Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

Although the righteousness aroused by the gunpowder was tyrannical, it raised Tong Ran's rank to the fifth middle rank of the Xuan rank in one breath.

Tong Ran was very satisfied, the buds on his spiritual platform had grown up a bit, and dark leaves appeared, and when it reached the top grade, it would probably look like a small tree.

"Wow!" The little tiger lightened up, and was grabbed by the back of the neck.

"Why did you come here, Zai Zai?" Tong Ran picked it up and went straight to the door.

After the gunpowder experiment was successful, Tong Ran recalled some workers. He first asked people to expand the small room in the previous experiment, and built a few more rooms, and then divided the workers into several batches as an assembly line for making gunpowder.

Although he has put a lot of thought into safety, he is still making gunpowder here, and he has never let the little tiger in.

"Cub, you can't come here, have you eaten anything you shouldn't eat? It's full of saltpeter and sulfur, and it will kill you if you eat it!" Tong Ran said as he walked, and the little tiger screamed, but he ignored everything. .

Chu Jun naturally wouldn't eat indiscriminately, but he sneaked in, and inevitably got some strange powder.

Tong Ran carried it back to the yard where she lived, and ordered Qiu'er to boil water.

"It smells like sulfur." ​​Tong Ran put it in the yard, and for the first time did not let him enter the house, "We will take a bath in the yard later, and you are not allowed to protest. Why are you ashamed of a tiger?"

"Wow!" I'm not shy!

The little tiger waved its paw, and Tong Ran grabbed it and held it in his hand.

"Be good, I'll let you in after taking a shower, and I'll add meat to you at night," Tong Ran said.

"Wow!" the little tiger roared fiercely at him.

Tong Ran ignored it, held it down, and when the ball was mixed with hot water, Tong Ran threw the little tiger into it.

"Wow... woo...cough..." The little tiger choked on his saliva.

"It's okay, it's okay." Tong Ran's heart softened, he helped it up, and comforted him while patting it.

The little tiger glanced at him, and took advantage of Tong Ran's unpreparedness to bite him down.

"Zai Zai, you bit me again." Tong Ran withdrew her hand, with teeth marks on it.

"Wow!"

It is unreasonable for me to bathe in the open air!

"Look, he is the county magistrate's cub."

"I'm taking a shower, so cute!"

"Wet looks smaller than usual, so cute, I really want to touch it."

"Don't think about it, look, the county magistrate seems to have been bitten too, he really is a tiger cub, he has a really big temper."

Tong Ran rubbed her hand. Fortunately, there was no bleeding, and the brat was still a little bit decent.

The little tiger patted the water and urged him to come back.

Tong Ran originally sat on the pony with his back to the courtyard gate, which could somewhat block its body, but now that Tong Ran walked away, the tiger cub in the water was clearly seen by the people outside the courtyard.

"Wow!"

"What's the rush, you didn't bite me just now?"

"Wow!"

The way I take a bath is seen!The little tiger roared again.

"Got it, got it, I'll wash your hair for you." Tong Ran couldn't do anything with it, so he rubbed a hand of soap to bubble the little tiger's head indiscriminately.

"Wooooow..."

The little tiger was suddenly covered in bubbles and couldn't open his eyes.

"Be obedient, I'll wash you up and you can go play." Tong Ran rubbed the soap bubbles all over its face.

The little tiger took a mouthful of bitterness as soon as it opened its mouth, it closed it aggrievedly, and patted the water surface in protest, but Tong Ran ignored it.

"It's so cute, it can even shoot water!"

I don't know which young lady is still watching outside the yard.

Little Tiger: I'm so mad!

After taking a bath, the little tiger was refreshed, shaking his small body and was about to run out again, but Tong Ran picked him up by the back of the neck and dragged him back.

"It's time for lunch, don't go out." Tong Ran said.

After eating, the little tiger wanted to go out again, but was dragged back by Tong Ran, but this time he was not locked at home, but carried to the neighboring village.

"Zaizai, there are many puppies here, you can play with them. Don't worry, they won't bully you." Tong Ran put the little tiger on the grass, and then went to the gunpowder workshop with confidence.

There were a few half-grown native dogs playing on the grass, but when the tiger appeared, the dogs were startled and stopped moving.

