After the three academies were completed, and Yun Feiyan, a woman, was tasked with serving as the head of the women’s school, no one objected. Of course, this was not because the officials at the imperial court were open-minded, but because the Crown Prince directly issued an order instead of asking their opinions, so even if they were indignant, they could only obey and did not dare to cause any trouble for the women’s school. But these people vowed that they would never let the daughters in their families attend.

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Since ancient times, there had been no practice of letting women attend schools and academies. It was simply unconventional.

Su Mu sat on the dragon chair and glanced across the hall at these officials, but didn’t put much regard on the thoughts of these people. Even if they didn’t allow their daughters to attend there were still plenty of other families who would.

In the afternoon, Su Mu, accompanied by Yun Feiyu, Lin Siyuan, Liu Xi and the others to the Imperial Agricultural Academy. After the winter solstice, Su Mu had begun to pay attention to spring plowing. A large number of agricultural and farming experts from all over the Qing Kingdom gathered here. Their task was to cultivate improved breeding types, for both crops and animals.

Coming from the cold wind outside into the airtight greenhouse, a heat wave hit everyone the moment they stepped inside. Su Mu untied his cloak and passed it behind him. In front of him was a small patch of green farmland, covered in green vegetation and vitality, making it seem like the warmth inside and the coldness outside seemed to be two different worlds. The people who followed behind Su Mu gaped their mouths open in surprise. Liu Xi walked to a farmland and looked at the tender seedlings, full of curiosity: “Your Highness, how can there be seedlings in the winter?”

Yun Feiyu took a look at the surrounding environment, walked to the soil and touched it, only to come away with a sense of warmth. The roof was curved, and only at the places above the seedlings were sunlight let in. Watching the Crown Prince ask an old man carefully about the situation of the seedlings, Yun Feiyu had to express admiration again, the Crown Prince was really someone very extraordinary.

The old man standing next to Su Mu was Zhang Datong who Su Mu met on his way to the Wu Kingdom. Su Mu directly sent him and his family to the imperial city. It was not long after that these greenhouses were built and the seedlings seen here were the first plants planted in the greenhouse.

“Elder Zhang, how about the seedlings?” Su Mu asked.

Zhang Datong shook his head and said: “There is too little sunshine, the growth is too weak, and the output will not be too high.”

Su Mu took a look at the openings above his head and thought privately that if only there was plastic, of course he also knew that it was impossible at this stage. Even if he found petroleum, he would not be able to produce it. But the search for coal was urgent and could not be put off. Qingye Villa, the Imperial Agricultural Academy, and the Imperial Engineering Academy all need a lot of fuel to maintain the workings inside. The trees in the surrounding mountains were decreasing at an extremely fast rate. Unfortunately, while Su Mu had sent people out for more than half a year, there was still no news of any coal discovery. This had Su Mu worried about whether there were even any coal mines in the Qing Kingdom.

Su Mu walked on the outside of the farm field, looked at the different types of seedlings and asked: “Which seedlings have the highest yield at the moment.”

Zhang Datong led Su Mu to the other end, where there was a written label: “Your Highness, it is No. C-5, but No. C-5 has weak disease resistance.”

Su Mu nodded and asked, “Which has the best overall effect and is suitable for large-scale planting across the country?”

Zhang Datong walked back again, pointing to another label and said: “Your Highness, it is No. A-2. Its disease resistance is good but its output is not too high.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Give priority to nurturing A-2, but don’t stop with the others either.”

The spontaneous pollination of rice makes hybridization difficult, and the probability of natural hybridization is extremely small. However, without various high-tech tools, Su Mu could only pray for heaven’s blessing.

After observing the rice seedling greenhouse, Su Mu came to another greenhouse. This greenhouse was the same as the rice greenhouse, but there was no rice paddy field inside. Instead, there was only one raised ridge after another with fat and tender green sprouts poking up from them. Liu Xi looked at the tender sprouts and asked, “What is this?”

The person in charge of planting was a middle-aged man. He was a little nervous to see the Crown Prince, and Liu Xi’s beautiful face made him dare not up even more. He could only bow his head and stammer: “Answering…..answering my lord, this is earth egg…..”

Lin Siyuan looked at the tender sprouts with surprise and asked, “Soil can lay eggs?”

“No…..no…..” The middle-aged man was very nervous and a little awkward at expressing himself so his words became even more clumsy.

Su Mu had no choice but to explain: “It’s nothing more than a crop that looks like an egg.”

In fact, this earth egg was actually referring to potatoes. This was the name given to it by the native people in this world. This kind of crop was discovered in the Qing Kingdom when Su Mu sent people to collect grain seeds in various countries. Because that potato-growing village had very little contact with the outside world, not many potatoes circulated to the outside, and as a result it was difficult to see it elsewhere in the Qing Kingdom.

“Does it taste good?” Lin Siyuan was very interested in food that he had never eaten before.

Su Mu nodded and said: “Not only does it taste good, but the environmental requirements for production are not very harsh, and it is easy to reproduce. It is already in the stages of cultivating improved types to be introduced to the rest of the country.”

In this world at this period, the types of crops available were extremely scarce. Many common food varieties in the 21st century couldn’t even be seen here. Sweet potatoes and corn were only two among them. Su Mu wanted to send an expedition to unexplored land to find more crop types. However, the limited manpower and resources of the Qing Kingdom right now simply could not afford to do so.

The several people visited the Imperial Agricultural Academy’s greenhouses and then went to the Imperial Engineering Academy. If the Imperial Agricultural Academy’s greenhouses brought surprises and admiration, then the Imperial Engineering Academy was a complete shock and amazement.

