The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 33
In addition to the generous rewards of gold and silver, according to the new regulations of the state, Fu Yuchen, who was no longer hereditary and must be inherited in every generation, also received the reward of equal succession to the title of Marquis for his meritorious service.

This reward is great!Originally, if the Marquis of Jingbei died, his first-class Marquis position would fall to Fu Yuchen's head, and he would have to be demoted to the second-class Marquis. .

I didn't expect this time, but because of the invention of a printing press, it was as if he had made a great contribution, and he would be able to inherit the first-class title of Marquis of Jingbei on an equal basis in the future.

That is to say, the Marquis of Jingbei is still alive, and he is still young and powerful. It is still far away for Fu Yuchen to inherit his title of first-class marquis. However, the salary of the first-class marquis of Guochao is actually not that high, and it is a vain job. Being able to obtain the corresponding title of real power, and the subversive effect of the printing press has a profound impact on the spread of national culture, and the civil servants have recognized and praised him, so Fu Yuchen was easily given this reward.

Since Fu Yuchen was underage, he just asked for the position of son, and the reward was received by Fu Chuanyi, the Marquis of Jingbei. Those who are too promising are full of envy in their words.

Fu Chuanyi politely accepted the congratulations and jokes from his colleagues, while constantly laughing and saying that it was his son, but a blind cat caught a dead mouse, but at the same time promised to go out a lot of banquets, his face was also flushed, and he felt that he was very respectable. I feel that the punishment for my son the night before yesterday was a little too much.

In fact, this is also the talent of my son!To be able to invent such an office tool that is so popular among literati, even military officers can use it!
The end of the court meeting does not mean that the officials can go home from get off work. They still need to go back to their respective yamen to handle official duties. The emperor will also return to his Qinzheng Palace to review memorials and meet important officials to discuss state affairs.

At the same time, Fu Xuechen came to the Ministry of Industry again with the sixth prince Yunzuo.

Yang Qian is engraving wax paper. It is a document from the Ministry of Industry that requires the local officials in prefectures, counties, and counties to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to issue a reward list, soliciting alchemists or other people who understand the preparation of mercury fulminate. About a thousand copies are to be printed, and the paper is finished. Official seals will be issued separately.

When Yunzuo and Fu Xuechen came, he was only two lines away from engraving, so he asked Yunzuo to agree to wait for him in his room for a while.

Fu Xuechen secretly felt guilty that this mercury fulminate was accidentally discovered by Western scientists after various experimental conditions were met in later generations. Yang Qian's serious search for a large sum of money was really due to her misleading.

With this mentality, Fu Xuechen looked at Yang Qian sympathetically.

However, Yang Qian thought that the young man was smart and eager to learn, so he handed her the first page of the printed document: "Young Master Fu is the discoverer of the fulminous mercury handwriting, and I invite you to read it in detail, the essence of this reward list Do you think it fits?"

The corner of Fu Xuechen's lips twitched, knowing that Yang Qian was doing useless work, but he couldn't say so, so he pretended to read the document seriously.

She knew in her heart that there was no such thing as mercury fulminate in this era. Yang Qian searched for the author of the formula for making mercury fulminate, a certain alchemist, and his descendants or apprentices in such a specific way in the documents, but there was no result at all. I made some comments.

"Master Yang, with all due respect, the manuscript has turned yellow and looks very shabby, otherwise I wouldn't have burned it as waste paper at that time. The alchemist who wrote the manuscript may not be still alive. If he His descendants are illiterate, or he has no descendants and apprentices, and the formula is in the hands of others, so if you go to the list to solicit it, I am afraid there will be no results."

Yang Qian had considered this possibility a long time ago, but when Fu Xuechen pointed it out in person, he felt a dull pain in his heart. He was very unwilling to make this speculation a reality, and sighed heavily: "Do your best and obey the destiny!"

Fu Xuechen saw his despondent face, Chuanzi frowned with infinite sorrow, and felt more sympathetic: "There is no unparalleled road, and he may not be the only alchemist who prepares such things as fulminate mercury, right? Maybe someday , others can also make it."

Fu Xuechen reassured that it was impossible, and when the conditions were right in the future, she would be able to figure out the preparation process of mercury fulminate as much as possible.

Yang Qian seemed to have been inspired by something, and his eyes lit up: "You are right! Although there are few alchemists in my Darong Empire, there are many Taoist priests. They all like to make some rare secret recipes and medicines in the world. Different alchemists and Taoists must have different names..."

"Little Lord, you reminded me! The list of missing persons does not have to be limited to a narrow range, and the restrictions can be completely relaxed. As long as you can produce something with the same characteristics as mercury fulminate, it will be fine." You can come to the Ministry of Industry!"

Yang Qian was talking happily, pulled a blank piece of paper, and drafted a new list. This new list lists all the materials needed for the refining of mercury fulminate , even the general refining process and the characteristics of the finished product are written, and the last note is that anyone in the world who can refine such a thing, regardless of professional status, gender, age, or age, can go to the Ministry of Industry with the formula or the actual product Reward.

Fu Xuechen was taken aback by his operations, and he felt vaguely that with China's current population of tens of millions and the ratio of hundreds of thousands of Taoist priests, maybe, maybe, someone really made something like mercury fulminate Also unknown?

After writing the official document, Yang Qian handed over the stencil printing to his subordinates, and he took the sixth prince and Fu Xuechen to the firearms workshop again.

Without mercury fulminate as the primer, the firecracker cannot be greatly improved, but some good things can still be used on the old firecrackers first, such as safety bolts, front sights and rifling. These ingenious designs, Yang Qian All have been taught to the person in charge of the firearms workshop to try out.

On the way, Yang Qian still wanted to find more things from Fu Xuechen. It can be said that he said all the good things, and his attitude was extremely warm and friendly. Unfortunately, this time, Fu Xuechen made up his mind not to stand out rashly, no matter how nice the other party said, He didn't say anything more.

She really has a lot of good things that can bring great benefits to this era, ranging from small soaps and glass cement to large blast furnace steelmaking, industrial mother machines, and even electric lights and telephones... But why is she rushing to contribute to workers? department?When I grow up in the future, wouldn’t it be good to start a workshop and make money by myself?
Yoon Zuo still maintains a high degree of curiosity and is full of interest in these things. He has seen the Fire Gun Workshop last time, and this time he proposed to see the Artillery Workshop. He used to watch it from a distance. Opportunity is touched at close range, how can he miss the opportunity.

Fu Xuechen followed silently the whole time without saying a word, and even secretly yawned a few times.

Until Yang Qian brought the two children to the artillery test range.

(End of this chapter)