Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 216: Undermining Songtsen Gampo's Will, Gunpowder Birth
Li Yuanji frowned and thought. In Li Yuanji's opinion, Songtsen Gampo was a little difficult to control. For ambitious people, once ambition arises, it is often not under the control of others. The more they are controlled, the more they want to break free.

But if Zanganbu returned to Tubo, he did not want to have to fight Tubo again in the future. Not only would it be troublesome, but it would also reflect poorly on him if his vassal states rebelled. What would he do if other countries followed suit?
"I can't kill him now. The impact after killing Songtsen Gampo will be very unfavorable to me. It will benefit Li Er. If I let him go, I must be able to control him. How can I control him?
Beauty? Money? These methods are probably useless to this guy. I must make him afraid of me. No, I must make him feel terrified of me. Let him know how huge the gap is, so big that he dare not resist. Only in this way can I control him!"

Li Yuanji kept thinking about how he wanted to make Songtsen Gampo see the huge gap. Would it be possible with the current gap?
Li Yuanji was silent, somewhat unsure, but he had no other choice but to give it a try and let Songtsen Gampo see clearly that even the Tang Dynasty could not compare with this place. How could he, a Tubo, compare with this place?
After thinking for a while, he immediately called Xie Shufang.

“Shufang, take Songtsen Gampo to see our weapons and warships later, and show him the difference between the current weapons and the previous ones.

You have to explain to him clearly that the weapons used in the past were the weapons used by the Tang Dynasty, and they were the weapons given to Yang Tong by the Tang Dynasty. Then let him see the might of our army and let him take a good look at it. "

Li Yuanji didn't care anymore. At least these were enough to shock Songtsen Gampo for a while. He would also prepare other things to broaden Songtsen Gampo's horizons and let him know what the gap was.

Xie Shufang was stunned when he heard this, and then he was full of confusion.

"My king, these new weapons are still kept secret. Are you sure you want to show them to him?"

Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and smiled immediately: "I didn't expect you to be so strict in keeping secrets. It's okay to show it to him. Just show it to him alone and tell him not to spread it to others. As long as he doesn't know the smelting process, it's useless for him to see it."

Li Yuanji is not exaggerating. As long as this technology is not leaked, no one else will be able to develop it even after hundreds of years. Given the time it takes for the original technology to advance, these people will forget about it in this lifetime.

After hearing this, Xie Shufang immediately responded: "Yes, I understand. I will definitely let Songtsen Gampo see the might of our army!"

After Xie Shufang left, Li Yuanji thought for a while, then laughed, wrote down the necessary materials on a piece of paper and asked someone to get them.

Li Yuanji waited quietly, while also thinking about the affairs of Tubo. After waiting for a long time, the materials he had arranged to find were finally found.

Li Yuanji looked at these materials and was suddenly overjoyed. He immediately came to an open place.

"Come here! Surround the area. No one is allowed to enter without my permission!"

What Li Yuanji wants to make this time is gunpowder. Now that other aspects are gradually getting started, he must make the standard gunpowder.

The subsequent development of gunpowder may be difficult, but the foundation of gunpowder must be there, especially the basic process of exchanging gunpowder in the system, which actually requires 10,000 contribution points. Li Yuanji didn't even think about it and decided that it would be better to rely on himself than on the system.

As for the firearms that came later, Li Yuanji took a rough look at the prices and found that they were all outrageous. He couldn't understand for a moment that the advancement of these firearms was not as good as the smelting technology, but the prices were heartbreaking, one more expensive than the other.

Now Li Yuanji is also thinking about making gunpowder first, and then having someone develop it. He doesn't know how to make difficult firearms, but he can make a simple musket, and then enlarge the musket to get a cannon. Doesn't he know how to make these two things?
Combined with the current smelting technology and the industrial foundation he had laid before, making muskets is very simple. These are enough for now. The rest depends on whether the people under him can create them in his direction.

Everything was ready, and Li Yuanji started to make it immediately. After working for a long time, he finally made the first finished product. Looking at the finished product, Li Yuanji was full of excitement.

"Haha, although it was a bit difficult, at least I figured it out. Can't I just use my hands to do this?"

