Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 91 The Use of Gunpowder

Li Shimin heard that Wei Hao made it, and didn't say anything, but now there is still a huge noise coming. Li Shimin doesn't know what Cheng Yaojin is doing. Everyone has gone, how can this noise come out.

"I don't know about this last commander, Su Guogong said that we should come back and report first, and he will come over then." The commander cupped his hands and said to Li Shimin.

"Wei Hao made it?" Fang Xuanling looked at the captain and asked, and the captain cupped his hands and said to Fang Xuanling, "Yes, that's what the Minister of Works said."

"I remember that Wei Hao was going to the Ministry of Industry today to instruct the Ministry of Engineering to make fine salt. Did he come up with something good again? What did you just say, gunpowder?" Fang Xuanling continued to ask the captain angrily. .

"Yes." The captain continued to cup his hands.

"I know about gunpowder. I remember that Yuan Tiangang has this, but it burns faster, and can still make such a loud noise?" Fang Xuanling was also sitting there, thinking about it carefully.

"Wait, I'll know when Cheng Yaojin comes back." Li Jing sat there and said, it's useless to say anything now,

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side did not speak, because Li Shimin just heard that Wei Hao made it, but he didn't get angry. The last time he dealt with Wei Hao, he had completely tested Wei Hao's position in Li Shimin's mind, but it was not An ordinary Hou Ye is so simple, Li Shimin must have paid more attention to Wei Hao, otherwise, Li Shimin did not say that he would escort Wei Hao to ask for such a big disturbance.

"Boom!" At this moment, there was another explosion from the Ministry of Industry.

"This Cheng Yaojin, what is he doing over there? You, go to Cheng Yaojin right away, tell him, let him come over and report quickly, and tell Wei Hao to get the fine salt well, the gunpowder thing, wait for me After I understand it clearly, I will talk to him about today's affairs. It's ridiculous. There is such a loud noise in the palace. Haven't you heard the sound of horses neighing everywhere, and the tiger roar and bear roar in the forbidden garden? Let him not make such a big noise!" Li Shimin shouted to the captain.

"Yes!" Du Wei immediately ran away. At this time, Yuchi Jingde heard it and immediately cupped his hands to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't you call this kid over to ask? If you make such a big noise, you need to give the people a message. explained."

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't worry about the fine salt, don't delay it for a while?" Hou Junji, the minister of military affairs, also stood up and asked Li Shimin with his hands up.

"Well, there are some things here that make it inconvenient for me to see him. In a few days, he will enter the palace to thank him. After he was named a marquis before, his father was in his arms, so I asked him to take care of his father at home first. I will summon him again after these few days have stabilized." Li Shimin thought about it and said to the ministers below. When the ministers heard it, they were also shocked. Many ministers thought that Wei Hao's title was just a matter of Helping Li Lizhi to create paper, and this time about the fine salt, no one would have thought that Li Shimin would have such a high regard for Wei Hao.

"Okay, let's ignore them for now, so is Yaojin, let him do something, I guess he wants to play it again." Li Shimin sat there and waved his hand, ignoring them for now, or talking about dealing with the Turks. Let's talk about it in winter. When it comes, once winter comes, the various tribes of the Turks will try their best to attack the borders of Datang and plunder the materials and population of the borders of Datang, so Datang must also prepare in advance.

"Your Majesty, we still need to pay for the second batch of supplies. I went to talk with the merchants. They are willing to give us another ten days. We can pack the supplies in advance, but we need to give them from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. A note." Dai Zhou, Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up and reported to Li Shimin.

"Isn't it still [-] yuan short of money?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, there is a difference of 17 guan in the materials transferred to the northwest this time, but we have also mobilized some in other directions, and we also bought some of the materials needed by the refugees outside the city. The difference is about [-] guan " Dai Zhou stood up and cupped his hands.

"Hmm!" Li Shimin heard it. He was very angry, but he couldn't get angry, because all the money was spent in the courtroom, and it was spent where it had to be spent.

"Then, how much can the Ministry of Civil Affairs solve for 17 yuan?" Li Shimin asked in a bad mood.

"Go back to Your Majesty, within ten days, we can solve a maximum of [-] yuan of money, but we still need to save it from other places." Dai Zhou stood there and said honestly.

"There's still a hundred thousand dollars left. I can only raise 2 dollars. You all know that in order to support the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I don't even know how much money I have mobilized from my internal purse. Now those in the harem The concubine, the prince, and the princess' expenses have been reduced by more than half. On the Ministry of Civil Affairs, we still need to find ways to increase income and reduce expenses. The prince will be married in less than [-] months, and he still needs money. You can't keep a penny, right?" Li Shimin stared at the ministers and asked, those ministers also felt very ashamed. Originally, the money from the court and the money from the internal money were separated, but now Li Shimin uses the money from the internal money. almost.

