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    "My son, my father, see you!" Li Min entered the Liangyi Hall and saw Li Shimin distributing memorials behind the desk. He immediately stepped forward and bowed, followed closely by Yu Wenhu.

    "Well, get up!" Li Shimin raised his hand and said. After reading the memorial in his hand, he raised his head and looked at Li Min, only to find that his face was gray and the two dark circles on his eyes were very eye-catching.  , then smiled and said, "Rokuro, although you are newlyweds, you must be restrained. It is not good to indulge too much at a young age."

    Li Min was stunned after hearing this. He remembered the story he told Wen Xin most of the night last night. His face must not look good today. In addition, he was newly married. It is no wonder that Li Shimin misunderstood.

    "Yes, I honor my father's teachings!" Although Li Min shouted in his heart that he was wronged, he could not explain this matter clearly. If people knew that he and Xiao Wenxin had not had sex yet, let's not talk about how other people would discuss it. It was probably just Li Shimin.  He and Xiao Yu could tear him into strips and eat him alive.

    "Liu Lang and Yuwen Aiqing came to see me, but what's the important matter?" Li Shimin put down the memorial and finally noticed Yuwen Hu behind him. He felt a little strange and couldn't understand why the two of them came together, so he asked  road.

    "For the record, my father, I am here with Lord Yuwen today because there is something extremely important that I want my father to see." Li Min bowed and replied.

    "Oh? Could it be that the director has come up with some new type of fireworks?" Li Shimin frowned. He knew that Li Min had handed over the fireworks to the director to make them. Now that the two of them were looking for him together, it naturally reminded him of fireworks.  .  But if he really bothered himself with reviewing the memorial just for a firework, Li Min would be too ignorant.

    "Father, although this thing has something to do with fireworks, it is not for people to watch, but for killing people!" When Li Min said the last sentence, his tone became a little cruel. The appearance of gunpowder,  It marks that thermal weapons have officially entered the stage of history, and the emergence of thermal weapons.  It will directly change the form of human warfare.

    In the era of cold weapons, although the wars looked very tragic, in fact only a few people died directly on the battlefield. Most of the people who died died because they were injured and did not receive good medical treatment.  But thermal weapons are different. When a shell is dropped, it will be within the killing range of ten or even hundreds of meters. In a war, tens of thousands of people will die just like a joke.  For example, in World War I and World War II in later generations, millions of lives were taken.  If this was placed in the cold weapon era, a war in which millions of people would die would have lasted at least tens to hundreds of years, of course.  The massacre of civilians does not count, only the number of soldier deaths is recorded here.

    Li Shimin was stunned after hearing this. The thing used to kill people was also related to the brilliant fireworks. This made him a little curious and asked again: "Liu Lang, what on earth is it?"

    "This" Li Min didn't know how to explain it, and he was just talking nonsense, even if it was just nonsense.  Li Shimin also found it hard to believe, so he pondered for a moment and could only say, "Father, you'd better go out and take a look for yourself. This thing is a weapon used to equip the army of the Tang Dynasty. It has the power to crack mountains and crack rocks. I'm afraid that there will be  It¡¯s dangerous, so I dare not bring it to the main hall.¡±

    Li Shimin heard what Li Min said was so miraculous. In addition, Li Min always came up with new things, so Li Shimin still believed in his words.  Immediately, he stood up and went with Li Min and Yu Wenhu to the martial arts field in the west of the imperial city. This is where Qianniu Guards train. It is safe and secluded.  Don't worry about disturbing others, there are already several large boxes on the martial arts field, containing the weapons Li Min mentioned.

    Li Shimin wanted to go to the box to see what was going on, but Li Min and Yu Wenhu disagreed. Gunpowder weapons were no better than other weapons. If it accidentally went off and exploded, it would only hurt others. If it hurt Li Shimin, he would probably be injured.  Even Li Min's son did not end well, let alone Yu Wenhu, who had to fight to the death to persuade Li Shimin to stop.

    Next, Li Shimin and Li Min watched from behind, while Yu Wenhu walked to the box, directed people to open the first long box, took out a large iron cylinder as thick as a person, and placed it far away in the field.  And people were brought in many stone slabs, stone bars and other things to pile on top, forming a large stone mountain.

    Then he connected the lead himself and pulled it for a long time before he stopped and made a gesture to Li Min to indicate that everything was ready.  It was also the first time that Li Min saw the effect of this thing. He was afraid that Li Shimin was standing too close to him, so he stepped forward and said, "Father, we are still a little close. Do you think we should step back a little bit?"

    "No need, my father was also a man who fought on the battlefield. What kind of danger have you not seen?" Li Shimin looked a little unhappy, thinking that Li Min was too careful and did not have the same demeanor as he did back then.  Li Min saw that he had no choice but to ask Yu Wenhu to prepare to light the fire, and at the same time ask the surrounding guards to prepare their shields so that they could be covered if any gravel came over.?Down.

