It was dusk, Li Yuan was eating, and suddenly heard a muffled thunder in the sky; I was so shocked that the food in my mouth fell back into the bowl.

Looking at the sky still stained with the afterglow of the sun, the emperor said in his heart that this broad daylight, why did there be thunder? Could it be that something is about to happen if God warns you?

Since there was a god descending from heaven, Emperor Tang has also become a god chattering, and he is especially uneasy when he thinks about it, so he says to the left and right:

"Come on, there is a thunder from the sky, I don't know the good and the bad, and the national teacher will quickly enter the palace to discuss countermeasures."

The eunuch next to him immediately received the order and went to Xuanguo Shi to enter the palace;

Not long after the eunuch left, he saw another familiar eunuch running in in a hurry, kneeling down on the steps, and shouting: "Your Majesty, great joy! The man of God invited the heavenly god and thunder down to earth. ”

"Oh!" Li Yuanxin said, could it be that the drought thunder just now was caused by Ye Shenren; Thinking of it, he asked, "But in the Mansion of God?" ”

The eunuch immediately kowtowed and said, "That's right, Your Majesty, the god man used that gunpowder to attract heavenly thunder at once." ”

Gunpowder? Although I heard Ye Jinyu say that gunpowder can send the palace to the sky, and some subordinates are constantly reporting on Ye Jinyu's work progress, I really didn't expect that this eunuch would be shocked like this. Wen Yan asked in surprise: "How powerful is this divine thunder of the gods?" ”

Well, how can this eunuch say it, he can't think of words like erosion for dozens of miles after racking his brains.

Seeing that he really couldn't think of it, Li Yuan couldn't wait, so he didn't eat anymore, and shouted directly: "Get up, Shenren Mansion." ”

When Li Yuan's royal chariot rushed to the outside of the Divine Man Fang, his sons also rushed to hear the news; The group bowed down for a while.

When a group of people entered the gunpowder factory in the Shenren Fang, they happened to see Ye Jinyu commanding a group of forbidden soldiers to put a jar two sizes larger than the night pot into a pit that had just been dug;

The emperor was about to walk forward with a group of princes and close ministers, but was stopped by the forbidden army.

"Your Majesty shall not, the man of God commands, and no one shall come near;"

Looking at the forbidden soldiers kneeling in front of him, Li Yuan was a little unhappy, and said with a straight face: "Oh, there are still places in this Tang Dynasty where I can't go?" ”

The forbidden soldier didn't dare to look up at the Tianyan of the Son of Heaven, but lowered his head, pointed to the courtyard on the other side and said, "Tell Your Majesty, the divine thunder of the gods is really dangerous, Your Majesty, look over there." ”

Li Yuan looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that the yard was a mess, with sprayed dirt everywhere, and there was a big pit on the ground in the middle of the yard, and the dirt that was sprayed everywhere obviously came from this big pit.

How can the dirt in the pit be scattered everywhere? It seems that this is the power of the divine thunder.

At this time, Ye Jinyu, who had been facing away from everyone, finally found out about the arrival of the emperor and his party, and trotted over to make a noise: "Your Majesty is here, and after everyone's efforts, the gunpowder has been preliminarily trial-produced; We tested it with a five-kilogram weight just now, and we felt that the power was okay; Now we are preparing to conduct the second 10-kilogram test, which may be even more powerful, please stand farther away and wait to see the effect. ”

After saying that, he ran back to the side of the jar in three steps and two steps;

I don't know which room the forbidden army found the clay pot from, it is estimated that it used to be a pot for water, with a lid and a spout. Ye Jinyu weighed ten kilograms of black powder and stuffed it into the pot; The scale was found by the eunuch, and it is said to be a new type of kilogram scale, but Ye Jinyu does not know how much tolerance there is. Anyway, the gunpowder will be filled with more miles.

Ten kilograms, or even more than ten kilograms of black powder, were compacted into jars by Ye Jinyu; According to the information, the black powder can only explode in a limited space; Otherwise, the gunpowder will not explode, but will burn violently.

After compacting the gunpowder, it was covered with a lid, buried in a dug pit, and then pressed a stone on the lid. As for the lead, it came out of the spout.

Because the time was too short, Ye Jinyu didn't know how to make the gunpowder twist, so he could only use a stupid method to directly use a handful of gunpowder to draw out of the spout and sprinkle it while retreating, forming a thin gunpowder line.

Retreating all the way to Li Yuan's side, the gunpowder in his hand was almost exhausted, and he clapped his hands and stood up. If you look at the distance from the explosives, it should be a safe ignition distance.

The preparations for the explosion were almost there, but there was still a lack of intuitive feeling of lethality, and after thinking about it, he said: "Come on, go and bring a few sheep and tie them to the tree!" ”

The sheep were in the kitchen and were brought in very quickly.

