How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Shen Yuan's brain, which was confused and heated by desire, seemed to be suddenly poured with cold water. He suddenly woke up and saw Xie Chengze looking at him with a cold and disgusted face, as if he had done something sinful and made him extremely disappointed.

In fact, he was indeed deeply sinful, and he had such a filthy thought towards Xie Chengze. He could clearly feel his fear and greed at the moment, fearing Xie Chengze's disgust and alienation and his own chaotic and corrupted emotions, and greedy for Xie Chengze's style and closeness, which made him indulge and fall and unable to resist.

"I have absolutely no dirty thoughts towards Your Highness..."

He explained palely, afraid that Xie Chengze would distance himself from him, but Xie Chengze pointed at his lower body with a sneer on his face and said coldly, "What is this?"

In front of him, Xie Chengze's face suddenly became blurry, and his figure gradually became transparent. Shen Yuan frantically reached out to grab him, but he couldn't catch anything. Suddenly, his eyes went dark, and he fell into the warm tide again. The sea water rushed into his mouth frantically, swallowing up all the words he wanted to explain and keep...

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"Ah...!" Shen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and took a deep breath, his heart almost jumping out of his chest.

The hot sweat on his forehead flowed through his hairline and almost soaked the soft pillow. He stared blankly upwards, and when he realized that it was just a dream, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was just a dream. He thought...

He stood up and planned to take a shower to wash off the heat and dampness in his body, but suddenly he was distracted by the sudden warmth and moisture from somewhere. When he came to his senses, his handsome face was instantly flushed red.

Damn!

With red ears, Shen Yuan quickly took off his inner clothes, frowned, and hurriedly cleaned up the mess on his body, clearing away all the "evidence" before dawn.

For several days, Shen Yuan didn't dare to go see Xie Chengze again.

Whenever she saw his face, the image of him playing with her in the dream would flash through her mind. Especially when she saw the lingering red marks at the corners of Xie Chengze's eyes overlapping with the red that appeared at the corners of his eyes when he was aroused in the dream, the feeling of confusion and panic of not being able to distinguish between dreams and reality made Shen Yuan hesitate and he dared not overstep the line even a bit.

I am afraid of mistaking my feelings, and I am also afraid of being unable to control myself.

In both his past life and this life, Shen Yuan had never fallen in love with anyone, nor had he ever had such a dream. Such a sudden dream at night made him confused. All kinds of emotions towards Xie Chengze were intertwined, and he couldn't extract the true feelings from it.

Shen Yuan didn't dare to see Xie Chengze, and Xie Chengze didn't want to see Shen Yuan either.

Xie Chengze could even vaguely feel that Shen Yuan was deliberately avoiding him. Otherwise, why would the two of them be in the same place and see each other for several days in a row?

Let him do whatever he wants, just don't stop him from making gunpowder.

Just like that, twenty days passed quietly, and finally one morning, Xie Chengze, with two big dark circles under his eyes, kicked open the door and laughed out loud, "Hahahahahaha - I finally succeeded!"

The raw materials of the low-end version of ancient gunpowder made the gunpowder less powerful, so he added sugar and other ingredients and finally made gunpowder that could blast rocks!

He even made two strings of firecrackers, but unfortunately he didn't have enough stuff, otherwise he could have made fireworks as well!

"Xiao Biao! Xiao Miao! Get up quickly, brother will take you two out to have fun!" Xie Chengze shouted at the top of his voice. Zhu Xiaobiao, who was sleeping soundly in the next room, was frightened by the howl and woke up quickly, then quickly responded, "Coming, coming!"

Xie Zimiao was also woken up. He rubbed his eyes and walked out the door. He didn't look very well. "Second brother, what good stuff is this?"

Yizhou was humid and hot, and Xie Zimiao was not as sun-resistant as Xie Chengze. After two days of sun exposure with him, his face and body began to break out, so he stayed in the house and refused to go out.

Now he only comes out when he hears there is something good to play with.

"You'll know when you get there." Xie Chengze hooked his finger and pulled Xie Zimiao over.

Glancing at the red oil-paper umbrella placed at the door of his second brother, Xie Zimiao took it and opened it to block the scorching sun above his head, "Then let's go~"

The three of them came to Yuji Mountain, and Xie Chengze found the foreman in charge of digging the mountain and said that he wanted to test the power of gunpowder.

Several stone diggers nearby came over curiously, looking at the black thing in Xie Chengze's hand and asked curiously, "This thing doesn't look that big, can it really blow up a mountain?"

"Why don't we just try and know?" Xie Chengze walked into the cave, and after he and the foreman dispersed all the stone diggers, he stuffed the explosives into the deep groove reserved for firewood.

Then he stretched the fuse with flammable material to the entrance of the cave and asked everyone to retreat to a safe place. Then he took out a fire starter and lit the fuse.

