It was getting late, and there was a boat parked on the side of a trestle bridge at the Bianhe ferry. But at this moment, it has been surrounded by the soldiers of the Xuanwu Army. The boatman and the owner of the ship have been controlled, and now the ship is an unmanned ship full of saltpeter.

At the bottom of the cabin, in large wooden boxes one after another, there were small stones that were transparent, white, or gray and translucent, not only did not have the same color, but even the size and shape were very different, and they looked a little ugly.

Li Jiaqing is a knowledgeable person, and the other party Youde introduced:

"When mining, saltpeter is often mixed with miscanthus nitrate, which is difficult to distinguish, so you have to dig it out first and then deal with it later. To make gunpowder, there are still some processes that need to be made, and saltpeter is first refined.

The last general thought that such a large amount of saltpeter, and the gunpowder to be made was never used to set off fireworks. What's more, if you want to say that these things are transported to Chang'an, the last general still believes that they are widely used, and there are so many fireworks to be set off in Youzhou! ”

He got to the point.

Saltpeter can also be used to make ice, Chang'an is extremely prosperous, and saltpeter makes ice to make cold drinks, and there is already an industrial chain. But how big is Youzhou City, just a little business, and most of it is used to trade livestock with the northern grasslands, what do you want saltpeter for?

These problems can't be studied deeply, and Li Jiaqing threw the burden to Fang Youde very slippery.

I don't even know where Shiguo is, I don't know how much money is left in the treasury to dispose of, there are a lot of people!

All the troubles in the world are because they are profitable. When it is unprofitable, it is convenient to be convenient with others and convenient for oneself, and you can't jump up and down like this.

And now that An Lushan is dead, Fang Youde no longer knows what will happen in the "future", and he can't say who is the "good guy" and who is the bad guy, and whether his rash actions will make the situation in Datang worse.

Fang Youde's hand can be described as killing two birds with one stone, on the one hand, he hit the careerists who have not yet appeared, and on the other hand, he bribed his subordinates and made them die for themselves.

This place in Youzhou is just the speculation of the ship owner, because this "smart" ship owner knows that if he bites to death in places like Bozhou and Beizhou, it is estimated that his life will be handed over to Bianzhou. These saltpeters must have been for the military, and the border troops in Hebei were basically in Youzhou.

Since it takes time to verify whether the method is good or not, it is impossible to decide the winner now. So, if you make the method look more "aggressive" and beautiful, it will be more eye-catching, and will you be able to run ahead of it?

Fang Youde squatted down, opened a wooden box containing saltpeter, confirmed that what Li Jiaqing said was correct, and his heart sank.

"Half of this saltpeter, we will make gunpowder ourselves, and the other half will be sold to Chang'an by trustworthy vendors, and the money obtained will add some wine, meat, and clothes to the brothers of the Crane Army."

The owner of the ship probably sensed that something was wrong and lied to protect himself, and he was not sure that the destination was Youzhou. ”

A small river in the middle of the house, picking and searching is not like words! Where is the courage of a feudal official!

There are also a series of suggestions such as "making up households and gathering people" and "garrisoning the Tang Army". How to put it, it can only be said that the ignorant are fearless.

Instead of letting the people over there control these saltpeters in Youzhou, it is better to take the opportunity to hack them, at least the things are still in their own hands. If the saltpeter thing is thrown to the border town, it will cause a lot of turmoil, but if it is thrown to Chang'an, it will really not be able to splash at all.

Anyway, it's a free speech, and it's not a rebellion, you can say whatever you want!

He originally planned to choose some reliable ones from them, polish some by himself, improve and comprehensively summarize them, and then personally send them to Huaqing Palace to Brother Ji, but he didn't expect that the desk was full of outrageous plans.

Fang Youde sighed, turned around and walked into the bedroom. This time, he was really tired! The figure in the moonlight looked very lonely.

"Sure enough, did I do it wrong?"

After reading Liu Yan's recital, Li Shizhi felt that compared with other radical and boundless "Arabian Nights", this idea was too conservative.

A bad guy who hides his true intentions, if he dies in an accident before he does something bad, then after his death, outsiders may evaluate him completely differently, right?

Li Jiaqing feels that Fang Youde is very persistent in the matter of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, but in specific matters, he has flexible coping skills, and he is not a pedantic person who sticks to small sections.

"Well, you don't have to make a noise about this matter, but you don't have to be like a thief, after all, you can't hide it, and you won't be afraid of being known in the future. Let it be. ”

In the late Tang Dynasty in his previous life, gunpowder had already been popularized in the military, and he understood what it meant to have so much saltpeter better than Li Jiaqing.

It is easy to say that charcoal powder and sulfur are more difficult to do, especially in large quantities of production areas, there are only a few.

