Chapter 1077: Success in the East and Success in the West (Seventy)

With a bang, a stream of fire shot up from the ground and soared into the sky. After it reached the highest point, there was another sound, and thousands of colorful sparks poured down from the sky. The cheers on the ground were deafening. It seemed that the entire Jicheng was in the air. At this moment, everyone was cheering in unison. The news that King Gaoyuan of Han Dynasty would hold a fireworks show for his little princess who had just turned one month old had already spread throughout the city. Although the people in Jicheng didn’t know what a fireworks show was, it didn’t matter. This prevented them from gathering with their families from all over the city to the east gate. It is difficult to describe the crowds gathered outside the east city in terms of a huge crowd. There were so many people who flocked to the city that in the end the army had to blockade the city. The gate no longer lets people out of the city. This also allows the owners of houses near the East City Gate to take the opportunity to make a small fortune. If you want to watch the fireworks show, you can, I will provide the roof and sunbathing. This is close to the East City, so you can clearly see it. You can see, of course, you have to pay! The closer you get to the East Gate, the higher the price.

The city wall is naturally the best place to watch the performance, but obviously, this place is not accessible to ordinary people. Those who can occupy a place on the city wall are naturally not ordinary people.

In the gate tower of the east city, Gao Yuan is in the middle. Beside him, Ye Jing'er is taking Gao Zhiyuan, He Lanyan is taking Gao Mingzhi, Ning Xin, who has just finished her confinement, is holding Ning Xin. On both sides, there are senior officials and dignitaries of the Han Dynasty. , a grand fireworks show, not only ordinary people have never seen it, but also for these well-informed ministers.

This was not only an unprecedented new thing in Han Dynasty, but also the first fireworks display in the entire continent.

Before the first fireworks had dissipated, two more fireworks shot up into the sky, and the gorgeous flowers bloomed just in time to catch up with the previous wave. Accompanied by the cheers of countless people like a tsunami, one fireworks after another Soaring into the sky, red, yellow, white, purple, and colorful colors decorate the sky. The entire night sky is reflected like daylight. From the city gate tower, you can clearly see the people in the distance below the city. Their faces were extremely excited.

Above the city, except for Gao Yuan who was relatively calm, the behavior of all the civil and military ministers, including Ye Jing'er and three other ladies, was no different from the people below the city. They were surprised at first, then excited, especially the two little ones. Gao Zhiyuan and Gao Mingzhi shouted excitedly. If their mother hadn't been holding them tightly, the two little guys would have rushed to the battlements to watch the beautiful fireworks more closely.

Gao Yuan looked at the somewhat gloomy crowd around him and felt slightly proud. In his previous life, he had seen countless more grand fireworks displays than before, but at that time, he was just a spectator. Now, he is a spectator. An organizer, and it was precisely because of his order that this fireworks show that made the whole Ji City rejoice was possible.

Of course, the money spent was also gone. Thinking about the rapidly shrinking inner treasury, Gao Yuan felt a little distressed. This was done on the grounds of Gao Ning's full moon. The money naturally went from the inner treasury, so don't even think about Wang Wudi. Pay a dime for this.

However, Gao Yuan was naturally not a good person. Under his instruction, Cao Tianci was the first to take out a sum of money as a gift to the little princess. Since someone took the initiative, other civil servants and generals naturally had the nerve to pretend. I don’t know, for a while, all the civil and military officials in Jicheng, no matter whether they were generous or not, took out a solid sum of money. Although it could not make up for the cost of this fireworks show, it could still cover the cost. If he didn't reach the gap, Gao Yuan couldn't help but laugh, thinking that officials in various places would follow the trend and send gifts.

Receiving gift money is indeed the only way to make money!

"Are you satisfied?" Gao Yuan tilted his head proudly and asked Ning Xin.

Ning Xin, who was holding Gao Ning, had tears in her eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Satisfied, so satisfied."

"This little girl is so lucky. Neither Zhiyuan nor Mingzhi have ever received such a grand full moon ceremony!" He Lanyan's sour voice came from the side.

Gao Yuan burst into laughter, "Don't be sour, you two. First of all, this is just the right opportunity for Xiao Gao Ning. Our research on this thing has just made some breakthroughs and we can come up with these things. Secondly, Zhiyuan and Mingzhi The two of them are male dolls, and the male dolls must naturally be raised poor. They must know the hardships of life and the disadvantages of gains from an early age, and they cannot develop the virtues of a playboy. Ning Yatou is a female doll, and a female doll Naturally, he has been pampered since he was a child. A poor man raises his son and a rich girl raises his daughter-in-law, do you understand?"

"You're raising a poor son, are you still planning to let Zhiyuan and Mingzhi experience the life we ​​had when we were children?" Ye Jing'er said angrily.

"That's what I meant!" Gao Yuan chuckled.

Ye Jing'er suddenly hugged Gao Zhiyuan in her arms, "Don't even think about it." He Lanyan on the other side also hugged Gao Mingzhi, "That won't work!"

