I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 44: See? Such a great virtue!

Seeing Zhu Chongba's inexperienced look,
Tianyu looked disappointed and taught them:
"The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

"Don't think that the imperial court is something so noble. How many talented people are there among the Mongolians? After all, the world is still in the hands of the Han people."

There were too few people in the Yuan Dynasty, and they were unwilling to accept ethnic integration.
This resulted in the Yuan Dynasty having the weakest centralized imperial power among all dynasties.

It is more like a bandit who temporarily occupies your home but has no intention of taking root in this land.

As a result, the power of major landlords, gentry, and aristocrats was unprecedentedly strengthened during the Yuan Dynasty.

Those local officials and local clans were basically no different from local emperors. As long as they paid protection fees to the imperial court on time, they could manage the areas under their jurisdiction at will.

So what's so strange about asking the court to buy gunpowder?

The Yuan Dynasty sold artillery directly to Europe. Otherwise, the European Renaissance and the development of modern military would have been delayed by hundreds of years.

Three years of clean government, 100,000 silver coins,

This sentence does not only refer to Qing Dynasty officials.
Rather, the ideological awareness of officials in all dynasties has been basically the same.

Especially in an era like the Yuan Dynasty where the central power was not strong, the level of corruption among officials was simply outrageous.

The relief food becomes water in their hands, so selling a mere gunpowder is nothing.

What's more, the utilization rate of muskets at this time was far inferior to that of bows and arrows, and the killing effect on the battlefield was far less than that of strong bows. Although it was also under control, it was not as strong as that of iron weapons.

Tianyu waved his hand.
Tens of thousands of taels of silver ingots were thrown from Tianyu's backpack in front of Zhu Chongba.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He's eyes widened and they swallowed unconsciously.

Tianyu pondered and said, "This silver..."

Zhu Chongba nodded excitedly: "Hmmmmmm...!"

Tianyu thought about it and took them all back.

"Forget it, it's a bit of a waste to give them this thing, let's just give them some broken glass."

He waved his hand again.

Countless glass ornaments of various kinds fell to the ground like garbage.

This is a decorative ornament that Tianyu created on a whim using the leftover scraps after he made glass from sand.

In modern times, this thing would naturally be garbage that would not be wanted even if given for free.

But at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, what was this thing called? It was called the Treasure of the Western Regions!
Even if people today can melt glass,
Is it as bright as ours, as transparent as ours, as big as ours?

No!

Scarcity makes things valuable. As long as you can't come up with the same one, mine is priceless.

Using this thing to bribe is the same as Zhu Chongba using the "immortal treasure" to sell for money.
Regardless of how much it costs, it is enough that it is valuable in the eyes of these ancient people.

Tianyu picked up an 'Imperial Green' beer bottle and smiled at Zhu Chongba and the other man:
"After today, you will take this thing to the government as a gift."

"From the yamen runners to the county magistrate, get connections for me. Confucius once said that money makes the devil work. Money can solve 99% of the problems. The remaining 1% that cannot be solved is because there is not enough money."

"It just so happens that what we have the most right now is money, so you don't need to ask for anything."

"In a word, if you want to make money together, those officials will gather around you like wild dogs, sniffing the scent. Officials are also human beings, and human beings have weaknesses, and you need to discover these weaknesses yourself."

"You summarize these weaknesses and collect them into a book. This is also called science."

Zhu Chongba nodded with shining eyes. Tianyu's words deeply touched him.

He now understands a little bit,

Existence is reasonable, and as long as it is written in a book, it is science.

Zhu Chongba rubbed his hands and said, "Don't worry, God of Land, I will use these broken glass to get your job done right away."

Tianyu glared at Zhu Chongba and shouted:

"What glass shards? This is a treasure from the Western Regions!"

Zhu Chongba nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, a treasure from the Western Regions, a treasure from the Western Regions."

He had seen too many steps of refining sand into glass during this period, and he no longer had the awe he had at first for this random thing. Tianyu put his hands behind his back, looked at the blood volume that had risen, and nodded:

"Of course, it's not enough to just show money, you also have to show courage and force."

"Bring two TNTs with you when you go to the county government office tomorrow. You still have to convince others with virtue at the critical moment."

Zhu Chongba's eyes twitched wildly. Looking at the huge pit behind Tianyu, he complained in his heart: "Why would he use the treasures from the Western Regions if he has this virtue?"

But Zhu Yuanzhang naturally did not dare to refute Tianyu. He nodded and bowed all the way, pulling two TNTs and a bag of glass products out of the test site.

Soon, a huge explosion was heard again in the test field, and Tianyu exclaimed:

"Fuck, a rare block dropped, haha~"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He withdrew from the test site and passed by the mine pit.

Upon seeing this, Tang He's uncle hurriedly greeted Zhu Chongba:
"Zhongba, where is the immortal?"

Zhu Chongba smiled naively:
"It's okay, Uncle Tang. The land god is developing magic to be used for mining in the future."

Uncle Tang showed a trace of worry on his face when he heard this:
"Mining? Does that mean we won't be able to work in the future?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the miners looked over.

Zhu Chongba smiled and comforted him:

"Don't worry, Uncle Tang. We will be of use to you many times in the future. This is just the beginning."

Uncle Tang nodded and did not continue to pester him.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, everyone looked at each other, turned around and began to swing their stone pickaxes desperately.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, the right thing to do now is to dig more and save more work points, so that you can exchange them for more food later.

After leaving the mining area,
Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He got on the mine cart leading to the militia team.

Following a reminder of arrival at the station, the two men stepped on the pressure plate on the ground, and a break immediately appeared on the stone wall with a rumbling sound.

"Hello, Marshal Zhu!"

The two guards saluted skillfully.
Zhu Chongba no longer had the slightest bit of flattery he had shown in front of Tianyu. He nodded calmly and said:
"Blow the whistle and call the brothers to assemble."

"Yes!"

As a whistle sounded,
In less than 10 minutes, dozens of soldiers in leather armor stood on the mine.

"At ease! Stand at attention! At ease! Hello, Marshal Zhu!"

"Hello, Marshal Zhu!"

Zhu Chongba nodded:

"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers."

“Serve the people!”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the fat, strong and burly elite soldiers with a gleam of light in his eyes.

He patted Tang and TNT behind him and said:
"Brothers! Raise your troops a thousand miles away! Use them for a moment!"

"The God of Land has spoken. To defeat those corrupt officials, we need gunpowder, and that gunpowder is in the hands of those corrupt officials!"

"The Earth God told us to win people over with virtue! See? Such great virtue! This is the immortal virtue bestowed upon us by the Earth God! Once it is ignited, no grass will grow within a ten-meter radius."

"We must use this 'virtue' to convince those corrupt officials and take back the 'virtue' that the Land Lord wants...bah...gunpowder!"

"Then the God of Land will cast a spell on you! As long as you have firm faith, you will be invulnerable to swords and guns!"

"Tomorrow, follow me to kill all the dog officials in Fengyang City and save the suffering people for the land god!"

Militia: "┗|｀O′|┛Ah~~!!"

(End of this chapter)