The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Song Ci went out of the palace with the seven princes, and was immediately warmly invited by Xiao Yiheng, Xiao Lie and Xiao Jing, and they couldn't wait to recruit him. It's a pity that Song Ci came for Xiao Rui, so why would he fancy other people.

I regard Xianwang as the only one, you other vulgar fans go away!

So naturally he declined with an excuse.

Walking out of the Meridian Gate, the princes boarded their carriages and left.

Xiao Rui got into the carriage, turned to look at Song Ci, who happened to turn around too, and saw him salute Xiao Rui respectfully, Xiao Rui nodded, returned the salute, and the two of them left without saying anything.

Back to Prince Xian's mansion, the leopard is waiting in the mansion.

"How's it going? Have you memorized the test book?" Xiao Rui asked.

The Golden Leopard said respectfully: "Your Highness, the villain has spent a lot of effort and finally finished memorizing it. If the exam questions are really from it, the villain will not be able to win the Jinshi and rank. There is no problem with Jinshi's background."

Xiao Rui glanced at him, and snorted, "Born as a Jinshi? Do you want to die faster? Don't you know what level you are?"

Bao Bao smiled awkwardly, and said: "I understand, I just have a daydream, the goal of the villain is to be born with Jinshi, and to be listed on the list is just a lintel, which is the villain's lifelong wish."

Xiao Rui nodded, he didn't dare to act recklessly, did he really think that as good as himself, he could easily win the number one prize?

"Oh, by the way, you are from Hangzhou Prefecture, but have you ever heard of the mass murder of the Zheng family in Huzhou Prefecture five years ago?" Xiao Rui asked.

Golden Leopard nodded and said: "Of course I've heard of it. It was a sensational case. The Zheng family is the richest businessman in Huzhou Prefecture. Their financial resources are not inferior to our Jin family's Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. Who would have thought that they would be wiped out by the thieves?" , It is said that the death was so tragic that the servants who arrived at the scene were sick. Your Highness, why did you remember to ask about this matter?"

"Just asking casually, it's okay. By the way, I haven't seen Shen Wansan recently, where did he go?" Xiao Rui asked.

Jin Bao said: "Uncle Shen is busy studying bamboo papermaking and clay movable type printing. This is the top priority assigned by His Highness, and he dare not neglect it."

That's right, His Majesty asked about the progress of bamboo paper and clay movable type printing in the past two days, but he was excused by himself. In fact, it was Xiao Ruiguang who was thinking about conspiracy and tricks, and kept saying that he would supervise the research process. I didn't participate, and I don't know where it is now.

Shen Wansan is also sincere, and if there is any problem, he will solve it with the craftsmen himself, and he doesn't want to ask himself.

Having said that, it seems that I haven't even paid attention to the research of black powder, so I leave it to Wu Zhanfa to watch.

Forehead

No way, I'm too busy.

It happened to be empty today, Xiao Rui became interested and shouted outside the room: "Gao Quan!"

"Your Highness, the villain is here." Gao Quan entered the room and waited.

Xiao Rui made arrangements: "Go and invite Mr. Wen He and Mr. Feng Xiao, and prepare two carriages and manpower, and we will go out of the city after the meeting. Oh, by the way, keep a little concealed and don't reveal your identity."

"Yes!" Gao Quan immediately went down to make arrangements, and soon, Jia Xu and Guo Jia came.

Xiao Rui stretched out his hand to invite the two to sit down, and said, "Mr. Wenhe, Fengxiao, the sun is shining today, why don't you go to Huben Pavilion to have a look?"

Huben Pavilion is the secret base built by Xiao Rui. It was a manor, located in a valley not far from Northwest Daying. The location was quiet. It was originally the property of an old rich man, but it was bought by Wu Zhanfa, including dozens of acres of surrounding land. It became Xiao Rui's private property.

He went to blackmail Zhuge Yuanba's dignitaries, but he was so stingy that he didn't want to let the soldiers of the Iron Dragon Riders serve as his guards. In the end, he found a lot of veterans who had been veterans of the army and were not inferior to the Imperial Army. , leaving them as guards in Huben Pavilion.

