Sometimes confession is the best way to deal with a problem, and if you're going to use a lie to make up a standing claim, then you're going to use a bigger lie to fill the hole.

Facing Yuan Da's questioning of himself, Fang Tang directly stated his reasons.

Without a trace of hesitation, without a hint of pause, it was so direct, so direct that Yuan Da was stunned and didn't know what to say.

"Xiaguan's family is targeted by them." Yuan Da also kept repeating this sentence in his mind.

At Yuanda's age, he knows the importance of his family.

Power, identity, status, these things that many people have been chasing all their lives, are not worth mentioning in Yuanda's eyesight at all, like a feather.

No matter if you invaded the government and the opposition during your lifetime, or were admired by all the people, when you become a handful of loess, you will find that you can't take anything with you, all you can take away is the family affection and that reluctance.

"Fang Tang, you make this official very difficult." Yuan Da also sighed heavily after hearing Fang Tang's reason.

Fang Tang's reason for refusal made Yuan Da have no way to refute it, because Yuan Da is also a person who attaches great importance to feelings, but sometimes what makes people helpless is that you have to make your own choice in the impossible choice.

"Lord Shangshu, Xia Guan didn't deliberately want to embarrass you, my lord, the reason why Xia Guan thinks that it is useless to arrest those Westerners at this time, and it will even backfire, so that the black hands hidden in the dark can restrain their lawless behavior."

Fang Tang arched his hand and said to Yuan Da, and after Yuan Da heard Fang Tang say again and again that there was a mastermind behind the Westerners, he also asked Fang Tang

"Fang Tang, why do you think that there are still people behind the Westerners?"

Fang Tang said that he told Yuan Da about the corpse found in Chang'an City, but Fang Tang didn't mention anything about firearms.

"My lord, Westerners are very different from my Tang Dynasty in terms of size and appearance, and Westerners only have one shop in Chang'an City, and there are no people in the shop from my Tang Dynasty."

"If the Westerners go to catch those lonely beggars in person, they will definitely attract a lot of attention."

"Won't those Westerners hire some street gangsters to do it?" Yuan Da refuted Fang Tang's point of view.

"My lord, the language of the Westerners is fundamentally different from ours, although one or two of them can speak my Tang Dynasty dialect, but when those market hooligans hear that the Westerners want to let themselves arrest their compatriots, even if the target of the arrest is just a beggar, I think they will refuse."

"Why is that?" Yuanda asked

"My lord, although the fact that Westerners exchanged high-priced silver and rare treasures for silk in our dynasty has won the favor of many people, I believe that in the eyes of my people in the Tang Dynasty, no matter what these Westerners do, they are at most a group of rich fools."

"The lower official dared to ask my lord, if a fool asked you to do him a favor and let you lead a beggar to a remote corner...... Would you say yes? ”

Yuan Da was also silent after hearing Fang Tang's explanation, although what Fang Tang said made some sense, but in Yuan Da's eyes, it was too far-fetched.

After Fang Tang saw the expression on Yuan Da's face change, he also took advantage of the victory to pursue and continue.

"Lord Shangshu, Xia Guan just said that there are almost a hundred or so clay pots in the Westerner shop, but there are only a few of them, if there is really no one behind the Westerners, then why do they use such a large number of clay pots?"

Yuan Da, who had been silent, also sighed after hearing Fang Tang's words

"Fang Tang, you just said that a clay pot filled with gunpowder has such great power, and now the Westerners have a hundred and ten clay pots in their hands, if the Westerners suddenly have trouble using these hundred and ten clay pots...... You told the officials not to touch them for the time being, have you ever thought about that? ”

Yuan Da has always disagreed with Fang Tang's suggestion, it is out of this consideration, if one hundred and ten clay pots are detonated together, then the entire Chang'an City will probably fall into panic.

After Fang Tang heard this. Also smiled awkwardly

"It was the negligence of the lower official, who just forgot to tell your lord that although this clay pot containing gunpowder is extremely powerful, this gunpowder is also extremely difficult to make.

There were even two things that were so rare on the market that it might take them a month to get enough gunpowder for a hundred clay pots. ”

Fang Tang's sneering smile fell on Yuan Da's eyesight, which also made the corners of his eyes twitch.

Is there anything you can't say all at once? I don't have to wait for a while, if you kid didn't understand this thing, otherwise I would have smoked you a long time ago!

"Fang Tang, what do you want to do?" Yuan Da's rare concession made Fang Tang's eyes shine brightly, he knew that Yuan Da had already begun to agree with his own ideas, but in order to make Yuan Da completely agree, the next few words would depend on his own ability.

"Back to Lord Shangshu's words, Xiaguan has asked someone to always pay attention to whether there are people on the market who have bought items for making gunpowder at a high price recently, and if someone buys them wantonly, Xiaguan can find out all about it."

"Trustee? Who do you trust? Yuan Da asked Fang Tang.

"It's Xiaguan's comrade, Zhang Ran." Fang Tang said honestly, and at the same time, he was also thinking in his heart that Yuan Da and Zhang Ran's father had known each other since childhood, so Yuan Da must understand and agree with each other's abilities, otherwise he would not let Zhang Ran be his son-in-law.

"Zhang Ran...... It is also possible to arrive. Yuan Da nodded and said.

"This official promised you that he would not attack those Westerners for the time being. But I don't have the patience to wait for the official, a month, you only have a month, if you still find out about this matter in this month, then the official will use his own methods, and then you don't have to say that the official is ruthless. ”

"Xia Guan understands." The big stone in Fang Tang's heart at this time finally fell to the ground at this time, and after hearing Yuan Da's consent, Fang Tang also secretly decided in his heart to find out the person hiding in the shadows as soon as possible.

"If the adults have nothing else to do, then the lower officials will go down first." Fang Tang said

"Hmm," Yuan Da said, but when Fang Tang was about to leave the room, Yuan Da stopped Fang Tang again.

"What else does Lord Shangshu have to order?" Fang Tang asked puzzled.

"Are you the only one who knows the formula for gunpowder?" Yuan Da asked solemnly, and Fang Tang also nodded after hearing it.

"This is very good, Fang Tang, you have to remember that the formula of this gunpowder must not be known to the second person, if it spreads, this official will not spare it!"

"Xia Guan understands!"