The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 806 790 Five: Promise fixes Cordyceps again, Promise shoots rockets in the school field

The time is not too long, and the sky will be completely clear, but the whistling north wind still has no intention of stopping!

Duan Wuji had breakfast with Songtsan Gampo in the barracks, and Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Songtsan Gampo, look, I have brought back such laborious things. If it's on the body, it's exhausting enough!
Just let me tell your father, I'd better deposit them in the vault in your capital!

When we use them, I'll get them from your treasury! "

Songtsan Gampo grinned when he heard this.

"Brother, I still haven't figured it out yet!
Are you that mighty general, or a very smooth and shrewd businessman!
Say you are a businessman, you have such a hero!
Let's say you are that heroic general, but you're always thinking about how to get rich!

Freaks like you two brothers are rare in this world! "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"Whatever you want!

It’s okay to say that our brothers are generals, and it’s okay to say that our brothers are businessmen!

Who let our buddies be all-rounders!

It's okay to be a general, but you can't be a general!

It's okay to be a businessman, but a businessman must not forget state affairs!

Brother Songtsan Gampo, you didn't rest all night last night, I think you should sleep for a while!
I went to find your father. "

Songtsan Gampo grinned when he heard this.

"I said brother! I didn't sleep last night, but I don't think you slept, did you?
What's the difference between us and each other?

We are all young people, it's okay to stay up all night without sleep.

Come on, I'd better go with you! "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Since this is the case, let's go."

Songtsan Gampo made some arrangements for the defense of the city gate, and then followed Duan Wuji straight to the old king's treasure tent not far from the city gate.

After entering the treasure tent, I saw the old king drinking milk tea in the treasure tent, and there was no one in the big tent.

Seeing Duan Wuji and the others coming in, the old king quickly motioned for them to sit down and drink milk tea together.

The three of them chatted leisurely while drinking milk tea.

After chatting for a long time, the topic gradually got on the right track.

Songtsan Gampo looked at his father and said, "Wuji went out to scout the enemy camp last night, and he will come back at dawn today."

The old king laughed when he heard this.

"Wuji! You are such a short-tempered person!

This means to investigate the enemy's situation, to investigate the enemy's situation.

Promise!How are you?Is the enemy's investigation clear? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"I have already run to the treasure tent of the enemy's Chinese army, can the enemy's situation still be detected clearly?

Let me tell you, if I hadn't done it for such a small amount of money at that time, if I had rushed into the big account with a sword, I might have slipped back the head of the anti-king leader Jim Tashi by now. "

The old king laughed and said, "Wuji! How come you don't know how to use such a good opportunity?

If you can really get his head back, wouldn't we save trouble?
Why don't I give you two money at that time?I dare not say too much, but there must be a thousand taels of silver.

You for these two money?

So this time you scouted the enemy situation and successfully got back their money!

So how much money did you get back this time? "

Songtsan Gampo laughed and said, "Royal father, this man should get rich, he really can't stop it!

Last night, my brother went to scout out the enemy's situation. He asked me for two bags, and I don't know where he got a bag of gold back.

well!It seems that this person is about to get rich, and he can't stop it!

It is good for ordinary people to go out to investigate and return safely without losing their lives.

But my brother is fine. Not only did he come back safely, but he also brought back so much gold and silver. Why don't you justify it! "

The old king grinned and said, "How much did you get back!

Open it and let me see it. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Not much, only 84 gold bricks, and some scattered silver!"

Songtsan Gampo heard this, and said with a smile: "I said brother, so many gold bricks are not so many?

You almost envy my brother to death.

Brother, why do you want so many gold bricks?Did you get it back and put flowers there? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"I don't make up my mind to get it back, I plan to buy you some Cordyceps from you to go back.

Firstly, it can treat diseases and save lives in our country, and secondly, it can earn two small pocket money.

What's the point of getting so much gold back? "

The old king laughed out loud.

"I said Wuji! You still want to make money.

Tell me, how much money you make is enough. "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"How much is enough? Let me tell you, it's good to have more of this thing. As long as it's not the people's fat and people's ointment collected from the people, what's wrong with adding more?"

