Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 369 Aristocratic Family and Imperial Power

Taiji Palace, back garden.

This is usually a place where the couple can rest, bask in the sun, drink tea and eat some cakes.

To put it bluntly, just think about nothing and relax your brain.

After all, if people think all the time, it is also a waste of energy.

At this moment, Li Shimin was sitting under the pavilion. Not far away, Empress Changsun was demonstrating the armor from the future to Li Shimin.

First of all, it covers the whole body, and its appearance is somewhat similar to the Ming Guang Armor of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, because Empress Chang Sun is a woman, the shape is slightly different. Anyway, in the words of Empress Chang Sun, this thing is ever-changing and its shape can be modified at will.

Then there are some basic means of attack.

Knives chopped and axes stomped.

Every move is full of power.

As a horse-riding emperor, Li Shimin could see at a glance that ordinary physical practitioners would be completely powerless against Empress Changsun.

why?

Because the iron hammer in the queen's hand was left by her deceased third brother, Li Yuanba. Everyone knows the weight of this hammer, but in the queen's hand it seems like a piece of cake. Before this, the queen was a weak person.

What happened next made Li Shimin even more amazed.

The queen took out many talismans and used them to attack herself.

The power is great, the range is wide, and the changes are numerous.

If he had not used the dragon energy to seal the back garden in advance, the imperial guards would have rushed over by now, thinking that there was a thief trying to assassinate them.

These attacks, intertwined together, are no different from orthodox real-life attacks.

But all were stopped by this armor.

"Your Majesty, I can only demonstrate this far for now. This armor has another move, but it requires a lot of energy. It says that if I use it, it will affect the treatment."

"No need, I know what's going on."

After saying that, Li Shimin turned around and saw a man who looked about the same age as Li Shimin standing there respectfully.

He was wearing a Taoist robe and his body was slightly hunched.

He was the deputy director of the Imperial Observatory, Yuan Tiangang, and was also the designated next director.

"You've seen it all."

"Return to your majesty, I saw it."

Yuan Tiangang took a deep breath and answered carefully.

Because the surprise in his heart at this moment was comparable to the lightning and thunder just now.

After all, he knew better that Empress Changsun was just an ordinary person, but this armor could make her become a powerful person at the real level.

How could he not be shocked.

"I have an order for you. Go to your master's school and find the most talented people to form a brand new organization for me. The only purpose of your existence is to study this set of armor for me. In the future, there may be similar items."

"The minister obeys the order."

Yuan Tiangang bowed and said that he did not ask about the origin of the armor. After all, there was no need to guess. It was most likely sent by that strange man.

Last year, he had a feeling in his heart and cast a divination. It took him twenty years of his life to solve the divination. At that time, he told the emperor that on the next day of the Firefly, an extraordinary person would appear before His Majesty.

In fact, as the person who tells the divination, he knows more.

Otherwise, why would he have wasted twenty years of his life?
In his hexagram, although he could not calculate the origin and background of this stranger, he knew that this stranger had great opportunities and great fortune. Whoever could get help from this person would rise to prominence. If the Tang Dynasty could get it, it could even prolong the country's life.

As a person within the Tang Dynasty bureaucracy, I naturally hope that the Tang Dynasty will be as strong as possible.

As for the current situation, he could guess most of it.

Basically, the emperor couldn't fully trust Yi Ren and had doubts about the alien mechanical beast he brought out.

"I have a junior fellow apprentice, Mingyue Li Chunfeng, who is proficient in mechanical beasts. I will contact him immediately after I return."

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you, my dear."

"I, your Majesty, will not let you down."
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"So this is Shuofang."

Li Zhongren rode a horse, followed the large army, and looked at the scenery around him.

After arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he could no longer tell the directions.

As for Shuofang, he had heard of the name, but he had no idea where it was actually.

It was not until he followed the army that was protecting him that he realized that this was probably the border between the grassland and the Central Plains.

There are forests, grasslands, rivers, and seemingly even a desert.

Not long after, Li Zhongren arrived at his destination.

The base camp behind the front line where the Tang Dynasty and the Shuofang rebels confronted each other.

Here, he met the person in charge of this place, Liu Min, the governor of Xiazhou.

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, wearing armor and looking very tough.

"Meet Mr. Li."

