Governing the country should be based on the Tao, not the art, let alone the instrument!

Li Tong thought about Chen Letian's words, thought it was true, and was about to say something more, when he suddenly saw Chen Letian looking at the sky outside the hall in a daze, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, Chen Letian suddenly asked, "Why can't my Great Song Army develop its own firearms?"

"Huh?" Li Tong was stunned, and then reacted. The two of them glanced at each other, and they could see the excitement in each other's eyes.

In the Wei State, the alchemy technique has been popular for nearly a thousand years, and the so-called "seek the elixir and get immortality", this sentence was spread from the Wei State. According to the local chronicles of the Wei State, there were about 100 people who refined the elixir of life, but most of the people of the Song State did not believe it, because so many generations of emperors of the Wei State worked tirelessly to seek the elixir of life, but none of the emperors lived to be more than 100 years old. In Chen Letian's view, this was just a lie fabricated by the alchemist in order to get the silver from the pocket of the emperor of Wei.

However, although those alchemists did not really refine the elixir, they did refine flammable and explosive gunpowder, and many alchemists were killed and burned to death in the early stage. Later, the experience of the alchemist became more and more abundant, and the casualties naturally decreased a lot. Since about 200 years ago, some people have invented and created fireworks to liven up the atmosphere on various red and white ceremonies. Perhaps because the world has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the monarchs of all countries in the world are vigorously developing the economy, enriching the money and grain in the treasury, and increasing the income of the people, no country has made powerful firearms that can be used in battle formations.

To this day, the biggest use of fireworks in the world is to make a sound and look good.

So when Chen Letian and Li Tong thought that they could use gunpowder to make firearms in the battle array, they were very excited, especially Chen Letian, he had already learned a lot in those mysterious letters, guns, cannons, weapons mixed with huge explosive power and blazing fireballs, if a large number of them appeared here, then whoever has these weapons will be invincible in the world. The invention of the catapult ballista completely changed the situation on the battlefield, and the Wei State, which invented these two things, is still a powerful country second only to the Song State. Chen Letian knows very well that military strength is an indispensable thing for a country at any time, and it can be attacked and defended, so if it can really be manufactured in batches, even if the power is halved, it will be a huge boost to the military strength of the Song State.

"Of course, the research process is very long, Brother Li, you shouldn't get your hopes up. Chen Letian poured a basin of cold water on Li Tong, and by the way, he also cooled himself down.

"I know this, a movable type printing technique, we have studied it for more than a hundred years to come to fruition, not to mention this extremely powerful iron tool. Li Tong nodded, and the hero saw the same thing.

"The most important thing for us now is to set up this organization, find a group of people, find a place, and start doing it, but this still has to be planned by the general, you and I don't have the power or the financial resources. Chen Letian felt that he should write a letter to the general.

"That's natural, I'll write to the general right away. Li Tong nodded in agreement. After Chen Letian left, Li Tong came to his study, picked up the pen and began to write a letter to the general, after writing, he called his henchmen, carefully instructed, watched a few henchmen get on the horse and left, he let out a long breath.

Ten days later, Chen Letian came to the General's Mansion again.

and Li Tong came to the room where the murder artifact was placed, and carefully looked at the iron box weighing 5,000 catties again. In order to properly preserve this artifact, Li Tong thought about it for three days and three nights, and finally decided to let the best blacksmith in Bianjing City build an iron box weighing 5,000 catties, and then found the best eighteen locksmiths in the city to make eighteen exquisite locks respectively.

Originally, Li Tong was going to kill the eighteen locksmiths who made iron locks, but was stopped by Chen Letian. Chen Letian meant that he killed the most first-class locksmith in the capital at once, the target was too big, and if someone with a little heart checked it, it would make the general's mansion suspect that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.

So Chen Letian's method is to let Li Tong brag in front of these locksmiths. Li Tong is a smart man, just a little bit of understanding, just say to those locksmiths, our general has a lot of treasures in his house, what the Longquan sword of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the silkworm brocade of the Shu Kingdom, the night pearl of the Western Regions, the sweat and blood of the Western Liang, everything, of course, the general does not care about these things outside the body, but I care, the reward that the general received from His Majesty from birth and death, can not be given to the thief by the thief, you give me these eighteen locks, everyone engraves their name on the lock, if something is stolen in the future, whose lock is derelict in his duty, I will want whose life！

After some boasting and intimidation, the locksmiths kowtowed again and again, pointing to the sky and patting their chests to ensure that the lock they made could not even be opened without a key, and there was only one key, and they brought all the key molds to Li Tong.

