The weather after autumn suddenly turned cold, and winter came directly without realizing it.

When the outside of the Great Wall was covered with thick snow, Lu Chensheng was too lazy to leave the palace every day.

Later, the ministers were simply asked to go to the imperial study room to discuss matters.

The Imperial Study Room is relatively close, and it basically doesn't take long to get there. It's not like going to the Chengtian Palace, where it still takes a while even if you're sitting on the Dragon Boat Festival.

The imperial study room was also relatively spacious. The ministers felt that this was a bit inappropriate, but they didn't say anything more after thinking about it.

Compared with the kings of previous dynasties, some ridiculous things would happen.

Today's king is much better. He just changed the place where he went to court because he was afraid of the cold.

"Everyone, have some porridge. Since you came to the palace so early, all of you dear ladies must be freezing too. Drink some hot porridge to warm your body."

Lu Chensheng waved his hand, and the maids served hot porridge for the ministers to enjoy, and then some side dishes.

When the ministers saw this, they looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you stop eating this?"

They were worried about what would happen if someone got in trouble after eating this?

"It doesn't matter. If someone is in a hurry, just step back in a small step. There is no need to worry about such etiquette."

Lu Chensheng saw what the ministers were thinking and replied directly.

I basically don't eat anything during the imperial court, just because I'm worried about this problem.

However, since the ministers got up so early and rushed to the palace, Lu Chensheng felt that there was nothing wrong with changing the rules.

When the ministers saw this, they hesitated for a moment, but when they saw Du Rufang started drinking directly, they didn't care.

In front of the Holy Emperor, the ministers were very particular about eating. They basically chewed slowly and did not let themselves make any sound.

If they make any noise while eating, it can basically be said that they do not understand etiquette. When the censors see it, they can completely impeach them and say that they are impolite.

"Holy Lord, the third voyage has already set off. According to the orders placed by the foreigners, the ships on this voyage have brought a lot of armor and weapons."

The people from the Ministry of Revenue wrote a memorandum and handed it over so that the Holy Spirit could read it clearly.

When the foreigners came, they brought a lot of money and bought a lot of weapons.

This summer, I basically stayed in Xinghan City, and only went back with the ship at this time.

But not everyone went back, the other party still left a lot of people behind in the city of Seoul.

Euphemistically speaking, they say they admire the power of the Xinghan Empire, but actually they still want to stay here? Learn more techniques to spy on the news? They can also make some contributions to trade.

Regarding these people, the people from the Ministry of Revenue have consulted the Holy Spirit. The reason given by the Holy Spirit is: Just leave them alone, as long as they don't do anything extraordinary.

"Huh? Just sell the weapons. After all, by next year? These weapons may need to be replaced with new ones? Let people take more out at that time and try to sell all the weapons. It will be a bit troublesome to accumulate the backlog.

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"yes."

The Minister of Revenue responded.

"Holy Majesty, according to the latest news from the spies, several areas suspected to be potassium salt lakes have been discovered in the Grand Duchy of Kiev. The probability of containing potassium salts is more than 80%, and the probability of one of them containing potassium salts is as high as 90%."

Just as the Minister of Hubu retreated, a minister immediately stepped forward and said.

When Lu Chensheng heard this, he gently put the bowl aside. His face became obviously more serious.

"Is the news true?"

Potassium salt, which is one of the three major fertilizers, has a significant effect on increasing the yield of crops and is very suitable for crops such as rice, wheat and corn.

A long time ago, Lu Chensheng had already sent people to look for potassium salt.

But there has been no news? Those fertilizers made by ourselves? They are incomparable to this potassium salt.

"Return to Your Majesty? The news is absolutely true!"

The minister responded immediately.

The excitement on Lu Chensheng's face flashed across his face. The Xinghan Empire was still a large agricultural country, and the demand for potassium salt was really too great.

However, there was no trace of potassium salt in the Xinghan Empire, so he set his sights on other countries.