It is said that saltpeter, if the amount is small, it is not that it is particularly sensitive, and it is commonly used by Taoist priests when refining pills, and it is usually not very eye-catching.

And cold weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds are not lacking at all, and they are piled up everywhere in the treasury of various places, even if Datang doubles its army, these cold weapons are completely sufficient.

For these, there is nothing that can be done.

At this time, who can be on and who is not depends on the competitors, who performs more brightly!

The matter that Fang Chongyong mentioned is obviously the hottest and fastest way at present!

Fang Youde said disapprerovingly, it is impossible to investigate the case, it is too involved, not to mention, I don't know who is doing things behind it.

So one after another outrageous recitals were sent to the council hall, to Li Shizhi's desk, to Fang Xuan's desk, and there were all kinds of things to say!

In fact, for the armament of the Tang Army, Fang Youde was very compelling in his heart, knowing what was lacking in the army and what was not lacking.

Will it become a second An Lushan now? ”

Due to the different formulas and different occasions of use, there is no detailed production standard for gunpowder, but it is known that there are several things that are necessary, such as charcoal powder, sulfur, and saltpeter.

As we all know, in ancient times, because the threshold for acquiring knowledge was a bit high, the amount of information was a key parameter. Only those who have access to enough information can have enough thinking and enough vision to control national affairs.

In Chang'an, a lot of saltpeter can be used up by selling ice drinks in summer, and this half of the boat of saltpeter looks like a lot, and it is nothing if it is scattered in the huge Chang'an City.

Li Shizhi's temper is very hot, but he is not a strong person. He also knew that the stakes were too high to be arbitrary, so he sent the recital to the six books for circulation. All central officials can state their views in a book.

Fang Youde didn't break his selfishness, shook his head and said:

So how do you get ahead of the "track"?

Although his face was calm, he was a little frightened in his heart, and he no longer had the sense of control that Zhizhu held in his hands.

I'm afraid not necessarily, no matter how bad it is, it will be just a loyal Tang Dynasty Hu border general.

These things are not systematically supplied in the Tang Dynasty, the workshops under the Ministry of Industry are not manufactured, and the civilian sector has not formed a large-scale supply channel, so there is a shortage everywhere. In the army, gunpowder is not used to kill people, most of them are used to ignite fire.

This wave of operations directly made Li Shizhi numb.

Since a large amount of saltpeter has been found, dispose of these things and that's it. As for whether the mastermind behind the scenes can get saltpeter from elsewhere, it is not for him to interfere.

But it is clear that as long as the "lesion" is not eradicated, then the next time, the next crisis, will come soon.

Is it really still the heinous Tang traitor?

Li Jiaqing clasped his fists and saluted, his attitude was very respectful. As a section commander, Fang Youde is still very competent. The military law is strict, and there are many givings, and the Qiu Ba below have no complaints.

In the previous life, he died very early, and the emperor had no chance to rebel at all. Is he really an "honest man" who has no ambition and will never betray Datang?

Therefore, the set of "whose method is better" will not work on the surface, and it will take time to verify.

The national policy needs to be verified by time, whose method is better, whose is more appropriate, and the people who formulated the national policy also crossed the river by feeling the stones at that time, and did not know what would happen in the next few years or even decades.

Something suddenly dawned on him.

Fang Youde waved his hand and said.

Wouldn't it be nice to do something else with the money? Where does the imperial court not need money!

"Drown the boatman and the owner of the ship! Then all the saltpeter was moved to Kaifeng County, the boat was scuttled, and the Bianzhou government reported that the boat was capsized, all the people were drowned, and the corpses were handed over to them, and the matter was over.

The credit is not big, and the fault can be ignored, becoming a piece of leftover material for building a brilliant Datang.

"Jie Shuai, so we can't check?"

Whether the national policy is good or not, we have to see later, but the radical national policy can be hilarious now!

The brain is high, is the official position coming?

"Zuo Xiang, what do you think should be done with the matter of protecting the capital in the river?"

"Jie Shuai, you are still thoughtful. No matter where these saltpeters go, in our hands, it can be regarded as saving the saint a trouble. ”

I have to say that this owner is a little clever, but it makes things even more confusing.

Li Jiaqing frowned and said, with a bad premonition in his heart.

I am afraid that only the future will have an answer, at least Fang Youde can no longer judge what the other party is thinking and which way he will go in the future.

If An Lushan is still alive, and this boat of saltpeter is what An Lushan wants, then even if he sends troops across the state to intercept it, Fang Youde will not hesitate.

This recital was written by Liu Yan, the new head of the household department. Liu Yan strongly opposed Fang Chongyong's proposal in his recital, believing that "the treasury is unusable", just maintain the existing pattern, Datang can't stand the toss, and there is no need to set up another festival in such a far place.

