Chapter 52 Preparation of the Datang Gunpowder Factory
The border of the Tang Dynasty was not peaceful, and the Turkic tribes often harassed and plundered the frontier towns, and there was constant friction, although there was no full-scale war, but local wars occurred almost every day.
The cavalry on the steppe came and went like the wind, they were divided into small squads, plundered and turned around, and left, and our infantry had nothing to do with them.
Especially in the autumn and winter every year, the Turks on the steppe frequently harass the northern cities, which is really a bit miserable for the Tang Dynasty, the other party does not fight positional warfare with you to engage in sneak attacks, who can stand this?
I've heard of a thousand days of thieves, but I haven't heard of a thousand days of thieves.
If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, you are stared at by a group of people who come and go every day, you say you can still be happy?
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty hated these hateful Turkic barbarians, but they had no choice but to watch others loot on the city wall every time and leave in style.
Now Wang Dazhui has contributed gunpowder, since the gunpowder is so powerful, why not hurry up and produce it and put it into the battlefield to take revenge, what are you waiting for?
Therefore, Li Shimin decided to build a gunpowder factory, of course, this was also Wang Dazhui's proposal.
Moreover, Wang Dazhui is also a technical consultant for this gunpowder factory, responsible for the technical guidance of gunpowder manufacturing.
Fortunately, now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, there is no need to go to school, Wang Dazhui has enough time, but he is still busy enough every day.
Because in addition to the gunpowder factory, he also has several stores to worry about, although he only uses his brain and mouth, but he is still quite busy.
When you get up in the morning, you first play a set of boxing to exercise your body, which Wang Dazhui is thunderous and persevering to the end, rain or shine.
The body is the capital of the revolution, and he understands this very well.
To say that the current Wang Da Hammer is already quite good, if it is not limited by age, it is estimated that Uncle Bao is not his opponent.
At the beginning, Fan Fan was the object of Wang Dazhu's study, and later he was replaced by Uncle Bao.
Wang Dazhui's progress made Uncle Bao and Fan Fan stunned and amazed. Practicing martial arts at the age of Wang Dazhui is really the best age, his muscles and bones are still soft, and it is very easy to pull away, so his current flexibility is quite powerful.
This morning, as usual, he finished exercising with Fan Fan and Uncle Bao, and when he was wiping his sweat, he heard someone say that someone from the palace was looking for him.
"Young master, someone from the palace just now said that His Majesty asked you to go to the palace today." The subordinate came to Wang Dazhui's courtyard and said to Wang Dazhui very respectfully.
"Oh, didn't the person who came say that the emperor was looking for me something?" Wang Dazhui asked casually.
"This other party didn't say it, but just told the young master that you must go to the palace quickly, as for the people in the other palace, they didn't say it, and the little one didn't ask much." The subordinate looked at his young master and felt more pressure than in front of Wang Fugui.
"Okay, I know, you go down first!" Seeing that there was nothing useful to ask, Wang Dazhui waved his hand to let the other party retreat.
"Sledgehammer, since the emperor is looking for you, then let's hurry up and prepare, and then go to see Your Majesty." Uncle Bao put away the props used by Wang Sledgehammer for exercise and said softly.
Fan Fan also hurriedly said: "Young master, then I'll go and prepare the carriage, so as to delay your business." ”
Fan Fan now has admired Wang Dazhui's five-body throwing, and completely treats Wang Dazhui as his own master, so his posture in front of Wang Dazhui is particularly low and very respectful.
Not only Fan Fan is like this, but the subordinates of the Wang family compound are like this to Wang Dazhui, and no one dares to treat him as a child.
After breakfast, Wang Dazhui changed his clothes and arrived at the palace at the appointed time under the escort of Uncle Bao.
Li Shimin had just left the court, and his face looked very ugly. There is no such calmness as in the past, when everything is under control.
Wang Da Hammer said, could it be that the court has encountered any trouble? Or is it that Li Shimin has been sick recently?
"The minister's sledgehammer has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed with Jin'an!" Wang Da Hammer hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Li Shimin was in a bad mood, so he ignored Wang Dazhui's greetings and went straight into the Liangyi Palace.
Guo Ren gave Wang Da Hammer a look, meaning to let him hurry up and wait on the side.
Wang Da Hammer said Li Shimin, I was called by you, I took the initiative to greet you, and you even ignored me, I really don't have any bearing.
Since the emperor is not happy, then he will not touch this brow first.
According to Guo Ren's prompts, he went to the side room and made a fire around the stove, and while baking the fire, he pondered what Li Shimin was looking for him.
After about a cup of tea, Guo Ren sent a little eunuch to call Wang Dazhui, saying that Li Shimin asked him to go over immediately.
Wang Da Hammer said in his heart that it seems that Li Shimin's anger came quickly, and he went very quickly.
"Your Majesty, Wang Xiannan is already waiting outside the door." The little eunuch went in and told Guo Ren, and Guo Ren hurriedly said to Li Shimin.
"Let him in." Li Shimin said without raising his head.
"Yes, Xuanwang County male audience!" Guo Ren shouted outside the door.
When Wang Dazhui heard this, he entered the Liangyi Hall and saw that Li Shimin was playing Go with himself alone.
"The king's sledgehammer has seen Your Majesty." Wang Dazhui bowed down and said, this time he did not kneel.
Hearing this, Li Shimin put down the chess pieces in his hand, looked back at Wang Dazhui, and suddenly asked lukewarmly: "Wang Xiannan, do you know how to play Go?" ”
"A little."
"Then come and accompany me in the next game."
Li Shimin sent a message to let him play chess with him, but Wang Dazhui couldn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, so he didn't think much about it, and moved forward and sat opposite Li Shimin.
It stands to reason that an identity like Wang Da Hammer is not qualified to play directly with the emperor on a chessboard mountain, but Wang Da Hammer is a modern person who doesn't know much about this, so he didn't think much about it and sat down directly.
When Guo Ren saw this scene, he immediately gave Wang Da Hammer a hard look, but Wang Da Hammer didn't know what he meant, he didn't know what Guo Ren meant, and thought that he was letting Li Shimin release water when he was playing chess.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he saw Wang Dazhui sitting directly opposite him, but he didn't say anything.
Wang Da Hammer cleaned the board and put the white and black pieces back into the chess box. Then signaled that Li Shimin could start again.
Sunspots go first, and black is respectful.
Wang Dazhui, as a junior and a courtier, naturally chose sunspots, so he twisted a sunspot with two fingers and put it on the chessboard very casually.
To be honest, Wang Dazhui's Go is really only a little bit, this is not that he is modest, after all, there are not many people who can play Go in the future, let alone how good it is.
Seeing that Wang Da Hammer was so casual, Li Shimin raised his interest instead, probably because it was rare to see someone so casual with Wang Da Hammer.