There is also a classmate of Chen Letian in the backyard of the Firearms Bureau.

In fact, these classmates were found by the general after discussing with him, on the one hand, to make the best use of them, and on the other hand, to protect Chen Letian from being discovered. These people are from similar backgrounds to Chen Letian, so His Majesty can't see anything unusual from the list, and he won't think that the person the general said is Chen Letian. also protected Chen Letian very well. Otherwise, if His Majesty had known that the initiator and founder of this was Chen Letian, he would have pulled Chen Letian to his side as a close minister. And Chen Letian consciously feels that he is not suitable for officialdom, and it is easy to offend people and lose his head.

The classmate in the backyard saw Chen Letian and came over to say hello. Because Chen Letian had instructed them before, in any case, to treat me as an equal, and not to let others be suspicious. So the most everyone can greet him is to shout Brother Chen, so that others seem to be colleagues.

The classmates reported to Chen Letian about the situation these days, the experiment is carried out every day, except for the fixed days of the month, the other sound is not loud, or there is no sound every day, the current situation is that the ratio of gunpowder and the refining of steel have reached a bottleneck stage, and there is no better way to improve the power and strength of gunpowder...

As he spoke, Chen Letian saw that although there were several layers of thick quilts in the two pits, there was a firelight after a muffled sound, and the quilt was slightly arched two or three inches and fell back. Several people next to the pit hurriedly stepped forward to uncover the quilt and wooden cover, check the situation, and record it.

Seeing Chen Letian's eyes looking at the two pits, the classmate said, "Brother Chen, you see, this is a very small amount of explosives, but the amount we give is also very small, if you calculate according to the proportional amount, this power is considered large." But if the amount is increased according to this ratio, but the power does not increase much, this is where we are confused..."

Chen Letian didn't understand these things very well, nodded and said: "A large amount does not necessarily mean that it is powerful, the mystery of this takes time, don't rush, just take your time." There are a lot of things to do, and you have to understand that you don't want them to be too fast. The more difficult things are, the slower and more cautious we must be in doing them, and we must make bold assumptions and carefully verify them. ”

The last sentence was said by a great man in the unknown world, and Chen Letian felt that he was also a lot more majestic when he said it.

Just as he was about to leave, Chen Letian saw several burly guards with sabers appear in the backyard. Chen Letian thought to himself, wouldn't it be such a coincidence?

Soon, the Ninety-Five Emperor opened the curtain and walked into the backyard, with a eunuch and two guards by his side.

His Majesty saw Chen Letian at a glance and smiled. Chen Letian hurriedly knelt down and saluted. The emperor smiled: "What a coincidence, you are also there." With that, he came up and grabbed Chen Letian's arm and walked around the courtyard together.

"Your Majesty, the grass people..."

"Don't call grass people. ”

Chen Letian hesitated: "The minister thinks that His Majesty should try not to come here, it is not safe." ”

The emperor said, "I know, I don't come often. I only come once when I can't help it. Besides, the security here is very good, nothing happens. Chen Aiqing, when will you enter the palace to be an official? I have thought of a lot of positions for you, you can choose whatever you want, and I guarantee that you will not be beheaded by all the people. ”

Chen Letian's hands couldn't help shaking, but he was held by the emperor, and he had to control it so that His Majesty would find himself a little frightened.

After a while, he said, "Your Majesty, don't laugh." The minister knows how much he is capable. You ask the minister to be a local official, and the minister may have the ability to make the people of a county live a good life, but let the minister do things by your side, and the minister really doesn't have the ability. ”

The emperor shook his head: "You are the same as Li Chengjun, you are a cunning person. ”

"Your Majesty. Chen Letian shouted.

"Huh?"

"In this peaceful and prosperous world, Li Chengjun and I both want to be cunning people, who told us to be born in a good era, Your Majesty, do you say?" Chen Letian said very seriously.

The emperor turned his head to look at Chen Letian, and said with a smile: "You are better at talking than Li Chengjun." You're telling the truth, you don't have to be so tired, and being selfish isn't a bad thing. Okay, I'm not going to be tough for the time being. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

"Chen Aiqing, I sometimes come here to take a look, and I think in my heart, if one day I invent something a hundred times and a thousand times more powerful than a firecracker, and throw it at the enemy's city wall, wouldn't it be that the city wall can blow up a big hole, then the opposite side of this battle will not be able to fight at all. It's exciting to think about, and even though I've never been on the battlefield, I know a lot about war. Chen Aiqing, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, according to the experts, if you want to be able to blow down the city wall, it must be at least three or four thousand times more powerful than a firecracker, and his explosion needs someone to light it, which means that we may have to sacrifice human lives to bomb it like this, of course, how can there be no dead in a war. Your Majesty, the minister means that the future will definitely be as His Majesty thinks, this is inevitable, it is only a matter of time. ”

"I understand, maybe in the end of my life, I won't be able to see it. But I'm going to do it anyway. Somebody has to drive it, somebody has to do it. Someone has to go through the process. Right?"

"Your Majesty. ”

"Shengming is not Shengming, but the descendants say, Aiqing, do you think it is possible to achieve great results in three or five years?"

"Of course, it is possible that this kind of research can make sudden discoveries at any time, and such discoveries are uncontrollable. Just like people digging for gold in the mountains, some people can't dig it in a lifetime, and some people are lucky enough to dig it in a month. The predictions we made were to dig up the mountain for a while, so we were prepared for decades. If you're lucky, next month is possible. ”

"I'll have to keep my eyes open and watch carefully, maybe I'll be lucky. ”

"Your Majesty will certainly be able to see a great discovery, and the minister begs your Majesty to give an edict when the time comes, and send someone to the minister's grave to read it to the minister. ”

"As far as your mouth is sweet, it's no wonder that those people in Yushitai still often say hello in front of me, you still say that you don't understand officialdom, I think you understand people's hearts too well. ”

"Thank you for your majesty's praise, thank you for your praise. ”

The emperor took Chen Letian's arm around the courtyard, then in the confidential room, and then in the steelmaking place in the front yard, and finally came to the gate. This annex that used to be called a fireworks stand is actually very large, and it used to be a special place to enjoy fireworks and set off fireworks, but now it is still a fireworks platform to the outside world, and only those who know the inside know that it is the Firearms Bureau.

The eunuch guards who can come in with the emperor are all confidants.

In addition to the more than 200 selected craftsmen and managers, the only ones who really knew were the high-ranking officials who had counted the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.