After settling the matter of Zhu Yuanzhang building a temporary palace,
Zhu Yunye put all his attention on handling the government affairs of the imperial court.
Du Shize, who was far away in Kunshan, looked worried.
"Sir, if there is no new cement, the dam that was built before will be completely useless!”
When Du Shize heard this, he said,
He was also frustrated.
You don't need to say these things.
Don't I know?
"I know! You can leave first!"
When the man heard Du Shize's words, he said,
He could only bow and leave.
Du Shize paced back and forth in the yamen in frustration.
The cement was a good thing.
They only needed to use stones to fire them.
But the biggest problem was the raw materials.
Because of the continuous firing of cement in Kunshan,
Du Shize had even used the scattered stones to burn cement.
But it was still far from enough.
And if he wanted more stones,
They could only go into the mountains to mine.
However, in this era, when mining stones,
Except for the hammers and chisels of the palace,
He knocked down bit by bit.
There was no other way.
It was usually a day's worth of stone.
However, it could not keep up with the consumption of two hours.
As a result, the supply of cement was in short supply!
Just as Du Shize was feeling very distressed,
An aide stood out.
"Milord, why don't you send a memorial and ask Grand Sun?”
Du Shize heard the aide's words.
He frowned.
"Ask Taisun, what good ideas can Taisun have?”
The aide smiled.
"Since cement was invented by Tai Sun,"
"Then Tai Sun must have a way to mine stones."
Hearing the advisor's words,
Du Shize's eyes lit up.
That's right, why didn't I think of it!
Since the imperial grandson could invent cement,
Then there must be a solution!
Thinking of this,
Du Shize no longer hesitated.
He quickly wrote a memorial.
And send a fast horse to the capital.
Leave it to Zhu Yunye!
Soon, Zhu Yunye received Du Shize's memorial.
She also saw Du Shize's question about cement.
He said that it was too difficult to mine stones now.
It could not keep up with his speed at all.
I hope Your Highness can think of a way.
Increase the production of cement.
Let the Jiangnan people get rid of the flood as soon as possible!
Zhu Yunye quickly thought of a solution.
He called over the blacksmith from the Treasure Source Bureau.
He made him forge a slender iron pipe.
Then, Zhu Yunye ordered the blacksmith to fill the slender iron pipe with gunpowder.
and sealed.
"Just fill it up with half of the medicine for the first time!”
Zhu Yunye instructed,
Soon, the craftsman followed Zhu Yunye's instructions.
Half of the medicine was filled into the iron pipe.
Then, they detonated it in the distance.
Looking at the explosion effect,
Zhu Yunye frowned.
An explosion of this degree…
Obviously, it could not meet the needs of mining mountain rocks.
So Zhu Yunye ordered to increase the amount of gunpowder.
After a few repeated experiments,
Finally, after a violent explosion,
He had achieved the effect he wanted.
Blacksmith was so shocked by the explosion that he could not even speak.
Zhu Yunye nodded in satisfaction.
He asked the craftsman,
"Did you remember the dosage just now?”
The craftsman, who was still in a state of shock, quickly replied after hearing Zhu Yunye's words,
"Reporting to Your Highness, I've remembered everything!”
"Alright, then make a batch of iron pipes and seal this amount of gunpowder inside."
"Hurry up!"
The craftsmen were ordered to retreat,
Before he left, he asked Zhu Yunye,
"Your Highness, may I know if this divine item has a name?”
Zhu Yunye thought for a moment.
"Let's call it a detonator!"
Blacksmith heard this name.
He nodded. When the item exploded,
Like a summer thunder,
As expected of the name of the detonator.
The craftsman looked at Zhu Yunye with even more admiration!
Not long after,
The first batch of detonators was ready.
Zhu Yunye ordered the Jinyiwei to send this batch of detonators to Du Shize.
If anyone on the road dares to covet these detonators,
Kill without mercy!
Then, Zhu Yunye explained the manufacturing method of the detonator.
He wrote it on a piece of paper and sealed it with a wax pill.
He handed it over to the leader of the Brocade Guard.
Tell him that he must personally hand this item over to Du Shize!
Because Jinling and Kunshan are far apart,
It was impossible for Zhu Yunye to keep transporting detonators to Kunshan.
But like cement,
Let Du Shize use local materials.
Self-sufficient!
Along with these detonators,
And how to use the detonator.
