Long chapter.

……

Although gunpowder was found, of course.

But what Xu Sheng found was not the black powder of the earth.

It's the red powder of this ancient world!

It turns out that there is no black powder of the earth in this world!

Only red powder!

Here's the thing.

Someday.

A large explosion suddenly occurred in a valley in the territory of the Great Axu Kingdom.

It scared the inhabitants of some nearby villages.

This matter reached Xu Sheng's ears.

He immediately attracted attention.

Because, according to local officials, this was not an explosion caused by a natural disaster, but more like a man-made explosion.

Since it can produce an explosion!

Then there should be something like gunpowder!

Of course, Xu Sheng was immediately excited.

He immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the source behind the explosion at all costs.

What Xu Sheng didn't expect was that he actually found out about the Taoist in the end.

It turned out that the valley was a place for some Taoist people to make alchemy.

Xu Sheng was slightly stunned by this.

Because he knew that the gunpowder in the history of the earth was actually discovered after the Taoist priests made alchemy and exploded the furnace.

It was first used by some people in daily life, then used on the battlefield, and then developed into muskets, cannons, etc.

In the past, Xu Sheng actually asked Xiao Dao Gu, are the cultivators in this world the same alchemy? But Xiao Daogu didn't know anything about this.

Xiao Daogu has been following Chunyangzi since she was a child, but Chunyangzi does not follow the Dan Road.

So Xiao Dao Gu didn't know much about Dan Dao.

And most of the cultivators in this world are hidden.

The cultivators Xu Sheng and Xiao Dao Gu met before were not from the Dan Dao!

And the historical emperors of this world did not come into contact with the Taoists of alchemy.

I haven't heard of a Taoist who has alchemy entered the palace and helped the emperor to seek immortality by alchemy. Something like that happens.

Therefore, the art of alchemy has not yet been popularized in this world.

In short, because of all this, Xu Sheng didn't think of this aspect before.

But after this big bang.

Xu Sheng used the power of the whole country to investigate!

Naturally, it didn't take long to find it.

Because the supernatural powers of this cultivator in the world of fasting are not so strong.

They can't open up a small world, they can't really hide their bodies completely, and they can't go to live in an independent space out of the world.

Their flesh is still living in the world!

These Taoists lived in the valley and were once encountered by some villagers and hunters in the mountains.

Because they usually have to go into the city to purchase some materials, such as all kinds of materials they need for alchemy!

In short, they were discovered by Xu Sheng.

Of course, Xu Sheng immediately took Xiao Dao Gu and drove the army to go with him.

Directly surrounded this group of Taoist priests!

These Taoists were still very frightened in the face of the encirclement of the black ironclad army and the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

Although none of them are fake Taoists, but real Taoists with mana like Xiao Daogu!

But if they burst out of mana to confront the army, even if they just broke through, it would definitely be a very big loss of their mana.

It is even very likely that it will be difficult to break out.

And if you offend the Son of Heaven, how good can you be?

Unless you flee to the territory of a few other warlords.

Of course, since Xu Sheng changed the Xu clan to the Daxu Dynasty.

Other warlords have followed.

One by one, they have also established a country or are preparing to establish a country.

For example, the Chu clan has also become the Great Chu Dynasty.

For example, although the Zhao clan has not yet established a country, I heard that they are preparing for the founding ceremony.

In short, unless you go to other countries, it will be very difficult for you to cultivate quietly in this country.

After all, these cultivators in the world of chatting about fasting still have no way to make their physical bodies transcend the world!

The flesh still has to live in the world.

On that day, Xu Sheng, surrounded by the army of Wu Yang, looked at the Taoist priests who were surrounded by a cave and were looking at them anxiously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry."

Xu Sheng used his internal strength and said loudly: "I am not here today to ask for your life, nor to investigate the great destruction you caused that day, but to ask you for a pill!" ”

And hearing Xu Sheng say this, a few old Taoist priests who emerged in the cave looked at Xu Sheng's beautiful little Taoist aunt who was respected as the Great Xu National Teacher next to him.

