"Phew!" Li Su on the King of Qi slapped the table fiercely, and his face was gloomy. Their ship left Tainan to return to Keelung, but suddenly received an urgent military information from Lu Qing, and along with this military information, a small box was also sent, which was now placed on the bookcase in front of Li Yu.

"Your Highness is angry, this matter is very important, let's calm down and think about it carefully!" Seeing that Li Su was angry, Chen Gong, who was standing in front of him, hurriedly persuaded. He is an old man next to Yang Xuan, and he came to Tainan this time, and it happened that Li Su received Lu Qing's urgent military information again, and Chen Gong was a wise man, so he was invited to take a detailed look at Li Su.

Li Su also knew that now was not the time to be angry, but when his eyes moved to the wooden box on the table, he couldn't help but feel angry. The lid of the wooden box had been opened, and inside were two iron lumps with wooden handles, about the size of a melon, which anyone who knew the goods would surely recognize that they were the two grenades used in the army.

Since the gunpowder was made, grenades, rockets, and blasting canisters have become the unique weapons of the Tang Army, and with the development of the Perak Academy, the production of gunpowder weapons has become more and more sophisticated, and the output has also increased day by day. However, although gunpowder weapons are no longer as rare as they were at the beginning, the management of gunpowder is still very strict, except for the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, only Li Su's private soldiers are equipped with these gunpowder weapons.

It's just that the situation sent by Lu Qing broke the above conclusion, because this grenade was inadvertently obtained from a harbor barracks when they were sweeping the coast of the Wa Kingdom some time ago. And there are quite a few of them. At first, Lu Qing thought that there were moths inside the Tang Dynasty and sold this kind of weapon that was strictly forbidden to be exported to the Wa Kingdom. However, it was later discovered that these grenades were not produced by Datang.

In fact, Li Su can also see it. The grenades in the wooden box are still a little different from those produced by Datang, the iron lumps containing gunpowder are obviously a few times larger, and the iron quality is also very poor, and the workmanship is very rough, whether it is the Thunderbolt Courtyard in Chang'an or Dengzhou, the grenades produced are much stronger than this kind of grenade, and in addition to the Thunderbolt Courtyard in these two places, Datang no longer has a place to produce gunpowder weapons, so it is obvious. The grenade in front of me must have been imitated by the Japanese people.

"Your Highness, gunpowder is a weapon of the country, this grenade is obviously not produced by my Tang Dynasty, if it is really mastered by the small Wa Kingdom, it is really not the blessing of my Tang Dynasty!" What Chen Gong said was all nonsense, but he wanted to use this nonsense to lead to the following topic.

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he looked at Li Su, who had calmed down, and then spoke again: "With the importance of gunpowder to the Tang Dynasty, I absolutely don't want anyone to master this weapon." Therefore, for the Wa Kingdom, it is better for His Royal Highness to report this matter to Chang'an, join forces with the Tang Army, and wipe out the small Wa Kingdom in one fell swoop! ”

Chen Gong's idea is indeed good. With Lee's current strength, it was still a little difficult to destroy the Wa Kingdom, after all, he had just conquered Silla and Baekje. All the armies are still stationed there in case anything happens. But that's exactly what happened. Li Su can't draw up manpower at all now, and Lu Qinghai's army is indeed rampant in the sea. But they can't sail the sea ship to land, so in a short time, if Li Su wants to deal with the Japanese state, he can indeed only rely on the power of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Su shook his head after hearing this, as the so-called brother Ming settles accounts, although he is the son of Li Shiji, but now he has become independent, so in the development of the outward, he does not want the Tang Dynasty to intervene too much, after all, the Wa Kingdom is different from Silla and Baekje, where it must be firmly controlled in his own hands, and the Tang Dynasty cannot be allowed to intervene, so if it is not a last resort, Li Su will not borrow troops from the Tang Dynasty at all this time.

Seeing Li Su shaking his head, Chen Gong couldn't help but be a little anxious and said: "Your Highness, now that the Japanese Kingdom has developed a hand grenade, if we don't hurry up, then if they let them equip the army with firearms, then it will not be easy for us to fight again in the future." ”

"Dean Chen is too worried!" After hearing this, Li Su suddenly smiled and said, Chen Gong is the president of the Inspectorate, so Li Su is so commensurate, "The root of firearms lies in gunpowder, and the formula of gunpowder is not a secret in my Tang Dynasty, and it used to be known to Taoist priests and businessmen, but it cannot be regarded as real gunpowder, only the gunpowder made by military formulas is powerful enough, as for the firearms made by these Japanese people......"

When Li Su said this, he reached out and took out a grenade from the box, then smashed the handle open and poured out the gunpowder inside. Although Chen Gong had seen a lot of gunpowder weapons, it was also the first time he had seen the gunpowder inside, and he couldn't see anything at all, but Li Yu could see at a glance that the gunpowder composition of the Wa Kingdom was not only problematic, but also a big problem.

