Chapter 198

began to serve Ying Su.

Seeing her like this, Ying Su was stunned on the spot: "You... what are you doing?"

Princess Princess Yushu froze, looking as if she did not know where she had gone wrong.

Seeing her expression, Ying Su was speechless on the spot; this Princess Princess Yushu was too innocent, she simply did not understand at all!

So, he whispered something into Princess Princess Yushu's ear!

In that instant, Princess Princess Yushu was terrified, her face full of resistance and fear!

Ying Su smiled and patted her shoulder!

Half a ke later, Ying Su looked utterly pleased!

He ordered Princess Princess Yushu: "Swallow!"

Princess Princess Yushu's face was full of grievance, but she dared not resist Ying Su at all; in the end, she could only obediently comply.

Seeing her like this, Ying Su nodded in satisfaction, grabbed her by the waist, and finally headed for the bed!

More than half a shichen later, Ying Su leaned against the head of the bed, completely satisfied!

Princess Princess Yushu, meanwhile, looked at Ying Su with extreme terror and fear!

At this moment, even her body trembled slightly!

Ying Su said: "You need not be afraid. Given your good performance, I shall now offer your Tu'an two paths!"

"First, surrender the entire nation to Qin; the Kingdom of Tu'an may become a Junxian of Great Qin, and your father the king may become the local governor!"

"Second, surrender the entire nation to Qin; the Kingdom of Tu'an may become a Junxian of Great Qin, and your father the king and mother the Wang Hou may come to Xianyang to live a peaceful life!"

"Convey this message to your father the king and mother the Wang Hou; whichever of these two clear paths they choose will prevent Tu'an from being littered with corpses!"

"But if they choose neither, then I will surely destroy Tu'an; that day is only a matter of time!"

After Ying Su finished speaking, he began to sleep, while Princess Princess Yushu curled up, afraid and trembling.

Looking at the patches of red blood on the bed, finally, tears began to flow!

But she did not delay at all; the next day, at the very first opportunity, she found the Tu'an envoy and told the envoy Ying Su's words word for word.

After hearing this, the envoy's face was filled with shock and disbelief: "These two paths both require our Tu'an to surrender to Qin; the only difference lies in how the king and the Wang Hou are treated!"

"Your Highness Princess, did you... did you fail to kill this person?"

Princess Princess Yushu lowered her head and said: "I... I could not bring myself to do it. Moreover, he was too vigilant; if I had poisoned him last night and he discovered it, he would have immediately destroyed Tu'an!"

Princess Princess Yushu, crying, told the Tu'an envoy what had happened last night!

After hearing this, the Tu'an envoy could not help but sigh: "Your Highness Princess, do not attempt to assassinate him again; you cannot assassinate him!"

"Wait until I return to the country, inform the king and the Wang Hou, and then we shall decide!"

"It is just... Princess!"

"You must endure this grievance!"

After he finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Princess Princess Yushu!

Princess Princess Yushu then watched the Tu'an envoy leave.

Afterwards, she glanced at the Judagongdian behind her, and her face was filled with sorrow!

From now on, was she to live in this place like a cage?

Thinking of this, her face was filled with despair!

Just at that moment, Ying Su arrived, directly grabbed the waist of the Princess of Tu'an, and asked her: "Has the Tu'an envoy returned to his country?"

Princess Princess Yushu was extremely uncomfortable with this, but she dared not struggle or resist; she could only follow his lead and nod lightly:

"Mm!"

Ying Su smiled, then spoke: "I will take you to a place!"

Having said this, without waiting to see if Princess Princess Yushu agreed, he directly took Princess Princess Yushu to the Kaogongshi!

Kaogongshi!

This place is named Kaogongshi!

But it has long since become a complex of buildings.

Moreover, its area is very large!

There are mainly three sites!

First, papermaking and movable-type printing!

The paper and printed books produced here are sold directly throughout the entire nation!

Even... when Zheng He set sail, he still brought some paper and printed books!

Second, steel smelting and gunpowder production!

Steel, gunpowder!

These are necessities for industrial development!

Although Ying Su has not yet begun to develop industry on a large scale, even producing only cannon steel and steel knives requires steel!

As for gunpowder... it is currently in short supply!

This is simply because there is no saltpeter!

Currently, even the latrines in Xianyang City and some surrounding Junxian have been scraped clean.

Now, no more saltpeter can be obtained.

Precisely for this reason, the cannons produced now are merely empty shells; the vast majority of cannons do not even have ammunition!

Flintlock muskets, fire lances, revolvers, and so on are much the same!

Because of the gunpowder shortage, bullets are too scarce; they are all just empty frames!

But... Ying Su has never issued an order to stop production!

Because, in his view, gunpowder would inevitably be discovered!

The third area was the kiln!

In fact, regarding kilns, the Great Qin had them long ago!

But they were used for firing pottery, not porcelain!

After Tang Ying arrived, Ying Su directly ordered him to modify the kiln, so that it could fire not only pottery but also porcelain!

Today was the day the second batch of porcelain would emerge from the kiln.

When Ying Su arrived at the place, Li Si had already been waiting there!

"Your Majesty, those porcelain pieces are regarded as treasures by the nobles!"

"The last porcelain bowl I took out was auctioned off at a staggering price of ten thousand coins!"

"Ten thousand coins?"

Ying Su smiled; he was not at all surprised by this.

Even in later eras when porcelain was ubiquitous, Tang Ying's porcelain was valued at millions, even tens of millions.

In this current era, even if money equaled money, to be honest, it was still a bit of a loss!

But it was understandable; after all, this item had just emerged, and porcelain culture had not yet taken shape!

People did not yet have much understanding of the functions of porcelain!

Ten thousand coins was already quite good for a new product!

"Then how do you intend to price this item?"

Ying Su picked up a blue-and-white porcelain bowl and asked Li Si.

Li Si said, "This item is hard to price; if we speak of its use, it is merely for eating and drinking!"

"The nobles buy it mostly because of its exquisite appearance and beauty, which is why they purchase it!"

"As for practicality..."

Li Si shook his head and finally said, "We can sell this item as a luxury good, like jade, but if it flows out in large quantities, I fear it will be very difficult!"

He repeated his statement again.

Ying Su nodded, finding Li Si's words very reasonable.

After pondering for a moment, he said to Li Si, "Promote the claim that this item has the effect of prolonging life!"

"Regularly using this item for drinking water and eating food can increase one's lifespan!"

"Ah?"

"This... will it work?"

Li Si was shocked!

Ying Su said: