Emperor Jing glanced at the thick stack of silver notes, and the eunuch presented the silver notes to the table.

Then he said lightly: "The seven-year income of Taoyuan County is only more than 80,000 taels of silver? Fang Zhengyi, when you come to me, you dare to play with your cleverness... someone is here!"

Fang Zhengyi said nervously: "Your Majesty, it is true. I have invested countless funds to transform Taoyuan County... It is not easy to have more than 80,000 taels left!"

"Really? I don't believe it."

“……………………”

If you say this, we can't talk!

Fine sweat beads began to seep from Fang Zhengyi's forehead. If he stayed there, he would probably be dehydrated today...

Fortunately, Emperor Jing spoke again: "I can leave it alone for what you have done before."

"But when you enter the court, you must give me your life honestly!"

"I am very happy that you have the ability to do things, but I am very dissatisfied with your attitude as an official!"

Fang Zheng was granted a general amnesty and hurriedly said, "What Your Majesty taught me is that I will be willing to do whatever I want in the future!"

Emperor Jing raised his hand and said, "Come, give me a seat."

The eunuch on duty immediately brought a chair to Fang Zhengyi, and Fang Zhengyi sat down carefully.

At the same time, I thought to myself that I was lucky enough, and it seemed that my 80,000 taels of silver was not spent in vain, and at least I even made a seat.

Seeing Fang Zhengyi sitting on the chair like a young wife, half of his butt was sitting on the chair, Emperor Jing couldn't help but feel funny.

It seems that Fang Zheng has been crazy again and again, but he still knows how to judge the situation.

"Okay, don't be restrained, I have a lot to ask you."

Seeing that Emperor Jing's attitude was eased, Fang Zhengyi couldn't help but relax: "Your Majesty, I will speak for you."

As Emperor Jing thought about the matter, all kinds of memories of Taoyuan County flashed through his mind.

Toilet paper...pipe...green...mirror...voice speaker for a while, I didn't know where to start asking.

After thinking for a while, he spoke, "The merit is immeasurable...What is this thing?"

Fang Zhengyi immediately showed such an expression. Anyone with a discerning eye could see the effect of this thing. It was natural for the emperor to care about it, and he had already made a draft.

"When you go back to your Majesty, this thing is called gunpowder. It will burn when it encounters fire. If it is large in number and is in a confined space, it will cause a violent explosion."

"Gunpowder? Is this a natural thing or an artificial thing?"

“Artificial!”

Emperor Jing immediately felt a sense of joy and hurriedly continued to ask: "How much can this thing be produced? How much does it cost?"

Fang Zhengyi's expression became serious: "Your Majesty, this thing was obtained by an alchemist by chance. At that time, I left the alchemist to make gunpowder for Taoyuan County, but later this person was also bombed to death, and the manufacturing of gunpowder was cut off here."

"Fortunately there is still some surplus. Taoyuan County has been retained for several years, but the gunpowder is extremely unstable and very dangerous! So the remaining inventory has been used up when the mountain is opened."

"If it comes to production, it is even more difficult! I have also ordered people to study it. If this thing was successfully developed a few years ago, it would definitely be presented to the court... It's a pity that it failed."

"Because of huge expenses, tens of thousands of taels of silver were not successful, and the county did not continue to spend silver to support the research on this item..."

After saying that, Fang Zhengyi shook his head regretfully, showing an expression that he seemed to be unable to fulfill his loyalty to the country and was ashamed to death.

Just kidding! This thing has been produced energy for a long time, and Fang Zhengyi is not a newbie who has just entered the workplace.

Of course, if you have good things, you will only take them out at critical moments. If you show off your skills to your boss, you will not force yourself to fight?

To live a comfortable life, toothpaste has to be squeezed slowly...

However, the cost of making gunpowder is really high. If you ignore the cost of materials, Fang Zhengyi didn’t know anything about sulfur or saltpeter when he first arrived.

I could only ask people to search all the materials I could find on the market, and then I found a craftsman to compare them one by one. It took a lot of effort to finally make the gunpowder develop successfully.

After all, there is no system, no memory, and this life is a bit difficult...

Emperor Jing pointed at Fang Zhengyi and said angrily: "I'm foolish! Such a magical weapon has stopped researching. I immediately ordered Taoyuan County to continue to develop this object!"

Fang Zhengyi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty... the county has no money, I have brought all the silver here this time."

"How much do you need!?"

"Forty thousand...thirty thousand...thirty thousand...than thousand...then." Fang Zhengyi said, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the table.

Emperor Jing looked at Fang Zhengyi and sneered: "What? Do you still want to get the money back?"

"I dare not! But if I want to support the research and development of this product, I will always need money... I cannot increase taxes on the people, and exploit people's wealth and paste..."

Fang Zheng became more courageous. Which emperor could not be moved by this thing?

Since I have some negotiation capital, I can get a little bit of the money I gave back, these are my own coffin books!

Emperor Jing stared at Fang Zhengyi and observed for a while, it was no longer a false statement.

However, considering Fang Zhengyi's slick performance, Jingdi is still very alert.

"Twenty thousand taels... I will give you a year, and in a year, I will see the production and use of gunpowder."

Fang Zhengyi quickly shook his head: "Your Majesty, you can find a way to spend less money, but time is really urgent. I have studied it for two years and achieved little success. Now the people who participated have already gone to other businesses."

"If you recall the old person and study again... I think it will take at least two years. Within two years, I am still confident!"

"Okay...it's only two years. I'll send someone to Taoyuan County to assist in the research. If it doesn't succeed in two years, the consequences...you have to consider it well."

Such a magical artifact is worth waiting for two years, and there is no war in the country yet, so Emperor Jing did not care much about time.

Fang Zhengyi showed a slight smile, and 20,000 taels are coming back! It’s really hard to cheat some research funds, but it’s his own money!

Send someone to go! Gunpowder is the most important secret of Taoyuan County. All the people involved in the research were humans and were in charge of work in the county government.

As soon as the imperial edict arrived, everyone naturally knew... Fang Zhengyi still has this confidence.

"Please rest assured by your majesty! I will live up to my mission and live up to my trust!"

Emperor Jing nodded with satisfaction, and then said gloomyly: "Okay... Next, I want to know, is the poisonous oath I made at the beginning still in your hands...?"

Fang Zhengyi laughed awkwardly: "When he signed the contract, his Majesty used a false name and could not do it real. When he went back, I would write a book and let them burn it all!"

Emperor Jing looked at him and said nothing.

"Oh...and that phonograph, together with Your Majesty, the phonograph... can be produced, but it is a secret from Taoyuan County, so there is only one. If Your Majesty needs more ministers, you can order people to recreate it, Your Majesty will clearly understand!"

Fang Zheng honestly explained everything this time, thinking in his heart that it must be Wu Sheng's dog thing that sold him!

Emperor Jing naturally went to Taoyuan County, so he naturally had to find out the strange thing, and it would be strange if he didn't know the function of the phonograph.

And if you come here by yourself, you have to deliver some goods to the boss, otherwise won’t you be able to mess around in the future?

“Very good…continue….”
Chapter completed!