The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"The unification of the Qin Dynasty is just around the corner!" Yang Ze shouted with a solemn expression!

"The unification of the Great Qin is just around the corner! Long live the Great Qin! Long live! Long live!" The ministers and thousands of imperial guards shouted from the bottom of their hearts, and the shouts resounded for miles around, making the surrounding creatures feel that the Great Qin ruled the world determination and confidence!

"Fang Zi Ting Feng!" Ying Chang called softly!

Fang Zi knelt on the ground excitedly, kowtowed and said: "I listen to the seal!"

Ying Chang looked at Fang Zi with a solemn expression, and said in a strong tone: "The birth of artillery will change the situation of the whole world. Our Daqin army will be invincible. There will be no city, no pass, no army, and no country." It can stop my Qin army!"

"And you Fangzi, as the developer of artillery, has made great contributions to my Great Qin. This contribution is no less than my conquest of the Northwest Desert. The future history books will leave a strong mark on you. Today, I tell the ministers to seal you As a hereditary third-class soldier for three generations, with an annual salary of 5000 taels of silver, the third-class waiter's uniform, waiting seal, and a Xianyang city marquis' mansion are given, as well as ten thousand taels of gold, ten thousand pieces of silk and satin, and thirty pieces of gold, silver and jade wares!"

boom!

Ying Chang's words made all the ministers look shocked, as if a shell exploded beside them!

Feng Hou!Fang Zi was actually granted the title of Marquis!

This had to shock the ministers. It's not like they haven't seen a person who was entrusted with the title of Marquis. They have never seen a craftsman who was born as a Marquis and obtained the position of Marquis by developing weapons. How many Marquises are there in Daqin?

Countless!

For a moment, countless people looked at Fang Zi with envious eyes!

Fang Zi's face turned red with excitement, and he shouted with a roar: "Minister! Fang Zi! Thank you for your majesty's grace!"

For more than 3000 years in Kyushu, countless princes and generals have been born, but there has never been a prince who obtained the title of prince and marquis by developing weapons. Now, his Fangzi has become the first in history. Based on this alone, he will be famous in thousands of history, Fangzi this The name will also spread to the ears of all people in the world!

Ying Chang raised his hand solemnly, and said in a neutral tone: "Get up, and introduce other artillery developers to me!"

Hearing these words, the [-] armourers, including Zheng Yue, became excited. While excited, they were also very nervous.

What reward will I get?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fang Zi bowed his head again to thank him, and then quickly got up from the ground. At this time, Fang Zi's eyes were already wet, and there were still tears in the corners of his eyes, which was completely caused by excitement.

Fang Zi raised his hand and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, tried his best to control his emotions, then reached out to Zheng Yue, and introduced to Ying Chang: "Your Majesty, his name is Zheng Yue, the second hero of the artillery development team, now the ugly bull He was the one who developed the shells used in the cannon, and he also developed the rear-entry loading device!"

"Without Zheng Yue's participation, the artillery can still be developed, but it will definitely not be able to achieve the current achievements. The Ugly Bull artillery can have such a huge power, most of which come from the new shells developed by Zheng Yue!"

Ying Chang followed Fang Zi's hand and looked at Zheng Yue. His sharp eyes carefully looked at Zheng Yue's whole body, and he found that Zheng Yue was very young, probably in his twenties. To be able to enter the Ordnance Department at this age, he must either have excellent craftsmanship or Go through the back door.

"How old are you this year?" Ying Chang asked calmly!

Being questioned by His Majesty the Emperor for the first time, Zheng Yue trembled nervously, hesitating as if his tongue was knotted: "Small...Small...Small this year...Twenty...22 years old this year... .”

"22 years old!" Ying Chang was slightly startled, and couldn't help admiring: "At the age of 22, he became an armourer of the Ordnance Department and developed a powerful shell. He is really young and promising. By the way, I heard that There are ranks within the Ordnance Department, what rank are you? When did you enter the Ordnance Department?"

"Little...little man..a.."

Ying Chang suddenly interrupted Zheng Yue's hesitation, "Don't be nervous, I'm not a man-eating monster, don't hesitate when you speak, otherwise, it will take a lot of effort for you to speak, and I will sound even more effort!"

Zheng Yue took a deep breath and forcibly calmed down: "Return to Your Majesty, the villain is a student of the sixth batch of Xuanwu Academy Gongtang. Sheng Qin entered the Ordnance Department in early April of the 25th year. He is currently a first-class armourer in the Crossbow Division of the Ordnance Department!"

