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

This time, everyone knew it was a final gamble.

Today, with an army equipped with firearms, the countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty can no longer pose a threat, not to mention that the main threat has been eliminated.

The most important thing next is the true ownership of the Tang Dynasty and the battle between Li Er and Li Yuanji.

Whoever wins in the end will be able to control all the territories of the current Tang Dynasty and all of Li Yuanji's fiefdoms.

The ownership of such a vast territory can only be decided between Li Er and Li Yuanji. This is an inevitable war because neither of them can give up everything in his hands.

After Li Er arranged all these, he immediately came to Li Jing's residence. He had had some unpleasantness with Li Jing before, and if he did not come in person this time, Li Jing might not accept the imperial edict.

In the end, Li Er stayed in Li Jing's house for two hours and finally succeeded in persuading Li Jing, but he had to agree to Li Jing's request, that is, Li Jing would not participate in the civil war.

Li Er had to agree to Li Jing's permission to resign and retire after he had wiped out the Xueyantuo and other tribes.

Li Er walked out of Li Jing's mansion, his face full of helplessness and a little dissatisfied in his heart.

He is obviously the emperor, but this old fellow Li Jing doesn't want a civil war because he is afraid of standing on the wrong side.

But Li Er was indeed helpless, as he could not kill Li Jing. If he killed Li Jing at this critical juncture, the morale of the army would probably be lost. He could only agree.

Li Er then went to the harem and asked Empress Changsun for a massage.

"Guanyin, please tell me why I let Li Yuanji go to Lingnan."

Only when he came to Empress Changsun did Li Er open his heart and reveal his inner thoughts.

"I really didn't expect that the King of Qi, who I had never taken seriously before, would be so difficult to deal with now.

Look at him. He has only been in Lingnan for a short time, less than seven years. Now his fiefdom has grown so large that it is almost catching up with that of the Tang Dynasty.

I have to admit that Li Yuanji is better than me. If I were asked to go to Lingnan, I would have thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't be like Li Yuanji.

The people's livelihood in the Tang Dynasty is not good now, and I can't take care of it anymore. Now that the threats around the Tang Dynasty have been eliminated, only after pacifying the Lingnan prefectures can I govern the world with peace of mind. I hope that the common people of the world will not blame me. I am helpless.

Li Yuanji now possesses many firearms that are more advanced than those I have worked so hard to obtain, but I am unable to forge them.

Guanyin, do you think I will win?

Li Er did not hide his worries from Empress Changsun. He was indeed worried that if Li Yuanji had not taken the lead in these things, he would not have any troubles.

With the Tang Dynasty as his foundation, he was confident that Li Yuanji could not defeat him. However, after he fully understood the firearms in Li Yuanji's hands, he never felt at ease.

The destructive power is so great that it is hard to defend against. It can easily change the course of the battlefield. Even if you want to be prepared, you don't know how to defend against it. These are the fundamental reasons why Li Er is worried.

And the previous firearms were like that, so during this period of time, will Li Yuanji's firearms change again?

Think about it, it has only been a short time since Li Yuanji invented a new firearm. What if he invented other new firearms now?

Li Er was not at all reassured. He had to be confident outside. If he looked worried, how could he comfort others?

Here, after taking off all his disguises, Li Er felt exhausted.

Empress Chang Sun listened quietly, rubbing Li Er's forehead without saying a word, but she also had complicated feelings in her heart.

Li Yuanji, a person who was originally ignored, has now become like this and has become the biggest obstacle for Li Er.

But even so, in Empress Changsun's heart, she still believed in Li Er, just because Li Er was her husband, no matter when, she would always believe in Li Er.

Moreover, Li Er has created too many impossibilities. In her eyes, why couldn't there be a possibility this time?

"Cough cough cough cough."

Just as she was about to speak, Empress Chang Sun broke out in a cough and it seemed like she couldn't stop for a short while, and her breathing became rapid.

"Guanyin, how are you?"

"Someone! Go and call the imperial physician!"

Li Er's face was full of worry. He helped Empress Chang Sun lie down on the bed and held her hand tightly.

"Erlang, this is an old illness. It's useless to call the imperial physician. Just ask someone to bring the medicine and drink it."

"Erlang, don't think too much. I believe that Erlang will be the winner in the end.

Erlang has fought in many battles for many years, how can he be compared to the King of Qi? Erlang should not underestimate himself, believe in yourself, and believe in them. "

Empress Changsun looked weak, and she had suffered from coughing and asthma for many years. Not only had she been seen by imperial physicians, but she had also invited many famous doctors to come, but none of them could do anything and they could only prescribe medicine to suppress the symptoms.

Li Er listened quietly and continued to comfort Empress Changsun.

Unfortunately, Li Er didn't know that it was almost the seventh year of Zhenguan and there were only more than three years left before Empress Changsun's death.

After the imperial physician diagnosed her and prescribed some medicine, Empress Changsun finally recovered a little after taking it and then fell asleep.

Li Er carefully covered Empress Changsun with a quilt and then walked out quietly.

After he walked out, Li Junxian hurried over.

"Your Majesty, there's news from the Firearms Bureau that an improved musket has been made!"

Li Er put away his bad mood and immediately walked towards the firearms bureau.

When he saw the improved musket, his face was filled with joy.

The new muskets made today are actually matchlock guns. These people created them after they knew the concept proposed by Li Yuanji, but it took quite some time to make them.

In addition to the matchlock gun, there are also cannons, which have also undergone certain improvements, but compared with Li Yuanji's cannons today, the gap is still very large.

Li Er looked around and after testing, he became more confident about the upcoming battle. Even though there was still a gap between his firearms and Li Yuanji's, in Li Er's eyes, at least the gap was not as big as before. After all, he had made real progress.

When Li Er was happy, Lingnan was prosperous.

Li Yuanji also came to the Firearms Bureau with a smile on his face and a gun in his hand.

This gun is a new type of rifle that was made by the Firearms Bureau over two months using Li Yuanji's ideas and the current technology.

"Your Majesty, for this rifle, I begged the Research Institute to develop a machine to make the parts.

Although the appearance of this rifle is only slightly different from previous guns, it has undergone a lot of changes internally.

I have spent almost all of the past two months working on these, and now I have finally completed it.

This rifle can hold three rounds of bullets. Just like the king said, just pull the bolt.

After firing three rounds, you need to reload."

Li Yuanji played with the rifle in his hand repeatedly. He was really happy. The rifle he had been dreaming of was finally out. Although its performance in all aspects might be slightly worse than the rifle he had imagined, it was definitely the ace among aces now.

Li Yuanji immediately began to experiment, loaded the bullet into the gun, and aimed at the target two hundred meters away.

From a distance of 200 meters, the dummy was relatively small. Li Yuanji aimed for a moment and suddenly pulled the trigger. His shoulders shook a little. This was because Li Yuanji knew there would be recoil and had been prepared. After Li Yuanji shot, he looked at the rifle in his hand again. However, when Yang Jianhe came to his side, Li Yuanji was no longer happy.

"My lord, you missed."

After saying this, Yang Jianhe lowered his head and did not dare to look at Li Yuanji.

But Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, it is really difficult to hit the target directly without any shooting training.

This scene also confused Liu San who was standing by. He remembered that when the people from their Firearms Bureau were testing, they could hit the target at a distance of 200 meters.

Fortunately, Liu San was not stupid and did not demonstrate it to Li Yuanji on the spot.

"My lord, this shooting requires repeated training, mastery of the technique, and proficiency.

This is your first time shooting, so it is normal that you missed the target."

Li Yuanji glanced at Liu San and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"This rifle is great. From now on, we'll call it the Shenwu Rifle!"

"Bring me the bayonet, and I'll try it out."

Li Yuanji did not name the previous gun because he knew that it would be innovated and replaced in the future. It is likely that this rifle will be difficult to innovate and replace for a long time to come.

As for the naming of the guns, now they are all made up by him. He can name them whatever he wants, and everyone in the future will have to follow him and call them that.

Rifles are powerful, cannons are mighty. It sounds so majestic and wonderful.

Li Yuanji then attached the bayonet and waved it a few times, and was immediately very satisfied.

"Very good, from now on, we will start to build the Shenwu rifles in full swing. We cannot stop day or night. We must build more Shenwu rifles as soon as possible!"

"Also, select some people with good shooting skills and send them to the army. Take all the existing guns with you. Teach some people first, and then let those who know how to shoot teach others."

"Yang Jianhe, take this king's order to the army and tell them that they must study seriously. Anyone who dares not to study seriously will be punished by military law!"

