Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 116: Seizing Yang Chen is Seizing a Chance to Survive
"You mean, Tiande only has less than eight years left?"

Queen Ma's eyes were dazed and she sat listlessly on the chair.

Although Xu Da had not known Empress Ma since childhood, these brothers had respected her very much since she married Zhu Yuanzhang.

Not to mention, whenever these generals and soldiers were fighting on the front lines and sacrificing their lives for Zhu's cause, it was Empress Ma who took care of their children and kept them very healthy in the rear.

No daughter or son was left sick or hungry.

It can be said that Queen Ma solved their worries.

"Tian De has known you since childhood, and he is a nice person, so why would he cause such a disaster?

How did you learn this?"

There was no time to be sad. Empress Ma now wanted to know how Zhu Yuanzhang knew so much about it.

She understood that Lao Zhu would definitely not ask in person, otherwise he would not have this attitude.

"It's the fourth brother. Last time, I summoned Tiande, Lanyu, Muying and other generals to the palace to discuss how to attack Japan.

It just so happened that Yang Chen had made the weapons we wanted, so we all sat together to discuss it.

As a result, this bastard Lan Yu offended Yang Chen, and was scolded by Yang Chen.

This guy is not simple. He actually has his own unique insights in the military field. He brought out a military spirit called "Bright Sword Spirit" to convince Lan Yu. Not only him, but also us and Tiande.

I really can't imagine, if the millions of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with this military spirit, wouldn't we be invincible?
Let's not talk about the girl anymore. Afterwards, Tiande was very impressed with Yang Chen, so he called Lao Si over and asked him where Yang Chen came from.

I didn’t expect this kid to be so good at hiding things and directly told everyone Yang Chen’s identity, and then what happened is what I just told you.”

Old Zhu was angry and helpless, and even regretted why he did not beat Zhu Di more severely so that he would lie down in the school and listen to the lessons.

Now, I can’t hide anything at all.

"So that's how it is. Since Yang Chen knows that Tiande only has eight years left, he should have a solution, right?"

Queen Ma said hopefully.

After all, she still didn't want her relative to end up like this.

The general who led the Ming Dynasty's millions of troops could only die tragically in his own home.

Thinking of Xu Da suffering from back carbuncle day and night, unable to live or die, Empress Ma could not help but feel kind.

Old Zhu stared at the candle and said unwillingly:

"We don't want anything to happen to Tiande. He is the faith of many Ming soldiers. Without him, we won't be able to do many things.

For both public and private reasons, Tiande cannot leave so soon.

After the court affairs are dealt with in a few days, I will let this kid explain the reason immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to him!"

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang was serious. Even Empress Ma could see his determination, so she did not speak to stop him.

Ever since Yang Chen revealed the glorious deeds of the three idiots of Jianwen.

Fang Xiaoru and his friends were first immersed in a deep blow. Then, when they wanted to regain their confidence and return to their jobs, Fang Xiaoru suddenly learned that his duties as professor of Hanzhong had been cancelled.

The previous seventh rank was instantly downgraded to an eighth rank official position.

He wanted to ask why, but he learned from the eunuch who informed him that this was an order from Zhu Yuanzhang himself and he was not allowed to ask too many questions.

Otherwise, just go back where you came from.

After this battle, Fang Xiaoru completely understood how powerful Yang Chen was.

Obviously, he blamed Yang Chen for this incident.

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were actually demoted to varying degrees.

Compared with Fang Xiaoru, the two were much smarter and understood who was behind this incident.

Although I didn't dare to criticize Zhu, I guessed in my heart that it must be related to Your Majesty.

They were well aware of the Hongwu Emperor's iron-fisted approach, and if they acted recklessly, they would suffer even more unacceptable punishment.

By then, let alone maintaining your current status, you may not even be qualified to enter the palace in the future.

It can be said that the two were implicated by Fang Xiaoru, but they could not say anything, after all, they were the most active at the beginning.

In Yang Chen's mansion, everything was going in an orderly manner under the arrangement of the four maids, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

Inside the study, Yang Chen was writing Chinese pinyin on rice paper alone.

In addition to him, there were several eunuchs in the study, and these eunuchs began to copy the Chinese pinyin on the paper into other books.

