In fact, Wang Dazhui did not guess wrong, and later when the dust settled on this matter, Wang Dazhui even regretted that he did not express his suspicions earlier.

If he had been able to express his suspicions earlier, maybe Li Shimin would have been prepared, and many things would not have happened later.

Just when Wang Dazhui and Li Shimin were talking in the Liangyi Palace, in the mansion of Marquis Junji of Chen Guogong, a mysterious figure was also plotting with Marquis Junji of Chen Guogong about something.

"General Hou, the things in the court today are really beautiful, and seeing Li Shimin feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly is really very happy." The one who spoke was a man in a mask, tall, with a somewhat hoarse voice and a black cloak draped over his body.

"Hmph, who asked you to make your own initiative to let people directly expose the prince in the court? Do you think Li Shimin will not be able to see the conspiracy behind this? What a whims! Hou Junji obviously knew the other party, but it seemed that the other party didn't tell Hou Junji in advance when he was doing things, so Hou Junji was very angry.

"Whimsical? Hou Junji, you are really getting more and more timid. Let me tell you, this is not a conspiracy, it is a righteous and bright conspiracy, even if he Li Shimin sees my intentions, what can he do? Could it be that the crown prince Li Chengqian is really innocent? Or will Li Tai, the king of Wei, not covet Li Chengqian's crown prince? The man in black listened to Hou Junji's words, and said with an unscrupulous sneer, it seemed that he was not very satisfied with Hou Junji.

"You promised the old man that everything will be done according to my orders." Hou Junji squatted heavily on the wine glass in his hand, and the expression on his face was ugly.

"Hou Junji, do you really think that we are your subordinates? If it weren't for you, we would have cleaned up Li Shimin a long time ago, and now you still want to continue to be your loyal and good general? Wishful thinking, Li Shimin never thought of reusing you. The man in black unceremoniously sarcastically mocked Hou Junji, and it seemed that the relationship between them was deeper than outsiders imagined.

It was probably the words of the man in black that poked Hou Junji's sore spot, and after Hou Junji heard it, he took the wine glass and drank it all, and was silent for a long time.

The man in black estimated that his words had worked, and he didn't say more, the two of them just drank a cup of you, and I drank a cup, and no one spoke again, until all the wine on the table was drunk, and the man in black got up and left on his own.

Hou Junji drank in a daze, slammed, and fell asleep on the table.

After a long time, when the next person came to clean up the table, he found that his master was crawling on the table and drunk, so he quickly asked someone to help him to the bed, undressed, covered the quilt, and quietly withdrew.

……

On the side of the palace, Li Shimin and Wang Dazhui did not discuss the topic just now, but talked about the gunpowder factory.

The gunpowder factory is now being prepared, and Wang Dazhui, as a technical consultant, has to plan many things in it, because others do not understand the characteristics of gunpowder and do not know what kind of conditions are needed.

"Wang Xiannan, I ask you, according to the current progress of the gunpowder factory, how long will it take for our gunpowder to be put into production?" Li Shimin knocked on the table, a pair of sharp eyes staring at Wang Da Hammer tightly.

Wang Dazhui was not stunned at all, spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said to Li Shimin with a helpless expression: "Your Majesty, it is about to be the New Year, it is snowing again, the roads are not smooth, and many of the materials needed are not available at all, so I can't do anything, after all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!" ”

Li Shimin thought that what Wang Dazhui said was indeed the truth, but he was also forced to have no choice, so he was anxious to get angry.

Bad news came from the frontier over and over again, and he, as the emperor, was not in a hurry, so he thought about setting up a gunpowder factory as soon as possible, and putting it into production as quickly as possible, and sending gunpowder to the front line.

"Isn't there enough material in Chang'an City? You can list everything you need for me one by one, and I will figure it out, and whether it involves that department, whether it is the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War or other departments, I will let them fully cooperate with you. Li Shimin slapped the table and said to Wang Dazhui imposingly, it seems that Li Shimin has not been at peace recently.

"Since Your Majesty has said so, then even if I don't eat, drink, or sleep, I have to make every effort to build the gunpowder factory for Your Majesty in the shortest possible time." Li Shimin's words have all been said about this, and Wang Dazhui feels that if he still doesn't express his position, it is estimated that Li Shimin will have to clean himself up.

"I don't listen to these vain, I just want to know how long it will take? You will give me an accurate answer today. Li Shimin listened to Wang Dazhui's statement, but was not satisfied, and asked further aggressively.

Wang Dazhui looked embarrassed, calculated carefully in his heart, and stretched out three fingers to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, it will take five months, and it will take five months to build at the earliest." ”

"No, I can't wait that long, I'll give you two months, and you must build a gunpowder factory for me right away."

"Your Majesty, you have to be reasonable, aren't you a strong man? So I'll work harder, and in four months, in four months, I'll give you a complete gunpowder factory. ”

"No, three months at most, this is my bottom line, more than three months, you just wait for your head to move!"

After some fierce bargaining, Li Shimin finally gave Wang Dazhui time to prepare for the construction of the gunpowder factory, which was only three months in total.

Wang Dazhui wanted to fight for it again, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to directly give a death order and threaten his net worth and life.

"Your Majesty, this is about to be the New Year, can't you just let me take a break?"

"Hmph, don't play tricks on me, I know that you are very capable, don't blame me for pushing you too hard, you also have to be considerate of my difficulties, I promise that if you complete the task on time, I will be rewarded at that time." Li Shimin thought that he couldn't blindly persecute him, and he still had to give a little sweetness for Wang Da Hammer to sell his life, so he drew a big cake for Wang Da Hammer.

Wang Dazhui looked depressed, he was not interested in hearing the rewards, and when he thought of being squeezed by Li Shimin, he felt that he was bored.

He thought about it, since this matter can't be shirked, he still has to ask for a little benefit for himself first, otherwise he will be too wronged by himself.

"Your Majesty, in this case, for the construction of the gunpowder factory, I won't go to the Hongwen Pavilion after the New Year, and you will send me a few right-hand men, otherwise I won't be able to keep busy even if I have three heads and six arms."

"This is no problem, as long as you can complete the task on time, I have agreed to all these conditions of you, as for the manpower, you can choose at will, no matter who you like, I will let whoever follows you."

In order to let Wang Dazhui work hard, Li Shimin also took great pains, and the conditions were extremely generous, basically giving Wang Dazhui the power of carte blanche to act.