[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea":3,"chapter-great-qin-i-started-a-mutiny-father-emperor-plea-great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Qin: I Launch a Military Coup, Asking Father to Abdicate!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2141908,3529,"Chapter 30","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>Heh heh... of course it’s cannons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these, the Great Qin’s combat power will increase exponentially.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most critical part of black powder right now is finding saltpeter mines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scraping out latrines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much saltpeter can you get from scraping latrines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That tiny amount is fine for fireworks, but for war? You must be drunk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of finding saltpeter mines, Ying Su couldn't help but sigh; he was short on manpower again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to draw from the gacha again and again, but... in the end, he couldn't bear to part with the points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly, if he wanted to find saltpeter mines and pulled a general like Yue Fei, what was he supposed to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to invent things and pulled Li Bai or Du Fu, what use would they be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to save them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Save up to one hundred thousand points to pull an SSS-rank character!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saitama, Zhang Zhang Juzheng, Wei Wei Wuji—these are people you can use the moment you get them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However... the search for saltpeter mines couldn't be delayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a long time, he decided he had to start with the people in the current world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And were there people in the current world suitable for finding saltpeter mines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course there were!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these people were right here in Xianyanggong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemists whom the First Emperor cherished like treasures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, was counting on these guys to refine the elixir of immortality for him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hehehe...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shouldn't be dead yet, right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, are they dead or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, Ying Su couldn't remember clearly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn't matter; what Ying Su needed was for them to find saltpeter mines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, if you ask who is most interested in saltpeter, it’s undoubtedly these alchemists!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people almost entirely rely on saltpeter to refine pills and swindle money from Ying Zheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, they should know best where the saltpeter mines are!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a second thought, he issued an order:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrest every single alchemist and sorcerer in Xianyanggong for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Seeking flowers and evaluation tickets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>028: Brutal Ying Su, despicable and shameless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the decree of the Second Emperor of Great Qin: arrest all alchemists and sorcerers in Xianyanggong immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Qin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Xianyanggong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ying Su’s decree was issued, all the alchemists and sorcerers in Xianyanggong were stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrest the alchemists and sorcerers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why arrest us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are merely following the First Emperor's orders to refine the elixir of immortality and longevity pills; why arrest us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are innocent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have been refining pills in the palace all year round and haven't left once, let alone broken Qin Fa; why arrest us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, countless alchemists and sorcerers were crying out, and many had already begun to kowtow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait... five hundred garrison troops?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hehehe... yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su’s army had expanded again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't just these five hundred; these five hundred were just here to make arrests!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ying Su now had one thousand direct-line garrison troops!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the result of Yu Yu Huatian’s expansion and training during this period!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said, it was quite impressive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When those alchemists and sorcerers saw the garrison troops charging at them, everyone was terrified and panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Begging the First Emperor to save them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One alchemist, while being arrested, shouted directly: \"Your Majesty, First Emperor, save us! Someone wants to stop you from achieving immortality!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"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!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has ulterior motives and is trying to prevent the First Emperor from achieving immortality!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, many were shouting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing these filthy insults, Yu Yu Huatian’s method of dealing with them was simple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had their mouths pried open on the spot and then cut out their tongues!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Yu Huatian had originally intended to cut them all out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... these people had no backbone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After cutting out the tongues of just two or three people, everyone immediately quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared to shout or scream anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many were already kneeling and kowtowing, begging for mercy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that Ying Su hadn't specified how to deal with them, Yu Yu Huatian simply let them be and took them away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, a large group of alchemists and sorcerers were brought before Ying Su!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the new Emperor before them, almost all the alchemists and sorcerers felt fear rising in their hearts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know, they were alchemists and sorcerers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the First Emperor treated them with great respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... what about this new Emperor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because they had said a few idle words, the new Emperor wanted to cut out their tongues; this was too terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You say it was Yu Yu Huatian who cut out their tongues?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh... without Ying Su’s order, would a subordinate dare to do that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the many alchemists and sorcerers still blamed Ying Su.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even without the tongue-cutting incident, in the hearts of many alchemists and sorcerers, Ying Su was not a good Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take Chunyu Yue, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Liaoji even cursed the First Emperor’s ancestors, and the First Emperor didn't kill him either!\u003C\u002Fp>",1073,"2026-06-16T15:53:55.937Z","2026-06-16T16:02:52.546Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b248e3210d653c2cd621c2f46da032bd0bdb3c265933955727bc0ac74997f7f7","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-31","great-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-chapter-29",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-qin-i-launch-a-military-coup-asking-father-cover.jpg"]