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Chapter 115 If Xuanwu Gate Had a Gun Back Then [Please Subscribe]

"Your Majesty, I really can't let you play with this! It will explode!"

"What's this about explosion or not? This was made by my grandson, and you know more than him?"

Li Yuan glared at Zhang Ping's elder brother Zhang Tie and said sternly, "Let me play with the musket!"

"But."

Zhang Tie looked hesitant.

Although he is Zhang Ping's elder brother, in fact, his status is not high. He is just the owner of the military weapons workshop.

Because Li Chengqian wanted to set up his own "private weapons" workshop, but had no craftsmen, Zhang Tie was asked to cooperate with Li Chengqian to find suitable craftsmen.

As for the production of muskets, Zhang Tie and the craftsmen from the military weapons workshop were responsible for making them according to the drawings drawn by Li Chengqian.

So, if we were to ask who knows the most about muskets, besides Li Chengqian, it would be Zhang Tie.

But facing Li Yuan's dominance, Zhang Tie, though extremely reluctant, did not dare to disobey him again and again. He could only hand over the musket to Li Yuan with trepidation.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let me try it first? It will be safer for you to use it after I try it!"

"What nonsense? Do I need what you have left?"

Li Yuan snatched the musket from Zhang Tie's hand and glared at him unhappily. Then he examined the musket carefully and said in amazement, "I never thought such a small thing could be more powerful than a bow and crossbow. There really is nothing in this world that is not amazing!"

As he said this, he pointed the barrel of the gun at himself and opened his eyes wide to look at the structure inside the barrel.

“The Emperor!!”

Zhang Tie turned pale with fright when he saw Li Yuan's terrifying actions.

"what happened again?"

Li Yuan tilted his head and looked at it impatiently.

Zhang Tie carefully turned the gun barrel to his side and said in a trembling voice, "Don't point the gun barrel at yourself, it could easily go off and injure you."

"Ah!"

Li Yuan laughed. "Do you think I'm stupid? I was right next to Cheng Qian when he was drawing the blueprint for the musket. Your musket needs to pull the trigger to fire the bullet. I didn't pull the trigger, so what's the danger?"

"But."

"Alright, go cool off! Don't delay my shooting!"

Before Zhang Tie could finish his words, Li Yuan drove him away without question.

The next moment, he picked up the rifle and aimed it at a target ten steps away.

Perhaps it was his first time playing with a musket. Even though Li Yuan had some knowledge about muskets, he was still a little nervous when actually shooting with live ammunition. His hands kept shaking and he couldn't aim at the target at all.

At this moment, a group of people rushed over from a distance, and the leader hurriedly shouted: "Grandpa! Be careful--"

Hearing this, Li Yuan, who was trying hard to aim at the target, was slightly startled and subconsciously pulled the trigger.

Immediately afterwards, with a "bang", flames spurted out of the gun barrel, and the powerful recoil almost made Li Yuan's arm unstable.

"Bah bah bah!"

A cloud of smoke filled Li Yuan's mouth and nose. He spat repeatedly and stretched out his hand to drive away the smoke in front of him.

At the same time, Li Chengqian and others rushed to his side.

"Grandpa! You didn't hahaha--"

Li Chengqian rushed towards Li Yuan with a pale face. Just as he was about to ask him if he was okay, he saw Li Yuan's dusty appearance and couldn't help laughing.

Li Yuan, however, spat and sighed, "Pah! What a powerful weapon! This isn't a musket! It's clearly a smaller fire bomb!"

As he said that, he turned his head to look at the target behind him and shouted, "Did you hit it?!"

Zhang Tie ran over and looked at the target: "Emperor, I missed!"

Li Yuan's face flushed, and he glared at Li Chengqian angrily: "It's all your fault! If you hadn't disturbed me, I might have won!"

Li Chengqian's nose was crooked with anger. "Grandpa, do you know how dangerous this thing is?! What if I get hurt? How will I explain it?!"

"What do you mean by how to explain? Who are you going to explain to? Erlang? If I had this musket at Xuanwu Gate back then, would he dare to be so rude to me?!" Li Yuan said angrily.

Li Chengqian was speechless, then turned to look at Ma Zhou, Cen Benwen and others behind him.

They all looked up at the sky, as if they saw nothing and heard nothing.

The atmosphere instantly became awkward.

He couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead.

