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Chapter 192 Yellow Mud Water Sugar Making Method
Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, nodded.

"I have the champion marquis Huo Qubing, and together with the great general Wei Qing, we are more than capable of dealing with the Xiongnu. However, according to what Master Song said, Huo Qubing died young!"

"So I thought I should pay more attention to this aspect. As long as the Champion Marquis survives, it will be easy for me, the Khan, to fight against the Huns in the future!"

Ying Zheng nodded.

Compared with the Khan and the Qin Dynasty, the affairs are more troublesome.

At least the Khanate was unstable internally and the country was strong. After the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the country's strength increased greatly.

In addition, there were generals such as Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, etc., which were indeed better than his side.

At this time, in addition to the Huns in the north, the Baiyue area in the south was also not stable.

In order to bring this area under the rule of their Great Qin, he sent Tu Sui as a general to lead 500,000 Great Qin troops. The entire Lingnan area was brought under the jurisdiction of the Great Qin.

However, Tu Sui died of illness in this battle. The deputy general Zhao Tuo took control of the military power but cut off many roads leading to the Qin Dynasty. He never provided support until the demise of the Qin Dynasty.

It seems that I have to guard against this matter first.

In addition, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and the various schools of thought were also secretly stirring up trouble.

Among these people, Ying Zheng is undoubtedly the most difficult one.

At this time Liu Che looked at Ying Zheng and said.

"I don't have many good things, but the ironware of our Han Dynasty has become more mature. After these years of recuperation, my people have already got a general idea of ​​the situation of the Xiongnu in the north, and I also have a very detailed map of the Baiyue in the south!"

"I will give you these maps later. It will be much easier for you to deal with the enemies on both sides!"

When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes lit up.

His era was not very far from that of Liu Che, so he probably couldn't produce anything special, but these things were exactly what he needed most at the moment, and it was truly a timely help.

Ying Zheng said with a smile while looking at Liu Che in front of him.

"In that case, thank you very much for this!"

"The crossbows of our Great Qin are famous throughout the world, especially our Great Qin crossbow formation. When Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu, the Qin crossbows also made a lot of contributions!"

"I'll have someone copy down a copy of the Qin crossbow's production drawings and give it to you later. Also, I remember that you had paper at that time, but it was not very mature yet. It was not until the Later Han Dynasty that you began to improve papermaking!"

"It just so happens that my people have just made paper, and the quality and cost are both pretty good. I'll give you a copy of this technology later!"

Liu Che nodded with satisfaction, and the two of them got what they wanted.

After Ying Zheng returned, he went to the Ministry of Works again.

The civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but curl their lips when they saw the emperor running towards the Ministry of Works again.

Especially the people from the Hundred Schools of Thought, who were even more disappointed to see Ying Zheng's behavior.

As expected, Ying Zheng still valued these craftsmen more and was not interested in their ways of governing the country.

Nowadays, except for the old Qin people, most of the people in this prison are disciples of the Mohist school.

Since the death of Mozi, the founder of Mohism, Mohist disciples have been divided into three factions due to their different understandings of Mohism, namely Qi Mo, Chu Mo and Qin Mo.

Among them, the Qin Mo Xiangli family was the best at making various instruments. They made a lot of contributions to the Qin Dynasty's excellent equipment.

This made the other Hundred Schools of Thought very envious.

The one I dislike the most is Confucianism.

Doctor Chunyu Yue admired the ritual and music governance of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and believed that this was the best way to achieve universal peace.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng should have enfeoffed meritorious officials and descendants of the Wang family to various places and let them guard the borders of the Qin Dynasty.

As for the current county system, it completely concentrates power in the hands of the emperor, which makes him very dissatisfied.

It’s a pity that Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng was not an emperor who could listen to his opinions.

In desperation, he could only turn his attention to Prince Fusu.

Under his guidance, Prince Fusu became the only candidate to be a benevolent emperor in his eyes.

What’s more important is that Prince Fusu trusts him very much, and he can be promoted himself after the death of Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng.

Suggestions were put forward to restart the feudal system.

By then, I will surely be as famous as Confucius and Mencius.

