Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 99 Primary Gunpowder
"Brother Feng, this is also a dish? How do you eat it?" Yuchi Baolin was good at spotting important points, not at all rough like Aye.

Feng Daiwen didn't care about Cheng Chumo, who offered the treasure, and glanced at Yuchi Baolin appreciatively, and said, "These are dried seaweed, just soak them in water, it doesn't need too much space for storage, it's light in weight, and comes with salt There is no need to add salt for cooking soups and vegetables.”

"Good things, if the quantity is large and the price is not expensive, many people will definitely be willing to buy them," Yuchi Baolin said with a bright eye.

"Yes, this is the point. Canned fruit can be produced there. Now only a few of us have so much frosting sugar to make. Sea vegetables and sea fish are only found in Lingnan and other coastal areas. Lingnan will be sent to Luoyang in the future. How to sell them? It's your business." Feng Daiwen introduced with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Feng." Cheng Chumo was not as rough as the surface, knowing that Feng Daiwen took care of himself and the others, he quickly thanked him.

"Shanfeng, I'll leave it to you in the Jiangnan area. If you don't understand, just ask. You can go to Xiao Lao's place and let him make the arrangements. I think Xiao Lao will arrange it." Jiangnan is rich in fruits. It is impossible for Xiao Yu's arrangement to make the Zhang family suffer.

Zhang Shanfeng nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you Brother Feng, Shanfeng understands, so I'll go to Xiao Lao's place now."

"Dingfang, Junmai, Rengui and their families are average, there is no extra property and manpower, please help, don't be too obvious, they are all high-spirited people, don't embarrass your brother, but you can't watch your brother's family suffer Go." Feng Daiwen thought for a while and urged.

"I understand, it will be done properly, don't worry Brother Feng." Yuchi Baolin patted his chest and said.

"Okay, you just came back, take a good rest," Feng Daiwen didn't care about money, and he didn't have many things to buy.

Feng Daiwen found Xuanzhen and his two brothers, took the canned food and went to the palace.

In the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin was also very surprised to see Feng Daiwen bringing two Taoist priests. After the ceremony, he asked in doubt, "This is Weiguo?"

"Saint, the two priests were specially summoned by the minister to study one thing," Feng Daiwen explained.

"Study what? You arrange it." Li Shimin said puzzled!
"The matter is so important that I dare not, and this is a long-term matter. I plan to set up two departments, one is to study the department with no lethality, and the other is to study the department with strong lethality. It is the most special among them." Feng Daiwen said seriously.

"What do the two departments study? They are so special." Li Shimin didn't care, thinking that it was just some tools, anyway, it won't be too late for Feng Daiwen to figure it out.

"One of them is to study the things lost in ancient books, things in nature, such as why it rains, where the water in the bowl goes under the sun, and when the water is boiled, the air can lift the lid, can it be done with its power Others, these are some of them are researching, and some of them are researching the improvement of tools, such as continuous crossbows, spinning wheels, these military and civilian items, and the two priests are the most special. It can be said that if they succeed, our Great Tang Dynasty In the hands of Invincible, attacking cities and plundering land is like searching for something." Feng Daiwen introduced.

"Is there really such a magical thing?" Li Shimin asked in disbelief.

"The saints are also invited to martial law." Feng Daiwen said to Li Shimin seriously.

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the eunuch who heard the conversation quickly surrounded the hall with people, the maids and the little eunuchs all drove out, Feng Daiwen carefully took out a bamboo tube from his waist, put it into a clay pot, and explained while doing it Said: "My lord, this is called gunpowder. In fact, Taoism has discovered it long ago, but it has not been studied in depth. The master said that once a person was asked to blow up the copper furnace, the house collapsed, and the person died, so they didn't know the formula. This is The research by the master is not very powerful, so it needs two Taoist priests to lead people to study." He said, lit a long lead wire and put it at the entrance of the main hall, and pulled Li Shimin to hide behind the big pillar. Xuanzhen was scared last time , I have been cleverly hiding behind the pillars.

"Why is Wei Guo so courageous, don't worry, I won't be afraid," Li Shimin saw that Feng Daiwen was so worried and wanted to get out of the pillar.

"Saints are not allowed." Feng Daiwen was taken aback, sweating profusely from fright, and quickly stopped him.
Seeing that Feng Daiwen was so nervous, Li Shimin was about to speak when there was a loud "bang", which was very loud because it was in the hall. Finding that he didn't bring a sword, Xuanzhen didn't expect the sound to be so loud, and was so frightened that he sat down on the ground again.

"Protect the emperor," a group of guards rushed in with their weapons drawn.

"I'm fine, let's go out." Li Shimin came back to his senses and waved his hand.

After the guards went out, several people came forward to check, and the pottery pots on the ground were all fragments, scattered everywhere, "The sound is not low, and the power is not very good," Li Shimin said after observing for a while.

"Returning to the saint, it turns out that this is not the best formula. It requires great power, so we can only continue to study it. Even if it is like this, as long as there are enough quantities, it can collapse a city!" Feng Daiwen said with a serious face.

"That's right, that's the reason. Aiqing's item just now is not big. It's really accurate. I will arrange for them to continue to develop it." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.

Feng Daiwen took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Li Shimin, "Here are some precautions that I think. First, keep away from crowds, especially not in the palace. Second, there should be no open flames. Third, there should be no ironware during the research and development. , Fourth, research and storage must be separated, fifth, afraid of moisture, so it must be waterproof and moisture-proof. Others can only be improved by you in the future, these are the only things I know. "

Li Shimin took it and looked at it in his arms, and asked someone to take Xuanzhen and the two down to rest.After the two left, they said: "You build those two departments first, and when it's appropriate, I will send personnel from the household department to help you."

At this time, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling came, and after the two met, Li Shimin asked, "What's the matter with the two lovers?"

"Returning to the saint, the food exchange is going well. Many merchants and families are willing. After a while, there are already more than 10 big families. The merchants have provided 150 million shi of grain. The reason why I wait is because there are many small merchants. The family wants to invite The sage allowed them all to participate in this feast," Changsun Wuji said happily.

"Oh, how do you think about this?" Li Shimin asked.

"I am worried that if there are too many people, the news will leak out, and secondly, I am afraid that there will not be enough cattle and sheep at that time, so the saint cannot be dishonored by others." Fang Xuanling said.

"Wei Guo, what do you think?" Li Shimin asked.

"If you want more, even if you don't have enough cattle and sheep in the end, you can still pay for it. Bringing their soldiers and so many trophies are enough for them to earn. If you have more people, you don't need to allocate manpower to take care of the cattle and sheep. It's okay. Let them help guard the prisoners," Feng Daiwen said affirmatively.

"It's reasonable, let's do it this way, if there is not enough money, we will get it out of the internal treasury." Li Shimin made a decision after thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)