After a while, the guards who had gone to investigate returned, and with him came back, as well as some embarrassed public losers.

"Your Majesty, there was an explosion in the mountain behind the Ministry of Works, killing three people and injuring seventeen others." Gong Yu said sadly, the people who were killed by the explosion were the most powerful craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry.

The death of these people is definitely a great loss for Great Qin.

"What the hell is going on, and why is there an explosion?" Zhao Qingrui also felt a little sad, it takes a lot of time to train a master who can enter the Ministry of Engineering, and if he loses three at once, Zhao Qingrui will die of distress.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the Gunpowder Research Institute that is studying how to increase the power of gunpowder and the ammunition needed to make gunpowder." Gong Yu didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly told the situation of the scientific research institute.

Zhao Qingrui pursed her lips, "In order to study the people who dedicated, the compensation will be doubled, and their families will arrange for someone to take care of some, and those who are injured, arrange for the best doctor to treat them, and try to cure them completely." ”

Zhao Qingrui quickly arranged these things, and the public has no opinion, His Majesty is best arranged like this.

For those who have dedicated their lives to scientific research, even if His Majesty does not say it, he is ready to take some money from his salary to compensate these people.

"How is the research on gunpowder progressing? Is there anything missing in the manufacture of weapons, I have someone send it to you. Looking at the sad face of the public loser, Zhao Qingrui can also understand the mood of the public loser.

Gong Yu is now in charge of the Ministry of Industry, he is a very responsible person, otherwise he would not have been in Suling after refusing this position, Zhao Qingrui's first choice was him.

His personality makes him very popular in the Ministry of Industry, but there are also some disadvantages, and he wants to study weapons, especially gunpowder thermal weapons, which are too unstable and will kill people if he is not careful.

The emotionally rich public loss surplus is still a little unbearable such a result.

"The power of gunpowder has increased by about five times, and if you want to increase the power of some more, the progress is slow, and in terms of thermal weapons, the materials needed for gunpowder are not up to standard, and they can only be used three or four times before they are blown up." The public loss is a little uncomfortable.

His Majesty has allocated a lot of money to the Ministry of Industry, and in addition to education, the Ministry of Industry has spent the most, and it is simply a lot of money.

However, the Ministry of Industry has made slow progress, and even encountered a neck bottle.

"The minister has lived up to His Majesty's expectations." Gong Yu said respectfully.

"It doesn't matter, the progress of scientific research is not going to be smooth sailing." Zhao Qingrui shook her head.

"Your Majesty, the minister is probably not suitable for the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Works, the minister is not good enough, since the minister sat in this position, dozens of people have died, Your Majesty has high hopes for the Ministry of Industry, and has invested so much money, but the Ministry of Industry has made slow progress and has not met Your Majesty's expectations." Gong Yu's face was a little depressed.

"Don't get into the horns, thermal weapons are not so easy to study, I hope you can fight steadily, don't be anxious, you, look away, you are in my heart, more suitable for this position than anyone else." The corners of Zhao Qingrui's mouth twitched for a moment, and this was hit?

This guy's mentality is not good, he has to go through more experience.

The Ministry of Industry is a place to engage in technology, and compared with other departments, there is a lot less intrigue here, and the people in the Ministry of Industry are relatively simple.

After the public lost and left, Zhao Qingrui asked people to send the compensation to the three families, and in addition to the compensation, Zhao Qingrui also sent them a pennant.

Although the people who received the things were sad, His Majesty was attentive to them, and their hearts were still very touched.

This incident did not cause any major impact, and there was no opinion in the court.

These people have indeed sacrificed their lives for the country, and it is nothing for His Majesty to give more compensation.

As long as it is for the people of Great Qin, His Majesty attaches great importance to it, which also makes many officials in the court more recognized Zhao Qingrui.

Paying for such a king also makes them more at ease, for fear of encountering those who unload the mill and kill the donkey.

Fortunately, both the First Emperor and the current Majesty have treated the heroes very well.

The weather outside was getting hotter and hotter, and it hadn't rained for several days, and Zhao Qingrui, who was resting in the Lanchi Palace, felt that she was a little impetuous.

"Your Majesty, Lord Su asks to see you." The little eunuch hurried over.

"Let him come to Lanchi Palace." Zhao Qingrui lay on the rocking chair and said lazily.