The steam engine and other machinery emitting huge heat made frightening sounds. Ten improved textile machines moved quickly under human operation, and in just a while, a bundle of cotton cloth was finished being woven. Even if it was not fully automated and every textile machine still needed people, the speed was many times faster.

Then they came to a huge pond. A huge round waterwheel was spinning continuously next to a man-made waterfall. Behind the man-made waterfall was another waterwheel with a rectangular keel instead of a circle. It was ten about ten meters long and was constantly pumping the water from the lake to the waterfall. Similarly, it was not operated by humans but was connected to a steam engine, but Su Mu knew that most of the operation would need manpower when performing irrigation in the wild, because another advantage to the keel water lift was that it was easy to move, so it was not as if you could carry the steam engine around with it.

Lin Siyuan rubbed his eyes vigorously, and said in disbelief, “I’m not dreaming! Then how can it move if there is no one on it?”

Although Yun Feiyu’s expression was not as exaggerated as that of Lin Siyuan’s, his shock was also quite visible.

Liu Xi had seen the steam engine, but at that time it was just a steam engine, and there was no practical application. So everything he saw at this moment was still very miraculous. “Your Highness, you are too amazing.” A pair of beautiful eyes flashed with alluring luster, and Liu Xi boasted without any shame: “What does the Wu Kingdom matter? What does the Shi Kingdom matter? What does the Wei Kingdom matter? Your Highness is the one who will be invincible!”

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Su Mu did not take his words to heart. Who in the world could be truly invincible? He turned around and said to Yun Feiyu and Lin Siyuan: “I brought you here because the waterwheel and textile machine are already ready for use and will be mass-produced in large quantities. You two will go back and discuss where and how it shall be first put into use. Liu Xi is responsible for keeping it confidential.” A cold light flashed in Su Mu’s eyes: “So long as it comes from the Imperial Agricultural Academy and the Imperial Engineering Academy, it is all forbidden to flow out of the borders of the Qing Kingdom. Any offenders will be killed without pardon.”

“Yes.” The three responded at the same time. The blood flowing in their bodies seemed to be speeding up, and they could vaguely see the shadow of the coming rise of the Qing Kingdom.

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The winter night was snowing heavily, but there was a fire in the house. Yun Feiyu, dressed in a single robe, opened the window and stood quietly looking at the silver-white world. On the table behind him, there was a brocade box containing the writ of alliance written by the Emperor of Wu to the Crown Prince. The main content of the writ was to stipulate when to send troops and how to divide up the Jin Kingdom.

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A white snowflake drifted into the house, and Yun Feiyu stretched out his palm to catch it. After a burst of coldness, the snowflake instantly turned into transparent water, and the person who slipped in bringing the cold with him walked behind him and said: “The love of the emperor, is just like this snowflake in your hand, it only takes a moment for it to melt away.”

The gentle eyes moved away from their gaze at the heavily snowing sky. As if he knew the intention of the other’s arrival, Yun Feiyu said lightly: “You won’t win against him.”

“That’s why we need you.” The man in black replied in a particularly firm tone.

“I have no obligation to do things for you.” Yun Feiyu said.

The man in black increased the emphasis in his tone: “Are you in love with him? Have you forgotten what he brought on you? Aunt, Feiyan, grandfather, don’t you care about them at all?”

Yun Feiyu looked at him and said: “Grandfather and Feiyan are in the imperial city. Your arrogance will be what will cause them to die.”

“Hmmph!” The man in black contemptuously said: “I thought you were bearing the humiliation by staying next to the Crown Prince, but now it seems that you are a ghost obsessed. Are you going to remain as his male favorite for the rest of your life?”

Yun Feiyu did not answer him. Instead, he walked to the table and poured two cups of hot tea. He lightly picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying unhurriedly: “The southwest is lost, and grandfather, cousins and general Shangguan all fell in the hands of the Crown Prince. How did you manage to escape?”

The corner of his mouth was smiling, and his eyes were as gentle as the transparent pools of lake water in autumn, causing people to be unable to muster the slightest emotion of resistance. Wu Fei met Yun Feiyu’s seemingly crystal-clear gaze, and said: “Princess Hongyun of the Wu Kingdom.” He sat down opposite Yun Feiyu and stared at him closely as he said, “Princess Hongyun has promised to help me seize the Qing Kingdom. As long as you are willing to help me, I will confer a princely title to you in the future.”

Looking at Yun Feiyu’s indifferent appearance, Wu Fei felt a little annoyed: “Even if it is not to help me, you have to think about grandfather! He is over sixty years old but is now being held in the Qing kingdom prison. You, your mother and your sister lived in the Wu family’s house for more than ten years, don’t you feel any gratitude to the Wu family at all?”

Yun Feiyu seemed to have been affected, a wave of light flashing in his eyes and disappearing quickly, but his tone became more indifferent: “You are not his opponents.”

By now, Yun Feiyu had finally determined one thing, and that was that the Crown Prince was not the Crown Prince. In other words, the current Crown Prince was not the former Crown Prince. It should be that after he and Qin Ye poisoned the Crown Prince, a soul was replaced in that body. Not only was the soul changed, but this soul was probably not of this world.

Apart from other things, Yun Feiyu could be sure about this just with the simplified characters and elementary school arithmetic textbooks, because these two things could not be made by one person in such a short time. The simplified characters Yun Feiyu had carefully studied, and some of the characters were somewhat similar to the cursive script of today, and those mathematical formulas exceeded that of the current by who knew how many times. And there were other things such as movable type printing, soap, etc that were too incompatible with this world.

