Chapter 99: Primary Gunpowder
"Brother Feng, this is also a dish? How to eat? "Yu Chi Baolin is good at finding the key points, and he is not as rough as he is Aye.
Feng Daiwen didn't care about Cheng Chumo, who offered treasures, and glanced at Wei Chi Baolin with appreciation and said: "These are all dried sea vegetables, as long as they are soaked in water, they don't need too much space to store, and the weight is also light, and they also have their own salt flavor, and they don't need to put salt in soup and cooking." ”
"Good things, if the quantity is large and the price is not expensive, many people must be willing to buy it," Yu Chi Baolin's eyes lit up and said.
"Yes, that's the point, canned fruit can be produced there, now only a few of us have so much frosting sugar to make, sea vegetables, sea fish are only available in coastal areas such as Lingnan, Lingnan will be sent to Luoyang in the future, how to sell is your business." Feng Daiwen introduced with a smile.
"Thank you, brother of the Feng family," Cheng Chumo was not as rough as he appeared, and understood that this was Feng Daiwen taking care of himself, so he hurriedly thanked him.
"Shanfeng, Jiangnan will be handed over to you, if you don't understand, just ask, you can go to Xiao Lao's place, how to arrange it will listen to him, I think Xiao Lao will arrange it," Jiangnan is rich in fruits, and it is impossible for the Zhang family to suffer if there is Xiao Yu's arrangement.
Zhang Shanfeng nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Feng, Shanfeng understands, let's go to Old Xiao." ”
"Dingfang, Jun buy, Rengui their family background is average, there is no extra money and manpower, everyone help, don't be too obvious, they are all high-spirited people, don't embarrass your brother, but you can't watch your brother's family suffer." Feng Daiwen thought for a moment and admonished.
"We understand, it will be done properly, Brother Feng can rest assured." Yu Chi Baolin patted his chest and said.
"Okay, you guys just came back, have a good rest for a while," Feng Daiwen didn't care about money, and he didn't have much money to buy.
Feng Daiwen found the two Xuanzhen brothers and went to the palace with canned food.
In the Lizheng Palace, Li Shimin was also surprised to see Feng Daiwen come with two Taoist priests, and after a few people finished saluting, he asked suspiciously: "What is the defense of the country?" ”
"Sage, the two Dao Masters were specially convened by the ministers, just to study one thing," Feng Daiwen explained.
"Study what? You arrange it. Li Shimin said puzzled!
"The stakes are very high, the minister does not dare, and this is also a long-term matter, the minister intends to set up two departments, one is to study the department that has no lethality, and the other is to study the department with strong lethality, and the two Taoist masters are the most special of them." Feng Daiwen said solemnly.
"What do the two divisions study? How special they are. Li Shimin didn't care, thinking that it was just some tools, anyway, it wasn't too late for Feng Daiwen to get it out.
"One of them is to study the lost things in ancient books, things in nature, such as why it rains, where does the water in the bowl go when the sun goes down, when the water is boiled, can the qi lift the lid, can you use its power to do others, these are some of them are researching, and some of them are studying tool improvements, such as repeating crossbows, spinning wheels, these military, civilian items, and the two Taoist chiefs are the most special, it can be said that if successful, our Datang world is invincible, attacking the city and plundering the land, just like exploring the bag to get things." Feng Daiwen introduced.
"Is there really such an amazing thing?" Li Shimin asked in disbelief.
"Please also ask the saint to be under martial law." Feng Daiwen said to Li Shimin seriously.
Li Shimin waved his hand, and the eunuch who heard the conversation quickly led people to surround the hall, the palace maid, and the little eunuch all drove out, Feng Daiwen carefully took out a bamboo tube from his waist, put it into a clay pot, and explained while doing it: "Minister, this is called gunpowder, in fact, the Taoist has already discovered it, but it has not been studied in depth, the family teacher said that once he called a person to blow up the copper furnace, the house collapsed, and the person died, so I don't know the formula, this is the family teacher researched, the power is not great, so the two Taoist masters need to take people to study." Saying that, he lit a long lead and put it at the door of the main hall, pulling Li Shimin to hide behind the pillar, Xuan Zhen was frightened last time, and he had already been smart to hide behind the pillar.
"Why is Wei Guo so bold, rest assured, I won't be afraid," Li Shimin wanted to get out of the pillar when he saw Feng Daiwen so worried.
"Saints are not." Feng Daiwen was taken aback, sweating profusely with fright, and hurriedly grabbed it.
Li Shimin saw that Feng Daiwen was so nervous, and was about to speak, there was a loud "bang," because he was in the main hall, so the sound was particularly loud, Li Shimin was startled, and touched his waist with one hand, only to find that he did not have a sword, Xuan Zhen didn't expect the voice to be so loud, and he was so frightened that he sat on the ground again.
"Protect the Emperor," a group of guards rushed in with their weapons drawn.
"I'm fine, let's get out." Li Shimin came back to his senses and waved his hand.
After the guards went out, several people stepped forward to check, and the clay pots on the ground were already full of fragments, scattered all over the place, "The sound is not small, and the power is not very good," Li Shimin observed for a while and said.
"Hui Sage, this is not the best formula, it needs to be powerful, so you can only continue to research, even now, as long as there are enough of them, you can make a city collapse!" Feng Daiwen said with a straight face.
"Yes, that's the reason, Aiqing didn't take out a big object just now, this thing is really accurate, and they will be arranged to continue to develop it." Li Shimin thought for a moment and said.
Feng Daiwen took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Shimin: "This is a few precautions that the minister thinks, the first is to stay away from the crowd, especially not in the palace, second, there can be no open flame, the third can not have iron tools when developing, the fourth development and stacking must be separated, and fifth, afraid of wetness, so it must be waterproof and moisture-proof." The rest can only be improved by yourself in the future, and these are the only things that the minister knows. ”
Li Shimin took it and took it into his arms, and asked someone to take Xuan Zhen and the two down to rest. After the two of them left, he said: "You build those two departments first, and when the time is right, I will send personnel from the household department to help you." ”
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling came, and after the two of them saw each other, Li Shimin asked, "What is the matter with the two Aiqing coming." ”
"Returning to the saints, the matter of exchanging grain is going well, many merchants, the family is willing, for a long time, there are already more than 10 big families, the merchants took out 1.5 million stones of grain, and the ministers are here because there are many small merchants, and the family wants to ask the saint to allow them all to participate in this feast," the eldest grandson Wuji said happily.
"Oh, what do you think about that?" Li Shimin asked.
"The minister is worried that if there are too many people, the rumors will leak, and secondly, he is afraid that there will not be enough cattle and sheep at that time, and he will not let the saint lose his trust." Fang Xuanling said.
"Weiguo, what do you think?" Li Shimin asked.
"Even if there are not enough cattle and sheep in the end, you can still pay for them, and bring them soldiers and so much booty to make enough money, saying that there are more people and no need to allocate people to take care of the cattle and sheep, you can also let them help take care of the prisoners," Feng Daiwen said with certainty.
"Reasonable, just do it, not enough money from the inner treasury." Li Shimin thought about it and decided.