The little tiger glanced at them and turned around.The little attendant is not here, so it is up to itself where it wants to go.

Chu Jun watched the whole process of the gunpowder experiment, and the power was really terrifying.

Later, Tong Ran built a gunpowder workshop, and heard that he was going to mass-produce gunpowder to explode mountains.He heard from Tong Ran that his workshop is in the form of an assembly line, and the production of a piece of gunpowder is divided into several steps and assigned to different people, so as to ensure that the production method of gunpowder will not be spread.

This kind of protection is still a bit weak, Chu Jun is worried, and wants to check again.

Tong Ran also went to the gunpowder workshop when he left just now, he must be more cautious, if he finds out again...he doesn't want to take a bath in public anymore.

Chu Jun came to the bushes next to the gunpowder workshop, exuded some righteousness, and after exploring the situation of the gunpowder workshop, he jumped lightly and got in through a small air hole.

The gunpowder workshop was busy, and the workers here included county servants and Tong Ran who were selected from the road construction workers.There are not many people, but they are still reliable.

"grown ups."

Chu Jun's ears moved, and Tong Ran's footsteps came, and he retracted his head.

Tong Ran really came to the workshop.

Everyone in the workshop has become accustomed to it, and everyone is still concentrating on their work. Tong Ran patrolled around, said a few words to Yuan San, who was in charge, and then sat down to work in a small room inside.

The invention of gunpowder is no small matter, and Tong Ran is also cautious.

In order to prevent being spied on, there are yamen servants patrolling around the workshop day and night, and he and Gao Zhuo take turns sitting in the workshop.

Tong Ran is now at the middle grade of Xuan rank. If someone uses his righteousness to explore the inside of the gunpowder workshop, he will be able to detect it immediately, unless the rank of the person coming is above the earth rank.In Xiaoguo County, there are no land-level people in the entire county. Even if Dacheng is the whole country, there are only a hundred people within the nine realms. Most of them are in Beijing, and most of them are high-ranking officials. Therefore, even if someone is watching, it is unlikely to be these people.In this way, it is enough to have Tong Ran or Gao Zhuo in charge.

Of course Chu Jun was not among the ones they could guard against. He first explored with righteousness, and then sneaked into it. As long as Tong Ran didn't see him, he could sneak in without anyone noticing.

The little tiger climbed up the beams of the house along the wooden pillars behind a large vat. After all, the house was crudely built. Although the rooms were separated by walls, the top beams were connected.However, the space on the beam is very small. If humans come over, it can accommodate children of four or five years old at most.

The little tiger can move freely on the top. After it became a tiger, its five senses have been strengthened a lot. Looking down from the beam, the words and movements of the bottom are also clear.It even stayed on Tong Ran's small study for a long time, and Tong Ran was so absorbed in the document that she didn't notice it at all.

After looking at the little attendant who was handling the paperwork for a while, the little tiger shook his head and was about to go back, but suddenly felt a strong sense of righteousness.

This kind of strength actually has a ground level?

Chu Jun brazenly called out his righteous energy, collided with him, and blocked him from the workshop.

There are only a hundred or so people in the whole country, who is here?After Chu Jun knocked him away, he summoned up more righteous energy and swept across a twenty-mile radius like a sea wave. The man had already left, leaving only a little wave in the east.

Chu Jun narrowed his eyes and carved three claw marks on the wooden beam.

My righteousness is stronger than the opponent's, which should scare people away.People who can reach this level must have an intricate chain of interests behind them. The other party does not want to be recognized by him, so hurry up and withdraw.It's a pity that I am now in the body of a tiger cub, and my righteousness cannot be fully activated, otherwise I will definitely catch the spy.

Under the beams, Tong Ran suddenly raised his head and looked to the east.

There are no windows in the small study, only the walls are visible.He frowned slightly, and there seemed to be faint waves of righteousness in that direction, but it only felt for a moment, and when Tong Ran focused on investigating again, there was no trace.

Tong Ran's actions were seen by Chu Jun. Righteousness is connected with the power of the five senses. Apart from being used as a basis for granting official positions, the biggest use is for investigation. The higher the level of righteousness, the wider the area that can be explored. The content is also more detailed.And a low level means that the five senses connected to it are also weak, so if a high level person deliberately hides his tracks, a low level person will hardly notice his righteous energy fluctuations.

