Become a founding empress in ancient times with the system

Sheng Changan sorted out the rewards this time: the manufacturing method of catgut, a surgical book, a pair of hunting falcons, a hunting falcon training manual, an upgraded map, and five thousand taels of gold.

To be honest, she was actually very suspicious about the source of the gold. It didn't feel like it was produced by the system, but more like it was from this era, and it was from Jingguo.

Such suspicions have occurred more than once, but the system has solemnly guaranteed that the gold was obtained through legal channels.

She could only be skeptical.

A pair of hunting falcons, one male and one female, can deliver messages and hunt, focusing on the first person they see.

Sheng Changan touched his chin. This means that if it can be trained, it can also gather information like the eagles trained by the Xianbei.

There is also a map where you can view nearby resources at any lit location.

This time, the harvest was quite good. As for the book, she could only give it to Du Zhong. Catgut was a bit more difficult, the biggest hurdle being the lack of sheep.

Even though this place was close to the Xianbei, Jing was weak and the Xianbei were strong, so only Jing could send things over and it had no right to take anything back.

The people here don't know how to process it very well. Sheep have a strong smell, and not many people in Jingguo like to eat it. No one would specifically spend a high price to buy sheep from the Xianbei.

Sheng Changan looked at the two thousand taels of gold, and she had a hunch that the money would not last long in her hands.

But what is more important at the moment is to establish good water storage measures. Water holes can be built near nearby water sources. Sheng Changan carefully sketched it on paper.

The four walls of the stream well are built in the shape of a well with pine wood or pebbles, with pine wood used as beams and columns, and the surface is covered with pine wood or stone slabs. During droughts, the well mouth is opened to transport water to irrigate the fields.

But there are a lot of fields here, and at least one or two hundred like this need to be built, not just Guangping, Lanyang, and Shangyu. In this case, people must be sent to these two places.

Although Shangyu managed to survive this drought, its grain production has decreased significantly, and it may still need support from Guangping County next year.

However, Guangping County has added a lot of new population this time. So, considering the current situation, food is still relatively tight.

Both places need to be garrisoned. Lanyang is under construction, and Zhao Lu has dealt with many people in Shangyu, leaving about 5,000 people.

After all, there are still far from enough people, Sheng Changan raised his eyebrows and thought.

"Sir, Master Du is here." Wang Liu walked in with his men.

Sheng Changan was a little dazed, and then he remembered that Wang Qi had gone to work for Lin Chuan.

"Sir." Du Jingsheng bowed. He was a little curious why this sir suddenly remembered him.

"Master Du," Sheng Changan said with an especially warm smile, "I wonder if you have any plans to go out and do business next year?"

"Of course I do." He has so many people under him waiting to eat, not to mention that he now has two more children to raise. Although his wife opened a shop and the business is pretty good.

But as a man, he can't rely on his wife to support his family.

Sheng Changan handed over the paper he had prepared long ago, "I want to ask you to bring something back for me. How much money do I need? Ask Lin Chuan. Since you are entrusted by me this time."

"You are now a citizen of Guangping County, so the expenses of this trip will be borne entirely by the county." Now that she had money, she spoke more confidently.

Du Jingsheng was a little surprised, but it was also within his expectations. After a period of time, he also realized that this adult would not treat his own people unfairly and would treat everyone equally.

But? Du Jingsheng fell into deep thought. Huang Ya had brought back so much last time, and this time he actually wanted to buy more, including sand? Why was this list so strange?

"This sand seems to be available by the riverside. You just need to dig some for me. You don't need a lot, just one stone will be enough." That's only 120 kilograms.

Sheng Changan looked at him with a smile and said, "Buy as many yellow teeth as you can bring back."

She also didn't expect that there was no sulfur production in any of the three counties. If it didn't exist now, the price of sulfur would definitely rise after her gunpowder came out.

Although he wanted to ask, his wife had specifically told him before he came that he should just agree to whatever the master said and do more and ask fewer questions.

Although he was not smart in this regard, he still trusted his wife's words very much. "Okay."

At this moment, a loud noise was faintly heard in the air, and the two men's expressions did not change at all. There was no way, they had heard this sound too many times in recent times.

Everyone went from being panicked at the beginning to being accustomed to it. In addition, the county government issued another notice stating that they were researching something and asked everyone not to panic, as the distance was too far and it would not affect here.

