In addition, there are also royal handicraft industries such as the silkworm room and the lacquer garden.

Why was the imperial power so powerful at that time?

It is the royal family itself that has a huge industry, and there is no need for foreign appropriations at all.

It can even support the treasury of foreign countries in times of natural disasters and wars......

Can personality be independent only if you are financially independent?

The same is true when it comes to national affairs.

Unlike later generations, the royal estate was poorly managed. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, hundreds of thousands of acres of imperial villages only earned a few thousand taels of silver a year.

Where does this make sense?

It is no wonder that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was lusted to death by the foreign courtiers!

This Yusu understands this truth very well, so he naturally rebuilds Shaofu.

And the place where Tao Xiaowu is going to alchemy now belongs to the jurisdiction of Shaofu.

It is located in the forest garden of the royal garden, and a piece of thousands of acres of land has been directly carved out for the alchemy of the monks.

The surroundings are even more inhabited, only a feather forest army is stationed nearby, which can be regarded as protecting this alchemy workshop.

Of course, these Yulin troops would not stop Tao Xiaowu from entering.

Although Yu Su didn't like Tao Xiaowu very much, Tao Xiaowu wanted to refine some pills, and Yu Su would not be stingy.

Not to mention that there is still the face of the Marquis of Wanyang!

At this time, accompanied by Wanyang Hou Suhe, after a brief inspection of the token, the group passed through the sentry and came to this alchemy workshop.

"This is a royal land, is the censorship so lax?"

Tao Xiaowu was a little strange and asked.

Su Yang smiled and said, "Although such places are important, the output of the royal workshop is not secretly offered to the royal family, but also to be taken out to reward the ministers and supply military supplies."

You even have to take it out and sell it, how tightly guarded can it be?"

Tao Xiaowu had to admit that this made sense, and whether the guards were strict or not was still relative.

For outsiders, the guards may be very strict, but for the imperial magnates, they will not be too strict!

Thinking about this, Tao Xiaowu understood why Yu Su was so generous to him.

This kind of thing, there is really no need to be stingy!

The environment of the alchemy workshop and the place where Tao Xiaowu lived was very similar.

Also on the island in the middle of the lake, there is only one road that connects to the outside world.

The only difference is that Tao Xiaowu lives in Wanyang Houfu, no matter how big the Hou Mansion is, the artificial lake is only a few dozen acres.

However, the artificial lake where these alchemy workshops are located in front of him is more than ten kilometers in size.

The islands in the lake also cover hundreds of acres in size.

The group inspected the tokens and set foot on the island, and soon saw thick smoke billowing out, exhaust fumes, and the smell of sulfur saltpeter filling their mouths and noses.

Tao Xiaowu's face changed slightly: "Could it be that this workshop is not only refining pills, but also refining gunpowder?"

No, it shouldn't be!

This world shouldn't be equipped with gunpowder!"

As a traverser, even a cultivator like Tao Xiaowu would not ignore something like flames.

In fact, Tao Xiaowu had also refined things like thunder pills before.

It's no stranger to these!

He knew very well that perhaps it was the difference in the laws of time and space that led to subtle changes in the composition of matter, mutations in the rules of physics, and such a thing as flame was unworthy.

Tao Xiaowu tried to prepare gunpowder, no matter how he adjusted the formula, the flames that were refined were all light burning and did not explode.

Or even after the explosion, the power is pitiful, and it can't compare to the firecrackers of later generations.

Since it is not preparing gunpowder, then it must be refining Waidan.

You must know that this kind of thing is not as many people imagine, it is refined with various herbs, and even natural treasures, thousand-year-old ginseng, and 10,000-year-old He Shou Wu.

In fact, some of these herbs and herbs may be needed for the refining of the Wai Dan.

But what is used more is still the thing of gold and stone!

What is a thing of gold and stone?

To put it bluntly, it is a heavy metal mineral!

For example, the most commonly used are mercury, realgar, and cinnabar.

With this heavy metal mineral to refine Waidan, it is no wonder that in the original world history, so many high-ranking officials and nobles, the emperor ate each other to death!

Including the famous Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and even emperors like Yongzheng, it is no secret that even Jiajing takes red lead drugs?

After eating so many people to death, it is no wonder that the way of Wai Dan declined in later generations and was almost completely lost!

And this Dayu actually has such a large-scale alchemy workshop, could it be that this Yu Su wants to make people addicted to drugs?

Just like the original world in the Wei and Jin eras, Wushi Powder was popular all over the world, did it become a trend?

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, in order to pursue excitement, the entire aristocratic class became popular.

The so-called Wei and Jin demeanor is actually just that after taking and dispersing, the effect of the medicine attacks, the whole body is hot, the head is crazy, and the madness is just crazy!

This kind of thing is an ancient poison, product, Yu Su wants to use this kind of thing to control the ministers, and even the entire bureaucracy and aristocracy?

"Now the country is trying to revitalize and expand the army. and even sacrificed divine soldiers and trained military generals.

That's why there is more and more need for these elixirs, so I set up a workshop here!

Especially if Mr.'s madness technique is spread all over the world, it is estimated that this alchemy workshop will expand more than ten times!"

Wanyang Hou didn't know what Tao Xiaowu was thinking in his stomach, so he opened his mouth and smiled.

Tao Xiaowu suddenly realized and laughed dumbly.

I'm really thinking too much.

Controlling the forces of his subordinates by external forces is a means that does not enter the rivers and lakes.

No politically wise person would do such a stupid thing.

That is, the Star Sect, the Demon Sect, these sects that are not on the table, will use some means such as life and death charms to control their subordinates!

In fact, it is a hundred times better to control people's hearts with power, interests, organizations, and general momentum than any kind of medicine.

No matter how stupid Yu Su is, he won't do that kind of thing!

These elixirs should all be used for body refining!

But......

Tao Xiaowu suddenly asked suspiciously: "Although the world has not been completely calmed, the momentum of Dayu sweeping the world has been completed, and the remaining princes are just lambs to be slaughtered, just to survive."

Why does the country still need to expand its army and train secret generals?"

The world is peaceful, natural knives and guns are put into storage, and horses are put in Nanshan.

This has been the case for all dynasties and dynasties!

Just like another world, Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor who can be compared with Yusu, said that after the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the soldiers and horses of the county were abolished, and the strong cadres and weak branches were strengthened.

even transformed the home of the meritorious warriors into a family of poetry and Confucianism.

So much so that a hundred years later, almost all the great clans of the Eastern Han Dynasty used scriptures to pass on their families, and they no longer paid attention to force!

This is what the rulers of the past should do after pacifying the world.

But what does this Yu Su want to do?

Seeing that the whole world is about to be pacified, and there is no more big battle to be fought, why do you continue to cultivate elite troops? A master general who cultivates the secret method of soldiers?