Li Shimin heard that Wei Hao made it, and he didn't say anything, but now there is a loud noise, Li Shimin doesn't know what Cheng Yanjin is doing, everyone is gone, how can this sound still come out.

"I don't know about this general, Su Guogong said let's come back and report first, and he will come over when the time comes." The lieutenant arched his hand to Li Shimin and said.

"Wei Hao made it?" Fang Xuanling looked at the Du Wei and asked, and the Du Wei arched his hand to Fang Xuanling and said, "Yes, that's what the Ministry of Industry Shangshu said." ”

"I remember that today Wei Hao was going to the Ministry of Industry to guide the Ministry of Industry to make fine salt, did he make something good? What you just said was, gunpowder? Fang Xuanling continued to ask the lieutenant.

"Yes." The lieutenant continued.

"I know the gunpowder, I remember that Yuan Tiangang has this, but it burns faster, and he can make such a loud noise?" Fang Xuanling also sat there and thought about it carefully.

"Wait, we'll know when Cheng Biting Jin comes back." Li Jing sat there and said, it's useless to say anything now,

And the eldest grandson Wuji on the side didn't speak, because just now Li Shimin heard that Wei Hao made it, but he didn't get angry, the last time he dealt with Wei Hao, he had completely tested Wei Hao's status in Li Shimin's mind, it was not as simple as an ordinary Hou Ye, Li Shimin must have paid more attention to Wei Hao, otherwise, there was such a big move, Li Shimin actually didn't say that he wanted to be escorted over to ask.

"Boom!" At this time, there was another explosion from the Ministry of Industry.

"What are you doing over there? You, immediately go to Cheng Yanjin, tell him, let him come over and report quickly, in addition, tell Wei Hao, get the fine salt well, the matter of gunpowder, when I understand it clearly, I will talk to him about today's matter, not like words, make such a loud noise in the palace, didn't you hear the sound of horses neighing everywhere now, and the tiger roar and bear roar in the forbidden garden? Let him not make such a big move! Li Shimin shouted at the captain.

"Yes!" The lieutenant ran away immediately, and at this time, Wei Chi Jingde heard it, and immediately arched his hand to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you summon this kid over and ask?" To make such a big move, but it needs to be explained to the people. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are not in a hurry about the matter of fine salt, don't delay it for a while, right?" Hou Junji, the secretary of the military department, also stood up and asked Li Shimin with his hand.

"Well, there are some things in this, so that it is inconvenient for me to see him, in a few days, he will enter the palace to thank him, after the previous marquis, his father was sick, I asked him to take care of his father at home first, and after these few days are stable, I will summon him again." Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and said to the ministers below, when those ministers heard it, they were also shocked in their hearts, many ministers thought that Wei Hao was knighted only to assist Li Lizhi in making paper, and this time the matter of fine salt, no one thought that Li Shimin would value Wei Hao so much.

"Okay, let's ignore them for now, bite the gold, let him do something, I guess I want to play again." Li Shimin sat there and waved his hand, ignoring them first, or discussing the matter of dealing with the Turks, winter is coming, once it is winter, those Turkic tribes will try their best to attack the border of the Tang Dynasty, and plunder the materials and population of the border of the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang side must also prepare in advance.

"Your Majesty, we still need to pay for the second batch of supplies, I went to talk to the merchants, they are willing to give us another ten days, and we can load the materials in advance, but we need a note from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to them." Dai Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stood up and reported to Li Shimin.

"Isn't there still 20,000 yuan missing?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes, the materials transferred to the northwest this time are 20,000 yuan, but in other directions, we have also mobilized some, and we have also purchased some of the materials needed by refugees outside the city, and the difference is about 170,000 yuan." Dai Xuan stood up and arched his hand.

"Hmm!" When Li Shimin heard it, he was a little angry, but he couldn't get angry, because all this money was spent on the court, and it was all spent where it had to be spent.

"Then, 170,000 yuan, how much can the Ministry of Civil Affairs solve?" Li Shimin asked in a bad mood.

"Back to Your Majesty, within ten days, we can solve a maximum of 70,000 yuan, or we need to save it from other places." Dai Xuan stood there and said honestly.

"There is still a gap of 100,000 yuan, and I can only raise 20,000 yuan on my side, and you also know that in order to support the money on the part of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I don't know how much money I have transferred from the inside, and now the concubines and princes in the harem, and the princesses have reduced their use by more than half, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs still needs to find a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure. The prince is going to get married in less than 2 months, and he still needs money, and I can't keep a penny on the inside side, right? Li Shimin stared at those ministers and asked, and those ministers also felt very ashamed, originally the money of the court and the money of the internal treasury were separated, but now Li Shimin has almost used the internal money.