Seeing the behavior of the two women protecting the calf, Gao Yuan laughed happily, "What I mean is that our son should know the sufferings of the people. He should go out more and take a look. He should not be trapped in a deep palace since he was a child. When they grow up, what will their sons who have been raised like this do in the future? Now I really want them to experience the days when we had no clothes on our bodies and no food on our bellies, but I still can’t do it?”

Below the city, the cheers of the people came from the city. When Gao Yuan looked back, he saw that the fireworks in the sky no longer bloomed like before, with flowers all over the sky flowing down like waterfalls. Instead, six missiles shot up into the sky together, almost in the air. It exploded at the same time, and the scattered sparks formed six characters, "The Great Han will live forever."

"Oh my god, can these fireworks still form words in the air?" Ye Jing'er exclaimed on the city wall.

"Of course!" Gao Yuan was very proud. "Look carefully, there's more behind!"

Fireworks bombs rose one by one and exploded in the sky, forming auspicious words of blessing one after another. The people watching all around were mesmerized. Ning Xin in the city had tears in her eyes. Her eyes had already lifted from the sky. Turning to Gaoyuan, those big watery eyes were flowing horizontally, like smoke and mist.

In the queue of civil and military ministers, Qingyuan finally saw the last line of characters representing the end of the fireworks appearing in the night sky, and saw the eight characters "Congratulations to Princess Ning on the full moon" slowly dispersing in the air, and finally It was a big sigh of relief. Although this kind of fireworks that formed Chinese characters in the air had been repeatedly tested in the research institute and confirmed the proficiency of this technology, there was no guarantee that there would be an accident during the official launch. On such occasions, even a small flaw would make him abandon his previous efforts. Fortunately, this time the performance ended perfectly. While others were wide-eyed admiring the beautiful scenery in the sky, he was not praying to God all the time. With your blessing, no problem will ever arise.

This time, God finally blessed him without trial.

Qingyuan is now the newest Marquis of the Han Dynasty. For Qingyuan, it can be said that he has reached the sky in one step. From a little Taoist priest who was nothing, he surpassed many civil servants and generals who had followed Gao Yuan since Fufeng. Gao Yuan let him After returning to secular life, he was given the surname of Gao and the title of Yongchun Hou. However, because the research he was engaged in was currently the highest secret of the Han Dynasty, his reward was only announced to a small area, and few people knew about it, which gave him the feeling of walking at night in brocade clothes. Feel.

Of course, giving the highest reward also means a heavier responsibility. The Yizhen Gunpowder Research Institute, which he is responsible for, will conduct further research on the formula produced by Yizhen in order to achieve the goal of being able to use it on the battlefield. Putting it into practical use is not a simple process, and Hanwang Gaoyuan gave him two years.

Two years later, Gao Yuan hopes to see gunpowder weapons that can be put into actual combat. To this end, Yizhen Research Institute will recruit a large number of craftsmen of all types, and will no longer be limited to Taoist priests who are good at alchemy. The Political Affairs Hall and the Ministry of War will Will provide Yizhen Gunpowder Research Institute with all the convenience they need.

When the song ended and everyone dispersed, Qingyuan quietly left Jicheng under the protection of a large group of soldiers and returned to Yizhen Research Institute. What awaited him would be a more important research task. He was now convinced that when By the time he can publicly appear in front of the world as the Marquis of Yongchun, the Han army must have been invincible and invincible in the world.

This unprecedented and large-scale fireworks display in Jicheng spread across the continent at the speed of the wind. The world did not know how the Han State did it, but it was no surprise that almost everyone believed that defeating the Qin State The Han Dynasty after Li Xin has now replaced Qin as the largest country in the world.

The Qin State, which has always paid attention to the new technologies of the Han Dynasty, also obtained the information about this fireworks display at the first time and sent it to Xianyang. However, they only knew the appearance and did not know the inside. But I don’t know anything about the inside story.

And just as this torrent swept through the entire Central Plains, outside Yuyang County, the commander of the Central Group Army, Ye Zhen, smiled, cupped his fists, and saluted the convoy heading towards Jicheng, Tianhe County.

This large-scale convoy is the Zhao State's envoy headed by King Zhao Wuji and the new Taiwei Zhou Changshou.

The once prosperous Zhao State has now split into two parts. Zhao Qi took Zhao Wuji's eldest son Zhao Shijiang and retreated to Shanggu, occupying Shanggu, Hedong, Jinyang, Daijun and other prefectures and counties. Five or six years ago when the country came to power, he also had many supporters below, and the lands he divided were almost all the most important states and counties in the Zhao Kingdom. Except for Dai County, there is now Qin Lei entrenched in Hecheng and resisting. In addition, other places are now firmly controlled by Zhao Qi. In comparison, Zhao Wuji, the real king, is still on the weak side, especially when the Qin army is brazenly stationed in Shanggu.

Zhao Wuji and Zhou Changshou went to Jicheng this time to ask for direct intervention from the Han army to help Zhao Wuji defeat Zhao Qi and regain the territory that had been split.

(It has become inevitable to stop updating in August. The Gunners will take the team out to compete for a minimum of three days and a maximum of a week. They will set off on August 2nd. I will try to continue updating a little tomorrow and hope to resume updating after the fifth day. )(To be continued)