I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 180
After listening to the emperor's words, Fang Sicheng said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, please stay here later."

"Mo Yan, Ergou, Shunzi, follow me." His voice was firm, as if he had become another person.

Three people walked out from the side, two of them were very strong, they carried a few big bamboo tubes carefully, while the remaining one seemed to be gentle, and felt out of place here.

Immediately, they began to walk towards the depths of the mine.

The generals and ministers behind Qi Tianyin started whispering, guessing what Master Fang was going to do.

Fang Sicheng and others reached the depths of the mine, and began to search here familiarly. Finally, his eyes lit up, and he said to Ergou and Shunzi: "It's here, get ready guys."

Shunzi immediately took out the big bamboo tube from the basket behind him, and then stuffed the big bamboo tube into a crevice of a certain rock. Fang Sicheng looked around the gap for a long time, and then observed the terrain before saying cautiously: "Dosage." If it’s not enough, add another one.”

So, Shunzi took out another bamboo tube, according to Master's instructions, stuffed it in another gap between the stones, tamped the two bamboo tubes hard, and then twisted the two extremely long lead wires exposed outside the bamboo tube. Come out, wind the two lead wires, then hold the lead wires, step back step by step, and start wiring.

After he had been busy for a long time, he finally backed away, and said to Ergou: "Brother, it's time to start a fire, let everyone pay attention, all back away, there is still a southeast corner in front of you where no one can stand."

Someone came to send a message to Qi Tianyin and the others. They had listened to Fang Sicheng's instructions before, and they stood far away, and then turned back several feet.

But they were very strange, thinking that Fang Sicheng wanted to show them how the workers mined, but the black miners all retreated far away, and only the four of them entered a cave. What is this for?
A little disappointment appeared on Qi Tianyin's face, what the hell is Fang Sicheng wasting?

Yuan Yanxi: "The so-called knife sharpening is not mistaken for woodcutters, maybe Master Fang is still sharpening the knife."

"Hahahaha..." Behind him, Feng Jun, Qi Yuheng and others were amused by his words and laughed together.

But there was no Qi Yuzhang in this laughter.

But at this time... suddenly...

There was a loud bang, which seemed to rush into the sky, and the mountains shook suddenly, as if the sky and the earth changed color!

Many people were so frightened that they fell to the ground. All of them were pale and terrified. They put their heads in their hands and couldn't help thinking about what happened, what happened...

But in front of his eyes, suddenly the rocks flew randomly, thick smoke billowed out in the distance, many broken boulders splashed everywhere, and the surrounding area was covered with dust. After a while, the mine returned to calm.

Qi Tianyin is indeed a person who has seen big scenes, except for the loud noise just now that made him flinch, the rest of the time he stood upright, he pushed aside the generals who surrounded him, and looked towards the direction of the cave.

At this time... Countless miners also emerged from a safe place. They all wore rattan hats and carried bamboo baskets, and ran towards Fang Sicheng in a dense manner.

They also have a pickaxe in their hands, but this pickaxe is not very useful. More people just bend down, first pick up the scattered ore on the ground, and after a short time, they fill up the bamboo basket behind them, and then a One swarmed down the mountain, and some unbroken ore were smashed open by people with pickaxes before they were picked up into bamboo baskets.

These hundreds of people filled the bamboo baskets very quickly, and then transported them to the workshop at the foot of the mountain. Everyone stared at them, stunned for a moment.

Fang Sicheng mines like this?
No wonder, with such an excavation speed, a huge mine pit can be formed in just a few months, and the mountain can be dug into this way in a few years, as if it took decades of effort.

Gunpowder...It's gunpowder...In the past, everyone only thought that gunpowder could blow up people in Bagan. How could they think that it could also open mountains and blow up rocks? Now...everyone is silent. Isn't it... a mine in his family is equal to dozens of mines in others?God knows if there are other mine veins nearby. If there are such mine veins and several or even dozens of mines start working at the same time, who in the world can stop the Fang family?

Qi Tianyin's eyes were shining brightly, and there was an indescribable excitement in his heart. As expected... this trip was worthwhile!

Fang Sicheng hurried back with three people, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, look... how about digging like this?"

"Excellent." Qi Tianyin said happily, "What kind of mine is this?"

"Copper mine." Fang Sicheng said, "Please move to the workshop, Your Majesty, it's more interesting there."

Copper Mine...

Everyone gasped suddenly, as if someone had a bad premonition.

Qi Yuzhang lowered his eyes and cast a glance at Qi Yuheng, hehe... he was calm, and he still kept his smile, looking calm and composed.

