In the face of astonishing per capita data, not to mention Li Shimin, it is imperative for Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to develop Jiangnan.

However, as Luo Tong said, the development of the Great Jiangnan is an unprecedented battle, and the difficulty and complexity are tens of thousands of times greater than their experience in fighting for half a lifetime, and it will be counterproductive if something goes wrong!

The pressure is enormous!

In the face of difficulties, one kind of person goes with the flow, and the other kind of person goes against the current!

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui are undoubtedly all characters who face difficulties, and in response to this big event, the four of them discussed for a long time, and finally formed a rough plan.

The backbone has been completed, and the work of adding branches and leaves has nothing to do with Luo Tong, so it's okay for him to come up with bad ideas, and the formulation of a grand strategy? Let's spare him!

People are valuable in self-knowledge.

He doesn't have this kind of all-encompassing big picture! At least, not yet.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty was still martial, and there were many characters who entered the phase, but there were very few people who entered the phase as literati. Li Tang has been in power for ten years, and the prime ministers along the way are Li Shimin, Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing, Xiao Yu, Dou Wei, Dou Kang, Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren, Feng Deyi, Pei Ju, Li Yuanji, Yu Wenshi and ...... Except for Chen Shuda, who entered the picture as a literati, everyone else has military exploits. Among them, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshi and these people also specially asked Li Yuan to send Li Shimin to gild them on the battlefield. If they don't gild and get some military exploits, they won't even be the prime minister.

It can be seen that the martial atmosphere of the early Tang Dynasty, and the status of military generals is really above that of civil servants.

Wude Dynasty, this is still the case.

Zhenguan Dynasty, the style of martial arts, is even more than a hundred times.

Li Shimin, like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is full of an aura of attack in his temperament.

If you are obedient and obedient, then you will be fine, if you are arrogant and want to find something, then I'm sorry, I don't tell you any reason, and I will directly send troops to kill you or beat you up.

He has a deep passion for conquest. Turkic, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Baekje, Zhangzhung...... These countries adjacent to the Tang Dynasty have long been imprinted on the map of Li Shimin's heart. If possible, Li Er will definitely use the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty to cross these countries in his land and establish immortal deeds for eternity.

Under the leadership of such an emperor, the life in the army is a wonderful life, which is also the field that Luo Tong is good at.

At the end of the discussion, Li Shimin sighed and said, "Virtuous nephew, you have made a great contribution to my Tang Dynasty, how do you say I should reward you?" ”

Luo Tong smiled indifferently and said, "Your Majesty is good if you have this heart, I can't ask for this merit that can't be rewarded." I just use my mouth, whether I succeed or not depends on His Majesty, Lord Fang, and Lord Du to confirm it with real actions. ”

Strictly speaking, Luo Tong's proposal to develop the Great Jiangnan, and the control of floods, droughts, and locust plagues are indeed a great achievement, and they are all to solve the old problems of previous dynasties. But he's just talking, whether it can be done or not is another matter. Theoretically, it is indeed possible, but the actual results are unknown, and no one can be sure.

"You figured it out!" Li Shimin is quite appreciative of Luo Tong's knowledge of current affairs!

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are the same, at a young age, they are not arrogant, they are indeed rare, and they are much better than those children who are worried about themselves.

One comparison, it's harmful.

It's a pity!

That's someone's baby.

"I lost to you yesterday, and you haven't asked me yet? But whatever you see, I try to be satisfied. Li Shimin's eyes looked at Luo Tong, and the appreciation in his eyes was self-evident.

Luo Tong knew that Li Shimin, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had no jokes, and as soon as this remark came out, if he refused, it would not be beautiful, so he pondered for a while. Only then did he speak: "A gun, a knife, a bow!" Three conditions, no more, no less. ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui laughed dumbly, they didn't expect Luo Tong to think for a long time, and he only asked for a set of weapons.

"Good!" Li Shimin's eyes narrowed with a smile: "My arsenal is very rich, and there are countless divine weapons and sharp weapons. Weapons, armor, and horses are the second life of a general, and you can choose a set by yourself. It's a condition! There are two more. ”

These three things are only one condition, and he is determined to take this opportunity to give a special reward.

