After getting off the boat, Li Er's heart was surging, and after rushing to eat a good meal, he called the eldest grandson to rush over and asked: "Chong'er, I have seen today's big ship, and when I got to the sea, I realized that people and ships are very small. On the vast sea, it looks close, but in fact it is far away. Wouldn't it be ridiculous to use a bow and arrow, is there a weapon with a longer range and greater power? "Li Er has a keen sense of touch and quickly discovered the problem.

Changsun Chong actually felt that such a large ship should have a weapon that matched him, that is, artillery, but last time he asked Hua Wu to buy a hot weapon, Hua Wu refused, so he could only study and explore it by himself. Except for knowing that gunpowder contained sulfur and nitrate, I didn't know anything else, and where could we make something as advanced as artillery and gunpowder.

However, it immediately occurred to him that he could go back to the present, and it should not be difficult to collect some gunpowder recipes and artillery recipes from the modern Internet, but this will have to wait until he finds time to return to the modern era.

"Your Majesty's insightful opinion, Chong'er thinks so, but this weapon is not something that can be thought of in a while, but I got some thoughts from some small things last year. This year, I have been busy, and I haven't thought about it. Eldest Sun Chong said modestly, respectful in front of Li Er, he also wanted to get the cannon out, but he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, everything had to be done slowly.

Li Er was overjoyed: "What inspiration do you have to tell me?" "I can't wait to know what Changsun Chong thinks, Changsun Chong has a lot of ghost ideas.

"Your Majesty, every time the Chinese New Year comes, fireworks will be set off. I accidentally saw a child hurt his hand by a firecracker, and I began to wonder if this thing was very powerful. If you can increase the power of firecrackers, it will not only hurt people, but kill people. Changsun Chong explained that it has often been seen on the Internet that people say that China's gunpowder has developed into all kinds of firecrackers and fireworks. Although the West came into contact with gunpowder very late, it has been studying the lethality of gunpowder, which is one of the reasons for the backwardness of modern China.

Li Er thought for a while and said, "I know what is in there, it seems to be called gunpowder." ”

"That's right, it's this gunpowder, and Chong'er just wants to start with this gunpowder. Wouldn't it be a very powerful weapon to create a machine that could throw gunpowder farther away? The eldest grandson Chong talked eloquently.

"Yes, it seems interesting. I've got you covered with this. When you return to Chang'an, you can say what you need, and I hope you can get powerful gunpowder as soon as possible. Li Er's heart began to heat up, and one by one the plans were already in his mind, and he wanted to do a good job. You must first sharpen your weapons, as long as you have more powerful weapons. in order to ensure the safety of the soldiers. in order to have a greater possibility of victory.

From the last war against the Turks, Li Er saw the lethality of bows and arrows to the nomadic cavalry. Because of the lack of iron, and because of the backwardness of iron-smelting technology, the nomads did not have enough bows and arrows, and most of the bows and arrows in their hands were Tang bows and arrows taken from the dead during the war, and even more. The production requirements of this arrow are very high, and if the arrow body is not straightened, it will affect the direction of the arrow; Most of the feathers on the tail of the arrow will cause the feather arrow to wobble if it is less than half a penny, so the best thing for nomadic nomads is to gallop on a horse and hold a large blade in their hands. Hold your body down and wait until you've crossed the line before attacking.

The last Zhuge repeater, because of its labor-saving, high accuracy, and long range, had a great advantage in the fight against the Turkic Qiyu, so he had to make full use of the advanced weapons to increase the possibility of victory and reduce casualties as much as possible. These soldiers are all sturdy sons of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a pity that one dies and one is missing.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Chong'er takes the order!" The eldest grandson rushed down.

"Chong'er, how many big ships like ours do you think can attack Goguryeo?" Li Er was nourished in his heart, and when he saw that there were only two of them, he had no scruples, and asked directly.

The eldest grandson Chong rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, we don't know much about the deployment of Goguryeo's troops, Chong'er doesn't dare to talk about it, and everything will wait until we are ready to investigate." It is estimated that the business travelers sent to the cities of Goguryeo last year have settled down, and it is estimated that some news will come by the end of the year, and we will consider it in the long run. ”

Li Eryi laughed when he heard this: "What you said is that you are good at Gewuzhi, and you can't lead troops to fight, wait for me to go back and find those old brothers to plan together." ”

"What Your Majesty said is that Chong'er is indeed not good. Last time I was in the barracks, I stayed in the Huotou camp, and I didn't have any military achievements. "Changsun Chong was a little embarrassed.

"Hehe, your credit is not small, without your good idea, everyone would not have eaten so well, and later you supervised the construction of Bagua City, which is a real achievement. Now no matter who goes to Bagua City, they are amazed by the layout there, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Li Er praised and said, not forgetting the merits of Changsun Chong.

