Chen Yaozuo opened his mouth wide and looked ahead. The huge rock forming a small cliff had completely disappeared, leaving only a pile of gravel.

"Is this a bomb of gunpowder? The mountains are broken? It's gone"

Chen Yaozuo murmured, turning to look at Xu Ping.

Xu Ping said: "Yes, gunpowder can open up mountains and gravel, and blowing up a huge rock is nothing. As long as it is used properly, quarrying is not difficult."

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult. With this kind of magical object, why not put down Guangwu Mountain?" Chen Yaozuo woke up and said, taking the lead and taking a closer look in the pile of rocks in front.

Xu Ping hurriedly led someone to follow him and said, "Be careful, my husband, there are rocks everywhere, please be careful of your feet!"

Chen Yaozuo was impatient, so he could not care about so many things. He staggered in the pile of rocks and looked around. When the soldiers in the bridge road were seen, they hurried forward to protect him.

After looking for a while, Chen Yaozuo said to Xu Ping who followed him: "If you explode like this, you may not have so many rocks that will be opened for a year!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that magical, but the gravel is floating on the ground! Although gunpowder is powerful, it must be used well by someone. Lu Fang and his team use gunpowder to open mountains and build roads all year round to achieve this effect. If someone changes to someone, it may just be a sound. If you really do quarry, you still have to figure out the direction of the rocks and cooperate with gunpowder to achieve miraculous effects. If the artifact is used, it depends on people to use it."

Chen Yaozuo nodded: "I'm right, I can't use it, and gunpowder is just a firework."

After saying that, he called Lu Fang to his side, asked him in detail about his name, origin, age and background, and said to Xu Ping: "Xu Longtu, you are too harsh on your subordinates. Such talents and have military achievements, how can you still be in the Xiang Army? After two days, I will submit a memorial to join the Xiang Army and join the imperial guards. All the money, food, clothing and materials should be distributed according to the Shang Army!"

Xu Ping smiled wryly and shook his head: "My husband, they are capable, but they need to be used to build bridges and pave roads. I have been trying to find a way to pay more money and food. I just joined the imperial guards, or it's just a matter of being in charge of the army. How many people in the court can speak? Then they will be at ease, but no one will do it."

"It makes sense. We will discuss this matter in the future. We can't make these people suffer."

Not to mention that he is not a priest now, even when he was in the Political Affairs Hall, Chen Yaozuo could not control the three imperial guards. As a wing army, whether it is the Political Affairs Hall, the Three Divisions, or the local government, they could be mobilized to let them do things. Once they were under the Three Civil Affairs Hall, it would be difficult to mobilize them. Not to mention them, even the Privy Council could not easily mobilize the imperial guards.

The eight generals in the three yamen have similar status to those in the priests, and their salary is even higher than those in the priests. The top three generals have the same status as those in the Privy Councilor. Even when they meet the prime minister, they just sing a promise without rituals. Unless these people have the support of the emperor, the prime minister will have no choice but to do anything to them. Their subordinates can't use them at will.

The Privy Council is in charge of military affairs and not military affairs. If compared with Xu Ping's previous life, the Privy Council only had a part of the General Political Affairs Office in the Four Headquarters. The authority of the General Secretary and the most core General Secretary is in the Third Office. Therefore, the Privy Council becomes more inclined to civilian officials in the later period, because they are doing civilian work. The Third Office has been firmly controlled by military generals. In history, it was not until the Jingkang National Incident that the imperial guards completely collapsed, and the status of the general in charge of the army of the Third Office was lost. By that time, the imperial guards had become an informal army like the Xiang army, and the Third Office was replaced by the new military management system.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping also knew that the imperial guards were treated high, but he never thought of putting Lu Fang and others into the imperial guards. In that way, the team would completely escape from its own control. To do similar construction work, a team must be trained again. He would rather give these people some compensation through other channels.

Chen Yaozuo saw the blown gravel and was obviously a little excited. He said to Xu Ping: "Longtu, let's go back to discuss."

He ordered someone to clean up the scene so as not to cause unnecessary accidents, Xu Ping and his party went to Guangwu Mountain.

When he arrived at the Sanhuang Temple, he sat down under the big ginkgo tree. Before the tea came up, Chen Yaozuo excitedly said to Xu Ping: "Since you have such a magical object as gunpowder in your hand, it will be easy to quarry in Guangwu Mountain! By the way, do these bridges and road soldiers have a lot of gunpowder in their hands, and is it expensive to use?"

"It's still a bit expensive. My husband knows that Guangbei has been making gunpowder in siege. The price of gunpowder now is similar to that of gunpowder in the past, and it's a little cheaper. As for the quantity, don't worry about it, just use it."

If gunpowder is not used on a large scale in war, it will not be consumed much. Guangbei's siege city production has a lot of surplus every year. Xu Ping is still afraid of being damp, and he will not be able to use it in the future. In the past, the gunpowder produced was used to set off smoke and cause fire, but he is not afraid of being damp. Now it is different. Once it is damp, it will have to be reprocessed.

"Okay, where is the price that was so expensive in the past?" Chen Yaozuo rubbed his hands, "Since there is enough gunpowder in hand, I will quarry nearby in Guangwu Mountain as Longtu said before. As for the manpower, some from Jiagu quarry business, and some from the civil servants of the four states. It is enough. Longtu, I think, now that there is enough stone, the built embankment can be protected by large stones, which is much stronger than the original rammed earth. What do you think?"

"It's natural to be good, but it only takes longer to use manpower and time."

"The civil servants from all four states have been transferred, so I am not afraid of insufficient staff!" Chen Yaozuo raised his hand. "If I don't build the embankment better, how can I explain to others? The wooden dragon below, the dam behind it is rammed earth and protected by large stones. That's it! If there is a wooden dragon killing water, the embankment is built wider and stronger, and it must be kept for at least decades of damage!"

Xu Ping said: "It's natural to be good, but my husband needs to work harder."

The public official served tea, Chen Yaozuo took a sip and said loudly: "Although I am over 70 years old, I am strong. What is this hard work! Lian Po is still able to fight to kill the enemy at 80 years old. It is only a trivial matter for me to build a river! By the way, I heard that when Xu Longtu was in Yongzhou, he built roads widely, and the locals benefited. Those roads were covered with big stones, covered with small gravels. Large trucks could be used, and there were no ruts left. They had not been damaged for many years. They were called "Xu Highway". I wonder if it was?"
Chapter completed!