Now that he has the guns, all that's left is to produce them and equip the army. At the same time, he has to improve his shooting skills, otherwise he really won't be able to bear it when everyone gives him a human figure outline.

Liu San immediately selected ten people, took the ten existing Shenwu rifles and followed Yang Jianhe to the camp.

Then Liu San took Li Yuanji to the artillery testing site.

"Your Majesty, I have also led people to improve the mortar you mentioned before. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Li Yuanji looked at the brand new mortar and immediately asked someone to start demonstrating it. Watching the people from the Firearms Bureau operating it, Li Yuanji was immediately satisfied. This was the mortar he had imagined.

However, there was a loud bang and another explosion in the distance. Li Yuanji ran to watch in person. He could not say that he was dissatisfied, but he could not say that he was satisfied either.

Because the power is somewhat different from what he imagined, but no matter what, at least this mortar is light and easy to carry. It doesn’t matter if its power is a little smaller, because it is used for targeted attack anyway.

For real bombardment, we have to rely on other heavy artillery. This mortar, which is only in form, is still not up to the standard.

After checking it out at the Firearms Bureau, Li Yuanji returned to the palace and immediately called Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, there are two things I want to tell you. Go down later and immediately select the people with appropriate contributions from the special departments such as the Research Institute, Firearms Bureau, Iron Bureau, and Navigation Bureau. I will confer titles on them!"

Li Yuanji had mentioned this matter before, and now it is time for him to fulfill his promise.

Even though it was a bit strange for a King of Qi like him to confer a title on someone, he was the one in charge here, so his title was more useful than the one given by the imperial court.

After hearing this, Cen Wenben took out a folded seal.

"Your Majesty, this is just a coincidence. This is the list of titles that I have compiled after consultation with the Research Institute, the Firearms Bureau, the Iron Bureau and other departments. I have just compiled it. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji was also happy. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

"Haha, now that everything has been sorted out, it's just right to decide."

Now these special departments are Li Yuanji's treasures. Now that they have made so many contributions to him, Li Yuanji just wants to implement this matter as soon as possible and make those people worth their efforts.

When I opened the folder, I saw a thick stack of stamps. Not only were there people's names on it, but under each name there were corresponding achievements, recorded in great detail.

Li Yuanji looked at it for a long time, more than half an hour before he finished it, and his eyes became a little sore.

"Jingren, remember that except for Liu San, Duan Shilin, Liu Mingsheng, and Zheng Yangping, all the others were conferred the title of county barons.

Zheng Yang was promoted to county prince, Duan Shilin and Liu Ming were promoted to county earls, and Liu San was promoted to county marquis.

Make a recruitment as soon as possible and give out the rewards and imperial edicts."

Cen Wenben accepted it immediately after taking it.

"My lord, should we also start rewarding the rest of the people?"

Looking at Cen Wenben, Li Yuanji instantly understood what Cen Wenben meant. Now that special departments such as the Research Institute have begun to confer titles, people in the military and political systems must also begin to be rewarded.

Li Yuanji knew what Cen Wenben was thinking. After all, if this title and reward were implemented in this way, it would inevitably make other people dissatisfied.

Li Yuanji thought for a moment and spoke slowly.

“There’s no rush for this matter, but we can spread the word that after the war is over, everyone will be rewarded based on their merits.

As for this time, you should directly spread the news to the world and let the world know what kind of contributions these people have made.

Tell those people directly that if they want to be granted a title now, they should make the same contribution and I will grant them a title!

If anyone makes trouble, stirs up trouble, or slacks off in government because of this, they will be severely punished, one by one, at the least, they will be exiled to hard labor for more than ten years, at the most, they will be beheaded! "

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he looked deeply at Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, you must not be soft-hearted during this period. If they can't even wait for this little time, you must deal with them.

This is a special period, we must not mess up, we must cut the Gordian knot!"

"Your Majesty, I know that at this time, I will never allow anyone to cause trouble.

I can use this as an opportunity to see how many people will come out, so I can use it to fish for fish."

Li Yuanji also laughed when he heard it, and then he stopped caring about it and left the matter entirely to Cen Wenben.

“Since you already know what’s going on, I won’t say any more.

There is another thing, which is the most urgent. After you go down, immediately start arranging all factories to fully produce the firearms developed by the Firearms Bureau.

Work day and night to make a batch as soon as possible. I want them to be included in the army when I march west!" (End of this chapter)