Chapter 84 Secret Weapon
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Fu Jiangyu arranged guards around Lin Baige's bedroom. These guards only obeyed the emperor. He issued a death order that anyone who wanted to bring Lin Baige out would be killed without mercy.
The Queen Mother laughed in anger after hearing this: "Do you think I'm going to go in personally and kill me?"
The Queen Mother and Fu Jiangyu are mother and son. In many cases, they have the same personality and are both stubborn. Fu Jiangyu didn't ask the Queen Mother to see Lin Baige, but the Queen Mother insisted on seeing Lin Baige.
Lin Baige had been drawing blueprints in his bedroom these days. While drawing, he suddenly thought of mining and needed explosives for blasting. Unfortunately, he was not given the task this time.
However, his mobile phone was still usable, although it could not connect to the Internet. However, he collected many videos on the necessary skills for time travel, contacted several students who were free to enter the palace, and built a laboratory in the bedroom to study and make explosives.
In fact, this thing is very dangerous to develop. Lin Baige was a little scared at first, but he thought it was not just for blasting mines, but also for making it into a weapon in the future. Who could still pose a threat to him? If the Queen Mother wanted to kill him, he would just blow up the palace.
But he wouldn't go that far unless it was absolutely necessary.
When the Queen Mother came to find Lin Baige in person, she heard that Lin Baige had recruited several women into the palace. Every day when Fu Jiangyu was not around, they stayed in the bedroom with the door closed, not letting anyone approach.
"How can the emperor tolerate him like that?" The Queen Mother rushed over angrily, wanting to catch the adulterer on the spot. She also called several princes, Lord Zhang and other old ministers to come and ask them to find out what stupid things Lin Baige did on a daily basis!
As soon as they arrived outside Lin Baige's bedroom, they heard a loud bang. Everyone thought it was thunder and stood there in fear.
The sky was clear and there was no sign of thunder at all.
But when Lin Baige pushed open the door, a thick smoke rushed out. He and several students were covered in black, and their clothes and hair were burnt.
He patted his ears, which had been shaken, as if nothing had happened. He then held up his notebook and said to several students, "There's not enough space in the palace. Even if it succeeds, there's nowhere to detonate it. It's also very dangerous. We need His Majesty to set aside a piece of land for a dedicated testing site. It needs to be well-hidden and open. Remember, this formula and the entire experimental process must not be disclosed to anyone, not even your parents, future husbands, or children."
They knew the seriousness of the matter. Everyone in the academy took all the previous formulas for glass, winemaking, and sugar very seriously. Except for their own group, other students did not know about it. Now the explosives they were making had an even higher level of confidentiality. Lin Baige told them that they would be used in military affairs in the future, so they must not let it out.
"If you find anyone trying to find out the formula or sneaking in to steal it, kill them first to prevent it from getting out." Lin Baige planned to discuss with Fu Jiangyu in the evening. After finding a good site, they would send soldiers to guard it so that not even a fly could fly in. After the explosives were made, they would send people from the army to blow up the mines. In addition to blowing up mines, explosives could also be used in the army. They would definitely be of great use when attacking Jiang State.
When several princes and ministers saw this scene, it was not at all like the horrific scene described by the Queen Mother. During this period of time, they had truly witnessed the changes in Lin Baige. From salt wells to glass, Lin Baige was like a god.
Before the winery and sugar factory opened, Lord Zhang was prejudiced against Lin Baige, thinking that he was fooling around by letting a group of women open a factory and let them become officials. However, after he drank some wine and saw the factory's production capacity and the treasury's income, those figures made his eyes light up. Since the founding of the country by Emperor Taizu, when has the treasury been so full?
Several areas suffered disasters this autumn. In the past, when disasters occurred, the imperial court had no money and no food, and had to ask the public and officials to donate money. Now there is sufficient money in the treasury, and relief grain can be easily distributed.
In addition, potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn have been promoted nationwide in the past two years. With these three high-yield grains, the climate and rainfall in various places were originally not good this year, and the yields of other crops were low. However, with these three new grains, except for those disaster-stricken areas, no one starved to death in other areas.
For thousands of years, no one has starved to death even when disasters have occurred. In the past two years, those who have land have cultivated the land, and those who don't have land have worked in factories. Every factory has arranged accommodation for them. Those who are not disabled but are unwilling to work have also been forced to work in the factories. As for the elderly, the weak, the sick, and orphans, they are all taken care of by the court. There are orphanages in various places, and the court allocates funds to take care of them.
Orphans can also attend classes in the orphanage, and then take the imperial examinations or work in government offices or factories. Even girls can now work in the factories run by Lin Baige’s students.
Before Lin Baige opened a factory to make money, which king could achieve this? Moreover, these policies were all proposed by Lin Baige, and Fu Jiangyu listened to his opinions before implementing them.
