Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 720 Black Gunpowder

In Wang Xiu's Mansion, Wang Xiu shuddered inexplicably, feeling as if a catastrophe was imminent, and shouted: "Add a few more boards to the door, close the door tightly, and no matter who comes, they will not be seen. Just say that my master is seriously ill. I can’t even get out of bed and I’m about to die.”

"My lord, the door has been closed tightly, but if there are high officials from the court outside, will you not see me?"

"No, not at all, except for His Majesty, no one will be seen." Wang Xiu shouted: "You didn't look at His Majesty's eyes, that is really going to kill me."

"What are you afraid of?" A woman shouted: "My lord, what do you say? It's a patriarchal decree. You are the leader of the world's clan. Even if you are senior, your majesty must call you uncle. What are you afraid of him doing? What can he do to you? I can bite you!"

"He can still do anything to me, he can still bite me!" Wang Xiu shouted: "You have long hair and short knowledge, what do you know, our Majesty is very human, he is the real emperor, scary It's very serious, and it must not be judged by common sense, if I hadn't considered that I am a clan order and represent the face of the clan, I would have to crawl over to confess my mistake to His Majesty and beg for forgiveness."

"Trash! How could I marry such a trash like you!"

"Yes, I am a waste, I am a waste, if you marry me, a waste, you are also a waste!"

"Ah, you old bastard, seek death!"

"what!"

The room suddenly fell into a fight, and all the servants of the palace ran aside. They had long been accustomed to the war between the master and the wife, anyway, they were all servants, so what to do with so much was just watching a play.

There are no secrets in Chang'an, and the story of Wang Xiu fighting with his tigress wife quickly spread throughout Chang'an City. Wang Xiu's nose, blue eyes and swollen eyes were swollen by the tigress, and more than ten bloodstains were scratched on his face. The news got out, so that Lin Yuxin, who was planning to trouble Wang Xiu, put out her thoughts of continuing to trouble Wang Xiu.

After a night of nothing to say, Wang Mang went through a set of procedures for changing clothes and eating refreshed on the second day, and then asked Deng Fang to lead the way, planning to meet the old ancestor Wuming.

Wuming is definitely a mysterious figure in this palace who is never inferior to Shangguan Wan'er. His strength is unfathomable and his identity is even more unpredictable. Wang Mang only knows that this person should be an ancestor of the royal family, but Wang Mang doesn't know who it is.

Wuming sat quietly under the big tree, all kinds of mysterious aura emerged around his body, Wang Mang stood in front of Wuming, even though Wang Mang is now a master of transforming gods, he couldn't see the slightest depth of Wuming, and he couldn't help being shocked.

Wuming looked at Wang Mang with some approval. He saw Wang Mang's actions these days. He admired Wang Mang very much and didn't mind providing Wang Mang with some help. He looked at Wang Mang and said, "What's your Majesty doing here?"

"I haven't seen senior for a long time, I miss him very much. I was supposed to visit senior yesterday, but I haven't returned to Chang'an for a long time. I have a lot of things to do. It's getting late after finishing the chores, so I came to visit senior early today." Wang Mang Respectfully said.

"I'm just an old man. Your Majesty doesn't need to be like this. Just say what you want." Wuming said.

Wang Mang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Wuming to be so easy to talk, he couldn't help but said: "I want to know the identity of senior?"

"Identity is not important." Wuming said indifferently: "Your Majesty, why should you be obsessed with identity? Your Majesty has been away for many days and experienced a lot. Haven't you figured out many things? Perhaps identity is indeed important, but more often, identity is not important. ?”

"I have this feeling, but I still want to know." Wang Mang said: "The reason why I dare to act recklessly outside is because I think that my seniors will help me when I need it, but now with I have provoked more and more enemies, and I cannot guarantee that the senior will still stand by my side forever."

"So what if you stand by His Majesty's side, so what if you don't?" Wuming said, "Does Your Majesty know that only when you have the strength to despise everything yourself can you really have all the confidence."

"What about senior? Senior's current strength may be able to despise everything." Wang Mang said.

"No." Wuming said indifferently: "Of course I am not weak, but there are countless secrets in this world. There are countless strong people. No one dares to say that he can despise everything. He is as strong as a saint. After the thousand-year holy war, he can only go back to seclusion , not to mention me waiting for mortals."

Wang Mang's heart was shaken, he vaguely guessed Wuming's strength in his heart, but he couldn't guarantee it, so he said: "Senior should know that I will fight some big forces recently, my strength is not enough, I don't know if senior is willing to help me."

