Ang Lee hesitated for a long time on the question of whether to invent black powder, but finally chose to invent it, because many of his ideas had to rely on black powder to complete, and many things could not be done without the sharp weapon of black powder. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Ang Lee's previous worries were mainly that after the spread of black powder, the whole world would enter the terrible era of hot weapons in advance, and in this way, the war would definitely become more cruel.

Of course, Li An later felt that he was overthinking, after all, the formula for making black powder was in his own hands, as long as he didn't say it, and increased the secrecy work, it would be difficult for others to figure it out, and as long as he used a little trick and misled people with intentions, it would further increase the difficulty of others' exploration, and it would not be a problem for him to find out for a hundred years.

And Li An finally chose to invent black powder, one is that mining ore is a very hard job, if you want to increase the amount of mining on a large scale, you must use gunpowder, and the other is that although Datang is extremely powerful, there are still many strong enemies around, these strong enemies are very covetous of the wealth of Datang, looking for every opportunity to attack Datang, if the Tang army is equipped with firearms based on black powder, it can easily defeat the surrounding powers, so that the surrounding small countries no longer dare to covet the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, and can even launch a strategy against the surrounding countries to further expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Ten miles away, there is a small hill with a lot of stones, where people used to mine stones, but at this moment, it has been abandoned, and there is no human figure, and it is very suitable to conduct experiments here.

"Ah Lang, these stones are relatively large, so let's be here!"

Zhao Liu chose a good place and prepared to do the experiment.

Li An took a look, there happened to be a good retreat route next to him, and nodded: "Zhao Liu, be careful, let's start!" ”

Seeing Li An retreat behind a boulder dozens of steps away, Zhao Liu lit the cotton rope and ran over quickly.

This time, Zhao Liu learned a lesson, his ears were more solid than Li An, and his squatting posture was also very standard.

"Boom ......"

With a violent explosion, a large number of stones flew in all directions, and some extremely small stones even flew past the leader of Li An and the others, and landed not far behind.

The huge noise spread for more than ten miles, near the processing plant and the vegetable greenhouse, the servants and workers who were working all heard this sound, they knew that it must have been done by Li An and Zhao Liu, just like that time just now, but they couldn't figure out why it was so loud, and after looking into the distance for a while, they lowered their heads and continued to work.

After the dust kicked off by the explosion gradually dissipated, Li An and Zhao Liu slowly walked to the center of the explosion to check the damaging effect of this small clay pot on the stone.

"Ah Lang, these big stones have all been blown up, and the power is too great!"

Zhao Liu was shocked again, he felt that the power of black powder to blow up stones seemed to be more powerful than blowing up earth walls.

"Such a big stone can be blown apart, it seems that the power is enough, it's really good, let's go, go to the side and have a look."

Li An was very satisfied with the power of the black powder test, and saw that there was a stone wall not far away, and the stone wall was not too smooth, and there seemed to be many depressions, which was exactly the test object that Li An needed very much, which could just imitate the real explosive environment.

"Zhao Liu, see it! This small hole is relatively deep, put a small clay pot in it, and prepare it for ignition. ”

Li An said and took a few steps back, hiding a dozen steps away.

Due to the blasting of the stone wall, the rubble must have all splashed in one direction, so this time there was no need to hide too far, only a dozen steps were enough.

"Boom ......"

There was another loud bang, and the blasted rubble erupted from the stone wall, creating a spectacular scene.

The strong wind quickly blew away the smoke and dust, and Li An and Zhao Liu also quickly walked to the gap that had been blown open to see the damage caused by the explosion to the stone wall.

A very inconspicuous small hole was blown into a large hole, and the stones thrown out were even more fragmented, except for a few relatively large pieces, most of which were small pieces.

"Ah Lang, this small clay pot is so powerful, if it is used for mining, it will definitely greatly increase the speed of mining."

Although Zhao Liu was an ordinary person, he could also see the huge power of black powder at a glance and imagined the possible uses of black powder.

"Zhao Liu, you're quite smart! This black powder is used for mining, by the way, let you buy a lot of iron, how did you do it. ”

Ang Lee was very concerned about the purchase of iron materials, because he wanted to build rails, although it was a miniature version of the rails, but the demand for iron materials was also quite large.