After a moment of excitement, Li Yuanji was troubled by a problem: how to ignite this thing? After all, if the distance was too close, what if he got blown up?

Although there is water of life and death that can be exchanged for 500 contribution points in the system, he does not want to suffer the pain of being injured.

Helpless Li Yuanji had to start making the fuse again, until he could hide behind a rock. After he was done, he lit it immediately and watched the fuse burn. He wanted to retreat back behind the rock, but when he saw the fuse slowly burning forward, he was stunned.

"Okay, it seems like this thing can't be done with just hands. I clearly made a dry fuse, but why is it like a wet fuse and burns so slowly?"

Li Yuanji was waiting quietly behind the stone. When he saw that the finished gunpowder was finally about to be produced, he immediately retracted his head. However, after a while, no sound came, only a pungent smell, and he was immediately puzzled.

"What's going on? This is the smell of burning gunpowder, why is there no sound? Didn't I fail the first time?"

Li Yuanji looked back and saw thick smoke above the gunpowder, and the gunpowder he made had turned into a black burning mass. Li Yuanji hurried over and looked at it carefully.

"That's not right. I want something that can explode. How did you come up with something like this? Fireworks? Fireworks are not right either. Why don't they explode?"

Li Yuanji sat down on the ground, wondering if there was anything he had missed. After thinking for a long time, Li Yuanji suddenly came to his senses.

"There seems to be a difference between gunpowder and dynamite, right? How do you make this gunpowder for propelling? And how do you make dynamite?"
Li Yuanji was still thinking as time passed. Outside, Xie Shufang and Cen Wenben were stopped and couldn't come in. Both of them felt helpless.

"Uncle Fang, why can't you get in?"

After listening to Cen Wenben's words, Xie Shufang became even more helpless. He also wanted to know. He was supposed to stay with Li Yuanji, but now he went to take Songtsen Gampo away. When he came back, he found that the palace was under martial law. As the head of the guards, he didn't know the reason, and even he couldn't get in.

Xie Shufang didn't want to respond to Cen Wenben, he was very confused.

While the two were waiting, they saw people coming out from time to time, then going back in with something in their hands, which made them even more confused.

"Shufang, you have been following the king. Do you know what the king is doing?"

Cen Wenben was confused, curious, and extremely expectant. He really wanted to know what Li Yuanji was doing so mysteriously. Thinking about all the miracles Li Yuanji had performed before, Cen Wenben became more and more expectant.

Xie Shufang did not respond, but sniffed the air and looked at Cen Wenben after a moment.

"Jingren, there is a strange smell, do you smell it?"

Cen Wenben felt it and immediately opened his eyes.

"There is indeed a pungent smell. I have never smelled this smell before. The king must have made something new that we don't know about."

After Cen Wenben finished speaking, Xie Shufang felt a little worried. He was worried that Li Yuanji might be in danger in there. Although it was a little ridiculous, Xie Shufang did think so.

Thinking of this, Xie Shufang immediately walked inside.

"All of you, get out of my way! I'm telling you, if you don't let me in now, just wait and see how I'll deal with you later!"

The people guarding outside were almost crying.

"General, this is the order from the king himself. Please wait a moment. Some of our brothers have already gone in to ask, but the king is busy and almost lost his temper. General, please don't make things difficult for us."

The soldiers standing outside were helpless. Xie Shufang was their immediate superior, but now they had to follow Li Yuanji's orders. As for Xie Shufang's punishment of them later, they wanted to cry but had no tears, but there was nothing they could do. Xie Shufang was about to get angry and glared at several people, but he could only glare. He knew the rules and could only wait outside. He really had no temper when these people did this.

However, after waiting for a while, a loud "bang" was heard from inside. Xie Shufang, Cen Wenben, and even the soldiers guarding them, all lost their composure.

"Your Majesty!"

Xie Shufang immediately rushed inside. The soldiers did not stop him and ran inside one after another. Everyone was full of worry, and Xie Shufang's eyes were red.

When Xie Shufang rushed in, he saw a burst of black smoke and a small pit on the ground. The objects they had brought in were scattered all around, but there was no sign of Li Yuanji. Xie Shufang immediately became murderous.

"Your Majesty!"

"What are you still standing there for? Go find the king! Quick!"

