Of course, gunpowder was found.
But what Xu Sheng found was not the black gunpowder from Earth.
But it's this red gunpowder from some ancient alien world!
It turns out that the black powder on Earth does not exist in this world at all!
Only red gunpowder!
Here's the thing.
One day.
A huge explosion suddenly occurred in a valley within the territory of Daxu Kingdom.
The residents of some nearby villages were shocked.
This matter reached Xu Sheng's ears.
He immediately attracted attention.
Because according to local officials' investigation, this was not an explosion caused by a natural disaster, but more like a man-made explosion.
Since it can produce an explosion!
Then there must be something like gunpowder!
Of course Xu Sheng was immediately excited.
He immediately ordered that the source of the explosion be thoroughly investigated at all costs.
What Xu Sheng didn't expect was that the conspiracy was eventually traced back to the Taoist priest.
It turned out that the valley was the place where some Taoists made elixirs.
Xu Sheng was slightly surprised by this.
Because he knew that gunpowder in the history of the earth was actually first discovered after Taoists exploded their furnaces while making elixirs.
It was first used by some people in daily life, then on the battlefield, and later developed into muskets, cannons, etc.
Xu Sheng had actually asked the little nun before, whether the cultivators in this world also practiced alchemy, but the little nun didn't know much about this.
The little Taoist nun has been following Chun Yangzi since she was young, but Chun Yangzi does not follow the path of alchemy.
So the little nun didn't know much about alchemy.
Most of the practitioners in this world hide their tracks.
The practitioners that Xu Sheng and the little Taoist nun had met before were not those who followed the path of alchemy!
Moreover, the emperors in the history of this world had never come into contact with Taoists who practiced alchemy.
I have never heard of anything like the "Taoist alchemist entered the palace to help the emperor make elixirs for immortality" in Earth history.
Therefore, the art of alchemy has not yet become popular in this world.
In short, due to all these reasons, Xu Sheng had never thought about this aspect before.
But after this big explosion happened.
Xu Sheng mobilized the entire country to track down the case!
Naturally, it didn't take long to find it.
Because the magical powers of the ascetics in this world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio are not that strong.
They are unable to create a small world, and cannot completely hide their physical bodies and live in an independent space away from the secular world.
Their bodies still live in the secular world!
These Taoists lived in the valley and were once encountered by some villagers and mountain hunters.
Because they usually have to go into the city to purchase some supplies, such as the various materials they need to make pills!
In short, they were discovered by Xu Sheng.
Of course Xu Sheng immediately took the little nun with him and led the army to go together.
They directly surrounded this group of Taoist priests!
These Taoists were still very frightened when facing the encirclement of the huge armored army and the arrival of the emperor.
Although they are not fake Taoist priests, but real Taoist priests who possess magical powers like the little Taoist nun!
But if they burst out their magic power to fight against the army, even if they just want to break out, it will definitely cause a huge loss of their magic power.
It may even be difficult to break out.
And you have offended the emperor of the time, how good can you be?
Unless you escape to the territory of other warlords.
Of course, since Xu Sheng changed the Xu family's founding country into the Daxu Dynasty.
Some other warlords have also followed suit.
One by one they have established their own country or are preparing to establish their own country.
For example, the Chu family has become the Great Chu Dynasty.
For example, although the Zhao family has not yet established a country, it is said that they are preparing for the founding ceremony.
In short, unless you go to other countries, it will be difficult for you to practice in peace in this country.
After all, those practitioners in the world of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio have not yet found a way to make their bodies transcend the mundane world!
The physical body still has to live in the secular world.
That day, Xu Sheng, surrounded by a huge army, looked at the Taoists who were surrounded in a cave and observed anxiously.
"Masters, don't worry."
Xu Sheng circulated his inner strength and said in a loud voice: "I came here today not to take your lives, nor to investigate the great destruction you caused that day, but to ask you for a pill formula!"
After hearing what Xu Sheng said, the old Taoist priests who emerged from the cave looked at the beautiful little Taoist nun in Taoist robe who was following Xu Sheng and was respected as the Great Xu National Master.
After these Taoists looked at each other, they did let down their guard.
After all, the reason why they practiced in the mountains of Daxu Country was actually because of the little Taoist nun.
Although the little Taoist nun actually had no contact with orthodox Taoist people.
She just grew up with Chunyangzi.
Chunyang Zi was just a casual Taoist priest.
But no matter what, the little nun is a Taoist priest!
Although she practices both Taoism and Buddhism, she still likes to wear Taoist robes in her daily life.