When Su Ling came over, he saw His Majesty in a long skirt leaning leisurely on the rocking chair, holding a book in his hand and watching it with relish.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and His Majesty doesn't seem to be in a good state, is it not a good rest?

"Your Majesty." When he came back to his senses, Su Ling hurriedly bowed.

Zhao Qingrui glanced at Su Ling twice, he seemed to be staring at himself just now, and he was distracted?

The beautiful and self-aware Zhao Qingrui is still very satisfied, since she became the emperor, few people dare to look at her.

The group of people in the court are all serious and serious, except for those who want to recommend themselves to the pillow, Zhao Qingrui is facing serious people, and sometimes she almost forgets her face.

"No need to be polite, why did Aiqing come to the palace?" Zhao Qingrui sat up straight and put down the book in his hand.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for some rubber from Shanglin Yuan." Su Ling said seriously, since he knew about rubber, he went to ask for a little, and found that this thing has a lot of uses, and it is used in steam engines, and it is extremely airtight.

It's just that the point he wants to come is not enough at all, and it is impossible for him to ask for more directly, so he can only apply for it from His Majesty's side.

"How much?" Zhao Qingrui was stunned, and there were not many rubber trees on the side of Shanglin Yuan.

"It's all going to take a month, and the minister has already asked the Mo family to go to Lingnan to look for rubber trees, and the follow-up minister will send Lingnan to get it back." Su Ling hurriedly said.

"Yes, I agreed, you bring my edict to Xu Changming, and you can let the people from the peasant family help you." Zhao Qingrui did not refuse, Su Ling will definitely be able to create more value with these rubbers, and Zhao Qingrui is willing to give it to him.

It's nothing more than a month's worth of rubber.

As long as Su Ling can study something, even if he gives him all the rubber trees in Shanglin Yuan, it will be no problem.

His Majesty agreed so easily, and he also wrote an application form, writing a lot of things, just to convince His Majesty.

Ah, it turned out to be good, but it didn't work at all.

In the end, the application form written by Su Ling was left on Zhao Qingrui's desk here, and after he left, Zhao Qingrui picked it up and looked at it carefully.

There is a lot of content on it, and it is basically written that Suling wants to use rubber in what aspects, all of which are reasonable and convincing.

Of course, this handwriting is also very beautiful, horizontal and vertical, upright, comparable to printing, looking pleasing to the eye.

With His Majesty's edict, Su Ling went directly to Shanglin Yuan.

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In a few days, a large ship with a completely different style from Daqin's existing ships sailed from Weishui into Xianyang City.

Zhao Qingrui also received Han Xin's recital, knowing that they had captured a boatload of foreigners.

Hold your face, are you black, Zhao Qingrui flipped the map, are there already black people who are so powerful?

Whether it's or not, it's all about seeing it.

At the court meeting on the second day, Zhang Hui was announced to the Qilin Hall with people.

It was the first time he had entered the Qilin Palace, with the majestic majesty above, the courtiers solemn below, and the civil and military officials lined up on one side, and he only felt that his legs were weak.

"Minister Zhang Hui to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty for ten thousand years." Zhang Hui shouted, his heart was beating fast, he saw His Majesty, and when he returned to Donghai County, he would be able to brag with his brothers in the army.

"Pingshen, tell me the details of the navy's encounter with the Gentiles." Zhao Qingrui said gently.

This Zhang Hui looks like he is in his thirties, and his position is already five grades, and the future is promising.

The person who can make Han Xin value should have some ability.

"No." Zhang Hui said respectfully, and then carefully talked about the discovery of a foreign ship at sea, and reported the things that had been confiscated by the way.

Many people in the DPRK and China were very puzzled, except for the fact that the ship was worth a little, and the other things that were confiscated were simply garbage in their eyes.

Such a thing, are you embarrassed to bring it to the Qilin Palace?

In the past few years, Daqin has developed rapidly, good things have been emerging, and the things they use are naturally getting better and better, compared with the past and now, it is like being in two worlds.

If it had been before, they might have been a little more interested in these things.

"Bring the Gentiles." Zhao Qingrui said in a deep voice, she also looked down on such a thing.

Let's take a look at the people who have been caught, and wait for the others to understand the situation before making plans.

Soon, these people were brought up, a total of two hundred and thirty people.

