Daqin: Your Majesty, quickly abdicate, or your son will turn back

Chapter 199 Something Big Has Happened to the Huns!
Seeing that several alchemists were nodding their heads and understood their situation, Ying Yun led them to a hidden room inside.

This is the room designed specifically for the study of gunpowder.

There are several tables in the room. Under the tables are realgar, orpiment, sulfur, carbon, turpentine and other raw materials for making gunpowder.

In order to get these things, Yingyun spent a lot of effort.

"Here are the materials needed to make that thing. You are here to mix and refine those items. I will check your progress later!"

Immediately, Ying Yun turned around and explained to several alchemists.

Several alchemists nodded repeatedly.

"Someone will bring you delicious food soon. After eating, start researching. If you succeed, you will be able to escape from this hell!"

Seeing a few people were sallow and emaciated from hunger, Ying Yun gave some instructions before turning around and walking out of the room.

When those alchemists heard that there was something delicious, their eyes lit up immediately, and they were so grateful that they wept bitterly. They even knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Ying Yun.

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"Your Majesty, please see Li Si!"

In the room, Ying Zheng was flipping through the memorial.

Suddenly, Zhao Gao came in to report.

"Lis?"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's gaze changed, and his brows furrowed immediately, with a bad feeling.

Before Li Si was asked to do things to promote simplified characters, he has been busy for more than half a month, and even the early court Yingzheng pardoned him so that he does not have to meet.

Logically speaking, Li Si should be very busy now, but now he came to see him suddenly, and Ying Zheng suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Let him in!"

After a little thought, Ying Zheng realized that the matter was not simple, so he ordered directly.

"Yes!"

Zhao Gao replied, without any hesitation, he just retreated.

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

Soon, Li Si walked into the room with a serious expression on his face.

"Aren't you supposed to be busy promoting simplified characters? What happened suddenly?"

Li Si was also very clear about how much Ying Zheng attached importance to this promotion, so he didn't hesitate and asked directly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister is indeed busy promoting things, but there is something wrong with the attack on the Xiongnu, so the minister came here to report it in person."

Li Si cupped his hands, his eyes were very serious.

"What?! What happened?"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's expression tightened immediately, and he stared at Li Si in shock and asked.

"Attacking the Xiongnu can't be successful. Now the war over there has reached a stalemate. If we don't find a solution soon, I'm afraid Daqin will be seriously damaged under consumption!"

Li Si clasped his hands back and lowered his head slightly.

He is very clear that once this battle is defeated, the loss of Daqin's vitality will be huge.

At that time, it is inevitable that other forces will start to riot, and Daqin will be in a very dangerous position.

"The cavalry is so strong now, and there are veterans like Wang Jian Mengtian in the formation. With such a strong formation, the Xiongnu will definitely be defeated. How could this happen?"

Hearing this answer, Ying Zheng suddenly became puzzled.

Before Daqin sent troops, he had already considered various possibilities, but with the help of Yingyun, the winning rate was as high as [-]% before sending troops.

It is really unscientific that such a situation will appear now.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Xiongnu forced an extra 15 troops out of their original strength, and relying on their superior knowledge of the terrain has been dragging my Daqin people, which made them hold back!"

"And now the supplies transported there have been cut off by the Xiongnu. If we don't come up with a solution soon, it will be very dangerous for General Wang Jian to be trapped there."

Li Si cupped his hands and replied, his complexion getting worse and worse.

"15 troops? So many soldiers, where did they come from?"

Hearing this number, Ying Zheng was also surprised, and couldn't help asking again.

Estimating the strength of troops is extremely important for fighting, and this time the budget for troops is so different, it means that the combat power of the Huns has been completely underestimated.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why Wang Jian would fall into such a predicament.

"According to the report, the Xiongnu sought the help of Dajin, and they borrowed Dajin's soldiers and horses from Dajin!"

Li Si continued to reply.

"Big gold?"

Hearing this answer, Ying Zheng's complexion changed again, and he was slightly stunned.

Immediately, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about countermeasures.

After a long time, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help but look up at Li Si, as if he had thought of a good idea.

"Does the Xiongnu have any treasures? The ones that make people very greedy?"

Ying Zheng asked, with a slightly expectant expression on his face.

"treasure?"

Hearing this question, Liston was taken aback for a moment, and his expression became a little puzzled.

'Now it's such a critical moment, if there is no other way, Wang Jian and the others may not be able to come back, His Majesty is still thinking of ways, is it in the eyes of money? '

Seeing Ying Zheng's anticipation, Li Si couldn't help complaining in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"There was quite a lot of information from the Xiongnu before, but as far as treasures are concerned, there seems to be none."

Although he was very puzzled, Li Si didn't dare to say anything about Ying Zheng, his eyes were slightly concentrating, and he began to think.

After a while, he looked up at Ying Zheng, and then he had to shake his head helplessly.

"Think again! At least come up with something worth taking!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face became slightly downcast.

But he did not give up, but continued to ask.

As he said that, his gaze became slightly more serious, and he began to wonder if there were any good things from the Huns.

"Wait! Is iron ore a treasure?"

After a long time, Li Si's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help screaming. He looked at Ying Zheng and asked.

"iron ore?"

Hearing this answer, Ying Zheng's expression changed slightly.

"Yes, Weichen remembers that there was a report before that the Xiongnu's iron ore content is very rich, which is much more powerful than that of Daqin, but it's useless for Weichen to be grateful, so he didn't care about it."

Li Si cupped his hands and replied.

"Iron mine..."

Ying Zheng muttered and began to think.

'Did Yun'er say last time that if you want to study some steel, will you use this thing? '

Remembering the word "iron" in the steel that Ying Yun said last time, Ying Zheng's gaze changed slightly.

'Maybe it works! '

After a while, he seemed to be sure of something, and his eyes couldn't help but began to firm up.

"I'm going out for a trip!"

Before he had time to think, Ying Zheng walked out of the room.

"The matter is very urgent now, Your Majesty, don't you have any idea where this is going?"

Seeing this, Li Si panicked and asked quickly.

"Go and find Yun'er."

Ying Zheng replied.

"Young Master Yun?"

Hearing this, Li Si was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes changed slightly, as if he realized something.

(End of this chapter)