Tang Dynasty: A Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls for Li Er at the Start

Chapter 121 Don't get blown up!
"Assassins! Help!"

Wen He stumbled forward a few steps, fell to the ground, rolled several times, and finally stopped.

He suddenly jumped up, and a majestic face appeared before him.

"Um, Your Highness, have you finished court?"

Wen He rubbed her bottom and got up from the ground with a smile.

"Do you know why I summoned you?" Li Shimin asked coldly.

"Uh, because I hit a Japanese person?"

Having been suddenly summoned and forced to stand here as if being punished, Wen He knew that Li Shimin's summons must be related to the incident with the Japanese yesterday.

However, Li Shimin raised his hand and slapped him on the head.

"You brat, how dare you commit violence in the street! How many men did you bring? If you get hurt by the Japanese, your sister will be heartbroken!"

"It's alright. Besides, with the Xuanjia Guards here, those Japanese are nothing to worry about."

Wen He secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that Li Er didn't care about him hitting the Japanese.

"Hmph!" Seeing his relaxed appearance, Li Shimin raised his hand to strike again, but Wen He quickly retreated and dodged, with a playful smile on his face.

"I'm annoyed by you, get lost!"

"Yes, then I shall take my leave."

Wen He felt pleased, as she hadn't been punished.

It seems that Li Er also harbors hostility towards Japan.

Perhaps a few years later, when the Tang Dynasty is capable of going to sea, it will be able to truly destroy that island nation full of beasts.

Watching him skip away, Li Shimin couldn't help but chuckle: "This brat is only concerned with his own pleasure and revenge, but he's dragged me into this mess. Oh well, let's just consider it a clean break."

This time, Wen He provided the blueprints for a crossbow.

He was researching gunpowder again, and he was still worried about how to reward him.

At such a young age, any sudden promotion or ennoblement would be detrimental to Wen He.

This time he hit the Japanese, which was understandable, but he did hit an envoy after all.

This conveniently negates some of his credit.

As for the rest, the reward he prepared can offset most of it.

"Have ten more Xuanjia Guards go to the Wen residence. Give five bolts of cloth to the five men who accompanied him this time. Don't let that brat find out."

Before Li Shimin entered the palace, he left a message.

Gao Yue bowed and quickly agreed.

'His Highness the Crown Prince truly favors Wen He. Not only has he not punished her for such a serious offense, but he's even worried that Wen He doesn't have enough thugs. Sigh, even the three young princes couldn't match such favor.'

Gao Yue sighed inwardly.

A few quarters of an hour later.

Wen He arrived at the gunpowder testing ground in the Forbidden Garden at a leisurely pace.

As soon as he arrived yesterday, Yan Lide couldn't wait to get him to start studying.

Gunpowder, you know.

Once you know the materials, manufacturing it isn't too difficult.

Moreover, the Ministry of Works already had readily available gunpowder, and further improvements would make the process even more efficient.

The reason why the gunpowder of the Tang Dynasty could not explode was that it contained too many impurities and the material ratio was incorrect. It needed to be heated to a higher temperature to produce an explosion.

So the first thing the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works did yesterday was to screen for impurities and then re-formulate the mixture.

He worked through the night to finally produce the first batch of gunpowder, and he was planning to personally supervise the process.

As a result, he was summoned to the Reijeong-dono Hall because of the matter involving the Japanese.

"These Japanese have wasted so much of my time. Once the gunpowder is manufactured, I'll put a bottle of it where they live."

Of course, this was just Wen He talking nonsense.

The Honglu Guest House is located within Chang'an City. If he dares to set off gunpowder there, Li Er can hang him in the Lizheng Hall and beat him that very day.

"boom!"

Before his carriage even got close, a loud roar suddenly came from the gunpowder-making area ahead.

The birds and beasts in the woods ahead were thrown into chaos.

Wen He felt the carriage jolt, and then heard a panicked shout from behind.

"Quickly, go save the young master!"

Wen He's heart skipped a beat inside the carriage. She opened the curtain and saw that the horse was startled.

The driver hurriedly grabbed the horse's reins.

"Young master, don't be afraid. I've been driving for three years, and I'm sure nothing will happen!" But before he could finish speaking, he heard...

"Pfft!"

The wheel seemed to be tripped by something, and Wen He suddenly felt herself floating.

To his utter astonishment, he slammed heavily onto the car floor again.

"puff."

He felt a dull pain in his chest, as if his ribs were about to break.

Before he could react, he felt the world spinning around him.

The feeling is like falling into a washing machine, where your body is being tossed around by centrifugal force.

Fortunately, Yan Lide had placed many soft cushions inside the carriage to prevent it from being bumpy.

When the train came to a stop after flipping, the carriages were not broken, only the windows had a hole.

He managed to crawl out through this hole, and then vomited profusely.

"Xiao Langjun!"

The Xuanjia guards behind him rushed over and dismounted to check on his condition.

"I'm fine. Go check on the eunuch who drives the carriage."

"Young master, I'm fine too."

As soon as Wen He finished speaking, she heard a voice filled with emotion beside her.

Wen He looked up at him, her lips twitching slightly.

"Hehe, it's alright, it's good that you're alright."

"I reacted quickly and jumped down in time... Hey, young master, don't hit my face!"

"You've been driving for three years, haven't you? You said you were fine, and you still jumped out of the car? You son of a bitch!"

This eunuch was named Adong. He looked quite young and was originally from the Imperial Horse Administration, where he was responsible for hauling hay in the Forbidden Garden.

Wen He left in a hurry this time, so they arranged for him to drive.

"I was wrong, I was wrong." A-Dong hurriedly covered his head and begged for forgiveness. Wen He raised her hand to hit him, but then reluctantly lowered it.

"Never mind, it's not your fault." Wen He patted the dust off her head.

Adong was overjoyed: "Really?"

"presumptuous!"

The Xuanjia Guards were furious!
If it weren't for the fact that the young eunuch wasn't a good driver, they wouldn't have been so terrified for a while.

Wen He glanced at the angry Xuanjia Guard, then looked away and nodded to A Dong: "Really, and from now on you'll still be driving the carriage for me. If anyone dares to replace you, I'll beat them up."

"Thank you, young man! Thank you, young man!"

Adong bowed repeatedly.

"Weren't you fearless just now? Why are you thanking me now?" Wen He chuckled.

He thought the young eunuch was unaware of the seriousness of the matter.

If he overturned the carriage, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he would inevitably be beaten severely, and might even be beaten to death.

"I'm used to being beaten." Adong chuckled and scratched his head, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.

Wen He looked at him, stepped forward, and reached out her hand.

A Dong thought he was going to be hit, so he quickly covered his head. But Wen He just brushed the dust off him and said...

"I will not do it again."

Adong was stunned, and tears welled up in his eyes.

His legs went weak, and he wanted to kneel down, but Wen He stopped him.

"Don't waste your time with all this fuss."

After saying that, Wen He turned around and walked to the Xuanjia Guards, pointing to one of them and asking him to carry her onto the horse.

Judging from the sound just now, it was clearly coming from the gunpowder manufacturing workshop.

There must have been an explosion.

I wonder how Yan Lide is doing?

I hope I don't get blown up, otherwise this matter will become a huge mess.

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