Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"What is this?"

Qin Ming took the rosewood box, opened it with confusion, and saw a gray ice silkworm.

This ice silkworm has been there for who knows how long. It is already dead, but it has never rotted.

"Your Majesty, this is a thousand-year-old ice silkworm. If you can grind it into powder and eat it alone, you will be immune to all poisons."

Chang Baishan wanted Qin Ming to save his life, as he was the backbone of the Southern Dynasty.

But Qin Ming suddenly had an idea and asked an outrageous question.

"Can you make multiple portions, with a smaller dosage of Millennium Ice Silkworm, so that everyone can resist the miasma?"

"Using this as a medicinal ingredient, a poison-repellent pill can be made that will make people fearless of miasma... I'm not quite sure."

Chang Baishan was stunned for a moment, but still couldn't catch up with Qin Ming's train of thought.

"Give it a try. Go get all the pharmacists in the workshop."

"Your Majesty, please eat it yourself. This is my heirloom. What if it gets wasted..."

Chang Baishan refused immediately with great remorse.

Qin Ming patted his shoulder and said:

"It's meaningless for me to take it alone. It can't compare to a huge army. But if the Millennium Ice Silkworm can make hundreds or even thousands of soldiers resist the miasma, the Taiping Mountains will be ours!"

"……I see."

Chang Baishan was still very clear-headed, so he turned around and went out, and soon brought back a group of pharmacists.

Any technician in Qin Ming's workshop is one of the best in the world.

Just like these pharmacists, they not only understand the existence of bacteria, but also know the effects of various antibiotics.

Their research was hundreds of years ahead of many pharmacists of this era.

So after Qin Ming proposed the idea of ​​using thousand-year-old ice silkworms to make medicine, everyone present fell into deep thought, but no one said no.

Soon, one of the pharmacists said to Qin Ming:

"Your Majesty, as long as the Millennium Ice Silkworm exists, any dosage can be made, but it may require some precious medicinal herbs as a supplement to amplify the efficacy."

"Yes, if you calculate it this way, each soldier would cost at least several hundred taels of silver. The cost is too high."

These pharmacists, concerned about the cost, all wanted to advise Qin Ming.

Each person invested hundreds of taels of silver, but still didn't get the priceless thousand-year-old ice silkworm.

"Silver is only valuable if you spend it. Let's make medicine."

Qin Ming knew the value of this thing, but if his soldiers could pass through the miasma, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to Yan Guangshou.

This is the effect of spending money.

"Since Your Majesty has decided, we will start tonight."

After determining the cost, everyone prepared to set off.

Qin Ming stopped them and asked:

"By the way, how many do you think you can make?"

The leading pharmacists looked at each other and said to Qin Ming with great confidence:

"The whole army."

"What if I bring 6,000 men?"

"enough."

"Six thousand then."

Qin Ming took a deep breath and brought Chang Baishan to Fengziying to dispatch soldiers.

Wu Qingye had been waiting here early, and walked forward when he saw Qin Ming coming.

"Your Majesty, what is the matter?"

"Arrange 6,000 troops to follow me into the mountains."

Qin Ming told Wu Qingye everything about Changbai Mountain submitting the thousand-year-old ice silkworm.

"Thousand-year-old ice silkworms... a specialty of the Western Regions. Old Chang, you hid it quite well. I didn't expect your family to be as wealthy as a nation!"

"In my early years, my ancestor traveled to the Western Regions and happened to obtain this item."

"This is called... a lucky find, right?"

Listening to the two people chatting, Qin Ming's heart moved, and he suddenly grasped some key information.

"A specialty of the Western Regions?"

"Yes, it's a specialty of the Western Regions, but it's almost extinct now."

Wu Qingye is in a good mood now. He knows that there is a way to cross the Taiping Mountains. The most important sword in their war is placed in the right position.

All that remains is to execute the plan and wait for the sword to be unsheathed.

But Qin Ming did not stop, instead he wanted to expand his advantage.

"Someone, get some paper and pen."

Under the surprised gazes of the two, Qin Ming picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote a few letters.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to ask the Western Regions for something?"

Wu Qingye hurriedly stopped Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, please save yourself the trouble. It would be embarrassing to be rejected. If you use a treasure like this, there will be one less. The people in the Western Regions will definitely not give it to you."

"They will give it to me, and I can get the locomotive."

Qin Ming raised his head and spoke seriously.

The Western Regions have already tasted the benefits of railways and have even begun to build their own railways.

However, the locomotive has always been Qin Ming’s top secret.

Not to mention the internal combustion engine, they didn't even understand the structure of the steam engine.

Even if we understand it, there is no professional factory that can produce high-precision parts.

So if they want to build a railway, they need to always look at Qin Ming's opinion.

This is the technological advantage.

Qin Ming's many factory clusters have built up technological barriers, making it impossible for other countries to catch up in the short term.

Naturally, they can only take Qin Ming as the leader.

But if a locomotive is given, the Western Region can build its own railway tracks to connect many areas.

That way they won't be restricted anymore.

"I see……"

Chang Baishan and Wu Qingye suddenly stopped talking.

They know how big a bang this decision will have.

"Your Majesty, is this really necessary?"

Chang Baishan looked at Qin Ming hesitantly.

“And of course, don’t forget the internal combustion engine.”

"Iterative technology in exchange for greater resources is a good thing. Besides, I don't have the money to manage the railway in the Western Region anymore."

Qin Ming's future target was the northern wilderness after the northern tribes retreated.

It has never been developed and has countless resources.

Building factories or directly mining on site can give him a lot of power to fight against the State of Yan.

"Your Majesty, if they really send the Millennium Ice Silkworm, what will happen to our frontline battlefield?"

At this time, Wu Qingye asked a more important question.

Their personnel were marching through the Taiping Mountains, and they needed to leave a large number of people behind to transport food and weapons, which they would airdrop into the mountains and forests every once in a while.

Six thousand have gone now, and if another six thousand can be added next time, the number of people on the front battlefield will become fewer and fewer.

"That's fine. When the number reaches around 10,000, we can send the medicine directly to the front lines."

"Send to the front line!?"

"What good would it do them to eat it?"

Both of them were puzzled.

Qin Ming smiled and said to Chang Baishan:

"Of course it's useful. Separate the frontline troops who have taken the medicine. Fight normally in normal battles, and leave them to me in critical situations."

"Ah? If you're sure, I can definitely do it, but it's going to cost millions of taels of silver, right?"

"Yes, but it's helpful."

Qin Ming smiled mysteriously and said with a deep gaze.

He has many plans in his mind, which are interconnected and impossible to understand.

As generals under Qin Ming, it was impossible for them to ask Qin Ming to explain the overall plan on the spot.

I had no choice but to nod and then disperse.