"Didn't you say that when the fine salt came out, there would be money?" Hou Junji sat down and asked.

"Even if the fine salt is made, it is impossible to produce so much in a short period of time, and it is impossible to sell so much in a short period of time, right? Even if you can sell so much, it will only be 70,000 or 80,000 yuan a month, but I see that the deficit of the court this year will not be less than 300,000 yuan, and even far more, the money on the side of fine salt, is it sure that it is enough? Li Shimin sat there and continued to ask the ministers, who sat there and did not make a sound.

"You're still going to have to figure it out, hey!" Li Shimin had a headache, and there was a shortage of 100,000 yuan, to be exact, 80,000 yuan, Li Lizhen had promised to give him 20,000 yuan before, but now Li Shimin didn't know how to talk to Li Liqing, and he was embarrassed to tell her that if there was no Li Liqin in the past six months, he didn't know what he would be worried about.

"Boom!" At this time, there was an explosion outside again, and Li Shimin was frightened, but he was still helpless.

On the side of the Ministry of Industry, Cheng Yanjin also took a bamboo tube in his hand, and after he just released one, he was not only addicted, but also snatched two more from Wei Hao's hand, and Wei Hao is now the remaining two.

"Hehe, yes, the power is okay, and the movement is also very big, just now you said that the big stones went down, and it really exploded, eh, Wei Hanzi, you said, if you put more stones, when the enemy is attacking the city, throw it down, what is the effect?" Cheng Yanjin looked at Wei Hao happily and asked.

"Su Guogong is clever, worthy of being a general in the army, so he thought of the use of gunpowder. If this thing is replaced with iron, and then some small pieces of iron are loaded inside, this explosion is estimated to kill a large piece! Wei Hao immediately gave Cheng Yanjin a thumbs up and said.

"Hehe, that's it, the old man fights, but he loves to ponder the most, otherwise, the old man can follow His Majesty to make contributions? This is good, you dodge, the old man is putting one, this is listening to it is exciting, remember, send some to my house tomorrow, the old man has nothing to play with. "Cheng Biting Jin is so proud, he is going to order the one in his hand immediately, and let Wei Hao make some more and send it to his house, he wants to play.

"No, it's not fun! Oh my God! As soon as Wei Hao finished speaking, he saw Cheng Biting Jin lit it again, Wei Hao saw Cheng Biting Jin turn around and run, and he also ran with it, running more than 20 meters, Wei Hao shouted and lay down, Cheng Biting Jin also immediately lay down, boom, a lot of stones flew out and fell behind Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Hao.

"Hey, hey!" Cheng Yanjin stood up with a smile, and walked quickly towards the hole they blew up just now, the hole was already very big and deep at the moment, almost as deep as a person, and the diameter was estimated to be three or four meters, and the surrounding area was all blown up dirt.

"This thing can also dig pits on the battlefield and bury the corpses of enemies, quick!" Cheng Yanjin immediately thought of this, and said to Wei Hao, Wei Hao heard it, and was speechless, this Cheng Yanjin is really a veteran in the army, and even this use made him think of it.

"Eh, Wei Hanzi, the old man asked you, if this thing is placed on the way to ambush the enemy, is there a way for people to ignite this fuse from afar?" Cheng Yanjin then took advantage of Wei Hao's indifference and snatched another one from Wei Hao's hand.

"Eh, I said you can't put it all the time, there are only two left, I still have to present it to Your Majesty, I haven't seen Your Majesty yet, this should be a meeting gift for Your Majesty." Wei Hao was anxious, he was counting on this to thank the emperor and make himself a marquis, this trip to bite the gold is to end up for himself.

"You can just make a few more, is it difficult?" Cheng Yanjin looked at Wei Hao with disdain and asked.

"It's not difficult, but it's not troublesome, how good is this ready-made?" Wei Hao snatched it back, but he couldn't let it go on.

"Stingy, send a few to the old man's mansion in a few days! Remember! Cheng Yanjin explained to Wei Hao and said.

"Aren't you afraid of blowing up your house?" Wei Hao rolled his eyes, he really didn't know what Cheng Yanjin thought, why he liked this thing so much, this is a good thing.

"My house is more than 200 acres, can he still blow up my house? Really, you can't blow up thousands of them. Cheng Yanjin immediately said against Wei Hao,

Wei Hao is very helpless, he still needs thousands of them, as long as he makes a big one, the entire Suguo Mansion, although he doesn't dare to say that all of them are blown up, but let the entire Suguo Mansion be so rotten that he can't live in it, he can definitely do it.