Looking at the good news in front of him, the corners of the First Emperor's eyes couldn't help but squint slightly, as if someone had suddenly pushed open a window and saw an unprecedented scenery.

After sending the captain to rest and receive the reward, the First Emperor immediately asked people to call Shaofu Shi Lu, Ling Ziqin of the examination office, and Tian Zhen, who had recently indulged in the study of grafting and hybridization. Now he has officially stepped down from the position of the right Shangshu of the Jiangshan Society, and with a group of Mo apprentices, as well as Xu Xing's apprentices, he has become a doctor of agriculture in Daqin.

When Tian struck over, everyone was stunned.

He didn't know why the First Emperor had suddenly summoned him.

When he arrived at the palace and saw Shaofu Shi Lu and Ling Ziqin in the examination office, he frowned even more subconsciously. Although now, he can be regarded as loyal to the Great Qin Imperial Court, but subconsciously he still has some resistance to the Qin Mo family, who has been a lackey of Great Qin for a long time.

And Ling Ziqin of the examination office is the representative of Qin Mo today.

"Chentian Strike, I've seen Your Majesty-"

Tian Zheng stepped forward and bowed.

"Tian Qing doesn't have to be polite......"

The First Emperor smiled and stretched out his hand to help, and his attitude towards this kind of scholar who concentrates on his work has always been friendly and friendly, and he is also very respectful.

"This is the good news that Zhenyuan General Liu Ji just sent back from the Western Regions, you can pass it on and take a look......"

After the first emperor finished speaking, he motioned to the attendants on the side and passed the good news to a few people.

Shaofu Shi Lu, Tian Zhen, and Ziqin couldn't help but subconsciously glance at each other, all of them were a little confused. When the good news comes, shouldn't it be reported to Xiangguo and Taiwei and others?

How did you gather the three of yourself?

With doubts, he opened Shaofu Shilu and looked at the good news in his hand, but soon he couldn't help but jump in his heart and noticed an extremely familiar word that appeared in the good news.

Gunpowder!

The gunpowder workshop in Thirty Liyu was built by him personally. He suddenly understood why the First Emperor had specially summoned himself and the other three.

But this is not the case with Tian Zhen and Ling Ziqin of the examination office, and it is the first time they have heard of gunpowder.

At this time, when I saw Liu Ji's description in the good news, I couldn't help but be surprised.

"What is gunpowder? It's so powerful! ”

Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of Tian Zhen and Ziqin, the First Emperor couldn't help but feel good, and said with a smile.

"Some time ago, my eldest grandson of the emperor took out a little gadget, but I didn't expect it to be used here by General Zhenyuan......"

The eldest grandson of the emperor!

In order to show the power of gunpowder to Tian Zhen and Ziqin more intuitively, the First Emperor deliberately asked people to demonstrate it in an empty courtyard in the palace.

Looking at the collapsed courtyard wall, Tian Zhen and Ziqin did not recover for a long time.

"I summoned you here today to let you try to see if you can use this gunpowder to make a weapon more suitable for combat......

Looking at the collapsed courtyard wall and the bricks and stones everywhere, Tian Zheng was silent for a long time before bowing down.

"Your Majesty has now encompassed the United States, ruling the world, the four seas are peaceful, and the people's minds are determined, so why should you put your mind on these things......"

When the First Emperor heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and turned his gaze to Ziqin on the side.

Ziqin immediately came out of the ranks.

"The minister will go all out and live up to his mission!"

Tian Zhen raised his head angrily and looked at Ziqin, who was standing on the side.

"As an apprentice of the Mo family, I don't want to use what I have learned to seek eternal happiness for the people of the world, and I don't want to advise Your Majesty, but I blindly meet the wishes of the people, thinking about developing battlefield weapons, and in vain I am an apprentice of the Mo family, and I am ashamed to be the minister of the king! If there is another war in the world and the people are displaced, it is your sin! ”

Ziqin raised his head and looked at Tian Zheng, who was full of anger.

"It's the same killing, what is the difference between gunpowder and arrows?"

Tian Zhen couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"What's more, if His Majesty had a sharp weapon such as gunpowder in his hands before, why would the war have dragged on for decades, and the six countries of Shandong would have already fallen to the wind! Why is the world so tired? ”

Speaking of this, Ziqin couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

"Weapons are just means, such as a long bow on the waist and a long sword in the hand, if you use it properly, you can protect the country at the top, and you can reassure the people at the bottom, and you can deter the state around you, so you don't want to start a war, why not?"

The First Emperor couldn't help but praise.

