"Revenge, this is pure revenge!"
Mo Dun was furious as he said furiously in the Mo clan.
"You deserve it. Who asked you to ruin the Mount Tai Pilgrimage? Now, you blame father for not bringing you along." To the side, Princess Changle rolled her eyes at Modun. The Pilgrimage of Mount Tai was solemn and mysterious. After Modun's explanation, all of its mysteriousness had been lost. From the original highest level of etiquette, it had become an ordinary ceremony and excursion. It would be strange if Li Shimin found Modun pleasing to the eye. He had even implicated her and prevented her from going to Mount Cheng.
Meton pursed his lips and said, "I'm just speaking the truth. That Emperor Wei even measured the height of Mount Tai. Why did the Emperor bring him along? It seems like a son-in-law can't compare to a son!"
"Don't talk nonsense. Father is measuring the height of Mount Tai himself. Brother Qingque is a professional in geography, so he naturally has to follow." Princess Changle tried to smooth things over. Li Shimin was still unwilling to give up and wanted to personally verify the Mount Tai Pilgrimage.
"Forget it. Whoever wants to go can go. Anyway, the Mount Tai Pilgrimage can't be heard or seen. I have more important things to do." Meton snorted coldly. Now that the money was in place and the New Shu Road was about to be built, he naturally wouldn't bother about the Mount Tai Pilgrimage anymore. The New Shu Road was the most important thing for the School of Mo. Once the New Shu Road was built, the School of Mo would have another landmark.
"The New Shu Road is about to start!"
As the news of the Imperial Court spread, the news of the New Shu Road being ready to start immediately spread throughout the land of Sichuan.
Everyone cheered. From the officials and nobles to the common porters, they all hated and loved the Shu Path under their feet. The New Shu Path brought back their livelihood, but the New Shu Path was too difficult to travel. Once the New Shu Path was completed, the land of Sichuan and the Guanzhong Plains would be connected. This was beneficial to everyone.
The people of Sichuan participated enthusiastically. In addition, under Meton's insistence, there were 800,000 strings of cash earmarked for the construction of the new Shu Road. There was no shortage of money for the construction of the new Shu Road. There were no obstacles in the construction of the new Shu Road. Everything was ready except for the east wind.
In the Ministry of Works, Li Tai held a thick stack of maps and reported to Meton and Zhang Liang.
"Lord Zhang, Mo Jiu, this is the map of the new Shu Path drawn by the school of geography. This route makes full use of the Ancient Shu Path developed by our predecessors. It can save half of the time required. At the same time, it is the closest and the difficulty is the lowest. It is the best route." Li Tai said with a face of pride. If the geographical lineage explored the Xin Shu Dao, they would definitely be able to leave their name in history. The benefits to the geographical lineage were self-evident.
"It seems that His Highness Emperor Wei is indeed eager to go to Mount Tai. He actually completed the exploration so quickly." Meton said in a strange tone.
Li Tai looked at Meton's expression and immediately said angrily, "Mo Jiu, do you think that I am willing to get involved in this mess? If you did not drag the geographical lineage into this mess, how could I ruin my father's mood of Mount Tai?"
"Upholding academic correctness is an unshirkable responsibility of the Hundred Schools of Thought. It is a fact that Mount Tai is not high." Meton said righteously.
Li Tai snorted coldly, "A son who disobeys his father is unfilial."
"Deceiving the emperor is a great crime. I am not willing to keep Your Majesty in the dark." Meton retorted sarcastically.
When Zhang Liang saw the two of them bickering like children, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. He said, "You two can continue your academic debate later. However, Chancellor Mo, His Highness Prince of Wei is already prepared. I wonder how the Firearms Supervisor's preparations are."