"Not anymore!" Ying Chang said with a smile.

"Ah?" Zheng Yue didn't come back to his senses all of a sudden.

Ying Chang straightened his face, and called softly: "Zheng Yue Ting Feng!"

An unconcealable excitement appeared on Zheng Yue's face, and he quickly knelt down on the ground, with his forehead pressed against the ground, kneeling and bowing and shouting: "The villain Zheng Yue listens to Feng!"

"I will give you the title of eighth-rank official, an annual salary of 300 taels of silver, and another thousand taels of gold, the name of a national craftsman!" Ying Chang said with a solemn expression.

It's the eighth grade official!

Golden thousand taels!

National craftsman!

Zheng Yue's face was flushed, and he was in great joy. The eighth-rank official, who is older than the county magistrate, and also holds the title of national craftsman, is really smoked from the ancestral grave, becoming the first in his family. Officials, also become glorious national craftsmen!

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Chapter 772 Yang Xiao's Strangeness!

And these are all what he dreamed of, and now, he got it all at once!

"Chen Zheng Yue, thank you for your majesty's grace, long live my emperor!" Zheng Yue shouted excitedly, venting his inner excitement by shouting long live!

Seeing this scene, many ministers couldn't help but think back to their official career experience. Except for Zhang Feizi, all of you here climbed up from the bottom. It's exhausting to climb the first level, and promotion is as difficult as it is. But now Well, he only entered the Ordnance Department for a few days, and he became an eighth-rank official.

envy!

Many ministers regretted becoming an official. If they had known that craftsmen were so popular, they would also work as craftsmen. Maybe they have already become marquises now.

"I will not treat any hero who has contributed to Daqin badly. You deserve it. Get up and stop kneeling!" Ying Chang raised his hand with a smile on his face!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zheng Yue burst into tears with excitement.

Another big man cried!

In the following time, Fang Zi introduced the other ordnance masters involved in the artillery research one by one. After some introductions, Ying Chang got to know each of the ordnance masters involved in the artillery research, and then they were canonized. Except for Zheng Yue, all the others were canonized as Zhengjiu The rank of official rank, the reward of one hundred taels, and the name of national craftsman!

For a moment, twenty ordnance masters of different ages shed tears of excitement.

After half a year of hard work, everything was worth it!

"Fang Aiqing, what is the cost of an ugly cow-style cannon?" Ying Chang looked at Fang Zi calmly and asked.

This question is very critical and very important, and it is also the question Jia Luo, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, most wants to ask.

Fang Zi frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought between his brows. After a moment of thought, he replied, "Returning to Your Majesty, an ugly bull cannon weighs 50 catties, which means that it needs at least 5000 catties of pure iron to make it. [-] catties of pure iron require [-] catties of iron ore, and the price of iron ore purchased by the iron smelter is [-] catties of iron ore and [-] yuan. It costs [-] yuan, equivalent to [-] taels of silver!"

"Including the labor cost, the labor cost is not counted. This is already included in the overall budget of the Ministry of War. It is mainly shells. The cost of a shell is 100 taels of silver!"

"What, 100 taels, what's in this cannonball? Could it be that it's full of silver?" Jia Luo, Minister of the Household Department, couldn't help but exclaimed, and was taken aback.

Fang Zi couldn't help laughing bitterly and said: "Master Jia, the shells are filled with gunpowder, and gunpowder is composed of nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur. These three are actually not rare items. If you want, you can easily get them. It's a question of how much!"

"Although there are many merchants in Daqin who mine nitrate, their mining technology is limited and they cannot supply large quantities. The labor cost is very high. As the saying goes, what is rare is the most expensive, and it is precisely because of this that fireworks become luxury goods. Ordinary Ordinary people simply cannot afford fireworks, and the same goes for shells!"

Hearing this sentence, Ying Chang couldn't help turning his head to look at Pei Ji, thinking, how much did it cost Pei Ji to set off millions of fireworks just now?

If it was the sound of a cannon, it would be worth ten thousand taels of gold!

"Can't we reduce the cost?" Jia Luo said bitterly.

A shell costs 100 taels, ten rounds equals 1000 taels, and one hundred rounds equals 1 taels. Jarrow can imagine that if this cannon falls into the hands of the army, those generals will not be polite to him, and they will definitely attack him severely. Hundreds of guns, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be in vain.