After these Taoist priests glanced at each other, they did let down some of their guard.

After all, the reason why they practiced in the mountains here in Daxu Country was actually because of Xiao Daogu.

Although Xiao Daogu actually did not come into contact with the orthodox Daomen.

She grew up with Chunyangzi since she was a child.

Chunyangzi is also just a monk.

But in any case, Xiao Daogu is a Taoist priest!

Although she is a double cultivator of Taoism and Buddhism, she still likes to wear Taoist robes.

The most important thing is that she is known as a national teacher in Daxu Kingdom, and she has won the trust of Xu Longsheng, the son of heaven. There is even the right to cut first and then play with the first-class magnates!

Therefore, the Taoist priests naturally believe that the Son of Heaven 'Xu Longsheng' is close to the Daomen.

Then, an old Taoist priest with a fairy wind and bones, crane hair and a childish face with white hair and white hair walked out with a whisk in his hand.

There he first chanted the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable.

After that, he reported his own road number: Dan Yunzi.

"It turns out that His Majesty is also seeking immortality! I also know that our Dan Dao can live forever! ”

Then Dan Yunzi said: "Your Majesty, if you have what you need, the alchemy that you have learned from the poor Dao, I am willing to dedicate it to Your Majesty and live forever with Your Majesty!" ”

Xu Sheng looked at Dan Yunzi's expression, and couldn't help but think of those emperors in the history of the earth.

They started out as brilliant and at a young age, founded a great empire or a great age!

After that, he suddenly became addicted to alchemy and abandoned state affairs.

Xu Sheng guessed that they might have also met an old Taoist priest like Dan Yunzi like him at this time.

After being fooled by it, he was bent on immortality.

These Taoist priests are powerful Daoists like Xiao Daogu.

Not a false Taoist.

It's just that the supernatural powers of these Taoist priests are not so strong.

So these Taoist priests had to be subservient to the imperial power.

But these Taoist priests used the art of alchemy to dedicate themselves to the emperor.

In addition, they did have a certain amount of mana, so the wise emperor believed in these Taoist priests and followed them to alchemy.

Even the emperor used his power to collect various alchemy resources to help the Taoist priests chase the way of alchemy.

The emperors also indulged in alchemy in the palace for many years, and in the end they didn't know whether they really became immortals, or if they died by taking pills.

In short, there are quite a few such things in the history of the earth.

In the history of the Dayong Dynasty before this world and the Daxia Dynasty before it, Xu Sheng had never heard of a Taoist priest entering the palace to help the emperor alchemy.

Naturally, I haven't heard that the emperor of this world has eaten pills because of alchemy.

Xu Sheng guessed that it might be that the Taoist priests in this world had not yet reached the point of contacting the imperial power.

They are still in awe of the imperial power, afraid that they will be contaminated by the 'ideology' of the imperial power, which will affect their peace of mind cultivation and delay their path to becoming immortals.

In the history of the earth, if there really were Taoist priests with mana? It should also be at a certain time when a certain Taoist priest was bold enough to start doing things that Taoist priests did not dare to do in the past.

He did not stay away from the ideology of imperial power, but instead used Dan Dao to flatter the 'emperor', the controller of 'ideology', and then used the power of 'ideology' to obtain resources to help him in his own cultivation.

That's how it became.

And now!

Xu Sheng felt that he might be the first emperor in this world to accept the Daomen.

History will be made by him.

Of course, it was naturally impossible for Xu Sheng to let go of the imperial power and indulge in alchemy.

If Xu Sheng was not a traverser and did not have the Book of Eternal Lives, but was just an ordinary emperor, then he saw the means of revealing these Taoist priests, plus their elixirs did have some extraordinary effects.

Then he must not be able to resist the temptation of alchemy immortality.

