Gunpowder, Li Mu once wanted to take it out for a long time, but after knowing Li Shimin's ambition and obsession, he chose to forget this skill, after all, he came to this world, and he never thought about being the king and hegemon, establishing any merits, gunpowder should be gradually sprouted after hundreds of years according to the development of history, and at this time, it is still a finished product, and the powerful gunpowder is very unfair to the world.

Gunpowder will breed Li Shimin's growing ambitions, and his current ambitions are limited to pacifying the four provinces. But after he has the gunpowder and pacifies the four razes, he will not stop.

On the surface, this is a good thing for Datang. But is that really a good thing? Even if there is gunpowder, a big war will cost the country a lot of national strength. The lives of the common people cannot be revived in a short time, and besides, the enemy has no gunpowder, so is there no bow and crossbow? People still die, what Li Mu is trying to do is to make the lives of the common people better, and try not to fight when they can not fight. When it's really incomprehensible, fight small fights, fight quickly, and try not to drag the whole country in.

Therefore, he did not want to offer this gunpowder. When he came back, he didn't say a word. But how can there be an impermeable wall in the world, Li Shimin finally remembered, he couldn't hide, and he had to explain it.

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"It's called gunpowder, and here's the recipe." Li Mu wrote the formula and handed it to Li Shimin without the slightest expression of reluctance. Li Shimin looked at the formula and was stunned, he thought that after the last incident, Li Mu would not be willing to hand over the formula, so he also prepared a set of rhetoric, thinking about how to follow the good path, so that Li Mu would comply.

It was so easy, which Li Shimin didn't expect, which made him question the authenticity of gunpowder.

"Your Majesty need not doubt that this is indeed the recipe used by the minister to make that black powder that day. The minister called this thing gunpowder. ”

"Gunpowder," Li Shimin muttered the name, "It is indeed appropriate, the power of this thing is really as great as it is rumored?" Can you blow up the mountain, can you blow up the city gate? ”

"It's true, but not necessarily."

"Not necessarily?" Li Shimin said in his heart, it was really a little bad, no wonder this kid handed it over so easily, pressed the displeasure in his heart, and asked, "Why is it not the law?" ”

"The minister's research on this gunpowder is also purely accidental." Li Mu approached Li Shimin and whispered, "Your Majesty, how did I come up with it?" ”

"How?"

"When the minister was refining the pill, he got it by accident."

"Dan?" Li Shimin frowned tightly, and said unhappily: "I don't believe in such things that the immortals asked, if you are willing to talk about it, just say it well, if you don't want to talk about it, I didn't force you, do you need to tell such an unreasonable lie?" ”

"You're not lying." Li Mu argued excitedly; "These materials, each of them is for alchemy, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can bring Yuan Daochang and let him see if it's or not."

Seeing that Li Mu dared to confront him, Li Shimin had three points of doubt in his heart, and asked: "Why do you want to refine the pill, could it be that you are thinking about eating pills and immortalizing at a young age?" ”

"Naturally, the minister is not alchemizing for longevity." Li Mu showed an embarrassed look, laughed dryly, leaned into Li Shimin's ear, and whispered: "There are four ladies in the minister." ”

Li Shimin didn't react at once: "What's wrong with the four?" There are three thousand beauties in my harem, and they are not like you-" Suddenly, Li Shimin reacted, glared at Li Mu, and said, "At a young age, take this kind of tiger and wolf medicine!" ”

"The minister knows his mistake."

"I didn't let you admit your mistake," Li Shimin glanced left and right, and whispered: "I want to ask you, is there a finished product?" The result? ”

"That's the effect." Li Mu spread his hands and said, "The pill has not been practiced, but the gunpowder has been practiced." The function of this thing, Your Majesty also knows, at that time, I heard a booming explosion, and the alchemy furnace was broken, and the minister pondered at that time, I was refining according to the method left by Doctor Sun, how could it not be successful? I tried a few more times—"

"How?"

