I saw that Li Shimin pondered for a while, and Li Xiu was not in a hurry to urge, but he was also a little apprehensive in his heart, and finally saw Li Shimin suddenly raise his head and stare at Li Xiu and said: "These proposals of yours are indeed very tempting, but in comparison, I feel that the threats that may be faced in the future are more serious for me, so I refuse your deal!" ”

"You...... Don't push me! Li Xiu was also anxious when he heard this, and immediately pointed at Li Shimin and said angrily, in exchange for Li Chengdao's life, he sold himself to Li Shimin, but he still refused, which made him angry at Renaway. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Forcing you? I'm just making a choice that is most beneficial to myself, not to mention what can you do even if I force you, as for the power of gunpowder, although it is amazing, I am sure that this gunpowder must require a lot of raw materials, and how many raw materials do you have to make gunpowder? Li Shimin said unceremoniously.

"Haha~, then you are wrong, I'm not afraid to tell you, the main raw material for making gunpowder is saltpeter, that is, the kind of thing that can make ice in summer, this was originally discovered by me, there are a lot of saltpeter stored in the princess's mansion and in my home, during the time you are surrounded, I have already made gunpowder, if you don't believe it, you can try it, and don't think that if you surround us, you will eat me, tell you, if I want, I can leave with them at any time!" Li Xiu also confronted each other at this time.

Princess Pingyang and his family did store a lot of saltpeter, but Li Xiu still lied, that is, he lacked sulfur, so he could only make a small amount of gunpowder, so he was also using the empty city plan now, but no one knew the formula of gunpowder anyway, so he was not afraid of being exposed by Li Shimin at all.

"Hahahaha~, joke, you still want to leave with someone, can't you be a paper tie with my 40,000 army?" Li Shimin couldn't refute Li Xiu's previous words, but he was very sarcastic about Li Xiu's last words.

"You're really right, even if you mobilize all the troops of the Tang Dynasty, in my eyes they are all a bunch of paper people, as long as I want to take people to escape, no one can stop me!" Li Xiu also let go at this time, revealing an arrogant face, even if it was death, he would show Li Shimin, an ancient barbarian, the power of civilization!

"yes, I'd love to see how you get people out?" Seeing Li Xiu's arrogant appearance, Li Shimin was also a little uncomfortable for a while, but then he suddenly smiled, maybe this is Li Xiu's true face, because he always felt that although Li Xiu was humble on the surface, he had an arrogance in his bones, no matter who he was, and now he finally showed this arrogance.

"And what if I can do it?" Li Xiu asked aggressively again, but at this time, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and once again thought of a feasible way, although it was a bit risky to do so, but under the premise that Li Shimin was determined to execute Li Chengdao and these people, at least let them have the capital to give it a go.

"If you can do it, maybe I'll reconsider what I just decided." Li Shimin smiled again, but he still didn't give a clear answer, just said to reconsider, but what the result of the consideration was, it was still a matter of his words.

"Okay, then it's settled, in five days, I'll show you how I took people away, farewell!" After Li Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and left, and he didn't pester Li Shimin anymore, and now he finally understood that if he didn't show the strength to let Li Shimin face it, it would be impossible for him to let Li Chengdao and them go, as for Li Shimin's decision to reconsider the previous decision, he didn't believe it at all.

After leaving the yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture, Li Xiu called Lao Qi and others to fly on their horses, and then hurried back to the princess's courtyard, at this time Princess Pingyang and Ma Ye and others were also waiting in the hall, and when they saw Li Xiu come in, they immediately stood up and asked: "How is the matter, did Li Shimin promise to let them go?" ”

"No, but I have a better way, princess, you quickly gather all the women in the house who know how to needlework!" Li Xiu said excitedly at this time, it is better to ask for someone than to ask for it, although he went to see Li Shimin just now did not achieve his goal, but he learned a very important information, that is, the Turks were about to go south, although he had guessed this matter before, but he was not sure about the date of the Turks going south, and Li Shimin inadvertently helped him a great favor.

"What?" Seeing that Li Xiu obviously didn't succeed, but he had an excited expression on his face, and he also asked himself to gather all the women who knew how to needlework, which made Princess Pingyang stunned for a while, and even wondered if Li Xiu was talking nonsense? Similarly, Ma Ye and the others also looked at Li Xiu with a suspicious gaze.

However, Li Xiu didn't bother to explain at this time, he walked to the table and polished the ink himself, and then drew it on the paper, the reason why he had the confidence to say that he could take Li Chengdao and others to leave the encirclement at any time was naturally to think of a good thing, that is, a hot air balloon that was rare in later generations, in fact, it was an enlarged Kong Ming lantern, and he didn't need to make the hot air balloon like the later generations, he just needed to be able to take people to fly, and then float out of the encirclement.

