The spring breeze in February is like scissors, cutting off heavy winter clothes, cutting out tender green shoots, and also cutting out a wide canal......

Since the formal construction on February 2, in seven days before and after, the river channel 15 miles long and 10 zhang wide has been repaired, and the speed is so fast that it is like a trick.

People who are so lively run to the outside of the city every day, looking at the construction site, whenever they see the novelty, they can't help but dance and marvel, surprised and admired, more lively than watching the temple fair.

On the third day, after the water was diverted to wash the river, a huge rock was exposed, and the three teams worked together, and the hemp rope was broken several times, and then the wooden frame was also damaged, and two strong men fell and were injured, and they couldn't pull it out.

Finally encountered a hard bone, the people who have repaired the river in the past know in their hearts, encountering thousands of pounds of big stones, unless they are smashed a little bit, a little bit cleaned, there is no other way, not to mention ten days and half a month. In addition to the immortals, no one has the ability to lift 10,000 catties, not to mention that there is an extremely sticky mud sucking, and it is more difficult to get it out than to ascend to the sky. Some ill-intentioned guys are waiting to see the excitement.

Wu Tiancheng was very calm when he got the news, and after taking someone to check, he immediately asked everyone to give up temporarily and clean up other places.

About a quarter of an hour later, dozens of people came with bamboo baskets on their backs, shovels and pickaxes, climbed onto the stones, knocked and beat, and left again and again for a long time.

Just when everyone didn't know why, all the people near the big stone withdrew, and after a while, a muffled thunder was heard, and the earth trembled. Thick white smoke rose from the river, and large chunks of silt were blown a hundred paces away. Far away, everyone who looks at the excitement feels their ears buzzing.

After a long time the smoke and dust dissipated, there was still no trace of the big stones, only the gravel was left everywhere, and the workers swarmed up, and after a while, they cleaned up and continued to rush to the next target.

Gunpowder!

Actually with gunpowder!

It's crazy to see the excitement, the construction guy has not never seen it, the most extravagant thing is to burn it with a large fire first, and then suddenly pour cold water, using the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, to break the stones. Exploded with gunpowder, it is simply unheard of and unseen. After being shocked, everyone inquired curiously, and when they heard that this construction method was proposed by Tang Yi, they were happy again.

Our prodigy in Taicang, it is really amazing to be able to come up with such a wonderful method, and everyone is honored. Someone even brought their own bear children and let them watch it, so that they could be smoked and become smart in the future.

Not only them, but even Zhou Qinyun was shocked.

Tang Yi once handed her the purchase list, and when Zhou Qinyun saw that there were 20,000 catties of gunpowder on it, this Zhou girl was immediately angry, and she really couldn't think of any other use for gunpowder except for being used in the army. Could it be that you want to take my money, buy gunpowder, and give it to the army?

My Zhou Qinyun's eyes couldn't tolerate sand, she was furious and found Tang Yi. It turned out that Tang Yi was leading a group of people to dig the soil of the toilet!

The stench made her almost vomit, Tang Yi smiled and accompanied her to the front.

"It stinks, stay away from me."

Tang Yi didn't care, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhou, haven't you heard that it smells smelly and delicious?" ”

"That's stinky tofu, right? You can't eat it! Zhou Qinyun felt speechless and hurriedly closed his mouth.

Tang Yi didn't treat her as a woman, she could take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at once, and she would be a strong woman and a woman in the future generations!

Tang Yi laughed and said, "Miss Zhou, my stinky body can be exchanged for a lot of silver." ”

"Hmph, there are a lot of nonsense!" Zhou Qinyun didn't believe it at all.

"How do you understand, if you want to produce gunpowder, you need three things, sulfur, saltpeter, charcoal, and there is saltpeter in the soil of the toilet stable, add plant ash, put it in the cauldron to heat, dissolve, filter, and the crystals that precipitate are pure saltpeter, which can be used for **."

Tang Yi said a string of nouns, Zhou Qinyun couldn't understand any of them, and asked blankly: "What are you doing making gunpowder, is it possible to gather people to rebel?" ”

Poof, a sip of tea squirts out far away, aunt and grandmother, imagination is so rich!

Tang Yi's face turned red with choking, who let the family pay, he had to tell the plate, "Miss Zhou, if you want to build quickly, it is necessary to blast with gunpowder." But it was no joke that the privately built gunpowder workshop was poked out, so I decided to borrow chickens to lay eggs. ”

Although Zhou Qinyun didn't know what it meant to borrow chickens to lay eggs, he knew that Tang Yi was using gunpowder to repair the canal, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared, and he asked curiously: "What do you want to do?" ”

"There was originally an ordnance workshop in Taicang, which was supplied to Baoshanwei, which could produce hundreds of catties of gunpowder a year. As for me, if I place an order of 20,000 catties to the workshop, the ordnance workshop will definitely not be able to produce it. Then he asked the imperial court for permission to expand the scale, and took advantage of the situation to hang our workshop under the imperial court's ordnance workshop, and started at full power to produce gunpowder, and the wealth rolled in. ”

"Wait." Zhou Qinyun hurriedly waved his hand, a little unable to keep up with Tang Yi's train of thought, and said suspiciously: "Isn't the canal able to be completed in half a year, producing so much gunpowder and making firecrackers?" ”

This is also the only use she can come up with, there is no way, it is too difficult for a woman to understand the military, Tang Yi couldn't help but shake his head.