"It was blown up three times, but not once." Li Mu said with some pride: "Your Majesty knows the cleverness of the minister, and you can't let it blow up in vain." The minister pondered, pondered, pondered, and figured out this formula. ”

"I didn't ask you this," Li Shimin said hurriedly: "I'm asking you, why the effect of the explosion is not certain, and why is it not necessarily the law." ”

"It doesn't have to be three." Li Mu said the excuse he made up on the way here, and said: "The gunpowder is extremely flammable, and if you are not careful, you will blow it up in your hand before you can blow it up in your hand." ”

"It's not a big deal, just be careful." Li Shimin asked: "What else is uncertain?" ”

"What's more, it's very susceptible to moisture, and it's not cheap." Li Mu didn't lie, in the Tang Dynasty, taking pills was a luxury that only nobles could afford, and the price of every material was very expensive.

Li Shimin carefully looked at the list opened by Li Mu, it was indeed not cheap, but at the same time, he had doubts and asked: "Since this thing is so expensive, when you were in Camel Valley, you didn't have any money on you, how did you buy so many materials?" ”

"This is indeed a coincidence," Li Mu explained with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know, there are a lot of these materials in the Western Regions and Persia. Many merchants who came and went would rest in the Camel Valley, and they carried these things with them, and it was a coincidence that the minister found these things, so he made up his mind to take a risk, but he didn't expect to succeed by chance. ”

"I can also send caravans to sell these materials. It's just that this dampness is not easy to do, you say it is easy to get damp, how easy is it? ”

"Basically, it can only be used now."

"This is a trouble, Chang'an City does not have these materials, they are transported from a distance, and they are worried about moisture on the way, so it seems like a solution."

"For the time being, I didn't think of any way." Li Mu shook his head and continued: "There is another problem, this thing, now Chen only thought of two application scenarios, either, it is ready, put it in the place where it wants to explode, and then ignite it far away. Or, or when he risked his life and threw at close range to attack Gaochang, the minister was already facing this problem, and one of his subordinates was named Usman. He was the first to attack Gaochang City, but he injured his leg due to the explosion, and he can only be a waste man in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mu also sighed a few times, but the corner of his eye kept looking at Li Shimin.

His words have made it very clear, this explosive is flammable, explosive, and very expensive, even if these are not a problem, when it is used, the people who use it may still have problems, in short, this thing is not used.

But as Li Shimin, he saw a closer path to his ideals, how could he choose to give up. He didn't ask anything more, encouraged Li Mu a few words, and let him go back. Li Mu also knew that Li Shimin would not give up, but at least he could stop for a while. And even if Li Shimin wants to make it himself, now is not the time, the Internal Affairs Office really has no money, and he won't be able to do it for a while.

Taking a step back, Li Shimin really did it, and he couldn't make gunpowder as powerful as Li Mu's use. Because the formula Li Mu gave him was a little different from the formula he used, and there was a difference in proportion. Li Mu's original gunpowder formula was a weapon for killing. And the formula he gave Li Shimin, the power of the gunpowder is only equivalent to two kicks at most, although the sound is also very loud and the power is a little bit, but if you want to use it for the confrontation between the two armies, it is definitely not enough.

Li Mu is not worried that Li Shimin will find out that he is tired, even if he does, he can say that there is a problem with the long-distance transportation of raw materials, and there are many excuses to find.

Leaving the palace, Li Mu came to Pingkangfang.

After returning to Chang'an, Jin Chen told Li Mu that she wanted to go back to Lichun Courtyard to catch up with her sisters. When she and Yinyue were in Lichun Courtyard, everyone was very good to them, although Yinyue is now dead, but this friendship is true, Li Mu didn't stop her, let her go to reminisce.

But after catching up a few times, Jin Chen went out early and returned late more and more. This made Li Mu feel a little uncomfortable, could it be that there was someone outside?

Although, if he asks casually, he can learn the truth. Whether it is Dongchang or Jinyiwei, it is more than enough to investigate Jin Chen's whereabouts.