Luo Tong shook his head and said: "No matter how good the weapon is, if it is not suitable for him, it is a waste." I have to design my spears and knives myself. ”

"It makes sense, what suits you is the best." Li Shimin said briskly: "There are the best craftsmen and the best materials in the palace, just send the drawings to you." ”

"Your Majesty, please look!" Luo Tong smiled, took out two drawings and handed them over.

"Good guys!" When Li Shimin saw the text explanation, his eyes were about to pop out, and he said loudly with a painful face: "It's really Lao Tzu's big fat sheep to be slaughtered." What I said before I took it back, the three weapons and the three conditions were evenly balanced, and they didn't owe each other. ”

The change in Li Shimin's attitude before and after made Fang Du and Changle very surprised, and they didn't know what Luo Tong had done again.

"It's extravagant, boy." Li Shimin angrily handed the drawings to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

When the two of them saw it, they were also speechless! No wonder Li Shimin was so angry and took back his previous fate.

The knife and gun head are required to be extraterrestrial iron, and it is even more exaggerated to require the use of a lance as a gun.

The lance is definitely a money-burning thing, and the lance is generally used by generals from aristocratic families because it is too expensive.

The lance is made of the most of the wood used for the bow, followed by mulberry, oak, and rattan, and the worst has to use bamboo. Soak the fine scorn in oil repeatedly. The bubble is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and the first step has been completed. This process takes almost a year, after which the strips are removed and dried in the shade for several months.

Then glue with the best glue paint to make a handful of thick, one zhang eight feet (Han ruler, equivalent to Sui ruler one zhang four), the outer layer is wrapped around the hemp rope, until the hemp rope is dry, coated with raw lacquer, wrapped in kudzu cloth, dry layer by layer, until the knife is cut up, the lance makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack, so it is qualified.

Then go to its head and tail, truncated to about six zhang, the front is equipped with a steel lance, after the red copper lance, constantly adjusted, the qualified standard is to use a hemp rope to hang at the tail of the lance two feet, the whole zhang eight horse lance can be in mid-air like a scale rod at both ends do not fall or fall, in this way, the military general rides on the horse, in order to keep the tip of the lance forward without the slightest effort.

The lance thus made is light, tough, soft, and strong, and the military commander can hold it directly to charge with horsepower, or swing it in melee combat, but the whole lance takes three years, and the success rate is only forty percent.

Because of the development of history, the way of the military generals to charge the duel on horseback has decreased, and the materials are difficult to find and manufactured, and the physical fitness requirements of the military generals holding the lance are also high.

The lance is expensive and scarce, only the children of the nobles of the family can afford it, and Emperor Wu of Liang has a horse lance of two feet and four feet with the wealth of the emperor, and he also shows off everywhere!

The preciousness of the lance lies in the lance! The tip of the lance or something is not a fart compared to it!

Using a lance as a gun is not a luxury and wonder, and even more extravagant and strange is yet to come.

He actually asked this gun to be long and short, one and a half feet long, if the dragon went to sea; Short-term folding and hiding in the bag, like a snake out of a hole; can be divided and combined, and the combination is five guns, bearing thousands of catties, and three sticks are divided; When the head of the spear was removed, it was a three-foot heavy sword weighing more than 28 pounds; The end is endlessly changing, it is really a home trip, killing people, and a necessary weapon.

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "The idea is very good, then it must also be built by the Divine Soldier Workshop!" ”

Du Ruhui shook his head and said. "If you don't succeed, won't the priceless lance be ruined?"

"Hey, hey!" Luo Tong smiled adulterously, the spear he designed was like the deadly throat gun of "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", the magic change was unprecedented, and the difficulty of building it can be imagined: "I don't care about the process, I only ask about the result!" It's a bet I won! There are so many old and young masters to testify, Your Majesty will not go back on his word. ”

In the face of Luo Tong's threat, Li Shimin's face was stiff and his sword eyebrows were upside down, he was so good at raising his knowledge that he was so angry that he couldn't speak, pointing at Luo Tong, he didn't know what to scold, and after a long time, he exhaled and said: "Forget it, I don't care about you...... It's not worth it to make you stinky boy angry! ”

Luo Tong's face was inexplicable, and his eyes widened innocently: I ...... I'm recruiting someone to provoke me!

