Chapter 30

Heh heh... of course it’s cannons!

I can’t make anything too high-tech, but smoothbore cannons and fire lances from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties shouldn’t be a problem!

With these, the Great Qin’s combat power will increase exponentially.

But the most critical part of black powder right now is finding saltpeter mines!

What?

Scraping out latrines?

How much saltpeter can you get from scraping latrines!

That tiny amount is fine for fireworks, but for war? You must be drunk!

Speaking of finding saltpeter mines, Ying Su couldn't help but sigh; he was short on manpower again!

He wanted to draw from the gacha again and again, but... in the end, he couldn't bear to part with the points.

It wasn't that he was stingy, he was just afraid of pulling someone he couldn't use right now, wasting his points for nothing!

Exactly, if he wanted to find saltpeter mines and pulled a general like Yue Fei, what was he supposed to do?

If he wanted to invent things and pulled Li Bai or Du Fu, what use would they be?

Better to save them!

Save up to one hundred thousand points to pull an SSS-rank character!

Saitama, Zhang Zhang Juzheng, Wei Wei Wuji—these are people you can use the moment you get them!

However... the search for saltpeter mines couldn't be delayed.

After thinking for a long time, he decided he had to start with the people in the current world!

And were there people in the current world suitable for finding saltpeter mines?

Of course there were!

And these people were right here in Xianyanggong!

Who?

The alchemists whom the First Emperor cherished like treasures!

The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, was counting on these guys to refine the elixir of immortality for him!

Hehehe...

Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng!

They shouldn't be dead yet, right!

No, wait, historical records say the book burning happened before the First Emperor's fourth eastern tour; it seems Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng died around that time!

So, are they dead or not?

Forget it, Ying Su couldn't remember clearly!

But that didn't matter; what Ying Su needed was for them to find saltpeter mines!

That’s right!

In this world, if you ask who is most interested in saltpeter, it’s undoubtedly these alchemists!

These people almost entirely rely on saltpeter to refine pills and swindle money from Ying Zheng!

Likewise, they should know best where the saltpeter mines are!

Without a second thought, he issued an order:

"Arrest every single alchemist and sorcerer in Xianyanggong for me!"

PS: Seeking flowers and evaluation tickets!

028: Brutal Ying Su, despicable and shameless!

"By the decree of the Second Emperor of Great Qin: arrest all alchemists and sorcerers in Xianyanggong immediately!"

Great Qin!

Inside Xianyanggong!

When Ying Su’s decree was issued, all the alchemists and sorcerers in Xianyanggong were stunned for a moment.

"Arrest the alchemists and sorcerers?"

"Why arrest us?"

"We are merely following the First Emperor's orders to refine the elixir of immortality and longevity pills; why arrest us?"

"We are innocent!"

"We have been refining pills in the palace all year round and haven't left once, let alone broken Qin Fa; why arrest us!"

At that moment, countless alchemists and sorcerers were crying out, and many had already begun to kowtow!

However, Yu Yu Huatian didn't listen to a word of it; he just waved his hand, and five hundred garrison troops immediately moved in to make arrests!

Wait... five hundred garrison troops?

Hehehe... yes!

Ying Su’s army had expanded again!

And it wasn't just these five hundred; these five hundred were just here to make arrests!

Ying Su now had one thousand direct-line garrison troops!

This was the result of Yu Yu Huatian’s expansion and training during this period!

It had to be said, it was quite impressive!

When those alchemists and sorcerers saw the garrison troops charging at them, everyone was terrified and panicked.

For a time, some were begging for mercy, some were loudly protesting their innocence, and others were cursing Ying Su and begging the First Emperor to save them!

Begging the First Emperor to save them?

Yes!

One alchemist, while being arrested, shouted directly: "Your Majesty, First Emperor, save us! Someone wants to stop you from achieving immortality!"

"The Second Emperor has evil intentions; he is afraid of the infamy of killing his father, so he doesn't dare to do it openly, and instead decided to use us as scapegoats!"

"He has ulterior motives and is trying to prevent the First Emperor from achieving immortality!"

At that moment, many were shouting!

Facing these filthy insults, Yu Yu Huatian’s method of dealing with them was simple!

He had their mouths pried open on the spot and then cut out their tongues!

Yu Yu Huatian had originally intended to cut them all out!

But... these people had no backbone!

After cutting out the tongues of just two or three people, everyone immediately quieted down.

No one dared to shout or scream anymore.

Many were already kneeling and kowtowing, begging for mercy!

Thinking that Ying Su hadn't specified how to deal with them, Yu Yu Huatian simply let them be and took them away!

Before long, a large group of alchemists and sorcerers were brought before Ying Su!

Looking at the new Emperor before them, almost all the alchemists and sorcerers felt fear rising in their hearts!

You must know, they were alchemists and sorcerers!

Even the First Emperor treated them with great respect.

Even when Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng deceived him, he only killed the group of alchemists related to them; most of the alchemists were left untouched.

But... what about this new Emperor?

Just because they had said a few idle words, the new Emperor wanted to cut out their tongues; this was too terrifying.

What?

You say it was Yu Yu Huatian who cut out their tongues?

Heh... without Ying Su’s order, would a subordinate dare to do that?

So, the many alchemists and sorcerers still blamed Ying Su.

And even without the tongue-cutting incident, in the hearts of many alchemists and sorcerers, Ying Su was not a good Emperor.

Take Chunyu Yue, for example.

How many times did Chunyu Yue bring up the enfeoffment system before the First Emperor? The First Emperor would get angry at most, but never thought of killing him!

Wei Liaoji even cursed the First Emperor’s ancestors, and the First Emperor didn't kill him either!