When the body of the Shenxiao Daoist was carried out, Merton couldn't help but feel a sour, and his mood was extremely heavy, it can be said that the Shenxiao Daoist had such an experience, and Merton had a great responsibility, if it wasn't for Merton to expose the deception of the Shenxiao Daoist, maybe the Shenxiao Daoist is still alive and well in Datang.

"Chaowen said, you can die at night! Mo Daoyou don't have to feel guilty, instead of sinking on the wrong path, Shenxiao Daoist proves by himself that he can be regarded as a well-deserved death. Yuan Tiangang seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and said.

Merton's heart suddenly agreed, and he said firmly: "Among the hundreds of schools, which one is not Haoshou Poor Scripture, specializing in their own knowledge, doctors taste herbs, poisoning and death, Li Daoyuan wrote the water scripture note, traveled all over the north and south of the river, through the mountains and dense forests, and encountered life and death crises are not less, the Mo family specializes in machinery, there are not a few disabled people, soldiers write the art of war, and those who died on the battlefield are so many, and the crisis we suffer today is to pave the way for future generations. ”

Yuan Tiangang nodded, although the explosion suffered heavy losses, it was a true confirmation that the path of the Daoist Waidan sect was the right way.

Merton solemnly saluted at the body of the Shenxiao Daoist and said, "Shenxiao Daoist friends are going well, and we will accompany you in the future." ”

Everyone is solemn, although the ideas of the hundred schools of thought are different, but the desire for learning is the same, although the Shenxiao Daoist was suddenly killed by a great change, but in this earth-shattering explosion is to prove the way that the Shenxiao Daoist seeks.

"General, all the bodies have been found, and no one has been missed." A soldier came to report.

Li Junxian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the number of people is right, this accident can be characterized as an accident, so it is much simpler.

However, Li Junxian was not careless, and said: "Come on, go and invite the best servants in Chang'an City, verify their identities one by one, and ask Yuan Daochang to cooperate." ”

Yuan Tiangang clasped his hands together and said, "General Li rest assured, Xuandu Guan will fully cooperate." ”

Li Junxian nodded with satisfaction, this matter is very important, and it cannot be guarded against.

"General Li, has the cause of the accident been investigated?" Merton hurriedly asked.

Li Junxian nodded and said: "According to the current evidence, the first place where the fire started was the place of the Shenxiao Dao people, and then it spread rapidly, so that many people did not have time to escape, and they were buried in the sea of fire. ”

"If it was just a fire, there would not have been so many deaths, but in the fire, there were bursts of thunder like thunder, destroying houses and trees, and there was such a loss."

Li Junxian saw the scene of the fire, and saw a huge circular shock wave that even the ground was raised three feet, and a strange smell was permeated in the entire fire.

Merton knew in his heart that the greatest power of gunpowder was not in the flames, but in the huge impact he produced in that moment, which was the source of everything.

"Before Your Majesty speaks, continue to block the Xuandu Temple." After Li Junxian finished giving instructions to the hundred cavalry soldiers, he turned his head to Morton and the others, "Let's go, I believe Your Majesty is already in a hurry." ”

Everyone's hearts sank, and they suddenly took a deep breath, seeing the power of gunpowder, Merton and Yuan Tiangang both understood how important this thing was to Datang, and now it would be Li Shimin's accountability.

Taiji Palace,

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, listening to Li Junxian's report on the situation of the mountain behind the Xuandu Temple.

On its right, Li Jing and Hou Junji, two military ministers, listened to the explosion, and the explosion of Xuanduguan had exposed the gunpowder to the world, so naturally there was no need to hide it from the military.

The two of them couldn't help but raise their eyebrows when they heard Li Junxian's report, and looked at the opposite side in surprise and respectfully respected Merton and Yuan Tiangang.

No one would have thought that the Mo Dao family would secretly concoct such an earth-shattering weapon, which was simply a peerless weapon tailored for the soldiers to destroy the city and destroy the passes.

Li Jing's eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly thought of the previous time in the court, when Modon insisted on instigating the Tang Dynasty to attack Tuyuhun, and Li Shimin asked the Mo family if they had the weapons to destroy the city and destroy the passes, the Mo family that Muton meant did not mean.

Even Hou Junji reacted, and swept around Merton and Yuan Tiangang in surprise, and couldn't help but glance at the heritage of these sons and hundreds of schools.

"In this way, not only was the gunpowder destroyed, but even the Divine Sky Daoist was killed." Li Shimin suppressed his voice, and anyone could feel Li Shimin's suppressed anger.

The explosion of Xuanduguan made Li Shimin fully see the power of gunpowder, and at the same time, he realized how heavy the loss of this explosion was. The gunpowder was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the heaviest loss was the death of the Divine Commander.