"How can the sharp weapon in the army be reduced!" Bai Qi, who had been silent all this time, scolded!

Jarrow shrank his neck, not daring to continue speaking.

"Can this ugly bull artillery be disassembled?" Ying Chang continued to ask.

"Yes!" Fang Zi replied without hesitation.

Hearing this, Ying Chang breathed a sigh of relief. If the Ugly Bull Cannon could not be disassembled, it would be a real trouble. A big guy weighing [-] jin could not be pulled by more than a dozen horses, and even if he could pull it, It is also a snail speed. At that time, one artillery will slow down the marching speed of the whole army, and the distance that can be covered in one day will take four or five days.

It is much more convenient if it can be disassembled. It can be broken into parts and pulled by a cart, which greatly improves the efficiency of artillery transportation.

"It's best if it can be disassembled. Well, let's do this first. The specific matters will be discussed at the court meeting tomorrow. By the way, Zhang Aiqing, when will Yin Hai return to Xianyang?" Ying Chang turned to Zhang Feizi and asked.

Zhang Feizi bent down and wrote back: "Go back to Your Majesty, count the time, presumably Governor Yin has arrived in Xianyang, and I guess he is resting at home now!"

"Send someone to order Yin Hai to enter the palace at Chenshi to participate in the court meeting!" Ying Chang said immediately.

"Observe the order!" Zhang Feizi replied respectfully.

...

After a while, Ying Chang left the weapons testing ground with his troops and returned to the Xianyang Palace!

It's a moment!

Ying Chang, Pei Ji and a thousand imperial guards finally returned to the palace. After returning to the palace, Pei Ji left only Cao Zhen and ten Xianyang Palace military guards, and the rest returned to their residences. Ying Chang took Pei Ji with him. , Cao Zhen and other ten Xianyang Palace Wuwei came to Ganquan Palace!

Oasis Palace!

The lights of Ganquan Palace had already been turned off, and it was pitch-black. There were ten Ganquan Palace military guards guarding in front of the palace gate. In order not to disturb Yang Xiao's rest, Ying Chang did not yell, nor did he let Xi Yang, the chief of Ganquan Palace's military guards, He went to report, but sneaked into the main hall of Ganquan Palace alone.

After entering the main hall, Ying Chang touched the sleeping hall again, but as soon as he entered the sleeping hall, he saw Yang Xiao on the phoenix floor looking at him with wide eyes.

"You haven't slept yet?" Ying Chang raised his eyebrows, obviously he didn't expect Yang Xiao to be asleep at this time.

Yang Xiao got up from Fengtao with a tired face. At this time, she was wearing a red loose underwear. Share bath fire.

Yang Xiao walked up behind Ying Chang with bare feet, and undressed him, "I'll tell you something, I'm pregnant!" Yang Xiao said in a low voice while undressing Ying Chang.

"Ah?" Ying Chang was taken aback for a moment, and the fire that had just aroused in his abdomen was instantly extinguished.

Ying Chang turned around fiercely, hugged Yang Xiao, put his face against Yang Xiao's cheek, and said with a smile on his face, "Today is really double happiness, hahaha!"

"Ah..." Yang Xiao sighed sadly, gently pushed Ying Chang's arms away, and walked to Fengta's side silently, then sat on the head of the bed in a daze, looking as if he lost his mind.

Seeing Yang Xiao's inexplicable abnormality, Ying Chang couldn't help but frowned, and immediately walked to Yang Xiao's side, sat down gently, and asked with a puzzled and worried expression: "Why are you in such a state, could it be that you don't want this?" child?"

Chapter 773 Double Happiness Comes!

Yang Xiao shook his head, and said with a distressed expression: "Of course not, why would I not want a child, I'm just afraid that the child in my stomach will be a girl!"

"What's wrong with the girl, I just like my daughter, I tell you, you can't think about it, no matter it's a man or a woman, I like her equally, even more than my son!" Ying Chang said from the bottom of his heart.

"It's not a question of whether you like it or not. Look at your own harem. Apart from Concubine Ling, Concubine Jia, and Concubine Gui, Concubine De and Concubine Ning are all princesses from other countries, and it is said that Concubine De is the most beautiful princess of the former emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty. Beloved princess, Concubine Ning is also very much loved by Zhao's royal family, and she will send you a cart full of dowries and free ones!" Yang Xiao said in a sad tone.

