After being silent for a long time, he raised his head and said, "Your Majesty is...... Sincerely? ”

I nodded and said solemnly: "The first time I saw you in the Peach Pavilion, I only felt that you were more outstanding. The second time was in Longxi, and I admired you a little when I saw that you dared to go to Longxi alone. As for knowing that you are supporting such a large family business by yourself, I feel sorry for you. I want to take care of you so that you don't work so much anymore. ”

This is my sincere words, in the past, many things were inconvenient for the imperial court to come forward, and I had the intention of using the Ba Shi and Wu clan. However, through a long period of contact, I gradually developed a liking for this strong woman.

If it weren't for the gap in identity, I believe she could understand my mind the most, and from the first meeting, this thoughtful woman left a deep impression on me.

Tao Yao lowered her head and was silent, with a faint sound of sobbing.

Except for Baling, no one ever asked her how she, a woman in her twenties, could afford to hold up the entire Bab. When the family encounters something, they will only wait for her to solve it, as if as the daughter of Ba Widow Qing, it should be so.

Then she met me, taught Ba Ling, trade in the Western Regions, chased the Xiongnu, destroyed Beihu, and many other things, one by one made her sleepless at night, she also hoped that there was such a person to rely on, understand her difficulty, understand her hardship, understand her worries about Ba Shi.

I stepped forward to support her with both hands, bowed my head and said, "I just told Li Si in Shanglin Yuan that I wanted to marry Ying Tao to Li You, Li Si said that I was afraid that Li You would not be worthy of Ying Tao, so I told him that the most important thing in the relationship is that the two are happy." You are not married, I am not married, so why be afraid of the identity gap! I have a long way to go, would you like to walk with me? ”

Ying Tao raised her head, with affection, let go of her clenched red lips, nodded, and her voice was as thin as a gossamer...... Willing! ”

Looking at the seductive red lips in front of me, I slowly lowered my head, Tao Yao closed her eyes, and the lips of the two were only a centimeter away from kissing together.

"Your Majesty, Sister Yinglan is back!" With a shout, Xiangyun rushed in, and when he saw the posture of the two of us, he was stunned in place.

I hurriedly let go of Tao Yao, Tao Yao's face was flushed with shame, and she took a step back, I said embarrassedly: "Ahem, what, Xiangyun, knock on the door first when you enter the house in the future!" ”

Xiangyun still didn't understand the relationship between men and women, seeing Tao Yao's face flushed, he didn't dare to look up, thinking that I was bullying Tao Yao, turned around and went out, and whispered to Yinglan who had not yet entered the door: "Sister, Your Majesty is bullying Sister Tao Yao." ”

Ying Lan was stunned, "Ah", and secretly said in her heart: "Your Majesty doesn't look like that kind of person......

Just thinking about it, when she saw me walk out, Yinglan said carefully: "Your Majesty? ”

I waved my hand, looking like a decent gentleman, and said, "Tao Yao is in the house, and I still have to leave beforehand." I haven't gotten married yet, so let's change my name to sister-in-law first. ”

Yinglan looked at my distant back, dropped her jaw in shock, and hurriedly entered the house. When he saw Tao Yao's appearance, he instantly understood, and laughed: "Hey, isn't this my sister-in-law, why don't you send it to Your Majesty?" ”

Tao Yao heard my words in the house, and made a gesture to beat Yinglan, and said in shame: "You Nizi, what are you talking nonsense, watch me beat you!" ”

The two had a fight, and whispered together for a long time before they reluctantly separated.

Ying Lan was a little stunned, just now Tao Yao asked her what she would think about in the future, and said that it was good now, but she couldn't help but think of the middle of the sentence, and stood in the courtyard for a long time, secretly sad.

The next day, after the court meeting, I called Li Si, Feng Zai, and Zhang Han to the Sihai Palace.

After a few people sat down, I briefly talked about the gunpowder, and Feng Zheng and Zhang Han didn't know yet.

The two of them were excited when they heard it, Zhang Han, as a lieutenant, had experienced the battle formation, so he naturally understood the importance of this kind of big killing weapon.

With a happy face, he said: "Your Majesty, with this sharp weapon, my Great Qin is not afraid of any enemy." ”

I nodded: "Yes, there are so many things that gunpowder can do, and bombs are just one of them." ”

Feng Zaiqi said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what's the use?" ”

I explained: "Bombs are relatively simple to make, as long as you have gunpowder and canisters. In addition to this, gunpowder can also be used to craft guns, which can fire projectiles far more powerful and fast than crossbows. However, the guns were too complicated to make in a short period of time. It is enough to have bombs. ”

Several people praised it, and Feng Zheng admired it even more, and he really didn't understand how I came up with such a thing.

"But," I said, "this thing is a sword, and it can hurt the enemy in the front and itself in the back." ”

Several people naturally understood that gunpowder was in the hands of the imperial court, that is, a sharp weapon against the enemy, and if it fell into the hands of people with bad intentions, it could also pose a huge threat to the imperial court.

Li Si arched his hand and said: "The minister has ordered to strengthen the guards of the general's mansion, and the matter of looking for stone flow yellow and making saltpeter has been distributed under other names, and no one should think that it has anything to do with gunpowder." ”

I praised: "Li Xiangsi is thoughtful. ”

Not to be outdone, Feng Zai thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, since this gunpowder is so powerful, it may be dangerous to put it in the general's mansion to make ministers. It is better to build a new workshop for manufacturing gunpowder next to the nitrate field, which requires a relatively large site for drying gunpowder, and secondly, it can also ensure the safety of Xianyang by taking materials nearby. ”

Seeing Feng Zao's appearance of being loyal to the country, Li Sizhi wanted to scold his mother, feelings are not your business, making saltpeter is dangerous enough, and now he still puts the gunpowder workshop next to the nitrate field, and the explosion is not high enough. Although I don't have to keep an eye on it all the time, I have to go there once in a while, just in case I catch up......

Seeing Li Si's expression, I smiled secretly in my heart, cleared my throat and said, "Feng Xiang's words are reasonable. However, making gunpowder is a careful job, and before letting Li Xiang manage the accumulation of nitrate, it was also for the convenience of using the land, and Li Xiang could not be allowed to do such a dangerous job with the respect of the prime minister, and it was necessary to set up a special person to manage it. ”

Li Si is grateful, or is His Majesty thinking about me......

I thought about it for a while, and said to Zhang Han: "Gunpowder is an ordnance, so it will be directly managed by the Taiwei Mansion, and after I go back, select a suitable person and set it as a hot military order, and in the future, pile up nitrate, find Shiliuhuang, and make gunpowder will be handed over to him, and it must be reliable." The nitrate field was selected next to the Shanglin Garden, and the nitrate field was directly divided into the Shanglin Garden, and the official office of the Rewu Order was set up in it. ”

Li Si was a chicken thief, for fear that the nitrate field would be blown up, so he deliberately chose to go to the vicinity of Shanglin Garden, which is far away from Xianyang City.

Zhang Han said yes.

I got up and looked at the map, and said slowly, "This matter needs to be done as soon as possible." In the early spring, it took countless manpower and material resources to fight the Xiongnu and conquer Donghu, and if there was gunpowder at that time, there would not have been a miserable victory. Now the Xiongnu and the Da Yue clan are ready to move, and they must be ready. ”

Several people looked at each other and said in their hearts: 'This is still a miserable victory?' Compared with the six counties of Donghu, but the Xiongnu are in Beihai and collect the land of the mountains, the money and grain lost are really nothing, and it is a big deal to cultivate for two years, but this achievement is really unprecedented, and I don't know if Your Majesty is really dissatisfied or boastful......