Xie Shufang was full of worry, anger, anxiety, helplessness and fear.

Cen Wenben's heart was also in a knot, full of disbelief, worry, panic, fear and other expressions gradually emerged.

At this moment, Li Yuanji's voice suddenly rang out.

"Don't look for me, I'm here."

Xie Shufang and Cen Wenben were stunned after hearing this. Xie Shufang listened to the voice and immediately ran towards a rock. Before he arrived, he saw Li Yuanji coming out.

Xie Shufang didn't care about anything else and immediately came to Li Yuanji, constantly looking at and touching Li Yuanji.

"My king, I'm so glad you're okay! I was really frightened. From now on, no matter what you do, just let me stay by your side. I will protect you at all costs!"

Looking at Xie Shufang's appearance, Li Yuanji did not feel excited at the moment, but only relieved and moved.

At this time, Cen Wenben also came over, and seeing that Li Yuanji was fine, he was completely relieved.

Li Yuanji looked at the two of them, especially Xie Shufang, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll take you with me whenever I need to do something in the future.

I'm fine. I made something good this time. Did you all hear the loud noise just now? That's the explosive I made. You won't understand even if I tell you now. I'll have someone make this explosive later so you can see it with your own eyes and you'll know. "

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he patted the two men on the shoulders, then went to the place where the explosion occurred and took a look, feeling very satisfied.

Although a large amount was used and only a small hole was made, it was a success. The formula and proportion can be improved slowly later. As long as it succeeds the first time, it's fine.

Xie Shufang and Cen Wenben also began to look at the ruins in front of them.

"My lord, is this what the explosives you mentioned were made of?"

Listening to Cen Wenben's voice, Li Yuanji nodded, and then looked at Cen Wenben with a happy face.

"Jingren, go call the craftsmen now, go quickly."

Cen Wenben took a look and went downstairs to call for help. He was now even more curious about what this explosive was that caused such a big noise.

After a while, Cen Wenben did not come, and Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui hurried over with Wu Mei and Wu Shun.

"My king, are you okay? We were so worried just now. When we heard the noise here, we immediately rushed over. My king, please don't scare us."

Yang Qingwan's face was covered with tear marks. It was obvious that she had been crying for a long time. Her tears had not stopped all the way, and her face looked a little haggard.

Wei Gui had a worried look on his face, with some tear marks, but not like Yang Qingwan.

Wu Mei and Wu Shun both looked panicked. Wu Mei's little face was full of tears, and she was obviously crying.

It was not until Yang Qingwan touched Li Yuanji all over her body that she finally felt relieved. Wu Mei also followed Yang Qingwan and touched Li Yuanji all over, and finally she really breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yuanji looked at the women, feeling happy, helpless, and a little guilty. However, he only felt this guilt towards Yang Qingwan. He did not have the same feeling towards others, not even Wei Gui and Wu Mei.

"Okay, okay, I'm fine, don't worry, it's not a big deal."

"I will pay attention in the future and never do such a thing again. Is that okay?"

Looking at Yang Qingwan's worried and sad eyes, Li Yuanji immediately said that he would not do it again, and only then did Yang Qingwan feel relieved.

Li Yuanji and Yang Qingwan were hugging each other tightly, while Wei Gui, Wu Mei and Wu Shun were standing aside. Wei Gui had a smile on his face, Wu Mei was full of longing, and Wu Shun was curious.

After a while, after calming down the women, Yang Qingwan finally went downstairs, looking back every three steps.

Li Yuanji looked at this scene, his heart filled with warmth. He touched his waist again and sighed.

"Come here, make some nourishing food. I will eat nourishing food today."

Li Yuanji knew very well that there would definitely be a big battle tonight and he had to make up for it first. He could already foresee how intense the battle would be.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. After a while, Cen Wenben arrived with his men. Li Yuanji wrote down all the gunpowder and explosives, and gave instructions for nearly half an hour. He mainly talked about what to do next. He not only wrote it down on paper, but also gave instructions verbally.

Li Yuanji didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he got the order. No matter what, at least he had taken the first step in using hot weapons, and that was a good thing.

It also saved a lot of contribution points, Li Yuanji was very happy.

(End of this chapter)