Gunpowder is still in a state of development, and the Shenxiao Daoist who got the gunpowder secret recipe is like a crazy demon, putting all his essence and spirit into the development of gunpowder, according to the routine secret report of the Shenxiao Daoist, the development of gunpowder is about to be perfected, it can be said that the value of a Shenxiao Daoist is that ten thousand war horses are placed in front of Li Shimin, and he will be unmoved.

"The ministers are guilty." Yuan Tiangang bowed down and asked for sin, no matter what, this incident happened in the Xuandu Temple, plus he was the head of the Taoist family, and the responsibility naturally fell on him.

"Have you ever found out the cause of the explosion?" Li Shimin took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart slightly.

Li Junxian nodded and said: "Judging from the current traces, it is preliminarily characterized as an accident, and the hundred cavalry soldiers are still conducting further investigations." ”

Li Shimin's face softened slightly, as long as the secret recipe of gunpowder was not leaked, the matter was not to the worst, and he was also more inclined to the judgment of a hundred horses, when Merton first showed Li Shimin the power of gunpowder, except for the Mo family and the Waidan faction, there were no outsiders at all, and even the military was hiding it, and it was impossible for outsiders to know the effect of gunpowder.

"Poor Dao is ashamed, this is the blessing of Taoism, and he can't afford such a killing weapon, which has attracted the wrath of heaven and the punishment of heaven." Yuan Tiangang joined hands and asked for sin.

Now it is the Inner Dan faction to unify the Taoists, and the Taoist Inner Dan faction, which has always advocated quiet and inaction, naturally does not like gunpowder to kill sharp weapons, after the explosion of the Xuandu Temple, the theory of heavenly punishment is very popular in the Xuandu Temple.

"Heavenly punishment, I think it's negligence!" Li Shimin said coldly, gunpowder is flammable, at the beginning, Merton had repeatedly reminded the Waidan faction to prohibit the source of fire, if the Waidan faction paid attention, this accident might be avoided, but he saw with his own eyes how Merton made gunpowder, it was an ordinary thing, how could there be a heavenly punishment.

Hou Junji smiled and said: "Daoist Yuan, Taoism advocates quiet and inaction, pursues the way of heaven, and it is understandable that he is not good at this kind of killing, but my military department advocates killing, and it would be better if the ordnance supervisor of the military department was responsible for making this gunpowder." ”

Soldiers don't believe in heaven's punishment, with such a sharp weapon in hand, soldiers even dare to confront heaven and earth.

Yuan Tiangang glanced up at Hou Junji, frowned, and then said lightly: "As long as the soldiers can ensure that the gunpowder will not explode a second time, the Taoists will naturally be happy to see it." ”

Hou Junji immediately concluded, although the cause of the gunpowder explosion was characterized as accidental negligence, but even the Shenxiao Daoist who was in charge of the gunpowder died because of it, the price was too great, and the fire covered everything, and it was impossible to know what caused the gunpowder explosion, and he didn't dare to guarantee that there would be a second accident.

Hou Junji rolled his eyes, and couldn't help but see Mo Dun, who had been silent since he came in, and said in his heart: "Lord Mo is involved in the production of gunpowder, and his intelligence and intelligence are famous in Chang'an City, I don't know if there is a way to solve the hidden danger that gunpowder is easy to explode." ”

As soon as Hou Junji's voice fell, everyone immediately looked at Merton.

Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of expectation, the power of gunpowder has been seen by all, if the problem of gunpowder explosion is not solved, it will be like an untamed beast, hurting itself before hurting others.

Merton groaned and said: "In the final analysis, the explosion of gunpowder is ignited by an ignition source, and in the final analysis, it is necessary to prevent all things that may cause a fire source from coming into contact with gunpowder. ”

Yuan Tiangang frowned and said: "Although what Lord Mo said is reasonable, Shenxiao Daoist is not a reckless person, knowing that gunpowder is flammable, it is impossible to ignite the source of fire in the gunpowder workshop. ”

Merton shook his head and said: "Gunpowder is different from other things, even a very small spark can ignite, if you let the kid see, in addition to our common fire folds, there are too many ways to ignite gunpowder." ”

"I want to hear about it!" Yuan Tiangang asked shamelessly.

"First of all, lightning is capable of striking trees and causing fires." Merton Road.

Yuan Tiangang nodded, there are not a few people who have struck wood and caused forest fires in history.