But how do you say that? It really damaged the majesty of the Hou Ye, and in the end Li Mu still didn't say anything. Determined to come out and take a look himself, if there was really that ambitious leopard guts, he would catch this person out and skin and cramp, but he estimated that no one would dare, so he actually just wanted to come over to see what Jin Chen was busy with every day, why he would go back so late these days.

Although this Lichun Courtyard had already changed hands when he decided to go to Luoyang. But the people are still the original group of people, and Li Mu will naturally not have any obstacles in and out, but in fact, at this time, it is not yet the time for business, and he will not receive guests.

Walking into the courtyard, Li Mu heard the sound of rehearsal, or the play "Dou E's Injustice", but the people on the stage are no longer the same as the original version, the original Dou E played by Jin Chen has also been replaced by another person, Li Mu stood under the stage and looked at it for a while, and felt that the person on the stage was very familiar with his gestures, so he asked the person next to him: "What is the origin of this new 'Dou E', the performance is good." ”

"It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." When we listened to it at the time, we only thought that this girl was very beautiful, and she spoke in a good tone, can anyone play Dou E? It's definitely not going to work. But after trying two scenes, guess what, people are really good, not only good, but also very powerful. Compared with the original Boss Jin, it is not far behind. ”

This guy is also from the Faculty Division, and he speaks with a bit of ink. It's because I'm a little inky that I like to watch dramas more. Dou E has watched it dozens of times, and every time he sees it again, he still thinks it is wonderful, if he doesn't follow the guests, he always has to stand under the stage and hum a few lines. "It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." When we listened to it at the time, we only thought that this girl was very beautiful, and she spoke in a good tone, can anyone play Dou E? It's definitely not going to work. But after trying two scenes, guess what, people are really good, not only good, but also very powerful. Compared with the original Boss Jin, it is not far behind. ”

This guy is also from the Faculty Division, and he speaks with a bit of ink. It's because I'm a little inky that I like to watch dramas more. Dou E has watched it dozens of times, and every time he sees it again, he still thinks it is wonderful, if he doesn't follow the guests, he always has to stand under the stage and hum a few lines. "It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." When we listened to it at the time, we only thought that this girl was very beautiful, and she spoke in a good tone, can anyone play Dou E? It's definitely not going to work. But after trying two scenes, guess what, people are really good, not only good, but also very powerful. Compared with the original Boss Jin, it is not far behind. ”

This guy is also from the Faculty Division, and he speaks with a bit of ink. It's because I'm a little inky that I like to watch dramas more. Dou E has watched it dozens of times, and every time he sees it again, he still thinks it is wonderful, if he doesn't follow the guests, he always has to stand under the stage and hum a few lines. "It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." When we listened to it at the time, we only thought that this girl was very beautiful, and she spoke in a good tone, can anyone play Dou E? It's definitely not going to work. But after trying two scenes, guess what, people are really good, not only good, but also very powerful. Compared with the original Boss Jin, it is not far behind. ”

This guy is also from the Faculty Division, and he speaks with a bit of ink. It's because I'm a little inky that I like to watch dramas more. Dou E has watched it dozens of times, and every time he sees it again, he still thinks it is wonderful, if he doesn't follow the guests, he always has to stand under the stage and hum a few lines. "It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." When we listened to it at the time, we only thought that this girl was very beautiful, and she spoke in a good tone, can anyone play Dou E? It's definitely not going to work. But after trying two scenes, guess what, people are really good, not only good, but also very powerful. Compared with the original Boss Jin, it is not far behind. ”

This guy is also from the Faculty Division, and he speaks with a bit of ink. It's because I'm a little inky that I like to watch dramas more. Dou E has watched it dozens of times, and every time he sees it again, he still thinks it is wonderful, if he doesn't follow the guests, he always has to stand under the stage and hum a few lines. "It's really a good acting." The guy said: "I came here a few days ago, and I said that I wanted to play Dou E." We listened at the time