The person just now was at least the lower level of the earth, and his strength was enough to make Tong Ran of the middle level of the Xuan level not aware of it, but Tong Ran seemed to be aware of it.This kid's five senses are indeed stronger than ordinary people.

Chu Jun restrained his righteousness, and gently exited the area of ​​the small study.

In the small study, Tong Ransi was still uneasy after much deliberation, and explained that he had traveled twenty li to the east, and the upheaval he felt today seemed to come from this.This is a dense forest, and it is not difficult to hide people, but when he went there, there were indeed no people in the forest.

Maybe it's my feeling that's wrong?

Tong Ran didn't dare to be sure about the fluctuations, but out of caution, he ordered Yuan San to notify Gao Zhuo, add another team of yamen servants to patrol, and expand the scope.

After Chu Jun exited the small study, he went back to Tong Ran's courtyard. He slept and returned to the Xuanzheng Hall. It was still in the afternoon.

Su Jin found that he was awake, and bowed to serve him.

Chu Jun opened his arms to make him dress, and said at the same time: "The decree continues, all officials above the fourth rank and above in the capital and the royal family above the ground rank must be present at the court in the evening."

"Your Majesty, this... I'm afraid it's against the rules." Since ancient times, courts have been held in the morning and in the evening, so which one is this?

"I am the Son of Heaven, I have the final say on whether I follow the rules or not." Chu Jun said, and he personally put on the golden crown for himself.

Almost all people above the ground level in the whole country are officials, more than [-]% are Beijing officials or princes and nobles in Beijing, and the rest are mostly local officials or generals guarding the frontier, and there are also people who have retired from major families.

It would take a day and a night from Xiaoguo County to the capital. He summoned him in the afternoon and went to court in the evening. Even with ten bloody horses, he did not believe that this man could return to Beijing in such a short period of time.

In this way, there would be no suspicion of those who went to the evening court, and he could use this to screen out more than [-]% of the people.

"Besides, pass the order down, and I want to know the whereabouts of all the officials above the prefectural level in the Nine Daozhong today." Chu Jun lowered his voice for these words, and Su Jin immediately understood, and his low voice should be true.

The emperor couldn't clearly investigate the officials' movements without a proper reason, so this matter was naturally handed over to Fan Heng.

In his early years, Fan Heng feigned death and left the palace in order to set up a hidden stake under the guise of doing business. Although Chu Jun has given orders from time to time in recent years, he has never used them on a large scale.

Previously, they were waiting for an opportunity, but this time, someone actually investigated Tong Ran's gunpowder workshop.

Since Chu Jun got the white jade unicorn pendant and turned into a little tiger, it has been a long time since there has been a big court in Beijing, and even the small court has become once every three days.As soon as the court's decree came out, officials in Beijing and China, no matter whether they were in charge or not, took action quickly, and the Zhuque Street leading to the palace was full of cars and horses.

When the hour was approaching, Chu Jun was ready early, and Su Jin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, all the officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital, as well as the princes and county kings above the ground rank, have all been present, only Lu Yong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Wu, Minister of the Ministry of War Before Li arrived, both of them claimed to be sick."

"Wu Li was born as a general, and he is in good health. How come he just got sick today?" Chu Jun said.Wu Li was born in Fengyi Wu Clan, one of the five great families, his ancestor was a famous founding general of Dacheng, he was granted the title of Marquis of Changping, and now it is Wu Li who has inherited the title.Wu Li fought in the battlefield in his early years, and was transferred to the Ministry of War after he made military achievements. Now he is a second-rank minister of the Ministry of War, a fifth-rank Jianji Temple University Bachelor, and a first-rank junior division.

The Wu family belonged to the younger generation among the five great gentry families, and by the generation of Wu Li, they were already in a state of being able to compete with the Fu family.

Su Jinhui: "Someone from his family came to report, it is said that he occasionally caught a cold."

Chu Jun's eyes darkened: "Got it."He regained his composure and walked forward.

When Tong Ran came home at night, the little tiger was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Tong Ran poked its furry face, and went to the table to draw drawings.

Today he sensed that someone was spying on the gunpowder workshop. Although he didn't know if it was true or not, Tong Ran planned to speed up his plan just in case.

Before that, he went to Caogu Township to see the terrain, and now he drew a rough outline from memory, thinking about how to arrange the gunpowder.