One person inventing several things in one field was a genius, one person inventing several things across two fields was a genius among genius, but it was impossible for one person to invent too many things across several fields.

There was a process of development needed for text and language. Simplified characters were very likely to be the future form of the existing font. The Crown Prince had come from the future!

After reaching this almost impossible answer, Yun Feiyu felt that his hands could not stop shaking. Fortunately, his ability to control his emotions was excellent, so he managed not to be seen through by the Crown Prince. Even if the Crown Prince of now was not as cruel and vicious as the previous Crown Prince, he was also definitely not a saint, and Yun Feiyu was not sure if the Crown Prince would kill someone for learning his secret.

Wu Fei sneered and said to Yun Feiyu: “You have only one choice, and that is to cooperate with us to kill the Crown Prince.”

Yun Feiyu looked at him indifferently and said, “Do you think I will obey you?”

“Just what do you want?” Wu Fei stood up suddenly and glared at Yun Feiyu: “I wanted to give you a chance because you and I are cousins. If you are willing to help me, then in the future there will be no lack of benefits. You like men, right? At that time, what kind of man couldn’t you get? A good man places his ambitions out in the world, why must you persist in trapping yourself in that little harem.”

“The world is big but there is nowhere for me to make a home. Although the palace is small, it is where my heart is.” Yun Feiyu stood up and said: “Those whose courses are different cannot understand each other, you should leave quickly, the Crown Prince’s hidden guards are not just for display.”

“Acting as an accomplice to the tiger, Forgetting gratefulness and violating justice, one day you and Su Mochi will be at my feet.” Wu Fei glanced angrily at him one last time and jumped out of the window.

As soon as Wu Fei’s figure disappeared, a dark figure suddenly appeared beside Yun Feiyu.

“Gongzi.”

Yun Feiyu said lightly: “Follow him.”

“Yes.”

His younger cousin had always shown his love for power since he was a child, but he was very jealous and petty-minded, and thus had always been other’s target of use. This was probably why Princess Hongyun chose him, while his older cousin could only stay with his grandfather in the imperial prison.

Ten days later, Yun Feiyu returned to the imperial city and reported the matter to the Crown Prince. Su Mu took a deep look at him and said: “Your grandfather and Shangguan Hao, I can release them, but they will not be officials for life, and without Ben Gong’s permission they are not to leave the imperial city.”

A big rock in Yun Feiyu’s heart finally landed back on the ground. He knelt down in front of Su Mu and said, “Thanking Your Highness.”

After leaving the Crown Prince’s study, Yun Feiyu did not stop for a moment and sent someone to notify Yun Feiyan before immediately going to the prison where Wu Ji and Shangguan Hao were detained. The two arrived at the door of the prison almost at the same time.

Yun Feiyan’s face was still covered with white gauze, and her figure was so thin and fragile looking that Yun Feiyu couldn’t help but feel distressed every time he saw her.

“Brother.” Yun Feiyan walked to him and said, “Let’s go in.”

Yun Feiyu sighed subtly, nodded and said, “Let’s go.”

Since the choice was already made there was nothing to regret. Even if his grandfather killed him in response, he had nothing to say.

Wu Ji and his eldest grandson Wu An were in a cell together. Shangguan Hao was in the cell next to them. Of the Southwest Army, only the three of them remained. The cells were very clean but there was inevitably a peculiar smell. The cells were so dark that Yun Feiyu and Yun Feiyan had already walked outside the bars when the three people finally discovered their arrival.

“Feiyu, Feiyan!” The eyes of Wu An, who was curled up in the corner, lit up, rushing over to the two of them with surprise and staring at them eagerly through the bars.

Yun Feiyan stepped back slightly and greeted “Cousin”.

Wu An also noticed that his actions were too rude and hurried back a few steps embarrassedly, and said, “Cousin, I’m sorry.”

Yun Feiyan shook her head and asked, “Is grandfather alright?”

Wu An nodded and said: “Fine enough.”

Yun Feiyu had reached the door and was now opening the prison door with the key in his hand.

Wu An wondered: “Cousin, what are you doing?”

“The Crown Prince has decreed that you are no longer guilty and can be released.” Yun Feiyu threw down the iron lock in his hand.

Wu An immediately became happy, and hurried back to help Wu Ji, who had his eyes closed and rested, to go out: “Grandfather, we are acquitted.”

Wu Ji then slowly opened his eyes, and walked out without saying a word or looking at the siblings. Wu An assisted him and looked at the two with concern.

“Grandfather, I’m sorry.” Yun Feiyu’s tone was a little gloomy, quite different from the calm and indifferent appearance he always showed in the past.

Wu Ji paused slightly in his steps, but then walked faster: “Those who have lost are always in the wrong. We are already lucky to be able to guarantee the lives of the Wu family’s descendants. Please go back and tell the Crown Prince that this old man will never take even half a step out of the imperial city from now on. Neither will this old man have any other traitorous thoughts.”

In the end, he still blamed them.

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Her heart seemed to be gripped by a big hand, and Yun Feiyan squeezed her sleeves in sorrow: “Grandfather, please come with me.”

“Many thanks for taking this old man in.”

Yun Feiyan was even more sad. The several people boarded a carriage and headed to Yun Feiyan’s residence, the atmosphere terribly depressed all along the way.

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On Bailu Mountain, former Qing Kingdom scholars led a group of old friends and students. They knelt for a whole day at the altar set up under heavy snow. The rise of smoke from the incense accompanied the various miserable howls that resounded through Bailu Mountain. However, Su Mu simply didn’t give a damn about them.