When everything was ready, Ye Jinyu summoned a forbidden soldier and said, "You are responsible for lighting the fire here, when I call for the fire, you will light it, and if you light the gunpowder on the ground, you will run immediately, run as fast as you can, and you will be safe when you run out of the yard." Do you understand? ”

"Obey!"

After explaining to the soldiers, Ye Jinyu said to Li Yuan and the other officers: "Your Majesty, everyone, this distance is estimated to be a little dangerous, let's retreat a little further." ”

After retreating about five meters, he was already at the edge of the courtyard wall. Ye Jinyu still felt unsafe, and said: "It's still a little close here, let's hide behind the wall and take a look." ”

The courtyard walls are relatively thick, and if you only show your head, there should be no problem.

A dozen ladders were immediately found, and a group of people climbed onto the ladders and hid behind the fence. If you are not qualified to lie on the ladder, you will look for the window hole and stick your head out to see.

Ye Jinyu shouted from afar: "Everyone leave the yard, hide behind the wall, cover your ears, and open your mouth wide!" ”

Except for the one who lit the fire, the other sergeants and craftsmen present immediately ran out of the courtyard at the command of the god, and then covered their ears and opened their mouths wide; They've already experienced it once, and they know how powerful this thing is; Whatever the man of God said, they did it immediately, not daring to give the slightest discount.

"God-man, why is that?" The emperor didn't understand why Ye Shenren wanted everyone to cover their ears and open their mouths, so he asked.

Ye Jinyu was staring at the gunpowder jar, and the sheep were tied there and kept stepping on it, not knowing if they would step on the fuse of the pile. Hearing the emperor's question, Ye Jinyu didn't know how to explain, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, this is a long story, or you should do it first, and you will know when we finish the test." ”

For the sake of the face of the god, Li Yuan covered his ears.

Ye Jinyu saw that there was no problem, so he shouted: "Ignition!" ”

When the soldier in charge of lighting the fire heard this, he immediately struck it with a flint a few times, and after burning the gunpowder on the ground, he turned around and ran away.

The sound of the gunpowder line sizzling sounded, and it burned forward quickly with a canopy of smoke. In just a dozen seconds, the long lead burned to the roots.

With a burst of red light, a loud bang came, and the sand, stone, and smoke flew everywhere. Knocked on the windows and doors in the courtyard, and even pierced through the doors. After walking the rocks, a puff of smoke rose into the air.

The sound of the explosion was like thunder on the ground, and the emperor and his ministers on the courtyard wall were frightened; Someone even fell directly from the ladder, but fortunately there was a group of sergeants guarding it below, and they were at the bottom and did not fall. However, when the sergeants helped him up, he found that the pillar of the country was covered with blood and had fainted, but the examination found that he had been smashed to the forehead by a stone, which not only broke the skin, but also knocked him unconscious.

On the ladder, he stared blankly at the large hole in the ground that appeared after the black smoke rose. After a while, the emperor went down the stairs like crazy and ran to the scene of the explosion to see.

The development of gunpowder has been gradually perfected after thousands of years, and the best ratio is obtained by relying on modern basic physical chemistry. Ye Jinyu immediately showed the weapon of a thousand years later in front of the Tang Dynasty monarchs, no wonder the Tang Emperor would be like crazy and enchanted.

The smell of gunpowder smoke is still very strong, and the smell of blood is even stronger; The sheep that were still alive just now were in the center of the explosion, and they were all in pieces, and the flesh and blood were spilled all over the ground, and one skeleton even flew into the house. If this is a pile of living people standing here, will there be no bones left?

After standing in front of the pit and inhaling several puffs of air full of gunsmoke, Li Yuan shouted loudly:

"With the help of this god and thunder, I Datang! Invincible! ”

Ye Jinyu didn't expect that Li Yuan, who was already sixty years old, could have such a day in the second year of middle school, and he didn't expect that such a shocking scene could be created after only doubling the amount of gunpowder. Especially those sheep, the stroke of genius is simply amazing.

After Li Yuan finished shouting, the people around him were silent for a moment, and then they didn't know who took the lead in shouting: "Datang Wansheng!" ”

Whether it is the county king, the minister, the sergeant, or the craftsman, they all issued a unified voice: "Datang Wansheng!" Datang Wansheng! Datang Wansheng! "This is the people's heart from Datang, it is very exciting, Ye Jinyu almost shouted.

After everyone shouted a few times, Li Yuan raised his hand to stop everyone, and said loudly: "The gods have brought the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to my Tang Dynasty, and I have immortal merit in my Tang Dynasty. Ye Jinyu was inexplicable, so he became the prince.

Everyone shouted loudly like a pyramid scheme: "Datang Wansheng!" Datang Wansheng! Datang Wansheng! ”

Li Yuan finally shouted: "All those who participated in the Divine Thunder today have been promoted to the third level and joined Qianniuwei; Stay in the Shenxiao Palace, and you must not leave Chang'an! "It's a reward, and it's also a captivity.