"Miss Zhou, the southeast is making such a big fuss, the imperial court will definitely have to transfer troops over, how much military supplies will be consumed? The gunpowder workshop is a big business, not only to make money, but also to build up with the army. Although he is noble and martial, when it comes to fighting, he has to speak with his fists. ”

After listening to Tang Yi's idea, Zhou Qinyun thought for a long time and muttered: "It sounds like selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, not like borrowing chickens to lay eggs?" ”

Just thinking about this, Tang Yi almost fainted.

"Miss Zhou, do it or don't do it in a word?"

"Do it, why don't you do it, in the future, all your Tang prodigy's business will be counted as a share of this girl!" Zhou Qinyun said happily.

Since taking out the gunpowder, the speed of canal construction has been rapid, and in mid-February, the new admiral Wang Chen finally arrived in Jiangnan, and the first stop was Taicang, which was not only a return to his hometown, but also a new official.

Wang Chonggu, the prefect of Suzhou, who took office three days earlier than him, led hundreds of officials, gentry representatives, and stood at the Liuhebao wharf to greet him.

The spring breeze warms up, carrying the second feudal official of the Ming Dynasty whose power surpasses a province, the pride of the thousand-year-old royal family, the father of today's literary league leader, Wang Chen and Wang Siqing, returning to his hometown in fine clothes.

Five years ago, his predecessor Zhu Kun, the military governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was the first senior officer who could manage the military affairs of the two provinces, and was impeached and killed by the official because he killed 98 Japanese criminals, and committed suicide before his dismissal.

Before he died, Zhu Kun left a last word that made everyone's hearts tremble: "Even if the Son of Heaven does not want to kill me, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang will kill me, I die, self-determination, no one is needed!" ”

Words of blood and tears, heavier than Mount Tai!

Because of the implementation of the emperor's order, Zhu Kun strictly banned the sea, which angered the maritime merchant clans of Fujian and Zhejiang, and ended up miserable. How deep the water in the southeast is, Wang Chen clearly understands in his heart. His appointment as the commander of the military this time is far from being as beautiful as others see, but a hot potato.

In addition to the military affairs pressed on his head, he touched the secret decree of the Son of Heaven in his arms, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, speechless and choked, as if the soft silk in his arms was not a soft silk silk, but a hedgehog, and his facial features were all worried.

The ship was moored, Wang Chen straightened his robe, put away his worries, put on a faint smile, and stepped on the gangplank. He didn't have many retinues, only eight guards and two masters.

As soon as he got off the boat, Wang Chonggu took Chen Menghe and others to greet him, and said together: "I have seen Lord Zhongcheng!" ”

Wang Chen smiled and said: "All colleagues are exempt from courtesy, this official came in a hurry, I heard that the Japanese are in turmoil, and tens of thousands of people are still displaced, hungry and cold, but this is the case?" ”

It is worthy of being a figure who has patrolled the imperial history and resisted the Mongolian cavalry, and asked the people as soon as he came up. Wang Chonggu had just taken office, and he couldn't help but look at Chen Menghe.

Chen Menghe hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said, "Lord Qiyu Zhongcheng, it is true that the people have been displaced, but now the people have a livelihood and do not worry about eating. “

Wang Chen was suddenly shocked, to say that the imperial court was able to provide relief, and it was normal for the people to survive, but in more than a month, tens of thousands of people have found jobs, he can't believe it.

Seeing that Wang Chen was surprised, Chen Menghe said: "Lord Zhongcheng, if you want to talk about it, this matter is the best for Lang. ”

"Jingmei?" Wang Chen was surprised for a while, didn't his second son study at home, what could he know! Wang Chen was still surprised, and at this time, the second prince Wang picked up Tang Yi, walked through the crowd, and arrived in front of his father.

Wang Shimao first greeted his father, and then said with a smile: "Dad, look! Wang Shimao pushed Tang Yi in front of him and said with a smile: "Tens of thousands of disaster victims rely on him!" ”

Wang Chen looked curiously, the young man in front of him looked dignified, and between his eyebrows and eyes, he was full of intelligence. He is not very old, but he is calm and extraordinary.

"Jingmei, who is this young talent?"