Today, projects such as bamboo papermaking, movable clay calligraphy, black gunpowder, and liquor purification are all being carried out in the Huben Pavilion. Years ago, they said that they would go and see for themselves when the renovation of the Huben Pavilion was completed. Now it’s already February. , haven't been there yet.

The master himself is really big-hearted.

"I thought His Highness had forgotten about the Huben Pavilion." Jia Xu laughed, and he went there more than a dozen times, so one can imagine how lazy Xiao Rui is.

"Yes, yes." Guo Jia also learned badly, and even nodded in agreement. No way, even Guo Jia later went to Huben Pavilion several times.

Xiao Rui clutched his forehead, he found out, let these two people hang out together, he didn't kill his opponent first, but first destroyed his sense of superiority.

etc.

If the future comes to Zhuge Liang?

Hey, these three are interesting.

The carriage was ready, Li Yuanfang and Wei Guang drove and escorted Xiao Rui, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Golden Leopard out of the city in a low-key manner.

After leaving the city, he went straight to the northwest along the official road. After walking for more than ten miles, he came to a fork in the road connecting the official road.

A huge valley is located among the hills, covering dozens of acres, and there is a manor in the depths, which is currently burning with smoke. At this time, in front of the gate of the manor, there was a tough old soldier holding hands. Knowing that King Xian was coming, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him. Wu Zhanfa had known in advance that His Highness was coming, so he was also waiting in front of the gate.

Xiao Rui got off the carriage and said to everyone, "Let's walk in."

Everyone naturally has no objection.

Xiao Rui entered the manor and saw that the land in the manor was planted with wheat seedlings. At this time, it was green, and he asked: "Battle, how many guards are there in the manor now?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the sixty-six people are all veterans introduced by Commander Zhuge, and all of them have been investigated and selected as innocent people, so they can be trusted." Wu Zhanfa said.

Xiao Rui said: "Then give them good enough rewards to make them willing to work hard. In addition, there are too few sixty-six people, and the secrets in the Huben Pavilion are of great importance. There must be enough personnel to act as guards. hiring."

According to the system of the Great Xia Kingdom, the prince is granted the title of prince, a golden book and gold treasures, and a yearly salary of ten thousand stones. There are as few as 1,000 guards and as many as 3,000, and they belong to the Ministry of War. Mianfu Cheqi mansion is the first class under the emperor.

Although it is such a system, which prince dares to have this scale, except for the imperial army, one or two hundred guards in the palace is considered too much. Like King Xian's Mansion, apart from the 300 imperial guards dispatched by His Majesty, there are only 80 or 90 guards belonging to the Ministry of War.

Of course, this is because in the capital, there is no need for so many guards, and it is also to avoid taboos. When there are too many people causing trouble, and being impeached by the censor, the gain outweighs the gain.

Like Xiao Yuan, His Majesty dispatched him to a place. Before he left, His Majesty arranged for 3,000 guards. It was a small army, and he couldn't lose the face of the royal family.

However, since there is such a system, Xiao Rui dares to recruit people blatantly. Veterans who have been discharged from the army all retain their military registration in the Ministry of War, so in a sense they are also affiliated to the Ministry of War, but they have not registered in the register. Being impeached is also irrelevant, and it won't hurt the fur.

"This subordinate understands." Seeing that Xiao Rui attached so much importance to the defense of Huben Pavilion, Wu Zhanfa immediately took this matter to heart.

Xiao Rui pointed to the land full of wheat seedlings again, and said: "Directly transform this place into a school field. When the time comes, there will be more people, and it will be used for training. In addition, the research and development of black powder requires a field test explosion, which can be done easily." Things that blow up people must be cautious."

"Your subordinate understands." Wu Zhanfa was overjoyed, he had wanted to reform a long time ago, but it was a pity that His Highness didn't come, and if he didn't issue an order, who would dare to do it.

While walking, Xiao Rui told Wu Zhanfa how to transform the manor according to the thinking of his previous life.