Hou Junji suddenly sneered and sneered: "Master Mo, do you really believe that the explosion of gunpowder in Xuandu Guan this time was because of the punishment of heaven, and it was a lightning strike that caught fire!" This is spring thunder, it is all muffled thunder, but none of the people in Chang'an City have seen lightning. ”

Yuan Tiangang's face was suddenly embarrassed.

Merton shook his head and said: "I just talk about the possibility of fire, and if we wear a mink coat in winter, if we take off our clothes in the dark, we will find that there will be a small lightning bolt on the mink coat, and if we are wearing a mink coat and touch gunpowder, this may be a possibility of fire." ”

"That's why the fire started?"

Everyone couldn't help but open their mouths wide, who would have thought that the clothes they were wearing could also catch fire.

"In addition, flint collisions and swords will cause sparks, so the gunpowder workshop must also be strictly guarded against iron." As soon as Merton's words came out, everyone couldn't help but nod, this problem is extremely common, but when the Shenxiao Dao Leader was not guarded against at all, it seems that the Shenxiao Dao Chief's accident is no accident.

"In addition, in the statistics of the Mohists, there have been cases where if the accumulation is too high for a long time, there will be spontaneous combustion, and the gunpowder workshop should avoid long-term accumulation, and even some phosphorus fires can spontaneously combust at room temperature,.................. "Merton listed the phenomena that can catch fire in nature one by one.

Everyone couldn't help but smack their tongues when they heard it, who would have thought that there were so many reasons for the fire, and everyone couldn't help but look at Morton with surprised eyes, how boring the people of the Mo family should be to be able to specialize in such unpopular knowledge.

"Of course, these phenomena will only catch fire under certain circumstances, but gunpowder is the most flammable, even if there is a slight possibility, it must not be prevented, in addition, the production of gunpowder must also be in an open place, once it is made, immediately transferred and sealed, so that even if there is an accident, it will not cause major losses." Merton sighed.

Everyone nodded in unison, if the gunpowder did not have an accident, it would be earth-shattering and the loss would be heavy, so it was natural to be foolproof.

"Everywhere you pay attention to learning, and you are poor." Yuan Tiangang said with admiration.

After Merton's analysis, everyone suddenly found that it was not strange for the Shenxiao Daoist to have an accident, but it was probably strange if there was no accident.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said: "Gunpowder is very important, in the near term, this is related to the battle of Tuyuhun, and in the distance, this is the century-old plan of the Tang Dynasty, and I am ready to make gunpowder in the imperial court." A firearms superintendent was set up to produce gunpowder for the military department and to develop gunpowder weapons. ”

"Yes!"

Everyone said in unison.

Yuan Tiangang breathed a sigh of relief, gunpowder is a hot potato in Taoism, plus Shenxiao Daoist has passed away, it is naturally good to be able to transfer it to the imperial court, and Taoism has already contributed to the gunpowder formula, there is no need to add branches.

Hou Junji showed a hint of joy, the power of gunpowder was huge, he had already been excited, if the military department could control it, the military department added a sharp weapon out of thin air.

"Merton is the firearms priest and is responsible for rebuilding the gunpowder workshop, and it is necessary to make enough gunpowder by April for the battle of Tuyuhun, and if a similar incident occurs again, it will be severely punished." Li Shimin said towards Merton.

"Yes!"

Merton got up and took the order.

For this appointment, no one was surprised, after the death of the Shenxiao Daoist, the only one who knew the most about gunpowder was Moton, and to produce enough gunpowder before April to supply the Tuyuhun War, I am afraid that it could only be done by using the strong industrial capacity of the Mo family.

Li Junxian suddenly looked at the young Merton, ordinary people enter the officialdom, all of them start from the bottom, and Merton actually achieved the position of sacrificing wine all of a sudden, and the starting point is not much higher than that of ordinary people.

Hou Junji sneered in his heart, everyone in the world said that the Mo family would definitely enter the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Industry as an official in the future, who would have thought that the first official of Mo Dun would be the Ministry of War, as long as the Mo family entered the Ministry of War, it was not at his disposal, maybe he would take the opportunity to control the Mo family.

However, he was not happy for long, just listened, Merton bowed down and said: "The firearms supervisor is confidential, and the gunpowder formula is the top priority, although the firearms supervisor belongs to the military department, please follow the example of the hundred horsemen and be directly responsible to His Majesty, so as to ensure that the gunpowder formula is perfect." ”

When Hou Junji heard this, his heart suddenly burst into disbelief, and he looked at Merton in disbelief, he didn't expect Merton to have such an idea.

"Accurate!" Li Shimin said coldly.

In this era, the importance of gunpowder is comparable to that of the nuclear ~ bomb in later generations, and Merton made the firearms superintendent directly responsible to Li Shimin, which can be said to be more appropriate.

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