"Datang Wansheng! Datang Wansheng! Datang Wansheng! ”

Li Shimin also stood among the ministers, shouting Datang Wansheng while staring closely at the boxes of finished gunpowder.

After Li Yuan enjoyed the cheers of the crowd, Ye Jinyu had the opportunity to introduce the production of gunpowder to Li Yuan in detail alone.

After the slogan is shouted, it is time to face the real problem.

"King Shenxiao, I want to know, when will this divine thunder be able to fight against the Turkic soldiers and horses?" The emperor is most concerned about the war ahead at the moment, and now the Turks are about to fight next to Weishui, if the divine thunder cannot play a role, the unimaginable Li Yuan can only let Li Shimin take command again. And this is exactly what Li Yuan is unwilling to do.

At the request of the emperor, Ye Jinyu must change the gunpowder jar to Shenlei in the future. After thinking about the use of gunpowder, he finally said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the divine thunder is temporarily formed, and if you need to use it urgently, you only need a suitable container and lead. You'll be ready for battle in no time. ”

The Emperor asked, "What kind of materials do you need for the container?" Can materials make god thunder geometry? ”

"Cast iron cans were needed, with several frag lines cast on the outside. Fill the inside with gunpowder, leaving a lead opening; When used, ignite the fuse and throw it at the enemy army with a stone thrower, and when the thunder falls into the enemy formation, the lead ignites the internal gunpowder to cause an explosion; Dozens or hundreds of them explode at the same time, and everyone in the Turks will be turned on their backs. Ye Jinyu thought of the simplest way, the method of prefabricating a fragmented iron shell to stuff gunpowder, only need to add a lead, ignite it and launch it with a trebuchet or something.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and simulated the scene described by Ye Shenren, when the Turks were running together, the divine thunder suddenly exploded, and the huge power and the terrifying loud sound must have frightened the war horse and was uncontrollable. The horses are out of control in the formation, that's sour!

Li Yuanxin said that the divine thunder can indeed exert tremendous destructive power on the military formation, especially the cavalry phalanx.

Now he was more concerned about the quantity, and asked again: "Within five days, how much can you produce god thunder?" ”

Ye Jinyu thought for a while and said:

"Your Majesty, charcoal and sulfur are relatively easy to collect, and there are quite a lot of stocks, but only this saltpeter is not only difficult to collect, but also uses a large amount, which is a short board that restricts the production of Shenlei. With the materials stored in the workshop at present, as long as the fragmented iron shell can keep up, it will be no problem to make one to two hundred large bombs of the same one in five days. ”

After listening to Ye Jinyu's words, Li Yuan calculated in his heart, one or two hundred, it sounds like a lot, but for the Turkic army of 100,000, it is a drop in the bucket! Unless you use it at the right time, it can work wonders.

"King Shenxiao, rest assured, I will immediately order Youji to make all efforts to make the broken shell you said; Then let people collect saltpeter from all over the world and send it to the capital, and in time, they will not be trapped by saltpeter. ”

Of course, Ye Jinyu didn't care, and said: "Your Majesty, as long as you can prepare the materials, production is not a problem; All the production processes, the sergeants in this Divine Thunder Workshop have basically participated; In addition to the proportioning, they can produce it completely on their own. Just wait for His Majesty to deliver the materials. ”

"So good! This time, it is more troublesome for the King of Shenxiao to bother. Li Yuan nodded, and said: "When I saw the power of the Divine Thunder, I couldn't help it, and I verbally sealed the title of the Shenxiao King, but I didn't give the Shenxiao King the corresponding territory; I don't know where the King of Shenxiao wants to pick the eup? ”

Is this an attempt to give me a fief?

Ye Jinyu somehow thought of the small goal of 100 million yuan, and blurted out: "Your Majesty, can you seal the area of Minyue Fuzhou to me?" ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, he was just polite just now, it stands to reason that the godman should have to resign, and he will take advantage of the situation to put an end to the matter of mining, just give the godman a false title; Why did Ye Shenren not play cards according to common sense, and actually took the initiative to ask for land, and it was so remote.

Seeing the emperor's doubts, Ye Jinyu explained: "To be precise, I just want one or two towns in Fuzhou; I want these lands for no other use, and I will not take any taxes from the fields here; Just because there are two kinds of strange stones in this place, I'll find someone to mine them when I have time. This strange stone is just a plaything for Datang, but it is of great use to me! ”

The gods all took the initiative to ask for it, although Li Yuan had some doubts in his heart, but he couldn't refute the face of the gods, and after silently noting the strange stones in the Fuzhou area in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "If the gods want, take it away; It's just that the Minyue realm is really remote, and it is not as good as the gods and men in Guanzhong; As for the strange stone gods, don't worry, I decreed that all the towns where strange stones are produced in Fuzhou are the fiefdoms of the Shenxiao King! ”

This Ye Shenren finally got what he wanted in Datang, so he naturally had to give it, but if it was given to him, the Shenren ignored Chang'an and went directly to the remote south to quarry; Li Yuan suffered a big loss.