Of course, now Xu Sheng knows that many emperors in the history of the earth have been alchemists and pills to death, so it is naturally impossible for him to repeat the mistakes of the past at this time.

He is seeking eternal life, even eternal life!

But Xu Sheng is ready to rely on his own life for 10,000 lifetimes, and climb up step by step until eternal life.

Although it is not ruled out that Xu Sheng will chase Dan Dao in a certain life in the future!

But Xu Sheng is not ready to rely on pills to seek immortality for the time being.

After all, it is the most important thing to destroy the Great Chu Dynasty, unify the world, and capture Hu Xinfeng's best spiritual root child.

Besides, Xu Sheng has no spiritual root in this life, he thinks that without a spiritual root, he can reach immortality just by taking pills? This one may be a bit small.

The final result is very likely to be to eat the pill and die.

"It's easy to say, as long as you give me the Danfang I want!"

So Xu Sheng said: "Don't worry, not only will I not hurt you, but I will give you certain preferential treatment!" ”

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

The old Taoist priest was also very surprised, he looked at the little Taoist aunt beside Xu Sheng: "It seems that Your Majesty is really close to my Daomen!" ”

He also had a close relationship with Xiao Dao Gu, and asked Xiao Dao Gu which line of disciples of the Dao Sect he came from?

But in addition to knowing that her master is called Chunyangzi, Xiao Daogu doesn't know about other Dao sect inheritances at all.

"What? Chunyangzi? ”

But the old Taoist priest looked shocked.

Then he talked nonsense with a few other veterans.

I don't know if it's true or not.

Anyway, they said that Chunyangzi was originally a disciple of the Daomen.

It's just that his cultivation philosophy is not in line with his ancestor.

was expelled from the division by the ancestor.

But this Chunyangzi's seniority is much higher than Danyunzi's!

"Disciple Dan Yunzi!"

After that, this old Taoist was even more shameless and saluted to the direct Xiaodao Gu and said, "Meet Uncle Yunling!" ”

The same is true for several other veterans.

"......" Xiao Daogu was speechless.

Of course, after she became a national teacher, it was not that she had never encountered a casual Taoist priest who had a relationship with her, so it was not surprising.

It's just that today, these old Taoist priests are many rounds older than her.

That's a bit outrageous.

But Xiao Daogu just glanced at Xu Sheng.

Since the old Taoist priests are climbing the relationship, let them climb randomly, regardless of whether it is true or not.

Anyway, the purpose of Xu Sheng's coming here, Xiao Daogu also knows.

admit it, maybe the old Taoist priests still trust them more.

In short, the old Taoist priests are all seniors with Yun Ling.

Xu Sheng didn't stop them either.

Of course, the Taoist priests did not dare to hang Xu Sheng.

Soon, Dan Yunzi ordered the young Taoist priests in the cave to take out all their various Dan recipes.

"Your Majesty, all of our Dan Fang are here!"

Dan Yunzi said: "This pill is called Zhuyan Dan, after ordinary people take it, it can delay the aging of the face and maintain a youthful ......."

These pills were actually specially developed by them only recently, ready to flatter the imperial power.

In fact, they had already thought about trying to get close to the imperial power.

After all, Xiao Daogu can already be a national teacher.

It was because they had to try to refine a new type of elixir that they accidentally blew up the furnace.

Originally, the alchemy fryer was also normal, and it was not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen before.

But Dan Yunzi and the others never thought that this time it would lead to such a big battle.

Even Xu Longsheng, the son of the Great Xu Kingdom, came in person!

However, Dan Yunzi is still very confident in the effect of this elixir.

Although pills are too much for ordinary people to eat, it is not good for their health!

But they don't care so much, and at the same time, the effect is good, as long as the toxicity is not so strong.

They want the support of the imperial power!

I don't want to camp and practice in the mountains anymore.