"I don't deserve your Majesty's praise, this is all done by Chong'er. My father is deeply valued by His Majesty, we are monarchs and ministers, and we are relatives, so we naturally want to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty. The eldest grandson Chong said sincerely, hoping that Li Er's tolerance could make the life of the eldest grandson's family better.

Thinking of the death and death of the people of the Changsun family who were persecuted by the Empress Wu in history, the death of the dead, the eldest grandson Chong felt that the burden on his body was greater, and he had been with the family here for almost three years, and the eldest grandson Chong had already regarded this place as his second home, and the respect of his younger brothers and sisters, and the care of his parents for him, all moved Changsun Chong, so he had the obligation to protect them and honor them.

"I all know that the auxiliary machine has always been loyal to me, although your aunt is the queen, she has never mentioned to me to take care of the eldest grandson's family, your father and your aunt are good and sensible." Li Er said in a deep voice, after so many years of ups and downs, the eldest grandson queen in the family took care of his family affairs, and there was an uncle outside to help him in birth and death, so far they are very peaceful, never crossing the thunder pond half a step, which is also the reason why he trusts the eldest grandson family as always.

After Li Er got a powerful weapon from Changsun Chong, he relaxed and boarded the boat for several days, followed several trips to the sea, and even got a regular fishing rod on the boat to fish!

As a result, the fish in the sea were too big and broke Li Er's fishing rod.

Just when everyone was in a relaxed mood and ready to leave, a tragedy occurred.

A small village not far from Dengzhou was slaughtered, and all the adults and children, fifty or sixty people, were killed, and not a single one was left.

When Li Er found out, he was immediately furious and asked: "This is definitely not done by bandits, in the past, bandits just grabbed things and injured people, even if they killed people, they didn't kill them all." What the hell is going on? ”

Li Yexu replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister went to investigate, and found that these people did not steal money, but robbed all the grain in a village. ”

"What grain?" Li Er frowned, with this, it would be even more impossible.

"Rice!" Li Yexu replied.

The eldest grandson Chong was surprised, stood up, and said, "It must be my widow!" ”

"When did this happen?" Li Er's eyes were red, and he had a rough idea in his heart.

"Two nights ago!" Li Yexu replied.

When Li Er heard this, he said: "I have ordered that everyone be immediately blocked from the port and city gates, and no one is allowed to go to sea, including fishing boats, merchant ships, and official ships." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Yexu received the order.

Li Er said to Zhou He beside him: "Spread my will, the Dengzhou prefect and others disregarded the lives of the people, did not report it in time, and put me in prison." This group of waste, actually didn't report it as soon as possible, the whole city was under martial law, and I wanted to cover it as if nothing happened, and when I found the murderer, I cleaned them up one by one. ”

A village, although it is a small village, is also a few dozen people. Now what Datang lacks most is people, yes, population! Damn, Li Er gritted his teeth, eager to break those widows into pieces.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhou He received the decree and turned around to deliver the decree.

"Chong'er, what's the clue?" Li Er asked gloomily.

Changsun Chong was very sad in his heart, but he didn't expect that the Japanese people would slaughter the people of the entire village in order to get more rice seeds.

"According to the rut, when you follow you to the city, there is no trace." Changsun Chong replied.

"If the Japanese people rob the rice, they will definitely take it away by boat. There is a lot of grain in a village, at least 20,000 catties, and it is not so easy to transport it to the ship. Li Er said in a deep voice, "The passing vehicles, one by one, as long as they find food, they will all be arrested by me, whether they are Japanese or not." ”

Eldest Sun Chong thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, these people dare to do this, they must have a careful plan. It's been two days, and I'm worried that the ships are gone. ”

Zhang Daliang listened, shook his head and said: "The sea breeze has been very strong these days, and few people have gone to sea. ”

Li Er's eyes lit up and he said, "Your three thousand navy, it's time to pull out for training, load up your weapons, and enter the combat state." ”

Zhang Daliang's heart was hot, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the last general will take the order!" ”

Princess Changle and the eldest grandson Yiniang, who originally wanted to go out for a walk, heard about the Tu Village, and they were also saddened and stayed in the post house peacefully.

"Princess, Yiniang, there has been a commotion in the city these days, don't go out, stay in the inn honestly." Liu Muxiang has been by the two of them to protect their safety, she has fought with the Japanese people, and knows that among them are people with high martial arts. Although all the Japanese were captured last time, it was tightly on the surface, and there were definitely many Japanese in the dark.

Princess Changle, the eldest grandson Yiniang nodded again and again and said: "We don't know martial arts, going out will only cause trouble for everyone, we will stay in the post house honestly, then don't go." ”

"No matter what you hear, don't go out. If those Japanese people capture you and use them to threaten Your Majesty, then we will be very passive. Liu Muxiang emphasized that only by settling these two people can Liu Muxiang track down without worries. (To be continued......)