Chapter 55 Counterattack!
Emperor Qingyuan was so angry at Chu Li that his head ached. After all, he had overestimated Chu Li's ability!
Even if Ye Hanting teaches personally, he can't produce any good students because their foundation is too poor.
He asked sharply, "Are these things true?"
"Father, I bought the rice from the people of Daying Village at a high price a few days ago. Here is the written receipt!"
Chu Li calmly took out a stack of documents and said, "Every one of them has the signatures and seals of the people. Father, you can ask someone to check it out!"
Chu Yue's eyes darkened. How could Chu Li make so many preparations in advance? Could she predict when the flash flood would come and how big it would be? She could predict the future!
Under Chu Yue's surprised gaze, Chu Li said loudly: "Father, the mountain torrents are coming fiercely, and the reservoir pressure has doubled. I blew up the Tianlong Dam, which, for one thing, prevented the dam from bursting."
"Secondly, I have diverted the floodwaters. The water in Xiaomei Manor and other affected manors has been drained. The affected people have benefited from this and their losses have been reduced!"
"Third, I only blew up a gap above the Tianlong Dam, which reduced the pressure of the Tianlong Reservoir bursting the dam and also irrigated the already harvested farmland in Daying Village. This is a win-win situation. What did I do wrong?"
As soon as Chu Li finished speaking, there was silence all around, and Ye Hanting's eyes lingered on her.
He finally understood Chu Li's entire plan.
She is thoughtful and considerate, always thinking five steps ahead.
Starting from the day of the autumn hunt, Chu Li calmly and step by step not only solved the crisis.
Through today's battle, she has gained the confidence of the people and civil and military officials!
All the civil and military officials were shocked. Over the years, the court had always used military force to deal with floods, but no one had ever been as prepared, analyzed every step, and made thorough preparations in advance as the prince!
Prime Minister Jiang frowned, Prince Chu Li is a bit scary!
If all these things were secretly controlled by him alone, then the eldest prince must be inferior to him!
Chu Yue's expression gradually changed, and her chest rose and fell, as if Chu Li had sucked all the air out of her.
impossible!
This is absolutely impossible for Chu Li to do it alone!
To accomplish these things, he had to have a complete understanding of the trends of the nearby mountains, rivers, and be fully aware of the conditions of each village.
Where does he get so much time!
Lu Dongchen hung his head. He now wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. Originally, he wanted to sue the prince, but now he was actually setting the stage for the prince and he himself became the clown!
When Emperor Qingyuan heard this, his eyes turned complicated when he looked at Chu Li.
No wonder he brought Master Ye to the manor every day. This turned out to be the reason!
Chu Li stood there confidently and heroically, which made people believe that he had done all these things by himself!
After waiting for so many years, the prince finally made a breakthrough and established himself in the court with a counterattack!
He looked at the people in the Censorate and saw that their expressions were obviously changing. Prime Minister Jiang, Chu Yue and others seemed to have a new respect for Chu Li!
it is good!
very good!
As the father, he finally got face from Chu Li and felt proud for once!
Chu Yue smiled slightly, "These are just the prince's one-sided words. Anyone can say nice things. I still have some doubts whether Daying Manor is really like what His Highness said."
Chu Li smiled brightly in response, "I knew that my elder sister was always strict in doing things, so she asked some people from Daying Village to wait outside the palace gate."
Chu Yue: "..."
Emperor Qingyuan smiled slightly, "Call them in, I will ask them myself!"
Soon, an old man came to the hall with five young men.
After they kowtowed to Emperor Qingyuan, they looked at Chu Li gratefully, "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Chu Li raised his hand, "Old man, just tell the truth. Maybe *** will come to visit you in person later!"
Chu Yue smiled on the surface, but secretly gritted her teeth and cursed Chu Li. Chu Li was implying that she didn't trust people.
The old man was excited. "Your Majesty, a few days ago, the Crown Prince's subordinates bought our rice at a high price and promised to give us some additional compensation in a few days."
He smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. "Our Daying Village has always been dry. This time, Your Highness opened a hole in the reservoir. Not only did it irrigate the farmland, but there are now many fat fish swimming in the farmland. The people are so happy!"
The civil and military officials were dumbfounded. All of this was done by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! It was all true!
Emperor Qingyuan was originally worried that the people would be upset with the court because of the flood, but he didn't expect Chu Li to solve all the problems.
He smiled, "The people did not suffer from the disaster, but turned a disaster into a blessing. I am very relieved. You can go back now!"
"Thank you, Lord!" Several people bowed to thank the Holy Lord and left the hall.
For a moment, Chu Li was looked at by all kinds of people with all kinds of eyes.
She stood there calmly, waiting for Chu Yue to continue finding trouble.
Before Emperor Qingyuan wanted to speak, Chu Yue questioned, "Father, all the gunpowder is in the munitions warehouse. I wonder where the gunpowder for the Crown Prince to blow up the dam came from?"
Emperor Qingyuan narrowed his eyes. Gunpowder was a military supply. The gunpowder of the Chu State was only used in muskets, and muskets did not have the destructive power to blow up a dam.
So, where did Chu Li’s gunpowder come from, and how much gunpowder was needed to create such great power!
"Xiao Cang, tell me where the prince got his gunpowder!"
Minister of War Xiao Cang nodded and said, "The Ministry of War did not give His Royal Highness any gunpowder."
Chu Yue laughed secretly in her heart, look, Chu Li had made one mistake after all, now all the credit just now will be reduced to ashes!
Chu Li looked at the Minister of War Xiao Cang, "Minister Xiao should have received the secret recipe for making gunpowder bombs that I sent to the Ministry of War!"
Xiao Cang's eyes lit up. He had indeed received an anonymous letter containing the formula for gunpowder bombs.
He took out a secret letter from his bosom and nodded, "Your Majesty, I received a secret letter last night. I wanted to give it to Your Majesty privately after the court session today, but I didn't expect it to be sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Chu Li smiled calmly, "Father, I have researched out gunpowder bombs. These secret recipes are naturally top secret and can only be given to you through the Ministry of War!"
Ye Hanting had seen the power of Chu Li's gunpowder bombs. He added: "I was there when the dam exploded. The power of gunpowder bombs is several times that of fire guns!"
The ministers were shocked that the prince actually had the ability to invent gunpowder bombs!
Pei Ye's eyes lit up. If the gunpowder bomb could be used by the imperial guards!
Mu Feng looked at Chu Li excitedly, if only gunpowder bombs could be used by the army!
Chu Yue's expression became increasingly ugly.
Chu Li is just a brainless idiot, how could he possibly make gunpowder bombs!
Emperor Qingyuan suddenly stood up, left the dragon throne, and walked straight towards Xiao Cang.