Li Su took the letter presented by Li Shi's hands, but he didn't open it immediately, but showed a meaningful smile and said: "Li Shi, although I haven't read this letter yet, I can guess whether the content of this letter is related to muskets and artillery?" ”

When Li Shi saw the expression on Li Su's face, he couldn't help but blush, when they reported to Chang'an on the war situation in the Wa Kingdom, they emphasized the description of the firearms battalion, and also said in the war report that they hoped that Wei Gong and they could contact Li Su in person and ask him for the method of making muskets and artillery, and although he did not read this letter, he also knew the contents of it.

"Your Highness forgives your sins, after the last general and others saw the power of the firearms battalion in His Highness's hands, they were very envious in their hearts, thinking that if they were used on the battlefield in the Northern Grasslands or the Western Regions, they would definitely be able to shine, so they made a statement to Duke Wei, hoping to get the method of manufacturing here in His Highness!" Seeing that Li Shi didn't speak, Xu De next to him immediately spoke, he didn't have anything to hide, after all, in his opinion, Li Su is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no difference between each other at all, isn't his the Tang Dynasty's?

Li Su also smiled after hearing this: "General Xu, you have good eyesight, whether it is a musket or artillery, it took me several years, after countless experiments and improvements, I was relieved to put it into the battlefield of the Japanese country, and now you are good, you can directly pick up ready-made." ”

Although there was blame in Li Su's words, when he said the last sentence, he revealed the meaning that could be given to them, which made Li Shi and Xu De very happy, and a group of generals stood up and gave a military salute to Li Su: "Your Highness Xie is complete!" ”

"Hahaha~, you don't have to be polite, this king is the prince of the Tang Dynasty. It is natural for a son to give something to his father. And a few days ago, I had already sent Liu Renliang back to Chang'an with some craftsmen who were good at making muskets and artillery. With the strength of the Chang'an Perak Academy, I believe that samples will be produced soon, and maybe a year later, Datang's firearms battalion will be put into actual combat. ”

Hearing that Li Su had already sent the craftsmen back to Chang'an, Li Shi and Xu De were overjoyed, and thanked Li Su again and again, they were all soldiers who had survived a hundred battles, and naturally understood the importance of muskets and artillery, if they were popularized in the Tang army. It can definitely change the current form of war, and it can also greatly reduce the casualties of the Tang army, so that it is beneficial to the country and the people, they will naturally report to Wei Gong and others in Chang'an City as soon as possible.

Looking at Li Shi and the others who were excitedly pouring wine, Li Su was still a little distressed in his heart, in order to develop muskets and artillery, he spent a lot of effort, and the money spent alone was more than one million yuan, and he couldn't even remember how much. But no matter how much it costs. Li Su also felt that all this was worth it, after all, muskets and artillery represented the development direction of gunpowder weapons in the future, as long as we made great efforts to improve these two aspects, we could one day develop all kinds of firearms in later generations. and the god of war who can slaughter cities with one shot.

The reason why Li Su studied muskets and artillery on his own was actually for one reason, that is, to thank Li Shimin for giving him all the craftsmen on Perak Island. Although they are father and son, Li Su is now independent. Li Shimin's gift of Perak Island, which made firearms, to Li Su has already aroused the criticism of some ministers in the DPRK and China. thinks that this is an important weapon of the country, how can it be easily given to a prince? Even if Li Su is a improver of gunpowder, it can't be.

However, despite the criticism in the court, Li Shimin still resisted the pressure and left all of Perak Island to Li Su, so Li Su thought of this method and developed muskets and artillery alone, and then sent them to Datang to stop the mouths of those ministers. This time when he was in the Wa Kingdom, the reason why Li Su took out the firearms battalion was to use the mouth of Li Shi and other generals to transmit the power of muskets and artillery back to Chang'an, so that Datang could realize the value of these two weapons, and now it seems that it has succeeded.

Half a month later, in front of the gate of Chang'an City, a large number of people are slowly entering the city, and dozens of big cars are pulled in the team, and when the wheels are moving, they make a very heavy sound, and they know that these cars are pulling very heavy things. However, in the whole team, the most attractive thing is not these carts, but the hundreds of soldiers in light armor at the front, this soldier is dressed differently from the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and he does not hold a sword in his hand, but carries a tube-like thing, and I don't know what it is for?

Chang'an, as the capital of the Tang Dynasty, naturally not all armies can enter, and this army is not the army of the Tang Dynasty, but when a dark and thin middle-aged general who led this army showed the token of the King of Qi's personal guard, the city gate guards immediately released him, after all, now everyone knows that the King of Qi is the most favored son of His Majesty today, and now with his own strength, he has expanded his territory overseas, and has wiped out all the small countries such as Silla and Baekje, which makes Chang'an's newspapers praise one after another. Even His Majesty was full of praise for his son in the court, since these people were the guards of the Qi Palace, there was naturally no problem.

