Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 695 Autumn Comes
Ten days after the good news came, Hou Junji and Su Dingfang returned to Chang'an with their respective troops.

The two entered the main hall and told Li Shimin about the situation.

Said some vividly.

Although there have been many places deliberately putting gold on their faces, many things must be told the truth, such as trebuchets, such as ladders.

And when the officials heard that Qin Tian had modified the ladder and the trebuchet, they were all shocked.

"Isn't it true that the young master actually transformed the trebuchet into a stronger one?"

"The shooting range is farther, and the strength is greater? If this is the case, even if we face the Turkic cavalry, we have a chance of winning."

"Who says no? Sharp arrows don't have a great impact on cavalry, but it's hard to say about boulders."

"The most powerful thing is the transformation of the ladder, which will directly affect the future siege."

"Who says no, with this kind of ladder, siege will no longer be so scary."

"Master Hou, you are really a capable person."

"........."

After Hou Junji and Su Dingfang finished talking about how they put down the rebellion, everyone completely ignored their contributions, and even ignored the head of the king of Chu they brought back. Everyone turned their attention to the trebuchet in unison and on the ladder.

Even, many people want to see the power of ladders and trebuchets.

Everyone talked a lot, and Hou Junji felt a little hurt in his heart.

Here, Su Dingfang stood up directly: "Your Majesty, General Hou and I have wiped out the rebels. This is the head of King Chu."

After Su Dingfang spoke like this, the officials finally stopped discussing.

Li Shimin glanced at the head of the King of Chu in Su Dingfang's hand. The head had already been processed, so it could keep from being rotted for a long time in this summer. Many soldiers fought in wars, and sometimes the military merit was judged by the head. This is how they are dealt with after cutting off the enemy's head.

However, seeing Li Hedong's head, Li Shimin didn't show much excitement, on the contrary, he couldn't help but sighed.

When he was still very young, Li Hedong also held him in his arms and teased him. Many years ago, the relationship between their uncle and nephew was not good.

It's just that now, the two meet in such a way, which is embarrassing.

However, after Li Shimin sighed, he quickly recovered.

"General Hou and General Su have made great achievements in defeating the enemy, and ordered the officials to reward them according to their merit."

Li Shimin didn't say much, he just said reward according to merit.

This made Hou Junji and Su Dingfang a little bit disappointed, but they couldn't say anything about it. After all, Li Shimin didn't say no to rewards, and there was no problem with the officials rewarding them according to merit.

The ministers discussed it again in the early court, and after they retired, they went to see the power of the ladder and the trebuchet together.

Hou Junji and Su Dingfang went back to the camp respectively.

Both of them had a feeling of being played by Qin Tian. They felt that Qin Tian might have known that the credit for killing the king of Chu was not great, so he gave it to them, and the iron ore mining was the big credit. Qin Tian Everything you do is to lure them back.

Then, monopolize the credit for the iron ore.

"His grandma's, this kid gave him another step ahead..."
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At the end of summer, Jingzhou City.

In the late summer, Jingzhou City was still surprisingly hot, which was unbearable.

In the barracks, Qin Tian usually takes off his shirt to deal with things in the big tent, there is no way, he really can't stand the weather here.

And at this time, he finally received the imperial edict.

Ask him to transport the mined iron ore back to Chang'an. Li Shimin has prepared a weapon bureau for him in Chang'an, and let him specialize in forging weapons.

After receiving the edict, Qin Tian was overjoyed. After calling Cheng Chumo and others, he explained the situation. After that, he prepared a carriage and took the pig iron they mined back to Beijing.

Of course, people from the imperial court will soon take over the iron mine.

Iron ore has always been in the hands of the imperial court, because ironware is something used to make weapons. In order to prevent civil rebellion, it must be controlled by the imperial court.

During this period of time, Qin Tian and the others mined a lot of pig iron. Of course, a large part of it was mined by the people of the former King of Chu, and Qin Tian ate ready-made.

After loading the pig iron into the truck, they didn't stay in Jingzhou, and rushed directly to Chang'an City.

Iron is heavy, so the journey is not very fast.

It was not until early autumn that they finally returned to Chang'an City.

At this time, many people had almost forgotten about Jingchu's suppression of the rebellion, so after Qin Tian returned to Chang'an, he did not cause much sensation. After returning to Chang'an City, he just entered the palace directly.

At this time, the morning court was over, and he went directly to the imperial study.

Li Shimin had already heard the news of Qin Tian's return and had been waiting for him.

"Qin Aiqing has made a great contribution this time. You and those in the Mad Demon Army will be rewarded for your merit."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Is the pig iron brought back?"

"It's shipped back, and it's already in the Weapons Bureau."

Li Shimin sighed, thought about it, hesitated for a while, and then asked again: "You said in the memorial that you want to forge a magic weapon, do you know what kind of magic weapon is stronger than the swords and guns we use today? "

Regarding Qin Tian's forging of weapons, Li Shimin still had no idea, so he asked again, Qin Tian said: "My lord, let me tell you this, the Tang sword I forged is enough to easily knock out the sword we are using now. It was chopped into two pieces, and the Mo Dao among the Tang Dao can double the power of our Tang army, facing the enemy's cavalry, we can directly destroy them with our infantry."

Qin Tian muttered, with a feeling that his mouth was full of hair, which made Li Shimin feel that his bragging was a bit big.

Their current weapons in the Tang Dynasty are not bad. It is no problem to cut a layer of armor. When beheading a person, the head will come off with one knife. Qin Tian's Tang knife can cut their knife in half. He doesn't believe it.

What made Li Shimin even more outrageous was facing the cavalry.

As we all know, the chances of winning a battle between infantry and cavalry are not great, and they are almost always trading their lives, but Qin Tian said that he would directly destroy them. Isn't this outrageous?

When Qin Tian said this, Li Shimin's mouth was half open in astonishment, and after Qin Tian finished speaking, he finally coughed twice: "Qin Aiqing, don't joke, those officials in the court are all watching As for you, if you can't do it, I can't protect you, you don't know, I agreed with the pressure of the ministers, they all think it's best to use pig iron to make farm tools."

Li Shimin wanted to let Qin Tian know his current situation, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Qin Tian's mouth: "Your Majesty, don't worry, after it's done, I will test it in front of the officials, so that I can know whether I have lied or not."

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