Yan Mu ran to the southwest, of course Lord Liang had to report to the emperor, what could the emperor say when he received the papers sent by Yan Mu and Lord Liang successively? Stare at Yan Mu, but to be able to endure for such a long time, to be honest, the emperor is quite satisfied. At least this kid still has a sense of responsibility. Only adults can not be hindered too much.

Looking at Yan Mu's request in the booklet, the emperor hesitated for a long time, and then called Yan Xiangxi. About Gu Zhao's production of gunpowder, other than the people in the workshop at that time, only the most honorable father and daughter knew about it. , because the relationship is so important, it is kept secret from the outside world.

At the beginning, gunpowder was studied to deal with the southwest and foreign aggression, but it was useless, but now it is necessary to use gunpowder to open mountains for road construction. I have to say that the emperor was quite speechless about its usefulness.

Yan Xiangxi quite agrees, gunpowder was developed for the purpose of making use of: "Father, many poor places are not without good things, but because of the terrain, they are very closed to the outside world. My son remembers that Mr. Gu was trying to develop Yaochang Mansion. The first thing I want to do is to build roads, otherwise Yaochang Mansion will have difficulty transporting the best things, so I think the roads for external communication are very important, but it is very difficult to build roads in many places, gunpowder is in this regard It can reduce a lot of difficulties."

"But what if the gunpowder formula is leaked out and controlled by foreigners?"

Yan Xiangxi tilted his head and said: "I remember that when Gu Zhao took out this thing, he said that this is just a prototype, and we can make better things on this basis in the future. Gu Zhao once said that he wanted to improve the status of craftsmen. The minister feels that it is not impossible."

After Gu Zhao's many operations, Yan Xiangxi has realized the role of craftsmen in it, but the status of craftsmen is too low to match their contribution to the court. Those second generation ancestors have made no contribution to the court, but Enjoying such a high status, and craftsmen improved their tools to benefit the Great Zhou Dynasty, but many people found it difficult to get rid of their status as craftsmen. After a long time, would it have no effect on the enthusiasm of craftsmen?

Craftsmen, like those in other industries, also need to study for a long time to improve. Isn't the teaching material sent by Gu Zhao just for this purpose? Yan Xiangxi thinks that Gu Zhao really wants to improve the status of craftsmen.

The emperor sighed. Compared with his daughter, his thinking was still a bit conservative, but he didn't want to interfere with his daughter's thoughts. After all, the court will be handed over to his daughter in the future. How can the daughter be the emperor without himself? It would be easy for the courtiers to evade his own opinion.

The emperor thought of a compromise: "It's better to let Mu'er try the effect first, but when doing it, people will stay away, and the existence of explosives must still be kept secret. By the way, let him be more careful, that thing is too much. Danger."

The emperor still remembers the astonishing power of the gunpowder explosion, and was very pleasantly surprised at the time. With this artifact, how could Dazhou be afraid of foreign enemies?

"Father is right." Yan Xiangxi nodded.

The emperor looked very pleased with his daughter, and he was very satisfied with the way he got along with his daughter now. He was the prince at the beginning, but he knew very well how his father and the princes got along. Harmony, and his Xi'er is the best, who said the princess is not as good as the prince.

Yan Mu stayed with Gu Zhao for a full week, and finally was driven back by Gu Zhao, who really couldn't see it, otherwise he would be too careless, and he had too many things to do, so he didn't have much time to accompany Yan Mu. Beside me, going out and going in will attract many people to watch, who makes Ping Nangong's name too big.

Yan Mu had no choice but to go back to the southwest. After coming and going, it happened that the emperor's reply was delivered to him, so he immediately arranged for people to blow up the mountain to clear the way.

Although Yan Mu arranged the road construction far away in advance, even if they couldn't hear the violent sound of the explosion, when they returned to the construction site, they saw that most of the mountain that blocked the road had collapsed, and the hard boulders were blasted, one by one. He was so shocked that he stood there in a daze, not daring to move.

"What's going on here? Could it be that the mountain god is angry?"

"Don't scare people, it's not the God of the Mountain, it should be done by the Lord of the State, otherwise why would the good Lord of the State let us go, and now let us come back to continue building roads? With this mountain in the way, we can only continue to build roads Going around the mountain will add a lot of construction time and how much more materials will be used?"

"But how did the Duke of the country do it?"

"This... such a miracle, can we and other ordinary people know about it?"

"That's right, that's right, build the road quickly."

The workers talked more and more in private, and finally called Yan Mu, Ping Nangong, the God of the Mountain. Otherwise, apart from the God of the Mountain, what other power could make the mountain to such a degree?

The action of blasting the mountain was more than one time. After several times in a row, although it was still the same operation, no one doubted that it was done by Yan Mu. When Yan Mu occasionally appeared on the construction site, these workers looked at Yan Mu. His eyes became more and more awed.