“……”

But Xu Sheng asked Dan Yunzi rhetorically: "Do you think I look like I need to be beautified?" ”

"Your Majesty, you don't need it, but the ladies in your harem should need it, right?"

Dan Yunzi smiled slightly and said: "There is also this Dan, called Rejuvenation Pill, Your Majesty, you now have more than a thousand beauties in the harem, and the number of children you have raised over the years seems to have broken two thousand?" After many years, Your Majesty may not be able to slack off at night, right? But if Your Majesty can take this pill, then you will be able to take the third daughter overnight! ”

"One night royal three girls, are you kidding? Do you look down on me? ”

Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "It seems that you haven't heard of it?" Over the years, I've been more than ten girls every night?! ”

Although Xu Sheng is telling the truth, because he has Xiao Daogu, Jiao Dragon Blood, and Great Pure Land Sutra, he is not like an ordinary man at all!

But Dan Yunzi and others obviously didn't know about the existence of the "Great Pure Land Sutra", a secret Buddhist scripture.

"......" Therefore, Dan Yunzi's face stiffened slightly when he heard this.

All the Taoist priests were also convulsive.

Obviously, they all regarded what Xu Sheng said as bragging.

However, Xu Sheng is the son of heaven, and of course Dan Yunzi and other Taoists do not dare to expose Xu Sheng's lies.

"Your Majesty, can you take a look at this Dan Fang again? This pill is called Hercules Pill, and after taking this pill, it can make people's bodies gain huge strength in a short period of time! ”

Dan Yunzi smiled and said, "It's just that the potential is quite depleted, and there is a certain amount of damage to the body. ”

The side effects of this elixir were relatively obvious, so he said it directly.

After all, this elixir is not for nobles, but for some cannon fodder on the battlefield.

These pills are all Danyunzi, and they want to refine them to flatter the imperial power.

"It's easy to say, as long as you really have the ability to contribute to the country."

Xu Sheng also saw something at this time, of course, he didn't break the intentions of the Taoist priests, but just said: "Your Daomen is in the territory of my Daxu Dynasty, you can get all kinds of preferential treatment!" I already have a good impression of the Daomen, after all, I can ascend basically thanks to the help of the national teacher. ”

And hearing Xu Sheng say this, Dan Yunzi and other Taoists were also overjoyed.

"Of course."

But at this time, Xu Sheng changed his words and said: "This time I came here, the Danfang I want is not what you take out now." ”

Of course, as he spoke, Xu Sheng reached out and took all these Dan Fangs and stuffed them into the pockets of the men next to him.

"......" Dan Yunzi was speechless.

"What I want is your fryer's Danfang!"

Then Xu Sheng no longer tested these Taoist priests, and said directly: "How did you get the big explosion in the valley before?" I want you to record and report all the 1510, and the proportion of any material must be carefully recorded, including the order of your alchemy, and any details must be recorded! And you're going to do it all over again, and then you're going to explode again! ”

"Huh?"

Dan Yunzi and other Taoist priests were all stunned: "What do you want is the Danfang of the fryer?" ”

They didn't expect that in order to flatter the imperial power, they worked hard to develop some new elixirs, but failed to please Long Yan.

Xu Sheng instead asked for their fryer Danfang.

Of course, after that, Dan Yunzi and others explained that the previous fryer was indeed an accident.

That's their failed work.

They didn't mean to blow up the oven at all.

Of course, they did come here to practice alchemy because after Xu Sheng made Xiaodaogu a national teacher, he saw that the folk customs of Daxu Kingdom had become closer to Taoist priests.

"What I want is your failed work!"

Xu Sheng said with burning eyes: "Remember, fellow Daoists, please recall carefully, how did you build the fryer at that time?" ”

“……”

The Taoist priests were speechless.

In the end, of course, the Taoist priests repeated the explosion incident.

And in this process, Xu Sheng was surprised to find that the alchemy materials they used were not the same as some gunpowder materials that he had vaguely understood in the history of the earth.