"I will help as much as I can," Wuming said.

"The last question, why did senior help me?" Wang Mang said.

"I saw the scene of Great Qin's prosperity in you." Wuming slowly closed his eyes, and a wave of consciousness suddenly fell towards Wang Mang.

"Your Majesty's cultivation is not weak anymore, but his understanding of the way of heaven is still weak. Whether it is transforming gods or refining gods, if you want to finally break through to the realm of emptiness, you must understand the rules of the way of heaven after all."

When Wang Mang returned to the palace, he was still thinking about Wuming's words in his mind. This time, seeing Wuming Wang Mang gained a lot. To a certain extent, Wuming really guarded silently like Wang Mang's guardian.

I really don't know who you are!

Wang Mang secretly sighed in his heart, and then thought that when he was strong enough one day, he would naturally know Wuming's true identity.

Not long after Wang Mang came back, Yu Wenkai begged to see Wang Mang with a secretive face. After meeting Wang Mang, Yu Wenkai looked at Wang Mang with a mysterious face. Wang Mang ordered Deng Fang to close the surrounding palace gates and said, "What is it that is so mysterious? of?"

Yu Wenkai took out a dark black ball, pointed at the black ball and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think this is?"

The moment Wang Mang saw the black ball, his eyes shrank suddenly, and with a wave of his hand, the black ball fell into Wang Mang's hand. Looking at the black ball in his hand, Wang Mang's breathing was a bit heavy. He looked at Yu Wenkai and said : "Did you really figure it out?"

"It's also good luck." Yu Wenkai said with lingering fear: "I couldn't make it at first, but then there was a craftsman in the artisan workshop who used to be an alchemist, and he accidentally used some alchemy methods to refine this thing. , if it wasn't for this person, I'm afraid His Majesty would not have seen this thing now."

"Good stuff." Wang Mang said, "Have you ever tried Mighty?"

"I've tried it, it's too powerful, just such a random one, it is equivalent to a full blow from a master of the five internal organs." Yu Wenkai said excitedly: "If this thing can be mass-produced, my Daqin will become the number one in the mainland." Powerful country, thinking about the scene of our soldiers holding a few of these things in their hands, I get excited."

Wang Mang also looked a little excited, and said, "Have you ever named it?"

"Just about to ask His Majesty to name him, firstly, this was originally the idea given by His Majesty, and secondly, only His Majesty who is holy in the world is qualified to name him." Yu Wenkai even played a trick of flattering.

Wang Mang laughed and said, "That's very good, let's call him Black Gunpowder!"

"Black Gunpowder?" Yu Wenkai was stunned for a moment, then stroked his palms and said, "Your Majesty, Black Gunpowder, this name is good, it's too appropriate, I think this thing should be named by nature."

Black powder, Wang Mang had talked with Yu Wenkai about some refining methods of black powder before, but he didn't expect Yu Wenkai to be interested, and gave Wang Mang such a big surprise at this time. The powerful power directly realizes the crushing of the nations across the ages.

However, there are no secrets among the countries. Wang Mang knows very well that after the black powder is exposed, all countries in the world will be equipped with this soon, and Qin's advantage will no longer exist, but now...

Wang Mang looked at Yu Wenkai and said, "How much of this black powder can be produced now?"

"Because of the raw materials, not much can be produced." Yu Wenkai said: "There are not many materials in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry that can refine black powder."

"If you need anything, buy it!" Wang Mang said: "If you don't have any money, go to the Ministry of Households and ask Li Hong to ask for it, and tell him, this is what I said, and I only have one request for you, which is to refine a product that can be used in the shortest possible time. A city is blown up with black powder, tell me, can you do it?"

"I will live up to His Majesty's trust." Yu Wenkai said excitedly.

"The secret method of black powder must be kept secret as much as possible. All those involved in the production of black powder must be made separately. Each participant can only participate in a short period of black powder production. At present, black powder cannot be known by others, especially by the empire. , the number of people who know the secret recipe of the whole black powder is not allowed to increase except for what they know now." Wang Mang said: "Yu Wenkai, black powder is related to the rise of our country of Qin, and there must be no mistakes before he first appears in the world. You can do it. "

"If I can't do it, Your Majesty will just look at my head." Yu Wenkai swore to the sky, saying that everyone in the Ministry of Industry is His Majesty's most loyal minister, and will never do anything to make Wang Mang feel sorry for Da Qin. Yes, Wang Mang killed the entire Ministry of Industry, and Yu Wenkai would not have the slightest complaint.