Every morning, they were arranged in a carriage and taken from the palace to Yang Chen's mansion, and then they followed his orders to work.

"Liu Jian, how many copies of the Chinese Pinyin book did you copy in total?"

Yang Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at a man in light blue eunuch's attire. Judging from his appearance, this man did not have the feminine look of a eunuch at all. Instead, he was very resolute.

He is the eunuch named Liu Jian mentioned by Yang Chen. He is a leader who is responsible for managing a certain number of eunuchs. Don't call such a person who is not an official but has authority a eunuch.

Originally, he was in charge of organizing the new books in the library by his subordinates in the Secretariat.

However, Yang Chen needed manpower, so Zhu Biao directly told the eunuch in charge of the Secretariat to arrange a few eunuchs who were literate and able to write to go out to work during the break.

Originally they were only responsible for a meal, but Yang Chen generously paid the wages, which led many eunuchs to volunteer after hearing about it.

In the end, Zhu Biao chose him to go out to work. When he arrived outside the palace, he obeyed all arrangements made by Yang Chen. He was in charge of his subordinates to help Yang Chen write new science and education books.

Liu Jian put down the work at hand, stood up and saluted, then went to several colleagues around him to count and question them.

Finally, he bowed towards Yang Chen and said:

"Your Excellency Yang, the Hanyu Pinyin has been copied into almost 300 volumes."

“Three hundred volumes will be enough, and I’ll copy two hundred volumes later.

After you have collected 500 volumes, go to the cafeteria to eat. Before you go back later, I will have someone wait outside the door for you in a carriage that will take you back to the palace."

As soon as they heard the word money, the eunuchs' original fatigue instantly turned into motivation.

As the lowest-ranking eunuch entering the palace.

The amount of money they could earn in a month was very little. Even though Liu Jian was a eunuch with certain management authority, his total monthly salary was less than one or two taels and sixty coins.

Those who have no say and have just lost the symbol of masculinity are even rarer.

If they couldn't survive outside, there's no way they would be willing to enter the palace.

"Why don't you thank Master Yang quickly!"

Liu Jian had some good vision to be able to become the eunuch. This was the nth time they had received rewards from Yang Chen, and almost every time they received wages that were equivalent to a month's wages.

The income from these few days alone exceeded the money he would earn from the palace in the next hundred years.

Yang Chen, who had just walked to the door, heard waves of thanks coming from behind him and couldn't help but smile.

Then he walked to the battlefield.

As soon as he entered this place, he saw Tao Chengdao running towards him excitedly not far away.

There was also a small bottle of white powdery substance in his hand.

"Sir! Sir! The things are made!" Yang Chen waited for a long time before asking after Tao Chengdao, who was dressed in cloth, ran up to him.

"Alright, alright, look at you, you don't have the bearing of a high official at all, you're just making a fuss.

What's in your bottle?"

"Purified saltpeter!"

Tao Chengdao caught his breath, proudly raised the thing in his hand and showed it to Yang Chen.

"Salt?"

Yang Chen was not very happy when he heard the news, because he knew that as long as the other party followed his method, purifying saltpeter would definitely be successful. It was just a matter of time.

"Yes! Sir, you are truly amazing. I followed the solvent extraction method you mentioned and dissolved the ore containing saltpeter in water.

After one night, all the useless waste sank to the bottom of the basin. I took out all the water on the top, rinsed it again, and then boiled it in an iron pot.

Wait until the water has almost evaporated, and then put it directly under the sun to dry. This is the saltpeter powder I made the day before yesterday.

These things are much more valuable than those things in the toilet and on the edge of the field.

After testing, it was found that the power has increased by 20%!

If it is made into a 15-kilogram explosive pack, it can blow to pieces any enemy within a 20-foot radius, and even enemies 50 feet away will be stunned! "

Saltpeter is a very important material. Since the emergence of black powder, gunpowder makers have been trying every possible way to find saltpeter. The white powdered saltpeter around the toilet is definitely not enough.

So they began to look for saltpeter in the wild.

Saltpeter mines are one of the sources of saltpeter for making gunpowder and tinderboxes.

Yang Chen's method can make the saltpeter as pure as possible. This saltpeter can be used to make gunpowder, tinder, or even as nitrogen fertilizer in crops.

"The stuff is good."