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After receiving the news that the Crown Prince told them to find their ancestors, Luo Jingwen instantly vomited out blood in anger, two lines of tears falling down his creased and wrinkled face, and shouted to the sky: “The evildoers are raging, and the kingdom of Qing is going to be destroyed! Heaven! …..Please open your eyes! The ancestors of the Qing Kingdom…..Please show your spirits!”

After shouting, this 60-year-old old man fell directly to the ground, and the people kneeling around hurriedly surrounded him.

“Teacher…..Teacher…..”

“Jingwen! Jingwen! Call the doctor…..”

“A century-old foundation being destroyed at once, and all the people in the world weep with sorrow. Such a tyrant should truly be annihilated by the heavens! Who can save our Qing kingdom? Who can save the people of our Qing Kingdom?”

Han Yi looked at this group of headless flies coldly, and only felt ridicule in his heart, ‘all the people in the world weep with sorrow’? In their eyes, they themselves were the people, while everyone else were animals and beasts! It was undeniable that many of this group of people do have real talents. The “Heavenly Note Record” compiled by that Scholar Luo 20 years ago had now spread to various countries and had become a must-have musical score for the upper class. However, more than 90% of the common people of the Qing Kingdom who work in the soil had not even heard of the name. This group of scholars even said something like, “How can ignorant commoners know rituals and music?” The people of the world they represent were only the people in their own social circle.

Han Yi watched coldly as this group of people carried away Luo Jingwen, who was about to take his last breath. He then turned around and brought the army back to the Crown Prince’s Palace to tell the Crown Prince what had happened on Bailu Mountain. After hearing this, Su Mu said: “Keep a watch on those people. If they stay at home then they can do whatever they like to do, but they are forbidden to gather in crowds anymore, this kind of thing that happened today is not allowed to happen again, if anyone gathers crowds to incite the people, kill them without mercy!”

“Yes.”

After Han Yi retreated, Su Mu said to Lin Siyuan standing on the side: “The Imperial Classical Academy has been completed and divided into a men’s college and a women’s college, a university and an elementary school. Lin Siyuan you will be responsible for the men’s college while Yun Feiyu is responsible for the women’s college. When you go back, inform her of this.”

“Yes.” Lin Siyuan stepped forward and said, “But, Your Highness, is there too much emphasis on mathematics?”

Towards this world that discriminated against mathematics, Su Mu could not help feeling exasperated: “Not much. Literature and language already takes up half a day, but mathematics and martial arts together take up half a day.”

The other Imperial Agricultural Academy and Imperial Engineering Academy were much smaller and only opened a university section. Inside were agricultural and engineering technicians gathered by Su Mu from all over the country who would specialize in studying agriculture and machinery.

In the evening, a Gu Yunzhou who was dusty from travel appeared in front of Su Mu. Su Mu took a closer look at the dark red on his black clothes, and the surprise on his face immediately became clouded: “Call the imperial doctor.”

The maid ran out the door in a panic. Su Mu’s heart was pounding and he pressed the other to sit on a chair, asking in an anxious voice: “Why are you hurt?” Gu Yunzhou was so powerful in martial arts, Su Mu really couldn’t think of anyone who could hurt him.

Su Mu’s handsome face was reflected in Gu Yunzhou’s dark eyes, and a warm feeling filled his heart. He said calmly: “I was attacked by Zhai Cheng during the evacuation.”

“Who is Zhai Cheng?” A cold light flashed in Su Mu’s eyes.

“The leader of the Lingyun Pavilion Branch in Wei Kingdom.” Gu Yunzhou didn’t reveal even the slightest bit of anger in his tone.

Huang Xuan hurried over first. He thought it was the Crown Prince who had an accident when he heard the Crown Prince had called for the imperial physician. His fair and tender face was flushed from the run and appeared quite adorable. But when he saw Gu Yunzhou sitting in the Crown Prince’s room his expression immediately went cold. He was even more unhappy when he saw the Crown Prince so anxious about the other.

“This official pays respects to Your Highness.” However, the proper etiquette should still be done.

“Come here and look at his wound.” Su Mu directly pulled off Gu Yunzhou’s clothes, and that hard muscular chest was immediately exposed. A wound that was more than an inch long on the left side of his chest had scabbed over, but it was obviously reopened later and there was still blood on his chest. Huang Xuan reluctantly stepped forward, wanting nothing more than to add another stab to the other, but with the lesson from last time still fresh, he had to put away his true thoughts. He first took out a wooden box from the medicine box and placed it on the table, saying in a stiff tone: “The wound has scabbed over and there is no serious problem. Don’t get water on it before the scab falls off. This medicine should be applied in the morning and evening to get rid of the dead skin and grow new skin. It will heal in ten days.”

Seeing the Crown Prince picking up the wooden box and applying medicine for Gu Yunzhou without even looking his way, Huang Xuan felt very aggrieved. He hadn’t seen the Crown Prince for more than ten days, but the Crown Prince didn’t even give him a single glance. Huang Xuan resisted his impulse to greet Gu Yunzhou with various poisons from the “Poison Classics”, and said gloomily: “Your Highness, this official will take my leave first.”

Su Mu dug out a wad of ointment from the wooden box, carefully applied it to Gu Yunzhou’s wound and nodded.

Not even saying a word to him! Huang Xuan looked at the two angrily and walked out the door huffily.

Inside the room, Su Mu’s slender fingertips smoothed across Gu Yunzhou’s chest and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Gu Yunzhou looked at him with eyes as if the stars had fallen in them: “It doesn’t hurt.”

