My subjects are too rebellious!

"Old man, you scared all my fish away."

The scholar, carrying a bronze sword on his back, holding a bamboo pole in one hand and a book in the other, shouted to several women who were washing clothes nearby.

But the old woman who was closest to the scholar responded with a smile.

"You, you don't even have bait on your hook, and you blame me for not catching any fish."

But when the scholar heard the woman's teasing words, he responded sullenly.

"There's fish food."

"The cunning fish eats the bait and won't bite the hook."

When the old woman heard this, she stopped what she was doing and asked in confusion.

"Then what are you still waiting for? Go find some fish food."

But the scholar held his chin with one hand and said confidently.

"Don't worry, there's still fish food on the hook."

When the women who were washing clothes heard this, they just smiled and said nothing.

I just think this scholar is so weird.

At this moment, the scholar looked at the feathers on the water and immediately laughed and lifted the fishing rod.

Then, he laughed and shouted to the old woman, "Old lady, look!"

The old woman looked at the little fish in the scholar's hand and shook her head and smiled.

But the scholar held the fish in his hands, frowned and sighed: "Fish, fish, this world is unfair. Either I eat you, or you eat me."

"But even if I eat you, I won't be full."

As he said this, the scholar stood up and threw the fish he had just caught into the river.

The old woman who was washing clothes was also watching the strange movements of the young scholar.

Then he picked up the wooden basin, stood up and walked towards the scholar.

"Young man."

The old woman looked at the scholar kindly, her hands groping in her arms.

"You must be hungry. This is for you."

The scholar looked at the rice ball wrapped in white cloth in the old woman's hand, but waved his hand with a bitter face.

"I'm not hungry, and I can catch fish."

The old woman exposed him directly, "I've seen you struggling here for a whole day, but you haven't caught any fish."

"You should eat it."

As she spoke, the old woman handed the rice ball over again.

The scholar looked at the rice ball and then looked away. However, his eyes couldn't help but look at the rice ball in the old woman's hand.

"I'm not hungry. I'm really not hungry."

Although he said he was not hungry, his body was very obedient and he took the rice ball from the old woman very naturally.

He continued to say, "I'm really not hungry. I can catch the fish I want."

The old woman looked at the scholar, smiled and said nothing.

Then he bent down, picked up his wooden basin, and was about to leave when he remembered something and turned back to the scholar.

"Young man, I wash clothes here every day. I'm old now and my appetite is not as good as before."

"If you're hungry, come find me this time in the afternoon."

The scholar said nothing, but his eyes were fixed on the old woman who was walking away.

After the old woman left, he opened the white cloth, looked at the rice ball inside, and started eating it with big mouthfuls.

...

After Cao Cao and Aobai left, Qin Chuan found Long Er.

"What is the current progress of firearms manufacturing?"

Long Er bowed and said, "Your Majesty, with the addition of the thousand craftsmen, and the large amount of saltpeter and charcoal provided by the Ministry of Revenue."

"In addition, all the existing copper mines in the Ministry of Revenue have been transported to our department, so we can now manufacture flintlock rifles in large quantities."

"Red Cannon and Divine Fire Crow are also being produced in large quantities, but at the current speed."

"We can only make one hundred flintlock rifles and twenty red cannons a day, but the Fire Crow can make fifty a day."

"It's just that we are currently unable to produce stable black powder, and when testing the flintlock rifle, it still explodes."

Qin Chuan frowned and thought, as if he had figured out the problem.

The reason is that the potassium nitrate is not pure enough because there are too many impurities.

Qin Chuan actually knows how to do this.

"Long Er, when you go back, ask the craftsmen to put the saltpeter into boiling water, filter it while it's hot, and then cool it down to crystallize."

The method Qin Chuan mentioned was later called "boiling saltpeter" or "cooking saltpeter" by the people.

The solubility of potassium nitrate in water increases dramatically with increasing temperature, which is common knowledge in junior high school chemistry.

So Qin Chuan knew this.

"Generally speaking, if natural saltpeter is recrystallized three times, the purity is sufficient to prepare high-quality black powder."

"So when you go back, have the craftsmen try a few more times according to the method I told you to see if they can produce stable and high-quality black powder."

Although Long Er didn't understand the principle behind it, he would still carry it out to the letter.

"Yes, I understand."

"Also, let Heshen recruit craftsmen for you across the country. I want you to increase the number of products you produce every day."

Long Er looked up and asked, "I wonder how many craftsmen we need to recruit."

Qin Chuan thought about it for a while, then said: "It's up to you how many craftsmen you want, but you must ensure that 500 flintlock rifles can be made in a day."

"Fifty Red Cannons and two hundred Fire Crows."

"I understand the attributes."

"Okay, let's go down."

"Attributes, leave."

After Long Er left, Qin Chuan began to think in his heart.

If he continued at this pace, when the war broke out in half a year, he would have at least 90,000 flintlock rifles, 9,000 red cannons, and 36,000 divine fire crows.

If that's the case, it will definitely be a surprise, right?

When the time comes and the two sides are fighting fiercely, he will quietly place the red cannons in various fortress cities.

Before the enemy can react, launch a salvo of artillery fire.

Qin Chuan got excited when he thought of the fire coverage.

And now, it must be kept secret. Long Er has done a very good job in this matter. The outside world has no idea what Long Er is recruiting craftsmen to make.

Even Heshen, who provided the materials, didn't know.

The most they could think of was cold weapons or armor. Who could have thought of firearms of mass destruction?

Thinking of this, the pressure in Qin Chuan's heart suddenly eased.

Immediately, Qin Chuan felt the protest from his stomach.

"Zhang Rang, what time is it now?"

"Your Majesty, it is just the hour of Xu."

Qin Chuan understood. It was already seven o'clock. No wonder he was so hungry.

"Zhang Rang, whose turn is it tonight?"

"Your Majesty, you should be in Changchun Palace tonight. We went to Weiyang Palace yesterday."

"Then let's go to Changchun Palace and have dinner with the imperial concubine tonight."

At this moment in Changchun Palace, Yang Yuhuan had already prepared a table of sumptuous food and was quietly waiting for His Majesty's arrival.

The women now call each other sisters and take one day each in turn.

This is also the main reason why they can live in harmony.

As Wu Zetian was the queen, she was naturally ranked first, followed by Yang Yuhuan, and finally Su Daji.

But they were in harmony, but Qin Chuan suffered.

At first he was very excited and even felt that he was the happiest man in the world.

But as the days went by, he actually started to get a little scared.

It’s mainly these three people, each one is stronger than the other in combat.

Even if he had 190 years of internal strength, he could only hold on with difficulty.

But fortunately, Zhang Rang prepared different kinds of nourishing food for him every day, and he also had the Nine Yang Magic Art to harmonize yin and yang.

This is also the biggest adjustment for Qin Chuan's midfielder.

Whenever facing his beloved concubine, Qin Chuan hoped that the system would reward him with an invulnerable, steel-like waist.