"Don't worry, Brother Dingfang, junior brother, I have obtained His Majesty's secret decree, besides, don't you think that our Datang Martial Arts Research Institute has such a large amount of production energy, but it has not even earned a penny for the country, don't you feel uncomfortable in your heart?" I led the way while smiling at Su Dingfang.

Although Su Dingfang's footsteps did not stop, his face was also condensed, and he nodded in agreement: "Well, this is also, nearly half of my Datang's annual taxes are invested in the army, and this proportion is indeed too big, but now that you do this, will it be too much, after all, firearms are my Datang's superior weapons." ”

"You can rest assured, the little brother only sells those things that don't have much technical content, even if the dosage ratio in them has made the little brother change." I pulled Su Dingfang closer and smiled in his ear.

Su Dingfang almost laughed, pointed at me, and shook his head helplessly: "I said Brother Jun, it's true, let's Datang, I'm afraid you can play these tricks." ”

I sneered, "What's this?" This son is not to let my Datang continue to maintain an advantage in weapons, and to get the greatest benefit from it, I have to do this, I not only have to keep one hand, but also keep a lot of hands, these are for the sake of my Datang. Do you think that the younger brother is a fool and can't sell the best weapons along with the recipes to potential enemies? When the time comes, don't say that it is Your Majesty, even if it is the people of the whole Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that they will all regard the younger brother as a sinner of the country. ”

Su Dingfang patted me on the shoulder and gave me a thumbs up: "No wonder Your Majesty's more than ten sons-in-law love you far more than others, if you can really do it just by selling weapons?" I'm afraid that it will be a year, at least I will have to bring hundreds of thousands of yuan to our Datang. ”

"Hundreds of thousands? You're supposed to be the one who asks for food, huh? I glanced at Su Dingfang, and before Su Dingfang came to his senses, I stretched out a finger hand, which turned into five fingers: "I estimate that as long as I can get it, just the sale of weapons, I can find this number for me in Datang for at least a year." ”

------------------------------------------------ "Five million?!" Brother Jun, aren't you dreaming? The corners of Su Dingfang's eyes were standing, and he looked at me, as if I was a mentally ill patient who was dreaming in vain, and the angry Lao Tzu wanted to kick him, so he snorted coldly: "Wait and see, when the time comes, you will see the means of the little brother." "Leave this guy behind, and the uncle will lead the way.

But Su Dingfang got together with the Persian prince and others, this guy is very talkative, and after a while, he is very close to the Persian prince and others, and from time to time he laughs with the Persian prince, which makes people's scalps explode. As for Xue Rengui, who had just shown off his outstanding archery skills, he also became the object of conversation with these people, but Xue Rengui was still the one who ignored him.

After about a pillar of incense, I finally arrived at the place, no way, the Military Academy is too big, this is the territory of the Tang Artillery Department specially used to test the artillery, and for today's guests, the venue has been specially emptied, the Tang Ballista that was originally improved according to the ancient Greek ballista has been placed in place, and on the side, there are stone balls in the shape of a ball and a giant ballista arrow, in addition, there are dozens of pitchers waiting for us here, all of them are selected special bombardiers, in front of each of them, There are six grenades the size of a large mango, and there is also a kind of grenade, which is larger in weight and model, and the lethality is naturally larger.

Not only this, but also a variety of large-scale siege and defense equipment such as trebuchets and crossbows, Datang has begun to completely eliminate these old products, and instead concentrate financial and material resources on the production of artillery and mortars, which are more lethal and have a longer range, relying on gunpowder as a high-power weapon to drive and destroy.

"Roman crossbow!" The general of the Persian Empire exclaimed in disbelief and surprise as he pointed to the large long-range weapon that had been placed in a prominent position.

"Roman crossbow?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but be stunned and glared at the general of the Persian Empire. The Persian general stared blankly at this huge long-range weapon, which was just a long-range attack instrument made by me through some knowledge found in ancient Greek classics and combined with the structure of the Tang Dynasty's instruments, but since the advent of mortars and artillery, which are more powerful weapons with a longer range and more power, this kind of wooden instrument with an effective firing distance of nearly 800 meters has become an outdated weapon abandoned by the Tang Dynasty.