Everything was planned well, but who knew that the Qin State had undergone earth-shaking changes some time ago.

Ying Zheng ordered the death of Zhao Gao, the person he trusted the most, and also imprisoned his favorite child, Hu Hai.

Prince Fusu was named the Crown Prince.

Just when he thought he had taken another step forward in his ideal, who could have imagined that Fusu's ideas had undergone a drastic change.

Even many of his opinions coincided with those of Ying Zheng, which made him very worried. If Fusu did not listen to his advice, who should he find to realize his ideals?

Ying Zheng went straight to the chief architect Bai Gui and handed him the drawings.

Bai Gui read the content carefully and couldn't help but gasp.

"I never thought there would be such a magical thing in this world. Your Majesty, as long as we can find sugar cane and beets, I guarantee that I can make a lot of sugar!"

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, this is what I've been waiting for. Don't worry about the busy things. I will send someone to find Tu Sui and ask him to find this thing as soon as possible!"

After Bai Gui left, Ying Zheng looked at Fusu standing beside him, sighed and said.

"Fusu, do you think I should call back Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo? Perhaps it will change their fate. But apart from them, who else can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Baiyue region?"

With Meng Tian's Great Wall Legion in the north, there will naturally be no problem. However, the south is full of mountains and forests, poisonous miasma, snakes and insects. It is not an easy task to be stationed in such a place.

Fusu thought for a moment and said.

"I heard Master Song say before, civil and military are the wings of a tiger, if both wings are there, you can fly into the sky!"

"So for the Baiyue region, we not only need to rely on these 500,000 soldiers to suppress it, but we also need people to pacify it!"

"In addition to the old people outside the court, we can also send some newcomers to gain some experience!"

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu with kindness.

"Well said, who do you think can take this position?"

Fusu thought for a moment and said.

"General Xin Sheng has been stationed in Liaodong for many years, and together with the Imperial Censor Feng Jie, as for the newcomers, Zhou Bo, Lu Wan, Xiahou Ying, and Wang Ling can all be transferred over to gain some experience!"

"And Xiao He is indeed a talented person, especially in terms of logistics!" "The situation in the Baiyue region is complicated, and food and grass must be a huge problem. It is better to let him go and gain some experience. He will definitely achieve great things in the future!"

Ying Zheng nodded. He himself was more inclined to Li You, the son of Prime Minister Li Si.

And Wang Li, the son of Wang Ben, but they were too young and indeed not suitable for the Baiyue area.

"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you. By the way, find some alchemists for me!"

Fusu frowned when he heard this.

Is it possible that the emperor is still thinking about immortality and other illusory things? He can't spend a lot of money to let these people go to visit some immortal mountain? "Father, think twice. Immortals are illusory things. My Great Qin is in a state of disrepair right now. If we spend a lot of money on this, the people will probably be angry!"

Ying Zheng looked at him meaningfully, and Fusu said.

"Don't worry. Since I met Master Song, I haven't thought about it so much. What's more, Master Song's methods are miraculous. Even if he can't make me immortal, extending my life span won't be a big problem!"

"The reason why I'm looking for those alchemists is that I hope they can make gunpowder. Today, Master Song said that the future will be dominated by firearms. Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty has already made gunpowder, and he got many drawings of firearms from Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"In this case, we can't fall behind too much, so this matter cannot be delayed!"

Prince Fusu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. As long as they were not looking for that illusory immortal, everything would be fine.

As for the firearm, although he had never seen its power, since Master Song had already told him about it, there shouldn't be any big problem.

"Please rest assured, Father. I will do it right away!"

Soon, the news that the Qin Emperor Ying Zheng spent a lot of money to recruit local scholars spread.

The officials in the court sighed and groaned. They could not believe that His Majesty, who was so wise and powerful, actually believed in such things. This was really troublesome.

Since ancient times, there have been so-called alchemists who have been refining elixirs, but so far no one has ever heard of anyone who has successfully refined the elixir or achieved immortality. In the end, it is just a dream.

But no one dared to say anything about Qin Shihuang.

