Chapter 82 Swords and guns are put into storage, Ma Fang Nanshan
In addition, there are also royal handicraft industries such as Jamsil and Lacquer Garden.
Why was the imperial power so powerful at that time?
The royal family itself has a huge industry and does not need funding from foreign countries at all.
It can even support the treasury of foreign countries during natural disaster wars...
Can financial independence lead to independent personality?
The same goes for this national matter.
Unlike in later generations, the royal estates were all poorly managed. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the royal estates of hundreds of thousands of acres only earned a few thousand taels of silver a year.
Where does this make sense?
It’s no wonder that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so excited that his money was blocked by foreign ministers!
Yu Su understood this very well, so he naturally rebuilt the Shaofu.
The alchemy place where Tao Xiaowu is currently going is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.
It is located in the royal garden Shanglin Garden, directly demarcating thousands of acres of land for alchemists to make alchemy.
The surrounding area is even more deserted, with only a Yulin army stationed nearby to protect the alchemy workshop.
Of course, these Yulin troops will not block Tao Xiaowu's entry.
Although Yu Su didn't like Tao Xiaowu very much, Yu Su would not be stingy if Tao Xiaowu wanted to refine some elixirs.
Not to mention that it also has the face of Wanyang Houfu!
At this time, accompanied by Wanyang Hou Suhe, after briefly checking the token, the group passed the guard post and arrived at the alchemy workshop.
"This is a royal place, is the censorship so lax?"
Tao Xiaowu asked a little strangely.
Su Yang chuckled and said: "Although these places are important, the output of the royal workshop is not secretly dedicated to the royal family, but is used to reward the ministers and supply military supplies.
Even if it is sold, how strict can the security be?"
Tao Xiaowu had to admit that this was reasonable, and whether the guards were strict or not was still relative.
To outsiders, the guards may be very tight, but for the empire's dignitaries, it won't be too strict!
After understanding this, Tao Xiaowu understood why Yu Su was so generous to him.
There is really no need to be stingy about this kind of thing!
The environment of the alchemy workshop was very similar to that of where Tao Xiaowu lived.
Also on the island in the middle of the lake, there is only one road connecting it to the outside world.
The only difference is that Tao Xiaowu lives in the Marquis Mansion in Wanyang. No matter how big the Marquis Mansion is, the artificial lake is only a few dozen acres.
However, the artificial lake where these alchemy workshops are located is more than ten kilometers in size.
The islands in the lake also cover hundreds of acres.
The group checked the tokens and set foot on the island. They soon saw thick smoke billowing, exhaust gas filling the air, and the smell of sulfur and saltpeter filling their mouths and noses.
Tao Xiaowu's expression changed slightly: "Isn't it possible that this workshop is not only refining elixirs, but also refining gunpowder?
No, probably not!
There should be no gunpowder in this world!"
As a time traveler, even a practitioner like Tao Xiaowu would not ignore things like flames.
In fact, Tao Xiaowu had made thunder pills and the like before.
I am no stranger to these!
He knew very well that perhaps it was the differences in the laws of space and time that caused subtle changes in the composition of matter and mutations in the physical rules. Things like flames were not worthy of it.
Tao Xiaowu tried to prepare gunpowder. No matter how he adjusted the formula, the flame produced burned without exploding.
Or even after the explosion, the power is pitifully small, not comparable to the firecrackers of later generations.
Since it is not preparing gunpowder, it must be refining the elixir.
You must know that Waidan is not made from various herbs, even natural materials, thousand-year-old ginseng, ten-thousand-year-old polygonum multiflorum, etc., as many people imagine.
In fact, the refining of external elixirs may require some of these herbs and medicinal materials.
But the things that are used more are still metal and stone!
What are gold and stone objects?
To put it bluntly, they are heavy metal minerals!
For example, the most commonly used are mercury, realgar, and cinnabar.
Using this kind of heavy metal mineral to refine the elixir, it is no wonder that in the history of the world, so many dignitaries, emperors and generals were eaten to death!
Including the famous Tang Taizong Li Shimin, even emperors like Yongzheng, and even Jiajing, it is no secret that they took red lead medicine?
After eating so many people to death, it is no wonder that the Way of Waidan declined in later generations and was almost completely lost!
And Yu actually has such a large-scale alchemy workshop. Could it be that Yu Su wants to make people addicted to drugs?
Just like in the original world, taking Wushi Powder during the Wei and Jin Dynasties became popular all over the world and became a common practice?
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, in pursuit of excitement, the entire aristocratic class became disorganized.
The so-called Wei and Jin style is actually just that after taking the powder, the effect of the medicine takes effect, the whole body becomes hot, the head goes crazy, and you go crazy!
This kind of thing is an ancient poison. Does Yu Su want to use this kind of thing to control the officials, and even the entire bureaucratic aristocracy?
"Nowadays, the country is working hard to revitalize and expand the army. It even goes to the extent of cultivating magic soldiers and training generals.
Therefore, more and more of these elixirs are needed, so a workshop was established here!
Especially if Mr.'s madness technique spreads throughout the world, this alchemy workshop will probably expand tenfold!"
Marquis Wanyang didn't know what Tao Xiaowu was thinking, so he smiled.
Tao Xiaowu suddenly realized this and burst into laughter.
I really think too much.
Controlling the power of subordinates with external force is an unscrupulous trick.
No one with political wisdom would do such a stupid thing.
That is to say, it is the Xingxiu Sect and the Demon Sect, which are ungrateful sects, that use means such as life and death talismans to control their subordinates!
In fact, using power, interests, organizations, and general trends to control people's hearts is a hundred times smarter than any drug.
No matter how stupid Yu Su is, he will never do such a thing!
These elixirs should all be used for body refining!
but……
Tao Xiaowu suddenly asked doubtfully: "Although the world has not yet been completely peaceful, the Great Yu has swept the world, and the remaining princes are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered, lingering on.
Why does the country still need to expand its army and cultivate arcane generals?"
The world is at peace, naturally swords and guns are put into storage, and horses are released in Nanshan.
This has always been the case in all dynasties!
For example, in another world, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, who can best be compared with Yu Su, after the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he abolished the troops and horses of the counties and strengthened the weak branches.
It even transformed the family of the hero Wu Xun into a family of poetry, etiquette and Confucianism.
So much so that a hundred years later, almost all the great families in the Eastern Han Dynasty passed down their classics and techniques and no longer paid attention to force!
This is what rulers of all dynasties should do after bringing peace to the world.
But what does Yu Su want to do?
Seeing that the whole world is about to be peaceful, and there are no more big battles to be fought, why do we continue to cultivate elite troops? Master generals who practice the secrets of military strategism?