He lost his purpose, he lost the direction he was going, but the world did not calm down as he expected.

In the future, whoever asks will say that the ship has sunk, and if anyone wants to fish, let them fish, we don't know anything, we have done nothing. ”

Because, Fang Youde has lost the prediction of the "future".

……

Liu Yan believes that at such a long distance, there is no 10 million silk in the early stage, and it is impossible to stand up to the expenses, and the follow-up is still a bottomless pit, which requires continuous investment and more than ten years to be effective.

Fang Youde waved his hand, already thinking about this stubble.

Is that okay?

Li Jiaqing was stunned for a moment, and found that Fang Youde's courage was not ordinary, this horse was a prison guard and a thief!

He originally thought that he would have to do a disguise and make his face look better, but he didn't expect Fang Youde to deal with it simply and rudely, and it was a knife, clean and neat!

Fang Chongyong's idea of setting up a "river capital palace" in the west of the two capital protection mansions of Beiting and Anxi caused an uproar after Ji Ge threw it into the council hall!

Therefore, Fang Youde can only choose the lowest risk and the most direct method: headache and foot pain!

You are sitting in Youzhou, will it be the same as An Lushan? At the beginning, you said that An Lushan was going to rebel, and you had to get rid of it to prevent future troubles.

For example, the most common bows and arrows and other things, there is often no shortage of bows and crossbows in the army, but there is a shortage of arrows, and there is a shortage of arrows.

The point is that this time the amount is large, a whole boat!

Sneaky, and use several layers of white gloves, so what's the matter?

"The people who planned this matter are very careful, even if we hand over this shipload of things and the boatmen, I believe that the imperial court will not be able to judge anything, they are all people who take money to transport goods, and they don't know who the employer is, they only treat it as normal goods.

"Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away", which is much better than "the treasury is empty and unbearable to go on an expedition", right? Let the uninformed people choose, I'm afraid they will choose the former, right?

Originally, Fang Chongyong was a lion with a big mouth, and he never thought that the court would agree, but he didn't expect that many people complained that he was too conservative in the chapter!

Since the Tang army is so capable of fighting, why didn't it destroy the black-clothed food and bring the territory farther west into the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty?

"It's really strange and unusual."

An Lushan is indeed dead now, but how will the history books record him, and what will future generations say about him?

Fang Youde muttered in his mouth, and his mind echoed Bai Juyi's poem:

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time; Xiang Xiang died at the beginning, and who knows the truth of his life.

To get so much saltpeter at one time, it is not something that ordinary people can do, and it is not even something that can be bought with money! The largest saltpeter production mine in Datang is in Hanzhong! Without the dredging and cover of the officials, these saltpeters would not even be able to get out of Hanzhong, let alone be transported to Youzhou.

And Yang Yuhuan, who didn't even splash the water, has long been forgotten now. Even Li Longji himself probably doesn't remember her.

However, most of the officials in the center of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention their professional ability, their knowledge is actually quite limited, and many people know nothing about anything other than being proficient in his affairs.

As for things like gunpowder, they belong to the "auxiliary baggage" that has no clear standards in the army.

He's no longer the same time-wielding envoy with heavy troops!

If you know the goal, you will definitely be able to come up with a solution. Running towards the goal is nothing more than trying to find a way to run faster, and although the years are difficult, they are not hopeless.

When he returned to the small courtyard where he lived, Fang Youde recovered from his panic, his heart was extremely empty, and he felt that everything he had done in the past seemed to have lost its meaning.

Moreover, many central officials regard this "key government and opening up the territory" as a fast track to promotion and wealth. After all, if Li Linfu dies, his faction will naturally fall, and there will be many vacant positions.

"Jieshuai, what should I do about this? The last general interrogated these people, but they didn't know that they were receiving goods from Yangzhou, and they were going to use Beizhou and Bozhou as transit places, and someone was looking for them to pick up the goods. I'm afraid that those people are not the last stop. ”

Li Shizhi put down the last piece of music in his hand and asked.

"Huangfu Weiming, Huangfu Weiming, what is your idea?

At this moment, a group of screaming officials are no less than the "keyboard Politburo" trolls in Fang Chongyong's previous life!

The Tang Army's great victory in the Western Regions reversed the signs of separation of the countries west of the Green Mountains. Liu Yan is a nerd, only staring at money, but don't you know that some prestige can't be bought by money?

Li Jiaqing asked a little unwillingly. They were so active in inspecting the big ships in the canal, and they didn't know what they had in mind.

"Right Minister, I think that Fang Guozhong's idea is too small, it's just a martial arts style, there is no big strategy, and it can't show the atmosphere of my Tang Dynasty, which is really incompatible."

Fang Xuan said indifferently, looking extremely confident on his face.

(End of chapter)