"Ah Lang, don't worry, everything has been done for you, if it's not enough, I'll let someone buy it."

"Well, that's good, it's enough, I proposed the two tax laws this time, offended the nobles of the whole world, no matter what, I have to do something good to reduce the hatred of the family against me, otherwise, my life will not be easy!"

Li An sighed, although he has no regrets about his implementation of the two tax laws, but this kind of work that offends people is really not easy to do, so that everyone in the world hates you, and there are too many enemies, what kind of good job can this be, if it is not for the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ang is too lazy to do this?

At this moment, offending many people is unavoidable, and Li An can only admit it, but next, Li An must do a lot of meritorious things, so as to accumulate enough popularity for himself, in addition, he must also let the Tang Dynasty court and the major nobles be inseparable from him, so as to avoid being hated by the nobles for a long time.

Three loud bangs, spread a long distance, people within ten miles of the explosion, all heard clearly, in this era of no network and no news, the sudden violent explosion is the best news.

Soon after the explosion, many people in the vicinity quietly touched it, of course, including some literati who went out to play, and even the elderly people living outside the city couldn't help but be curious and ran over to check the situation.

The people closest to the explosion site saw a large amount of dust and smoke after the explosion, so they quickly found the location of the incident, and the people who were farther away also found the explosion according to the guidance of these people.

Looking at the shattered rocks and the huge holes in the stone walls, many people didn't understand what was going on, so they got together and discussed.

Some say it's a lightning strike, some say it's a thunderbolt, some say it's a god who's angry, to punish people nearby, in short, all kinds of strange theories have popped up, and, although there is no mobile phone in this era, this kind of news spreads very fast, in a short period of time, it makes most of the people in the entire Chang'an City know, and the major nobles and officials are all known.

Later generations believed in science, but there was no so-called science in the Tang Dynasty, so there were many people who believed in superstition, and some people with ulterior motives would always take advantage of the psychological characteristics of the world's belief in superstition to seek some kind of benefit for themselves.

At this time, the representatives of the various noble clans were very pleased to hear that there had been three violent explosions in the south of the city, and that one of them was in the land owned by Li An.

Because of the matter of the two tax laws, these representatives of the scholar clan are afraid and hateful to Li An, but they can't find a strategy to deal with Li An for a while, so they can only take one step at a time.

With such a good opportunity, these representatives of the noble clan naturally did not miss it, and they once again met secretly to study how to deal with Li An, so as to completely cut off the implementation of the two tax laws.

At the meeting, the representatives of the major scholars rushed to speak first, and they were very excited to say that this was the best opportunity to attack Li An, and everyone must unite as one, contact the officials of various families, and attack Li An in the early dynasty, so that even if it does not lead to Li An being punished, at least it will make Li An have to give up the implementation of the two tax laws, and as long as the implementation of the two tax laws is terminated, their scholars will have peace of mind.

Of course, these guys were smoked into the ostrich thinking by the desire for profit, even if they hit Ang Lee this time and made the two tax laws temporarily unenforceable, but as they continue to annex land, Datang's finances will definitely become more and more difficult to support, and when the time comes, this two tax laws will be proposed, which is also the trend of the times, even if they stop it, they can't stop it for too long, not to mention that this thunder is a sharp weapon invented by Ang Lee.

"Lu Yuanwai, such a good thing, why do you look preoccupied, you have to be happy."

At this gathering, everyone was very excited, but Lu Shangyi, the representative of Fan Yang Lu's family, seemed a little abnormal, he was sometimes happy, sometimes anxious, in short, his mood was a little unstable.

In fact, after hearing this good news, Lu Shangyi was also happy, but when he thought of the ultimatum that Ang Lee gave him, he suddenly became nervous.

After all, he is just a mortal, he can't judge how much impact these three thunderbolts can have on Li An, if these three thunderbolts can really knock down Li An, he will naturally sit back and relax, but in case this matter does not cause harm to Li An, and he breaks his promise, it will be too bad, Lingnan is a barren land, once you go, your life will be over.