The most important thing is that she is known as the national teacher of the Daxu Kingdom and is deeply trusted by the current emperor Xu Longsheng. She even has the power to kill the most powerful people first and report later!
Therefore, the Taoists naturally believed that the current emperor "Xu Longsheng" was close to Taoism.
Afterwards, an old Taoist priest with white hair and a youthful face, who looked like an immortal, came out with a whisk in his hand.
There he first chanted the name of Wuliang Tianzun.
Then he gave his Taoist name: Dan Yunzi.
"So your Majesty is also seeking immortality! And you know that our alchemy can help you achieve immortality!"
Then Dan Yunzi said, "Your Majesty, if you need anything, I am willing to offer you all my alchemy skills and pursue immortality together with you!"
Looking at Dan Yunzi's expression, Xu Sheng couldn't help but think of the emperors in Earth's history.
They were ambitious and talented at the beginning, and when they were young, they founded a great empire or a prosperous era!
Afterwards, he suddenly became obsessed with alchemy and neglected state affairs.
Xu Sheng guessed that they might have met an old Taoist priest like Dan Yunzi, just like he was doing now.
After being fooled by him, he was determined to pursue immortality.
These Taoists are masters with magical powers like the little Taoist nun.
Not a fake Taoist priest.
It's just that the magical powers of these Taoists are not that powerful.
Therefore, these Taoists had to submit to the imperial power.
However, these Taoists presented their alchemy skills to the emperor.
In addition, they did have certain magical powers, which was why the wise emperor believed these Taoists and followed them in making elixirs.
The emperor even used his power to collect various resources for alchemy and help Taoists pursue the path of alchemy.
The emperors were also obsessed with making elixirs in the palace for many years, and in the end it was unknown whether they really became immortals or died from taking the elixirs.
In short, there are many such things in the history of the earth.
In the history of the two eras, the Dayong Dynasty before this world and the Daxia Dynasty before that, Xu Sheng had never heard of any Taoist priests entering the palace to help the emperor make elixirs.
Naturally, I have never heard of any emperor in this world dying from taking elixirs while refining pills.
Xu Sheng guessed that perhaps the Taoists in this world have not yet reached the point of coming into contact with imperial power.
They still fear the imperial power and are afraid of being contaminated by this "ideology" of imperial power, which would affect their peace of mind in their practice and delay their path to becoming immortals.
If there really were Taoist priests with magical powers in the history of the Earth, it should be that at a certain period of time, a Taoist priest was bold enough to do things that the Taoist priests of the past did not dare to do.
Instead of staying away from the ideology of imperial power, he used the Dao of Alchemy to curry favor with the "emperor", the controller of the "ideology", and then used the power of the "ideology" to obtain resources to help his own practice.
That's how it became.
And now!
Xu Sheng felt that he might become the first emperor in the world to accept Taoism.
History will be made by him.
Of course, it was impossible for Xu Sheng to give up his imperial power and indulge in alchemy.
If Xu Sheng was not a time traveler and did not have the Book of Eternal Ages, but was just an ordinary emperor, then he would have seen these Taoists display their skills, and their elixirs did have some extraordinary effects.
Then he would definitely not be able to resist the temptation of alchemy and immortality.
Of course, Xu Sheng now knows that many emperors in the history of the Earth died from taking elixirs while refining them, so he naturally would not repeat the same mistake at this time.
He is pursuing longevity, even eternal life!
But Xu Sheng was prepared to rely on his own life for ten thousand lifetimes, climbing up step by step in each lifetime until he achieved eternal life.
Although it is not ruled out that Xu Sheng will pursue the path of alchemy in a certain life in the future!
But Xu Sheng is not planning to seek immortality by taking pills for the time being.
After all, the most important thing now is to destroy the Great Chu Dynasty, unify the world, and capture Hu Xinfeng to give birth to a child with top-grade spiritual roots.
Besides, Xu Sheng didn't have any spiritual roots in this life. He thought that without spiritual roots, he could achieve immortality just by taking pills? This was a little unlikely.
The final result is likely to be death from taking the elixir.
"Okay, okay, as long as you give me the recipe I want!"
So Xu Sheng said: "Don't worry, not only will I not hurt you, but I will give you some preferential treatment!"
"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!"
The old Taoist priest was also very surprised. He looked at the little Taoist nun beside Xu Sheng and said, "It seems that Your Majesty is really close to our Taoist sect!"
He also tried to get close to the little nun and build a relationship with her, asking her which Taoist lineage she came from.
However, apart from knowing that her master was called Chun Yangzi, the little Taoist nun knew nothing about other Taoist traditions.
"What? Haruyoko?"
But the old Taoist priest looked shocked.