The courtiers still have a number of people who look like this, isn't this the same as the appearance of the envoy of the Mauryan Dynasty, but it is darker, is it a person from the Mauryan Dynasty?

What are they going to do in the East China Sea? I can't help but think too much about these people in the DPRK and China.

“*&……%￥……。” Seeing so many people in the court, the leader hurriedly spoke, looking like he was in a hurry to explain something.

The people in the middle looked at each other, and then looked in the direction of Honglu Temple.

Honglu Siqing's face was bitter, he didn't understand it at all.

"Your Majesty, the minister can't understand their language, it seems to be completely different from the language of the Mauryan Empire." Honglu Siqing hurriedly said.

"Call all the people from Honglu Temple, if you can communicate with them, I will be rewarded." Zhao Qingrui commanded directly.

In her previous life, she had learned English so badly, how could she learn other languages, and she didn't understand the languages of these people either.

Soon, all the people from Honglu Temple came over, and these people communicated with these black people one by one.

It's just that, without exception, no one understands their language.

"Your Majesty, how is this good?" For a while, I didn't know what to do.

However, such a few people are completely irrelevant, these people will be killed if they are killed, with the current strength of Great Qin, even if it is the Peacock Dynasty, they are not afraid.

"Imprisoned and let them learn the language of Great Qin, I want to know where they came from and what the purpose of coming to Great Qin is." Zhao Qingrui said lightly.

"What should they do with their ships and supplies?" Lees asked.

"The ship will be collected directly, what are the supplies, send them up and take a look." Zhao Qingrui was quite interested in what they brought, and if she found something good, it would be an unexpected gain.

With Zhao Qingrui's order, the things on the ship were quickly delivered, and these things were all organized and not messy.

Looking at the dozen boxes of things that were delivered, Zhao Qingrui suddenly found some good things, got up directly, and came to the box.

Zhao Qingrui walked down, and all the officials got out of the way.

"Spread them all out." Zhao Qingrui picked up a long strip of something like a tree root, and her eyes widened suddenly, if she remembered correctly, this thing should be called cassava.

Cassava has a lot of uses, and the yield is still very high, which is definitely a good thing for the current Daqin.

Han Xin has made a great contribution this time, but he has to reward him well.

As all kinds of things were spread out, Zhao Qingrui also found a lot of good things.

Cocoa beans, cashew nuts, apples, apricots, melon seeds, and some spices.

Zhao Qingrui's eyes lit up looking at these things, especially the seeds, with these seeds, it will definitely be able to greatly increase the species diversity of Daqin.

"Your Majesty knows these things?" Li Si looked at Zhao Qingrui, whose eyes were shining, and asked carefully.

"Well, these are all good things, come here, pass on Xu Changming, I have something to tell him." Zhao Qingrui asked people to put these seeds carefully, and handed them to Xu Changming for a while, so that he could plant them in Shanglin Yuan first.

"No." The guards took the order and left.

Suddenly, the exclamations of others attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Majesty, what kind of egg is this, it is so big?" An official carefully holds an egg.

Zhao Qingrui looked over, and there was a basket of ostrich eggs.

"It's called an ostrich egg, and it's a big, tall bird." Zhao Qingrui explained simply.

"Your Majesty is so knowledgeable that he knows so much about foreign things." The man shouted a slap on the back.

Zhao Qingrui glanced at the person speechlessly, she remembered that this person, this was the Confucian who liked to pat her ass the most, and he came out of the Jixia School Palace.

has some skills, so she also used it and put him in the Ministry of Rites.

"What is Your Majesty's plan for this basket of ostrich eggs?" Lees looked at the basket of ostrich eggs, quite interested.

"Eat it, stay for a while, and I'll ask the chef to make these eggs something delicious for everyone to taste." Zhao Qingrui glanced at it, although she hadn't eaten it, she knew that it was edible.

"Your Majesty, is this thing really not poisonous?" Someone hesitated.

"It's not poisonous, feel free to eat." Zhao Qingrui said lightly, "If you don't dare to eat it, then I'll try it first." ”

"Your Majesty, no, the minister is willing to come and be a taster." Feng Qujian glared fiercely at the person who spoke, and then hurriedly said.

His Majesty has said that there is no problem, and Feng Quji still trusts her very much.

"Yes, yes, the minister is also willing to try it." Li Si also chimed in.

(End of chapter)