Li Yao entered the national capital, of course, the first thing was to follow Yu Zhong to meet King Qi and come to the palace, Yu Zhong said to Li Yao: "I won't accompany you in, King Qi knows that you are coming today, and now you should be waiting for you in the main hall!" ”

Li Yao nodded and said, "Brother Yu, you can send it here, the palace is a place, I won't get lost with my eyes closed!" ”

Yu Zhong smiled and said, "Yes, you grew up in the palace since you were a child, you must be familiar with the way, okay, I'll wait outside the palace, you go in first!" ”

Li Yao has had a privilege since he was a child, that is, he can enter and exit the palace without reporting, but now that Li Yao is a marquis after all, it is a little inappropriate to enter and exit the palace directly, so he followed the little eunuch who led the way in front to the palace hall!

Li Yao was waiting outside the main hall, the little eunuch went in to pass the word, Li Yao didn't stay outside for long, and the little eunuch's shrill voice came, "Xuanning Marquis Li Yao enters the hall!" ”

When Li Yao heard the summons, he got up and entered the main hall, Li Yao pushed the door and went in and saw that King Qi and Queen Qi were present, Li Yao hurriedly trotted over and said, "Erchen meets his father and queen mother!" ”

Theoretically, the queen can't be in the main hall, but this time she is receiving her own son, so no one will say anything about the slightest transgression!

The queen hurriedly beckoned and shouted Li Yao to her side, looking at Li Yao's thin face, the queen cared: "Yao'er, you have lost weight, are you tired outside!" ”

Li Yao shook his head and said, "I'm doing what I like outside, so I'm not tired!" ”

King Qi said at this time: "Yao'er, you have only been seen for a year, and you have laid down more than a dozen county towns in Yiguo, and you have also chiseled through the mountains from Yixian to Yiguo in a month and a half, how did you do it!" ”

Li Yao knew that it was impossible to hide the matter of gunpowder, even if King Qi was his biological father, he would definitely ask Li Yao to understand the matter of gunpowder!

Li Yao said lightly: "At the beginning, when I went to Lu County to play, I met an old Taoist priest, he took out a prescription, saying that the medicinal powder configured according to this prescription has the effect of opening the world, I didn't believe it at the time, but for the respect of the old Taoist, I was still ready to let my subordinates collect these materials, and the result was that the medicinal powder configured could really open the mountain and split the stone, the effect was extraordinary, and when I was about to reflexively look for the old Taoist, the old Taoist priest was gone, I understood that the gods were helping me, so I had gunpowder!" ”

Although these were made up by Li Yao, in ancient times, it was indeed the best to use immortals to explain some abnormal phenomena!

King Qi heard Li Yao's remarks, nodded and said: "It seems that Yao'er's luck is not ordinary, I can get the help of the gods, it seems that it is time for my Qi country to rise!" ”

The queen also said: "Yao'er can get the help of the gods, this is the blessing of our Li family, it seems that Yao'er's future is limitless!" ”

King Qi and Queen Qi didn't suspect that Li Yao was lying, after all, this kind of weapon that can open the world can only be owned by immortals, and they will definitely not believe that gunpowder was invented by Li Yao!

King Qi asked again, "Yao'er, what is the name of this weapon that can open the world?" Did the old fairy tell you? ”

Li Yao nodded and said, "This weapon is called gunpowder!" ”

King Qi nodded and said, "Gunpowder, gunpowder, this is a good name!" ”

Then he said: "Yao'er, now that my Qi country is also in a time of constant external troubles, if we can have your gunpowder to help us at this time, I think we will definitely be able to resist the enemy outside the country!" ”

Li Yao knew that the main event was coming, so he said: "Father, when the old immortal was leaving, he specially reminded me that if the formula is told to others, the effect of gunpowder will be lost!" ”

Just kidding, if the formula of gunpowder is told to others, then the weapon that Li Yao can rely on the most will have no advantage, and it will be even more difficult for Li Yao, who has no advantage in firearms, to conquer other countries!

When King Qi heard Li Yao's remarks, he was startled at first, and then smiled slowly: "Yao'er, but now that there are constant external troubles, if other countries invade Qi State, you have to lead a large army to resist it!" ”

King Qi's meaning is obvious, if you don't give me gunpowder, I will transfer you from time to time, so that you can't develop well!

At this time, the queen also said: "Yao'er, what did the old fairy say besides saying that he would not let the formula be passed on?" ”

Li Yao didn't understand what his queen mother wanted to say, so he replied: "No, the old fairy told me before he left that he wouldn't let the formula be passed on, and he didn't say anything else!" ”

At this time, the queen said: "Yao'er, since the old fairy didn't say anything else, it's better for Yao'er to pay a tribute of 10,000 catties of gunpowder to the national capital every year, so that it doesn't conflict with the old fairy's words!" ”

Li Yao had to sigh: "Even if they are biological parents, they still have to put their interests first in the emperor's house!" ”

Then Li Yao said: "Of course this is no problem, I actually wanted to pay tribute to the national capital for a long time, but I was too busy a while ago, and I have never had time, since the queen mother mentioned it, I will naturally follow!" ”

King Qi saw the queen like this, and he could only shake his head secretly, King Qi didn't want to get the formula, and then he could make a bigger move, but if he was stirred up by the queen like this, the pace of development would still be blocked!

Now that King Qi's conditions are about to end, Li Yao is about to start talking about his conditions!

Li Yao said: "Father, I captured the 100,000 troops of the second prince of the Liang Dynasty in front of me, and the second prince I am going to put him back before the end of the year, but I am afraid that the Liang Dynasty will invade in the spring next year, so I want to seek the protection of my father!" ”

King Qi said lightly: "I will not allow the army of the Liang Dynasty to pass through my Qi country, so you can rest assured that the rear, but now the war in the Qi country is also relatively tense, so I may not be able to send a large army to support you, but I can promise you that no matter how dangerous the Qi country is next year, I will not transfer you to help, so you can defend the Liang Dynasty well next year!" ”

The reason why King Qi did not send troops to help Li Yao is because no one wants the princes of their own family to have a force comparable to their own, if Li Yao really unifies Yiguo, plus Li Yao has the help of firearms, it will definitely be difficult for Qi to fight, although Li Yao may not necessarily do anything to Qi Guo, but King Qi still understands this truth, so even if it is his own son, King Qi does not want him to be too strong, it is better to control it in his hands!

King Qi also knows the power of Yiguo very well, if the Liang Dynasty sends a large army to attack Li Yao next year, plus Yangyun's troops, Li Yao will definitely not be able to defend so many county seats, the only result is to retreat to the three northern counties, and blow up the mountains to resist the Liang Dynasty army, so that he can hold the only three remaining counties, but how many people can be raised in the three county seats, even if Yi County is added, it is already great that the four county towns can support 50,000 troops, and when Li Yao has no army, even if the firearms are powerful, he will not be able to make any waves!

(To be continued.) )