"Good! The examination room Ling Ziyan can be described as an old man holding the country! ”

With the attitude of the first emperor and the cooperation of the examination office, this matter was unstoppable, and seeing that the matter was irreparable, Tian Zheng left angrily.

The First Emperor was not upset.

Since Tian Zheng has no intention of participating, he will give this task to Ziqin in an all-round way. Let him put down the errand on the Shaofu side, select an innocent craftsman in the examination room, enter the gunpowder workshop in Thirty Liyu, and concentrate on studying the use of gunpowder.

Tian Zhen, who returned to his residence, was still indignant at the decision of the First Emperor.

"Juzi, the Tao is not the same, should we leave ......

Chai, the disciple who was accompanying him, couldn't help but propose when he saw this. Tian Zheng looked at the experimental field that had been operating outside the window for a long time, and was silent for a long time before he sighed deeply.

"This thing, if it can be successful, promote the world, then the four seas within the warehouse is full, Qianshou may be able to take advantage of the full, now just touched a little clue, if it is far away, I am unwilling to ......"

looked at the moment with a look of indignation.

Chai Shen gave a salute.

"Moment Gaoyi!"

Tian Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, the first emperor was reckless and stubborn, and he couldn't do anything about the affairs of the court, the only thing he could do was to make this grain improvement plan proposed by the emperor's eldest grandson.

Fortunately, although he confronted the First Emperor in front of him and betrayed the will of the First Emperor, the First Emperor did not pursue his sins, but instead sent winter clothes, wine and food, and did not allow any requests from his side.

This made him slowly put his mind at ease, simply closed the door and thanked the guests, and threw himself into his experimental field, no longer paying attention to the messy and disturbing political affairs outside.

……

When the county lieutenant heard about it, he finally saw the idol in his heart, and his eyes lit up excitedly.

"His Royal Highness swept through Mobei, broke the four countries in one day, and set the west of the river with three arrows, although the minister was far away in Nanyang, he couldn't witness His Highness's heroic posture, but he was still enthusiastic and honored!"

Zhao Ying couldn't help but laugh dumbly, stepped forward to help the county lieutenant Chai and the others with his own hands, and said with a smile.

"The general is overrated, but it's just a soldier's life......"

As he spoke, he beckoned the county captain Chai and the others to sit down, and ordered tea to be served left and right.

Zhao Ying's attitude is very friendly and his smile is also very gentle. Speaking of words, he was gentle and elegant, without the kind of domineering and domineering military atmosphere he imagined, which made the county lieutenant Chai and others feel like a spring breeze.

Although Zhao Ying declined the invitation of the Nanyang County Shou to enter the city to rest, and repeatedly emphasized that everything was simple, but in the evening, the county Shouqu Fu still specially asked people to send good wine and food from the restaurant in the city.

Dozens of sheep were sent to reward the accompanying soldiers.

Zhao Ying was not hypocritical, and accepted it calmly.

After Qu Fu left, he directly rewarded the wine and food to the soldiers under his command. Although these drinks and food were poured together in a big pot of rice, they did not taste good, but they still boosted the morale of the exhausted soldiers.

According to Zhao Ying's original plan, he waited for Nanyang County to send the supplied grain and grass, and then set off the next day to continue south.

But what he didn't expect was that he had to stop temporarily the next day.

"Your Highness, the people have been wronged, please call the shots of Your Highness......"

Qu Fu is very capable of doing things, knowing that Zhao Ying is going to leave overnight, so he asked people to prepare the food and grass materials that need to be supplied that night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, he personally brought someone to send it over.

"Your Highness, what else do you need, although you open your mouth, although Nanyang is barren, you are still willing to do your best to ensure that Your Highness and his party need ......"

"Qu Junshou bothered ......"

The two were looking at the farmers who were temporarily recruited here in Nanyang to load and unload the materials, when they saw a sudden commotion not far away. Qu Fu couldn't help frowning, turning his head to look, Zhao Ying couldn't help frowning.

Because, now his facial features are sharp, and he has already far surpassed ordinary people, although there are hundreds of steps apart, he can still see the scene in the distance and hear the sound in the distance.

It was an old man with a dark and thin face, who was helping to load and unload food. Taking advantage of the fact that the steward beside him was not paying attention, he suddenly threw down the food in his hand and rushed towards his side.

"Zheng, what are you going to do!"

The manager in charge immediately rushed up, hugged the old man, and scolded him sharply.

"If you want to die, you can't kill it, and if you collide with Your Highness, even if you have a hundred heads, it's not enough to cut off......"

However, the old man seemed to have an iron heart, and fought desperately there.