"You know this thing?" I couldn't help but step forward and ask, the Persian general shrugged his shoulders regretfully, and stammered at me in his same broken Chinese as the Persian prince: "Your Excellency, I have only seen the pattern of this weapon in the canons of our Persian royal palace, which is rumored to have been first made by ancient Greece, and later after Greece was annexed by the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire also continued to make this powerful murder weapon, and the Roman Empire was in its heyday. Nearly every legion or city-state has used this weapon to fight or defend. Our Persian Empire once wanted to imitate it, but it has never succeeded, and I didn't expect to be able to see it here. ”

"This is called the Qin Ballista, which was invented by my Chinese ancestors more than a thousand years ago, and we in Datang can also make this thing, and it can be made in both large and small models." I smiled and raised my eyebrows triumphantly.

The men wandered around curiously for a moment, then focused on the grenades in front of the grenadiers or the ammunition on the side of the trebuchet. One of the Central Asian barbarians even picked up a grenade and played with it curiously in his hand, so frightened that Lao Tzu hurriedly snatched it over: "This thing can't be played, it will explode, if it explodes, I'm afraid few of us people will survive." ”

"Explosion?" The Central Asian barbarian, who had never seen the power of gunpowder weapons at all, let alone heard of the term, looked at me with bewilderment, but soon they saw what an explosion was...... The ballista cart with precise aim crumbled lambs hundreds of paces away, and on the other side, dozens of special bombardiers threw the explosive power of a grenade, as well as the powerful long-range strike of the bed crossbow and the ammunition thrown by the improved catapult...... All this, as if it was a nightmare, lingered in the minds of the Persian prince and the envoys of the small Central Asian countries for a long time, even after sipping a cup of tea in my office, the face of the Persian prince was still red beyond ordinary people, and the envoys of the Central Asian countries on the side, when they looked at us, that kind of respectful and fearful gaze, made us Tang people feel proud.

Although ------------------------------------------------ are all defective products that have been modified, they still make these barbarians who have seen the power of gunpowder weapons for the first time completely dumbfounded, you know, I have not only changed the ratio of gunpowder slightly, but also mixed some other useless raw materials, which is to make these people unable to crack the secret of gunpowder.

As for artillery and mortars, these two are the strategic weapons of the Tang Dynasty that are absolutely forbidden to be transported to the outside world, as for the gunpowder, its formula is kept in the palace and mastered by Uncle Li himself, and the officials who know the ratio of gunpowder are only Ben Gongzi and Liushuang, and the craftsmen who dispense the medicine are also the objects of strict monitoring by the Datang official and the military, and it can even be said that these craftsmen will never want to leave the sight of the Datang official and the military in this life, just to prevent the leakage of the gunpowder formula.

Maybe decades or even more than a hundred years later, people in other countries may discover the raw materials and proportions of gunpowder, but at that time, Datang is afraid that more powerful weapons will appear.

Therefore, it is better to take advantage of this time to make a lot of war money, strive for foreign exchange for our Tang Dynasty, increase the country's income, and at the same time let the court see that the role of weapons is not only for war, but also for the country to become rich and strong.

"When I saw it recently, Xiao Wang Fang knew that he was like the frog at the bottom of the well, and the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty were afraid that he would be invincible in the world!" The Persian prince looked sad, and saw that Su Dingfang and I looked at each other and smiled, that is a kind of very, how to say it, compared with Datang, Persia is at most equivalent to a little fart child who is still wearing a fart curtain and dragging two snots on the ground and counting ants, but Datang is a giant man with a helmet and armor and a murder weapon in his hand.

"Today, I have been invited by the adults, and finally let Xiao Wang see the incomparable military style of the Heavenly Empire and those weapons that can almost be described as divine weapons, and greatly gained knowledge, in order to express Xiao Wang's gratitude to the adults, today, Xiao Wang Zuodong, please gather together, it can be regarded as making friends, and I hope that Lord Fang and all the lords and generals of the Heavenly Empire will not refuse." The Persian prince's very earnest attitude made it impossible for me to refuse, and besides, I also knew that His Royal Highness the prince would definitely talk to us about this banquet, so after a few modest words, he went to eat and drink together.

Everyone walked out of the academy together, got on the horse, did not go to Chang'an City, but detoured to the north of the city, and went directly to the residence of the Persian prince and others, the Persian prince spat vigorously boasting about their food, wine, and beautiful women, listening to these gentlemen and generals one by one, red eyes and green eyes, a beast-like face, really made me, the responsible official feel ashamed, we really can't afford to lose this person, and walked forward by ourselves, but after a few steps, a hand on my shoulder.

(To be continued)