In June of the 48th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Prince Kang Chuntai died. He Qi and Qi Shiwu asked him to contact each other during the funeral and encouraged a group of Manchu officials, especially the actual commander, deputy commander and other military officials to gather in private. In November, Ma Erhun, the prince of An County, died again, which created a large number of opportunities for them to gather in private. A group of people gathered at the E Shan family for banquets many times, and the personnel also grew to more than 20 people, including Geng E'er's Secretary of the Ministry of War, Geng E, the Chief of the Ministry of War, Yatu, and Wuli, the Deputy Commander.

In the signing room, without any greetings, Qi Shiwu came in and asked, "I'm so anxious to let me do it, but the prince has something to give me?"[.]

"The prince said that Fujian was hit by disaster this year and the youth and bad luck will be even more powerful next year. Please pay more attention." Tuoheqi said softly.

"Fujian is barren and powerful, and the court is not taking effective measures, so there may be trouble." Qi Shiwu pondered, and then sighed softly, "So what if you pay attention, one is beyond the reach, and the other is no reliable manpower." At this point, he looked happy and lowered his voice, "But is there news in the north?"

"This prince didn't say anything." Tuoheqi slowly shook his head. The prince was still saying the same thing, "Keep calm, take advantage of the momentum, take advantage of the opportunity to move."

On the second day of December, Kangxi issued an order to establish the General Administration of Customs under the Ministry of Revenue, which will be in charge of the national customs, and one customs supervisor, five customs supervisors, and a new Tianjin Customs, and the emperor's 14th son, Xun Beile Yinzhen, supervised the customs.

This imperial edict did not attract much attention. After all, it involved very few people. During this period, the whole country, the government and the country were in a vigorous debate. Correctly guided the debate on luxury and opposing luxury. With Zhang Penghong's fierce counterattack, it was divided into two opposing camps. Kangxi also secretly promoted the fire and published articles from both sides in the newspaper. Seeing that Kangxi was so concerned, both in the court and in the opposition joined in. The members of the great officials could write by themselves, and those who could not write were asked to catch the knife. The famous scholars and scholars of Juxian were not willing to give up this great opportunity to become famous, and they expressed their opinions one after another, and the debate became more and more intense.

After waiting for two months, Jiangsu Governor Zhang Boxing saw Zhang Penghu busy with pen battles in Shanghai, and Gamintu actually ran back to Jiangning to plan the Qinhuai River red light district. The case of Zhang Yuanlong was completely distracted, and he couldn't help but feel discouraged. While joining the anti-luxury camp, he made a big attack on Kangxi, and requested to be dismissed and returned to his hometown to retire on the grounds of old age and illness. However, Kangxi refused and comforted him and kept him.

Gary, the governor of Liangjiang, was even more depressed. It would be fine if the eighth prince party Zu Yuntu impeached him in public. Now the fourteenth and the Gamintu actually reached under his nose and poached the taxes along the most wealthy Qinhuai River in Jiangning. This was not only a slap in the face, but it was contempt. He didn't take him seriously at all, but the other party respected Kangxi's will. He could do anything except resent, depressed, and embarrassed?

What's even more ridiculous is that he has been swaying between the Eighth Master Party and the Prince. He thought he was good at everything, but he didn't expect that the Eighth Master Party would abandon him like a piece of grass. How could he bear it? In anger, he simply turned to the prince's side with a clear stand.

Shanghai, Liuchun Garden.

Haifeng, Sun Changhao, Wan Jiantu and others reported the good news to Yinzhen early in the morning, and the gunpowder workshop was first completed. Yinzhen was overjoyed when he heard this, "Let's go and have a look." When he went out, he ordered Dachun to bring one hundred personal guards.

Sun Changhao built the gunpowder workshop in a relatively remote place and was far away from the river. When the group arrived, Sun Changhao's deputy Ma Ming had already been waiting outside with a large group of people. When he saw Yinzhen coming, he hurried to come and greet him.

Yinzhen smiled and asked everyone to give up the gift, and then visited it carefully surrounded by people. The gunpowder workshop covers a vast area, and the finished product shapes of each raw material warehouse are distributed, and the processing workshops are also divided into relatively scattered. There are two storage warehouses for finished gunpowder, all away from the workshop.

Yinzhen was very satisfied with this layout. Although it increased the difficulty of transportation and increased the safety factor. After watching the workshop, he went to see the workers' dormitory and kitchen, which was prohibited from cooking in private. He made detailed regulations on the wages and food standards of workers. The salary was calculated as doubled outside, and the food must be guaranteed to be meat every two days, but every pack of gunpowder produced must be marked with the name of the craftsman. If there are unqualified ones, he will be severely punished.

Afterwards, Yinzhen went to check the accommodation conditions of Sun Changhao and Ma Ming. Both of them each had their own yards. As soon as they entered Sun Changhao's yard, Yinzhen smelled a faint pungent smell. He couldn't help but frowned slightly, but his brows immediately rose, which was the smell of chemical potions.

He couldn't help but glance at Sun Changhao in confusion and asked curiously: "What does this smell?"

Sun Changhao didn't expect Yinzhen to come to his yard. He smiled awkwardly when he heard this, "It's strong water, it smells bad. The Fourteenth Master shouldn't go in."

Qiangshui? Yinzhen was stunned and muttered several times. He was already ecstatic and asked anxiously: "Can you melt iron, copper and other things?"

Sun Changhao couldn't help but be surprised. The Fourteenth Master was really knowledgeable and powerful. He hurriedly replied: "Yes, except for gold, everything else can melt into water."

Acid, is acid! Yinzhen was ecstatic, but he was a novice in this regard, and could not be sure whether it was acid or hydrochloric acid or nitric acid. He hurriedly asked tentatively: "In addition to this kind of strong water? Do you know other water that can corrode metals?"

Sun Changhao didn't know whether Yinzhen was examining him or had other intentions, but he still replied carefully, "In addition to strong water, there is also alum oil, but alum oil cannot turn iron, copper, etc. into water."

There are two kinds of sourness now. Yinzhen suppressed his excitement, "Okay, let Ma Ming take charge of the specific matters of the gunpowder workshop in the future. You should concentrate on making these two things out, the purer the better, and then try to mix them in proportion to see what you can get. Besides, don't cherish them yourself and bring more disciples. These two things are very important! If you can produce in large quantities, you will be rewarded with great rewards, and your Sun Changhao will be remembered forever."

Just now, Yinzhen deprived him of his position. Isn’t this a bridge being destroyed when crossing the river? Sun Changhao was depressed. He heard that he had been remembered forever, and he was not only stunned. This alum oil has existed in ancient times. He discovered the manuscripts of his ancestors when he sorted out the manuscripts of his ancestors. It is said that it was passed by the missionaries to Xu Ge Lao. These two things can be remembered forever? He couldn’t help but feel confused.

Yinzhen didn't know what Sun Changhao thought. He turned around and ordered Haifeng: "Publicize among the children of various famous families. I will recruit a large number of such miscellaneous talents. If there are real talents, they will be treated with favorable treatment."
Chapter completed!