For such a huge project, the manpower and material resources that need to be mobilized are undoubtedly huge.

It is not difficult to mobilize various building materials, resources and equipment.

The troublesome part really lies in ‘manpower’.

He flipped through the statistical report on various projects in front of him.

The construction of the frontline fortress should be completed within this month.

When the time comes, just transfer this engineering team to pave the road.

However, considering the amount of work and efficiency issues, this decisive manpower is still not enough.

According to Luo Ji's idea, he wanted to pave the way for all civilizations in the world before officially rising to the Black Iron rank.

Because this is related to his support efficiency in subsequent city defense battles.

Calculating the time now, there are only a few years left before I am forcibly promoted to the black iron rank.

You need to speed up your movements quickly.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Luo Ji set his sights on the Beidi mountain city that was under construction.

As early as last year, the construction of the outer city wall of Beidi Mountain City was completed.

About one-fifth of the construction in the city has been completed.

Now that he is in urgent need of paving workers, he has no choice but to transfer people from the mountain city in Beidi.

At worst, we can just send a group of coolies over to help with the construction of the mountain city here.

After a round of arrangements and several orders being issued, the entire civilization of the world continued to operate at high speed.

By the time the project officially starts, the season has actually entered summer.

Then came a heavy rainstorm, which plunged civilizations from all over the world into a carnival that had suffered from summer droughts for years!

He raised his head and felt the heavy raindrops hitting his face.

At this moment, even Luo Ji, who had always been calm, could no longer hide the ecstasy on his face.

A heavy rain this summer proved that they finally got through the disastrous Little Ice Age!

As long as we survive these difficult days, people's lives will undoubtedly be much easier in the winter and summer.

At the same time, crops can grow better, and food production will also increase.

It gave Luo Ji a feeling of relief after all the hardships.

However, before he could be happy for a while, a roaring sound suddenly came from a distance!

Hearing this exaggerated movement, Luo Ji's heart tightened as he thought of something.

Then there was no time to say anything, so he hurried towards the direction of the Ordnance Research Department.

Before he officially approached, he could already see a large amount of black smoke rising from the sky above the Ordnance Research Department from a long distance away.

The explosion just now probably set the entire Ordnance Research Department on fire.

Fortunately, it was raining heavily. Judging from the situation, the fire should have been basically extinguished.

Such exaggerated movement naturally attracted the attention of many people.

People from the patrol team in the city also rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

And the isolation belt was pulled up to block off the entire nearby area, prohibiting ordinary people from approaching.

After passing through the isolation zone, Luo Ji quickly walked into the Ordnance Research Department with a group of guards.

The high wall outside the Ordnance Research Department is nothing to worry about.

However, less than half of the office building inside collapsed, and the source of the black smoke was undoubtedly here.

This scene made Luo Ji's heart suddenly hang in his throat.

If he remembered correctly, that location was Xuan Ye’s office!

After scanning his surroundings, Luo Ji locked his eyes directly on the now disgraced Vice Minister Zhao Lei.

At the same time, Zhao Lei apparently also saw Luo Ji, and then quickly stepped forward to salute...

"Weak minister Zhao Lei, please see your Majesty!"

Luo Ji, who was feeling quite anxious at this time, obviously didn't have time to waste time, so he just heard him ask directly...

"Where is your minister?"

"Minister, isn't the minister here..."

After hearing this, Zhao Lei turned around subconsciously, and was instantly dumbfounded.

Damn it! Where is such a big living person? He was obviously still here just now!

"This this……"

This time Zhao Lei was so shocked that he even stuttered when speaking.

In the end, Wang Kai stood aside and suddenly pointed in a direction.

"Your Majesty, do you think that is Minister Ye?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ji quickly looked in that direction.

At this moment, Ye Xuan was lying on a relatively clean wall, holding a piece of charcoal she picked up from somewhere in her hand, using the charcoal as a pen and the wall as paper, writing crazily on it.

While writing, I kept mumbling words.

For some reason, that mad scientist-like aura made the members of the Ordnance Research Department standing around afraid to approach him.

In response, Luo Ji sighed heavily and without looking back, he ordered to a guard beside him...

"Go and call the doctor over. Also, ask someone to copy down everything on the wall."

As long as people are still alive, everything is fine.

And looking at Xuan Ye's posture, she didn't seem to be seriously injured.

Luo Ji's heart hanging in his throat was finally put back into his stomach at this moment.

There is no doubt that what Xuan Ye is studying is gunpowder.

In winter, Luo Ji had just gathered all the materials for making gunpowder.

However, for something as dangerous as gunpowder, it is obviously impossible to find out the specific formula.

Therefore, Luo Ji could only gather the necessary materials together and then give them to Ye Xuan to study slowly.

Although before that, he had given numerous warnings to study it carefully.

But the explosion still scared him badly.

Fortunately, Xuan Ye was quite smart and she stayed away during the ignition experiment. Otherwise, the power of the explosion would have been fatal.

A dangerous experiment like this should have been done in an open experimental field outside.

But it happened to be raining heavily today, and Xuan Ye had just adjusted the formula, and didn't want to listen to anyone's advice and wanted to try it quickly.

Afterwards, according to the examination results of the doctors, Xuan Ye's injury was not serious, it was basically just a flesh injury.

This can be clearly seen from the fact that after the big explosion, she still had the strength to run to the wall next to her and write down the experimental formula ratio of gunpowder.

On the contrary, it was the heavy rain that gave her a severe cold...

This incident can be said to be quite dangerous, and someone may die if we are not careful.

Luo Ji felt that he needed to give Xuan Ye some memory.

So, he was quite open-minded and gave her a month-long vacation amidst Ye Xuan's wails.

At the same time, two guards, a man and a woman, were specially assigned to follow her 24 hours a day.

And during this month-long vacation, she is not allowed to touch anything related to ordnance!

Obviously, Luo Ji knew how to punish her.

For Ye Xuan, a guy who is addicted to the research of ordnance and weapons all day long and can't extricate himself, is there anything more painful than this?

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