"Li Xiu, what are you painting?" Princess Pingyang finally reacted at this time, and immediately walked to Li Xiu's side to look at what he had drawn, and then asked again.

"This is called a hot air balloon, the principle is similar to the Kong Ming lantern, but it is very huge, enough to carry people into the air, the air bag on it needs to be made of cloth, so it needs a lot of women who know how to needlework, and I design the hanging basket and some other things below, and I need to use the blacksmith in the army and the carpenter in the house." Li Xiu said eagerly, he had told Li Shimin before that he would see him take people away after five days, so the time was also very urgent.

"Put ...... Take people into the air? Are you kid crazy? Ma Ye also heard Li Xiu's words at this time, and his eyes widened at the moment with an incredible expression, flying is almost everyone's dream, for example, for Taoism, flying in the day is the ultimate dream of all Taoist priests, and Buddhism also has the legend of flying, but these are legendary things, and he never thought that someone could really fly.

"Uncle Ma, I don't have time to explain now, this thing must be done within five days, and at least five must be made, now the princess is responsible for making the air bag above, I will go to the craftsman to make other parts, and I will tell you another good news, the Turks are about to go south!" Li Xiu said excitedly again, it was the first time he was so eager to do something.

"The Turks went south? What kind of good thing is this......" Ma Ye muttered to himself at this time, but before he could finish speaking, he reacted, and slapped his thigh excitedly at the moment and said, "I see, the Turks are coming, as long as we hold out for a few more days, I'm afraid King Qin will have to sit down with us and have a good talk!" ”

"It's not just about passive defense, we also have to take the initiative to attack, forcing King Qin to sit down and talk to us, otherwise he will wait for both sides to lose, or even destroy the country!" Li Xiu also said fiercely at this time, although he knew that if the Turks went south, it would be ordinary people who would suffer, but he was also forced to be helpless now, not to mention that this country was already Li Shimin's people, why should he think about these for him?

"Li Xiu, what should we do?" Princess Pingyang also seemed to understand what Li Xiu meant when she heard this, and asked solemnly at the moment, although she is now pregnant with a child, except for the last time she felt a period of weakness, she did not have morning sickness like Yi Niang, and there is usually no abnormality, it is estimated that this is also related to her physique.

Li Xiu explained the shape of the airbag needed for the hot air balloon and the places that need to be paid attention to to Princess Pingyang, and Princess Pingyang also understood this, and then immediately went out to gather people to make airbags, and Li Xiu went to find craftsmen with Ma Ye, speaking of which, the army is not only soldiers, but also craftsmen, cooks, doctors, etc., for example, the role of craftsmen is mainly to repair weapons and armor, and to build some siege equipment, etc., which require extremely high skills, so the level of craftsmen in the army is generally good.

For the next few days, Li Xiu almost asked the craftsmen to help him build things day and night, all the craftsmen were divided into three shifts, and the charcoal fire in the blacksmith's furnace was almost never extinguished. The same is true for Princess Pingyang, she not only organized all the maids in the palace, but even the five hundred female guards around her were all mobilized, these female guards put down their weapons and picked up needles and threads, kept catching up with airbags day and night, and even slept only two hours a day, which made Li Xiu sigh at the endurance of women.

Five days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Li Shimin has been busy deploying troops these days, on the one hand, to deal with the Turks who may go south at any time, on the other hand, he has also deployed heavy troops around the women's army again, so as to be more sure of eliminating the women's army in one fell swoop, especially killing all Li Chengdao's brothers, after all, as long as Li Jiancheng's son is still alive, it will give those princes' old troops a hope against him, thus posing a huge threat to him, so he must ensure that Li Chengdao and others are all eliminated.

In fact, some time ago, the reason why Li Shimin surrounded but did not fight, in addition to Gu Nian and Princess Pingyang's sister and brother, the most important thing is the internal instability of the Tang Dynasty, especially the old prince's department has been making trouble, such as Feng Li and Xue Wanche and others After the failure of the attack on Xuanwu Gate, they actually led their troops to escape from Chang'an, he was worried that these people would contact other princes' old departments to make trouble, so he restrained a lot of his energy, and he promised Li Xiu before that he would also give himself a few days to deploy troops.

The agreed day finally came, and I saw Li Shimin, who was dressed in armor, walking out of the tent, while instructing the army to be ready to attack at any time, while waiting for Li Xiu to escape with Li Chengdao and them? (To be continued.) )