The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 99 'The Pot King' Sun Simiao
Hearing that it was presented by Sun Simiao, everyone had different expressions.

Changsun Wuji, Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, and Cheng Yaojin showed all their thoughts. They knew a lot of inside stories that others didn't know, and they immediately thought of Chen Jingke.

But they naturally wouldn't say anything about the confidential matter, and pretended not to know.

The rest of the people showed their original expressions in addition to being surprised, and accepted this statement smoothly.The gunpowder itself was made by Taoist alchemy, and Sun Simiao's identity fits perfectly.

As for cannons and gunboats... Isn't it normal for old gods to make some inventions?
Unknowingly, Sun Simiao took the blame for his apprentice again. He just doesn't know what people in the future will think when they see these historical materials, but it will definitely be interesting to think about.

Then everyone discussed how to build cannons and gunboats, and finally decided to split up.

"Build shipyards in Dengzhou and Hangzhou respectively, build new sea-going ships, and practice high-sea navigation skills. By the way, find out the waters of Liaodong and southern states."

Everyone was okay after hearing the first half of the sentence, but their eyes suddenly changed when they heard the second half of the sentence.They are all old foxes. The emperor especially emphasized these two places, obviously planning to do something.

Then think about who is here, Goguryeo and Baekje in Liaodong, and the Feng family in the south... Then it is clear at a glance.

Zhang Daliang wanted to persuade him, but he held back when he thought of the artillery and gunboats. Let's wait and see the actual effect.If it is really so powerful, Goguryeo is not impossible to fight.

Li Shimin knew that he couldn't hide his thoughts from everyone, and he didn't intend to hide them. In fact, he just leaked the news to everyone on purpose.

Some things need to be communicated with your confidantes in advance to prepare everyone mentally, so that when the battle really starts, the subordinates will not be in a hurry and have no clue.

"Choose a hidden place in the mountains near Chang'an to make gunpowder and cannons, and Da Liang will be in charge of this matter."

Li Daliang got up and said respectfully: "Here, I will live up to your majesty's trust."

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On the other side, Chen Jingke was studying Taoist classics with Sun Simiao in the backyard. Halfway through the course, Yang Tianlu sent a letter.

Sun Simiao opened it on the spot, with a happy smile on his face.

Chen Jingke is very strange, who wrote the letter?It made Master so happy.

Just when he was puzzled, Sun Simiao read the letter and handed it to him, saying, "You should read it too."

Chen Jingke was not polite either, and immediately took it over and looked it over.

I saw that the prefix at the beginning was 'Brother Si Miao', which made him speechless.

Sun Simiao is over 70 years old, and the person who can call him brother is at least [-] or [-] years old. It seems that this is an old acquaintance.

The content of the letter is not complicated. The first half looks back on the friendship of the year and expresses the feelings of longing.The middle part tells about some of the current situation, children and grandchildren who are not filial will be angry and so on.

In the second half, I feel that the years are not forgiving, and in a blink of an eye he is gray-haired and doesn't know how many years to live.I want to see old friends before I leave, but unfortunately I am too old to travel, so I can only write letters to catch up.

At the end, I heard that Brother Simiao was in good health, and I was very envious and happy for him. If you travel around the world and come to Jinyang, you must come and see me.

The final signature is: Brother Wang Yu.

No matter how you look at it, this is just a reminiscence letter, Chen Jingke is even more puzzled, why show it to me?
Sun Simiao said indifferently: "This letter was written to me by Wang Yu, the head of the fourth house of the Jinyang Wang family. Wang Xiuqi is the branch of his house."

Chen Jingke's eyes widened immediately, knowing that his master had a lot of face, he didn't expect it to be so big, and Patriarch Wang even called himself a "brother" when writing letters.

But then he asked suspiciously: "Then why didn't he mention Wang Xiuqi's matter?"

Sun Simiao said: "Children fight for jealousy over a woman, it's not shameful enough to mention him."

"Eh..." Chen Jingke was a little ashamed, because he was even trained together.

Although he felt that he was wronged, he also knew that he had caused trouble.If it weren't for the great face of his master, Wang would never give up so easily.

So there is no excuse for being reprimanded.

Accept criticism honestly, and concentrate on learning.

In the afternoon, he went to the backyard as usual to check the casting of movable lead type and the phonetic notation of the dictionary.

Practice makes perfect, the craftsmen have mastered the casting technology of lead movable type, the efficiency has been increased many times, and the good product rate has also been greatly improved.

The ink manufacturing technology has also made great progress. After so many days of exploration, I found the best cost-effective formula.

He even produced inks of three different colors. If it wasn't for the fact that there were too few colors, Chen Jingke would have wanted to engage in color printing technology.

The front-end technology of movable lead type has matured, and the only thing missing is the blocks.

But this is really urgent, the workload of 20 characters is huge, and it cannot be completed in a short time.

The compiling work of the dictionary is progressing more smoothly. Yi Lian and the others have mastered the application of pinyin proficiently, and the pinyin is faster and more accurate, so there is no need for him to correct it.

Depending on the situation, it will take another month to complete the phonetic work. Chen Jingke is naturally very satisfied with their work progress.

Immediately said: "After the task is completed, each person will be rewarded with ten coins and a piece of silk."

It's just that the crowd didn't cheer and respond, but showed hesitation, as if they wanted to say something.

Chen Jingke was also very curious, so he asked: "If you have anything to say, you may as well just say it. You all know my temper. As long as it is a reasonable suggestion, I will take it as appropriate."

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, Yi Lian mustered up the courage and said, "My lord, we want to try to compile a dictionary like the one you mentioned."

Chen Jingke looked at everyone in surprise, and then said with a smile: "Compiling a dictionary? Really... Do you know what a dictionary means?"

Yi Lian knew what he meant, and explained with a blushing face: "We just want to synthesize the dictionaries compiled by the predecessors. Then follow what you said, with pinyin and radicals as the index, so that it is easy to look up."

Only then did Chen Jingke understand what they were thinking, and instead of making major revisions, they only made indexes.This is indeed much simpler. The key is that the predecessors already have many dictionaries, and it is enough to synthesize them.

The only trouble is that it will be particularly cumbersome, and the workload is huge, and it will take a long time.

However, these investments are not a problem at all for Chen Jingke, and the daily incense money income from Zixiao Temple is enough to support their project.

Considering that the new index dictionary is indeed an epoch-making tool, he made a decision without much thought.

"Okay, I'm sure, but I need to finish the phonetic work first."

"Oh." Everyone cheered.

"Thank you real person."

"Thank you for being perfect."

Looking at the crowd in joy, Chen Jingke was also sincerely happy for them.It is indeed a joyful thing to find your own career and work hard for it.

Why not himself.

In the next few days, Chen Jingke devoted himself to the production of fireworks. In order to catch up with the progress, he also recruited several ingenious people to help.

The gunpowder formula needs to be kept secret, so there is no need to make fireworks.

In order to make New Year's Eve more lively, he told the pilgrims a few days in advance that the Zixiao Temple will set off fireworks to celebrate New Year's Day that night, and he hopes everyone can come to watch.

Many people said they must, especially the rich and powerful.

Time passed unknowingly, and soon New Year's Eve will arrive.

(End of this chapter)