After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Not to mention that Emperor Pingkang complained about himself, and then suddenly wrote a letter to warn Emperor Longqing that Emperor Longqing should do a good job and treat the people well... So, Emperor Longqing, who received the letter, was scolded at a loss, and suspected that his father was Dementia is onset early!

He just took over the Great Jin Dynasty not long ago, the hardship of the common people should be blamed on someone first! ?

On the other hand, after everyone arrived at Jianghuai Mansion, the first thing they did was to take a look at the embankment that was suspected to have been destroyed.

Originally, after ten years, it is not easy to investigate anything, but after all, the capital is a place where talented people gather. This trip, Ping Kangdi and others personally investigate the case, and the staff is also first-class, except for Jia She, who is a little watery. In addition, the ministers of several projects who came here are all first-class talents in water conservancy.

Several people looked carefully at the junction of the old embankment and the old embankment, and couldn't help shaking their heads.

The old embankment was destroyed by human beings at a glance. You must know that the old embankment was built solidly, but the new embankment was built with money allocated by the government back then. In terms of solidity and reliability, the new embankment is far inferior to the old embankment. With the strength of the old embankment, it is not so easy to be washed away, not to mention that the damage is so obvious that even after ten years, they can see that there is a problem.

Speaking of which, the old embankment was not made of fine materials, but they were willing to use materials and did not cut corners. Looking at the glutinous rice mortar filled in the gaps of the old embankment, several people couldn't help but marvel, "This is the best! The glutinous rice mortar used in the mausoleum. As expected, it was made for my own family, and I really didn’t cut corners at all.”

He also listened to it. This section of embankment was built by the local wealthy households. Unexpectedly, the glutinous rice mortar that was specially used for mausoleums and not bad for thousands of years was used. No wonder those old people insisted that this embankment was not destroyed by nature. With such good materials, it is no wonder that those old men are faintly proud when they reach the old embankment.

Jia She was puzzled and said, "This glutinous rice mortar is nothing, but it's just some glutinous rice. Why is it so surprising?"

He has also been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time. Even if he can't compare with some veterans in the Ministry of Industry, he still has basic knowledge.

Don't look at everyone's talk about the magic of glutinous rice mortar, which is not used in mausoleums, but in fact, the so-called glutinous rice mortar is nothing more than glutinous rice mixed with three-component clay, and then mixed with sheep fruit and vine juice (Note [-]).

This formula is not a secret. Almost everyone in the Ministry of Industry knows about it. Why do people say it seems to be something magical?

"Cough." The minister of the Ministry of Industry coughed in embarrassment, and said vaguely, "It's just waste glutinous rice!"

He winked and made a look you know.

Glutinous rice mortar is indeed not a rare secret recipe, but it is just waste glutinous rice...

In the Ministry of Industry for so many years, it is very rare to find such a glutinous rice mortar that does not cut corners. Unless it is a mausoleum, who would be so wasteful.

Jia She suddenly realized that a few hundred taels of glutinous rice was nothing to him, but to others, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was money, so this kind of cutting corners was unavoidable.

But for the locals, this embankment protects their own small home, so it is as good as it is useful. Compared with the destruction of a family, a few hundred taels of glutinous rice money is nothing.

It can be seen that in order not to make too much difference, the materials used in the newly repaired embankment are considered good in the Ministry of Industry, but compared with those built by the local people, they are still far behind.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry knocked on the old embankment and said in admiration: "The person who destroyed the embankment was really powerful. The embankment made of this kind of glutinous rice mortar can be said to be unbreakable for a thousand years. To destroy this embankment, you can use all your strength. Broken dikes in several other places."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions. Jia She's heart moved, "If that's the case, why did the man use such great strength to destroy the embankment in this area?"

Could it be... what's different about the dikes in this area?

What Jia Amnesty could think of, Emperor Pingkang naturally thought of it early on, and everyone took a closer look at the Dajin Huangyu overview map.

This map of the Great Jin Emperor Yu was drawn step by step and based on his own experience during the battles of the late emperor. It can be said to be the most complete map of the Great Jin Dynasty. It has been kept in the Qianqing Palace. If it is not for today The most important thing is Emperor Pingkang, and most people can't see it even if they want to see it.

As soon as the location of the embankment was marked, the ministers of water conservancy immediately saw it.

"No wonder this place was chosen, no wonder there were so many casualties in the Jianghuai flood."

The location of the embankment is very good, it is just at the most important part of the terrain, and there are all plains beside it, there is no obstruction at all, once the embankment breaks, it will enter the Jianghuai area as if it were no one's land, no wonder the Jianghuai floods killed so many people back then The tragedy, ten rooms and nine empty rooms, turned out to be such an important place where the embankment broke.

Emperor Pingkang's face was slightly gloomy, and he exchanged a look with Xia Dequan, both of them looked dignified.

The map is a powerful weapon of the country, and it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to touch it, let alone the comprehensive map of the Imperial Yu of the Jin Dynasty. Except for the one collected in the Qianqing Palace, it is impossible to have any other place, even if there is any county government map , and most of them are scattered, there will be no slight changes in terrain height...etc.

The place next to the person who destroyed the embankment was not picked, but the place where the embankment was broken was specially selected. Could it be that he has seen the whole map of the imperial court and knew that destroying this place would cause the most damage?If so, how did that person see it?

