Steel Dynasty - Chapter 219

[Chapter 219 The King of Shu was scolded]

. The Chengqing Palace faces south and faces north. It is condescending. You can have a panoramic view of Chang’an directly from outside the hall.

Xiao Wenxuan followed Professor Xiao Ming’s method and pointed the monocular directly at his eyes, and then he only saw the once extremely familiar palace gate that seemed to be right in front of him.

This scene shocked Xiao Wenxuan. He immediately put down the telescope and exclaimed: “What’s going on?”

Xiao Wenxuan’s reaction had already appeared in Niu Ben, Lu Fei and others, so Xiao Ming didn’t understand at all. Not surprising, he smiled and said: “Father, don’t be surprised. This is the magic of the telescope. It is not a magic trick, but the result of using two uneven pieces of glass.”

“Two pieces of uneven glass.”

A piece of glass?” Xiao Wenxuan calmed down a little. Although he was an emperor, he was still surprised when he encountered such a thing.

Xiao Ming was already prepared. He picked up another telescope, took apart the single-tube bamboo piece, and took out two pieces of glass. “Father, look.”

Xiao Wenxuan glanced at it. At this time, Xiao Ming put the two The lenses are aligned front and back, and the effect is indeed somewhat similar to that of a telescope.

At this time, Xiao Wenxuan suddenly relaxed, with a look of surprise on his face. He picked up his binoculars and started searching in Chang’an City.

This is the palace gate, and there is the minister’s office. Outside is Suzaku Avenue. At this time, people on the avenue can see more clearly than before.

“It’s amazing. If this were a war, wouldn’t it be possible to anticipate the enemy’s opportunities?” Xiao Wenxuan said.

“Exactly, Father, during the Battle of Cangzhou, I used this telescope to see much further than the barbarians.”

This conversation between the two people has made the civil and military officials in the hall extremely anxious, and everyone stretched their heads to explore. I want to see what is so magical about this telescope.

The generals, in particular, were even more anxious when they learned that this telescope could predict the enemy’s prophet. Luo Quan had already learned from Luo Xin at home that there was such a thing as a telescope.

However, there are not many such telescopes in Qingzhou, so they should be kept closely guarded.

At this time, he asked anxiously: “Your Majesty, can you let the last general have a look?”

Xiao Wenxuan was in high spirits. At this time, Xiao Ming gave him such a magical thing. He was full of face and wished that someone could share it, so he said: “Come, everyone Come and see, this King of Qi is really amazing.”

A group of officials immediately stepped forward to pick up the telescope, and tried to look at it one by one, constantly sighing.

The prince and other princes lowered their faces and stepped forward to test. After this attempt, their hearts were filled with mixed feelings.

After everyone in the court had seen it, Xiao Wenxuan walked around in front of the glass artwork again, and then returned to the dragon throne with great satisfaction.

“King Qi, I like the two gifts you gave me very much. Yes, yes, you are really sensible, but where did you learn these weird things.” Xiao Wenxuan asked what everyone is thinking now Want to know the question.

Xiao Ming has been preparing for this problem. After all, there is no way to escape this problem. He said: “Back to my father, a few years ago, a missionary who claimed to be from the Daxi Kingdom was attacked by pirates and fled to the fiefdom of his son. It was he who gave me some books and taught him these things.”

“Really? Then why didn’t Pang Yukun tell me this?” Xiao Wenxuan was not stupid, so he asked.

“Back to my father, when the powerful Qingzhou family was in power, my son did not dare to speak out, so he had to hide the missionary. Seeing that the knowledge he taught was very useful, my son hid his salary and courage to learn from him, waiting for one day Suppress these wealthy families.”

“So where is this missionary now?” King Shu asked suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

Xiao Ming said: “Because the missionary was too seriously injured, he still fell ill after a year.”

“Humph, there is no proof of death.” The King of Shu sneered.

Xiao Wenxuan listened to Xiao Ming’s words with great interest, but the King of Shu repeatedly made rude remarks. He snorted loudly, “King of Shu, do you know your sin!”

The King of Shu was startled like a cockfighting cock, and said: “Father, what are you doing to me, my son?” You’re guilty!”

“Bang!” Xiao Wenxuan slammed the table, stood up and said angrily: “I have sent people to investigate in secret about you sealing the saltpeter cave and prohibiting saltpeter mining. Do you really think I don’t know? The king is resisting the barbarians in Cangzhou, but you are so scheming regardless of the safety of the country of Chongqing. You are simply a wolf. You have to force me to take away your position as the vassal king, right?”

“Father, King Shu. His heart trembled with fear, and he immediately knelt down, “Father, I really didn’t mean to target King Qi, but, just…”

As he spoke, he looked to the third prince for help.

The third prince secretly scolded his younger brother for being stupid. He didn’t support him under the circumstances, but he couldn’t dismantle the backstage. Settlements after the fall were inevitable.

But who made this King of Shu his biological brother? He said: “Father, the King of Shu made a mistake, but it was also an unintentional mistake, because my son got the news that a businessman was smuggling saltpeter to the barbarians. It is estimated that after getting this news, the King of Shu banned the mining of saltpeter mines out of desperation. “

Yes, yes, yes, father, that’s what it is,” the King of Shu said anxiously.

Unlike the hereditary territories of vassals with different surnames, if the royal vassal made a serious mistake, the emperor had the right to withdraw the edict. After all, not all of the many princes were eligible to receive fiefdoms.

The fiefdoms of some unfavored and young princes were no more than a county.

Because of this, the King of Shu was shocked. There was a huge disparity in status between the vassal kings with fiefdoms and the vassal kings without fiefdoms.

Xiao Wenxuan sneered, “Third Prince, you are trying to excuse the King of Shu again.”

“Father, this is really happening.” The Third Prince was sweating from behind. If it were anyone else, he really wouldn’t dare to take this risk.

Frowning, Xiao Wenxuan said: “Even so, the King of Shu acts so recklessly, and he cannot leave the saltpeter mine to him to do whatever he wants. Where is Qin Chengming, the supervisor of the young mansion?”

“I’m here.” A red-robed official came out.

“From now on, the saltpeter mines in Shu will be supervised by the Shaofu Supervisor. The supply of saltpeter in various places will be uniformly allocated by the Shaofu Supervisor. Now that the artillery threatens the barbarians, saltpeter is the top priority. The monthly allocation must be made to I’m convinced.” Xiao Wenxuan said.

“Father is wise!” Xiao Ming was filled with joy.

This Shu king is really a series of desperate people. Now that the saltpeter mine is under the supervision of the Shaofu and under the supervision of Xiao Wenxuan, he feels a little more at ease.

However, in his opinion, Xiao Wenxuan is also extremely shrewd. After the artillery, he reached out to gunpowder, which has the idea of controlling all the forces in the world.

After talking about the saltpeter, there was nothing else in the court. The great victory in Cangzhou made other small things seem insignificant.

Xiao Ming took the opportunity to say: “Father, I am going to return to Qingzhou in the next two days. I’m afraid I can’t wait for the military competition.”

This military competition is just a competition between various armies. According to the current situation, it will definitely not be possible. The young man wanted to create a problem for himself. He didn’t want to expose the Qingzhou Army’s combat power.

Secondly, his Qingzhou was not used to participate in these fancy projects. He thought about it for the past two days and decided not to participate. After all, after all this time and a few more days of stay, the month has passed.

However, Bei Shan’s Blood Wolf Tribe took control of Youzhou at this time, and he had to go back and personally supervise the construction of a brand new city wall.

(End of chapter)