"Old man, I should have died a long time ago, my son is dead, my wife is gone, what's the point of me living! I want to see His Highness, and I want to ask him why he has come up with such a harmful policy, and if it were not for him, how could my son have been killed—let me go, or I will not be able to close my eyes even if I die, old man......"

"Shut up! You're trying to kill us......"

Seeing this old man, he shouted there regardless of it, and the steward on the side, in the winter, sweat came down from his forehead. Listening to the shriveled old man and the hoarse shout, Zhao Ying's face couldn't help but slowly converge.

"It's the minister's sin to be ineffective and disturb His Highness, so the minister will go over and see what happened......"

Qu Fu saw that the movement over there was getting bigger and bigger, and Zhao Ying already had a trace of unhappiness on his face, and he couldn't sit still. got up and confessed a crime, and was about to go over, Zhao Ying saw this, suddenly smiled, and stood up.

"It's okay, it's just idle, I'll go over with the county guard to have a look......"

Seeing that Qu Fu brought His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun over in person, everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing, and the old man's voice gradually lowered, giving up the struggle, and showing a hint of cringe on his face.

"Who dares to make a loud noise in front of His Highness, and don't hurry up and take it down-"

Qu Fu looked at the steward who was pulling the old man there in a daze, and couldn't help frowning, and scolded loudly. Hearing the order of the county guard, the accompanying guards hurriedly stepped forward and wanted to drag the old man down.

was stopped by Zhao Ying.

"Wait—"

Qu Fu's entourage guard suddenly stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at Qu Fu on the side, and Qu Fu scolded him a little unhappily.

"Didn't you hear Your Highness's orders? Don't let go of ...... yet."

The old man was suddenly free, and he couldn't react, and he stood there for a while, and then slowly woke up, looked at Zhao Ying, who was mild-looking, and knelt on the ground with a puff, and kowtowed.

At this time, it was already the middle of October, and the ground under my feet was slightly pale and cold. But the old man didn't care about it at all, he just kowtowed desperately, and after only two strokes, his forehead was already blurred with flesh and blood.

It was almost mixed with dirt, and it flowed down from his forehead, and his thin face looked a little miserable.

"Old man, you don't have to be like this, if you have anything to say, stand up and say ......"

Zhao Ying stepped forward, squatted down, and helped the old man up with his own hands. The old man was still struggling, but he didn't know how, as soon as his body was light, he was already up.

"Old man, tell me, what the hell is going on......"

The old man looked at Zhao Ying's gentle face, and he didn't know why, he originally wanted to question, but he couldn't say anything, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Zhao Ying didn't rush either.

"I just heard the old man say, your family, it seems that because of my policy? I don't know if you can talk about it specifically? ”

As soon as Zhao Ying's words came out, Qu Fu's face suddenly changed, and he was about to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Zhao Ying.

"It's okay, whether it's right or wrong, you have to let the family speak, and listen to what the old man has to say......"

Although he was mild-mannered and kind-hearted, he was actually very puzzled in his heart, and carefully reviewed all the policies since he participated in political affairs, and asked himself if he had done anything harmful to the people, and wondered what had gone wrong.

probably figured out his situation, thinking that he would not escape death this time, but the old man was not nervous.

He simply struggled to get up from the ground, and said with red eyes.

"The old Han family of three, originally had a few acres of thin fields, although they couldn't eat enough, and their lives were harder, but they didn't fight in the past two years, Xiao'er was willing to work hard to live, and leased a few acres of paddy fields from Zhang Daguiren in the city, even if the taxes of the imperial court were heavier, they could barely survive......"

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but point at Zhao Ying and said with tears in his eyes.

"But who knows what kind of Zhancheng rice you don't know the so-called eldest grandson of the emperor, but you want to promote what kind of Zhancheng rice, forcing the old Han family to plant new rice seeds, poor children scrape together, and the crops planted with hunger have just grown, and they have been forcibly cut down by you - you are doing evil......"

The old man couldn't help beating his chest.

"God will not let you go! The crops that have just grown, just like that, they are planed - Xiao'er just justified two sentences, and then ushered in a beating, Xiao'er is angry, he has to go to Zhang Guiren to theorize, who knows, who knows......"

Speaking of which, I couldn't cry anymore.

"When I went, it was fine, but when I came back, it was already a cold corpse......

Zhao Ying's face was already gloomy like water, and the canal on the side was sweating when he heard it, and he couldn't wait to step forward directly to block the old man's mouth, but when he saw the cold gaze of the emperor's eldest grandson, he didn't dare to move a little.

(End of chapter)