    After Yuwenhu received Li Min's order, he immediately lit the fuse, threw down the torch and ran away. The fuse behind him was sending smoke all the way to the stone mountain. By the time Yuwenhu ran to Li Min and the others, the fuse was just right.  After burning to his head, Li Min felt that the whole world paused for a while, and then there was a loud "boom~" sound, like a thunderbolt from the heavens, shaking the earth.

    Li Min saw the rocky mountain in the distance explode with a bang. Countless gravel and dust flew everywhere, almost covering half of the sky.  But they still weren't standing far enough, and a lot of gravel was coming towards them with the sound of wind. Li Min saw that many of the guards around him had their legs weak and collapsed on the ground. They couldn't stand up no matter how hard they stood. There was nothing they could do.  Raise your shield to defend.

    Li Min was shocked when he saw this situation. He grabbed a guard's shield and blocked it in front of Li Shimin. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Guards, get up and guard me!"

    After all, these guards were well-trained. They were just frightened by the shocking sight in front of them. When they heard Li Min's roar, many people immediately reacted and gathered around Li Shimin to defend themselves with shields.

    There was a ping-ping-pong-ping sound on the shield, and Li Min also felt that the shield in his hand was hit by several stones. His hand sank and he almost lost his grip. After withstanding the impact, Li Min and the others dared to  Li Min lowered the shield and turned around to look at Li Shimin. He was relieved when he found that the other party was safe and sound.

    After all, Li Shimin was an emperor of a generation, and he had experienced battles for a long time. His courage was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people, but even so, his face was still pale with shock, and his arms were shaking slightly.  When he saw Li Min and the others guarding him, he realized what he was doing, calmed down and maintained a good demeanor. When Li Min looked back, he was back to being the human emperor whose expression remained unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai.

    "Liu Lang, what's the name of this thing?" The dust from the explosion point had not yet settled, and it was impossible to see what was going on inside. Li Shimin pulled Li Min over and asked eagerly, but he didn't notice that his voice had become dry.  And astringent.

    "For the record, father, this is a blasting tube made of gunpowder. It is mainly used to blow up the opponent's city gates or walls when attacking a city." Li Min replied seriously, but at the same time he was secretly laughing. It turns out that the emperor's father also  Feeling scared and nervous?

    "Explosive tube? Okay! What a good thing!" Li Shimin rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Quick, take me to see how it works!" After saying that, he didn't care about the dust in front of him and rushed in excitedly.  Zhen and Yuwenhu had no choice but to follow.

    When I got there, I discovered that the rocky mountain made of stones had disappeared without a trace. It was surrounded by rubble. The closer to the explosion point, the more rubble there was. When I reached the place where the blasting tube was placed, I found the ground.  A deep pit with a radius of several meters appeared on the top, with green smoke even coming out of the pit, and the explosive canister was completely missing.

    "Hiss~" Li Shimin and the surrounding guards took a breath. In their minds, apart from the power of heaven and earth, it was difficult for them to imagine that anything else could have such power?  But the facts are right in front of them. They just saw with their own eyes that the chief craftsman Yu Wenhu put a big iron cylinder under the stone mountain, and then there was an explosion and it became what it is now.

    Li Shimin excitedly circled the pit several times, his hands trembling with joy. After a while, he stopped and asked Li Min eagerly: "Liu Lang, what is the output of this blasting tube? When will I be able to use it in Datang?"  All the troops are equipped with this thing?"

    Li Min was dumbfounded after hearing this, thinking that the old man seemed to be really happy and confused. He only wanted to mention the principle of the blasting tube, and other things were done by Yuwen's guards. As for equipping the Tang army, this issue  It's even harder to answer. He doesn't even know how many troops there are in the Tang Dynasty. How can he possibly answer?

    Fortunately, there was Yu Wenhu beside him, who stepped forward to help Li Min and said: "Your Majesty, the production of the blasting tube is not complicated, but it consumes too much gunpowder, and its purpose can only be used to attack the opponent's city, so it is useless.  Due to restrictions, generally it is enough to keep a few in the army, and there is no need to equip them on a large scale."

    Yu Wenhu¡¯s mind was still very clear and he answered in a very orderly manner.  Li Shimin was just dizzy with joy for a moment. Now when he heard Yu Wenhu's words, he understood immediately, patted his head and said, "Not bad."  However, I still praised Li Min and Yu Wenhu. With this blasting tube, the army of the Tang Dynasty will be almost indestructible in the future. Even a tall and solid city wall like Chang'an will probably be destroyed if it is blasted multiple times in the same place.  Collapse.

    "Father, what you just saw was a siege weapon. The following two weapons are more versatile and are specifically targeted at the enemy's physical strength." Seeing that Li Shimin had seen the value of gunpowder weapons, Li Min struck while the iron was hot and stepped forward and said again  .  (To be continued)

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