The fuse began to burn with a crackling sound, and Xie Chengze ran away. Everyone held their breath and stared at the cave, afraid of missing any scene.

After a long wait, just when Xie Chengze thought he had failed, a deafening roar suddenly sounded in the cave, and the entire ground shook twice, causing everyone present to have their hearts pounding and their eyes widened.

Wow! This gunpowder is so powerful!

Thick smoke floated out of the cave. After everyone took buckets of water to put out the fireworks inside, they saw that the small hole in the cave where the explosives were fixed was actually blown out into a huge stone hole. The stones were broken into pieces and scattered on the ground. The scene was so spectacular and shocking!

"This small amount of gunpowder is equivalent to nearly three days' work of ten stonecutters?!"

"And the hole created by the explosion is so big! The surface of the stone is also hot, so we can take this opportunity to pour water on it and dig out a bigger gap—"

"With this, I'm afraid that within three years we will be able to dig through Yuji Mountain and divert the water of the Minjiang River to the fields in our village! Then we won't have to worry about drought anymore!"

Zhu Xiaobiao and Xie Zimiao were stunned. The foreman who was digging the mountain looked at Xie Chengze with burning eyes and asked excitedly, "Young Master, did you make this thing called gunpowder?"

"I guess so." Xie Chengze waved his hand and changed the subject. "Since this thing is useful, I will go back and discuss with Governor Liang and put it into use in the excavation and construction as soon as possible."

The foreman who was digging the mountain was also a smart man. He saw that Xie Chengze was unwilling to reveal too much, so he just said gratefully, "That's great! Thank you, young master, for your trouble!"

After leaving Yuji Mountain, Xie Zimiao looked at Xie Chengze with admiration, "Second brother, you are so amazing! You can actually make such an amazing thing!"

"This is nothing." Xie Chengze shook his head and sighed. "I don't know whether this thing is a blessing or a curse. Come with me back to the county government office and write a letter to my father."

Xie Zimiao nodded obediently, "Okay."

After returning to the county government office, Xie Chengze first asked Xie Zimiao to write a letter to Liang Wanda who had already returned to Jiangdu County. Then he picked up a few pieces of letter paper and began to think about how to write a letter to Emperor Jian to report that he had made gunpowder.

The tone must not be too solemn, otherwise it will easily make Emperor Jian suspicious and fearful.

Xie Zimiao, who was standing by, glanced at him secretly, as if hesitating about something. After a while, he whispered, "Second brother, remember to ask for a reward from our father. Don't be so ruthless..."

My mother once said that if you don’t seek a reward, you must have a bigger plan.

My mother also said that as a prince, one should be low-key and mediocre so that one can live a stable life.

Xie Chengze was stunned for a moment, then he lowered his eyebrows and smiled, rubbed Xie Zimiao's head, and said gently, "Okay, Second Brother knows."

After stroking his chin for a while, Xie Chengze picked up the pen and began to write on the letter paper in his own extremely ugly handwriting:

"My father, the Emperor, who is so heroic and brilliant, so beloved by the people, so loved by the flowers, so loved by the concubines, so loved by the concubines, so loved by the concubines, have you been diligent in your work these days? Have you been cultivating yourself? Have you been lazy and slacking off?

When I was sent to Yizhou, I saw that many fathers and sons there supported each other. The fathers carried heavy burdens and saved money to buy books for their children, and the children studied late into the night to pass the imperial examinations and repay their fathers. If the son lived up to expectations and passed the imperial examinations, the father should continue to work hard for him and help him achieve the three great joys in life. If he did not do so, he would be despised by the neighbors and his own children, who would compare him with other fathers and denounce him as an inferior father.

I, as your son, am deeply moved. Recalling all the favors your father has given me in the past, I cannot help but feel ashamed and want to do something big to repay your father's hard work.

Unexpectedly, an object with infinite power was developed. It can sweep away thousands of troops, quell the chaos on the border, and protect our Jian'an Dynasty for a thousand years!

Now, I am the most capable person in the world, and I am more diligent than you! I hope you will not be lazy in your government affairs while in the capital, and you should work hard and make every effort to continue to find delicacies and beauties for me, so that I will not be ashamed because of you, and envy other people's fathers for their hard work, and sigh that my own father is lazy and idle!

Write another letter with the recipe of the substance attached. Treat it with care and do not disclose it to anyone else.

I wish Jian'an prosperity, my father a long life, and I hope your son will become more beautiful and charming~"

The ugly handwriting was so large that it was unsightly, and it was written in a very lavish manner for nearly thirty pages. The whole article was full of PUA to encourage Emperor Jian to work harder and create a rich and beautiful life for his son, otherwise he would compare him with other fathers to let him see how bad of a father he was.