Li Yuan then complained, "Although this musket is powerful, its accuracy is poor, not as good as a bow and arrow. I think it's only suitable for defending the city and blocking the enemy in close combat!"

"No, this isn't a real musket yet. It's just a test piece. Grandpa is lucky. If it exploded, it would be dangerous!"

Shaking his head, Li Chengqian took the musket from Li Yuan, examined it carefully, and pointed at the cracks on the barrel, saying, "Grandpa, look, we've only fired once and the barrel is cracked. If we fire again, it's sure to explode!"

"This"

Seeing the cracks on the barrel, Li Yuan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he couldn't help but say with some fear: "This thing is really dangerous!"

"Yes! Any hot weapon is dangerous during the testing phase! So, grandpa, don't joke with your life in the future!" Li Chengqian said earnestly.

Li Yuan said with lingering fear: "My grandson is teaching me that it was my grandfather who was reckless!"

"It's okay. Everyone has a desire for curiosity. Once the craftsmanship of the musket is fully perfected, I will give Grandpa two safer muskets!"

"Okay! Grandpa is waiting for you!"

As they spoke, the grandfather and grandson smiled at each other.

The others also breathed a sigh of relief.

In Jiangling, only Li Chengqian could persuade Li Yuan.

"Oh, by the way, Grandpa, didn't I say some time ago that I would give you a fun thing? I made it!" Li Chengqian said as if he remembered something.

Li Yuan looked puzzled and asked, "Isn't the fun thing you're talking about this musket?"

"of course not!"

Li Chengqian denied it, "A musket is so dangerous, how can it be used as a fun thing?"

Then he turned to Lai Fu and said, "Lai Fu, take the box from my carriage to my grandfather!"

"promise!"

Lai Fu agreed and quickly took a box from the carriage and handed it to Li Yuan.

"This is."

Li Yuan took the box, still a little confused.

Li Chengqian smiled and raised his hand to signal.

Li Yuan did not act pretentiously and opened the box immediately.

I saw something like a bamboo tube inside.

"It's a telescope!"

Li Chengqian took the initiative to introduce.

Although Li Chengqian often came up with some weird things, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask, "What's the use of this thing?"

"Come, let me show you!"

As he spoke, Li Chengqian picked up the telescope, opened the cover, pointed one end at his eye and the other at a distant target, and explained, "This thing allows people to see farther!"

"really?"

Li Yuan took the telescope doubtfully and put it to his eyes according to Li Chengqian's demonstration.

"what!!!"

A loud roar came out of Li Yuan's mouth, and at the same time his whole body shook violently.

He turned around and saw Li Chengqian smiling at him from the side, and his face flushed again. He felt that he had been unprepared and had embarrassed himself in front of his grandson. As if to prove that the person he had just exclaimed was not him, he put the telescope to his eyes again and looked into the distance.

As expected, I could see very distant scenery, as if it were right in front of me.

He looked away in disbelief and looked at the scene just now. Now the scene returned to normal. He looked through the telescope again and the scene was right in front of him again.

“This, this thing is amazing!”

Li Yuan was surprised and delighted.

Li Chengqian said with a grin, "Is it fun, Grandpa?"

"Fun! So much fun!"

Li Yuan said excitedly, "It's not only fun! It's also very useful! If this telescope is used in military operations, our Tang generals can detect enemy movements in advance and anticipate their moves!"

"Although Grandpa is not in power, he is always concerned about national affairs."

"Humph!"

Li Yuan snorted in dissatisfaction when he heard Li Chengqian's teasing. "The Tang Dynasty was founded by my grandfather! It will always be so!"

"hehe."

Li Chengqian smiled, but did not argue with Li Yuan on this issue because there was no need to.

No matter how much grudge there was between Li Yuan and Li Shimin, there is no doubt that they both wanted the best for the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't argue with him, Li Yuan took the initiative to speak again, "That Zhao Deyan, you're going to send him to East Turkestan and not care about him anymore?"

"Ok?"

Li Chengqian was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Grandpa, why did you suddenly think of Zhao Deyan?"

"Isn't it your telescope that brought it out?"

Li Yuan said with a bit of amusement: "After getting it and experiencing its magic, I naturally thought about fighting the Eastern Turks and that Zhao Deyan!"

"Uh,"

Li Chengqian's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand to his forehead. "So, I really forgot about him?"

"Now that I think about it, do you have any follow-up plans?"

"this."