Then he chatted nonsense with a few other veteran Taoists.
I don't know whether what he said is true or not.
Anyway, they said Chun Yangzi was originally a Taoist disciple.
It’s just that his philosophy of practice is not in line with that of his master.
He was expelled from the sect by his master.
But Chun Yangzi's seniority is much higher than Dan Yunzi's!
"Disciple Dan Yunzi!"
Afterwards, the old Taoist even shamelessly bowed to the young nun and said, "Greetings to Uncle Master Yun Ling!"
The same was true for several other veteran Taoists.
“……” The little nun was speechless.
Of course, after she became the Imperial Master, she had encountered some independent Taoists who tried to establish relationships with her, so she was not surprised.
It’s just that each of these old Taoist priests today is much older than her.
This is a bit outrageous.
But the little nun just glanced at Xu Sheng.
Since the old Taoists are making random connections, let them do it, no matter whether it is true or not.
Anyway, the little nun knew the purpose of Xu Sheng's coming here.
Admit it, maybe the old Taoist priests will trust them more.
In short, the old Taoists calculated the seniority with Yun Ling.
Xu Sheng didn't stop them either.
Of course, the Taoists did not dare to leave Xu Sheng alone.
Soon Dan Yunzi ordered the young Taoists in the cave to take out all their various elixir recipes.
"Your Majesty, all our recipes are here!"
Dan Yunzi said: "This pill is called the Youth Pill. After ordinary people take it, it can delay aging and maintain youthfulness..."
These pills were actually recently developed by them to curry favor with the imperial power.
In fact, they have already thought about trying to get close to the imperial power.
After all, the little nun has become a national teacher.
They were trying to refine a new type of elixir and accidentally caused the furnace to explode.
It was normal for the alchemy furnace to explode, and this kind of thing had happened before.
But Dan Yunzi and the others never expected that this would cause such a big commotion.
Even the current emperor of Daxu Kingdom, Xu Longsheng, came in person!
However, Dan Yunzi is still very confident in the effect of this pill.
Although it is bad for ordinary people to eat too much pills!
But they don’t care about that. As long as the effect is good and the toxicity is not too strong, it’s fine.
They want to get the support of the imperial power and glorify the Dao Gate!
I don’t want to live a life of mediocrity and practice in seclusion in the mountains anymore.
“…”
But Xu Sheng asked Dan Yunzi, "Do you think I need beauty filters?"
"Your Majesty, you don't need it, but the ladies in your harem should need it, right?"
Dan Yunzi smiled and said, "There is also this pill, called the Rejuvenation Pill. Your Majesty now has over a thousand beauties in your harem, and the number of children you have bred over the years seems to have exceeded two thousand. Over the years, your Majesty must be exhausted at night, right? But if your Majesty can take this pill, then it will be no problem for you to have sex with three women in one night!"
"Three women in one night, are you kidding? Do you look down on me?"
Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "It seems you haven't heard? Over the years, I have slept with more than ten women every night?!"
Although Xu Sheng was telling the truth, because he had the little Taoist nun, dragon blood, and the Great Pure Land Sutra, he was not like an ordinary man at all!
But Dan Yunzi and others were obviously unaware of the existence of the Buddhist secret book "Great Pure Land Sutra".
"..."Therefore, Dan Yunzi's face froze when he heard this.
The Taoist priests all had twitching faces.
It was obvious that they all took Xu Sheng's words as bragging.
However, since Xu Sheng was the emperor of the time, Taoists like Dan Yunzi certainly did not dare to expose Xu Sheng's lies.
"Your Majesty, would you please take a look at this pill recipe? This pill is called the Hercules Pill. After taking this pill, one's body can gain tremendous strength in a short period of time!"
Dan Yunzi smiled and said, "It just consumes a lot of potential and causes some damage to the body."
The side effects of this pill are quite obvious, so he just said it out loud.
After all, this kind of elixir is not for nobles, but for cannon fodder on the battlefield.
These pills were all intended to be refined by Dan Yunzi and his men to curry favor with the imperial power.
"That's fine, as long as you really have the ability and can contribute to the country."
Xu Sheng also saw something at this time. Of course, he did not expose the Taoists' intentions. He just said: "Your Taoist sect can get all kinds of preferential treatment in my Great Xu Dynasty! I have a good impression of Taoism. After all, I can ascend to the throne thanks to the help of the national teacher."
When they heard Xu Sheng say this, Taoist priests such as Dan Yunzi were also very happy.
"Of course."
But at this time Xu Sheng changed the subject and said: "This time I came here, I want the recipe, not the one you have now."