"Puh, puh, puh" Feng Zhihong and Xu Ping patted the dirt off their bodies. Although the explosion happened very quickly, there was still a little interval of time. After studying the formula, it was probably what adults called explosives.

It’s just that these prisoners are not enough. At least twenty of them have died during this period of time. Now those people are terrified when they hear that we are coming here.

They shouted at them to kill them directly and that even death was not a threat to them. Feng Zhihong and others were helpless until Xu Qing appeared.

Although people were blown away, the effect was not so good at the beginning, so although these people lost their arms and legs, they were still alive.

Occasionally, their body parts would be found on the ground, and Xu Qing would run over to pick them up and sew them up. However, the results were not very good, and a few would die after being stitched together.

Then he thought of penicillin, under its influence, the mortality rate dropped a lot. His behavior attracted the attention of Eucommia ulmoides, and finally the two became accomplices.

Du Zhong's behavior is still normal, but Xu Qing...

Xu Qing did not waste those dead people. He said he wanted to make them into specimens as the adults mentioned. He pieced things together and barely put together a person.

However, when he was scraping the flesh off these limbs, he was seen by the Xianbei captives.

Xu Qing specially asked Zheng Jun to make an extremely sharp dagger, which could make flesh fall off with one cut.

He recently moved here in order to pick up body parts nearby. In his words, the person is already dead, so he might as well use it and save other people's lives.

These captives would occasionally pass by there and see this bloody scene. Xu Qing was wearing a hat, a mask, and clothes made during the plague.

He moved very quickly, and as he moved, the bones slowly came out. I heard that he had almost assembled a human skeleton.

Du Zhong was gradually attracted. He did not scrape the flesh, but used these people to test the medicine. He used the drug he had researched, and slowly reduced the dosage to see at what level people would feel pain. Although they did not die, their life was worse than death.

The degree of perversion of this team of masters and apprentices was simply outrageous, and of course this matter was brought to Sheng Changan's desk.

Sheng Changan was silent. What could she say? She had only mentioned it briefly at the time. She hadn't expected these two people to have such strong execution capabilities and to start taking action so quickly.

Although! However! The progress is significant. I heard that they also specially adjusted the dosage of penicillin for different weights and genders.

Some time ago, a soldier had his finger accidentally cut off during training. Xu Qing helped sew it up. Although there was some infection in the process, the result was good. The soldier's finger is currently intact and he has not heard anything wrong.

There was also a child about ten years old who had a severe cold. I heard that he almost died. It was Eucommia ulmoides who adjusted the dosage of penicillin and saved the child.

There are countless examples like this, which shows that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Moreover, prisoners are prisoners after all. If the people of Guangping County were captured now, she dared to say that their fate would be worse than theirs.

Besides, they weren't dead, were they? They were just in a little pain, but they wanted to die, and Feng Zhihong and the others could give them a quick death.

As for the bodies left behind with no one to deal with them, Xu Qing was just helping them collect the bones out of kindness. Moreover, these bones can be preserved forever and become history. Maybe part of their bodies can be seen by their families in the future.

In the end, Sheng Changan ignored the report with peace of mind.

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A Xianbei captive asked in broken Chinese, "Doesn't your king care?"

Feng Zhihong waved his hand and said, "You saw it too. I handed the letter in."

Seeing the desperate look on the man's face, Xu Ping consoled him, "It's okay. Just light the line and run faster. You won't die, and Xu Qing won't be able to do anything to you."

"If you run faster, you won't lose any limbs, and then neither of them will be able to do anything to you. Don't worry, we will never allow you to fall into their hands while you are still alive and well."

He looked sad and angry. "You said the same thing to my brother yesterday, and he still died."

"It's because of your brother's death that we adjusted the dosage. You will definitely be fine this time." Xu Ping continued to comfort.

"You said the same thing yesterday."

Xu Qing was amazed and said, "Master, they ask the same questions every day, aren't you tired?"

Du Zhong shook his head. "Who knows? It's a pity that there are not many prisoners left. Li Cheng is in charge of the iron mine now. He is very strict and keeps a close watch on the remaining prisoners."

"Engineer Feng only has three left, including this one! What a pity, I'm only missing one skull. Master, my lord and I saw a perfect skeleton on the road."