The old king nodded.

"Well, what you said makes sense! Promise! Didn't you take the caterpillar fungus back this time!
Why don't I sell you some at that time!

My Tupan country has a vast area, vast land and sparsely populated, and there are many places where Cordyceps is produced.

Isn't there civil strife in our country!To be honest, most of the caterpillar fungus harvested from my palace in the past was sold to Tianzhu Kingdom.

After this turmoil, the trade between our country and Tianzhu may not be restored in a short time.

Those caterpillar fungus are of no great use in my palace!

Just let me deal with them for you!
If you get it back, you can earn two small money to spend, and I can also solve the economic problems in my country. "

Duan Wuji laughed out loud.

"So good!
Then I will give you all the gold and silver on my body, and you can put them away!

After the war was over, we immediately went back to China with the caterpillar fungus.

Let's get what we need and help each other! "

With that said, Duan Wuji untied his burden, Duan Wuji opened the burden, and took out all the gold and silver inside.

Then, the three of them began to count, and those gold bricks were 84 pieces, which is not fake at all!

The old king checked the gold carefully and put it away.

The scattered silver, about one thousand and one hundred taels, is the money that Harimu usually spends.

The old king collected the money, and immediately ordered his general Niudunai to lead a small team of cavalry to send it to the capital's own gold and silver treasury.

After finishing these things, the old king looked at Duan Wuji and said: "I said Wuji! Since you have finished investigating the enemy's situation.

Then tell me, when should we attack the enemies outside the pass? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Last night I went to the enemy camp for reconnaissance, and I have already checked the terrain around the enemy camp clearly.

Moreover, I also sneaked into the enemy's central military treasure tent and eavesdropped on the current domestic situation in our Tubo country.

Presumably, the enemies in the north already knew about it, and they were now startled.

That rebel leader Jim Tashi once borrowed troops from Harimu of that Turkic country, and Harimu pretended to agree to him, so he got the money.

That Harimu never imagined in his dreams that the money he just cheated would take advantage of me, and he even hurt his life because of it.

Your Majesty, what I mean is that after the blizzard, we don't care about his holidays during the blizzard, but if the holidays are not, we can send troops directly.

Your Majesty, what do you think of this? "

The old king laughed out loud.

"Okay, let's do what you want.

Is there anything I need to prepare in advance?If so, let's prepare in advance.

Don't be in such a rush then, what's the matter? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, preparation is a must.

Your Majesty, why not!

You prepare [-] rockets with brimstone, I will be of great use at that time!

In addition, you should prepare some cotton cloth for wrapping horseshoes!

This time to attack the enemy, let's wrap the horse's hooves with cotton cloth, so as not to make too much noise when walking!

There is basically no need to prepare other things. When the next snowstorm comes, we will go out of the city and attack them immediately! "

"Wuji! I can understand the thing about wrapping horseshoes in cotton cloth.

What are the five thousand rockets for? "

"What is it for? Of course it is used for setting fire.

It's still winter now, and the northwest wind blows a lot!
I plan to send two thousand elite soldiers with these rockets to go around to the north of the enemy army, and shoot these rockets into the enemy's camp.

If you shoot these rockets at the enemy's tent, once the enemy's tent catches fire, the flames will blow along with the wind, and the company will not be burned!

Not to mention that the enemy only has tens of thousands of troops, even if he has millions of soldiers, the fire will burn them to death!

In this case, wouldn't that speed up the enemy's collapse?
Our soldiers will besiege from all sides again, and discipline the enemy's entire army to be wiped out! "

The old king laughed out loud.

"High! It's high!

I can't blame you Han people for often winning battles. It turns out that you have such high wisdom.

Songtsan Gampo, my son!In the future, you can learn a little bit from Wuji and the others.

Only by humbly learning from others can we gain experience. "

"Father! I understand what you said, my son. I want to take the people of Tang as my teacher and learn from them humbly.

In the future, the culture and economy of our Tubo country will have new progress. "

"Well, that's good!

Songtsan Gampo, I will leave it to you to make these five thousand rockets, and you should make them for me as soon as possible!