"Didn't you say you have money when the fine salt comes out?" Hou Junji sat down and asked.

"Even if fine salt is made, it is impossible to produce so much in a short period of time, and it is impossible to sell so much in a short period of time, right? Even if you can sell so much, it will only cost seven or eighty thousand dollars a month. But I see that the deficit of the court this year will not be less than 30 yuan, and even said that it is far more than that, are you sure that the money from the fine salt is enough?" Li Shimin sat there and continued to ask Those ministers, those ministers were sitting there without making a sound.

"You still need to figure out a way, hey!" Li Shimin was very troubled, and there was a shortfall of [-] yuan. To be precise, it was [-] yuan. Li Lizhi had promised him [-] yuan before, but now Li Shimin doesn't know. How should I tell Li Lizhi, and I'm embarrassed to tell her that if there is no Li Lizhi in the past six months, I still don't know what to worry about.

"Boom!" At this time, there was another explosion outside, and Li Shimin was startled, but he was still helpless.

On the Ministry of Industry's side, Cheng Yaojin also took a bamboo tube in his hand. After just putting one, he was not only addicted, but grabbed two more from Wei Hao's hand, and now Wei Hao has only two left. .

"Hey, yes, the power is good, and the movement is very big. You said just now that you should enlarge the stone and go down, and it really exploded. Hey, Wei Hanzi, you said, if you put more stones, when the enemy is attacking the city, go down. What is the effect of throwing it?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Hao happily and asked.

"Su Guogong is brilliant, worthy of being a veteran in the army, so he thought of the use of gunpowder. If this thing is replaced with iron, and then some small iron pieces are placed in it, this explosion will probably kill a lot of people!" Wei Hao immediately gave Cheng Yaojin a thumbs up and said.

"Hey, that is, the old man fights wars, but he likes to think about it the most, or else, the old man can follow His Majesty to make a fortune? This is good, get out of the way, the old man is playing one, this is what makes people excited, remember, I will send some tomorrow. Come to my house, the old man has nothing to do with it." Cheng Yaojin is so proud, he will order the one in his hand immediately, and he also asks Wei Haoduo to make some and send it to his house, he wants to play.

"No, this is not fun! Oh my God!" Just after Wei Hao finished speaking, he saw Cheng Yaojin light up again. Wei Hao saw Cheng Yaojin turned around and ran, and he followed suit, running for 20 minutes Duomi, Wei Hao yelled to get down, Cheng Yaojin also got down immediately, and with a bang, many stones flew out and landed behind Cheng Yaojin and Wei Hao.

"Hey!" Cheng Yaojin stood up with a smile, and walked quickly to the hole they blew up. At this moment, the hole was very large and deep, almost as deep as a person, and the diameter was estimated to be three or four meters. , the surrounding area is full of blown up dirt.

"This thing can dig holes on the battlefield and bury the enemy's body, hurry up!" Cheng Yaojin thought of this immediately, and said to Wei Hao, Wei Hao heard it and was speechless, this Cheng Yaojin is really an army As a veteran, he even thought of this use.

"Hey, Wei Hanzi, this old man asks you, if this thing is placed on the way to ambush the enemy, is there any way for someone to set the fuse on fire from a distance?" Hao snatched another one from his hand.

"Hey, I said you can't leave it endlessly. There are only two left. I have to present it to Your Majesty. I haven't met His Majesty yet, so this should be a greeting to His Majesty." Wei Hao was anxious. Now, I counted on this to thank the emperor and make myself a marquis. This Cheng Yaojin means to finish it off for myself.

"Just do a few more, is it difficult?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Hao with contempt and asked.

"It's not difficult to be difficult, but trouble is not, how good is this ready-made?" Wei Hao grabbed it back, but he couldn't let it go.

"Stingy, send a few to the old man's house in a few days! Remember!" Cheng Yaojin explained to Wei Hao.

"Aren't you afraid of blowing up your house?" Wei Hao rolled his eyes, he really didn't know what Cheng Yaojin was thinking, why he liked this thing so much, this is a good thing.

"My house is more than 200 acres, and he can blow up my house? Really, you can't blow up thousands of them." Cheng Yaojin immediately said against Wei Hao,

Wei Hao is very helpless. He still needs thousands of them. He only needs to make one big one. Although he dare not say that all of them will be blown up, it will make the whole of Suguo's mansion so rotten that no one can live there. , you can definitely do it yourself.

(End of this chapter)