In the blink of an eye.

Summer goes and autumn comes.

The second year of Wude is coming to an end.

The process of collecting commercial tax is also progressing quite smoothly.

Many of them died, hid their property, and lied about their income, and as a result, they were investigated by the Jinyi guards.

Jin Yiwei's spy ability can be called pervasive.

They can get a lot of information by playing the role of a street vendor.

And all this information comes from the mouths of the people.

It must not be groundless to be able to spread among the people.

"Qiyue, hurry..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

In the harem, Guo Tianyi was applauding love with Zhang Qiyue.

"Whew~"

"It's comfortable..."

After a while, Guo Tianyi exhaled.

He hasn't been idle these days.

In line with the principle of even rain and dew, I got to Zhang Qiyue here in broad daylight today.

And Zhang Qiyue was naturally overjoyed, greeting each other and gushing in return.

Guo Tianyi's biggest hobby is to communicate deeply in the harem in broad daylight.

Can you see clearly in the daytime?

A delicate beauty naturally has to see the details clearly.

Cao Dechun was outside the hall, and when he heard the movement, it seemed to be gone, so he said loudly, "Your Majesty, Lord Duzao Fumo has been waiting in the imperial study for an hour..."

When Guo Tianyi was doing business, Cao Dechun didn't dare to disturb.

Moreover, he also knows Guo Tianyi's persistence.

Every time, it takes a stick of incense to finish the job.

Although he is a eunuch, he also envies Guo Tianyi for having such an extraordinary physique.

You know, ordinary men, but it ends in minutes.

But Guo Tianyi is like a god of war.

In private, Cao Dechun will even discuss the topic of "Is Your Majesty a human" with Xiao Anzi.

"Okay."

"Someone, change clothes."

Guo Tianyi shook off his arms and said loudly.

After the tea, Guo Tianyi came to the imperial study in a brand-new regular clothes.

"Chen Mofeng, see Your Majesty."

"Mo Aiqing, what new things have you come up with again?"

"Your Majesty, the gunpowder you ordered has been developed according to the formula..."

"What?" Guo Tianyi was ecstatic, stood up from the dragon chair with a "rub", and said excitedly, "Let's go, go with me immediately to have a look." ”

"No!"

..........

Inside the Governor's Office Test Hall.

Guo Tianyi came here accompanied by Mo Feng.

Here are the elites of the Mo family, specializing in studying some black technologies ordered by Guo Tianyi.

Among them, gunpowder is the most important.

Although Guo Tianyi has a lot of information in his mind, because of the relationship between productivity, Guo Tianyi is still unclear about the specific ratio of gunpowder.

Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions of ancient China.

Gunpowder has become one of the important inventions of human civilization because of its lethal and deterrent power, which has brought mankind the role of stopping war and security defense.

Guo Tianyi had already brought papermaking and movable type printing to Dafeng.

It's just that gunpowder hasn't come out yet.

If you have gunpowder, why are you afraid of the millions of cavalry of Wu State?

Although the current metallurgical industry is backward and cannot produce such things as muskets and artillery in a short time, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Without gunpowder, everything is empty talk.

The Ming Dynasty in later generations had advanced firearms, but they were exploited by the Manchus because of natural and man-made disasters.

And the navigation and gunpowder technology of the Ming Dynasty were also the pinnacle.

Since then, it's lagged behind.

"Your Majesty, the minister will take two taels of sulfur, two taels of nitrate, and three and a half coins of aristolochia. The right is the end...."

"Something that meets His Majesty's requirements has been made."

As he spoke, Mo Feng carefully took out a stone altar, which contained the preliminarily made gunpowder.

Guo Tianyi looked at the black powder in the stone altar and said eagerly, "Bring the fire fold." ”

"Your Majesty, let's come on..."Mo Feng saw that Guo Tianyi was going to ignite the gunpowder powder himself, and said loudly, "This thing will burn when it sees fire, and the minister is afraid..."

"It doesn't matter."

"I know this."

"In my dreams, I've seen a lot."

Guo Tianyi waved his hand and took the fire fold directly from the stunned Mo Feng.

Then, I saw Guo Tianyi lightly.

With a "bang", the powder in the stone altar ignited instantly, and then a thick and pungent white smoke wafted away.

Boy!

Gunpowder indeed.

But...

Guo Tianyi looked at the powder burning weakly, and his brows furrowed.

This gunpowder is only the beginning.

It's good to use to start a fire.

But if you make a gunpowder bag and turn it into a rocket on a bow and arrow, it won't be enough.

"Your Majesty, why are you clinging to such items?" Mo Feng looked at Guo Tianyi's expression and said puzzledly, "The minister has read ancient books, and in the past, there were alchemists who used fire alchemy to fry, and it seems that they were refined with saltpeter sulfur and other substances. ”

The surrounding courtiers of the Governor's Mansion looked at Guo Tianyi's face strangely.

These ancient books are available in the Governor's Mansion.

Backed by the emperor's big backer, and there are a large number of books in the Royal Library, all kinds of ancient books.

Don't...

His Majesty also wants them to refine the pill and seek immortality?

This can't be done, right?

In history, all emperors who ate "elixir" were poisoned, but few of them lived long.

These craftsmen know that the alchemy process of alchemy by the magicians added sulfur and other substances are poisonous, after being tempered by fierce fire.

They still know this concept.

"What do you think?" Guo Tianyi glanced at everyone angrily and said, "I asked you to prepare gunpowder, not to learn how to practice the elixir, but to turn it into a weapon of war!" ”

Once a war with the state of Wu.

That's total war.

Guo Tianyi didn't want to fight an unprepared battle.

The state of Wu wanted to annex Daebong.

But why don't you look at the vast grasslands and superior geographical location of Wu Kingdom?

If you take the state of Wu, Dafeng will be able to form a condescending trend against the countries of the Western Regions.

It can also attack Europa and occupy the Rus Empire.

The great cause of unifying the world, and the occupation of Wu is a vital part.

If you can't win this first battle, how can you talk about dominating the world?

I think Genghis Khan was able to penetrate the Eurasian continent back then.

With knowledge that has been ahead of the world for thousands of years, he will definitely reach new heights.

Hearing this, Mo Feng breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Guo Tianyi and said respectfully, "Your Majesty means to make it instantly powerful?" The rate of combustion should also be greatly increased? ”

"Not bad." Guo Tianyi smiled slightly, "Aiqing is right, I hope that it will burn at least twice as fast as it is now, and Aiqing will have to adjust the recipe." ”

"No!"

"I understand."

...........

In the blink of an eye.

Autumn goes and winter comes.

The second year of Wude is coming to an end.

Guo Tianyi was reading and walking in the imperial study, and Guo Qingdai, who was already slim, ran in and sat in Guo Tianyi's arms, "Brother Emperor, Grandmother Emperor told us to come over..."

"Oh?"

"Grandmother Huang told us to come over, then let's go."

Guo Tianyi doted on Guo Qingdai's nose and said with a smile.

I don't know why the old lady suddenly summoned her?