Datang Longya

Chapter 253 Small Artillery
Li Tai said triumphantly, "This is a small cannon I invented. Although it's not very powerful, it's enough for self-defense!"

Leng Feng took Li Tai's "small artillery" from Li Ke's hand, and buckled the tail of the end without the hollow, and sure enough, he buckled the buckle, revealing the fuse inside.

"What the hell is this!"

Both Li Chengqian and Li Ke came over. It looked like an iron pipe just now, and it seemed that it could only be used to smash people, but after the fuze was exposed, its danger level immediately increased!

After all, Thunderbolt Arrow and Thunderbolt both have fuzes, and as long as there is a fuse, it means that it is a gunpowder weapon.

Leng Feng looked at the structure, weighed it, looked at the contents of the Chaoyang, and then returned it to Li Tai: "This thing is enough to hurt people, and it's okay to use it for self-defense, but if you If you encounter someone who jumps at you without saying a word, or someone with agility, this thing will not come in handy."

Li Tai nodded, he fully understands what he created.

His so-called small artillery is actually a firecracker, but it is much different in size from a serious firecracker, and what is stuffed inside is not projectiles, but wood.If he had to find something to compare it with, Leng Feng felt that the power of Er Tijiao was similar to it.

If anyone is unlucky enough to be hit by this thing, at most it will be a fracture or soft tissue contusion, well, it is enough for self-defense.

Leng Feng asked: "Did you research it yourself?"

Li Tai smiled and nodded: "I drew the picture, but Zhang Zhongqing mixed the gunpowder, and this iron pipe was made by Tiesheng."

Leng Feng nodded: "That's not bad, it means you are very smart!"

Unexpectedly, Li Tai actually figured out such a thing by himself. Before, he always thought that no one would think of shrinking the cannon to make a firecracker, but now, Li Tai, a ten-year-old child, thought of it.

Who said the ancients were bad?Even Leng Feng would be amazed at Li Tai's derivative thinking sometimes. Aren't the achievements of our modern people also accomplished by standing on the shoulders of our ancestors?
Li Tai was very happy to be praised by Leng Feng, so he hurriedly went to the place where he put his coat to find a fire bag for Leng Feng: "Master, do you want to try it?"

Leng Feng shook his head, this thing is a weapon no matter what, it is really inappropriate to experiment in the palace.

Just because he doesn't want to, doesn't mean some people don't want to.

A big hand snatched the "small artillery" held by Leng Feng and the fire bag in Li Tai's hand.

Li Shimin looked at the things in his hand carefully, and said to Li Tai: "Good boy, you are smart enough. Since your master is too timid to let it go, let me try it."

Wuming heard that the emperor was about to experiment with a new weapon, and immediately cast a piercing gaze backwards, and all the eunuchs and maids following him left quickly.

Li Tai was praised by Li Shimin again, his eighty-pound body was blown away by the wind, and he taught his father how to hold it and how to align it.

On his barrel, he can also install a sight imitated from a cold front sniper rifle. Although it does not have a magnification function, it is just a crosshair, which immediately makes his weapon look much taller.

Li Shimin had played with Leng Feng's sniper rifle before, and quickly found the point. Pushing Li Tai behind him, he lit the fuze, and aimed the crosshairs at a flower stand.

Peng!
Different from the explosion sound of the Thunderbolt, the sound of Li Tai's "small artillery" is more like the sound of an amplified champagne bottle being opened.

Snapped!
The sprayed wooden block hit a celadon vase on the flower stand, and the flower pot was smashed by the wooden block with great kinetic energy.

"Heh, it's powerful!" Li Shimin threw the iron pipe in his hand to the ground, but once it was fired, it became a little hot.Unlike the pistol he hid, it was more powerful, and it wouldn't burn your hands once you fired it.

After letting go of the new weapon his son had researched, Li Shimin stretched his waist and said to Leng Feng, "Show Wei Zheng the memorial. Shadow Pai went out to follow him."

Leng Feng shook his head: "Old Wei is not like a person who can't hold his breath, it's a bit redundant for you to send Longying to follow, well, it's optional, I'm going to take my wife home, and I'll give you a memorial on how to arrange it then. "

"Oh(-ω-`)?" Li Shimin looked at Leng Feng with playful eyes. This is the first time that Leng Feng wants to write a memorial to him. Didn't they all communicate by letter before?
"Don't look at me like that. Anyway, I still need Lao Fang's help when the time comes. Follow his procedure and let him bring the memorial to you, which will save trouble."

Seeing that Leng Feng was about to leave, Li Shimin hurriedly asked, "Is there no possibility of what happened between the King of Han and Shuhan?"

Leng Feng waved his hands with his back to Li Shimin.

Li Yuanchang, although he looks like nothing now, the future is really uncertain, how could he be better than a person who ran around [Note 1] Li Chengqian and rebelled?

In the 16th year of Zhenguan, when Li Yuanchang came to the capital, Li Chengqian called him into the East Palace many times to stay overnight. Finally, he said to Li Chengqian:
"May your majesty be the son of heaven soon. I saw the royal side recently. There is a palace man who is good at playing the pipa. After the matter is peaceful, I hope to give it to you."

It means, I hope you succeed in your rebellion as soon as possible, and if you succeed, I don't ask for much, just give me the court lady who is good at playing the pipa by your side.

Li Chengqian agreed, and then cut his arm with a knife to bleed, stained the blood with a cloth, burned it to ashes, stuffed it into the two people's wine glasses and drank it together as an oath.

This is similar to the ceremony held by Jing Leisi and Li Shimin, both of which represent the reliability of the oath.

As a result, in the 17th year of Zhenguan, the matter was exposed, and Li Shimin couldn't bear to kill him, so he ordered him to exonerate him from the death penalty.

However, the ministers Gao Shilian, Li Shiji and others said: "When the emperor takes the whole world as his home, he treats all peoples as his heirs. You control the world and cannot corrupt the law because of personal affairs. Li Yuanchang has evil intentions and plots to rebel. We Look at him, the city is too deep, even if you spare him, he will not be grateful, and he may even rebel.

Heaven and earth do not tolerate such a person, and we are not ashamed of him. The cruelest punishment is not worthy of his crimes, and even nine deaths are not worthy of his crimes.

However, His Majesty violated the law because of personal affairs, and was merciful to the devil, wanting to let go of the fishing net (law) and let Kunpeng go. (referring to the great sinner)
We all have missions arranged by His Majesty, so we must do our duty faithfully. I hope His Majesty will abide by the law and listen to our suggestion to execute this heinous person. Only in this way can we deter those ambitious people..."

Li Shimin couldn't do what he wanted, so he "bargained" with the officials and gave Li Yuanchang the death penalty of committing suicide at home, otherwise Li Yuanji would be beheaded by Caishikou.

(ps: The author translated from the old Tang book, which involves some allusions of the Warring States period, which cannot be translated, sorry~)
　Note [-]: To sway is to lure others with words, and it is generally used for one person to sway another to do something that he himself dare not do.

　　
　
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