Meton and Li Tai looked at each other and snorted coldly. They then stood up and cupped their hands. "Reporting to Daren, the firearms department has already completed the construction of the engineering camp! Sufficient gunpowder is prepared. As long as Daren gives the order, we can open up the mountain and build the road. "
Meton waved his hand and Xue Rengui walked out proudly. "Xue Rengui of the engineering camp greets Minister Shangshu."
"Xue Rengui!" Zhang Liang naturally knew the number two person in the firearms department. Seeing Meton place Xue Rengui in the engineering camp, Zhang Liang nodded his head in satisfaction.
"Since everything is ready, this minister orders that we start work immediately!" Zhang Liang said clearly. After all, Zhang Liang was the Minister of Works. In name, he was also the governor of Xin Shu Dao. Although he could not control Meton and Li Tai, he was still the highest official in name.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "
Following the order, the construction of the new Shu Road finally began. The original Gu Shu Road was directly widened, and the steep Shu Road was blasted flat. The violent explosion of gunpowder sounded in the mountains, and the birds were startled. Hundreds of beasts were frightened and moved away.
This time, the power of gunpowder was undeniable. The mountain that could not be moved by human strength was easily blown up like tofu under the explosion of gunpowder. The progress of the construction was greatly accelerated.
"You all know the power of gunpowder. You only need to make a hole in the mountain and seal the gunpowder in it and ignite it. With a loud bang, it will shatter into stones. You only need to move these stones away."
"Gunpowder is so powerful."
"Of course. You should know that even Gao Chang City was destroyed by gunpowder."
"In ancient times, there was a foolish old man who moved mountains. Today, there is gunpowder to open up mountains."
In a short time, the news of gunpowder opening up mountains spread throughout the Tang dynasty. Mo Jiazi's reputation soared again.
"Mo Jiazi!"
At night, in the Yu residence, Yu Zhining gritted his teeth and said.
Although he was lucky enough to be chosen by Li Shimin to participate in the Mount Tai Pilgrimage, he was not happy at all. The Mount Tai Pilgrimage was a rare Heaven's Perception ceremony for the Confucian school. Now, Mo Jiazi had turned it into a trip, turning the meticulously designed Mount Tai Pilgrimage into a joke. In his opinion, Mo Jiazi was deliberately going against the Confucian school. How could Yu Zhining be willing to accept the fall of the Confucian school's reputation and the rise of the Mo school's reputation?
"Sir, don't be anxious. I have a plan that can make Mo Jiazi suffer. Since Mo Jiazi destroyed the Mount Tai Pilgrimage of the Confucian school, we will destroy the Mo school's plans for Xin Shu Dao," Xu Jingzong said flatteringly.
"Destroy the plans for Xin Shu Dao. Now that the people of Xin Shu are yearning for it and the Ministry of Works has the money and manpower, the construction is a foregone conclusion. It is not something that can be done by human strength." Yu Zhining shook his head.
Xu Jingzong sneered, "Since human strength is not enough, why don't we borrow the power of the heavens!"
"The power of the heavens?" Yu Zhining frowned. The Mount Tai Pilgrimage had removed the veil, and now even Yu Zhining did not believe that the power of the heavens would be able to bring down the Tang dynasty.
Xu Jingzong nodded, "That's right! Mo Jiazi's gunpowder is indeed sharp, but not everyone is happy about it. There are also many people who are worried that this will anger the Mountain God and bring down a disaster. "
"Anger the Mountain God?" Yu Zhining's eyes lit up. This was a good idea, but he immediately shook his head, "But this is not enough. If the imperial court is afraid of angering the Mountain God, I'm afraid they will not agree to build Xin Shu Dao."
Xu Jingzong smiled strangely and looked up at the night sky, "Angering the Mountain God is not enough, but what if it is a warning from the heavens?"
"A warning from the heavens!" Yu Zhining's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly looked up at the sky and saw a long broom hanging high in the starry sky.
The Jinx had appeared, and a disaster was about to befall. In just one night, the entire Chang 'an City was alarmed by the Jinx in the sky.
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