When the good news came, it could not be stopped. Emperor Chongzhen never dreamed that the Ming Dynasty would be today.

From the beginning of his ascension to the throne, it seemed that bad luck had always been with him. In fact, the disaster of the fall of the Ming Dynasty could not be blamed on Emperor Chongzhen.

Since the carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao and even the Wanli period, rebellion and uprising in various places have continued. When it comes to Chongzhen, it is just the final rejuvenation.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of Chongzhen and struggled for seventeen years. If it were another emperor, it might be over in a few years.

All the officials praised the praises, and there were no major bandits in various places. The main reason was that the promotion of grain crops made the people no longer have enough food.

In fact, the people’s needs are so simple that they only need to have enough food. It is this extremely simple requirement that few emperors of all dynasties have truly achieved it.

The heroic spirit of the big man and the sadness of the little man. The Qin Dynasty's principles were unsuccessful and relaxed, Shandong was in trouble, and the different surnames emerged together, and the handsome Wu Ji gathered. Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him.

The people in the world are as harmless as elks and can be slaughtered by others. They are docile in nature and never know how to resist.

These ambitious figures provoked wars for their own selfish interests. In the end, these suffering people paid for it.

Not to mention anything else, just the raging bandits in the Central Plains, the population of the people in the Ming Dynasty dropped sharply by nearly one-third. In some places, there were even no people thousands of miles away.

It’s all the sins that the bandits have committed. They are also the root cause of the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, which makes the public resentment boil.

Zhu Cilang was in Sichuan, and Sichuan returned to the Ming Dynasty, and many things needed to be dealt with. Today, Zhu Cilang has an unprecedented reputation. As the marshal of the world's military, he has gathered many generals in the army and is loyal to countless people.

After the Sichuan matter was handled, it would not be too late for him to decide to return to Beijing. When he returned to the capital, Zhu Cixuan made his next plan. The Ming Dynasty still had many things to do, including curing corrupt officials, collecting commercial taxes, unleashing maritime bans, etc., all of which need to be done by himself.

As for why Zhu Cilang still has to stay in Sichuan for a while, it is because there is a treasure in Sichuan.

This treasure was obtained by the court, and the future Ming Dynasty will be as solid as a golden stone and will be invincible.

At the foot of Laojun Mountain in the Longmen Mountains in northwest Sichuan, there is not abundant resources and traffic is blocked, but there is a town with a long history that has its own unique existence. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was an invisible smoke of gunpowder, hidden in irresponsible military aircraft. This place is not only the largest gunpowder raw material production base in the ancient world, but also the source of gunpowder, one of the "four major inventions" in my country,

This is the mysterious hometown of gunpowder, Chonghua Laojun Mountain.

Sulfur and charcoal can be seen everywhere, but only the most difficult to find. On the hillside of Laojun, you can see some pits, either natural or artificially dug, from time to time. The stone stairs in the cave are chiseled according to the stone, as if they have been carefully polished. This is a step-by-step polishing by the saplings of the seldom used their feet for thousands of years. The cliffs along the tunnel are covered with white ice slags, and these are saltpeters.

The saltpeter ore here has rich reserves and extremely high saltpeter content. There are more than ten Chaoyang caves in the silt pond here, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people to participate in the refining, transportation and other work of silt. As far away as the "Shennong Bencao Jing" in the Han Dynasty, there is a saying that "eliminate stones and leaves the ridge road".

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Laojun Mountain was an important place for saltpeter. It can be said that it provided most of the supply of saltpeter to the whole country.

Now the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty has reached a new level. Flintlock rifles can be mass-produced, and a series of cannons have been successively built. In the army, gunpowder is urgently needed.

Sulfur and charcoal are everywhere, and are very easy to collect raw materials. Although saltpeter is not very rare, it is not easy to find saltpeter with high quality and high content.

The saltpeter mine in Laojun Mountain is easy to mine open-pit and has a huge output. The most important thing is that it has high quality. The saltpeter mine here cannot be mined for hundreds of years. It can be completely suitable for war needs. Zhu Cixuan's most wanted to get the saltpeter mine in Laojun Mountain.

Chonghua Ancient Town was once the intersection of Jiangyou, Zitong and Jiange counties. In its early years, it was called "three counties with one foot" by the people and is known as "dry wharf".

During the Battle of Jinchuan during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Laojun Mountain became the largest arsenal in the Qing Dynasty. In this five-year battle, the Qing army consumed more than 4.2 million kilograms of gunpowder. At that time, the gunpowder needed by the Qing army was basically supplied from this.

How can such a good place not be protected? For this reason, the first thing Zhu Cixuan did when his troops entered Sichuan was to mark Laojun Mountain as a military restricted area.

Then, hire local people to obtain mines.

What is surprising is that most of the people here make a living from the Laojun Mountain saltpeter mine. Their mining and refining technology is even far beyond that of professionals in military affairs.

After all, this is an ancient saltpeter town that has been passed down for thousands of years. There are more than 30 gunpowder families standing on the town. However, the people here used to make fireworks. The fireworks here are called artillery, which has created many famous artists such as Cannon Shen, Cannon Han, Cannon Luo, Cannon King, Cannon Li...

Zhu Cixuan requisitioned all these people, and all the masters who made gunpowder became employed by the court. They also had their meals at the public.

Even the head of each gunpowder workshop enjoys the same treatment as a magistrate. It is a great joy for the people who have lived on fireworks and gunpowder for these generations.

If the fireworks are made too much, the competition will be fierce. Fortunately, people will not be able to eat enough in troubled times, and the fireworks will be even more unsold. People in Chongqing Town who make a living by gunpowder will have a very difficult life.

Now, they live a happy life. It is just because the prince is here and because the prince attaches importance to the mining of gunpowder. The extremely purity of Laojun Mountain saltpeter mine is the best raw material for making gunpowder.

These gunpowder will be provided to the Ming army in the future. Military reform is also imperative. In the future, the Ming army will gradually eliminate cold weapons and turn to firearms.

At this time, in Europe, the United Kingdom was carrying out bourgeois revolution. Many European armies began to equip flintlock rifles, and the Ming Dynasty was also carrying out arms reforms.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will not only unify China and establish an unprecedented empire of territory. It will also conquer the world and dominate the world.

Of course these are just a later story. What Zhu Cixuan should do most at the moment is to rectify the domestic situation first, give the Ming Dynasty some time to breathe, and give the people a rest. When the national strength rises, first take Huang Taiji from Liaodong.

What Zhu Cixuan didn't know was that the Qing Dynasty at this time was no longer as brave as it was. It was no longer the time when Huang Taiji rushed into the pass and the troops were at the city of Beijing.
Chapter completed!