The imperial guards have begun preparations in the open space outside the hall.

A lead wire with a length of three feet is divided into a base fire and anther package, which is packed in a copper tube of one and a half feet long and three inches thick, facing the sky at an angle of eighty degrees.

Ignite the lead wire and push the medicine bag to a height of 200 meters.

A huge firework exploded in the sky.

The colorful fireworks made the emperor feel a little stunned.

Fireworks flew one after another.

Everyone's eyes were attracted to the sky.

When fireworks suddenly bloomed, it shone brightly on the entire sky.

Meteor-like sparks fell from the sky, waiting for people to make wishes. The world of jade trees and flowers reappeared in the night.

"Official family, how about it?" Liu An asked.

The emperor was stunned, it was so beautiful.

There were firecrackers in the Song Dynasty, but no fireworks.

A firework flew to an altitude of 200 meters and exploded with a diameter of 80 meters. Such beauty is shocking.

"Official family?"

When Liu An asked the second time, the emperor came to his senses: "Okay, OK, very good."

Liu An said: "The official family is made of gunpowder, and it will be dangerous for ordinary people to use it. I ask the official family to issue an order and hand it over to the imperial guards to form a fireworks team."

"Okay, I will reward you according to your words!"

What is the most exciting thing about the emperors of the Song Dynasty compared to the emperors of other dynasties?

It's just that it's rich.

You can say loudly and reward.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are small money, and the emperor usually doesn't take it seriously.

Li Weng stepped forward: "The officials also need to reward Mr. Liu. The military officers think all day long about how to use gunpowder for war, or whether Mr. Liu is better. Gunpowder should be used in this way to show the prosperity of my Song Dynasty."

"Yes, I also reward you, and I will reward you with millions of dollars." The emperor smiled happily, then turned around and walked back.

Li Heng said to Liu An again: "You are a good official. If you have time, think about what makes the official happy. It is not good to fight, kill and kill."

"Yes, what you have taught is: be careful of the steps, I will help you."

Liu An helped Li Han walk in.

Outside the hall, under a big tree, it is completely dark.

Cao Wei and Shi Baoji stood side by side, and the two of them were still looking up at the sky, as if the fireworks were not over yet.

Shi Baoji asked Cao Wei: "I heard that there are bigger ones in this thing?"

Cao Wei lowered his head and rubbed his neck: "Yes, that diameter is one foot. Once you try it, you can fly about 160 steps. Fifty kilograms of medicine, plus iron nails and tiles, I guess a battalion of people will die on the top of the city."

What Cao Wei is talking about is the Great Song version of the weapon, the conscienceless cannon.

However, Liu An named Husan.

Cao Wei said again: "The fireworks are actually a big killer weapon. Three pounds of medicine are filled with two pounds of iron tablets. The farthest can fly out 300 steps. If there are a thousand, hehe."

Cao Wei didn't say anything, and Shi Baoji also laughed.

There are a thousand of these things, and it seems very pleasant to shoot at the Liao cavalry.

Cao Wei laughed a few times and said, "We are a ghost. If we set up an ambush in the valley, we will ignite one without a fire. We will throw it down. In his words, we will ensure that the Liao army is dying!"

"Well said, I'm dying."

As the two were talking, an imperial guard ran over: "Two generals, the officials' family ordered the imperial guards in the main hall, and the Ministry of Revenue set up a firework camp and a fireworks workshop. We must make the fireworks well, make them bigger and more beautiful. The official documents will be sent to the imperial guards within three days."

Shi Baoji nodded and sighed: "I really want to attack Youzhou!"

Shi Baoji said he wanted to attack Youzhou.

Cao Wei didn't answer the conversation.

Youzhou!

The eternal pain in Song Jun's heart was that heart-wrenching pain.

That year, Shi Baoji was twenty-five years old and Cao Wei was only six years old.

Shi Baoji followed the former emperor to attack Youzhou and returned in great defeat.

That year, Shi Baoji was 31 years old and Cao Wei was twelve years old.

He followed the former emperor to fight in Youzhou again and was defeated miserably.

It also made the late emperor lose confidence and dared not attack the Liao Kingdom again, so the late emperor was afraid.

Youzhou became a taboo word in the Song Dynasty, and no one dared to mention it.

In the main hall, the emperor drank three cups in a row, and couldn't close his mouth.

He likes these fireworks, and this thing is what should be found in the prosperous era.

"Give the Royal Mirror of the King...

"Give him a pair of Grand Secretary Li's imperial mirror...

The emperor gave him ten pairs of glasses in one breath.

In the seat on the left, Lu Meng was having no intention of having a meal and was calculating.

"Mr. Lu, I still have official duties today?" Xiang Minzhong asked.

Lu Mengzheng said, "Liu An is not at all uneasy. He did not pay back the more than 400,000 yuan he returned from Lingzhou, and he got hundreds of thousands of yuan from the official's house, which totaled one million yuan."

Xiang Minzhong smiled: "I can't help but give this money. I'm 100,000 yuan in the glasses shop, and I won't be happy if I don't give this money to the court."

Lu Mengzheng nodded. He knew that Xiang Minzhong was right. Even he needed glasses, so he couldn't save this money.

Xiang Minzhong said again: "The fireworks workshop has 250,000 guan, and this money cannot be saved. If such a big thing happened in the palace, it is rare for the government to be happy. This matter cannot be saved. There is 300,000 guan in Xianping County, and it cannot be saved. If the county is established by the Song Dynasty, even if it loses, it will lose to the end."

"right!"

"Also, build the river..."

Xiang Minzhong calculated one by one to Lu Mengzheng, but in the end, Liu An took more than one million coins, a total of one million coins.

And this money can't be deducted.

Kou Zhun sat over with the wine glass at this time: "I heard from Mr. Li that the official has a resolution. Just the matter of the three departments."

“What’s the result?”

Kou Zhun said: "The three departments were abolished, and all the main officials of the three departments were released, and the tax department, the finance department and the audit department were reset. You and I were the chief officials respectively. The Ministry of Revenue left the financial power and changed it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the people were in charge of people's livelihood and no longer had any contact with accounts and money. The three departments were directly responsible to the officials and the three provincial courts."

"The Tax Department manages all incomes in the Song Dynasty, the Finance Department manages all expenditures, the Audit Department manages the reconciliation of accounts, reviews and so on."

After Kou Zhun said this, he added: "Yes, Mr. Li hints at the admonition, and Zhao Yanchang responds. Officials from the three departments investigate the property of the family. If there is any improper income, those who are punished, those who are corrupt will be demoted, and those who are corrupt will be confiscated and exiled."

Xiang Minzhong continued in a serious tone: "I will definitely not tolerate it."

The poorest of these three people is Xiang Minzhong. He has an income of about nine million yuan, which is nine thousand guan a year, along with his salary, rewards, cash, land rent, etc.

The richest one is Kou Zhun, who earns 23,000 guan a year.

These are all legal income.

They are not short of money.

Therefore, they have zero tolerance for corruption.

In the Song Dynasty, the fifth rank or above, as long as they are not a loser, they can basically live a rich life.

The bitter thing is that those below the fifth grade.

Of course, if you spend your whole life under the sixth rank, you basically don’t have to think about buying a house in Bianliang City.
Chapter completed!