After pondering for a moment, Li Chengqian said thoughtfully, "If I remember correctly, there is another force similar to Yuan Zhangjun in my Tang Dynasty that has not been dealt with yet."

"you are right?"

"Liang Shidu!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan was shocked and instantly understood Li Chengqian's thoughts.

the other side.

Eastern Turkic Khanate, the tent of Jie Li Khan.

While Zhao Deyan was chewing on the delicious grassland mutton, he said to Jie Li Khan with a smile:
"Khan, do you know why the Tang Dynasty has grown increasingly powerful since Li Shimin ascended the throne? Why did the powerful Eastern Turks decline?"

Jie Li Khan, who was originally drinking kumis, suddenly became interested when he heard Zhao Deyan's words and couldn't help but ask, "Yes! Why?"

"Because the Tang Dynasty has abolished all things that are disadvantageous to the emperor, now the emperor can do whatever he wants!"

"Ok!"

Jie Li Khan nodded in agreement and said, "I know that your emperor in the Central Plains has great power! There's a saying about a million corpses caused by the emperor's wrath."

"Haha, that's a bit of an exaggeration!"

Zhao Deyan smiled, then changed the subject: "However, as for Li Shimin, he has enough troops, money, and food, but what about the Khan?"

"Your cattle and sheep belong to the tribes, not the Khan. Your bows and arrows belong to the tribes, not the Khan!"

"That's right! You have a point!"

"Plus, the people of the Central Plains already outnumber those of the grasslands, and now they can concentrate their forces, so this danger must be considered!"

"Ok?"

Jie Li Khan narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean?"

"hey-hey!"

Zhao Deyan smiled cunningly, then put down the mutton in his hand, picked up a cloth to wipe his hands, and whetted Jie Li Khan's appetite before saying meaningfully:

"Khan, in my opinion, the reason for the chaos on the grasslands is that the various tribes are divided, which has dispersed the strength of the Eastern Turks. If something happens, how can they resist the Tang Dynasty?"

"Correct!"

Jie Li Khan was shocked and said quickly, "Tell me, what should I do?"

"it's actually really easy!"

Zhao Deyan winked and said, "As long as we establish the Khan's authority, strengthen his position, and ensure he has enough money and food, just like the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did, and the grassland people are good at riding and shooting, the Tang Dynasty will not be a threat!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Jie Li Khan couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh: "Great, great! I've been worried about this for years!"

"To be honest, this severe snowstorm has caused so many problems internally that I'm almost losing confidence!"

As he spoke, he pointed at Zhao Deyan with excitement and said with a smile: "You are a gift from God to our grassland!"

"That's what the Khan meant."

"You have an idea! Then do as you say!"

Jie Li Khan immediately made a decisive decision: "I will never let the great cause of our ancestors be destroyed in my hands!"

After saying that, he raised his head and laughed again: "God is willing to spare my grassland! I have Mr. Zhao's help!!"

"hehe."

Seeing Jie Li Khan laughing so happily, Zhao Deyan also smiled.

Although Li Chengqian helped him regain his official position, Li Shimin sent him to Eastern Turkestan, obviously not wanting to use him.

In this case, he felt that he needed to make Li Shimin regret that his vision was not as good as his son's.

As for Li Chengqian, he could only thank him for his recognition in another way.

He sighed, but after Jie Li Khan finished laughing, he said solemnly, "I wonder if Mr. Zhao has any good solutions for our current predicament?"

"Khan, in my opinion, the most important thing now is to increase taxation and strengthen the economy. There is no other way!"

"Okay! Just do as you say!"

"and many more!"

Just as Jie Li Khan was about to give the order, Zhao Deyan raised his hand to stop him and said, "Khan, I want to show you something!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a golden seal with the Eastern Turkic totem from his bosom and handed it to Jie Li Khan, saying, "The words on it are the Khan's name. From now on, only this golden seal can prove that it is the Khan's order. This can also prevent others from doing things in the name of the Khan!"

"Good good!"

Jie Li Khan took the golden seal, nodded repeatedly, and praised it endlessly: "Not bad, really good! In the past, when there was something, we would send people to report it, and sometimes, what we said was always doubted. Now it's good, we have evidence, um, good!"

"hehe."

Zhao Deyan smiled but said nothing.

In fact, the reason why he took out this thing was to better control the East Turkestan.

With the golden seal, he can use chicken feathers as a token of authority.

But Jie Li Khan knew nothing about this.

I thought he was the savior of East Turkestan.
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