King Xian looked at King Chong with contempt. If he wanted to let Du Ning hold such an important official position, he would have to go through his tough talk.

"What about the household department?" Emperor Hongxuan asked again.

"Currently, the Imperial Household Department operates in the south, north, and west, and is responsible for the income and expenditure of the entire imperial court. Count Du joined the Household Department without an internship, and it is difficult for him to take on such a big responsibility." The Xian Wang continued.

A strange color flashed in King Yan's eyes, but his face remained expressionless.

King Ji looked at Emperor Hongxuan, then at King Yan, and finally at King Xian, as if he had seen some clues and hesitated.

After a while, King Ji sighed and said: "To inform your Majesty, my Ministry of Works is short of manpower. You might as well transfer Du Ning to our Ministry of Works first, and concurrently study other departments. If you can participate in the morning dynasty at Jinluan Palace with us,

After the court stabilizes the situation, Du Ning will be transferred to a better department to give full play to his talents."

The wise king was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Brother's suggestion is indeed good. I think we can let Du Ning go to the Ministry of Industry for a while and let eldest brother take him with him for a few days."

"I agree with the virtuous king."

"I second the proposal."

The officials of the Xian Wang Party were also very happy. They transferred Du Ning to the Ministry of Industry, which had the least potential. This was definitely a good thing for their Xian Wang Party.

Duning suddenly looked at the officials of the Xian King Party angrily, as if he was hesitant to speak.

"My dear friends, what you said makes sense."

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and said: "Count Du, I will temporarily aggrieve you for a while and work as a minister in the Ministry of Industry for a few days. When other departments are vacant, I will promote you."

"I obey the decree."

Du Ning reluctantly agreed, but was secretly happy in his heart.

This was a play that he, King Yan and Emperor Hongxuan worked together. If Emperor Hongxuan directly transferred Du Ning to the Ministry of Works, it would definitely make all the civil and military officials suspicious. It would be better to use his strength and let the people of the wise king recommend Du Ning.

Go to the Ministry of Industry.

As for the King of Yan, I am afraid that he had already planned to go on an expedition to perform meritorious deeds, so Du Ning cooperated with the King of Yan to pretend to recommend the wise king. In fact, he was "borrowing the power" to let the wise king target the King of Yan.

The Xianwang Party was so proud of themselves, but they didn’t know that it had actually helped King Yan and Du Ning.

When they came to their senses, they regretted it too much.

King Ji showed a slight smile. He had obviously seen this scene, so he stepped forward to promote the development of the "plot" in order to prevent Du Ning from being targeted by the Wise King Party.

He is the eldest brother of all the kings. Since he is not destined to take the throne, he must try his best to contribute to the court.

Moreover, he also wanted to take this opportunity to win over Du Ning.

Maybe in the future, if he has the opportunity to ask Du Ning to serve him, he will be able to compete with the Wise King Party.

Everyone gets what they need, and it’s simply a mutually beneficial and win-win relationship.

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After retiring from the court, Du Ning was taken to the Ministry of Industry by King Ji.

The current Ministry of Industry is responsible for building weapons and chariots for the imperial court, because the south, north, and west are all using troops, and a large number of weapons are needed.

After Du Ning took office, he got to know the officials of the Ministry of Industry, got along well with his colleagues, and helped them organize documents.

Officials from the Ministry of Industry have always had a good impression of Du Ning and tried their best to help Du Ning in his work.

Afternoon.

"Your Majesty King Ji, I have something to discuss with you."

Du Ning went to King Ji alone.

"What's the matter with Mr. Du?" King Ji asked.

"Can I take a step to speak?"

"This..."

King Ji saw Du Ning's serious expression and guessed that Du Ning must have a purpose in coming to the Ministry of Industry.

"Come with me!"

King Ji took Du Ning to his inner hall.

Du Ning handed over a design drawing and asked King Ji to take a look.

After King Ji looked at it, his eyes suddenly widened with a look of shock on his face. He couldn't help showing his excitement, and he could hardly control his emotions.

This is a cannon designed by Du Ning based on the gunpowder formula and physical and chemical knowledge from his previous life. It is called the "Mysterious Cannon".

According to the drawings, after the flames are formulated into bullets, they can produce high temperatures and explosions, producing huge lethality in a certain range.

This theory has been studied by many bachelors in the current literary world, and many untested hypotheses have even been made.

However, because the current physical and chemical theories are not yet mature, there has been no success in using flames in combat, and there is only a theoretical development stage.

Many countries are also secretly developing this kind of super-powerful weapon. There may be breakthroughs, but success is still far away.

Even the Half-Saint has never had such a theory that spans the ages.

Du Ning's designs and theories on the drawings simply surpassed the views and assumptions about gunpowder put forward by those academicians and scholars, and even overturned many key points and proposed a more reasonable explanation.

"Du Ning, tell me honestly, who gave you this blueprint?"

King Ji couldn't calm down at this moment. You must know that once the "mysterious cannon" is successfully built, the barbarian Huns and the prairie tribe's cavalry will not be enough to fight.

"Reporting to the prince, I made it by reading books in my spare time."

Du Ning's answer made King Ji mistakenly think that he had been studying this thing for a long time. In fact, it only took a few days from conception to drawings.

The scientific and technological knowledge on Blue Star surpasses the technology of the Sacred Forest Continent for hundreds of thousands of years!

"I didn't expect that you would actually write down a theory that even great scholars and great Confucians have never calculated. It's simply unbelievable!"

King Ji admired him and said that Du Ning had a great literary reputation and was very talented. When he saw him today, he realized that Du Ning was more talented than he thought.

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