After having the servants prepare hot water, he watched the eunuch carefully wash him clean. Su Mu admitted that he was a little jealous and had replaced the maid with a eunuch instead.

Under the dim candlelight, Su Mu half layed on the bed looking at Gu Yunzhou’s handsome face and the attractive lines of his body, and asked: “Why didn’t you rest first after being injured? Instead of making such a long trip over.”

“I want to see you.” Gu Yunzhou looked at him with deep eyes, and Su Mu also stared fixedly into the other’s eyes. Suddenly a spark of fire ignited and instantly burned through Su Mu’s whole body. He hurriedly pressed the impulse in his heart and turned around with the quilt covering himself: “Sleep.”

A smile flashed in Gu Yunzhou’s eyes, and he hugged him from behind and said, “Alright.”

Su Mu’s face was flushed, and he gritted his teeth and said: “If this is the case, can you not poke it against me.”

Gu Yunzhou pressed harder onto Su Mu and said, “Alright.” Then he spread Su Mu’s legs forcibly.

Su Mu’s face was flushed, his eyes moist and his breathing coming in gasps, but he stretched out his hands to stop the other: “You are injured.”

Gu Yunzhou took away his hands and said, “It’s fine.” After finishing speaking, he wrapped his hands on Su Mu’s waist and then squeezed in forcefully, causing Su Mu to gasp out loud: “Lighter…..”

“Ah…..you…..” Su Mu held the bed sheets tightly and endured the pleasure that rushed up to his head, saying intermittently: “The wound…..the wound opened…..”

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The two tossed around for more than half an hour before they fell asleep. 

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The blood-colored earth trembled slightly, and Shen Wei sat in the camp with his brows furrowed tightly, the generals on both sides also had sullen faces and did not speak.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from outside the tent: “Report, General, Jixue City has been lost and is now occupied by the Jin army. There are more than 20,000 casualties on our army’s  side, and we have retreated south.”

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To retreat sounded better but it was the same as to escape in the end. The low air pressure in the tent made people breathless. A bearded general glared fiercely and said coarsely: “Isn’t there news from the imperial city that Wu and Yang have promised to form an alliance with our Qing Kingdom to jointly deal with the Jin Kingdom? Why is there still no movement now?”

Shen Wei stood up and looked at the simple map hung behind him and said solemnly: “I’m afraid that their goal is not only Jin Kingdom, but also have their sights on our Qing Kingdom.”

“What does General mean?” A slightly younger general asked in confusion.

Shen Wei said: “If the war between the Qing Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom lasted for half a year, then none of us would be able to resist the invasion of other countries.”

The bearded general glared with his fierce big eyes and scolded viciously, “Those sons of bitches.”

The young general worried: “General, Jixue City has fallen, should we send troops?”

Shen Wei shook his head and said: “Jixue City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We should not move rashly.”

The bearded general said loudly: “So what should we do? If His Highness knew that Jixue City was lost, would our heads still remain?”

A cold light flashed in Shen Wei’s eyes and he said to the people in the tent: “This matter is my negligence. I will report to His Highness that the blame for this matter will be borne by me, so you can withdraw first.”

Several generals took their leave anxiously. They wanted to share the worry for Shen Wei but there was no other way.

At night, Shen Wei called over the soldiers with the best martial arts, and taking advantage of the darkness they entered the snowy mountains around Jixue City. Suddenly, the roar of giant beasts sounded in the middle of the night, shaking the whole earth, and everyone was instantly woken up, getting ip from their beds in a panic.

Three days later, Su Mu received the report from Jixue City and furiously slapped the letter on the table with a “bang”, the hard table shattering once again.

“That idiot.” Su Mu paced back and forth, wishing to go to the front and beat him up in person.

Liu Xi carefully picked up the broken pieces of paper, put them together and looked at Su Mu and said, “Your Highness, isn’t Jixue City taken back?”

“What use is an empty city covered by heavy snow!” Su Mu took a few vicious gulps of the tea that Liu Xi had handed over but he still didn’t calm down: “What use is a land with no people! So what if Jixue City is taken back? Shall the troops stationed there eat snow? Shi Nuo…..”

A handsome and tall man walked in and bowed his head to Su Mu: “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

Su Mu said: “Relay Ben Gong’s orders, withdraw the post of General Shen Wei, whenever Jin is defeated he will regain his original post. In addition, have him listen carefully, during the war he must ensure to the greatest extent that the civilians of the Qing Kingdom will not be harmed.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Su Mu stood up, frowning slightly and said: “Qingye Villa has a number of secret weapons, you go and escort them to the front line. The master artisan who made the weapons will tell you the matters to pay attention to when escorting the weapons, and you must strictly observe them.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Retreat.”

“Shi Yan…..”

A tall and thin man suddenly appeared in front of Su Mu: “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

“Send Shi Ran and Shi Qingshuang back to the Shi Kingdom, and have him send the rest of the grain.” Su Mu said.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Liu Xi stepped forward and rubbed Su Mu’s shoulders for him, and softly comforted him: “Your Highness, please calm down, in any case, the army of the Jin Kingdom has been half destroyed, and the rest should not be much of a problem.”

In truth, he didn’t understand what Su Mu was so angry at. It was just a group of commoners. In the eyes of him and the world, the lives of these commoners were as insignificant as grass. It was precisely because Liu Xi realized that he and his family were as inferior as bugs in the eyes of others, that he tried his best to climb up. Even if he was bruised and tormented by the Crown Prince’s abuse, he never revealed the slightest bit of weakness.