If it is a coincidence, this possibility is not very high. After all, the embankment is notoriously difficult to destroy. If it is not known that the embankment here is extremely important, how could people not pick the other easy-to-destroy places? where.

Not only that, but the way that person destroyed the embankment is really incredible. After all, the embankment in this area is made of glutinous rice mortar that can be used in mausoleums. This embankment is really not easy.

The ministers of the Ministry of Industry discussed for a long time, and even argued with the Holy Majesty, but they couldn't figure out how the embankment was destroyed.

On the contrary, the outsider Jia She had some guesses, "Could it be blown up with explosives?"

Emperor Pingkang shook his head, "How powerful is a little dynamite? And it's not very powerful, so it might be used to blow up embankments!"

As soon as Emperor Pingkang said this, Jia She and Tu Lei's eyes were a bit wrong.

Not to mention Tu Lei who knows the inside story, even Jia Amnesty couldn't help but said: "Where is the power of the explosives not strong? The explosives made by Jia Jing are so powerful that they can even blow up half of the mountain."

Even mountains can be blown up, so destroying a dike is naturally a no-brainer.

"Mountain Explosion!?" Emperor Pingkang was taken aback, "What's going on here?"

Jia Amnesty explained in detail, and everything she said was tears.

Back then, Jia Jing ran to become a monk for a moment of happiness, and the huge Ningguo Mansion was handed over to Jia Zhen, who was only 16 years old at the time. Naturally...the Ningguo Mansion had to be entrusted to Jia She.

It was also because of Jia She's overt and covert care that Ningguo Mansion was not swallowed up by Mrs. Jia.

But apart from the old and the young in Ningguo Mansion who need Jia She to take care of, even Jia Jing himself has a lot of messes that need Jia She to help clean up.

At this time, bombing temples from time to time is one of them. I don’t know how Jia Jing practiced alchemy. He didn’t practice many pills. Taoist temples were bombed many times first. Someone directly invited Jia Jing out, so Jia Jing built another Taoist temple for himself to practice, instead of practicing in the Qingxu Temple that Jia's family has always enshrined.

Jia Amnesty is a quick-witted person. Although Jia Jing blew up many temples, Jia Amnesty did not waste a single bit of it. He directly sold the explosives that Jia Jing made when he blew up the temples. All the explosives produced by their Jia family were used in the field, not to mention easy to use and the effect is good, even the miners can save a few deaths.

Jia Amnesty told me about the fact that Jia Jing accidentally made a lot of explosives. Hearing the power of those explosives, Tu Lei secretly regretted that Jia Jing was really a chemist who was delayed by his cultivation. With such talents, maybe the Dajin Research Institute would not have spent ten years researching the gunpowder formula for the cannon.

After hearing what Jia She said, Emperor Pingkang was in a bad mood. It turned out that his capital was so dangerous, and he didn't know it at all!

"Nonsense!" Emperor Pingkang scolded, "Why didn't you donate such an important thing earlier?"

Even the mountains can be blown up, so why is it so difficult to blow up the embankments?If someone takes it to blow up the embankment...

For a moment, Emperor Pingkang only felt that his eyes were dark, and he felt that the Dajin River was in danger.

Jia Amnesty scratched his head subconsciously, "It's not possible, but it's just an explosion, and it's made later. It's stronger. It was almost no one wanted it before."

The explosives business of their family is not so easy to do. Except for the miners, no one usually comes to buy explosives from them. It is because of their reputation in the past few years that the business is slightly better, but in general He said that the small amount of medicine bought was not enough to fill the hole where Jia Jing frequently bombed the Taoist temple.

Emperor Pingkang looked at his stupid cousin's stupid face and knew that this guy didn't have that IQ at all, so he couldn't scold him even if he wanted to, so he could only muffle his voice and said, "Let Jia Jing hand in the formula."

Forget it, knowing that Jia She is just an idiot, what does he care about with an idiot?Just mad at myself.

Jia Amnesty seemed to know that he had done something he shouldn't have done, so he responded obediently, "Yes"

Emperor Pingkang paused, "Since Jia Jing loves Taoism so much, I will designate him as a great celestial being, build a Taoist temple for him, and let him practice in the temple."

Emperor Pingkang gritted his teeth secretly, and then he would not have to come out in this life.

Not to mention the matter of Jia Jing, since Jia Jing was known to have the ability to make explosives, Jia Jing's explosives business hadn't been opened more than ten years ago, and there were not many people who wanted to buy explosives.

There is no need for people to investigate carefully, Jia Amnesty remembered that someone who bought the formula of the failed alchemy from the Ningguo Mansion ten years ago, after all, the fact that he bought the formula without buying anything back then really made him This middle-aged man also found it strange, but now that he thinks about it, what is his intention...it is indescribable.

When Zha Zha heard this, Emperor Pingkang's face turned green. If he hadn't remembered that Jia She was his cousin, maybe he couldn't help digging for this cousin specially for him. The cousin of the pit was punched.

It's really too bad!

Not to mention that Jia Amnesty was severely fined by Emperor Pingkang for one year in the end before the incident was revealed. He never expected that the guy who bought the formula from Jia Jing turned out to be... the King of Nan'an! ?