They have all seen the contributions made by Lin Baige. Today, the Queen Mother asked them to enter the palace to catch an adulterer. They were thinking all the way that they didn't believe Lin Baige would do such a thing. After all, His Majesty is so jealous that he castrated several people last time. If Lin Baige dared to bring people into the palace, wouldn't His Majesty chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs?
Even if Lin Baige really did something, they still wanted to protect him. They could turn a blind eye to his moral mistakes. The key was his achievements and his value. As long as Lin Baige could make Jin the leader of the four countries, Lin Baige would do whatever he wanted.
Now seeing the explosion, Lin Baige, regardless of his disheveled appearance, continued to explain the work to the students seriously. They all looked forward to what product would be produced this time that would shock the whole country.
The Queen Mother, unaware of this, ordered the students to be stopped and their lab investigated: "Don't think that if you burn the evidence, I won't be able to investigate."
"You really can't go in here. Everything inside is confidential." Lin Baige felt much more confident after receiving Fu Jiangyu's promise. Besides, there were so many people around and who knew if there were any spies from Jiang State around the Queen Mother.
At that time, the entire Jin State was infiltrated by spies like a sieve. When Fu Jiangyu arrested Lin Xing, he checked the palace and officialdom. All those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be replaced were replaced. However, the Queen Mother took away a group of palace servants, and none of them were checked.
If there were spies in the Empress Dowager's palace and they stole his recipe, there would be chaos in the world.
He had told Fu Jiangyu about this before, and Fu Jiangyu said that he should send someone to investigate secretly and not investigate openly, as this would cause misunderstandings among the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother originally thought that Fu Jiangyu no longer wanted her as his mother for Lin Baige. If he continued to investigate the people around her, she would definitely think that Fu Jiangyu wanted to poison her to death.
"If you don't allow an investigation, it means you have something to hide." The Queen Mother ordered the eunuchs behind her to go in and take a look. Lord Zhang and several princes quickly helped to stop them: "Queen Mother, these are his students. We can prove it."
They were all trying to persuade the Queen Mother to give up. She hadn't expected them to unite and stand on Lin Baige's side like this: "Why are you all standing on the Demon Concubine's side?"
When the empress dowager called the concubine a witch, they all shuddered in their hearts. Later, they remembered that the empress dowager was the emperor's mother, and it was not illegal to use the word witch, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
"She's not a demon concubine." Several princes told the Queen Mother, "All the things that happened before were misunderstandings."
"Yes, he has made so many contributions to the State of Jin. He is a meritorious official."
Lord Zhang regretted stopping Lin Baige from serving as an official in the court. Such a capable person should have served as an official in the court instead of staying in the harem.
As a result, now they want Lin Baige to become an official. Lin Baige has taken the exam for two years and has not passed. Now Lord Zhang wants to use the back door to leak the test questions to Lin Baige so that he can pass the exam quickly.
The Queen Mother looked at them and shook her head in confusion. "You're all crazy! You've all been bewitched by his magic. Didn't you hear the thunder just now? That was Heaven striking him down."
"Ah? Queen Mother, you are too superstitious. The sound clearly came from the house." Lin Baige did not expect that the Queen Mother would slander him by saying that he was struck by lightning. It was speechless.
"We all heard it. It came from inside the palace." Several princes and ministers heard it clearly. They had long guessed that Lin Baige was a god who had descended to earth. This time they were even more certain that he had attracted lightning in the house. Sure enough, everything he had done before was done by magic, and now they saw it with their own eyes.
"You!" The Queen Mother felt as if her worldview had collapsed. "Jin is doomed."
"It's not over yet. With me here, things will only get better." Lin Baige said confidently.
Just at this time, Fu Jiangyu also came back: "Mother, please go back and don't embarrass him again."
"Am I making things difficult for him? Can't you see those women coming out of his bedroom?" The Queen Mother wanted to slap Fu Jiangyu to wake him up.
After everyone left, Fu Jiangyu came over to look at him. "How did you get into this situation? There are so many people here, and you're just standing here naked?"
"Who's naked?" Lin Baige twisted his body to look back, only to find a hole burned on the hem of his robe.
When he turned his head, Fu Jiangyu saw that the ends of his hair were burnt. He frowned and reached out to hold his hair. "How did it become like this? Next time, don't do such a dangerous thing yourself."
"I was worried if I didn't keep an eye on them. What if I killed them? Now it's okay. I've controlled the amount." Lin Baige grabbed his hair and looked at it. "I've always felt that my long hair is a hindrance, so I just cut it short."
"No." Fu Jiangyu was going to shave his head because he was afraid that Lin Baige could really do such a thing. "I'll trim it for you later, and it will grow back soon."
Lin Baige didn't care much about his hair: "Your Majesty, please grant us a piece of land. It should be large and far away from human habitation. You should also send soldiers to guard it. It should be guarded by trustworthy people. I want it to be a secret weapon."
He winked playfully when he talked about his secret weapon. Fu Jiangyu saw how cute he looked and could not imagine how powerful this secret weapon he made was.
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