Gradually, in everyone's minds, a brand new manor was born. This place is no longer a paradise for vegetation and vegetables, but just like his name, Huben Pavilion, has become a fierce, restrained, secret base with sharp claws .

Walking to the depths of the manor, in addition to the original house, a simple bamboo shed was built with bamboo, and many work areas were divided, and the products studied in each work area were different.

Hearing that Xiao Rui was coming, Shen Wansan and Ge Hong called more than sixty craftsmen out to meet him.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Xian!" Everyone bowed their hands.

Xiao Rui looked at the craftsmen with different looks, but they were full of energy, and nodded sincerely. As his dense base, Xiao Rui naturally wanted to say some words of encouragement:

"Starting today, this king promises that the salary of all craftsmen in Huben Pavilion will be three times that of the craftsmen in the capital! This is the first rule!"

"The second rule! For those who have made outstanding contributions in research, invention and creation, and solved difficult problems, this king will reward them according to the difficulty of the problem. This king can guarantee that the minimum reward will start from fifty taels of silver! "

"Article 3! From now on, all craftsmen will be divided into grades according to their level. Third-class craftsmen, second-class craftsmen, first-class craftsmen, and master craftsmen, four grades! Third-class craftsmen enjoy three times the salary, and second-class craftsmen enjoy four Double the salary, first-class craftsmen enjoy five times the salary, master craftsmen, ten times the salary! The grade evaluation will be based on your ability and contribution!"

"Article 4! When you become a first-class craftsman, you can enjoy free housing, and your children can go to private schools for free."

"Article 5 is a bigger surprise, and it will be kept secret for now."

"The Huben Pavilion is a place to study the important weapon of the country and benefit all generations. This king hopes that you will face up to the difficulties! As long as you pay, I will reward you generously!"

Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other, and they smiled at each other.

His Highness has grown up and has his own ideas and plans for everything, which is very rare. There must be brave men under great rewards, and now they are given treatment that they can't even imagine in their dreams. It is not to draw big cakes for them, or to put hot cakes that have just come out of the oven in front of them, which makes these ordinary craftsmen dumbfounded. Next, it is salivating.

Because they never thought that they would be so valued.

In an instant, the sluggish craftsmen reflected and kowtowed in gratitude.

Xiao Rui nodded, but his tone suddenly became cold, and said: "Of course, the rewards are rich and the competition is fierce. This king will ask Wu Zhanfa to create a strict promotion system. Similarly, if you don't have this ability, you will be directly promoted." disuse!"

"yes!"

All the craftsmen have worked hard, which is the pursuit of the vision of future life.

Xiao Rui waved his hand to let the craftsmen disperse and continue working, and he came to the main hall.

Shen Wansan reported the research progress of improved papermaking technology. Papermaking technology is divided into four steps. The first is the separation of raw materials, the second is beating, the third is papermaking, and the fourth is drying. Bamboo paper is based on the improved papermaking technology. , using bamboo that has never been made into paper as a raw material, and further inventing bamboo paper. After all, other raw materials are in short supply, but the bamboo forest in the Great Xia Kingdom is massive.

Now, bamboo paper is in the process of beating research and development, and is making fine bamboo strips to increase the degree of beating. In addition, the choice of sizing agent is also being tested. The effect of starch sizing agent is not good. I am trying to use plant mucus, but what to use? Plants still need to be tested one by one.

Overall, bamboo papermaking is progressing steadily.

Clay movable type printing is not so complicated, but it requires a lot of work. It needs to use clay to make blanks of uniform specifications, and engrave reverse characters on one end. The raised height of the characters is as thick as the edge of a copper coin. , become a single clay movable type.

Shen Wansan fired a few, and the printing effect was good. At this time, he had already ordered readers who knew how to write to start engraving.

Of course, movable clay type printing is the beginning, but it is not the end. Next, there are wooden movable type printing and copper movable type printing, which need to be developed slowly.

Other studies such as liquor purification are also in progress.

In the end, it's time for the main event, black powder.