With Jishetang now relatively quiet, Fan Zuan finally had time to study the text in Lu Dacheng's secret letter.
After comparison, it was discovered that Lu Dacheng had requested the leader of the Yuexing Sect of the Dayue Kingdom to deploy lightning bombs on the border of the Nanchen Kingdom in case of emergency.
Oh wow, a lightning bolt, I wonder what it looks like?
If a thunderbolt is a bomb, he knows a little bit about it. However, he's almost forgotten the formula, since he's only done small-scale explosion experiments in high school chemistry class.
Fan Zu'an told Li Ting the news. Li Ting thought of Chen Tongyi, the gardener who had worked for the Li family before.
Having already obtained the method for making the lightning bomb from him, Li Ting quickly gave the method to Fan Zu'an.
"Brother, if you provide me with all these materials, I might be able to make it."
"Third brother, you even know how to make this?" Li Ting was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.
Ruan Ruan said that her sworn brother Fan Zuan is from modern times. Modern people are too amazing!
I'm looking forward to seeing Ruan Ruan grow up. I wonder if she'll be a genius like her third brother.
The men of the Li family are no longer allowed to pursue military careers and have stopped learning military tactics and formations, but the women can learn them.
Li Ting was already imagining what Li Xingran would look like wielding a large knife.
[The Moon Apricot Sect is the most powerful sect in the Great Yue Kingdom in the book. I just wonder how it compares to my mother's Qianji Sect?]
[In that book, Mother barely appeared a few times before being murdered. Now it seems the Qianji Sect is also a very powerful sect, only they lack medical skills, while the Yuexing Sect possesses medical skills and is also adept at using poison.]
Upon hearing Li Xingran mention the Qianji Sect, Li Ting asked Fan Zuan, "The medical books your second sister gave you are treasures of the Qianji Sect. However, the Qianji Sect is not good at medicine; they are only very good at mechanical arts and tracking techniques. Their greatest strength is martial arts. Otherwise, your second sister would not have been able to obtain the title of the number one martial arts expert in the martial arts world."
Fan Zuan felt that when he was with the Crown Prince, he was engaged in palace intrigue; when he was with his elder brother, he felt like he was on a battlefield; and when he was with his second sister, he felt like he was a free and unrestrained swordsman wandering the world.
This time travel is really interesting.
Fan Zu'an, however, is unaware that he has transmigrated into a book. If he did, one wonders what his expression would be.
"Brother, I have read all the medical books, but the curse that Zhao Yunwan cast on the emperor is difficult to break in a short time. It will probably take some time."
The best way to break a curse is for the person who cast it to die. However, killing Zhao Yunwan now is probably impossible; it's not the right time. The time to kill her will be when she reveals her identity as a member of the Great Yue Kingdom's royal family.
However, if she is willing to lift the curse herself, then there's no need to risk her life to break it.
Li Ting could only comfort Fan Zu'an: "Third brother, this matter needs to be handled gradually. What we need to do now is to spread the reputation of the Crown Prince's virtue and let him see more of the lives of ordinary people. That way, when he ascends to a high position, he won't act recklessly."
"Brother truly lives up to his reputation as the guardian deity of Nanchen Kingdom; he always thinks of the common people." Fan Zu'an sincerely admired him.
Li Ting quickly prepared the materials for Fan Zuan to make the bombs.
Meanwhile, the Qianji Sect spy, who had disguised himself as Zhao Yunwan's confidant to make the deal with the Qinglian Society, also sent back news that everything was going smoothly and only the final exchange of money and goods was left.
Xu Ningyou has already gone to meet up with the person in disguise. With Xu Ningyou personally overseeing things, there shouldn't be any unexpected incidents.
Li Ting sent a letter, repeatedly reminding Xu Ningyou and her group to be careful.
If the situation changes, destroy the opium and steal the silver.
Zhao Yunwan intercepted the tax revenue of the three provinces in Jiangnan for a year, preventing it from entering the national treasury. However, she created a pretext to submit it to the national treasury, claiming that the emperor needed a large amount of money to build the Wufang Pagoda and that it was temporarily borrowed.
The Minister of Revenue, who was in charge of the national treasury, had long been Zhao Yunwan's lackey. He then led a group of confidants to create a false account for Zhao Yunwan, making it so flawless that if the authorities were to investigate, they would only trace it back to the emperor.
Zhao Yunwan is really bold.
The tax revenue for a year could buy 10,000 catties of finished opium. If the Crown Prince doesn't take any action, this money will simply flow into the pocket of Prince Anle, Xiao Yi.
Then Xiao Yi's private army can be strengthened.
A scout who had entered Jiangjin to investigate the opium plantation reported that Xiao Yi seemed to have secret dealings with the Liang Kingdom.
Many merchants from the Great Liang Kingdom were discovered within the Jiangjin fiefdom, and even officials from the Great Liang Kingdom appeared at Prince Xiao Yi's residence.
Li Ting read the news to Li Xingran one by one, with Xiao Sheng also present.
Xiao Sheng pondered in his heart how to handle these situations, and then waited to hear how the Grand Tutor dealt with them.
But this time, Li Ting directly threw the question to Xiao Sheng.
"Sheng'er, although you have only been studying with me for a short time, I would like to hear your opinion first."
"Grand Tutor, there are some things that Sheng'er hasn't figured out yet, but he already has a plan in mind."
"Empress Zhao Yunwan intercepted the tax revenue, but as far as I know, the tax revenue from the three provinces of Jiangnan has always been used to strengthen the border defenses. If the southwest and northwest simultaneously demand this money from the court, Zhao Yunwan will not be able to cover the shortfall in time, and this matter will definitely reach Father Emperor's attention. Father Emperor, you may think he doesn't care about state affairs, but I know that he is most afraid of becoming the ruler of a fallen country."
"Therefore, he will actively investigate this tax revenue. So we will arrange for a few palace servants to let the emperor know at just the right moment that the Minister of Revenue only listens to Empress Zhao Yunwan."
"Then it was revealed that Zhao Yunwan intercepted the silver in order to buy opium and control the ministers in the court."
"The people of Liang in Jiangjin will be spared as long as they do not harm the stability of Nanchen. I have always had an idea to establish trade relations with Liang, but I am of little influence and no one supports my idea."
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