Chen Yaozuo looked ahead with his mouth wide open, and the boulder that formed the small cliff had completely disappeared, leaving only a pile of rubble. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Is this- this is gunpowder? The mountains are all shattered? It's gone—"

Chen Yaozuo muttered, turning to look at Xu Ping.

Xu Ping said: "Yes, gunpowder can open mountains and break stones, and it is nothing to blow up a boulder." As long as it is used properly, quarrying is not a difficult task. ”

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult, with this kind of artifact, what's so difficult to level this Guangwu Mountain!" Chen Yaozuo came to his senses, and as he spoke, he stepped out first and went to the pile of rubble in front of him to watch carefully.

Xu Ping hurriedly led someone to follow, and said: "Be careful, there are rocks everywhere, don't be sure to watch your feet!" ”

Chen Yaozuo is an anxious child, where can he take care of so much? Staggering through the rubble, looking around. The soldiers on the side of the bridge saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to protect it.

After watching it for a while, Chen Yaozuo said to Xu Ping, who came up: "With such an explosion, the mountains and rocks that come out are only afraid that the people in command will be busy for a year, and there may not be so many!" ”

Xu Ping smiled: "Actually, it's not that magical, it's just that the gravel is floating on the ground!" Although gunpowder is powerful, someone needs to use it well. Lu Fang and their bridges and road armies have used gunpowder to open mountains and build roads all year round, so they have this effect. To really quarry, it is necessary to figure out the direction of the mountain and rock, and cooperate with gunpowder to receive miraculous results. The rework of utensils still depends on people to use. ”

Chen Yaozuo nodded: "That's right, I won't use it, and the gunpowder is just a firework." ”

After speaking, he called Lu Fang to his side, asked him in detail about his name, hometown, age and background, and said to Xu Ping: "Xu Longtu, you are too harsh on your subordinates, it seems that this kind of talent has military achievements, why are you still in the Xiang Army?" After two days, I will go up to the chapter and subordinate these bridges and lanes to the forbidden army, and the money, food, and clothing should be distributed according to the army! ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xianggong, these people are capable, but they have to be used to build bridges and pave roads." I've been trying to find a way to send more money and food, but I'm just attached to the forbidden army, or that's it. The general of the Sanya, how many people in the court can speak? When the time comes, they will be comfortable, but no one will do it to build bridges and pave roads. ”

"It also makes sense, we will discuss this matter later, and we can't bitter these people."

Not to mention that he is not a ruler now, even when he was in the political hall before, Chen Yaozuo couldn't control the Sanya Forbidden Army. As a Xiang army, whether it is the political affairs hall or the third division, or the local government, they can be mobilized and let them do things. Once it is subordinate to the Sanya as a forbidden army, it is no longer difficult to mobilize. Not to mention them, even the Privy Council can easily move the forbidden army.

The eight generals in charge of the army in Sanya, their status is analogous to that of Zaizhi, and Yulu is even higher than Zaizhi. The top three marshals, whose status is the same as that of the privy envoy, even if they see the prime minister, they are just singing a promise with a horizontal staff, and they don't need to salute. These people, unless they have the support of the emperor, the prime minister can't do anything about them, and the people under them can be used casually.

The Privy Council is in charge of the military and the government, not the army. If we compare Xu Ping's previous life, the Privy Council is only a part of the powers of the General Administration, the General Rear Department, and the General Assembly of the four general departments, and the authority of the most core General Staff is in the Sanya. Therefore, the Privy Council is more and more inclined to civilian officials in the later period, because what they do is civilian work. In history, it was not until the Jingkang national disaster and the complete collapse of the forbidden army that the status of the general of the Sanya army was lost. By that time, the forbidden army had been reduced to an irregular army, just like the Xiang army, and the Sanya was replaced by a new military management system.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping also knew that the treatment of the forbidden army was high, but he never had the idea of putting Lu Fang and others in the ranks of the forbidden army. In that case, the team will be completely out of their control, and to do similar construction work, a new team will have to be cultivated. He would rather use other means to compensate these people.

Chen Yaozuo looked at the blown out gravel, obviously a little excited, and said to Xu Ping: "Long Tu, let's go back and discuss." ”

Ordering people to clean up the scene so as not to cause unnecessary accidents, Xu Ping and his party went down to Guangwu Mountain.

When he arrived at the Three Emperors Temple, he sat down under the big ginkgo tree, and without waiting for the tea to come up, Chen Yaozuo said to Xu Ping excitedly: "Since there is such a divine object as gunpowder in your hand, it will be easy to quarry stones in Guangwu Mountain!" By the way, is there a lot of gunpowder in the hands of these bridge and road troops now, and is it expensive to use? ”

"Expensive - still a little expensive. Xiang Gong knew that Guangbei had been making gunpowder for the siege of the city, and the current gunpowder was about the same price as the previous gunpowder, and it was a little cheaper. As for the quantity, don't worry, use it as much as you can. ”

If gunpowder is not used on a large scale in warfare, it will not actually consume much, and there is a lot of surplus every year for the siege of the city, and Xu Ping is afraid that he will not be able to use it in the future due to dampness. In the past, gunpowder was used to set off smoke and ignite fires, so it was not very afraid of moisture, but now it is different, and once it is wet, it has to be reprocessed.

"Okay, where is the price like that before?" Chen Yaozuo rubbed his hands and said, "Since you have enough gunpowder in your hand, you will follow what Long Tu said before, and quarry stones near Guangwu Mountain." As for the manpower, some were transferred from the quarrying service in Jiagu, and some from the people of the four states, which was enough. Long Tu, I was thinking, now that there are enough stones, the embankment can be protected with large stones, which is much stronger than the original rammed earth. What do you think? ”

"It's good to be natural, but it takes a little longer to use manpower and time."

"The people in the four states have been transferred, and they are not afraid of lack of manpower!" Chen Yaozuo raised his hand. "If I don't fix the embankment a little better, how can I explain it to the others? The wooden dragon below, the rammed earth embankment behind, and the top is protected by large stones, so it's decided! There is a wooden dragon to kill the water, and the embankment is built a little wider and stronger, and it must be protected at least for several decades! ”

Xu Ping said: "It's naturally good, but it's a little harder to be a little harder." ”

The official served tea, Chen Yaozuo took a sip, and said loudly: "Although I am over seventy years old, I am in good health, what is this hard work!" Lian Po is still able to go into battle to kill the enemy, and it is just a trivial matter for me to repair the river! By the way, I heard that when Xu Longtu was in Yongzhou before, he used to build roads, and the local people benefited from it. Those roads are covered with big stones under the top, covered with small gravel on the top, feasible big cars, no ruts, not broken for many years, people call it 'Xu Highway', I don't know if it's not? ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "We are officials, as long as we can really benefit the party, the people will not forget it for many years, just like people call the embankment built by the prime minister 'Chen Gong Dike'." In fact, really speaking, Xianggong's construction has ensured the peace of the local people for decades, and what I have built is just a road. Those roads are indeed capable of carrying heavy loads in large carts, and are not afraid of being crushed. (To be continued.) )