Liu Min bowed to Li Zhongren. This scene surprised the people around him. They were all wondering who this young man was who could make the commander-in-chief at the front bow to him. Especially when they heard that his last name was Li, they were all wondering if he was a royal relative.

Here, only Liu Min himself knew that this person was not a royal relative, but an overseas stranger.

This was written in the handwritten note that Li Shimin gave him.

The general content is that all the credit for defeating Liang Shidu was given to him because he gave the Tang Dynasty a treasure that could be inherited, which could enable people to have real-life-level combat power.

This sentence carries too much weight.

After all, as a frontline general, he knew too well the meaning of the word "real person", which was the magic needle that stabilized the sea.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor did not let him suffer any loss. Although the credit for defeating Liang Shidu was gone, after the recovery of the Shuofang area, the Silk Road in the entire southern part of the desert would be reopened. As a general stationed here, he would get more benefits. Anyway, his current position would not be promoted. After all, if he was promoted, he might have to be transferred to Chang'an. Compared to Chang'an, he prefers to stay here and be a local emperor.

"Hello."

Li Zhongren stretched out his hand, then awkwardly took it back and cupped his hands, but ended up cupping the wrong hands.

This scene made Liu Min take a deep breath.

At the same time, he was also convinced that this person was indeed an extraordinary person.

First of all, this person has fair skin and tender flesh, and it is obvious that he has never experienced a hard life. There are almost no calluses on his hands.

Secondly, this person basically does not understand the various rules within the Tang Dynasty. If an ordinary person had taken those actions just now, he would have been skinned dead. His right hand was on top and his left hand was on the bottom. Was he provoking him?
Therefore, after knowing that the other party was an alien from overseas, although he was quite disdainful in his heart, he did not have too many thoughts about him. After all, the other party was able to present a real-life-level treasure to the emperor, and in this respect, he could not compare.

"Well, Mr. Liu, let's find a place. I have something here that I can show you."

"it is good."

Liu Min nodded.

The emperor also wrote in a handwritten note to him that this strange man had Sumeru mustard seeds on his body, which contained many magical things. If he was asked to come over, his credit would not be in vain. He would take out corresponding items to help him defeat Liang Shidu.

Although, in fact, the method to deal with Liang Shidu has already been decided, that is, to surround but not attack. This place is short of resources, and it won't be long before there will be unrest inside Liang Shidu. Sending troops at that time will be ineffective.

However, he would not mind if new variables were introduced, because the art of being a general is all about being flexible.

"So, what did Mr. Li bring?"

"Five thousand armors."

Li Zhongren didn't waste any time. With a wave of his hand, five thousand sets of plate armor appeared on the open ground. Yes, it was the kind of plate armor used exclusively by European knights. Moreover, because the material was more solid, this plate armor could even block bullets.

Of course, it is only limited to pistols and small-caliber bullets, so just forget about using Barrett or something like that.

That thing can't be stopped by armor, not even a thick block of tungsten metal.
"What kind of armor is this?" Liu Min walked over and took a look with a curious look on his face.

Soon there was a flash of heat in his eyes.

As a frontline general, he could see at a glance the strength of this armor.

The whole body is wrapped tightly, without any exposure, and the joints are extremely flexible.

Anyone wearing this armor, as long as they have no flaws, can just charge into the crowd and kill anyone, and ordinary attacks will not cause any harm to them at all.

The only thing we need to worry about is the various spells of the shaman on Liang Shidu's side.

However, they have shamans, and we also have Qigong practitioners here.

In the end, it all comes down to the basics.

"When~~"

Liu Min reached out and knocked on the armor.

The dull sound sounded so pleasant in his ears. The craftsmanship of such armor was so complicated that he could hardly imagine it. Not to mention five thousand sets, even five hundred or fifty sets would take an unknown amount of time.

This person directly took out so much, enough for him to form a heavy cavalry or heavy infantry unit.
No wonder His Majesty would want to give him such credit.

“And this.”

"besides?"

Liu Min turned his head and saw a pile of things in some kind of bags piled there.

"This is?"

"Fine salt."

"Salt?"

“No, it’s refined salt.”

At Li Zhongren's signal, Liu Min went over, opened a bag, and saw the snow-white salt inside. He was stunned.

Even my breathing became rapid.

"These are the rewards given to Governor Liu by His Majesty."