Xu Qing recalled, "Those bones looked very beautiful at first glance."

Du Zhong looked disgusted. In the beginning, in order to save time, he heard that there was a person who knew a little about medicine, so he took him in. Who knew that this person would be so talkative and now even a pervert.

The Xianbei captive looked around. The security here was very tight and there were people surrounding him. When some of them appeared, the bows in their hands were fully strung.

It’s not like someone hasn’t tried this before, but they were all caught with arrows in their bodies and eventually handed over to Du Zhong.

Looking at the two people who were staring at him from the side, he could only surrender. Of course, even if he thought it would be better to die, he still wanted to live if he could.

After the fire started, he ran with almost all his might. In the end, he was a little bit incredulous when he survived. He was a tall man, but the moment the explosion sounded, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

But luckily nothing happened to him.

Du Zhong and the other two felt a little regretful.

Feng Zhihong and the others were excited, which meant that after such a long time, they finally made it, and the next step would be mass production.

Unfortunately, this thing cannot withstand moisture. They have to find a way to make it usable on rainy days. Besides, there are not many yellow teeth left.

As for now, of course, we should quickly tell the adults that the explosives have finally been made.

Sheng Changan let out a breath of warm air. The weather was getting colder and colder, and most of the work had stopped recently.

Only the inner city of Lanyang County was built, and since there was no clay there, all the clay had to be transported from Guangping County, which inevitably took a lot of time on the road.

Moreover, this county town is not rich in resources, and many things need to be purchased from other places. Even necessities like salt are not available.

She could only have people transplant some of the salt marsh trees over there, and most of the people who originally belonged to Lanyang County were still willing to return to their homeland, but their number was still too small.

Finally, she selected a thousand new refugees and two thousand soldiers led by Hu Yu to be stationed in Lanyang County.

Gao Qiang led 3,000 people to Shangyu. Fortunately, Shangyu County had clay, which made it much ahead of Lanyang in building city walls.

Sheng Changan sighed, and saw the person standing aside was about to start writing, "Wait, you don't have to write this."

She didn't expect that Chen Hanlin would take the lead and arrange someone to record her affairs with everyone's approval.

In their words, as an emperor, she definitely needs people to record her daily behavior so that her great achievements can be spread.

In the future, other people will be able to see how much she has done, and it will also be useful for compiling history books.

Of course, she understood very well that every emperor had such people around him. What she didn't understand was that before she rebelled, there were people following her day and night.

I heard that for convenience, they specially selected two women, whose rooms were right next to hers. They rotated day and night, and even recorded how many times she got up at night.

If she took just one more bite of food, they would write it down in their records, saying that on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, the future empress and current magistrate of Guangping County, Lord Sheng, liked to eat something.

Or if she chatted with others for a few minutes, it would be recorded truthfully.

So she is now particularly concerned about her image. After all, she doesn't want her scandal to be recorded in history. Her originally slightly lazy sitting posture has become straighter.

It was okay if she could just endure it for a while. After half a month, her biggest gain was that she could not show her emotions on her face. Now she is increasingly unable to bear it.

Every time someone came to report something, she would look at them with resentment.

Of course, what she didn't know was that this incident was also recorded, but not in a proper record book.

Hearing the noise outside, Sheng Changan was a little curious. Usually, she would have gone out long ago. After working for a long time, people always need to rest. This is her principle.

It's just that due to the heavy workload during this period, she really can't get away, and when she does have some free time, it's not very convenient.

"Master" Changqing ran in. It was the New Year and the school was on winter vacation, so he returned to live in the mansion.

"Sir, today is your birthday, and everyone is here."

Sheng Changan was delighted, but he managed to keep his composure. "Xiao Zhu, today is my birthday. To celebrate, I'm giving you a day off. Have a good rest."

She thought about it, looked at the adults, and finally put the things away.

Sheng Changan was satisfied. When he walked outside, he found that Wu Xiancheng and others had arrived.

"Sir, sir, it's out, it's done," a breathless voice came over.

"What?" Sheng Changan was still a little unresponsive.

"Dynamite, dynamite is made."

Sheng Changan was overjoyed. "What? Really?"

The people around were brushing the records: In the winter of the twelfth year of Emperor Sheng's birthday, Engineer Feng brought good news that explosives had been invented, and Emperor Sheng was overjoyed.