In the imperial study, Zhao Duan had just finished handling today's memorial with the prince when he saw Cao Shuang walking over.
Dang even put down the ink pen in his hand and asked, "How's it going?"
Although Zhao Duan was confused when he asked, Cao Shuang understood what he meant and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, all the people from Lingyun Temple have been arrested and brought to justice. The servant specially arranged for a person who has great malice towards the monks to go there." We’ve interrogated them, and it seems the results are pretty good so far.”
Zhao Duan showed a little smile, then his face darkened and he snorted: "Humph, not only did he protect the imperial criminals, but he also tried to let the monks of Lingyun Temple escape the punishment of the imperial court by dismissing all the monks in the temple. What Xuan An thought It's quite beautiful.
Since they don't want something straightforward, let them live and die!
Just use their fate to shock the world! "
"Your Majesty is wise! This is exactly what a thief like this should do."
Cao Shuang quickly agreed.
Zhao Duan then changed the subject and said, "How is the situation with King Zhenxi?"
Cao Shuang replied: "The prince has led a hundred thousand Tianwu troops to surround all the mountains at the border of southern and northern Hunan. At this moment, he is gradually shrinking the scope to encircle and suppress the remaining remnants of the Five Poison Sect!"
Hearing this, Zhao Duan showed a worried expression on his face and said, "I wonder if the Second Emperor Uncle will be able to go smoothly in a battle with the Five Poison Sect, a sect that is good at controlling poisonous insects in the mountains and forests?"
Cao Shuang immediately smiled and consoled him: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Before coming back, King Zhenxi went to Prince Yun to learn how to make the fierce fire cabinet.
This time, all members of the Tianwu Army are carrying fierce fire cabinets. If the thieves of the Five Poison Sect want to use the poisonous insects to deal with the army, they will definitely suffer a big loss! "
"What? That boy actually handed over the method of making a fierce fire cabinet to the Second Emperor's uncle?
When I first asked him for it, he didn’t give it to me! "
Zhao Duan asked in surprise. He didn't realize that his tone was full of jealousy.
In Zhao Duan's opinion, he is his biological father after all!
He didn't even give it to himself, but instead gave it to the Second Emperor's Uncle. In the eyes of any brat, his biological father is not as good as the Second Emperor's Uncle, an elder from another generation?
Cao Shuang smiled and said nothing. This kind of matter between the Tian family was not something that a eunuch like him could comment on at will.
There was no response to his words. Zhao Duan glanced at him and then sighed and waved his hands: "That's all. Afterwards, you go to the Second Emperor's Uncle and ask him how to make this fierce fire cabinet."
However, Cao Shuang said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to make a fierce fire cabinet, but if the court wants to use it on a large scale, I am afraid it is not realistic."
"What should I say? Is there any problem?" Zhao Duan asked doubtfully.
This production method already exists, why can’t it be used on a large scale?
Cao Shuang explained: "After I heard the news, I went to find out how to make this fierce fire cabinet. It's not difficult. Any carpenter can do it casually. But the most important thing about this fierce fire cabinet is the material it uses." Plant black fire oil.
This kind of black kerosene is the key to making the fierce fire cabinet have such power and the flame is inextinguishable.
We don't know what this kind of thing is, and it is still an exclusive thing that can only be found in King Yun. Therefore, even if we make the fierce fire cabinet, the fierce fire cabinet cannot be used without black fire oil. "
"Where did the Second Emperor's kerosene come from?" Zhao Duan asked immediately.
Cao Shuang smiled bitterly and said: "His Royal Highness King Yun gave King Zhenxi a token. The black fire oil used by King Zhenxi was purchased from Feiyun Trading Company.
Without that token, Feiyun Trading Company would not sell black fire oil to external parties at all.
And King Zhenxi doesn’t want to give that token to us. "
"Ah this..."
Zhao Duan was dumbfounded. No wonder this guy was so generous in handing over his skills. He wasn't afraid of learning from him secretly. The key source of his relationship was still in his hands!
This kid, how come he has become so slippery and unrestrained after not seeing him for a few years!
Seeing that there was no hope, Zhao Duan stopped focusing on this and asked instead: "Did the Second Emperor Uncle say when it will end?"
Cao Shuang nodded: "The King of Zhenxi said that in half a month at most, he can uproot the remnants of the Five Poison Sect hiding in the mountains, and then go to other places to eliminate the remnants of the martial arts. It will take at most half a year. Be able to accomplish this task of wiping out the world."
Zhao Duan nodded after hearing this:
"I can rest assured that the emperor is doing his job. Since the emperor said that he can wipe out the remaining evil in the world within half a year at most, it will definitely not take more than a day. We are waiting for the good news from the emperor.
So, let’s put this matter aside for the time being. Cao Banban, please ask the Imperial City Department to investigate the shipyards belonging to the imperial court in the southeast for me. How many of them can be used? How long will it take to build the most ships for the imperial court? "
When Cao Shuang heard this, he immediately remembered His Majesty's plan with King Yun when he was in Yunzhou County. His eyes flashed and he said: "Your Majesty, are you going to start preparations?"
Zhao Duan nodded: "The imperial court's finances have become more and more difficult, so I can't always let me use money to subsidize the national treasury.
Since those weapons and equipment are useless, then use them to create some value for the court and subsidize the court's current finances. "
Cao Shuang said with some worry: "But Your Majesty, you also know that there must be a lot of things involved in these arsenals. If you do it rashly, I will worry..."
"What are you worried about? Are you worried about those people jumping over the wall?"
Zhao Duan sneered, then waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I don't plan to expand to the whole country at once this time. Let's start with the capital's military base.
And this can’t be done immediately. We are just making preliminary preparations first. We have to wait until the Second Emperor's Uncle comes back to actually take action. With the Second Emperor's Uncle controlling the situation, I forgive those involved in the military department and even the nobles who do not have the courage to dare to explode!
Rather, I wish he could stab them. I haven't seen the frightened look on these people's faces when they face the Second Emperor's Uncle for a long time.
It has been twenty years, and they must all miss their former uncle.
Hahaha! "
Looking at His Majesty with a proud smile on his face, Cao Shuang didn't know why, but he always felt like His Majesty was the arrogance of a child after finding the support of his own adults.
To use a more accurate word to describe it, it is a dog fighting against human power.
Forget forget it!
Cao Shuang quickly shook his head. How could he describe His Majesty like this?
After eliminating these messy thoughts from his head, Cao Shuang nodded solemnly and said:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will send more spies to the southeast now, and I will definitely find out the true situation of Jiangnan Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipping Company!"
Zhao Duan nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered worriedly:
"By the way, let them hide. Although I don't know what they have been doing down there these years, I guess there must be some shameful things.
Don't let them think that we are going to investigate the bad debts of the shipyard, thereby destroying the shipyard, and then the gains will outweigh the losses. "
"This slave understands this! Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely not let those people notice it!"
"good!"
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(End of chapter)