Li Zhongren was not stupid either. He had already made an agreement with Li Shimin before coming here to get credit, marry a princess, and be bound to the Li Tang royal family for the rest of his life.

Therefore, these ten tons of salt could be considered as a gift to Liu Min, and it could also be considered as a reward for the credit he received.

After all, in this era, the value of ten tons of refined salt, if managed properly, can definitely make Liu Min rich.

"I?"

"Yes, after all, you understand. Without saying more, I can interact more with Grand Commander Liu in the future."

"Okay, okay haha, okay"

Liu Min looked at the ten tons of refined salt, and the last bit of dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared without a trace.

"besides."

"besides??"

"Ah."

Finally, Li Zhongren waved his hand, and another pile of things was piled in front of Liu Min.

It looked like a bag. When Liu Min opened it, he saw what looked like talisman paper inside with the word "explosion" on it.

"This is."

"Detonating charm."

Li Zhongren spoke.

"It's a talisman from a foreign land, similar to the talismans used by our Taoist Qigong practitioners, but it's simpler and more direct, and the way to use it is also very simple. After sticking it on, tear it open here and stick it on the enemy. It's very powerful."

Li Zhongren also took out a detonating talisman. After some operations, he flicked it lightly and the detonating talisman was stuck on the ground in the distance.

"boom!!!"

With a shock wave, Liu Min even felt the earth shaking. In his opinion, the power of this explosion was almost similar to a Taoist small five thunder spell, that is, the power of palm thunder.

And here, there is also a thick pile.

To be honest, Liu Min didn't even know what to say. After all, talismans were never items that could be used in ordinary wars. They were used in extremely critical places, such as breaking down city gates.

It's not that the Tang Dynasty doesn't want to, but even with the size of the Tang Dynasty, it can't arm an army.

To be honest, so many spells, such affordable power.

It’s no wonder that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to marry his two eldest daughters, the eldest illegitimate daughter and the eldest legitimate daughter to him.

What a joke.

If he gave so many talismans to the Turks again, they would dare to attack Chang'an directly.
It has been less than a year since the Weishui Alliance was formed.

Although no one said it, everyone knew in their hearts that the greatest insult Your Majesty had suffered since he started the rebellion was probably making this agreement with those barbarians.

"call"

"With these items from Mr. Li, we will surely be able to capture Shuofang City!"

"Sir, just wait for good news."

"No, I will go to the battlefield with you all."

"Hmm? Mr. Li, swords have no eyes."

"Don't worry, I have some ability to protect myself."

At the end of last month, he made several deals with Li Shimin, obtaining one-tenth of the power of the Iron Man armor and one-tenth of the power of the Four Purple Flame Array.

This month, he gained the ability of the Detonating Talisman.

Therefore, for him, unless he encounters a real-life-level combat force that can carry out a targeted attack on him, it is not difficult for him to protect himself on the battlefield.

In particular, he discovered that the skills that had been integrated into his body and became part of his abilities were sometimes more useful than the original versions.

For example, the ability of Iron Man's armor allows his cells to use the power of nanorobots to automatically absorb external psychic energy, automatically strengthen, automatically defend, automatically attack, and everything else is automatic.

This is especially true for the Four Purple Flame Formation, which can not only be used as a trap to control a certain area, but can also be used to defend against enemy attacks from the outside.

Finally, there is the detonating talisman.

When this thing came to him, it became similar to the Tongtian Talisman, one of the Eight Wonderful Skills in "Under One Person". With a casual swing of his hand, he could throw out a certain number of detonating talismans.

He is now extremely strong, compared to his previous self.

As for why he had to go to the battlefield, there was a reason.

Although Li Shimin had arranged everything, but in this era, even Li Shimin could not have the final say. Li Zhongren was very clear about this. In this era, the power of the aristocratic families was very strong, extremely strong.

Until Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty.

The streets are full of the bones of nobles, and their underwear is burned to ashes.

The aristocratic families completely withdrew from the stage of Chinese history.

Therefore, if he wants to obtain a good title, he must pay a certain price and make his merits further.

Only in this way would Li Shimin favor him and marry both princesses to him.

Hehe, thinking of this, Li Zhongren couldn't help but smile secretly.

Who would have thought that one day he would actually marry a princess.

Especially, these two princesses, even he who is not well versed in history knows that they are two very famous princesses.
(End of this chapter)