"Director Yuan, didn't we say it was a sulfur mine before we came here? Why did it become a copper mine?"

Yuan Yanxi also pretended to be surprised, "Really?" Then he smiled, "Maybe I remembered wrongly, too many things confused me."

The crowd laughed.

Qi Tianyin was in a very good mood, and said with great interest: "Okay, let's go, let's go with Master Fang and see how the Fang family smelts copper."

When they arrived at the smelting workshop and watched the entire refining process under Fang Sicheng's leadership, they were all in awe.

except...

At night, all the generals went back to rest. In the big tent, Qi Yuzhang said to Qi Tianyin: "Father, my son thinks that Fang's mining and his copper smelting method will avoid harm. Looking at the whole Dajin, the Fang family The mine has already occupied half of the country, if you don't intervene, I'm afraid...I'm afraid...not only will they take the opportunity to mint a large amount of coins privately, but they may also..."

After hearing his words, Qi Tianyin revealed a look of disappointment: "Is it possible to betray the royal family?"

He continued: "It seems that you are confused. First of all, I have always heard that there is so little money in the market that many people even have to barter. Do you know these people's sentiments? Nowadays, copper and iron are smelted in large quantities. Why not mint coins?"

Qi Tianyin asked back like this, and then gave Qi Yuzhang a meaningful look, and then said lightly: "My son is still young after all, I'm afraid I don't know this copper mine, it's not worth much, because there are many copper mines in the world , if the royal family forbids Fang's mining of this copper vein, will the flood of copper coins be prevented? I don't think so, Fang Sicheng's method of smelting copper and iron, you have seen it with your own eyes, except for some novel ideas, there is nothing unusual about it If the Fang family is banned, there will be other families. This is just a clever use of gunpowder to open mountains and explode rocks. Even if there are some secret skills in the blast furnace, no one else knows, but there are so many craftsmen here, they will more or less know Knowing that, and the generals and ministers just now, didn’t they also see it with their own eyes? If Yuanbaoshan does not smelt copper, then other people will smelt it in other places, because there is great benefit here!"

Having said that, Qi Tianyin paused for a moment, then sighed and said again: "As long as there is great benefit, even if I forbid the world to mine it, some people will take the risk and retreat ten thousand steps..." He turned to Qi Yuzhang again, looking at it with deep meaning. He said: "Even if I don't practice Da Jin, what about the Bagan people and the big cannibals?"

"If you want to ban them from mining, it's easy, that is to kill all the craftsmen here immediately, but after killing the craftsmen, what about everyone who is there today? How can I ensure that they will not follow this method to take risks secretly? ? Then should I kill all my lovers as well?"

The words "killing and killing" made Qi Yuzhang and Qi Yuheng's hearts jump suddenly, and they felt a chill inexplicably.

Yes, everyone has seen the things. Many principles of mining may not be understood by you now, but if you think about it in this direction, sooner or later someone will figure it out!If you want to keep it secret, you can only kill everyone here, so that the secret of Fang's technology can be guaranteed.

Qi Yuzhang remained silent, feeling a chill down his spine.

With his hands behind his back, Qi Tianyin continued to look at his two sons. He could feel Qi Yuzhang's frightened state of mind. The biggest purpose of arranging the spring hunt this time was to frighten the prince and the Chang family behind him. Qi Tianyin could sit in this position , not by hand.

The prince, who is usually polite and courteous, behaves gracefully and politely, is clearly losing his composure today.

Qi Tianyin said: "Zhang'er."

"My son... my son is here." Qi Yuzhang's face was pale, and he replied to his father weakly.

He really did not expect that there is such a rich mineral deposit so close to the capital. Thinking about the wealth that Fang's people have mined here in the past few years, it is almost dozens of times what he is now... There is only regret and annoyance.

Emperor Qi was still staring at him: "What's more, all the minerals of the Fang family are jointly operated with the royal family, and the palace has benefited from it a lot. I want to ask you, you own the world with each bite, and the welfare of the common people and the people's well-being. Then, who taught you to speak?"

As soon as Qi Tianyin said this, not only Qi Yuzhang, but even Qi Yuheng felt struck by lightning.

Mrs. Fang, all the... mines are actually jointly developed with the royal family?The royal father obviously knew about it a long time ago. In this way, all the property of the Fang family, including the weapons that have been released from customs, isn't it...the royal father has been protecting them all this time?

This news is really terrible!

He had always believed that his father was always keen on educating people and that he despised the use of force to solve problems. However, his father kept his mouth shut on such a major matter, and they were the last to know about it.

