulatory gift is the emperor, resulting in most officials even if they have some net worth, they do not dare to give a heavy gift in a grand manner, God knows what impression it will leave on the emperor. The inconvenience of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not high, how to explain the source of silver? Wanting to send it but not daring to send it is the biggest worry for officials. But when the forest is big, there will be any kind of bird. Maybe it's bold, maybe it's because he was born in a big family, and he really caught up with the emperor's birthday, and someone will give it the same thing that should be sent.

Before the gift is delivered, the person giving the gift will carefully wrap it, and then attach a note to it to write what the gift is, what needs attention, the name of the person who sent it, and so on.

"A pearl the size of a pigeon's egg." Someone shouted.

Cao Yi, who was sitting at the table, asked lightly, "What is the market value?" ”

"Three to five thousand taels."

"Second class, warehousing." Cao Yi replied, waved the pen and ink in his hand, and recorded it.

"A chain of white jade pearls."

"What is the market capitalization?"

"Five hundred to one thousand taels."

"Third class, warehousing." Cherish words like gold, Cao Yi judged according to the case.

"A pair of four treasures in the study."

"What is the market capitalization?"

"Lord Hui, it's not an antiquity, and the highest market value is ten taels."

Cao Yi smiled coldly. "Warehousing."

"A Blood Coral purchased from the South Seas Merchant."

"Oh?" This is a rarity, Cao Yi raised his eyebrows. "How much is it worth?"

"Lord Hui, the market value of this thing is difficult to determine, but it is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than 50,000 taels."

"Who's the gift?"

"The book left is His Royal Highness King Qing."

Cao Yi finally smiled, twisted his beard and said, "Special, keep the case." ”

"The world's most precious box." One of the celebrants shouted, and then froze.

Cao Yi was also stunned. "What did you say?"

"Uh... My lord, the inscription on this thing reads the most precious thing in the world. ”

“。。。” I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such a shameless one. Cao Yi couldn't help but get up and walked over, saying as he walked, "What is it?" ”

"Back to my lord, what he wrote is the treasure of the world. Oh yes, there's another line of words underneath, dangerous items, handle them with care, and keep them away from fire. ”

Sending dangerous goods at the emperor's birthday banquet? What does this man want to do? Do you dare to be more daring? Cao Yi couldn't help but ask, "Who sent it?" ”

"Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Jiang Yun."

It's him? A few days ago, Cao Rui's embarrassed appearance in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion hit his heart again, and Cao Yi smiled coldly.

"Special, keep the case!"