But think about it, after all, there are two worlds, and this is not the history of the earth.

So Xu Sheng is still acceptable.

He made this a setting that was unique to this world.

Of course, what surprised Xu Sheng even more was that many of the alchemy materials of these Taoist priests could be found everywhere.

It's not hard to find at all.

There is no need to search the ends of the earth at all.

A few days later!

"Boom!"

Watching another big explosion take place in the valley.

"Good! That's it! ”

In this regard, Xu Sheng was very happy: "This is what I want!" ”

“……”

And Dan Yunzi and other Taoist priests, old and young, were quite speechless when Xu Sheng was so happy that he was almost crazy in the face of them, looking at each other with doubts on their faces.

Because they didn't expect Xu Sheng to want to apply it on the battlefield now.

After all, no one in this world has ever done this before.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

After that, Xu Sheng was happy, and he couldn't help but come over, patted Dan Yunzi on the shoulder vigorously and said, "You have a great success this time!" ”

"Your Majesty, then?"

Dan Yunzi and the others naturally took the opportunity to make a request.

"Don't worry! I will be rewarded for my meritorious work! Your great contribution must be a great reward! ”

Xu Sheng said: "Come, it's so hot, what are you doing in a daze?" Bring the chilled melons and fruits to all the Taoist leaders! ”

“……”

"Ladies and gentlemen, eat, this is what I have given you, chilled melons and fruits! It's delicious, a royal special! ”

“……”

Dan Yunzi and other Taoist priests were speechless.

That's what you're talking about?

They don't want some kind of chilled melon and fruit.

Of course, in the end, Xu Sheng naturally couldn't just appreciate the chilled melons and fruits.

After Danyunzi and other Taoists put forward the requirements that they wanted to establish a Taoist temple in Daxu and spread Taoism, and that Taoist priests who wanted to become monks not collect taxes.

Xu Sheng thought about it, but still agreed.

It's like what the emperors of the history of the earth promised to domen.

Dan Yunzi and the others were naturally very happy.

And Xu Sheng didn't care about them so much.

Just let them preach, it doesn't matter, anyway, Xu Sheng may have to become a monk in the next life.

Afterwards.

Xu Sheng's return trip.

Then, Xu Sheng searched for various talents related to military scientific research throughout the country and set up a military research group.

Let his subordinates specialize in the explosion of the Taoist priests on the basis of the Dan Fang of Dan Yunzi and others.

Until another half a year later.

to really control this explosion steadily.

Stable gunpowder has been made!

Xu Sheng finally saw the gunpowder of this world for the first time.

But the gunpowder of this world is actually red, not black!

After all, the materials used for refining are different from those on the earth, and the color of the gunpowder is different, so there seems to be nothing incomprehensible.

However, the function and effect of these red powders are similar to those of black powder in the history of the earth.

It is the existence of more or less substance.

That's enough!

The other Xu Sheng didn't care so much.

Of course, although the red powder is already in hand, and it can already be produced in large quantities.

However, Xu Sheng still did not directly start a war, driving the army to kill the Great Chu State and capture Hu Xinfeng.

Because the materials used to refine red powder are very common.

Let's not say that Daxu's domestic economy has just recovered, and it is not suitable to restart the war now.

Let's just say that if the war is directly launched now, and the red powder appears like this, is it possible that the red powder will repeat the mistakes of the previous fire oil bombs?

For example, there are smart people in the Great Chu Kingdom!

The fire oil bomb back then was deciphered by some smart people in the Chu clan.

In a short period of time, it was imitated.

So Xu Sheng now has to learn a lesson!

He wants to be steady!

Red gunpowder is not enough!

The technical threshold is not high enough!

Therefore, Xu Sheng was in no hurry to start a war.

Instead, the news of the appearance of red powder was completely blocked.

Continue to invest funds and manpower, so that Daxu's domestic talents can study day and night.