Yu Wenkai's oath was a bit heavy, but Wang Mang believed it. After all, the people in the Ministry of Industry are basically technical geeks. Compared with other ministries and yamen, they are indeed much simpler, and Yu Wenkai himself is the least brainy in the court. people.

After Yu Wenkai finished his oath, he said, "Your Majesty, do you have a request?"

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang's expression didn't change at all, but he couldn't help but have some thoughts in his heart.

"I want to use black gunpowder to build straight roads." Yu Wenkai said: "Your Majesty has given me the deadly task of building straight roads. With the strength of the Ministry of Industry, it is difficult for me to complete the task within the time stipulated by His Majesty, but if His Majesty can I agree to use the black powder to build roads, and I can guarantee that it will be completed within the stipulated time, and I can even advance the time by a day or two."

"Sure." Wang Mang waved his hand to express his agreement, and said, "In the future, you don't need to tell me about such things, you can make up your own mind."

"Thank you Lord Long En." Yu Wenkai laughed happily.

Wang Mang slowly frowned as he watched Yu Wenkai leave. Yu Wenkai's performance today seemed to be a little different from before, so he called Lin Yuxin and said, "Arrange someone to watch Yu Wenkai and see who is around him recently. haunt."

"Your Majesty suspects Yu Wenkai?" Lin Yuxin said with some deep meaning.

"I don't doubt him, I doubt the people around him." Wang Mang said, "I hope I am wrong."

Lin Yuxin's orders to Wang Mang have always been executed quickly, and soon a group of shadow assassins stared at Yu Wenkai. The shadow assassins originally used for assassination were not very useful for intelligence spying. Lin Yuxin is now about to become the king of intelligence in Daqin up.

Wang Mang doesn't care about the rapid expansion of Lin Yuxin's power. His heart is on a Great Qin. Compared with the whole world, Great Qin is too small. It's a great thing.

Wang Yongji was waiting outside the palace. He thought he would be the first to see Wang Mang, but he didn't expect that Yu Wenkai would come earlier than him. When he saw Yu Wenkai coming out of Wang Mang's palace, he was stunned and said, "Yuwen It's really early for adults to get up."

"I didn't get up early, I didn't sleep all night." Yu Wenkai was in very good spirits, and he didn't look like someone who hadn't slept at all.

Wang Yongji was a little speechless: "Sir Yuwen, stop joking, you look like you haven't rested."

"I really haven't rested." Yu Wenkai said: "You know that once I start working, I forget everything. Besides, I have some medicine in my hand. After taking it, I look very energetic. It means that my waist doesn't hurt and my legs don't hurt." Sour spirits are great."

"Medicine? What kind of medicine? Are there any side effects if you take it?" Li Hong walked over with dark circles on his face, and he was excited when he heard Yu Wenkai said that there was medicine for him.

"Pure natural, no side effects, it is refined from the collection of herbal essence, look at me, I feel ten years younger after eating it." Yu Wenkai grinned and said: "If you want to eat it, wait until you see His Majesty Just come to me, I have plenty here, I promise you will be in good spirits after eating, and it will taste delicious."

"Okay, okay, I'll go to my lord in a while. Don't be stingy." Li Hong complained: "You don't know, the Ministry of Households is doing a favor now. When the Ministry of Households had no money in the past, all officials except When the salary was paid, we didn’t think about our household department at all, but now it’s a good thing, there are projects that cost money, and everyone is screaming at the household department with their mouths open, trying to get some money from the household department in different ways, which is really annoying. I'm going crazy."

Yu Wenkai said: "Master Li, don't tell me, our Ministry of Industry needs to ask for a sum of money to be approved by Your Majesty. This is His Majesty's order, and Your Majesty must transfer it to me immediately."

"I know that you must ask for money from His Majesty so early. Your Ministry of Industry has always been a big spender. I have expected this." Li Hong said weakly: "Just don't forget, my lord. My medicine is a pure natural and pollution-free medicine."

"I will never forget it." Yu Wenkai cupped his hands towards Li Hong, then turned and left, leaving Li Hong and Wang Yongji looking at each other.

Wang Yongji looked at Li Hong and said, "Why do I feel that Yu Wenkai is a little different today."

"I think so too. This idiot can actually make jokes?" Li Hong said with a look of shock: "Except for today, if anyone tells me that Yu Wenkai can make jokes, I would die and wouldn't believe it."

"Indeed." Wang Yongji nodded, and then said: "First come, first served, you came after me, I will go to see His Majesty first, just wait."

(End of this chapter)