"Your Majesty, I have actually liked you for a long time."
"In my heart, you are the most beautiful woman in the world, unique and unrivaled!"
"Be it the queen or the three beauties An Yuxiang. Compared with you, they are simply nothing!"
Yang Dong was affectionate, with stars in his eyes.
Ji Ziyue's breathing was stagnant, and her arms, which were struggling to resist, suddenly froze.
Yang Dong seized the opportunity and untied the empress's dragon robe in one fell swoop, revealing the red silk bellyband hidden deep inside.
"I don't know where love started, but it goes deeper and deeper. Ziyue, I don't know when, but your shadow is all in my heart."
"I like you, what about you?"
Ji Ziyue's face gradually became covered with an intoxicating blush.
I don’t know where the love started, but I am deeply in love.
Xiao Dongzi, he actually has such literary talent.
As an emperor, she has seen talented people like crucian carp crossing the river. But none of them could stay in her heart.
Looking at Ji Ziyue's increasingly confused eyes, Yang Dong knew that the time was ripe.
He immediately leaned down and took that tempting cherry mouth into his mouth.
The mouth is fragrant and sweet, like nectar.
Just when he was planning to take a step further to explore the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Suddenly, there was a sound of rustling footsteps, approaching from far away.
Before Yang Dong had time to react, he felt a heavy slap on his chest.
Those weak and boneless jade hands actually exploded with thunderous force!
Ji Ziyue, do you want to murder your husband?
Yang Dong's mouth twitched slightly, and he flew backwards on his back.
On the other side, the empress quickly arranged her dragon robe, her beautiful face once again filled with majesty.
At the same time as Yang Dong landed, the door of the study room was pushed open by a bare hand.
"Huh? Xiao Dongzi, why do you..."
"His Majesty?"
Qingniao looked slightly startled and looked at the empress in confusion.
The empress coughed slightly, with a bit of blush still remaining on her cheeks. But the tone was particularly cold.
"Xiao Dongzi talks nonsense, I'm just teaching him a casual lesson."
"By the way, have you brought the gunpowder?"
Qingniao immediately took out an oil paper bag from his arms. After thinking for a moment, he opened it in front of the empress.
Looking at the black powder in Qingniao's hand, a trace of doubt appeared on the empress's face.
"Are you sure this is the gunpowder Xiao Dongzi mentioned?"
Qingniao nodded slightly, his face also full of doubts.
"Your Majesty, this was indeed given by Mr. Lu to his subordinates. He said that this was what Xiao Dongzi asked him to do. As for whether it is gunpowder, he doesn't know."
"Xiao Dongzi, please explain to me!"
Yang Dong rubbed his chest and forced himself to stand up.
He stepped forward, picked up the oil paper bag and looked at it carefully.
To the naked eye, the ratio of monosulfide, dinitrate, and charcoal should be fine.
It’s just that we don’t have white sugar in Dazhou right now, so we added some brown sugar. As for whether it can increase the power, Yang Dong can't say yet.
It seems that if I have time, I have to take the time to tell Mr. Lu how to purify brown sugar.
With this thought in mind, he took the oil bag and rewrapped it, then pointed to the courtyard outside the study and said:
"Your Majesty, this thing is indeed gunpowder. Although it is not much, it is still dangerous."
"For safety reasons, could you please move into the garden?"
The empress frowned slightly. Just this small bag of black powder, was it still dangerous?
Xiao Dongzi, isn't this guy trying to be mysterious?
But out of her belief in Yang Dong, she still nodded slightly and said:
"That's all, I'll let you go out."
…
Outside the study, there is a small but extremely exquisite garden.
On weekdays, the empress loved to take a walk in it, surrounded by flowers and colorful butterflies.
Yang Dong knew very well that such a small bag of gunpowder would not have much explosive power. But if you accidentally ignite flammable materials, the fun will be great.
After all, the buildings throughout Da Zhou are still dominated by wooden structures.
To be on the safe side, he invited the empress to move to the garden.
After cleaning up the flammable materials around him, Yang Dong pulled off a string of cloth strips from his cuffs and used them as leads, leading them all the way to the inside of the oil bag.
He took out the fire stick again and blew it gently, and orange flames slowly emerged.
"There may be flames coming out later, so don't worry, Your Majesty."
He warned, and then carefully ignited the cloth with a fire stick.
The strip of cloth burned unpleasantly enough for him to hide in a safe place.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the flames on the cloth finally ignited on the edge of the oiled paper bag.
Almost at the same moment, the ignited oil paper bag suddenly exploded, forming a basketball-sized fireball in mid-air.
But just for a moment, the fireball disappeared, leaving only bursts of white smoke, exuding the smell of sulfur.
"Is this the infinitely powerful weapon you talk about?"
"Xiao Dongzi, I know you are devoted to me, but please don't make such jokes again."
"But this thing is not useless. If it can burn in the night sky, it may be a great sight."
Ji Ziyue can actually think of fireworks through gunpowder?
Sure enough, women have a natural yearning for beautiful things.
But by looking down on gunpowder like that, are you looking down on me too much?
Yang Dong smiled lightly and said:
"May I ask if your majesty has ever seen flooding?"
Flood?
The Empress Liu frowned slightly. She didn't know why Yang Dong suddenly asked the question. She pondered for a moment and said:
"When I was six years old, there was a flood in the capital."
"The river surged and washed away countless houses. It was so powerful that it was really scary!"
"It is not difficult to imagine how miserable Luozhou is today! Alas... those are all my people, but now they are displaced. Every time I think about this, I can't sleep or eat well!"
"Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster that cannot be resisted by human beings. As long as you care about the people, the people will understand."
Yang Dong comforted himself and said:
"But Your Majesty, you just said it yourself, the flood is extremely terrible."
"But the water in a flood is actually the same as the tea in a teacup. It's just because of the huge amount of water that it's scary!"
"The same is true for gunpowder. A small packet is nothing more than a ball of fire. But your Majesty, just imagine what would happen if ten or a hundred packets of gunpowder were ignited at the same time!"
The empress fell into deep thought. After a while, a look of solemnity appeared on her majestic cheeks.
She stared at Yang Dong with an extremely serious tone.
"Xiao Dongzi, have you ever told others the formula of gunpowder?"
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. This is a gift from me to Your Majesty. How can you tell others?"
Yang Dong slightly arched his hands, a trace of pride appearing on his face.
"So good!"
The empress' expression relaxed, and a look of extreme satisfaction appeared on her majestic face.
"Xiao Dongzi, I am very pleased that you are so loyal to me."
"With gunpowder, Dazhou's military strength will increase by more than one level."
"Xiao Dongzi, what reward do you want? Even if you want to be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, I can give you the chance!"
As soon as he said this, Qingniao standing aside looked horrified.
At such a young age, Your Majesty promises to be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister?
Isn't this emperor's favor too great?
Unexpectedly, Yang Dong shook his head very firmly.
"I am not interested in becoming a prince or prime minister, nor do I need your Majesty's reward."