Thinking about his past, Liu Xi couldn’t help feeling a little sad, and he asked Su Mu in a hoarse voice: “Your Highness, why do you care about the commoners so much? Using them to exchange for the lives of Jin Kingdom’s fifty thousand army and the return of Jixue City, it is also considered a worthy death. “

Su Mu shook his head and said: “First, the population of the Qing Kingdom is not that large. Second, the foundation of a country is land and population, and both are indispensable. If today we abandon the people of Jixue City, and then abandon another city of people, it won’t be long before our Qing Kingdom will no longer have any people left when the world is completely thrown into upheaval. Others don’t even need to fight us, they just need to pick up the cities we serve up to them on a platter.”

Liu Xi nodded in half-understanding, and said: “Your Highness is compassionate, and is really the most wise monarch in the world.”

“It has nothing to do with mercy.” Su Mu turned his head slightly and said, “How is the matter I asked of you?”

Liu Xi said: “Answering Your Highness. At present, only eight individuals have been found. Two masters of arithmetic, one in Wei Kingdom and one in Wu Kingdom. Three master craftsmen are from Shi Kingdom and two are from Wei Kingdom. The remaining three are in the Qing Kingdom, lne master of arithmetic and two master craftsmen.”

Su Mu nodded: “Quality is more important than quantity. It’s fine if there are not many. When these eight people arrive, bring them to me for a look. In addition, gather together the orphans in the Qing Kingdom and teach them survival skills. Select those that are particularly clever, and send them to the imperial city.”

“Yes.”

Many orphans whose parents had died or had been abandoned could only beg on the streets. In Su Mu’s view, this was not only a waste but also a burden for society. The things others gave to them were also produced by labor. These people who reach out and beg and those people who were raised in the boudoirs eating free meals were the same kind of people and consumed society’s resources. Of course, this was not their fault, but the fault of those in power who did not use social resources rationally.

After the completion of the three academies, the Imperial Classical Academy, which opened first, opened classes in language, arithmetic, and martial arts, all using simplified Chinese textbooks. Of course, this met with opposition from all scholars. However, Su Mu did not step back and issued a clear notice that those who did not know simplified Chinese should not bother participating in the imperial examinations.

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As a result, a group of scholars went up Bailu Mountain to worship the heavens and ancestors, accusing Su Mu for his tyranny, and threatened that if Su Mu did not revoke the use of simplified characters, then he was a wicked person who did not respect the heavens, deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors. They vowed to defend the righteousness of the heavens and the ancestors with their deaths.

Su Mu just sneered coldly and said to the messenger: “Then tell them to go down quickly and ask the ancestors to come to me to settle accounts.”

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A huge explosion sounded from the back mountain of Qingye Villa. No one except the core personnel developing the explosives knew how these huge noises were made, but under such extremely strict regulations and discipline, no one asked.

Su Mu frowned when looking at the two new pits that the explosives left behind on the messy ground. Liu Xi, however, could not help but step back with a look of fear. The deafening sounds just now had caused his ears to go numb. And when seeing a huge boulder being blown up, Liu Xi could not help but think with lingering fear that facing such a powerful force, even those with strong martial arts would not be able to escape unscathed.

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Liu Xi pointed to the big hole that was blown up and asked, “Your Highness, what kind of weapon is this? It’s simply too amazing!”

“Explosives.” Su Mu said. When the smoke dissipated, Su Mu lifted his feet and walked forward only to be immediately stopped by Liu Xi behind him: “Your Highness, it’s too dangerous.”

Su Mu held Liu Xi’s hand and pulled him along to walk forward, “It’s alright.” Su Mu walked around the big pit and sighed slightly: “The power is still too small.”

A middle-aged man who followed him said: “Your Highness, this is the most powerful formula that this official and the others have tested hundreds of times.”

Su Mu nodded and turned to the wrinkled middle-aged man and said: “You all have worked hard, but the Qing Kingdom is at war against the Jin Kingdom. Our soldiers are bleeding and sacrificing their lives so we need such weapons. I hope you all can successively complete and mass produce the explosives as soon as possible.”

After walking out the door, Liu Xi, who was originally feeling surprised, immediately became excited. If such a powerful weapon could be mass-produced, what fear did the Qing Kingdom have? As long as Qing was not besieged by Shi, Wu and Wei at the same time, all other obstacles would be destroyed without exception! But the Crown Prince did not appear all that satisfied. Recalling the words “the power is still too small” spoken by the Crown Prince, Liu Xi suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked carefully: “Your Highness, with such a weapon, the Jin Kingdom will definitely not be our opponent, you don’t need to be too worried.”

Standing in the open space, Su Mu looked at the cloudless sky and sighed: “In this world there is a force that is far more powerful than the Jin Kingdom or the three kingdoms Shi, Wu and Wei.”

A power stronger than Shi, Wu and Wei, Liu Xi couldn’t think of any power that could be stronger than these three kingdoms even after racking his brains.

Su Mu looked at Liu Xi who was thinking hard and said: “Don’t think about it, maybe we won’t even be able to see it in this life. The construction of the three academies has been completed?”

Liu Xi said seriously: “Yes, Your Highness.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Leave the rest to Lin Siyuan, you have another task which is to find this world’s mathematics and science talents, en……” Seeing Liu Xi’s puzzled expression, Su Mu immediately clarified: “I mean people who are particularly impressive in calculating numbers as well as artisans who can design complex equipment.”

Only then did Liu Xi understand, and he immediately responded: “Your Highness, please rest assured that this official will do my best.”

After pondering for a while, Su Mu added: “And also those people who are particularly good at war strategy. Of course, this cannot be forced and if you can’t find any then put this aside for now.”