At this time, outside the city of Xianyang, people were discussing the list posted on the wall.

This is a Taoist priest whose eyes light up when he sees the content above, but the Taoist priest must have been summoned to make elixirs.

I can't believe that Qin Shi Huang actually believed in these tricks of immortality and becoming an immortal.

Although it is hard to say whether this elixir can be refined, it will definitely bring many benefits.

Only after he had earned enough money did he leave Daqin and develop in other places.

Thinking of this, the alchemist grinned.

"I never thought that this overwhelming wealth would finally be mine, Xu Fu!"

Then he walked forward and took the list.

After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an City, he directly took out all the drawings that Zhu Yuanzhang had given him.

At this time, he summoned Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and others. In addition to them, there was also the Minister of Works Li Daliang in the crowd.

Li Daliang lowered his head among this group of people and dared not say a word.

At that time, the power of the Six Ministries was not too great, and they were all departments under the Secretariat.

All of the people in front of him are big shots, and any of their identities can crush him.

I didn't know that I could even attend a small court meeting of this level.

After all these people arrived, Li Shimin took out all the drawings on the table and talked about them.

"Since you are all here, I will tell you directly!"

"With the help of Taoist Priest Li and Taoist Priest Yuan, our Tang Dynasty has already developed gunpowder!"

"Although this gunpowder is powerful, it needs to be made into firearms to be used in conjunction with it in order to unleash its power!"

"These are the firearms blueprints given to me by an old friend. How about you take a look at them?"

Changsun Wuji and others looked at the drawings with great curiosity.

I couldn't help but gasp when I walked over. I didn't expect there was such an ingenious design on it.

There are dozens of types of firearms, including side-carriage carriages, fire chariots, three-barreled guns, pear blossom spears, swarms of bees, red cannons, hundred-shot French cannons, and tiger squatting cannons.

Minister of Works Li Daliang looked at the contents with his eyes wide open.

Although Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang had made gunpowder before, he had no idea how to use it or how to apply it to the army.

Now when he saw these things, his mind was instantly opened.

"Your Majesty, these firearms are extremely rare. If we can make them and use them together, we will surely be able to beat the enemy into a panic. By then, the casualty rate of our Tang soldiers will definitely be greatly reduced!"

The others nodded after hearing this. If there were no blueprints, it would be very difficult to make it. But now that the blueprints were in front of them, there would naturally be no problem.

Li Shimin burst into laughter.

"You are right. With these things, the strength of our Tang Dynasty will definitely be strong!"

"Back then at the Weishui Bridge, our Tang Dynasty was weak, allowing that kid Jie Li to act arrogantly. Now, the soldiers and horses of our Northern Yamen's Sixteen Guards have been trained!"

"Today, based on this, I have decided to set up three more Divine Machine Battalions, divided into the Divine Machine Battalion, the Divine Strategy Battalion, and the Heavenly Machine Battalion, specifically for the use and training of these firearms!"

"When you become proficient in using it, I will lead the army to the battlefield. I will make Jie Li surrender in person!"

When everyone heard this, they were excited.

"We will swear allegiance to your majesty until death!"

Li Shimin was extremely happy when he saw this. With the training of Li Jing and others, the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty's troops was much stronger than before, and their weapons and armor were also extremely sophisticated.

If we add the help of these firearms, it will not be a problem to defeat the Turks in the future.

At this time Li Shimin thought of the yellow mud water sugar-making method he had just learned from Song Shen.

Although there were already a lot of sweets during this period, sugar was still an extremely precious commodity.

If I could generate some sales, my financial problems would be alleviated.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the country's finances were extremely difficult, and most of the money was in the hands of the five surnames and seven families. If it were not for the financial support of Zheng Guanyin and others over the years, I am afraid I would not have been able to hold on until now.

Now that we have such a magical object, it would be unforgivable if we don’t use it.

However, the fewer people this matter involves, the better. Otherwise, we will be suppressed by the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

After some thought, he kept Changsun Wuji, Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong, Gao Shilian and others.

"Everyone, I have a way to make money. I wonder if you are interested?"

(End of this chapter)