After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

In November of the 25th year of Zhaohua, there were two major events in Kyoto.

First, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry to recruit many civilians to build the Academy of Sciences under Qishan Mountain.

Originally, I heard that only about 40,000 prime-age men from the slums were recruited, but then...

Later, the Minister of Industry almost cried!

Eighty thousand people!
A total of 80,000 young men!

That's a huge area of ​​darkness!

It takes at least five days to walk from Kyoto to Changle Palace. These poor people in ragged clothes are so young and strong!
All of them were sallow, skinny, and so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.

They had no dry food to eat on the road, and no tent to protect them from the wind and snow at night!

Don’t mention it’s only five days to go!
Huang Xiumu felt that all of these people would die in the snow on the second day after leaving Kyoto.

What should I do?
The emperor is still so majestic!

He waved his hand:
"Everyone must arrive at the Academy of Sciences alive!"

"purchase!"

"Buy enough dry food for 80,000 people for six days!"

"Give them all the remaining marching tents in the armory!"

“If you don’t have enough, buy more!”

"Buy quilts, buy pots and pans, buy charcoal and buy a stove! They will use it when they build the base of the Academy of Sciences anyway!"

The emperor spoke boldly. Huang Xiumu bowed and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, this silver..."

The emperor waved his big hand again:
"Go to the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs and I will lend him ten million taels of silver!"

"When don't you have to wait any longer?"

Huang Xiumu had no choice but to find Li Wenhou.

Li Wenhou was immediately dumbfounded!
The IOU was issued, but the ten million taels of silver have not yet arrived!

The emperor has launched such a big battle, what can Li Wenhou do?

If you don't give me any money, eighty thousand people will starve and freeze to death on the road... This crime is not his, Li Chenan's!

This crime has to be shouldered by him, the Minister of Household Affairs!

People will say that the emperor's good policy could have allowed at least 80,000 families with 200,000 to 300,000 people to survive the winter safely, but because the Minister of Household Affairs withheld food and wages, 80,000 people died, and 80,000 families were broken!

What are the consequences of this?
This pot is heavier than Mount Tai!
He, Li Wenhou, couldn't even carry it!
Now the gathering of 80,000 people has been completed, and they are all waiting in the school grounds not far from the palace.

That is to say, raw rice is cooked into cooked rice!

Even if he wanted to ask Li Chenan for money, it was not now.

At the moment, he can only give money!
Fortunately, the water transportation bidding was held two days ago. A total of forty-six businessmen participated. According to Li Chenan's wishes, six routes were released, and six people won the bid.

The deposit collected was three million taels of silver...

That's it!

Pay it in advance!
The matter is settled.

Eighty thousand people left Kyoto happily and vigorously.

They are so happy!
There is food, drink and tent quilts!

The people watching were also happy!
Everyone is praising the Emperor's sage!

Everyone's face is filled with laughter, their eyes are shining, and they are full of hope for the future.

Only Li Wenhou wanted to cry.

After allocating the money to the Ministry of Works, he immediately ran to the Imperial Study Room to find Li Chenan... The emperor, he disappeared again!

Eunuch Wei spread his hands:
"Master Li, in fact, the emperor has not come to the imperial study in the past two days... I heard that in the Ordnance Department, if Mr. Li has something urgent... why not go to the Ordnance Department to take a look?"

Li Wenhou turned around and headed towards the Ordnance Department in the wind and snow.

It turned out to be a step too late!
……

……

Ordnance Department Yamen.

Li Chenan looked at the sky outside, and it was getting dark.

"Three acres,"

"Chen is here!"

"Zhentian Lei, do you understand now?"

Zhao Sanmu looked at Li Chenan with admiration in his eyes, and he quickly bowed:
"Go back to the emperor, I understand!"

"That's good, this thing is more effective than fireworks!"

"It can be launched from a catapult over a long distance, and its explosion is more powerful than fireworks in a clay can!"

"The key is that it's relatively easy to make."

"Next, two new departments will be established under the Ordnance Department. One is called the Firearms Bureau, which specializes in the production of Thunder and Red Cannon shells." "The second is called the Firearms Bureau, which specializes in the production of Red Cannons, and the following A new cannon developed after the establishment of the Academy of Sciences."

Zhao Sanmu was startled: "Your Majesty, what is a gun?"

Li Chenan smiled slightly:
"Big killer!"

"...More powerful than the red cannon?"

"Everyone has his own merits. This thing is not easy to get. After the Academy of Sciences is built, I will brainstorm and try to get the gun out as soon as possible."

After all, his major in his previous life was not to tinker with these things. Li Chenan knew this but didn't know why.

Zhao Sanmu had already admired the emperor so much.

The emperor has many tricks!

As for the fireworks, he just put some sugar in them, and the power of the fireworks exploded much more than before!

Who would have thought that white sugar could have such an effect?
It’s just that white sugar is too precious, which has led to a significant increase in the cost of these improved fireworks.

In the past two days, he asked the Ordnance Department to replace the containers containing fire and medicine, and replaced the clay jars with hollow iron balls.

That rascal……

It was actually able to shatter an iron ball!

The broken iron pieces were embedded in the surrounding baffles!
If it explodes among the enemy, it will be as powerful as a firework and as powerful as an iron piece, and its lethality is unimaginable to Zhao Sanmu.

The Ordnance Department has been tinkering with the red cannon for a long time, but the problems of range, accuracy and chamber explosion have not been solved.

But after the emperor came, he gave some casual advice, and the problems that made all the craftsmen helpless were solved.

emperor……

He is not just a poet!

He can do anything!

Now he talked about the gun again. It was obvious that the gun the emperor was talking about and the gun used by soldiers today were two completely different things.

What could it be?

In Zhao Sanmu's expectant gaze, Li Chenan said again:
"Equipment forging is separated from the Ordnance Department and is called the Armor Forging Department... not only forges armor, but also forges swords, horse gear, etc."

Li Chenan stood up and patted Zhao Sanmu on the shoulder:

"It's not that I want to reduce your power. Human energy is limited, and limited energy must be used in the most appropriate place."

"The Ordnance Department's mission is already very heavy. The red cannon and the Sky-shaking Thunder will be Ning Guo's biggest killer weapons in the next few years!"

"You have to ensure that these two things can be manufactured as quickly as possible without any discrepancies."

Zhao Sanmu grinned:
"What the emperor said is absolutely true. I have all my thoughts on the red cannon and the manufacturing of the shells. There is another thunderous thunder, and I really am too busy."

"It's best if you think so. Do it well and I won't treat you badly!"

"My lord, thank you, Your Majesty!"

"That's it, hurry up and make the red cannon and the sky-shattering thunder. I will use these things to kill those deserters!"

As soon as Li Chenan finished speaking, a guard ran in.

He bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, Li Wenhou, Minister of Household Affairs, is rushing to the front door!"

Li Chenan raised his head and looked at Cheng Zhe, "Let's go!"

"Go through the back door! Leave quickly!"

"Three acres,"

"Chen is here!"

"Master Li will definitely ask about it, just tell him that I have already left!"

"...My lord, I obey!"

Li Chenan didn't expect Li Wenhou to run so fast!

He had just arrived at the back door when Li Wenhou broke in:

"emperor……!"

"run!"

The two of them opened the back door and rushed out in front of all the craftsmen's shocked eyes.

Li Wenhou is so angry!
"emperor……!"

"Silver, silver...!"

He also rushed out of the back door. There were no traces of Li Chenan and Li Chenan in the wind and snow.

Li Wenhou took a deep breath and poured a mouthful of snow.

"I bother!"

"If you can run away from a monk, you can run away from a temple?!" (End of this chapter)