In addition to some craftsmen who are good at making muskets and artillery, there are also 100 non-commissioned officers of the firearms battalion, which are divided into 90 musketeers and 10 artillerymen. The reason why the firearms battalion was also sent was that Li Su planned to be a good person to the end, not only leaving the manufacturing method of muskets and artillery in the Tang Dynasty, but also passing on the tactics of the two weapons to the military academy.

After Liu Renliang led the team into Chang'an, he temporarily lived in the palace of the king of Qi, and then he took Li Su's handwritten letter and entered the palace to meet Li Shimin, because he had the token of the palace of the king of Qi, so it was not difficult to enter the palace.

In a school field on the left side of Taiji Palace, Li Shimin rode on a horse, waved the polo bat in his hand, aimed at the polo on the ground and hit it, the small polo turned into a white line, and flew into the opponent's goal like lightning, attracting Li Jing and Li Ji and others next to him to applaud loudly, praising Li Shimin's heroism back then, this is not that they deliberately flatter, and with their identity, there is no need to do this, but to see Li Shimin galloping among many young soldiers, making them think of the days when they went out with His Majesty. It's a pity that they are all old now, only Li Shimin, although he is nearly forty years old, is still full of energy, which is really enviable.

Li Shimin's interest is also very high, it is rare that there is no too important political affairs today, he thought that he hadn't exercised much for a long time, and the bones on his body were about to rust, so he summoned a group of guards and divided them into two teams to play polo, and he was also in one of the teams.

However, Li Shimin is old after all, and he is entangled in government affairs, and his energy is not as good as before, so after scoring a goal, he immediately retreated to the sidelines and let people substitute him, and he took the towel handed over by the waiter and wiped his face, and then looked at Li Jing and the others: "What, you generals want to persuade me to ask for something from Liulang?" ”

Li Jing and these people only arrived after he started playing polo, and as soon as Li Shimin saw Li Jing and their appearance, he knew what the other party wanted to do, because this was not the first time. Since the last time Li Su came back from the war report of conquering the Japanese state, Li Jing and others' family members praised Li Su's two newly invented weapons, which aroused the attention of Li Jing and others, so they immediately reported to Li Shimin, hoping that the other party would issue an order to let Li Su offer the manufacturing methods of the two new firearms.

However, Li Shimin was a little embarrassed to open his mouth, although Li Su is his son, but people have made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, such as gunpowder, not to mention, others such as steelmaking, glass, food processing, etc., are all made by Li Su, and they are all left to Datang for free, and now Li Su has come up with new things, he is really not good as a father to be cheeky to ask for it, so Li Jing and others persuaded several times, but Li Shimin has not moved, and finally they had to join forces and write a letter to Li Su in the name of a private person. hoped that the other party could provide the manufacturing method of the new firearm to Datang, but at the same time, they did not give up persuading Li Shimin.

Li Jing and the others also knew Li Shimin's thoughts, but they saw that Li Jing still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty, if it is an ordinary matter, the old minister will not embarrass His Majesty, but those two weapons are extraordinary, Li Shi and others are all veterans in the army, they can introduce these two weapons to us so solemnly, naturally it will not be a boast, so please ask Your Majesty to give an order, please ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi to send the craftsmen who make these two firearms to Chang'an!" ”

Li Jing has said this kind of thing more than a dozen times, and Li Shimin is about to memorize it, but the other party is also thinking about Datang, so he can't oppose it openly, so he has to be silent for a while, and casually found an excuse and said: "Liulang is a measured person, if he thinks that Datang needs those two firearms, he will naturally offer them, there is no need to say more, if you don't send them over, there must be his reasons, so you don't have to say anything, take a look after a while." ”

Hearing Li Shimin shirk this kind of words again, Li Jing's face was embarrassed, their fortress strategy for the grassland is now being gradually implemented, and now only the grassland tribes such as Xue Yantuo have not been pacified, and now the gradual erosion of the grassland by the Tang Dynasty has caused the dissatisfaction of these big tribes, and a big war may break out at any time, so if they can equip the army with two powerful new firearms earlier, then they will have a little more certainty in dealing with those grassland tribes.

But at this moment, Li Jing glanced at Li Ji, since His Majesty refused again, then they could only use the last resort, although it took some time, but as long as the two firearms were really so powerful, they were not afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would refuse again. (To be continued.) )