Yipin Tang

Chapter 79
Li Shimin opened the rice paper curiously, only glanced at it, his eyes suddenly burst into a bright light, and he stood up from the dragon chair.

"Has anyone else seen this thing?"

When Yuan Tiangang asked this sentence, he felt a strong murderous aura erupting from Li Shimin's body, and his heart suddenly awed, what did Wang Zixin leave for His Majesty!
"This wooden box was given to Chunfeng when Wang Zixin was about to leave the Yanping Gate. After Chunfeng got it, he handed it over to Pindao. No one else knew the existence of this wooden box. As for the things inside the wooden box are Chunfeng and Pindao haven't seen it either."

Li Er took a deep breath and sat down again, carefully reading the contents on the rice paper.

"Your Majesty often asks the King of Jin to inquire about what can open mountains and crack rocks, destroy cities and hurt people. I don't know what His Majesty means by King Jin's words, but I just have concerns. Now I am going to Gaochang. I don't know when I will come back. I think about it again and again Give this item to His Majesty, and hope that His Majesty will take care of the Houfu and Gewuyuan for the sake of presenting the gunpowder, I am very grateful."

The handwriting is ugly, and the words are sometimes white. It is indeed from Wang Zixin's hand. After learning for so long, I still can't write calligraphy well.

It turns out that this thing is called gunpowder.When Li Shimin opened the rice paper, he found a small transparent glass bottle, about the size of a thumb, inside which contained a pinch of black powder.

"The gunpowder and how to use it have been recorded by the minister. I know that His Majesty will definitely use someone to test the gunpowder. Be careful!!! The power of this thing is huge. The gunpowder the size of a fist is enough to open mountains and crack rocks. A little carelessness will hurt people's lives!!! "

Li Shimin was already used to the punctuation marks invented by Wang Xiang. Six exclamation marks in one sentence were enough to make him feel Wang Xiang's awe of gunpowder, but this made Li Shimin even more excited.

"Although I have gone to Gaochang, His Majesty still wants to leave [-]% of the proceeds from the glass to the minister. There is still a large family in the minister's family who needs to eat. The cost of Gewuyuan is not small, and there is also a small vegetable garden outside the city. ..." The rest is full of trivial matters, it's really hard for him to write so much with such ugly handwriting, but Li Shimin still reads it verbatim.

The last line of the rice paper reads: "Gunpowder harms the peace of heaven, so please use it with caution, Your Majesty."

After reading the content on the rice paper, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and remained silent for a long time.

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The caravan didn’t go fast, the sun was about to set and they could only travel less than five miles away, and they couldn’t reach the next post house before dark, and they didn’t see any farmers around. After discussing with Ju Yiya, Changsun Wuji decided to go Set up camp here to rest, and continue on the road tomorrow.

It is not too far from Chang'an City, so there is no need to worry about thieves appearing. Everyone started to set up tents, and Wang Xiang also called Tie Dan to come and help.

Originally, only Changsun Wuji and Ju Yiya had separate tents in the caravan, and everyone else shared a tent with several people.With Wang Xiang around, Cheng Chuliang and the others naturally didn't have to squeeze into the "yurts" with the envoys outside. Wang Xiang had a lot of tents in the warehouse, and he took out a few military tents from the warehouse when no one was paying attention. Cheng Chuliang and Li Huiming both got a single-person tent. This thing is most suitable for outdoor use. It is many times better than Changsun Wuji's "yurt". It is spacious and strong, windproof and waterproof, even in heavy rain. Don't worry.

The people in the caravan who set up the tents took out the dry food they had prepared and started to eat. It took a lot of days to go to Gaochang, and they could only eat hot meals when they were in post houses or when they met farmers. They usually eat dry food. , even Changsun Wuji is the same.

Wang Xiang's military tent was the largest, and it was more than enough to accommodate seven or eight people. At this time, Cheng Chuliang and the others gathered in Wang Xiang's tent.

Wang Xiang is not used to hard dry food, Cheng Chuliang and the others naturally don't need to eat dry food.

A bonfire was lit inside the tent. Wang Xiang got a jar of fruit wine and a fat leg of lamb from somewhere. He put the leg of lamb on the bonfire and roasted it. The four of them ate snacks and drank fruit wine around the bonfire. It's like going out for a spring outing.

During the day, Wang Xiang asked Tie Dan and Cheng Chuliang to ride horses to collect some firewood nearby. When Cheng Chuliang came back, Cheng Chuliang was still a little reluctant. It was too much to ask the dignified Zuowei Zhonglang to collect firewood, but now he doesn't complain at all. Smiling, he said to Wang Xiang, "Zixin, I'll go collect some firewood when I'm on my way tomorrow."

Wang Xiang flipped the leg of lamb on the bonfire and Cheng Chuliang glanced at him: "What are you doing collecting firewood?"

"Barbecue."

Hearing what Cheng Chuliang said was natural, Wang Xiang said unhappily: "You are the meat that fell from the sky."

Cheng Chuliang scratched his head: "Then I'll go out with Tie Dan tomorrow to see if I can hunt wild animals."

Li Huiming shook his head and said: "The caravan is taking the official road, so there are no wild animals near the official road."

"That's it." Cheng Chuliang seemed a little disappointed: "Then do you still have to collect firewood tomorrow?"

Seeing Cheng Chuliang and Tie Dan looking at him eagerly, Wang Xiang nodded and smiled and said, "It depends on whether you want to eat dry food or not." There are still many ingredients in the warehouse, which he prepared in advance. It's been ok for three months.

As for where Wang Xiang got the leg of lamb and fruit wine, both Cheng Chuliang and Li Huiming were smart enough not to ask, but Tie Dan never considered this question at all.

Ju Yiya was sitting in her small tent and gnawed on the mustard pancakes, when she suddenly asked about a strong aroma, not only she could smell it, but also Aquinu and the rest of the caravan, it was the aroma of barbecue.

"Aqinu, is the caravan barbecuing!" Ju Yiya suddenly became happy, although she prefers all kinds of snacks from Datang to barbecue, but compared with the bland hummus, the barbecue is obviously still very good of.

On the way from Gaochang to Datang, she had been eating Hubing for half a month, and she was a little bored. In addition, she had tasted so many delicacies in Datang, and she was even less interested in Hubing.

When she and Aqinu came to Datang, it took more than half a month for her and Aqinu to rush forward. However, at the current speed of the caravan, it is estimated that it will take two or three months to return to Gaochang, which means that she will have to eat two or three Yue's Hubing, even if there is some jerky, she will definitely not be able to bear it.

After getting out of the tent, Ju Yiya realized that it was not the caravan who was grilling meat, and the people in the caravan were also curious about where the smell of barbecue came from.

Ju Yiya sniffed her nose and quickly locked her target on Wang Xiang's oversized tent. She was sure that the smell of barbecue came from there.

"Achinu, that cook is too hateful!"

During the day, Ju Yiya suspected that Wang Xiang had hidden the snack box somewhere in the caravan, so she purposely rode around the caravan back and forth, but she didn't find anything. Wang Xiang's snack box seemed to be out of thin air. Appears average.

In the evening, he actually made another spacious tent, and now he was still grilling meat in the tent. Ju Yiya looked at the pancakes in her hand and suddenly felt unbalanced.

I went back to the tent in a sullen mood, and I didn't even bother to eat pancakes. My nose was full of the tempting aroma of barbecue. Why didn't I find that barbecue was so fragrant before?
(End of this chapter)