When the little tiger woke up, Tong Ran was still thinking about the case.The little tiger jumped out of the bed and jumped onto Tong Ran's desk. It came up so often that Tong Ran got used to it. He didn't notice anything unusual for a while, and continued to write and draw on his own.

The little tiger glanced at it and realized that Tong Ran was drawing a blueprint for burying gunpowder.

According to the original plan, the project of blasting the mountain will take about ten days to complete. He is starting to draw the blueprints now, but what does it mean in advance?

Although Wu Facai and his wife were found in the last vertical kiln incident, there is no clue about the people behind them or Wu Xiaobao who was kidnapped.

The purpose of that incident was eight out of ten to prevent Tong Ran from building a cement road.Afterwards, I knew that Gou An had used beggars in the city to stir up rumors. Although Tong Ran dispelled it, he didn't necessarily stop there.

Gou An has no reason to stop Tong Ran from building roads, but I heard that there are several merchants in Xiaoguo County who have logistics business, and Gou An has good relations with most of the merchants. If it is because of them, it is not impossible.Originally, Tong Ran analyzed it like this, and Chu Jun also thought it made sense.

But after today's incident, he felt that it was not that simple.

Gou An is only a low-rank Xuan rank, so it is impossible for him to spy on the Gunpowder Workshop.And he came from a small clan, and there was no one above the earth rank in the clan.The person who appeared today is obviously not something that Gou An can hire. With the strength of the merchants in Xiaoguo County, I am afraid that they will not be able to give this level of people the benefits they need.

Today in the court, Wu Li and Lu Yong claimed to be sick at the same time. Both of them were above the ground level, but they had no reason to object to Tong Ran's road construction.

In addition, Wu Li and Lu Yong are at odds, if they are involved in this matter at the same time, it is likely that they are not the same party.

From the Liyao incident, Gou'an's rumors, to today's move by the elite, Tong Ran's path has been full of twists and turns.

Tong Ran worked all night, and the next day he took people to inspect the site, and almost made a plan.

Caogu Township was accompanying the whole process, and after hearing Tong Ran's plan, he said, "What about these villagers?" Tong Ran's road would pass through the village, but luckily the villagers in the third village of Caogu Township lived scattered. Only Hachinohe will be affected, but how can the villagers agree that this road will take up their houses and fields?

Tong Ran said: "The eight affected households will be paid per head, 50 taels of silver per person. In addition, the county will pay to build new houses for them. The expropriated land will also be replenished separately, but it will take some time. If they don't If you are willing to wait, you can buy from them at the price of good land."

Due to geographical reasons, the third village of Caogu Township has inconvenient transportation, and the village is very poor. 50 taels of silver is a huge sum of money for them, not to mention that the expropriated fields and houses can still be made up.With heavy compensation, the demolition work is not difficult.

"In addition, I also bought these two fields." Tong Ran pointed to the flattest and most central two fields in the mountain.

"My lord, these two pieces of land will not be affected." The township of Straw Mushroom Township reminded.Not only will they not be affected, but they will also be the closest and most convenient places to the road after the new road is repaired.

"I know." Tong Ran said, "In the future, the village will be re-divided around this center, so that we don't live in such a scattered place, it's more convenient."

"Re-planning?" Xiangzheng was startled.It is indeed inconvenient for the villagers to live far away. Every time he comes here, he has to live here for a day, otherwise there will be no time to convey many orders from the county to the whole village.It is more tiring to come to the third village to deliver news than to go to the other two villages.This is also one of the reasons why the Third Village has little communication with other places in Xiaoguo County.

Tong Ran nodded: "If the third village wants to develop, it must be connected with the rest of Xiaoguo County. This road is the first, and the second is to gather their residences together, so that information is unobstructed and trade routes It’s also unobstructed, and this village will definitely change a lot.”

Township understands these truths, but there is a reason why the third village is scattered.

Xiang Zhengdao: "However, many fields in the village are far away from east to west. If you live here, it will take half a day to go to and from the fields every day."

"It's not difficult," Tong Ran said, "Let's build terraced fields and plant them on the mountain."

Surrounded by mountains, lush and green, with good soil quality and abundant water sources, Tong Ran will feel distressed if such a good place is not reclaimed into cultivated land.