Of course, as he spoke, Xu Sheng reached out and took all the recipes and stuffed them into the pocket of the subordinate next to him.
“……”Dan Yunzi was speechless.
"What I want is the recipe for your furnace-exploding pill!"
Then Xu Sheng stopped testing the Taoists and said directly: "How did you cause the big explosion in the valley before? I want you to record and report everything in detail. The proportion of all the ingredients must be recorded carefully, including the order in which you made the elixir. Every detail must be recorded! And you must replay it for me and make it explode again!"
"ah?"
Dan Yunzi and other Taoist priests were all stunned: "You want the recipe for the furnace-exploding elixir?"
They didn't expect that the new elixirs they had developed with great effort to curry favor with the emperor would not please him.
Instead, Xu Sheng asked for their furnace-blasting pill recipe.
Of course, later on, Dan Yunzi and others explained that the previous furnace explosion was indeed an accident.
That was their failed work.
They didn't blow up the furnace on purpose.
Of course, they did come here to practice alchemy after Xu Sheng appointed the little Taoist nun as the national teacher and they saw that the people of Daxu Kingdom were becoming more friendly to Taoists.
"What I want is your failed works!"
Xu Sheng said with a burning look in his eyes: "Recall, Taoist priests, please recall carefully, how did you blow up the furnace at that time?"
“…”
The Taoists were speechless.
In the end, of course, the Taoists reenacted the furnace explosion incident.
During this process, Xu Sheng was surprised to find that the alchemy materials they used were different from some gunpowder materials that he had vaguely understood in the history of the Earth.
But think about it, they are two worlds after all, and this is not the history of the Earth.
So Xu Sheng can still accept it.
He regarded this as a setting unique to this world.
Of course, what surprised Xu Sheng even more was that many of the materials these Taoists used to make elixirs were available everywhere.
Not hard to find at all.
There is no need to search all over the world.
In a few days!
"boom!"
Another huge explosion happened in the valley.
"Okay! This is it!"
Xu Sheng was very happy about this: "This is what I want!"
“…”
Dan Yunzi and other Taoist priests, young and old, were speechless when they saw Xu Sheng was so happy that he was almost crazy when he blew up the furnace in front of them. They looked at each other with confusion.
Because they haven't thought that Xu Sheng would want to use it on the battlefield.
After all, no one in this world has ever done this before.
"Dear Taoist priests!"
Afterwards, Xu Sheng was so happy that he couldn't help but come over, patted Dan Yunzi's shoulder vigorously and said, "You have done a great job this time!"
"Your Majesty, then?"
Dan Yunzi and others naturally took the opportunity to make their demands.
"Don't worry! I will reward you for your contribution! You have made such a great contribution, so you will definitely be rewarded greatly!"
Xu Sheng said, "Come on, it's so hot, what are you doing standing there? Bring the iced fruits over to the Taoist priests!"
“…”
"Dear Taoist priests, eat this. This is what I give you. It's iced fruits! It's delicious. It's a special gift for the royal family!"
“…”
Dan Yunzi and other Taoists were speechless.
Is this the big reward you mentioned?
What they want is not some iced fruit.
Of course, in the end Xu Sheng couldn't just reward them with chilled fruits.
After Taoists such as Dan Yunzi proposed to build a Taoist temple in Daxu and spread Taoism.
Xu Sheng thought about it and agreed.
Just as the emperors in the history of the Earth promised the Taoist sect.
Dan Yunzi and others were naturally very happy.
But Xu Sheng didn't care about them anymore.
Just let them preach, it doesn’t matter. Xu Sheng may have to become a monk in his next life anyway.
after.
Xu Sheng returns.
Next, Xu Sheng searched for relevant talents in various military scientific research all over the country and formed a military research group.
He asked his subordinates to study the explosion caused by Taoists in alchemy based on the recipe of Dan Yunzi and others' furnace explosion.
Until another half a year later.
Only then was he able to truly and stably control this explosion.
Stable gunpowder was produced!
Xu Sheng finally saw the gunpowder in this world for the first time.
But the gunpowder in this world is actually red, not black!
After all, the materials used in refining are different from those on Earth, and the color of the refined gunpowder is different, which doesn’t seem to be incomprehensible.
But the functions and effects of these red gunpowders are similar to those of black gunpowder in the history of the earth.
It is a similar material existence.
That's enough!
Xu Sheng doesn’t care that much about the rest.
Of course, although red gunpowder is already available and can be produced in large quantities.
However, Xu Sheng still did not directly launch a war and drive his army to attack the State of Chu to capture Hu Xinfeng.
Because the materials used to make red gunpowder are very common.