Seeing that Luo Tong still looked innocent, Li Shimin was even more angry, and wanted to blow him out, but after thinking about it, wouldn't it be too cheap for him? After settling down, he smiled and shouted: "Naturally, I won't go back on my word, but only if you stinky boy meet my requirements, will I let someone help you get this damn deadly throat gun!" Otherwise, nothing to talk about. ”

He wanted to embarrass Luo Tong and kill his arrogance.

Then revise the drawings, so that the precious lance can be a complete gun, don't do anything to be long or short, it's a pity to scrap it.

Unexpectedly, Luo Tong was just stunned, and then said: "Don't regret it?" ”

"When did I regret it?"

"Just now!" There was a crisp sound next to it!

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui couldn't help laughing.

"......" Li Shimin was even more angry and anxious, and sighed in his heart: It's over, it's over, it's only one day, and my obedient baby daughter also let Luo Tong take it bad.

"I am the Ninety-Five Supreme, how can I do that kind of backshit. I'm just talking! A condition is a condition. ”

Li Shimin had a look of disdain on his face, and then said righteously: "Stinky boy, the other two conditions have also been said!" ”

Luo Tong said with a look of admiration: "I want to learn the unparalleled archery skills of Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin's eyebrows fluttered and said: "The kid has eyes!" I use the art of war, the sword, and the arrow to dominate the world, among the three methods, the arrow is the first, the art of war is second, and the sword is the last. The way of archery, I say the second, no one in the world is called the first. You have to learn, and I will teach you. ”

Li Shimin really didn't brag this time, their old Li family has a long history, and they are the descendants of Li Guang, the "flying general" of the Western Han Dynasty, and the Li family has been famous for their good shooting in recent generations: Li Shimin's great-grandfather Li Hu is famous for riding and shooting, grandfather Li Yu is a hundred steps through the money hole, and his father Li Yuan "selected from the bird screen" 100 steps away and directly shot the two eyes of the peacock screen. Li Shimin and Li Yuanji are also well-known marksmen, especially the arrow feathers used by Li Shimin recorded in the history books are different, called the Qin King Arrow, so that the Turks who are good at shooting "think they are gods".

Luo informed Li Shimin's attainments in archery that he had this request, and he thought it would take a lot of talk, but who would have thought that Li Shimin would agree so happily, but he was surprised.

Li Shimin agreed so quickly, firstly, Luo Tong gave him too many surprises today, which is for Li Shimin, who has clear rewards and punishments, meritorious service can not be rewarded, it is definitely not a happy thing, compared with the solution to the floods, droughts, and locust plagues that have plagued China for thousands of years, the Li family's archery skills cannot be on the table at all, besides, Luo Tong learned his archery skills, not to contribute to his country.

The second is that Chinese people have the nature of being good teachers. A fierce general is created by himself, and it is enjoyable to think about it.

This third, the Li family is in a set of ways to view people, Li Shimin can see that Luo Tong is particularly suitable for learning arrows, especially that pair of hands, simply born to learn arrows, that pair of skillful hands, even Li Shimin is jealous to death, the Li family in the past dynasties has superb archery skills, but, no one has practiced to Li Guang's level, not without hard work, but by the limit of heaven, there is no pair of Luo Tong's hands.

"What's the next strange thing? Let's talk about it together! Li Shimin was very happy now, as if he had seen a person General Fei trained from him.

Luo Daodao: "I haven't thought of it yet. ”

"Then I owe it first!" Li Shimin waved his hands and said domineeringly: "Bring the treasure spirit bow of the arsenal to me." Li Shimin, who didn't know who gave the order, said with a smile: "I just wanted to make the Baoling Bow difficult for you, and you have to learn arrows all of a sudden." What a coincidence! It seems that you really have a relationship with General Fei's archery skills. ”