Even more frightening is...

Apart from them, Dongchang was the only one who obviously knew all this long ago, and even...they may have been manipulating all this all the time. Could this be the reason why Yuan Yanxi was so confident?

Now the emperor asked him who taught him what he said. It is not clear that the emperor began to disagree with him. Thinking of this, Qi Yuzhang was trembling, and he found that he could not answer this question at all!

The emperor saw his son's reaction, and he said coldly: "Zhang'er, do you think that the royal family and the common people are in conflict? The common people gain money, but the royal family will be greatly harmed? Is this your idea?" ?”

Qi Yuzhang's face became more and more panicked, and he hurriedly said: "No, it's not, I dare not think so."

The emperor suddenly snapped: "You are!"

This sudden shout made the two princes startled, Qi Yuzhang quickly knelt down and said, "I will die."

Qi Yuheng also fell to his knees: "Father, calm down."

"You see me as the tyrant of the previous dynasty, and you think that the people have savings, which will inevitably threaten the Tian family, so you should take him for your own use, drain their efforts, and kill anyone who doesn't obey! Yes! no!?"

When Qi Tianyin said this, it was obvious that his heart ached to the extreme.

"You are my son, and I always teach you how to be kind and love the people, how to know how to govern the country, but you always think about profiting for yourself, and you have a lot of selfish desires. Do you understand what righteousness is?" Qi Tianyin said sharply.

"My son... my son..." Qi Yuzhang had never heard his father say such harsh words to him, and for a moment, his heart was in confusion, and he didn't know how to deal with it!

This time, Qi Tianyin's words were too explicit.

They knew that on the surface, the emperor was reprimanding him, but in fact... Whoever listens to these words, he will naturally understand.

I have participated in the whole process of these mines, and none of you can make up your mind, this is the bottom line!I will never be polite to anyone who crosses this bottom line, otherwise, I will punish you without hesitation!Even his own son!

The coldness in Qi Tianyin's eyes scanned the two sons.

Qi Yuzhang's face was ashen, bowed his body, and said after a long time: "Father, my son...I know I was wrong."

"I hope you know you're wrong." Qi Tianyin's tone calmed down, but under the calmness, there seemed to be some kind of ferocity hidden: "The matter of the mine vein is not something you can talk about, and the big things in the palace are not right now. It’s not that you can make irresponsible remarks, if you like reading, then study hard.”

He turned his gaze to another son: "Heng'er, you too! Do you hear me clearly?!"

Qi Yuheng replied obediently: "Yes, I know about it."

And Qi Yuzhang's heart is cold at this moment, what does the emperor's father mean by this?What kind of edge is hiding?
Withdrew from the big tent, on this still cool spring night, the clothes of the two of them were already soaked, especially Qi Yuzhang.

During this spring hunt, I wanted to perform well in front of my father, and changed the relationship between father and son who was somewhat alienated recently, but I didn't expect that I was hit in the head, and a basin of cold water was poured down, from the head to the soles of the feet.

"Brother...Brother?"

Qi Yuzhang pulled away from his thoughts, and responded perfunctorily.

"I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and I'm really tired from the journey today. I'll go ahead." With the crown prince's approval, Qi Yuheng strode towards his camp.

Staring at the second younger brother who has always been as gentle as jade and elegant, Qi Yuzhang has a complicated look on his face.

Not only did the father not give him any room in front of the generals today, but he even showed his imperial power in front of his second younger brother just now. The twists and turns in it, could it be that he wanted to deprive him of the crown prince and hand it over to Qi Yuheng? ?
After wiping off his sweat, he also quickly walked back to his tent. There are more important things to do tonight.

In the early hours of the night, there was a sudden loud rumbling noise, not like an explosion during the day, but more like the sound of something heavy falling and hitting the ground.

Immediately, the imperial guards surrounded the emperor's big tent, and the generals also rushed over.

Soon, a little soldier ran over staggeringly, one foot deep and one foot shallow,
"No, no, it's not good. A huge boulder fell from the mountain and just hit Master Fang's camp. The craftsmen were sleeping at that time, and many people were still trapped inside."

Qi Tianyin walked out of the protective circle, and asked anxiously: "How is Fang Sicheng? Has he come out yet?"

"Reporting to the emperor, there is no news about Master Fang for the time being, but..."

Before Xiao Bing finished speaking, another urgent voice sounded:

"In order to save Master Fang, Director Yuan rushed into the pothole, and he hasn't come out yet!"

(End of this chapter)