Not to mention that Daxu’s domestic economy has just recovered, and now is not suitable for restarting the war.
For example, if we start a war right now and red gunpowder appears in the world, is it possible that red gunpowder will repeat the fate of the kerosene bombs before it?
For example, there are smart people in the Great Chu State!
The kerosene bombs back then were deciphered by some smart people from the Chu family.
It was imitated in a very short time.
So Xu Sheng has to learn a lesson now!
He needs to be steady!
Red gunpowder alone is not enough!
The technical threshold is not high enough!
Therefore Xu Sheng was not in a hurry to start a war.
Instead, the news of the appearance of red gunpowder was completely blocked.
Continue to invest funds and manpower to allow talented people in Daxu to conduct research day and night.
Of course, Xu Sheng proposed the general direction of research that he wanted the people who had now moved from the research group to the management of the research institute to follow.
Of course, they were asked to use red gunpowder and "steel technology that is more advanced than anywhere else" to make things like muskets.
"What? Your Majesty? This red powder explodes with such force! You want us to put it into a small iron tube?"
When Xu Sheng first proposed this idea, the old man in the institute protested very strongly: "How can this be done?"
I feel that Xu Sheng, an outsider, is commanding insiders!
Xu Sheng wasn't really angry about the old men's reactions.
Because now Xu Sheng is making demands on them.
It's like the project manager on Earth is making demands on programmers.
The programmers' protests are understandable.
After all, in order to realize the requirements in the end, programmers need to realize it bit by bit!
They may even have to pull out clumps of their hair to do this!
"Your Majesty, this is simply impossible. You are making it so difficult for us!"
One of the old men even said, "Why not just chop off my head?"
"This is what I want, no matter how you do it, no matter what the cost. I want you to make it!"
However, Xu Sheng refused to accept his suggestion and said directly: "You really can't do it? If you can't do it, then fine, I will chop off your head! Let someone else take charge of this research institute!"
“No, no.”
The old man immediately said, "Your Majesty, I was just joking. Your Majesty has given an order, and I dare not disobey!"
He was just bargaining like a programmer with a project manager.
Now that the project manager Xu Sheng refused to back down, he naturally had no choice but to quit while he was ahead and try to make it happen.
After all, Xu Sheng is not an ordinary project manager, but the emperor of the time!
In short, in the end these people had no choice but to obey orders.
The Science and Technology Military Research Institute established by Xu Sheng began research in full swing.
To meet Xu Sheng's requirement of "using gunpowder as the driving force source, getting a gun barrel, and finally launching a conical object called a bullet at an extremely fast speed".
The cost of the Military Research Institute's research is not small.
Many scientific researchers were unfortunately injured in the explosion, and some even died directly.
The financial investment from the national treasury is also huge.
Fortunately, the economy in Daxu is still good now.
Xu Sheng also invested heavily in this.
But it doesn't mean you should just invest money blindly and then ignore it.
What Xu Sheng usually pays most attention to is this military research institute!
Whenever he had nothing to do, he would go to the Military Research Institute.
Go and keep an eye on their research progress!
The old guys at the Military Research Institute are under a lot of pressure!
It is visibly that everyone's hair is becoming thinner year by year.
Of course, since these researchers from the Military Research Institute work so hard, Xu Sheng is not reluctant to give them honors!
Those who made contributions were named national heroes.
Their families also gain certain advantages in studying, joining the military, buying houses, etc.
So these people work very seriously and hard.
After all, who would dare not take this key project seriously when it is personally supervised by the emperor?
In short, just like this, time continues to flow forward.
Another ten years have passed in the blink of an eye!
Xu Sheng has been on the throne for more than ten years!
And after years of research, Xu Sheng's musket was finally created!
However, it has not yet reached the level of gun craftsmanship in the world Xu Sheng was in before he traveled through time.
It is only equivalent to the musket of the Qing Dynasty in the ancient history of the earth.
Fire two shots!
It's about to the point of using gunpowder!
These muskets had already been secretly equipped to some of Xu's secret armies.
Of course, even so!
Xu Sheng clearly felt that this was enough to crush any cold weapon army in this world.
But he still didn't take the initiative.
But continue to be steady.
I want the people at the Military Research Institute to continue their research and take the development of musketry to a higher level!
However!
Unexpectedly!
But Chu no longer gave Xu Sheng any time.
It took them more than ten years to finally build the strongest army in the cold weapon era that Ebony had envisioned in the military book before his death, and which even Ebony himself had not been able to train!
Therefore, the Chu family, now the Great Chu Dynasty, has been born again with full confidence!
Want to sweep across the world and unify the world!
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