Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 377 Inspiration
Gao Ming dotes on Li Mingda very much, even to the point of spoiling him, he is better than his own son, which makes many people puzzled.

Even Li Shimin felt that Gao Ming was too nice to his sister Li Mingda.

In fact, none of them knew that the most important reason why Gao Ming loved Li Mingda so much was because he cared about her.

According to historical records, Li Mingda died before reaching the age of Ji. When Gao Ming learned about this period of history, he just regretted it.

However, when he came to Datang, when Li Mingda pulled the corner of his clothes and called him big brother, Gao Ming was suddenly frightened.

He is afraid that one day he will lose this lovely sister.

Now, more than half a year has passed since the Jindan case, and the alchemy priests and officials involved in this case have almost been killed, and Li Mingda is getting more energetic day by day. My heart relaxed a little.

"As long as this girl is always so healthy, she shouldn't die early, right?"

It is precisely because of this thought that Gao Ming pampered Li Mingda again and again, and finally turned a well-behaved lady into a lively brat.

As Li Shimin said before, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. The reason why Li Mingda became so mischievous is that Gao Ming has a lot of responsibility.

Gao Ming knew this very well, so he didn't refute Li Shimin at that time, and more importantly, he didn't think he was wrong.

"It's not me who is wrong, but this world!"

Unlike the people of Datang, as a time traveler, Gao Ming is fundamentally different from the people of Datang, both in the way of thinking and in the way of behavior.

And Li Mingda is just a child, she is like a piece of white paper, she is easily influenced, after getting along with Gao Ming for half a year, her way of thinking and behavior also began to slowly move closer to Gao Ming.

In the eyes of Li Shimin and others, this is a very bad phenomenon, but in Gao Ming's view, this is nothing more than normal, and compared to many unreasonable brats in later generations, Li Mingda, as the "second generation of the emperor", is just A little naughty, which is already very good.

What's more, Li Mingda still has many precious shining points in his body.

For example, she is very focused. In the entire palace, Li Mingda is the only one who can accurately imitate Li Shimin's "Feibai" handwriting. Even the ministers can't distinguish it. This is something that other people can't do.

Moreover, Li Mingda is very kind-hearted, she knows that Li Shimin has a violent temperament, so whenever a minister offends Li Shimin, she will always slowly appease Li Shimin, and then defend the minister.

Over the years, Li Mingda has saved many ministers in the court, so many ministers are very grateful to her.

Smart, sensible, kind... Precisely because Li Mingda has so many shining points, there are very few people in the palace who don't like her.

And the reason Li Shimin drove Gao Ming out of the palace this time was not because he really hated them, but to give him more freedom. After all, Li Shimin trusted Gao Ming very much, and he felt that Gao Ming's every move had his intentions .

In fact, Li Shimin's guess was correct. Gao Ming didn't make firecrackers purely for fun. His real purpose was to verify whether his black powder was qualified.

If you can't even make firecrackers, how can you make cannons?
Gao Ming also guessed Li Shimin's thoughts, so he didn't have any burden. After arriving at Furong Garden, he began to enlighten Li Mingda.

"Si, don't be sad. In fact, the old man didn't blame you. He was just worried about you and afraid that you would get hurt."

"Really? Father really doesn't blame Sizi?"

Seeing that Li Mingda was still worried, Gao Ming nodded with affirmative expression.

"Of course, but you have to tell big brother honestly, what trouble did you get into this time?"

"Well, in fact, the thing is like this..."

Then, Li Mingda told Gao Ming that she discovered that the firecrackers would not go out in the water, and then she started using vases to make firecrackers.

After listening to her words, Gao Ming opened his mouth in shock, and remained silent for a long time.

How dare this girl make firecrackers out of vases!

After he came back to his senses, he immediately extended his thumb towards Li Mingda.

"Bold conjecture and careful verification are the basic requirements of scientific research. Si, you have done a good job. Brother is proud of you!"

At this time Gao Ming was really satisfied with Li Mingda, he felt that his younger sister was simply a genius!
Li Mingda was still a child, when she heard Gao Ming's praise, she immediately became happy again, and happily followed Su Wan'er to see her new home.

After Li Mingda left, Gao Ming immediately got into the study room, picked up a pen and paper and began to write and draw.

Before, Gao Ming always felt that the power of black powder was too weak. Even if it was made into shells, its lethality would be very limited. It would be better to use it as a propellant to launch solid shells to attack the enemy's city gates, which would be more practical.

After all, in this era, the cavalry is the main force of the war, and the front-loading cannon is too slow to reload. If it is used on the frontal battlefield, it may be too late to load the second shell, and the opponent's cavalry will rush over.

What's more, the cannon that Gao Ming was about to manufacture had a caliber of only about [-] mm, and at best it could only hold a bowling ball-sized shell. If it was filled with black powder, then the power would definitely not be satisfactory.

In terms of practicality, such shells are far from being able to dominate the victory of a war, and the key is still to rely on cavalry.

But why must black powder be made into shells?Shouldn't it be something else?
Li Mingda's "Vase Bomb" gave Gao Ming a great inspiration - if the quality is not enough, the quantity should be added!

It is true that the power of black powder is small, but this is also relative. A bomb made of one catty of black powder may only injure people, but what about ten catties?What about a hundred catties?
And who stipulated that bombs must be carried around, or thrown directly on the enemy's head?Can't it be placed there, waiting for the enemy to come up to find bombs?
That's right, the weapon Gao Ming thought of was none other than the famous landmine!

As a defensive weapon, landmines are so perfect that even in modern times, many people have been troubled by them.

Especially in the face of the powerful anti-tank mines, even heavy tanks of tens of tons would not dare to crush them!
Even if the tanks were like this, let alone the cavalry, Gao Ming believed that as long as he was given time to lay mines, even if he faced a charge of [-] cavalry, he would have the confidence to deal with them in one wave.

If one wave is not enough, then another wave!
Soon, Gao Ming drew the required blueprints. Seeing the pumpkin-shaped Thunderbolt on the blueprints, he grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Your name is Fudo Myoko!"

(End of this chapter)