After time travel, my best friend and I exchanged supplies and became a rich woman

After more than a month.

As agreed, Ji Chongning sent a team of people to Liaocheng to pick up the people.

The leader of the team was still the pale-faced eunuch Tang.

However, this time when he came to Liaocheng, in addition to picking up Chen Dongyue and Jun Lan, he also brought a string of freshly issued imperial edicts.

First, Sun Hanwen was reinstated as the prefect of Liaozhou.

Secondly, Chen Dongyue had made great contributions in protecting the emperor, so he was promoted two levels and became a fifth-rank General of the Central Army.

Finally, Liaozhou retained Anshan Wei and reopened Liaocheng Wei.

The commander of the garrison has not yet been decided, and will be temporarily replaced by the Crown Prince of King Kang.

Wang Bo's eldest son was transferred from Anshanwei to Liaocheng, where he became a centurion.

After learning all the above news, Chen Dongyue had only one question in front of Eunuch Tang, "No, the emperor didn't ask you to bring anything else?!"

Eunuch Tang was confused. "Anything else? Nothing else. Did Lord Chen...have any agreement with the Emperor?"

"No," Chen Dongyue was a little annoyed, "The emperor doesn't have banknotes, cash or anything like that. Do you want me to bring it to you?!"

These words made Eunuch Tang, whose face was already pale, look even paler.

He waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, that's really not the case! If Mr. Chen really has any financial relationship with the emperor, you have to talk to the emperor yourself."

Chen Dongyue was so angry that her teeth itched, "What a Ji Chongning, he really uses people to help others and never uses them again!!! Just wait and see how I'm going to collect debts from him when I go to the capital!"

"I dare not," Eunuch Tang's face turned pale in an instant, "We really can't mention the emperor's alias anymore. The emperor is the emperor now, and Mr. Chen... you are just the emperor's subject.

I don't mean to look down on you by saying this, but... no matter how good your relationship was before, there is a difference between the monarch and his subjects now, Lord Chen, please remember this."

Chen Dongyue's eyes dimmed.

After a moment, he nodded to thank Eunuch Tang and said, "I understand. Thank you for your advice. I will pay attention to it in the future."

"I don't mean to sow discord between you and the Emperor, but...times are different now, and I hope that there won't be any unnecessary...misunderstandings between Lord Chen and the Emperor."

"I know," Chen Dongyue smiled gratefully at Eunuch Tang, "I really don't know much about etiquette, thanks to your kindness in reminding me.

By the way, these are the dried eggplants and radishes made by my old lady. They are the latest specialty of Liaocheng. Uncle Tang, take them back and try them!"

After saying that, Chen Dongyue stuffed a bag of "specialties" into Eunuch Tang's arms.

Eunuch Tang accepted it with a smile. But for some reason, he suddenly felt his gums were a little sour...

..........

Upon learning that Chen Dongyue was leaving soon, Prince Kang specially held a farewell banquet for Chen Dongyue in the palace villa.

But for some reason, the farewell banquet was going on smoothly, but suddenly... it exploded.

This so-called explosion does not mean that the banquet was too lively and popular.

This explosion was real. There was a huge explosion suddenly in the courtyard.

People who lived close to the palace saw a mushroom cloud suddenly rise in the evening sky...

Of course, the mushroom cloud is a little bit exaggerated.

But the entire palace villa was suddenly filled with black smoke, which was indeed true.

King Kang, whose face was blackened by the smoke, pursed his lips, blinked his eyes, and looked at Chen Dongyue.

Because Chen Dongyue covered her face in time, her face still looked white and tender.

"What's going on?!" King Kang stared at Chen Dongyue angrily, "Why is this thing different from the one you gave me? Did you give me the wrong formula?"

"Impossible," Chen Dongyue answered firmly, "The formula is absolutely correct, but it is very likely that the raw materials you bought are impure!"

"Then you should think of a way!" The dark prince even said in a coquettish tone, "Buy the raw materials from where you bought the cannons!"

Chen Dongyue turned his head away, suppressed his laughter, and spoke nonsense in a serious manner: "Your Majesty, let me explain it to you again! What I bought were not cannons, but fireworks!

The key is that these fireworks were originally bought from foreigners, but now I don’t know where those foreigners are. This... I am also in a dilemma.”

Because in the past month, Chen Dongyue and Kang Wang have created many failed inventions together.

So the relationship between the two is pretty good now.

King Kang told Chen Dongyue not to call himself "lower official" in front of him, as it sounded too awkward. He told Chen Dongyue to just call himself "I".

Chen Dongyue would naturally not refuse. After all...she was prone to making mistakes when she spoke.

But this is not important.

The important thing is that King Kang was very anxious when he heard that Chen Dongyue was unable to obtain high-purity raw materials at the moment.

He said: "Dongyue, think about it, the foreigners can make such powerful gunpowder. The shells you used in the north city before could have been fired ten miles away!

But what about our own?! A single cannon can't even reach a hundred feet, and if we're not careful, the cannon will simply fall at our feet...

With such a huge gap, what can we do? If the northerners also buy this artillery, then our northern land will be doomed, right? "

Unexpectedly, although King Kang looked unreliable, he actually cared so much about the country and the people.

Chen Dongyue was deeply moved.

So she comforted King Kang, saying, "Don't worry too much. I have already bought out all the fireworks from the foreigners, so the northern barbarians will definitely not be able to buy any."

"Is this a matter of whether you can buy it or not?!" King Kang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "Besides, if you buy up a batch of their goods, won't they continue to make them?!"

"Don't worry," Chen Dongyue tried to comfort King Kang again, "The money I offer is definitely not something the Northern Barbarians can afford, so the foreigners will definitely sell to me first if they have goods."

"Ah!" Chen Dongyue of Kang Dynasty yelled, "Is this something that can be bought or not?!

This is... this is... this is something we cannot let others control us! Do you understand that if we don’t have the ability to make gunpowder ourselves, we will always be controlled by others! ! "

"Oh~~~~~" Chen Dongyue nodded and said, "Your Highness is still far-sighted~~~~ In this case, why don't you ask the emperor to send a few skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to study the problem of purifying gunpowder raw materials with you?"

"........the skilled workers in the Ministry of Works........that's right!" King Kang slapped his thigh, "Why didn't I think of that?! Yes, yes, yes, I will write a letter right away. Remember to go to the capital and give it to the emperor for me."

"By the way~" Chen Dongyue stopped Prince Kang who was in a hurry to write a letter, "You can tell the emperor that the training of skilled craftsmen should start from childhood.

The technical personnel sent by the Ministry of Industry must teach the children of our Qingshan Academy."

"......After all this time, you were waiting here!!" King Kang suddenly realized.

"Ah," Chen Dongyue said with a sly smile, "It's just a side job. Isn't this also to train backup forces for you? By the way, when the people from the Ministry of Industry come, show them your rice-beating machine.

Maybe after seeing it, people can come up with something different!"

"Something different?" King Kang was puzzled. "What else can that thing do?"

"You have to ask the skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry. Anyway, I think that the device can definitely be used for more than just rice." Chen Dongyue said.

King Kang muttered, "What do you mean by rice milling? That's a giant rice milling machine, it can mill ten stones of rice at a time."

In response to King Kang, Chen Dongyue said a series of perfunctory "lulululululu".