I saw that the gunpowder poured out of the grenade was a strange gray-white color, which was completely different from the best ratio of black powder that Li Su had brought. Li Su rubbed a little with his fingers and smelled it, and found that there was indeed the smell of sulfur and saltpeter in it, in addition, there were some small black particles in the medicine surface, which seemed to be charcoal, and in addition to these three main raw materials, there were some other colors in the medicine surface, and the proportion was not small, which led to the abnormal color of the gunpowder.

In addition, in addition to the color, these gunpowder is also in the form of noodles, rather than granular gunpowder made by Li Su, this gunpowder is mainly to add the surface of the medicine to the egg white, and then make a block like kneading dough, after drying, it is granular gunpowder, the main gunpowder in the various components of the proportion is different, if it is a dough, for a long time, the specific gravity will sink to the bottom layer, and the small specific gravity will be in the upper layer, so that the raw materials will be mixed unevenly, so that the power of gunpowder is greatly reduced.

Seeing this, Li Su also showed a sneer on his face, it seems that after knowing the power of gunpowder weapons, the Japanese country did not know how to get a gunpowder formula from the Tang people, and then made this kind of grenade, but unfortunately no matter how similar the appearance of the grenade is to the Tang Dynasty, but the power of the gunpowder inside is far away, and it is estimated that even if it is used in actual combat, the effect is extremely limited.

"Dean Chen, let's go outside and try the power of this grenade!" Li Su suddenly took the remaining grenade in his hand, and said with a smile, he wants to see if this grenade can kill people?

Although Chen Gong didn't know why Li Su was laughing, but it was not easy to ask, followed Li Su to the deck, and asked people to find a large wooden barrel, which turned out to be used for water, the barrel wall was about four fingers thick, very solid, Li Su lit the lead of the grenade, and then threw it into the bucket, and then let everyone stay away, but waited for about ten seconds before hearing a sound of 'bang' in the barrel, and then the barrel was blown up and jumped a few times, rolling around on the deck, and at the same time emitting black smoke outward.

At this time, Li Su asked people to move the barrel back, and it turned out that the barrel wall was only blown open with a small opening, and there were about seven or eight grenades in it, and even the barrel wall of the barrel did not penetrate it.

Seeing this, Chen Gong next to him couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and said to Li Su with some tears and laughter: "Your Highness, it seems that Weichen is really worried, judging from the power of this grenade, ordinary soldiers can block it even if they are wearing leather armor, as long as they don't hit the vital point, it should be lethal." ”

Li Su also nodded, this kind of powerful grenade also dared to be used, it seems that the country of Wei really underestimated the firearms of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Su then thought that although the power of this kind of gunpowder is small, it is also a firearm after all, if the Japanese people are given a certain amount of time to develop, who knows if they will find the best formula for gunpowder, it seems that the Japanese themselves have to hurry up.

After returning to the cabin again, Chen Gong immediately spoke: "Your Highness, although the grenade imitated by the Wa Kingdom is extremely powerful, it should not be taken lightly, but I don't know how Your Highness plans to deal with this matter?" ”

Although Chen Gong was recommended by Yang Xuan, after all, the time is still short, and he is not Li Su's henchman, and he is not very clear about Li Su's scheme, so he asked this question. And Li Su also wanted to consider this resourceful man who was praised by Yang Xuan, so he said with a smile: "Then according to Dean Chen's view, how should this king deal with this matter?" ”

Seeing that Li Su was interested in considering himself, Chen Gong was immediately shocked, since Yang Xuan sent him to work under Li Su, Chen Gong also gave up other thoughts, and wanted to get Li Su's trust and affirmation, and now he finally has a chance.

I saw that Chen Gong thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, Wei Chen thinks that the Japanese country cannot be kept, they can imitate the grenade today, but do you know that he will not be able to improve the grenade in the future to make it more powerful?" ”

Chen Gong's point of view is consistent with Li Su, so Li Su also smiled after hearing this, and Chen Gong was also relieved when he saw it, and then said: "But now His Highness has a lack of military strength in his hands, and there is really no one to use, but fortunately, it is not a matter of a day or two for the Wa State to improve the power of gunpowder, so Wei Chen thinks that His Royal Highness can take advantage of this time to raise an army that can sweep the Wa State as soon as possible, and then destroy the hidden danger of the Wa State in one fell swoop!" ”

After hearing this, Li Yu nodded again and motioned for Chen Gong to continue. And Chen Gong's courage was also much greater, and he raised his voice and said: "But if you want to raise a team, the easiest way is to borrow troops from Datang, but His Highness doesn't want Datang to intervene in the Wa Kingdom, so in this way, Wechen has thought of another way, if His Highness is willing to use it, Wechen guarantees that in just a few months, he can raise a good fighting elite army!" (To be continued.) )