Chapter 769 Yang Xiao's strangeness!
And these are all what he dreamed of, and now they are obtained at one time!
"My minister Zheng Yue, thank Your Majesty for your kindness. Long live my emperor!" Zheng Yue shouted excitedly and vented his excitement with shouting long live!
When many ministers saw this scene, they couldn't help but recall their experience in their career. Except for Zhang Feizi, everyone here climbed from the bottom. They were exhausted to climb a level one and were as difficult as they could be. But now, they have only been in the military department for a few days and have become eighth-rank officials.
envious!
Many ministers regretted becoming an official. If they had known that craftsmen were so popular, they would have worked as craftsmen. Maybe they would have been granted titles to be marquis now.
"I will not treat any hero who contributed to the Qin Dynasty badly. This is what you deserve. Get up and don't kneel down!" Ying Chang raised his hand with a smile on his face!
"Thank you Your Majesty!" Zheng Yue burst into tears in his eyes.
Another big man was crying!
In the following time, Fang Zi introduced the other armed forces divisions involved in artillery research one by one. After some introduction, Ying Chang learned about each armed forces division involved in artillery research, and then enthroned them. Except for Zheng Yue, the rest were enthroned for the title of the ninth rank, with a bounty of 100 taels, and given the name of the national craftsman!
For a moment, twenty armed forces of different ages shed tears of excitement.
After working hard for more than half a year, it’s all worth it!
"Fang Aiqing, how much is the cost of an ugly cow cannon?" Ying Chang looked at Fang Zi calmly and asked.
This question is very critical, a very important question, and it is also the question that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Jaro wants to ask the most.
Fang Zi frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought between his eyebrows. After pondering for a moment, he replied: "Reply to Your Majesty, the weight of an ugly cow cannon is 30,000 kilograms of pure iron, which means at least 30,000 kilograms of pure iron is needed. 30,000 kilograms of pure iron requires 50,000 kilograms of iron ore. The price of the Iron Smelting Department to purchase iron ore is 10,000 kilograms of iron ore. In other words, the pure iron cost of an ugly cow cannon alone costs 500,000 kilograms of silver, equivalent to 5,000 taels of silver!"
"In addition to labor costs, labor costs don't need to be settled. This is already in the overall budget of the Ministry of War. It is mainly shells. The cost of a shell is one hundred taels of silver!"
"What, one hundred taels, what is the shell loaded? Could it be that it contains all silver?" Jia Luo, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, couldn't help but exclaim, and was shocked.
Fang Zi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Mr. Jia, the shells contain gunpowder, which is composed of nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. These three are actually not rare things. As long as you are willing, it is easy to get it, but if you have it, it is a problem!"
"Although many merchants in Daqin opened nitrite, their mining technology was limited and they could not provide a large amount of it. The labor cost was very high. As the saying goes, rare things were expensive. It is precisely because of this that fireworks became luxury goods. Ordinary people could not afford fireworks at all, and the same is true for shells!"
Hearing this sentence, Ying Chang couldn't help but turn his head to look at Pei Ji, thinking, how much does Pei Ji spend just now set off millions of fireworks?
It was true that the sound of a cannon sounded, and it was a thousand taels of gold!
"Can't you reduce the cost?" Jaro said bitterly.
One hundred taels of shells, ten thousand taels, and one hundred tons is ten thousand taels. Jaro could imagine that if the cannon fell into the hands of the army, the generals would not be polite to him. They would definitely have hundreds of cannons. At that time, tens of thousands of taels of silver would be wasted.
"How can we reduce the weapon in the army?" Bai Qi, who had been silent, scolded!
Jaro shrank his neck and dared not continue talking.
"Can this ugly cow can be disassembled?" Ying Chang continued to ask.
"Yes!" Fang Zi replied without hesitation.
Hearing this, Ying Chang felt relieved. If the ugly cow cannon could not be disassembled, it would be really troublesome. A big guy of 30,000 pounds could not be pulled at all without more than a dozen horses. Even if he could move, it was still the speed of a snail. At that time, one cannon would lower the speed of the entire army's marching speed, and the distance that could reach a day would have to take four or five days.
It is much more convenient to disassemble it. It is broken into pieces and pulling a cart of cars greatly improves the efficiency of artillery transportation.
"It's best to be disassembled, okay, let's do it first. The specific matters will be discussed tomorrow. By the way, Zhang Aiqing, when will Yin Hai return to Xianyang?" Ying Chang turned to look at Zhang Feizi and asked.
Zhang Feizi bent down and replied: "Go back to Your Majesty, calculate the time. I guess Governor Yin has arrived in Xianyang. I guess he is resting at home now!"
"Send someone to send an order to Yin Hai, and order Qi Chen to enter the palace to participate in the court meeting!" Ying Chang continued.
"Abide by the order!" Zhang Feizi responded respectfully.
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After a while, Ying Chang and his men left the weapons test site and returned to Xianyang Palace!
The moment of Yin!
Ying Chang, Pei Ji and a thousand imperial guards finally returned to the palace. After returning to the palace, Pei Ji left only Cao Zhen and ten Xianyang Palace Wuwei, and the rest returned to their residences. Ying Chang brought Pei Ji, Cao Zhen and ten Xianyang Palace Wuwei to Ganquan Palace!
Ganquan Palace!
The lights of Ganquan Palace were turned off, and it was pitch black. There were ten Ganquan Palace Wuwei guards guarding in front of the palace gate. In order not to disturb Yang Xiao's rest, Ying Changchang did not yell or let Ganquan Palace Wuwei Changxiyang go to report, but walked into the Ganquan Palace Master Hall alone.
After entering the main hall, Ying Chang touched the bedroom again. As soon as he entered the bedroom, he saw Yang Xiao, who was on the phoenix, looking at him with his big eyes open.
"You haven't fallen asleep yet?" Ying Chang raised his eyebrows, obviously not expecting that Yang Xiao hadn't fallen asleep at this time.
Yang Xiao stood up from the phoenix with a tired look on his face. At this time, she was wearing a loose red inner robe. She was so angry that she could see Ying Chang's sharp-eyed eyes, even her red bellyband, and she couldn't help but feel a fire on her abdomen.
Yang Xiao walked behind Ying Chang barefoot and untied his robes, "Tell you something, I'm pregnant!" Yang Xiao said in a humble voice while untiing Ying Chang's robes.
"Ah?" Ying Chang was stunned suddenly, and the fire that had just caught his abdomen was extinguished in an instant.
Ying Chang turned around suddenly, picked up Yang Xiao, pressed his face against Yang Xiao's cheek, and smiled with a strong smile on his face: "Today is a happy couple, hahaha!"
"Oh~" Yang Xiao sighed with a sad expression, gently pushed away Ying Chang's arms, walked silently to the edge of Fengdai, and then sat on the head of the bed in a daze, looking like he was stunned.
Seeing Yang Xiao being abnormal inexplicably, Ying Chang couldn't help but frown, and immediately stepped beside Yang Xiao, sat down gently, with a look of confusion and worry, "Why do you feel like this? Do you don't want this child?"
Chapter completed!