Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 84 King Yang Dong's Trick
In Tonghe Hall, the horrible situation after the explosion of the firecracker frightened the few purple-clothed monks who came in together.

Countless yellow mud ideas flew everywhere. The neem wood table seemed to have been bombarded by a thunder.

An expression of disbelief appeared on Li Shengtian's face. The lump of yellow mud weighed at least four to five kilograms, and was tightly pressed by Zhang Erlang.

But this time, apart from splashed mud spots everywhere, there was no trace at all, and his neem wood table was blown into a big hole for him,

As the king of a country, Li Shengtian thought of the value of this thing almost instantly, he looked around and asked in a deep voice.

"How big was that artifact just now?"

Good guy, all the artifacts have been used, Zhang Zhao was about to open his mouth to say, but Li Shengtian waved his hand to signal him to shut up.

After a while, a servant came over with a thick brush holder.

"Tianzi, it is about the same as this thing."

Li Shengtian was even more shocked when he held the brush holder. Such a thin thing the size of a brush holder could cause such a great destructive power.

if!Li Shengtian didn't dare to think about it anymore, he tried his best not to let his voice tremble, and nodded at Zhang Zhao.

"You come with me!"

. . . .

This is a temple built directly in the royal palace, of course not in the inner palace, but in the outer palace, not far from Wufeng Tower.

Zhang Zhaogang followed Li Shengtian into here, and the temple door creaked shut.

It was only then that Zhang Zhao realized why those purple-clothed monks were so slick. What the hell, it turned out that except for the leading monks, the rest were humanoids!
This is a group of monks!No wonder it doesn't look like a vegetarian.

The master standing at the gate of the temple, holding a crescent shovel, is about 1.8 meters tall. In winter, he is dressed in a simple purple dress, with muscles all over his body, er... not bulging at all.

But with his thick arms, thighs and round belly, you can have no doubt that with his reserve, at least he can fight for several hours on and off with his armor on.

In fact, this is the standard figure of a fierce general in the era of cold weapons. The protein powder muscular man of the later generations will probably lose his strength in less than half an hour when he arrives on the battlefield of cold weapons.

Only a strong man with a three-foot waist and a belly full of goods like this master can be a big killer on the battlefield, powerful enough!durable enough!
Zhang Zhao rubbed his belly. In fact, his current figure is also approaching in this direction. The lesson that he almost lost his strength in the middle of the fight in Muni City last time is still vivid in his memory.

"Erlang! What you said can blow up the Shule City Wall is the artifact you just demonstrated, right?"

After the entire temple was closed, Li Shengcai, accompanied by several fierce monks, brought Zhang Zhao to a secret room.

"I heard from my sister that you recite and sing the Sutra of the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva very well. You often recite sutras for the dead in Dunhuang, and you have accumulated a lot of merit. This is the Sanzang master Sangha Dharma. Written by a mage."

Zhang Zhao, who had already sat down, immediately stood up, Master Sanzang!It is not easy to listen to this name. The poor monk Tang Sanzang in Journey to the West originally meant the Tang Sanzang who was proficient in Sanzang.

The Tripitaka refers to the Canon, the Vinaya, and the Sutras. Only those who are proficient in these three Buddhist teachings can be called Sanzang Dharma Masters. In Confucianism, they are great Confucians, and in Taoism they are real people.

Moreover, this monk was wearing very simple linen clothes, his beard and hair were all white, his eyes were extremely shining despite his old age, he was not an ordinary monk just by his appearance.

Not to mention that he also wrote the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra, which is very famous in later generations.

"Zizhao, a good man from the Zhang family in Nanyang, has met the mage!"

But the old monk just glanced at him, nodded to him with a smile, and didn't say a word, but Li Shengtian couldn't wait any longer, he took out the brush holder he brought out from Tonghe Hall and asked.

"Erlang, since a firecracker of this thickness can blow up an earthen wall made of five catties of yellow mud, how much does it take to blow up the city wall of Shule?"

Hearing the two mentioned the matter of blowing up the city wall of Shule again, old monk Gujing Wubo's face flashed a trace of surprise, and he looked at Zhang Zhao carefully for the first time.

"Reporting to Uncle, the firecracker just now was actually not fully made, and the location where it was buried has not been carefully calculated.

If it could be calculated in advance, it would not take too much gunpowder to blow up the city wall of Shule, at most a hundred catties would be enough. It is just that there is no shortage of sulfur in Khotan, but saltpeter is really rare, and uncle needs to do his best to raise money. "

Li Shengtian waved his hand, "Erlang, don't worry, as long as you can break through the city wall of Shule and fulfill my long-cherished wish of the four kings of Khotan, no matter how much money and goods you spend, it will be worth it. If you have any other requests, please bring them up together! "

Zhang Zhao nodded, what he was waiting for was Li Shengtian's words.

"As long as my uncle can find the necessary materials, the rest will not be a big deal.

It's just that the city wall of Shule is unusual, and firecrackers alone may not be enough. The airtightness is not enough to fully exert the power of gunpowder, and the place of burial is also very particular.

My nephew dares to ask my uncle to give me dozens of highly skilled carpenters, and then allows my nephew to recruit [-] miners in Donghe Prefecture! "

The east of Khotan City in Donghe Prefecture is about the area around Luopu County in later generations. At this time, Donghe Prefecture managed the only coal mine in Khotan.

Specifically, it was near the Buya Coal Mine in later generations, and a management office was even specially established.

In places like Hotan, the history of using coal is much longer than that in the Central Plains. After all, if only firewood is burned here, it will be swallowed up by the desert in a few decades.

Carpenters and miners, this shows that what Zhang Zhao wants to follow is the old way of my Fenglei counselor Yang Dongwang, using black powder in coffins and recruiting miners to blast holes.

Although gunpowder is now available, it is unrealistic for Zhang Zhao to make artillery and guns, and it will not be able to achieve all aspects, but it is completely feasible to use coffins to hold gunpowder for blasting.

"You want to blow up the Shule City Wall by digging tunnels?" Li Shengtian guessed Zhang Zhao's thoughts immediately, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"Sure! Immediately ordered that the governor of Donghe Prefecture recruit [-] miners for you!"

"Uncle! I want to recruit and manipulate gunpowder by myself. I need elites, and ordinary miners can't do it!" Zhang Zhao quickly said that he wanted to go by himself.

"Alright! Then a certain edict will be given to you, allowing you to recruit yourself!"

Li Shengtian agreed without hesitation, and the two agreed tacitly not to talk about Li Ruoliu's matter, because it was nothing compared to the capture of Shule.

"However! How long will it take for the lonely king to see the real effect?"

Of course Li Shengtian would not firmly believe that he could blow up Shule City just because Zhang Zhao made such a small explosion today.

Before making all the big investments, he must take a look at the scene closer to Shule City.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhao was well prepared, and he cupped his hands, "Uncle, my nephew has already ordered someone to reinforce a section of the city wall of Yaotougang, which is completely in accordance with the standards of Shule City. After ten days, I respectfully invite my uncle to visit Yaotougang. !"

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, the old monk Sangha Dharma, who had not closed his eyes to rest his mind, opened his eyes. He looked at Zhang Zhao with piercing eyes.

"I heard that Mr. Erlang intends to restore the Zhang family. If he can really help the Buddha break through Shule City and punish Kara Fu Khan (Bughera Khan) who betrayed the Buddha, the old monk may be able to summon the great virtuous monks and monks of Khotan and Qiangtang. Master Men admits that Mr. Erlang is the reincarnation of Buddhist Garan, so he can help Mr. Erlang and his monk soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)