Not to mention these workers who don't know the truth, even the guards arranged by Yan Mu to be responsible for this matter were also stunned by the effect of the explosives. They also felt deep awe in their hearts, but it was different from the workers. However, the object of their awe is not Yan Mu, but Gu Zhao who made it.

They knew very well that Gu Zhao made this thing to ask Yan Mu to take it to the battlefield. In case of unfavorable battles, they could use it to fight against the enemy. Before that, they didn't know what this thing was, how powerful it was, and how it could be used on the battlefield. However, after witnessing it with my own eyes, I was deeply shocked. If it is really put on the battlefield, it is definitely a big killer. It is unbelievable that such a big killer came from the hands of a civil servant. Who can believe it?

Some people say that literati don't need knives to kill, they can kill with the pen in their hands, but it's good for Mr. Gu, he doesn't even need to use a pen, with the murder weapon he made, he can kill countless enemies.

Because of Gu Zhao, they no longer dare to underestimate any literati. They don't necessarily have to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

They were shocked and frightened, and Yan Mu was shocked and pleasantly surprised. The thing made by his brother is really useful. This can greatly shorten the construction period, and the road can be completed as soon as possible, and it can also be connected to each other as soon as possible.

At first, only the people on the construction site knew about this kind of movement, but because the roads were not all built in barren and inhabited places, it would not be able to use the roads to drive the local economy, so the loud noise spread to the ears of the people, and it was not easy The few people were so shocked that they knelt down and kowtowed on the spot, thinking that someone had disturbed the mountain god and made the mountain god angry.

Gradually, the news spread outside, and even Gu Zhao heard the rumors outside.

One day, when he was returning to the yamen, he saw a few servants gathering together and whispering their ears. When he saw Gu Zhao coming back, he quickly saluted him and was about to disperse. Seeing their mysterious appearance just now, Gu Zhao asked curiously. After checking what they were talking about, someone immediately explained Gu Zhao's confusion.

"My lord, it's like this. It's said that someone in the southwest has offended the God of the Mountain, causing the God of the Mountain to get angry often. Some people didn't believe it, so they ran over to see what happened, but they were scared and ran back."

Gu Zhao was taken aback when he heard it. It turned out that the gossip was related to Southwest: "The mountain god is angry? What's going on? Why don't I know?"

"My lord, it is said that it was because someone built the road, and the God of the Mountain didn't want those people to do it, so he got angry. When he got angry, there were loud noises, and the power was terrifying, so the people who heard it in the past were frightened. I’m back, and now some people say that this road should not be built, but there are not many people supporting this statement. People in Yaochang Mansion don’t know how useful this road is when it’s repaired. What happened that the mountain god and the land god got angry."

Gu Zhao finally understood what was going on, and was amused by what the guards said, nodded and said, "Yes, of course there are many benefits when the road is repaired, and those rumors are just listening to them, they can't be true."

After the guards sent Gu Zhao away, they turned around and started gossiping again.

"Look, even the adults don't believe that the mountain god is angry. The construction team workers who are going to build the road here are doing well. It's true that the mountain god is angry one after another. They won't suffer?"

"Yes, yes, I also believe in your lord, if your lord says no, then there is no."

"Our Yaochang mansion doesn't have roads built by adults for us. How come there are so many caravans and tourists. Now the number of people from outside the city has increased a lot, and the rare things that were not seen before are now transported by merchants. "

Not only these servants gossip, but even the Li family and Gu Yang came to ask Gu Zhao. Judging from various rumors, this matter is related to road construction. Yan Mu is responsible for the road construction over there. Gu Zhao has the closest relationship with Yan Mu, so it is most correct to inquire about the news from Gu Zhao.

In the workshop, Mrs. Li also heard gossip about the gossip of those female workers, each of them said so miraculously, Mrs. Li was still a little worried, because Yan Mu was in charge of repairing that road, and if something went wrong, Mrs. Doesn't Mu have to take responsibility?

Gu Yang came to ask whether it was true or not. If he hadn't been unable to abandon his teaching task, he would have been very interested in going to the scene to find out. Those rumors outside made his heart itch.

Gu Zhao couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not as exaggerated as outsiders say, but I know that the movement is caused by Yan Mu, because there are too many mountains over there, so he simply blows up the mountains that block the road, so he will There was such a big movement."

"Hey, what can blow up the mountain god's anger? The whole mountain collapsed?" Gu Yang was shocked.

Gu Zhao shook his head: "It's not that powerful, at most it's louder. It's enough to blow up the rocks in the designated section of the road. Otherwise, there is no way to continue repairing this road."

Li Shi patted her heart when she heard it, since it was man-made, it has nothing to do with the mountain god's anger, and it will not have any effect on Yan Mu, so she was relieved.

Gu Yang's eyes widened, and he realized that he was asking a terrible question. The key is what can make such a big noise, and the third brother is clearly an insider, so it won't have anything to do with the third brother.

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