Of course, because everyone was immersed in the atmosphere of excitement, they didn't take Lu Shangyi's abnormal mood seriously at all, and stopped asking about it after mentioning it casually.

The party ended in a pleasant atmosphere, and the representatives of the major clans all dispersed happily, only Lu Shangyi had a lot of trouble, and he didn't know how to choose, because he couldn't afford to lose.

"Father, there was a sudden thunderstorm in the south of the city, and all the stones were shattered, and the child ran to see it himself."

As soon as he returned to the mansion, Lu Shangyi's son greeted him.

Lu Shangyi nodded, and said helplessly: "Now things are a little difficult to do, the major scholar clans have already discussed, tomorrow morning the dynasty will use the matter of bombing thunder, collectively attack Li An, and have the intention of defeating Li An in one fell swoop, if they succeed, our Lu family will never be able to support the two tax laws, otherwise, it will be the enemy of the major scholar clans, but if they fail, we will break our promise, we may have to go to Lingnan to suffer, how to choose, it is really distressing to be a father!" ”

"Father, how are you confused, how can you worry about such a simple matter?"

"Presumptuous."

Lu Shangyi was furious, scolded his son, and then asked: "Why is your father confused, you can tell me." ”

"Father, tomorrow morning will inevitably be a polemic, so that our people can finally express their position, if Li An suffers, our Lu family naturally does not have to support the two tax laws, but if Li An is unscathed, our Lu family will express their support for the two tax laws, in this way, wouldn't it be foolproof."

"Haha! The children can be taught, the children can be taught, watch the fire from the other side, and the last one to express his opinion, this is really a good way! That's it. ”

Lu Shangyi finally stopped being distressed, of course, he very much hoped that Li An would be defeated, after all, he was pinched by Li An, and he was very unhappy, and let the Lu family support the two tax laws, which would not only offend other families, but at the same time, the two tax laws themselves would be detrimental to the interests of the scholars.

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In Li An's mansion in Daye Fang, Li An was busy in the moonlight, although now the major scholars were ready to use all their strength to attack him in the morning of the second day, but Li An seemed to be unaware of it, completely ignorant of the conspiracy outside.

"Husband, are you still busy so late? The moonlight is too dark, don't hurt your eyes. ”

Yan Ruyu walked over with a light walk with an oil lamp.

She waited in the room for a long time, but she didn't see Li An come back, she felt strange in her heart, and asked Cao'er to inquire, she was actually busy working in the yard, she was worried that Li An had used her eyes, so she personally sent the oil lamp.

"Madam, don't come, don't come."

Seeing Yan Ruyu holding an oil lamp in his hand, Li An was frightened, black powder is not a joke, once it is ignited, with a bang, it will make Li An and Yan Ruyu become butterflies and fly together.

"Husband, what's wrong with you?"

Yan Ruyu looked a little aggrieved, she kindly sent the lamp over, Li An not only did not appreciate it, but also told her to stop in a stern tone.

"Madam, you go back to the room first, I'll be fine in a while, go back quickly."

Li An didn't have the time to explain too much to Yan Ruyu, he wanted to make a small clay pot that could explode as soon as possible, so that he could present it to Li Longji tomorrow morning, so that Li Longji could understand the power of black powder, and allow him to produce it on a large scale, so as to benefit the entire Tang Dynasty.

Yan Ruyu pulled her lips and slowly turned around to return to the bedroom, she found that in recent days, Li Ang has become a lot busier, and her love and love have become a little less, which makes her a little sad, but this is obviously inevitable, Li An is a person who does great things, how can he always stick to her side? A good man has ambitions in all directions, and attaching importance to his career is the most important criterion for a good man.

Li An also knew that he was a little snub to Yan Ruyu, after making a small clay pot filled with black powder, he hurriedly washed his hands, broke into the bedroom, and rudely staked Yan Ruyu on the soft couch, he knew that Yan Ruyu liked this trick the most, this trick was full of manly wildness, and it could bring Yan Ruyu indescribable happiness. (To be continued.) Announcement: This site recommends a free novel app, say goodbye to all ads. Please pay attention to the WeChat public account to enter the download and install appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)