The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

Tang Chang'an City, located on the Longshou Plain, was built on the basis of the old city in the Sui Dynasty. Due to the outdated drainage system left over from the Sui Dynasty for 200 years, the underground pipes were dammed with silt, and the river channel was deposited with garbage, resulting in poor drainage. The poor water supply seriously affected the daily life of hundreds of thousands of residents in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. In view of the importance of people's livelihood, the imperial court issued an edict in spring to open the new canal project.

After the Guangtong Canal was abandoned in the Sui Dynasty, Guo Nuan received an imperial order from the Ministry of Education, instructing the Jingzhao Mansion to dig a new canal, and the work proceeded in an orderly manner.

Time flies, two months have passed, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered a warm and hot summer.Since Guo Nuan and the alchemist Abu developed TNT solid explosives, the number of workers who originally had to recruit more than 2 to dig the canal was reduced to 1750000. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the financial pressure on the poor households. It is expected that the original investment of 865000 yuan will be directly reduced to [-] yuan.

On the second day after Guo Nuan developed the explosive package, she held an explosive product exhibition. In order to demonstrate the incomparable power of TNT, Guo Nuan invited celebrities from all walks of life in Chang'an City, high-ranking officials, royal families, and even the emperor. Ye Yujia came to watch, and almost all the influential people in the Tang Dynasty showed up. It is estimated that the number of people exceeded 3000.

At that time, the massive explosive explosion experiment held by the Weiming Lake was really beautiful. Guo Nuan arranged the project in a high canyon by the lake in advance, and sent people to dig hundreds of small caves on the steep cliff with a height of 1500 meters. The explosives team with 3000 members planted hundreds of detonators and explosive packs, each containing ten kilograms of solid explosives, and spent a total of more than [-] kilograms to hide them in the mountains.

When Guo Nuan was five kilometers away from the cliff, under the watchful eyes of thousands of people nearby, he activated the detonator with his own hands, that is, the starting device made of several kilometers of super-long gunpowder fuses.

With a loud bang, it shook the sky and resounded through the sky. In the astonished eyes of everyone in the audience, the precipitous canyon a few miles away saw the tens of thousands of rocks and soils on the cliff collapse instantly, and instantly collapsed to form a long It is a big pass with a depth of more than 200 meters and a depth of [-] meters.

Immediately, the high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites all showed great interest in solid explosives.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry directly played Daizong at the court meeting the next day, requesting the introduction of explosives invented by Guo Nuan for the development of construction projects. Undoubtedly, the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry saw the great practicability of explosives in saving people's labor and improving engineering efficiency.

The Minister of the Ministry of War was also very far-sighted. That night, he found Guo Nuan's Fu Jingzhao Mansion. He enthusiastically discussed explosives with huge lethality and asked about the possibility of using them in the military.

At that time, Guo Nuan was a little amazed at the intelligence of the ancients, and hadn't mentioned the idea of ​​using it in the military. The Minister of the Ministry of War first saw the military value of this aspect.

As for the Minister of Rites, he said that these powerful explosives would be used to make salutes for sacrifices and festivals.Immediately, Daizong ordered Guo Nuan to set up an organization specializing in the production of solid explosives, which would be bought out by the government.

In order to meet the needs of various government offices, Guo Nuan specially set up a chemistry school and a chemical factory.Abu is the chief engineer of the chemical plant.Then selected outstanding and intelligent farm children from the folk, recruited a total of more than 100 apprentices, Abu served as the principal of the school, and recruited five additional alchemists who defected from the remote Persian Gulf. These Arabs hired as The lecturers in the school undoubtedly greatly enriched the scientific research team under Guo Nuan's jurisdiction.

Due to his busy schedule, Guo Nuan served as the school's honorary dean. When he was free, he would spare time to teach some basic courses in physics, mathematics, and chemistry.

A one-month intensive theoretical training of modern science courses was carried out. The school mainly taught some refining knowledge of chemical raw materials such as glycerin, nitric acid, and ethanol, as well as some metal physical smelting.

In the summer and July, more than 55 apprentices had graduated from the school, and the chemical factory set up by Guo Nuan was also on the right track for mass production.In addition to producing [-] catties of glycerin, [-] catties of nitric acid, and [-] catties of sulfuric acid, the chemical plant can also produce [-] kilograms of TNT solid explosives and [-] detonators every day.

In addition, Guo Nuan also used glycerin to make a skin cream that women love most.The climate in Guanzhong is dry and hot, and the wind, sand and loess are flying, and the air is turbid.For a woman who takes pity on her pretty face, the harsh environment in Guanzhong can be described as extremely distressing.

However, once this skin care product came out, it can be said to have swept the entire capital, making almost all women crazy about it.In just one month, more than 100 branches of cosmetics distribution stores have been opened in Chang'an, and they have also opened in Luoyang, Hexi, and Shandong, the eastern capital. Three thousand families.It is estimated that in a year's time it will expand to Jiannan Road, the rich and prosperous coastal areas of the Jianghuai River.

In addition to the direct sales of solid explosives to various government offices of the Shangshu Department, which earned a profit of 100 million taels, the invention of this skin cream alone brought Guo Nuan an astonishing astronomical income in one month. huge.

"Master, in less than a month, you have become an upstart!"

When Ah Fu stayed up all night, Ao's eyes turned red, and he went through three loads of accounts with a dozen or so accountants, and finally figured out Guo Nuan's recent income.

"Hey, having a lot of money is not a bad thing, it's so bad that you don't do good deeds, and it's dangerous to be envied by outsiders for being rich and unkind."

Although Guo Nuan had become rich suddenly, worth 200 million taels of silver, he was not dazzled by the money in front of him, and his life was still similar to before.

There are still three dishes and one soup every day, seaweed egg soup, coriander mixed with cloud silk, sesame tofu, and a plate of meat.As for the maids, it is said that Guo Nuan, a majestic fourth-rank official, has no maids and maids to take care of her daily life.

In the cultural circle of officials who like to put on airs, they are surrounded by maids and servants at every turn, exuding a grand style. Compared with Guo Nuan's low-key and simple, he is a freak.

Moreover, Master Jing Zhaoyin often goes to the dining room to cook on his own.Regarding the issue of dress, apart from wearing official uniforms, there are only a few commonly used clothes left in a month, but these gorgeous clothes were sewn by Guo Nuan's wife and mother Wang.

There are dozens of gorgeous clothes left in the closet, which were sent by Guo Nuan's wife Shengping. It is said that they are specially made luxurious clothes from a big tailor in the city, but Guo Nuan has never tried them on. He said that he loves his wife's kindness. He was satisfied, but he felt that as long as the clothes were well decorated and comfortable, he didn't care how many pieces there were.

Although Guo Nuan didn't spend much money on his own life, he was very generous and generous to his subordinates. He had just been in office for two months, but due to the financial constraints of the yamen, plus the renovation of the yamen, the recruitment of new yamen servants, or other municipal affairs As for expenses, Guo Nuan accumulated more than 3 silver private money.

Guo Nuan not only cared and cared for her subordinates, but also spent a lot of energy on the people's livelihood in just a few months, and did some practical and good things.

There are hundreds of officials in the current Jingzhao Mansion, and they are loyal to Guo Nuan and support Guo Nuan wholeheartedly.Moreover, Guo Nuan, Jing Zhaoyin, has won a good reputation among the people.After doing so many things, Guo Nuan has been very busy recently