At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 9 Convincing Yang Guang
Xu Mu was mentally prepared for this, so he didn't panic.

Yang Guang and Lai Hu'er were startled by this voice, and their bodies shivered involuntarily.

Especially the words "Lai Huer" and "Hujia" almost blurted out.

Fortunately, he held back at the critical moment.

"This... what is this?"

After the explosion, Yang Guang pretended to be calm and looked at a place where rocks were slowly rolling down.

There, patches of black coal were exposed.

He was referring to the thing that had just burst into flames.

Xu Mu was very satisfied with their reaction.

In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, gunpowder was recognized by the world.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, many people did not know the existence of gunpowder, and the only ones who knew about gunpowder were those Taoists who practiced alchemy and medicine.

"Where did you come from, Mr. Guan? It's rare and strange. This is the gunpowder researched by the lord. It is specially given to us to open mountains and crack rocks for mining."

Before Xu Mu could answer, a middle-aged man in front of him, the manager of the mine, saw Xu Mu, stepped forward to salute, and scolded Yang Guang by the way.

"Gunpowder? Is it medicine?"

Yang Guang raised his eyebrows, he really didn't know much about it.

Xu Mu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "In the earliest days, it was really a medicine, but it couldn't be eaten, and it would kill you if you took it."

Qi practitioners in Qin and Han Dynasties liked to make alchemy when they had nothing to do, claiming that they could ascend to the sky after eating it.

Not only for myself, but also to fool the emperor, and for the emperor to eat.

Later, they took sulfur, nitrate, and charcoal from alchemy, and after combining them, they actually produced a medicine that can catch fire.

This is the prototype of the earliest gunpowder.

So it is called gunpowder.

After explaining, Xu Mu looked at the mine manager and asked, "How long will it take to open all the mine watches?"

The middle-aged steward quickly took out a notebook, which recorded the workload and progress of the past few days.

Then he replied: "The only difference is that the rocks in the east have not been blasted. It is expected that they will all be dug out today. In the southwest direction, a mine has been built and coal mining has begun."

Xu Mu then asked him some questions related to the mine, and found that he was familiar with everything, and what he said was accurate.

Finally, Xu Mu asked, "That's right, what's your name?"

"My lord, the villain's name is Deng Ji..." The middle-aged steward replied with great joy.

"Presumptuous! Dun Ji? Did you take this name because you want to rebel?"

Before the middle-aged steward finished speaking, Lai Huer couldn't help scolding.

Let's talk, and secretly glanced at Yang Guang.

It was found that Yang Guang didn't respond, but was glared at by the middle-aged steward named Deng Ji.

Dun Ji was not reprimanded at all, and retorted: "What's wrong with my name? Isn't what we are doing a major rebellion?"

Lai Hu'er was choked up, looked around, and quickly closed his mouth.

This is a den of anti-thieves, and the head of the bandit in front of him is the master of the three thousand bandits.

The habit of the past must be paid attention to in the future.

Who made His Majesty already agree to this thief.

Although His Majesty is witty, he only agreed to commit himself to the thief for three months, but during these three months, he must not go on business trips.

If he exposes his identity because of implicating His Majesty, then he is really beyond redemption...

Thinking of this, Lai Hu'er was able to bend and stretch, and clasped his fists at Deng Ji: "It's a certain rudeness."

"Humph!"

Dunky turned his head away, not accepting his apology.

This tone and demeanor are very similar to the agricultural secretary in the potato field before.

Now he finally understood His Majesty's mood at that time.

Glancing at His Majesty, Lai Huer found that His Majesty seemed a little absent-minded.

He kept staring at the rocky place that was emitting white smoke, without taking his eyes off it.

It seems to be a little distracted.

In fact, Yang Guang's shock at this time far exceeded the sum of the previous few days.

Whether it's 31 elite soldiers, new equipment, or farm equipment, the yield per mu is [-] shi. The shock he received was not as intuitive as the scene in front of him.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, there was another loud bang, the flames soared into the sky, and countless rubble exploded in the distance.

In his line of sight, the integrated rocks were directly blasted and torn apart, exposing the dark coal inside.

When he was the prince in the East Palace in his early years, he also knew about the mine.

He knows the difficulty of mining.

It would be impossible to excavate a mine as large as the one in front of us without spending three to five years and spending thousands of people.

But... He glanced around, and there were no more than a dozen people in charge of cracking rocks in the entire mine.

It happened that these ten people said that they were going to complete the excavation of rocks in the east direction today.

It all depends on the medicine that can breathe fire.

He has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he likes military strategy, so he connected this object with the battlefield at a glance.

If... used in a battle between the two armies, such a sky thunder thrown at the enemy's camp will cause great panic, and even win without a fight!

As an emperor, he saw this thing for the first time, and he was like this, let alone those ignorant soldiers?
"This thing... can it be used on the battlefield?"

Yang Guang hesitated, ignored the quarrel between Lai Huer and Deng Ji, and looked at Xu Mu.

Xu Mu glanced at him in a little surprise. This old Yang seems to be very interested in fighting...