Of course, Xu Sheng proposed the general direction of his research to those who have now changed from the research group to the manager of the research institute.

Of course, let them make muskets and stuff like that out of red powder with 'steel technology that's more advanced than anywhere else'.

"What? Your Majesty? The explosion of this red powder was so powerful! You want us to stuff it into a little iron pipe? ”

At the beginning, when Xu Sheng proposed it, the old man in the research institute protested very strongly: "How can this be done? ”

I feel that Xu Sheng is a layman commanding an insider!

Xu Sheng was not very angry about the reaction of the old men.

Because of the scene where Xu Sheng now puts forward a demand for them.

It's like a project manager on the planet making demands on a programmer.

The programmers' protests are understandable.

After all, if you want to realize the requirements in the end, you need programmers to implement them little by little!

They may even have to lose several handfuls of hair for this!

"Your Majesty, this can't be done at all, you are so difficult for us!"

One of the old men even tricked and said: "Then it's better to cut off the old man's head directly!" ”

"That's what I want, no matter what you do, no matter what it takes. I want you to make it! ”

However, Xu Sheng didn't buy it, and said directly: "You really can't make it?" If you can't do it, then okay, I'll cut off your head! Someone else will preside over this institute! ”

"Don't."

The old man immediately said, "Your Majesty, the old man is joking. Your Majesty has a life, the old man dare not obey! ”

He's just haggling like a programmer to a project manager.

Now that Xu Sheng, the project manager, is not retreating, he can naturally only accept it when he sees it, and try to achieve it.

After all, Xu Sheng is not an ordinary project manager, but a son of heaven!

In short, in the end, these people can only obediently obey orders.

The Military Research Institute of Science and Technology set up by Xu Sheng is in full swing to be studied.

It was achieved in the direction of Xu Sheng's request to 'use gunpowder as a driving force, get a gun barrel, and finally launch a cone-shaped thing called a bullet at a very fast speed'.

The price paid for the research of the Military Research Institute is not small.

Many researchers were injured in the explosion, and some even died directly.

The Treasury has also invested a lot of money.

Fortunately, Daxu's domestic economy is not bad now.

Xu Sheng is also not hesitant to invest in this.

But it's not like blindly investing money and then leaving it alone.

Xu Sheng usually pays the most attention to this military research institute!

He ran to the Military Research Institute when he was fine.

Keep an eye on their research!

The pressure to keep an eye on the old men of the Military Research Institute is so great!

Each one's hair is visibly thinning day by year.

Of course, these research talents of military research institutes work so hard, and Xu Sheng does not hesitate to give them honor!

Those who have contributed to it will be crowned as national soldiers.

Their families have also gained certain advantages in studying, joining the army, buying a house, and so on.

So these people work very seriously and hard.

After all, when the key project that Chaotianzi personally stared at, who would dare not be serious?

In short, just like that, time keeps and on and on.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye!

It has been more than ten years since Xu Sheng ascended the throne!

And in all these years of research, Xu Sheng's musket was finally made!

It's just that it hasn't reached the level of gun craftsmanship in the world where Xu Sheng traveled before.

It is only equivalent to the musket of the Qing Dynasty in the ancient history of the earth.

Two shots!

It's going to be gunpowder!

These muskets had long been secretly equipped with some of the Xu's secret armies.

Even so, of course!

Xu Sheng obviously felt that this was enough to crush any army of cold weapons in this world.

But he still didn't take the initiative.

Instead, it continued to be steady.

I want the people of the Military Research Institute to continue to study and make the art of muskets go further!

However!

Unexpected!

The Chu clan didn't give Xu Sheng time.

It took them more than ten years to finally refine the strongest army in the era of cold weapons that Ebony had imagined in the war book before his death, and even Ebony himself had not trained it!

Therefore, the Chu clan, no, is now the Great Chu Dynasty, and its confidence is born again!

I want to sweep all directions and unify the world!

(End of chapter)