Chapter 1836
Heroine Mother 7
The people of the Black Earth Kingdom fled in terror, and the crisis was averted.
On the city wall, the officers and soldiers of Daqing were all stunned.
Only Liu Cheng excitedly pulled Liu Qiu, jumping up and down: "Little brother, our magical artifact is amazing!"
Liu Tong: "Mmm, mmm. Big brother, let go of me first, my foot hurts."
Liu Cheng: "Huh? You twisted your ankle?"
Liu Tong: "No, it's the pebbles on the ground that are hurting the soles of my feet."
Liu Cheng: "Huh? Why don't I feel any pain?"
Because I'm just making this up.
Liu Cheng still felt sorry for his younger brother, so he immediately stopped pulling him around and ran to the Duke of Zheng's side, proudly saying, "Grandfather, isn't our divine weapon amazing?"
"Impressive! Amazing!" Duke Zheng nodded, still in a daze, and instinctively replied, "Such immense power, it truly is a divine artifact!"
Han Yunya had already realized what was happening and asked, "What is this?"
Liu Cheng replied, "Fire is used to make medicine."
Han Yunya: "Is it related to gunpowder?"
Liu Tong: "It originated from gunpowder, but the proportions of the ingredients were changed."
Han Yunya: "Besides the two of you, who else knows these proportions?"
Liu Tong: "And our two servants and the workers at the fireworks shop."
Han Yunya immediately sent people to bring all the people from the fireworks shop into the general's mansion. Of course, they were not imprisoned, but the formula for the flammable powder was to be prevented from being leaked.
He will send these people to the capital and hand them over to the emperor for processing.
The emperor will surely make proper arrangements for these people.
They will not have freedom in the future, but they will definitely have enough to eat and drink.
Before sending them off, Han Yunya asked them to continue making fire-making powder.
However, given the limited availability of raw materials, the amount of fire-making powder that can be produced is also limited.
The people of the Black Earth Kingdom were unaware of this; they were terrified of the gunpowder and their soldiers regarded the border town as hell, daring not to approach it.
The commander had no way to deal with the soldiers. If he forced them to attack the border town, they might mutini.
He felt uneasy and didn't want to go near the border town.
The commander-in-chief directly consulted with several princes.
These princes originally came to gain military merit, but one died and two were seriously injured—the fifth prince lost an arm in an explosion and the second prince lost a leg—the rest were terrified and refused to go to the battlefield again.
After final discussions, they chose to withdraw their troops.
With the prince leading the charge, the commander decisively issued the order to retreat.
When the soldiers of the border city saw the Black Earth Kingdom's army retreat, they all cheered and praised the two young princes for their skill in creating divine artifacts.
Liu Qingyan had been completely forgotten by them.
Duke Zheng breathed a deep sigh of relief.
The two grandsons have established prestige in the army, excellent! Excellent!
With the border crisis resolved, Duke Zheng immediately submitted a memorial detailing the events, without concealing the fact that Liu Qingyan had been arrested and forced to knock on the door.
He knew that with the existence of gunpowder, the emperor would definitely not hold the Liu family accountable again because of Liu Qingyan's matter.
Indeed, the emperor and his officials witnessed the power of gunpowder and were overjoyed.
The emperor treated Liu Qingyan's matter like dust, brushing it aside.
The emperor richly rewarded the Duke of Zheng for his meritorious service in defending the city, and praised Han Yunya for her courage in stepping forward to shoulder heavy responsibilities during the crisis. He appointed her as a female general to command the border military affairs.
The emperor said to Chancellor Han, "You have given birth to a fine daughter!"
The emperor admired Han Yunya most for her decisive action in shooting Liu Qingyan.
Liu Qingyan, whose mind is only filled with romance, is completely unworthy of Han Yunya. Liu Cheng and Liu Dong, as the inventors of the fire-making medicine, also received rewards.
Liu Cheng was granted the title of heir apparent to the Duke, while Liu Dong received the title of earl.
The Duke of Zheng returned to the neighboring city, and the Grand Princess already knew about her son's death.
Princess Da Chang wanted to go to the border town to settle scores with Han Yunya, but was forcefully suppressed by Duke Zheng.
The Grand Princess screamed, "That's her husband! How could she do that? You wicked woman! You wicked woman!"
Duke Zheng said coldly, "Don't you see what your son has done! He knocked on the gate for the enemy. If the emperor investigates, our whole family will be executed! My daughter-in-law is saving our whole family."
The Grand Princess: "I don't want her to save me! I want to die with my son! If my son dies, I don't want to live either!"
Duke Zheng's face was extremely ugly: "If you really want to die with that wicked child, I can grant your wish."
The Grand Princess glared at the Duke of Zheng: "You...you actually wanted to kill me?"
Duke of Zheng: "It's not that I want to kill you, it's that you don't want to live anymore."
The Grand Princess: "How could I not want to live?"
Duke of Zheng: "Then you should live well. Although we have lost our son, we still have our grandson."
The Grand Princess: "How can a grandson be as dear as a son?!"
Duke of Zheng: "That wretched child is alive, but he is not close to you. Between you and that woman, the wretched child chooses that woman."
The Grand Princess choked up.
She cursed, "It's all that vixen's fault!"
She found someone to vent her frustrations on.
It's all Chu Xiao'er's fault. If it weren't for saving her, her son wouldn't have infiltrated the Black Soil Kingdom, wouldn't have been captured, wouldn't have been killed...
Chu Xiao'er is the real troublemaker!
The Grand Princess's various curses at Chu Xiao'er broadened the horizons of the Duke of Zheng.
He had no idea that his wife knew so many swear words; it was quite a novelty.
Han Yunya became the commander of the border town and was extremely busy every day.
Putting aside everything else, feeding the army is a major problem.
The army's provisions were allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, but the Ministry of Revenue always failed to allocate them on time and always found reasons to withhold them.
During this period, some people embezzled, and at least half of the grain and fodder delivered to the border town was lost.
Han Yunya currently lacks the ability to break this chain of corruption, as it involves the interests of too many people.
Therefore, ensuring that the soldiers were fed became Han Yunya's biggest headache.
Fortunately, she has a good son.
Liu Dong suggested "military farming" to Han Yunya.
"Tuntian was a systematic policy adopted by successive dynasties after the Han Dynasty to organize soldiers and civilians to cultivate land in order to obtain supplies or tax grain for the army. Its core was to closely combine national defense needs with resource supply and achieve the dual goals of 'using soldiers to support soldiers' and 'using civilians to promote agriculture' through land development."
This world is an alternate history, so the system of military settlements did not exist.
Han Yunya was overjoyed and immediately organized her soldiers to cultivate the land.
The soldiers knew that the produce from the cultivated land was meant to feed them, so they were naturally very enthusiastic.
Liu Dong took out a sweet potato and handed it to Han Yunya.
Han Yunya didn't know where the warm sweet potatoes came from; she only allowed the soldiers to grow them.
The soldiers were initially unwilling.
Can you eat this clod of dirt?
After the harvest, the soldiers were truly delighted.
Sweet potatoes are not only plentiful but also sweet. Even though eating them causes flatulence, they have become a delicacy in the eyes of the soldiers.
Han Yunya sent some of the harvested sweet potatoes to the capital.
Emperor: Han Yunya is the lucky star of Daqing! (End of Chapter)