When the eighteen locks were sent, Chen Letian and Li Tong carefully looked at them one by one, in fact, they didn't know much about locks, even if they knew a little, they couldn't compare to the eighteen first-class locksmiths in the Song Kingdom. The inspection, just to show those locksmiths, let them know that the General's Mansion attaches great importance to it.

The two of them stayed in the house for nearly two hours, opening and closing each lock once, then locking the door and leaving the backyard.

Chen Letian and Li Tong came to the front hall, and the matter of the murder gun was tentatively like this, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Li Tong suddenly smiled and asked: "Lotte, why do you want to enter the Qingtian Pavilion? Serving under the command of the great general, coupled with the fact that the general values you so much, in less than ten years, you are afraid that you will be able to face the saint because of your merits, why go to the Qingtian Pavilion to suffer? In addition to the old pedant who thinks about educating people all day long, it is the second ancestor who has a high eye and a low eye, what is the meaning!"

Chen Letian said: "What you said is not right, there are many people in Qingtian Pavilion who sell their fame and reputation, but more of them are people who want to learn." I've been in the army for five years, and it's not a long-term solution to mess with rough old men all day long, so I want to come back to Qingtian Pavilion and be nurtured by famous teachers and apprentices, I can't be a rude man for a lifetime. ”

Li Tong laughed, and spontaneously described the scene of the rough men in the military camp that Chen Letian said, and he couldn't stand up with a smile.

Chen Letian was speechless to Li Tong, who was laughing at himself, so he simply sat there and drank tea, and then continued: "Besides, if it is peaceful today, there is no one less me in the army, and there are not many of me, and I am not much of one. ”

Li Tong nodded and said, "What you said is quite reasonable. In fact, if you can't pass the Qingtian Pavilion and go back to the barracks, the door of the barracks will be open to you at any time. ”

Chen Letian said: "Actually, I didn't leave the barracks, the country needs it, and I will go back at any time." ”

After drinking a few more cups of tea, Chen Letian went back because he had to prepare for the exam in Qingtian Pavilion.

Li Tong walked alone in the house. The puff is not guilty of his crimes. Li Tong is also half a scholar, and he understands this truth. When he got this weapon, the first thing he thought of was to dedicate it to a strong enough person, and if he was righteous enough to be a matchless person, he finally chose the general. Later, he recommended himself to come to the General's Mansion as a housekeeper, the General is a good man, he is worthy of admiration, he puts all his thoughts on the army, he is nearly thirty years old, and he has not even married a wife. Li Tong and the general are small, and they play together when they are young, and Li Tong sees how hard and frightening the general is along the way, so he hopes to do his part and share some worries for the general. He didn't know whether the murder gun he offered was a good thing or a bad thing for the general, but he had already decided that if things were not harmonious, even if he fought for his life, he would not affect the general.

Although the contact time has not been long, after the White Tiger Gang and Guo Yongchun's affairs, Li Tong feels that Chen Letian is very credible. Although the general had already said in the letter he sent before, 'Chen Letian can be trusted'. But Li Tong traveled the world alone when he was a teenager, went to many places, met many people, and experienced many things, and developed the habit of watching people. His rich experience makes him naturally observe and think about others when he makes friends.

He looks at Chen Letian, who is younger than him, but he is more mature and sophisticated than him in thinking about problems and analyzing problems. For the discussion of ancient and modern personnel, not only does he have his own set of understanding, but he is even better than the scholars in the court. You know, Chen Letian is eighteen years old, and Li Tong really can't understand where Chen Letian's thoroughness comes from. What can you learn in the barracks? Reading? is even more impossible. You must know that even if you are a wealthy and five-car Guozi Jian Xi, it is impossible to read the articles of the hundred schools of Tongjing and history at the age of eighteen.

Li Tong couldn't understand that from Chen Letian's experience, he was not taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, nor was he a poetry and book heirloom, just a child from an ordinary family, and his parents died early, and he entered the military camp at the age of thirteen. A young and promising person, except for the very few who are gifted, must have a reason for his promising. Either the noble people have adventures, or the family style is pure, and there is an excellent learning environment since childhood. But this Chen Letian ...... Stumped for adventures?

"I think I, Li Tong, am also a talented person with both civil and military skills, I think that except for the general, no one has my high talent, but I didn't expect to be slapped in the face by this kid this time, alas, there are talented people in the country!" Li Tong muttered to himself, but he was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, but his face was full of frustration at the moment. But in just a moment, Li Tong figured it out, Chen Letian is a general's person, and it is a happy thing that the general has such an outstanding talent under him.