The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 734 Military

Li Muyun thought about sending Gao Heng away for a long time, and finally decided to tell Li Shimin about this matter.

After all, it is a business of 200 million guan. It may not be a big deal in the Ming and Qing dynasties hundreds of years later, but it is definitely not a small amount in the Tang Dynasty.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin had just woken up and was exercising in the yard when he heard someone come to report to King Xiaoyao asking to see him.

Although he didn't know what Li Muyun's purpose was, he still ordered: "Let him in."

"No!" The eunuch Lao Long went out in response, and Li Muyun followed him into Li Er's yard in a short time.

"Tai Chi? Brother Huang can still hit this thing?"

After entering the courtyard, Li Muyun looked at Li Er who was slowly punching, and asked in surprise.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment: "Tai Chi? What is that?"

"Isn't that what the emperor hit?"

"I don't know anything. This is Wuqinxi, which was created by Hua Tuo in the Eastern Han Dynasty." Li Shimin really had no choice but to take this righteous brother, he didn't understand anything, and he always liked to express opinions indiscriminately.

"..." Li Muyun touched his nose speechlessly, thinking about it afterwards, he really made a mistake.

It is said that Taijiquan was created by Zhang Sanfeng, hundreds of years before the early Tang Dynasty.

But having said that, Li Er's actions just now are indeed very similar to Tai Chi, such as rubbing cards, counting cards, drawing cards, and playing cards, you can see that he is a veteran.

"Tell me, what's the matter for coming to see me so early." After a while, Li Er finished playing a set of Wu Qin Xi, took the towel handed over by the old eunuch, and said while wiping his sweat.

"That's it..." Li Muyun explained Gao Heng's request in as simple a language as possible, emphasizing on the matter of 200 million strings.

Li Shimin didn't say anything at first, until after Li Muyun finished speaking, he asked thoughtfully: "So the brochure you handed over to upgrade the military equipment was prepared for this matter?"

"Hey, yes, and no." Li Muyun smiled sheepishly: "Isn't this going along with the flow? If it wasn't for that proton Gao Heng who brought it up, I wouldn't have remembered it."

Li Er's face was uncertain: "Really? Then have you thought about it, what if Goguryeo uses the equipment it bought against us? Two million guns can fully arm an army of 200 people."

"Brother Huang, don't we have something more advanced, like that gunpowder, don't tell me that you just use it to make fireworks."

Hearing Li Muyun talk about gunpowder, Li Shimin was not angry at all.

"Although the gunpowder you got sounds good, it's not useful at all except for blowing up the city gate. How dare you say that?"

What?Can it only be used to blow up city gates?What does this mean?Li Muyun scratched his head and asked, "Brother Huang, wouldn't you wrap that gunpowder in a cloth bag and use it right away?"

"Otherwise!" Li Er asked angrily.

Li Muyun slapped himself on the forehead: "Brother Huang, it's a waste. Isn't gunpowder that useful?"

"No, then tell me how to use it." Li Shimin sat down on a stone bench in the yard and pointed to another one.

As one of the few emperors in history, Li Erguang accepts good words, and his character of not being ashamed to ask questions has added a lot of points to him.

Li Muyun, who originally thought he would be reprimanded, was touched by Li Er's attitude. After sitting down, he said seriously: "Brother Huang, let alone other usages, even if it is directly wrapped in cloth, my brother thinks that if you put some Things like iron sand can also cause a lot of damage."

"In addition, if you build a thin iron box, put gunpowder in it, and throw it into the crowd, it can also cause a lot of damage."

"Even if it is worse, dig a hole in the ground and bury the gunpowder in it. The large army used to ambush the enemy can also play a big role."

"Oh? Can it still be used like this?" Li Shimin's eyes widened instantly, showing interest.

"Of course it can be used in this way. It's not like you don't know that my brother used gunpowder to ambush tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo when he was in Shuozhou." Li Muyun said with a wry smile.

He really didn't understand why so many people in the Tang Dynasty held gunpowder and didn't know how to use it. No wonder gunpowder was invented in my country a long time ago, but it turned out to be used by foreigners to open the door of China.

Li Er recalled what happened back then, frowned and asked, "Then why didn't you say it earlier."

Li Muyun showed a constipated expression, and said to himself, who would have known that you idiots could not even use gunpowder, if I had known this earlier, I would have written this manual for you back then.

But after thinking about it, the words came to my lips: "Brother Emperor, you should be more careful when using gunpowder. This thing is too powerful, far more powerful than cold weapons. If too many people know about it, I'm afraid there will be dissatisfaction." positive effect."

Li Shimin also knew that this was an excuse, after all, he had already donated his things, so if you don't know how to use them indiscriminately, it's no wonder others.

It's like a blacksmith hit a knife, and you bought it home and hacked it, and you hurt yourself. No wonder the blacksmith is the same.

He simply nodded and said: "Well, what you say makes sense, but now there are no outsiders, so you can explain it in detail. I want to know what the usage of gunpowder is."

Li Muyun smiled wryly and said: "The usage of gunpowder should actually be used to make cannons and muskets right now, but the quality of the steel in our Tang Dynasty is not good enough, so even if it is made, it is not very useful, otherwise it will hurt the enemy a lot One thousand will lose eight hundred."

"Cannons and muskets? It sounds quite powerful." Li Er showed an interested expression.

This is not to say that Li Er doesn't care about battle damage. In fact, fighting with cold weapons in itself means injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicted eight hundred. Fighting big with small things, burning company battalions are basically stories in novels. Most wars are actually The two sides fight for numbers and will.

Li Muyun has experienced several wars and knows the situation of cold weapon wars, so he didn't feel that Li Er was so cold-blooded, so he said calmly: "Actually, cannons and muskets can be understood as the same thing, the difference lies in the amount of charge. Their principle is Use steel to build a strong cylinder, put gunpowder and metal balls in it, and then rely on the impact of the explosion to throw the metal balls out to hit the enemy."

Li Shimin thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "According to what you mean, doesn't it mean that this thing is not much different from the eight-ox crossbow and the catapult?"

"In some respects, the difference is indeed not that big, but in terms of attack power, gunpowder is far stronger than the two things you mentioned, Brother Huang."

(End of this chapter)