Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

Seeing Jiang Tuan was very happy, Yu Chong told him another piece of good news: "Your Majesty, I made the fireworks you mentioned. Would you like to go and see them?"

"The fireworks are ready? We want to see them. Shall we go now?"

"If your Majesty wants, you can do it now."

Jiang Tuan had to get Jiang Qi's consent before leaving the palace, but before he went to the Zhengzheng Hall to ask for instructions, he saw Jiang Qi, Jiang Huai, and several ministers walking over together.

"Your Majesty, you guys should go watch the fireworks too!"

"Why? Only you can go, but I can't?"

"You can go, the whole of Daxia belongs to your Majesty. You can go wherever you want."

Jiang Tuan knew that Jiang Qi was very dissatisfied with his decision to go to Yingshan Mountain, and would always criticize him. He didn't care about this, because his goal had been achieved, so he didn't care if he was thick-skinned.

This trip was the most comfortable one for Jiang Tuan since he came to Daxia.

The carriage with shock absorbers was indeed much more comfortable. Although it was not extremely comfortable and the shock absorbers were very easy to break and needed to be replaced regularly, it was already very good for him. At least when he arrived at his destination, he did not get so carsick that he had trouble even standing up like the previous two times.

Seeing that Jiang Tuan looked much more energetic than before, Jiang Qi and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least they didn't have to worry too much about him dying on the road from motion sickness.

The group left the palace after dinner, and it was already late when they arrived at the place where gunpowder was being developed.

Looking at the sky that had already darkened and had few stars in it, Jiang Tuan thought it was a good day to set off fireworks.

Guided by torches, the group walked towards the experimental site. As they walked, Yu Chong introduced their achievements during this period.

With the continuous improvement of gunpowder, great progress has been made in both expansion and reduction.

In terms of expansion, Yu Chong and his team have already made a super gunpowder package.

Now if we take a few gunpowder bags to blow up the Xiongnu army, we won't just hear the sound like last time. If we go to blow up the city gate, we can hit it with one blast, and we don't need to break it open like before.

Moreover, if there are enough gunpowder packs and the city walls are a little more dilapidated, not only the city gates but even the city walls can be blown open.

In terms of shrinking, they have made gunpowder bags the size of a palm, but small does not mean small power. After continuous purification, the materials for making gunpowder have become better and better, and the gunpowder made is becoming more and more powerful. In the past, a large gunpowder bag was needed to blast a pit, but now a small gunpowder bag can do it.

After introducing the gunpowder bags, Yu Chong continued to introduce the fireworks. Before introducing the fireworks, he first praised Shi Miao, saying that the other party was indeed a genius in making gunpowder.

Many craftsmen in provincial governments were not as good as him in making gunpowder, and even the making of fireworks required his ingenious ideas.

Jiang Qi was very happy to hear Yu Chong's words, and stated on the spot that all those who participated in the production of gunpowder would be rewarded. Since Shi Miao wanted to be an official, he would personally appoint him as an official when he returned from the border.

After listening to the introduction, the group arrived at the place where the fireworks were set off. Through the light of the torches, Jiang Tuan saw that this place was very different from the last time he came.

Almost all the surrounding trees were cut down, and even the grass on the ground was pulled out, forming a large open space. It seems that Yu Chong's awareness of fire prevention has been greatly improved.

There were many large and small rocks scattered on the open ground, which looked like they had been destroyed by gunpowder. There were also more pits on the ground, which looked a bit like the surface of the moon.

Because it was getting late, Yu Chong didn't dare delay for the safety of His Majesty and everyone else, and immediately had people start setting off the fireworks.

In Jiang Tuan’s heart, fireworks represent many meanings, such as celebration, reunion, and happiness. Anyway, no matter what the meaning is, it is positive and makes people look forward to it involuntarily.

This time, when he heard about setting off fireworks, he couldn't help but get excited.

However, when the fireworks took off, the excitement in his heart instantly diminished a lot, not because the fireworks failed but because they were too small and had too few colors, and could only be considered small fireworks at best.

Fortunately, he knew that he couldn't use modern technology to challenge the ancient people who had just learned to make gunpowder. It was already very good that they could make the fireworks light up.

Jiang Tuan didn't think the fireworks were that good, but Jiang Qi and the others didn't think so either. Seeing the fireworks soaring into the sky and blooming with different colors, everyone was so excited and eager to try that they couldn't suppress it.

After a few rounds of fireworks were set off, this group of people insisted on trying it themselves. What was even more exaggerated was that even Jiang Tuan and Yu Chong couldn't stop them this time.

No matter whether it was the usually majestic emperor or Wei Chuo who already had a great-grandson, in the end, he let one go.

After setting off one firework after another, Jiang Qi was still not satisfied. On the way back, he kept recalling the excitement of setting off fireworks.

This made Jiang Tuan speechless, and he asked directly: "Your Majesty, if you have artillery in the future, will you also try to fire a few shots?"

Jiang Qi naturally knew what a cannon was after Jiang Tuan's popular science lecture. When Jiang Tuan mentioned it, he immediately said, "That's not a bad idea."

Okay, Jiang Tuan admits defeat.

He shouldn't have been so naive as to think that a founding emperor who had conquered the world would be afraid of those powerful weapons. Not only would such a person not be afraid, but he would even be thinking about when he could try them out himself.

Of course, fun is fun and excitement is excitement. The reason for watching the fireworks is not only to see the beauty of the fireworks when they explode, but also for Jiang Tuan's trip.

In order to ensure Jiang Tuan's safety during his trip, Jiang Qi specially worked out a detailed plan with his ministers.

Of course, he cannot go there as the Crown Prince or Prince Fu. That would not be to gather energy, but to seek death.

Therefore, Jiang Qi arranged for them to be the sons of merchants who went to the Xiongnu to broaden their horizons. In order to make their identities more realistic, they would mingle among a group of real businessmen.

Disguising one's identity is one of the guarantees of security, and the second guarantee is the baggage train that follows not far from the caravan.

Ostensibly, those troops were going to deliver supplies to the border, but their main purpose was actually to protect Jiang Tuan and Jiang Huai.

By then, Jiang Huai and Jiang Tuan will both carry a few fireworks in their hands. Once anything unexpected happens, the two of them will light the fireworks, and the baggage troops behind them will immediately send reinforcements after seeing them.

With guards around the two men and a baggage train following behind them, they have double protection, which should greatly reduce the danger on the road.

In fact, when discussing how to protect the safety of the two people, a minister suggested that they should go directly and openly.

Anyway, their soldiers on the border had just won a great victory, so they could let Jiang Huai go on the pretext of visiting the troops, and just hide Jiang Tuan.

Because it was the prince's trip, no one would find it strange even if they sent more soldiers as guards, and no one would dare to do anything.

But this idea was rejected as soon as it was put forward.