Yingchang became more and more confused the more he listened, and couldn't help asking: "Why do I feel that you are inexplicable now, what exactly are you trying to say?"

"Ugh"

Yang Xiao sighed again, "The princess seems to be noble, but she is actually a person with a miserable life. Looking at the history books of all countries, ten out of ten princesses are married for political affairs. They marry thousands of miles away and can never come back. If you go to a familiar home, it’s okay to marry far away, the main reason is that you are afraid of marrying someone who doesn’t love you, and you will suffer so much.”

When Ying Chang heard this sentence, he finally understood why Yang Xiao was worried, and couldn't help patting his forehead, and said with a headache, "You really have nothing to think about, just think about these messy things!"

"This is such a mess, it is related to my child's lifelong happiness, how can I not be worried!" Yang Xiao retorted with a small mouth.

"I don't know if the baby in my stomach is a boy or a girl. What are you thinking about? Isn't this just looking for trouble?" Ying Chang said speechlessly.

"What if it's a girl?"

"I..." Ying Chang was speechless for a moment!

"Okay, don't think about this, I assure you that from now on, the Great Qin Dynasty will never make a marriage, no matter whether it is my generation, the next generation, or even the generations to come, whoever is in power is not allowed to make a marriage, whoever is rebellious is not allowed to make a marriage, Ministers, kill without pardon, monarchs, abdicate and renew, remove clan status, and will not be buried in the imperial mausoleum for eternity, and those who violate it will be punished by all people in the world, now, you should rest assured, right?" Ying Chang said in a deep tone. Said.

Although he was forced to make an oath, the words came from the heart.

The worry on Yang Xiao's face quickly disappeared and turned into a bright smile. Then Yang Xiao leaned his head on Ying Chang's shoulder, patted his stomach with his slender hands, and said softly with a smile: "My child , did you hear? Your father is not allowed to make a kiss, when the time comes, you will decide your own happiness, father and mother will never intervene, you can come out of mother's belly with confidence!"

"The child in your belly is probably still a lump of meat, and I can't hear you at all. Forget it, I'm tired and don't want to talk to you. I'll wake me up at the hour of the morning, and I will go to court!" After finishing speaking, Ying Chang Climb up the phoenix, lie on the inside of the phoenix, ready to enter a short sleep.

"Don't sleep yet, didn't you just say, Double Happiness? Apart from my happiness, there is another happiness?" Yang Xiao suddenly heard the double happiness that Ying Chang said just now.

As soon as this was mentioned, Ying Chang lost all sleepiness, and quickly got up, half lying and half sitting on the phoenix bed, smiling with an unconcealable excitement on his face: "I can tell you, this joy is definitely the current one." The first big joy!"

"With it, the process of Daqin's unification of the world can be shortened to 20 years. That is to say, from now on, 20 years later, Daqin will definitely unify the world of Kyushu and complete the unprecedented unification of the world. By then, I will be the only emperor in the world. , you are the only queen in the world!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

As Ying Chang was talking, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and couldn't stop laughing at all.

"Unification in 20 years?" Yang Xiao's eyes flashed with surprise.

Yang Xiao's curiosity was completely aroused by Ying Chang, and he said eagerly: "You have said so much, but you still haven't said what this joy is, tell me quickly!"

"I won't tell you, hahaha!" Ying Chang was ecstatic, his face flushed with laughter.

"I don't like to talk, huh, sleep!"

Yang Xiao snorted softly, lay down Fengta, pulled up the quilt to cover herself, and turned her back to Yingchang.

Ying Chang also lay down, hid in the quilt, then hugged Yang Xiao's soft body tightly, closed his eyes with a smile on his face, fell asleep, and soon fell asleep.

It's five quarters!

The sky is dim and bright, and the earth is waking up!

Oasis Palace, Sleeping Hall!

Ying Chang, who was awakened by the biological clock, opened his eyes and climbed up from the phoenix tower without any intention of staying in bed. Yang Xiao was still soundly asleep, but Ying Chang walked to the main hall without disturbing him. He saw more than a dozen court ladies Standing respectfully and waiting in the main hall, each court lady is holding a wooden plate in her hand, on which are clothes and clothes.

Pei Ji has also been waiting in the main hall for a long time.

When Pei Ji saw Ying Chang coming out of the bedroom, he immediately walked towards him, bowed down and saluted, and said, "Your Majesty, it's five o'clock, please take a bath and change your clothes!"

"Yeah!" Ying Chang nodded.