Very soon,
The Jinyiwei escorted the detonators to Kunshan.
She then handed the wax pill to Du Shize.
Du Shize looked at the detonators.
She was overjoyed.
"Your Highness Taisun is really a god!"
"I didn't expect that the problem that has troubled me for so long..."
"Just like that, it was settled by His Highness Taisun!”
The aide chimed in,
"That's right, sir. The people of Kun Mountain are saved this time!”
There was no time to lose,
Du Shize quickly found a large number of craftsmen.
He began to frantically manufacture detonators according to the method that Zhu Yunye had given him.
For a time, even the price of iron in the entire Kun Mountain rose!
Du Shize held these finished detonators.
Arriving in the mountains,
How to use the detonator
Zhu Yunye had already written it clearly.
Du Shize ordered people to follow the method that Zhu Yunye had taught him.
They drilled holes slightly wider than the diameter of the detonators into the rock.
Then, he put the detonator in.
Before the explosion,
Du Shize even specially informed the people in the mountains,
Move them to a safe place.
"My fellow villagers, the imperial court is going to mine stones here."
"The process is very dangerous."
"Move to a safe place first."
"You can come back after you finish mining the stones!”
At first, the commoners scoffed at this.
What was so dangerous about mining rocks?
With a hammer and chisel,
Knock on it bit by bit?
It was not like he had never seen it before.
It was not until Du Shize demonstrated the effect of a detonator explosion in front of them that he said,
This group of people was scared out of their wits.
They all left with their families.
This was also what Zhu Yunye had specially instructed.
No casualties.
We must ensure the safety of the people!
After all the safety measures were done,
Du Shize also retreated to a place far away.
He also ordered the fuse on the detonator to be ignited.
After a long time,
Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded in the distance.
Then, the ground shook.
Then, Du Shize saw a layer of the mountain wall that had been installed with detonators in the distance being cut off.
Gravel was scattered everywhere.
Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them!
She stood there for a long time without any reaction.
There was only a buzzing sound in his head.
Suddenly, Du Shize felt someone pushing him.
She turned around.
However, he saw the aide saying something to him with his mouth wide open,
Du Shize looked at the aide's lips that were moving up and down.
But he couldn't hear anything.
It turned out that Du Shize and the others had never experienced such a violent explosion.
He didn't know what protective measures to take.
It caused him to be temporarily deaf from the violent explosion.
After a long time, Du Shize and the others finally regained their hearing.
"What did you just say?"
As her hearing had not fully recovered,
Du Shize couldn't help but shout,
"I said, the stones mined this time are enough for us to use for a long time!”
Du Shize nodded.
Of course, he knew that these stones would be enough for a long time!
Soon, the workers who had been prepared at the foot of the mountain came with all kinds of tools to transport the stones.
When these workers saw the rubble scattered on the ground,
They were all so shocked that their mouths were wide open.
Although the loud noise had already reached the foot of the mountain,
They also had a rough guess about the outcome of the explosion.
However, he still did not expect that…
This detonator can actually cause such a terrifying effect
Du Shize did not care about the feelings of these workers.
The construction of the dam was imminent.
He immediately ordered the palace servants to transport these stones down the mountain for firing.
Because the explosive effect of the detonator was too good,
These crushed stones were basically shaken to the size he needed.
Basically, there was no need for secondary processing.
In this way, it saved a lot of manpower and resources.
Du Shize's admiration for Zhu Yunye rose to another level!
Soon, these stones were thrown into the cement kiln.
performing the calcinations,
A steady stream of cement was sent to the front line.
It was used to build dams!
While Du Shize was in the midst of construction,
Zhu Yunye from Jinling had another thought.
The taxes of Ming Dynasty
It was mainly divided into two aspects.
The first aspect was the business tax.
Now, due to the establishment of the Revenue Council and the Overwatch Council,
All the merchants in the world have been registered.
Taxes began to rise steadily.
Another aspect was the agricultural tax.
This tax accounted for the bulk of the entire Great Ming Dynasty's tax revenue.
Not only did the imperial court attach great importance to it,
He also attached great importance to it!
He looked at the fish-scale book in his hand.
Zhu Yunye casually flipped through it.
He curled his lips in disdain.
This was too backward!
Soon, Zhu Yunye thought of a new tax law.
He was prepared to take it out at the morning court session the next day!
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