Did you hear this clearly? "

Songtsan Gampo nodded.

"Father, my son, I understand, but how do you make a rocket?

We have never made this thing before. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "In fact, making this rocket is extremely simple.

You wrap the arrow shaft of the ordinary arrow with a layer of cotton cloth, but the cotton cloth needs to be soaked in a hot pot, and then the cloth is dried. Just some powdered sulfur.

The cloth on the arrow shaft should be wrapped as thick as possible, so that it will flourish when it catches fire!

This thing, in fact, is the same as the fire sickle to ignite the fire. When shooting the arrow, use the fire sickle to ignite the shaft of the arrow, and then the arrow will go out.

It's that simple, what's the trouble. "

Songtsen Gampo immediately understood what was going on.

"Brother, your trick is really high.

Then after I go back, I will start to watch these things being made by hand. After they are made, I will let you see them first.

If there is something you are not satisfied with, let's improve it! "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, that's fine! Let's make a deal like this. After you make the rocket, let's do an experiment first and then talk about it!"

Now Songtsan Gampo has a mission, and he can't sit here any longer.

Songtsan Gampo chatted a few more gossips with the two of them, then got up to leave.

"Father, Brother Wuji, you two, rest! I'd better go back and prepare to make that rocket.

With so many rockets, it took a lot of effort to manufacture them. "

After speaking, Songtsan Gampo turned and left.

Duan Wuji stayed in the old king's camp, and did not return to his big tent until the sun was about to set.

On the afternoon of the third day, Duan Wuji was practicing his inner strength in the big tent, when Songtsan Gampo came looking for him.

"Brother, I have already made that rocket, go over and have a look!"

Duan Wuji stood up after hearing this.

"Brother Songtsan Gampo, have you found the good archer yet?

If you find them, let's gather them all together.

Also let them see how to use this rocket, shall we?

Otherwise, if they don't know how to use it at that time, wouldn't it be a mess! "

Songtsan Gampo nodded.

"Well, what you said is really reasonable. I have selected these personnel long ago, so let's gather them all and let them learn how to use them!

Brother Wuji, let's go, you can also take a look.

Today you show us how to shoot this rocket! "

Duan Wuji followed Songtsan Gampo out of the big tent, and walked straight to the small school yard.

Songtsan Gampo said to his entourage: "You call all the soldiers I picked out who are good at shooting bows and arrows to the small school grounds, and let them learn how to shoot the rockets too!
We are using this thing for the first time. If we don’t watch others use it for a while, we really dare not say whether we can use it well at that time. "

The soldier promised and turned around and left.

When Duan Wuji and the others came to the small school grounds, they saw more than a dozen soldiers watching around the rocket!

When they saw the official coming, they all retreated to one side.

Duan Wuji took a rocket and watched it carefully, he saw that the shaft of the arrow seemed to be three or four times thicker than before!

After watching it for a long time, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Songtsan Gampo, get some straw men over here. I'm going to test shoot this rocket for them in public later, so that they can learn the precautions for shooting rockets!"

Songtsan Gampo heard this, and quickly said to the surrounding soldiers: "Why don't you hurry up and tie up some grass figurines, don't you want to learn how to use the rocket?"

After hearing this, the soldiers turned around and ran to tie the grass man.

More and more soldiers gathered in the square, and they all came to watch Duan Wuji shoot rockets.

Before long, seven or eight tied scarecrows were brought in.

Soldiers dug a shallow pit and buried them in the ground.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "You all watch carefully, I will shoot that scarecrow now."

Duan Wuji took a bow from a soldier and picked out a rocket.

Duan Wuji took out the fire sickle, lit the shaft of the arrow, and when a raging flame was ignited, Duan Wuji put the arrow on the bowstring and shot at a straw man with a whoosh.

The arrow only stuck in the straw man, and the straw man immediately ignited a raging fire. After a while, the straw man was burned out and turned into a pool of ashes.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "This rocket is okay, but remember, you have to ignite this rocket before you can shoot it out.

Otherwise, it is useless at all!

Well, let's shoot a few too! "

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji turned around and went back to the big tent.

(End of this chapter)