Iron Dynasty

Chengqing Hall sits in the south and faces the north, and is condescending. Outside the hall, you can directly see the scenery of Chang'an.

Xiao Wenxuan pointed the monocular directly to his eyes according to Professor Xiao Ming's method, and then he only saw that the palace gate that was once very familiar seemed to be in front of his eyes.

This scene shocked Xiao Wenxuan, he immediately put down the telescope and exclaimed: What's going on?

This kind of reaction of Xiao Wenxuan has already appeared in Niu Ben, Lu Fei and others, so Xiao Ming is not surprised at all, he smiled: Father, don't be surprised, this is the magic of the telescope, and it is not some kind of sorcery. Something like that, but using the result of two uneven glass.

Two pieces 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 at it.

Xiao Wenxuan glanced at it. At this time, Xiao Ming aligned the two lenses front and rear, and the effect was indeed somewhat similar to that of a telescope.

At this time, Xiao Wenxuan suddenly relaxed, with a look of surprise, he picked up the binoculars and searched in Chang'an City.

This is the palace gate, there is the office of the minister, and outside is the Suzaku Avenue. At this time, people on the avenue can see clearly compared to the past.

It's amazing, if this is a time of war, wouldn't it be possible to predict the enemy's opportunities? Xiao Wenxuan said.

Precisely, during the Battle of Cangzhou, Father Huang, the son-in-law used this telescope to see farther than the barbarians.

The conversation between the two has made the whole hall of civil and military anxious, and one by one, they stretched out their heads and probed their brains, wanting to see what the magic of this telescope is.

Especially the generals, they were even more anxious to know that the telescope could predict the enemy 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 of these telescopes in Qingzhou, and they are kept closely.

At this time, he said anxiously: Your Majesty, can you let the last commander take a look?

Xiao Wenxuan was on the rise. At this time, Xiao Ming gave him such a miraculous thing. He was full of face and wanted someone to share it, so he said: Come, come and see, this King Qi is really amazing.

A group of officials immediately stepped forward to pick up the binoculars, and tried to look at it one by one, exclaiming tsk tsk in their mouths.

The prince and other princes pulled their faces down to test at this time. After this attempt, their hearts were even more mixed.

After everyone in the court had seen it, Xiao Wenxuan took another turn in front of the glass artwork, and returned to the dragon chair with satisfaction.

King Qi, I like the two gifts you gave me, yes, yes, you are really sensible, but where did you learn these strange things. Xiao Wenxuan asked now that everyone Want to know the question.

Xiao Ming has been preparing for this issue. After all, this issue cannot be avoided at all. He said: Back to the emperor, a few years ago, a missionary from the Daxi Kingdom was attacked by pirates and fled to the fief of Erchen. It was he who gave Erchen 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 wealthy family in Qingzhou was sitting on the throne, my son didn't dare to speak up, so he had to hide the missionary. Seeing that the knowledge he taught was very useful at that time, my son tried to learn from him and waited for one day. Defeat these nobles.

Then where is this missionary now? The King of Shu suddenly asked, his face full of disbelief.

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

Humph, death has no proof. The King of Shu sneered.

Xiao Wenxuan originally listened to Xiao Ming with great interest, but the King of Shu made rude remarks many times, and he snorted heavily, King of Shu, you are guilty!

The King of Shu, who was like a cockfighting, was startled and said, Father, what is the sin of my son and minister!

Crack! Xiao Wenxuan slammed on the table, stood up and said angrily: You have blocked the saltpeter cave and banned saltpeter mining. I have sent someone to investigate it secretly. Do you really think I don't know? King Qi is defending against the barbarians in Cangzhou. , but you don't care about the safety of the Great Yu Kingdom, and you are so scheming, you are simply the heart of a wolf child, you must force me to cut your position as a vassal king, right?

Royal Father. King Shu was so frightened that he knelt down immediately, Royal Father, this son really didn't mean to target King Qi, just, just...

When speaking, he looked to the third prince for help.

The third prince secretly scolded this younger brother for being stupid enough. He didn't support it under those circumstances, but he couldn't dismantle the backstage either. It was inevitable to settle accounts after the fall.

But who made this King of Shu his brother? He said: Father, the King of Shu is at fault, but he will also make an unintentional mistake, because my son received news that some merchants were smuggling saltpeter to the barbarians. It is estimated that when this news was received, the King of Shu would ban the mining of saltpeter in a hurry.

Yes, yes, yes, the royal father, that's what it looks like. The King of Shu said anxiously.

Unlike hereditary territories with different surnames, if the royal vassal makes a big mistake, the emperor has the right to withdraw the edict.

The fiefs of some unloved and young princes are nothing but a county.

Because of this, the king of Shu was shocked. The vassal kings with fiefs and the vassal kings without fiefs had a huge disparity in status.

Xiao Wenxuan sneered, Three princes, you are trying to excuse the King of Shu again.

Father, this is really the case. The third prince was also sweating coldly behind his back. If it was anyone else, he really wouldn't dare to take this risk.

Frowning his brows, Xiao Wenxuan said, Even so, the King of Shu acted so recklessly, and he couldn't hand over the saltpeter mine to him to act arbitrarily. Where is Qin Chengming, the supervisor of the Shaofu?

The minister is here. A red-robed official came out.

From now on, the saltpeter mines in Shu are under the supervision of the Shaofu Superintendent, and the supply of saltpeter in various places is uniformly allocated by the Shaofu Superintendent. Now this artillery threatens the barbarians, and saltpeter is the top priority. The monthly allocation must be made to the I am very clear. Xiao Wenxuan said.

Father is wise! Xiao Ming's heart blossomed with joy.

This King of Shu is really an immortal series. Now that the saltpeter mine is under the supervision of the Shaofu Supervisor, 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 extended his hand to the gunpowder, which is quite the idea of ​​restraining all the forces in the world.

After talking about this saltpeter, there was nothing else in the court, and the victory of Cangzhou made other trivial matters seem trivial.

Xiao Ming took the opportunity to say: Father, my son is planning to return to Qingzhou in the next two days. I'm afraid we can't wait for the military competition.

This big competition in the army is just a battle between various armies. According to the current situation, many people must be facing problems for themselves. He did not want to expose the combat power of the Qingzhou army.

Second, 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 a few days, this month will pass.

At this time, Beishan's blood wolf tribe entered Youzhou, and he had to go back and personally supervise the construction of a brand new city wall.