Picking up the transparent glass bottle, Yang Chen shook it and observed that it was very clean, then he said this.

During this time, another accident happened not far away.

I saw a chain reaction of very long rows of earthenware jars, and the exploding jars formed fragments that flew rapidly and scratched people around.

Those who were lucky enough survived by lying on the ground, while those who were unlucky were directly pierced into the head by the fragments, and looked very miserable.

Screams were heard one after another, but they were quickly suppressed by the guards hidden nearby.

"What's happening here?"

Yang Chen watched the experiment continue to fail and subconsciously asked what was going on.

Tao Chengdao turned around and took a quick look, then he knew what had happened.

"It's like this, Mr. Yang. Last time you said that the quality of the iron sulfite extracted from green vitriol was not up to standard, didn't you give me a drawing at that time?

I ordered someone to make a model according to the drawings you gave me, but now it seems to have failed."

When it comes to failure, Tao Chengdao feels very upset, because according to what Yang Chen said, without three acids and two alkalis, he simply cannot produce the stable material that allows him to fly.

After being reminded by the other party, Yang Chen remembered.

There is indeed such a thing.

The drawing he gave to the other party was a traditional method of making sulfuric acid, called the "tank tower method".

It is to use clean and undamaged cylinders, stack them up in groups of two, seal them well, and connect twenty-two of them in a row. The first one filled with sulfur is ignited to serve as a reaction tower.

Then, at the end, use a container to collect the reacted sulfur.

Yang Chen remembered very well where this method came from. It was invented by a team specializing in guerrilla warfare.

There are no arsenals deep in the mountains, so all weapons are made by ourselves.

Therefore, the guerrillas, who have great strength in numbers, invented this method.

Yang Chen learned it from TV.

"It should be caused by poor sealing. After all, there is no rubber. You used mud as the sealing material, which caused external objects to enter and react violently with the sulfur in the reaction, causing the explosion.

How about this, Lao Tao, you go find someone to make a batch of glass jar towers, glass is better than porcelain jars."

After a brief thought, Yang Chen made this suggestion.

Then confirm the current progress with the other party.

At present, Yang Chen has actually obtained the three acids and two alkalis, but he strives for perfection and wants to obtain pure materials.

Otherwise, accidents are inevitable when these things are made using purely traditional methods in the future.

He didn't want the Ming army to go out to fight with the explosives they made, because the explosives were unstable and could cause the gunpowder depot to explode.

Similar things have happened in the Ming Dynasty.

When they left the desert, the eunuch in charge of copying had already finished copying all 500 volumes of Chinese Pinyin.

Two rows of people stood outside the study door waiting for Yang Chen to come over for inspection.

"Sir Yang, all five hundred volumes have been completed. Please check them."

He looked past Liu Jian's body and at the piles of books behind him, then nodded casually to let him leave.

Then Liu Jian took his men and left along the same route they came.

A servant who had been arranged at the door was holding a money bag and gave the agreed price.

After receiving the money, the people who were originally feeling tired suddenly became happy.

"As expected, only money can make people happy."

Looking at the two carriages leaving, Yang Chen sighed.

Just as he was about to return to the mansion, a majestic figure appeared not far away.

"Hahaha! My dear son-in-law! I haven't seen you for a long time! Your father-in-law came to see you today. How are you? Are you surprised?"

Mu Ying stood tall and straight, and had not yet taken off his armor. He must have walked directly to where he was from the training ground.

"Father-in-law, it's getting late. Why are you coming to my place instead of going home to eat the meal my mother-in-law prepared?"

Yang Chen was just a little curious about Mu Ying's arrival and did not have any other attitude.

Getting off the horse, Mu Ying threw the god to the servant with a generous look.

"Go feed my Black Wind the finest food and a pot of grain wine. Remember to serve him well!"

Ma was drinking, and Yang Chen was a little curious about it.

But it's normal to think about it. It seems that since ancient times, the mounts of famous generals basically have their own personalities.

Hu Lei Bo, the mount of Qin Qiong, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, also liked to drink. After drinking, not only would it not affect his combat performance, but his overall quality would be improved by more than double.

Hearing the wine, the Black Wind Horse neighed and roared, as if saying to Mu Ying: "You are sensible."

Then he followed the servant to the stable.

(End of this chapter)