“Yes.” Liu Xi responded.

In fact, Su Mu lacked too many kinds of talents, but he understood his own capabilities and limits. Putting aside whether the Qing Kingdom could even be able to support so many people. If he reached his hand into other countries to dig too many people, he would definitely be targeted. Fortunately, at this time, many of the countries did not value mathematicians and artisans too much, and if he were to recruit these people, it would not be too eye-catching.

Looking at the Crown Prince immersed in his own world, his whole person seeming to be shining with charisma, Liu Xi’s heart began to beat fiercely. He quietly approached the Crown Prince and took in the alluring scent from the other’s body, and said in a husky voice: “Your Highness…..”

However, he was interrupted by Qian Guan who rushed in before his voice even fell. Qian Guan’s face was flushed red with excitement and was also gasping in an out of breath manner, forgetting to even salute. He was as ecstatic as if he had stumbled upon a mountain of gold, his words incoherent with excitement: “Your Highness, Your Highness…..”

“Moved…..it moved…..”

Liu Xi, who was interrupted, looked very unhappy. Who knew how long it would be when he would be able to come back from carrying out this new task from the Crown Prince. But there was no expression on the Crown Prince’s face, and it was not good to express his anger.

After Qian Guan finally gained some calmness, Su Mu asked, “What happened?”

“Steam engine…..the steam engine…..” Qian Guan answered excitedly. After Su Mu gave them a simple drawing of the steam engine and told them the various benefits of it, such as automatic water pumping, spinning and weaving, and vehicles without horses. He, who was standing in front of Su Mu at that time, was completely dazed. A formless and intangible vapor could drive a vehicle into motion? But after Su Mu explained to them some simple principles and the impact it would have on society, the enthusiasm of these people were completely incited. To the point that after seeing the progress made on explosives, this group of people’s enthusiasm directly transformed to fanaticism. Because the people who participated in the development of explosives were directly awarded a gold medal by the Crown Prince.

This gold medal was no ordinary medal. It represented certain special privileges including being key protected people of the Crown Prince’s royal guards. So long as they did not commit any crime no official of the imperial court could do anything against them. Even when having an audience with the Crown Prince, they would be exempt from all courtesy. And finally they were also given priority when asking for things they needed, of course, it must be a reasonable and legal request.

In short, this gold medal represented too great of a temptation for them who were just ordinary commoners in the past.

On this side, Su Mu’s eyes lit up when he heard that the steam engine moved. No one in this world better understood what a steam engine meant than him.

Su Mu followed Qian Guan closely, which instantly increased the pressure on this old man who was over half a century old. If not for Su Mu not knowing the specific location, he would have disappeared already using qinggong. Liu Xi, who followed behind, saw that the Crown Prince looked so excited that his eyes appeared to be lit alight and followed curiously. The Crown Prince was not even this excited when he saw the explosives exploding!

When the three rushed into a room full of steam and vapor, Su Mu saw a simple steam engine model four to five meters long and one meter high. Su Mu was no expert, and he only gave these master artisans a simple drawing. As for how big the thing on the drawing had to be made, what parts were needed, and the sizes that various parts should be. It was all decided by these masters after countless trial and error.

When this big guy finally moved for the first time, these people almost cried with joy. A master artisan hurriedly reported the matter to the Villa Manager Qian Guan, who then hurried to tell Su Mu.

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Su Mu circled around this thing that was letting off a huge amount of heat. Speaking of which, it was actually the first time he saw a real steam engine. The parts and joints were especially imperfect, obviously, master blacksmiths had hammered out each part manually. Whether these parts were qualified or not was also what Su Mu was worried about. For example, it was difficult for the naked eye to see whether an iron pipe was straight and uniform all over. And if the quality did not meet standards, accidents were prone to occur.

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Su Mu frowned while holding the letter sent by Yun Feiyu and Hu Yuan. It wasn’t that the two of them encountered any trouble when they went to Wu and Yang to form an alliance, but that it went too smoothly.

The appearance of Princess Hongyun raised Su Mu’s vigilance. Shi Qingshuang provoked war between the Jin Kingdom and the Qing Kingdom, but he had a feeling that this also had something to do with Princess Hongyun as well. Su Mu was dedicated to the development and growth of the Qing Kingdom, while the Wu Kingdom had intentions to conquer and unify the world. If the Qing Kingdom became stronger, it would cause great trouble to the Wu Kingdom. The more chaotic this place full of unrest was, the more beneficial it would be to the Wu Kingdom. By then, the national power of these small countries would be exhausted by war against each other. And when the Wu Kingdom attacked at that time, would they not get twice the result with half the effort? Don’t blame Su Mu for having conspiracy theories, this was how this world was, if you didn’t want to be eaten you must eat others first. Su Mu would do the same if he was the ruler of the Wu Kingdom.

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Su Mu put down the letter in his hand. Wu and Yang had agreed to jointly send troops to attack Jin. If there was no exception, even if Jin was not destroyed, it would be divided by the other countries in the end. But Su Mu kept feeling that it would not be that simple. Sun Hongyun was by no means an ordinary woman. She even dared to kill Shi Ran, so what else would she dare to do? Su Mu looked at Gu Yunzhou next to him and asked, “Why did you accept nine cities as a reward for killing Shi Ran?”

The Lingxiao Pavilion was a force belonging to jianghu, was he planning to establish a country of assassins?

The tall muscular body wrapped in black clothes gave people a great visual impact, causing the little palace maids who served Su Mu to secretly blush. Gu Yunzhou looked at Su Mu with dark eyes and said: “The nine cities are for Lingxiao Pavilion’s spies that had been placed in various countries to settle their homes in.”

