Chapter 60: Hot Air Balloons
How long did Mo Shuyu stay in front of the grave of the dead, and vowed to bring Wang Youxue's head back to worship his spirit in the sky. Uncle Zhidao Fu said that Li Shimin was here, and Mo Shuyu returned to the house from the grave.
"Wang Youxue ran away? He is holding the earth-shattering thunder? As soon as Li Shimin saw Mo Shuyu, he asked Mo Shuyu with a straight face.
"Hmm." Mo Shuyu was still immersed in the grief of letting people die because of himself, and responded to Li Shimin's words.
"Did he steal it from you, or did he make it himself?" Li Shimin saw that Mo Shuyu was still distracted, so he walked over and grabbed Mo Shuyu's shoulder and shook him.
"Give me back to God! People can't be resurrected after death, you have to cheer up and think about how to catch Wang Youxue back and break the corpse into thousands of pieces! ”
"I know, but a living person is gone before my eyes! Your Majesty, do you know that before he died, I saw relief in his eyes! Relief, you know!! Mo Shuyu looked up at Li Shimin and roared at him.
"Once you succeed, you can't even accept the death of a person around you, how can you achieve a great cause? They are dead soldiers, and they live to make the people above live better, and dying to save you is the highest honor for him! Li Shimin also knew that Mo Shuyu was still young and had never experienced the death of the people around him, so he couldn't accept it for a while, so he tried to comfort him.
"But it was because of me that I killed him." Mo Shuyu still couldn't get out and sat down on the ground.
"For things to happen, someone has to die, and the living should not be immersed in grief. Instead, it is time to cheer up and avenge the dead! ”
"Did the heaven-shaking thunder used by Wang Youxue steal it from you or did he make it himself?" Li Shimin doesn't care how many people die, as a person who came out of the sea of corpses and blood and killed even his own brothers, it has long been common for a few people to die. At this moment, what he was most concerned about was Wang Youxue, who used to steal from Mo Shuyu, to the earth-shattering thunder, or whether he created it himself.
"It shouldn't be the ones that were stolen from my house, if it was from my house, I'm afraid that the whole body would not be buried in the grave now." Mo Shuyu listened to Li Shimin's words, and thought in his heart, yes, Wang Youxue even made the earth-shattering thunder, and Li Shimin would definitely not let him go back alive.
Wang Youxue was able to create earth-shattering thunder by himself, indicating that in addition to the Tang Dynasty, Tubo may also have gunpowder technology. This is already the target that threatens Li Shimin's unification, he will definitely get rid of it as soon as possible, and before he exposes Tubo, he will definitely order someone to hunt down Wang Youxue with all his might.
"Come on, send more people, and block all places! Dig three feet into the ground for me to find out the traitorous thief king's secrets! If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die! Li Shimin got an affirmative answer from Mo Shuyu, and ordered the guards to send a faction to hunt down and kill Wang Youxue.
"Tubo now has a sky-shattering thunder, and my Datang only has an advantage over it. And the artillery is too cumbersome, and it seems that the chances of winning the battle against Tibet are not great. Mitutoyo, do you have a clever plan? "The reason why Li Shimin came today is to comfort Mo Shuyu, and more importantly, he is thinking about the battle against Tubo in the near future.
"In this case, Your Majesty will not attack Tubo for the time being, wait for the kid to improve the artillery, and then find a way to build a hot air balloon, Tubo is in the eyes of my Tang Dynasty, even if there is a sky-shaking thunder, it is just a clown who jumps off the beam." Mo Shuyu started to study hot air balloons as early as after Wang Youxue stole the earth-shattering thunder, but he couldn't find a suitable fabric. And the so-called improved cannon is nothing more than a wheel for the cannon, with a layer of detachable brackets added to the back, like modern self-propelled guns, which can move independently. It doesn't need to be like Datang's artillery today, when you want to change places, you need several people to disassemble it and put it in the carriage, and then move it down and install it when you get to the place.
"Hot air balloons? What is it? If the offensive against Tibet is postponed, doesn't it give them time to develop? Now we have the advantage of developing artillery before the Tibetans, and if the offensive is delayed, we will also be caught up by the Tibetans. ”
"With a hot air balloon, what artillery are you afraid of? Artillery only gets beaten in front of the hot air balloon! Mo Shuyu has long wanted to build a hot air balloon, and in his industrial fantasy, hot air balloons account for a large part of the plan.
Hot air balloons can not only be used for military operations, but also can be used to transport things, and there are fewer bandits on the ground, and the cost is not known how much to be reduced.
"The hot air balloon is an enlarged version of the Kong Ming lantern, as long as the Kong Ming lantern is magnified countless times, you can fly into the sky with people, and then let the soldiers take the earth-shattering thunder and throw it from the sky, what is the use of artillery?"
"What? Fly to the sky with Kong Ming lanterns? Li Shimin couldn't imagine that he could make people fly into the sky like this, and opened his mouth wide in shock.
"Flying is not something that only immortals do? How can Kong Ming lanterns take people to the sky? ”
"Your Majesty, believe it or not, boy? I said, I will do it to the Immortals! It's just to take people to the sky, as long as the kid is given time, the kid can still make the iron pimple run with people, faster than a horse! "The ancients naturally did not think that they could fly, let alone that one day they would have a car that could run without a horse.
"Okay, Mitoyo, you've always been able to surprise me, what do you need? I let the Ministry of Industry fully cooperate with you! Li Shimin listened to Mo Shuyu's words, and thought about it, who would have thought that a small iron can could kill all the people within a radius of several zhang? If someone told him that he could make people fly, he might have ordered him to be cut down for deception. But Mo Shuyu is different, he can always surprise himself.
"This, the kid is also researching, Datang's current fabrics can't meet the work of large hot air balloons, either the sealing is not good or too bulky." Mo Shuyu was also scratching his head, he couldn't think of what to use to make the hot air balloon not penetrate the fabric.
"Okay, then I'll send someone around to collect the fabric and see if there's anything you need." Li Shimin listened to Mo Shuyu's words, and he was also very fond of hot air balloons.
"Your Majesty, the kid still has a few things to ask His Majesty for!" Mo Shuyu saw that Li Shimin seemed to be ready to leave, and immediately grabbed Li Shimin.
"What's the matter? Even if you ask, I will agree to what I can satisfy you. Li Shimin thought that Mo Shuyu wanted to ask him what he wanted to build a hot air balloon, so he agreed without thinking about it.
"The first is, if Your Majesty's people catch Wang Youxue, don't kill him, leave it to the kid to deal with?" Mo Shuyu still hasn't forgotten his promise to the dead, and he must cut off Wang Youxue's head to pay tribute to the soul of the dead in the sky.
"Why? I can't wait to break it to pieces! Li Shimin also hated Wang Youxue, if it weren't for Wang Youxue, how could he worry about Tubo?
"The boy swore in front of the grave of the dead that he would cut off Wang Youxue's head and sacrifice his spirit in the sky!"
"Okay, I promise you." Li Shimin listened to Mo Shuyu's words and agreed without thinking about it.
"What else is going on with you?"
"Your Majesty, now that the army has been set off for a few days, the kid wants to lead people to catch up with the army and the Northern Expedition to the Turks!"