After all, although the Xinghan Empire is vast and rich in resources, some resources are indeed relatively scarce, and not all resources are available.

"Is there still no trace of potassium salt found in the country?"

Lu Chensheng calmed down and asked in a deep voice.

"When I returned to the Holy Land, I found no trace of potassium salt. The Xinghan Empire is relatively large, and some places are difficult to find. It may be there, but it is difficult to detect."

Compared with the conditions for the existence of potassium salt, the probability in the Grand Duchy of Kiev was much higher, so his men went directly there to detect it.

"In this case, war with the Grand Duchy of Kiev is basically inevitable."

Lu Chensheng pondered for a moment and then said something.

"Your Majesty, may I ask what this potassium salt is?"

One of the ministers was puzzled. He didn't know why the Holy One seemed to have completely decided on his intention to fight against the Grand Duchy of Kiev after hearing this.

"Potassium salt is a substance that can significantly increase grain production, much more significantly than the fertilizers we use today. Do you think this thing can be obtained?"

Lu Chensheng asked back, and the ministers were immediately startled, and then their faces gradually became fierce.

How can we let go of something that can obviously increase production?

And this thing doesn’t exist in the Xinghan Empire? This made them a little unbalanced and also increased the idea of ​​possessing it.

"In this case, the Grand Duchy of Kiev must be destroyed!"

"You can send envoys there and ask them to cede these places directly. If they are unwilling to cede, you can directly send troops."

"Why should we be so polite to the Grand Duchy of Kiev? Why not just send troops?"

The ministers talked a lot.

There is basically no common people in the world who do not grow food! This thing that can increase production is really important to them.

As ministers, they all understand the importance of this thing.

It was decided almost instantly that these places must be obtained!

At this time, the ministers almost became a united front, showing that they were determined to win this potassium salt.

"Declaring war is necessary, but now that winter has entered, let the soldiers practice diligently. When the new weapons come out and the training reaches a certain level, they can declare war. It is best to declare war before summer next year."

Lu Chensheng ordered.

The idea of ​​​​the battle has basically been decided. Now let's talk to the ministers and prepare money and food from the Ministry of Revenue.

As long as the generals train their troops well.

The ministers agreed one after another.

"The people in the Ministry of Rites have prepared the edict and will announce it to the world when war is declared."

"Your Majesty, what reason is appropriate for an edict?"

Yang Zhiyuan from the Ministry of Rites came out and asked.

"We are at the border with the Grand Duchy of Kiev. The other party hurts countless Chinese people every year, and this is a good reason. When writing, I collected the information of the victims, their names, ages, and the circumstances of the murders. They must be written down one by one to make it clear.

The world."

Lu Chensheng replied directly after hearing this.

Let the other party write this information clearly so that people can feel that this is a living person, not something that can be replaced by just a few people.

In this way, the people will naturally support the imperial court in going to war, and will feel that this is very necessary, and will not let the people feel that this is a meaningless war.

"yes!"

Yang Zhiyuan understood this and stepped back.

If you want to write it so clearly, you will have to send someone to check it out, which will take a lot of time.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time before the war started, so he could prepare slowly.

"I heard that the canal outside Xinghan City is frozen?"

"It started to freeze this morning, making it impossible for ships to pass through. This has a great impact on the trade in the city. For example, the prices of some fruits and vegetables have begun to rise a lot."

If goods from outside cannot be brought in, prices will naturally go up.

Fortunately, food prices are still relatively stable.

"Can you find out where the frozen place is?"

Lu Chensheng asked, it's really not a good thing if the river water stays frozen like this.

"It's not that everything is frozen, but some sections are frozen."

The minister has sent people to investigate, so he is quite clear about this matter.

"If there are not many, use gunpowder to blow them up. The smoothness of the river is very important to Xinghan City."

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead. He received some news directly after the river froze. Many merchants in the city were quite complaining about the weather.
To be continued...