After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Gu Mingzhe said in a muffled voice: "His Highness is not in the mansion!"

"Oh... Brother Gu came to me on his own initiative, but the little princess is so indifferent... Brother Gu, your honey trap is not yet mature enough..."

"However, I have a way..." Zhang Mingxuan mysteriously took out a small booklet from his pocket and handed it to Gu Mingzhe. "This is a good treasure. Brother Gu, please study it carefully. You will definitely gain something!"

"If you get a beautiful woman in the future, Brother Gu, don't forget my contribution! Haha..."

After saying that, Zhang Mingxuan left with a big laugh.

Gu Mingzhe reached out and took the booklet, flipping through one of the pages. He was immediately struck by the image of two figures entangled together, and his face flushed red. He threw the book away as if it was on fire.

Then, he thought of his good brother's earnest advice, suppressed his shame, lifted the quilt, covered his injured chest, took light steps, and picked up the booklet again.

In order to avoid being discovered, he had to hide under the quilt and watch secretly.

The more I watched, the more exciting it felt. After watching it, I felt like a new world had opened up to me. My face flushed and my eyes were blank.

Finally, after falling into a deep sleep, he unconsciously fell into a magnificent and beautiful dream. In that dream, there was him and Her Royal Highness the Princess.

They were in love with each other, and it was natural for them to do so...

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An hour later.

The convoy finally arrived at the imperial estate outside Kyoto.

Feng Xin had already galloped over in advance to arrange for the reception. By the time Emperor Yong and Zhong Ning got off the carriage, the stewards of the imperial farm and Lu Xingzhou's research and development team had been waiting there for a long time.

"Your humble servants pay their respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be well! We pay our respects to the Princess. May the Princess be blessed with good health!"

Emperor Yong raised his hand slightly: "Everyone stand up!"

Then, with the support of everyone, he walked into the imperial farm.

Arriving at the imperial farm, Emperor Yong, under the guidance of Feng Xin, Lu Xingzhou and others, went all the way to the back garden of the imperial farm. That was a passage hidden behind the imperial farm and leading into the mountains.

The managers of the farm originally wanted to use this opportunity to report to Emperor Yong about the farm's harvest that year, but then they remembered that the imperial farm was now under the name of Princess Zhaohua, so if they had to report, they should report to the princess.

And your majesty's sudden arrival should not be because of the harvest of the farm, but because of what Lord Lu and his group did when they suddenly moved into the imperial farm and took over the place a month ago.

All the managers, big and small, probably understood the inside story, so they kept silent and waited quietly in the front yard to arrange everything.

Emperor Yong followed Zhong Ning along the mountain path and came to a narrow valley. Although it was a narrow valley, the view was still quite wide. There were passages in front and behind, and the space was much larger.

There are several simple wooden sheds in the narrow valley, which can be seen as the place where Lu Xingzhou and others usually conduct experiments.

Emperor Yong's eyes were still confused. "Zhaohua, what exactly do you want to do by bringing me here?"

"Father, let me introduce you to this young man, his name is Lu Xingzhou!" Zhong Ning pointed in the direction of Lu Xingzhou and motioned him to move forward.

"Student Lu Xingzhou pays homage to His Majesty!"

"Are you Lu Xingzhou?" Emperor Yong suddenly spoke. Of course he had heard of this name. After all, when they were in the hunting ground, Princess Anqing had quarreled with Zhaohua for a long time because of Lu Xingzhou.

At that time, he thought that this man was a scheming person who seduced two royal ladies at the same time.

But now it seems that the young man standing in front of him has a clear and honest look.

Lu Xingzhou was completely bewildered. He really didn't know why the emperor had heard of his name, but he had a guess that perhaps Her Royal Highness the Princess had mentioned it before.

"The student is Lu Xingzhou!"

Zhong Ning took over and said, "Your Majesty, this Mr. Lu is the talent I wish to recommend to you. A month ago, I went to Zhenguo Temple incognito to burn incense and encountered him. From our conversation, I discovered that he is quite knowledgeable in military tactics."

"He especially talked about gunpowder, saying that if we had it, it would be easy for Great Yong to recover lost territory and conquer the battlefield."

"So I asked him to help me and transfer people here to develop gunpowder. Now that the gunpowder is ready, I specially invite the emperor to come here to witness it!"

Emperor Yong looked at Zhong Ning with complicated eyes. He had never heard of gunpowder, but his daughter gave him money, people, and farms just because of someone else's casual words, and now she even lured him over.

What if this can't be resolved later?

Gu Xiang on the side came forward happily. He originally thought that this Mr. Lu was also Princess Zhaohua's lover, but now he heard clearly that this was a military talent recruited by Princess Zhaohua.

"Your Majesty, since you are already here, your Highness is so filial, so you might as well take a look!" Prime Minister Gu advised.

Emperor Yong nodded slightly and looked at a black box placed on a small hill not far ahead with a piece of dirt. There was a fuse next to the box.

Behind the box, there are four dummies wearing armor and made of straw.

The whole scene looked very strange.

Emperor Yong frowned slightly. He wanted to see what kind of treasure that gunpowder was that could make Zhao Hua boast like that.

Lu Xingzhou stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the gunpowder's explosive power has a radius of three meters. Please step back a few steps to avoid being accidentally injured by the gunpowder."

After saying that, he stretched out his right hand and asked everyone to step back to a safe place!

He then picked up a lighter and lit the fuse extending from the black box, then stepped back suddenly to a safe distance away from the black box.

Sparks on the fuse flew along the fuse towards the black box. Then there was a "bang" and the black box suddenly exploded with great power. Thick black and gray smoke rose up, like flying sand and rocks, which scared everyone.

Emperor Yong subconsciously turned his head, closed his eyes and covered his ears.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked forward.

I saw that the small mound had been blown to ashes and razed to the ground, and the four scarecrows in armor were all blown to pieces.

Emperor Yong stared blankly at everything that happened before him, then took two steps forward to observe closely.

He truly felt the power of the so-called gunpowder and his eyes widened in surprise.

"This is a divine weapon, a divine weapon!" Emperor Yong shouted, "Well, Lu..."

"Lu Xingzhou..." Zhong Ning reminded.

"Yes, Lu Xingzhou, come here!" Emperor Yong waved excitedly, and Lu Xingzhou immediately stepped forward and bowed.

Emperor Yong patted Lu Xingzhou on the shoulder as if he had found a treasure. His expression was excited and extremely happy. He praised loudly: "Excellent, excellent. Today I know that there are such talents in my Great Yong. With such a magical weapon, the mere Nanzhao can easily defeat him!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on finding a good general!" Prime Minister Gu was also shocked by the power of the gunpowder. It took him a long time to react. He then hurried forward to congratulate him, and then continued, "Your Majesty, you really have a discerning eye for talent!"