Have you been in the military before?
And judging from his hatred for Goryeo, it is estimated that he was conscripted by Yang Guang before.

This kind of phenomenon is too common. In this era, there are very few people who have not fought for Yang Guang.

The three expeditions to Korea emptied the whole of China.

Xu Mu didn't think too much, nodded and replied: "This thing can be used in the battlefield, and the research institute is currently researching it. This is a relatively complicated subject, and there is no breakthrough yet."

Thinking of this, Xu Mu felt a little excited.

A year ago, gunpowder was produced by the research institute. It is powerful and can be used to open mountains and crack rocks.

Later, he set up a new topic for them to study.

Things like grenade flintlocks were proposed, but...they never came up with it.

This is a technology that only appeared one after another after the development of science and technology until the Ming Dynasty. It is somewhat difficult for those craftsmen to realize it all at once.

The most important thing is the shortage of craftsmen.

There are too few craftsmen in the military field.

Xu Mu shook his head slightly, patted Yang Guang on the shoulder, and led him to continue walking: "Let's go, there is nothing interesting about opening a mountain, let's go watch them mine."

In the southwest direction of the entire mine, a huge mine shaft was dug out at this time.

It is surrounded by layers of wooden fences to prevent people from falling into it.

Xu Mu glanced at the mine, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything, so he couldn't help but call for Dun Ji, and asked, "How much coal can you mine every day now?"

"This mine has quite a lot of reserves, and three mine shafts have been dug out, which can excavate [-] jin of coal per day." Dun Ji made a little calculation and replied.

"It is necessary to increase the manpower. If the slide rails and drainage pipes are not enough, remember to apply to me."

Xu Mu was not very satisfied with this.

Yaniang can initially produce [-] jin per day, but in his next plan, the demand for coal will be huge.

First of all, the next topic of the research institute is steel smelting.

A large number of blast furnaces need to be made, which consumes a lot of coal energy.

There's no way, after all, what I'm doing is a rebellion. I can't let these soldiers...rebel with hoes, right?
Armor, weapons and other equipment require an increase in steel production.

He is now poor and white, with only 3000 people, so he has to find a way to build everything by himself.

"My lord, don't worry, my subordinates have already made a plan. They are digging a new mine in the past few days. After today, the east side can be mined. Within three days, the daily output can be increased to [-] jin!" Deng Ji assured, patted his chest. .

Only then did Xu Mu show a satisfied smile: "If you can produce ten thousand catties a day, my lord will give you a good thing."

When Deng Ji heard this, he was naturally grateful, and he narrowed his eyes with a smile, revealing his black and yellow teeth.

Ordinary people in this era basically don't want to brush their teeth, so their teeth are quite black and yellow.

Xu Mu smiled politely but awkwardly, thinking in his heart that there will be more craftsmen in the future, and he must improve things like suitable toothbrushes.

People in this age usually use mouthwash instead of brushing their teeth.

In the Tang Dynasty, with the introduction and prevalence of Buddhism in China in the later period, willow branches, an artifact for brushing teeth in India, were also popularized.

It is quite similar to the toothbrush of later generations, but the effect of cleaning teeth is far inferior.

Moreover, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the day and night were precarious, and life was lost at every turn. Even if it was a wealthy family, they just woke up in the morning to wash their mouths.

Anyway, as a modern person, Xu Mu expressed that he couldn't accept it.

"What is that?"

On the side, Yang Guang was really looking around the mine, especially after seeing the gunpowder, he wanted to know what other magical features this treasure-like Wanmin City had.

Sure enough, he soon discovered a round pipe-shaped thing protruding from the mine, and black waste water was continuously flowing out.

"This thing is called a drainage pipe. The pressure method used involves advanced knowledge. I can't explain it for a while. Anyway, it can semi-automatically drain the water in the mine."

Xu Mu enjoyed this process very much, and the most important thing was to accumulate experience.

After all, the old house is coming.

Compared to Lao Yang, he prefers Lao Fang to ask himself questions.

Lao Yang, after all, is still an ordinary person.

"The water flows to a higher place?"

Yang Guang quickly grasped the key point and asked with raised eyebrows.

"That's right," Xu Mu gave a thumbs up, talking to scholars is effortless, and he can see the essence at a glance.

"Most mines are clogged and silted up due to groundwater, making it impossible to mine. With the drainage device developed by the research institute, underground operations are much more convenient."

Xu Mu said a lot of things that Yang Guang couldn't understand. Of course, this was all on purpose.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the etiquette was broken and music was broken, others would not only find his remarks strange, but they would think you were awesome.

Yang Guang, for example, was silent at the moment.

Looking deeply at Xu Mu, he finally made a move that surprised Lai Huer.

He bowed 45 degrees towards Xu Mu, and bowed his hands.

The majestic emperor of the Sui Dynasty bowed and bowed to an anti-king!

"Mr. runs the city like the ancient Guan Zhong. He trains soldiers and builds things like the ancient Le Yi. Yang is willing to serve under Mr.'s command in the next three months."

(End of this chapter)