When Su Mu heard this a feeling of guilt suddenly arose in his heart. It was indeed not a good life fighting and killing in the jianghu all day long. Su Mu felt a little sad and his tone couldn’t help gentling: “Then now that you gave Shi Ran to me, what about them?”

Gu Yunzhou said: “The Lingxiao Pavilion has been in existence for more than a hundred years, and there are many hidden spies that have been inserted in various countries. They face capture and suppression of those in power at all times. Now that war is about to start between Shi, Wu, and Wei, Lingyun Pavilion cannot ensure the safety of everyone no matter how powerful we are. We can only find a place of safety for them, but the people of jianghu are not good at governance. It is also a move out of helplessness to ask for nine cities, and it is uncertain whether their safety will truly be guaranteed.”

Su Mu looked at him and said, “So you mean…..”

Gu Yunzhou looked at him earnestly and said, “You are an excellent monarch. I hope you can let them join the Qing Kingdom.”

“How many people do you have?” Su Mu asked.

Gu Yunzhou said: “A total of 30,000, plus their family and relatives, the total is about 80,000. Most of these people have skills and will be useful to you.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “If they join the Qing Kingdom, will they be scattered or concentrated.” Su Mu had to consider this. If these seventy to eighty thousand were directly concentrated in one place, it would definitely be difficult to manage. After all, the people of jianghu were always so unruly and difficult to manage.

“These people didn’t live together in the first place, and they could be scattered throughout the Qing Kingdom as family units. If you need them, they can also collect information for you.” Gu Yunzhou said.

Su Mu nodded: “I will allocate some farm fields for them, but since they have joined the Qing Kingdom, they can no longer engage in their original profession within the Qing Kingdom. If they don’t want to become ordinary people, they can also join the imperial court or continue to follow you. “

Gu Yunzhou nodded and agreed. He had long wanted to get rid of this burden as his lifelong pursuit was the summit of martial arts. The people at the bottom ranks of Lingyun Pavilion wede not much different from refugees. Although they had some skills, they were mostly at the bottom of society with no speaking power at all. Moreover, Lingyun Pavilion was just an organization and no matter how powerful it was it could not hold up against a powerful country.

After the two talked, Gu Yunzhou disappeared from the room, intending to go back and convene his subordinates to discuss settling those people. Su Mu threatened Shi Ran to write a few letters back to the Shi Kingdom to have a large amount of grain be sent to the Qing Kingdom.

In fact, Shi Ran had no choice but to do so. In this place of chaos and unrest there must be a shield that could prevent the invasion of Wu Kingdom.

At noon, when Su Mu was having his meal, Liu Xi’s voice came from outside the door: “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

Su Mu put down his chopsticks and said, “Come in.”

Only then did Liu Xi lift the curtains and walk in. Since the Crown Prince taught them a good lesson after the incident of slipping medicine in his tea last time, he had yet to see the Crown Prince again. Only thinking that the Crown Prince’s anger had cooled, did he dare to show up this time. Of course he had already had a good excuse prepared, “Your Highness, the three imperial academies will be completed in half a month.”

“And?” Su Mu looked sideways at him.

“This official wanted to ask what else Your Highness has in mind.” His eyes were filled with affection as he stared fixedly at Su Mu, his tone soft and seductive: “Your Highness, I…..”

Su Mu hurriedly interrupted him lest he said anything sappy again: “The Zheng family didn’t come to make trouble again?”

“They have, but were stopped by this official.” Liu Xi’s eyes were almost glued to Su Mu’s body. Seeing Su Mu’s rosy lips, he wanted nothing more than to pounce forward and chew on it. He suggested: “Your Highness, would you like this official to accompany you over to take a look, it can also be a relaxing walk.”

In any case, having been tired for so long, Su Mu decided to accept his proposal. However, he took Liu Xi to another place, the villa on the outskirts of the imperial capital that produced toilet paper and soap. Speaking of this, Su Mu was really speechless. The efficiency of production was so low that it could only be sold to foreign aristocrats as luxury goods. But Su Mu’s purpose this time was not some child’s play like soap and toilet paper. What he wanted to check in on were the two tasks he had later assigned to those people, steam and explosives.

Su Mu was no expert on these two things, but he knew their general direction of development. There was no progress on the steam engine yet, but the gunpowder was already showing signs of success. After all, fireworks already exist in this world. Seeing that the world was going to be thrown into total upheaval soon, Su Mu’s most urgent concern was the production of explosives.

Su Mu stepped down from the carriage in plain clothes, but the heavily armed guards of the Qingye Villa stopped Su Mu: “Paying respects to Your Highness.” The tone and attitude were very respectful but they still made no concessions.

Liu Xi, who was next to Su Mu, was about to get angry but was stopped by Su Mu. He took out a sign and gave it to the guards guarding the door, who then immediately let him through.

Such a strict system of security was actually due to all the martial arts TV dramas Su Mu watched in his previous life. He was rather afraid that there would be techniques of disguise in this world. After all, things like martial arts and qinggong existed in this world so why not face-changing skills.

Qian Guan, the person in charge of the villa, hurriedly came to see Su Mu just after he stepped inside: “Paying respects to Your Highness.”

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“Manager Qian does not need to be so courteous.” Su Mu asked: “How is the development of the explosives?”

Qian Guan said nervously: “Answering Your Highness, it is still unstable and easy to explode and hurt people.”

Su Mu said: “Take me to the test site.”

Qian Guan hesitated and said: “Your Highness, it is too dangerous.”

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