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

After seeing the power of explosives, Shan Yu'er's expression changed faster than the weather. He immediately put on a smile and said to the emperor, "The Second Prince is really kind. I was just joking just now. We have to talk about peace. Let's sit down and talk!"

But he was cursing in his heart, damn it, the people of the Central Plains are really insidious and cunning, especially the Second Prince, who is obviously weak and powerless, but his heart is more cruel than the most bloodthirsty Jie Yu tribe on the grassland!

He wanted to go back and tell his father immediately that the second prince must either stand on the side of the Gerta tribe or he must not become the next new emperor of the Jian'an Dynasty!

Shanyuer led the delegation away in a hurry, and after seeing them off, the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered people to quickly clean up the pile of stones.

There were a total of three gunpowder explosives in the wooden box sent by His Royal Highness the Second Prince. One of them had already been used by His Majesty in the capital, and the second one was the one that just exploded.

On the way to the border, ** was thinking about how to intimidate the Xiongnu to withdraw their troops, and then he suddenly remembered that during the game of chess, His Majesty had praised the Second Prince for his intelligence, and he actually came up with the method of burning the mountain and pouring cold water on it, which could make the rocks very fragile and easy to chisel.

So when he arrived at the border, he immediately ordered people to deal with the big stones, and pour cold water on them when they were burned to high temperatures.

After the gunpowder explodes, the power of the explosive seems to increase dozens of times in an instant.

And the result was just as he expected. It was very effective in deterring foreign enemies and scared Chanyu Er.

When the Huns retreated, the soldiers at the border who received the news cheered and shouted, "Long live the second prince!"

The eldest prince ordered a banquet to be held in the military camp to celebrate. Many soldiers had heard of the power of gunpowder but had not witnessed it with their own eyes, so they surrounded the soldiers present and asked them to describe the scene.

Even the eldest prince Xie Shoujun came over and sat down. At that time, the Xiongnu cavalry were hiding on a distant hill. In order to prevent a sneak attack from the enemy, he personally led his troops to form a battle array nearby and be on guard. Therefore, he did not see the scene of the gunpowder explosion.

At the dinner table, a little soldier with gauze wrapped around his back was waving his hands in an exaggerated manner, describing the scene at that time.

"You don't know, after we started the fire, we hurried back, but before we had run far, there was a loud bang behind us! I was running the slowest at the time, and I just felt a very strong force pushing me hard. I think that force was stronger than that of a master with internal strength!"

"I almost fell down, but luckily I managed to keep my balance and continued running. I thought I was safe, but guess what happened?"

"What's going on?" The soldiers pricked up their ears and asked expectantly.

"Then something, probably a flying rock, smashed towards my back! You don't know how many layers of hard pads I had on my back at the time. I even wore our general's armor, but it still hurt so much! I almost thought I was going to be crippled!"

"Luckily it was just a small rock, so I didn't break any bones. But then I suddenly had an idea, so I screamed and pretended to be dead!" The soldier rubbed his nose and said proudly, "The little Chanyu was so scared that he thought I was killed in the explosion, so he immediately negotiated for peace!"

All the soldiers burst into laughter. "What a coward! You could even be fooled by this!"

"It was the power of the gunpowder. You weren't there, so you don't know. It really blew the rocks into pieces! If it had exploded on a person, I can't imagine what would have happened!" said the little soldier in fear.

"I heard that the gunpowder was made by the Second Prince?" a general asked curiously, "Does the Second Prince have such talent?"

"Yes, ** said it was done by the second prince. He also said that this gunpowder had been used in Yizhou a long time ago to blast mountains and dig canals! Once the canal is dug, it will be easy to grow crops in Yizhou, and we won't have to worry about going hungry when we go to war!" the little soldier said excitedly.

"Wow! The Second Prince is so powerful?"

"Hey~ My hometown is Yizhou! The land there is very good, but we always suffer from mountain torrents and floods! If we can really solve this problem, it will be easy for the entire Jian'an Dynasty to have enough food!"

"I didn't expect the Second Prince to be so secretive. I saw him when I returned to Beijing. At that time, I thought he was..." Another general was talking, and suddenly remembered that the First Prince was right next to him, so he immediately changed his words, "I thought he was not good at our kind of martial arts."

Xie Shoujun was sitting among the crowd, wiping the ink-colored long tasseled spear in his hand while listening to their chat quietly. A blurry but tender and pretty little face flashed through his mind.

When he was twelve years old, his father sent him to the border battlefield and asked him to sign a military order that he would not leave the border and return to the capital until the problem of the Huns was solved.

As I recall, the second prince was only eight years old at that time. He was a very gentle and cheerful child. He often climbed over palaces and came to Wuling Palace where he lived, climbed into his bed to sleep with him at night, and then was taken away the next day by Concubine Hua.

On the day he left Beijing for the border, he hugged his waist and cried loudly, saying that he would definitely go to the border to find him in the future.

However, ten years passed and Xie Shoujun did not wait for him to come to the border.

He thought that his second brother was too young at the time and didn't remember anything, so he had long forgotten this childhood agreement. He had seen too much blood and was full of anger, so he didn't want him to come.

Moreover, I just heard the soldiers chatting and they said that the Second Prince seemed to be in very weak health. I guess it was because of the fatigue from the long journey that he was unable to come to this bitter and cold border area.

excusable.

But... I wrote him a letter, but he never replied.

Have you forgotten him long ago, or...

Thinking of something, Xie Shoujun's big hand that was wiping the tip of the long tasseled spear suddenly stopped.

...Or was it because he couldn't keep his promise so he didn't dare to reply, so he thought of a way to fulfill his promise?

For example... helping him resolve the Huns' invasion.

Xie Shoujun suddenly laughed, and his tall and majestic body sat on the bench under the night sky. His brows slowly relaxed, and his pair of cold sword-like eyes revealed a steady and gentle smile, which softened his face, which was cold and resolute on the battlefield.

Perhaps, this New Year, he can return to Beijing.

He wanted to see him.

……

Xie Chengze, who was far away in Yizhou, had no idea that he was being slandered by those two old guys, Emperor Jian and **.

In the near future, he might even become the vicious and cruel second prince of the Jade-faced Ghost King, who is known to every household in the Xiongnu tribes on the prairie and makes babies cry at night.

At that time, he had already opened a gunpowder factory in full swing and found a number of craftsmen with mathematical talent, which accelerated the excavation of Yuji Mountain.

The dry season of the Minjiang River has finally arrived.

It's time to split the river.