Datang: It's a showdown, my son-in-law is going to rebel!

Chapter 81 Cowhide is Too Precious

"Ok?"

After listening to Fang Qi's words, Li Shimin fell into deep thought.

For a moment, he didn't realize what Fang Qi meant.

What does it mean that Fanbang barbarians can no longer attack Datang?
What does it mean?
"Tell me carefully!"

Li Shimin's face suddenly became serious, and Fang Qi asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, as we all know, stand tall and see far. Confucius climbed Dongshan and became a small Lu, and climbed Taishan to make the world smaller."

Fang Qi bowed to Li Shimin and said: "At this time, the king of Shu and other people who go up to the sky with the sky lanterns will naturally be able to see everything on the ground from the air. Sun Tzu's art of war has a saying, knowing yourself and the enemy will not kill you in a hundred battles. If the two armies are at war, our army will know the opponent's formation in advance. , Can you deal with it calmly? From then on, you can win all battles without danger?"

"!!!"

Li Shimin is an emperor on horseback, and when he heard this, he immediately became excited.

What the hell!

There is nothing wrong with that!
After knowing the opponent's formation, you can deal with it calmly, and you can take corresponding measures, and finally you can win the war!

This is really a great achievement!
"Ke'er?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke, and gave him a questioning look.

At this time, Li Shimin had already forgotten about Li Ke's injuries all over his body. He just wanted to know whether what Fang Qi said was true, because this was really important, after all, it was something that could influence the situation of the battle.

Not only that, after Fang Qi's words, Li Shimin thought more.

What about a siege?

Ladders are too complicated. If your own people can fly up, it will be beautiful if you think about it.

Especially when attacking Goguryeo in the future, it would be much easier to have this thing.

So Li Shimin especially wanted to know these things.

Li Ke nodded, and then said: "Father, this is all thanks to Fang Qi, if it weren't for his suggestion, it would be impossible for my son to come up with such a brilliant idea.

What Fang Qi said is not wrong. You can look down at the formation on the opposite side, and then watch the semaphore in the air to deploy and counterattack. You can definitely fight a perfect war. "

"it is good!"

Li Shimin immediately slapped the table and said, "You really deserve to be my good son, and my good son-in-law! This is a great achievement!"

Li Shimin's face changed from gloomy at the beginning, wanting to get angry, to joyful, and it only took a few words.

"Quick, take me to see this sky lantern!"

Li Shimin couldn't wait any longer, and immediately wanted to take a good look at this sky lantern.

"Father, the sky lantern has been destroyed and needs to be remade."

Li Ke said to Li Shimin with some embarrassment: "At that time, I didn't think carefully enough. The sky lantern was damaged and had to be remade."

"What do you need, tell me! If it is feasible, I will create a heavenly soldier!"

Li Shimin is already imagining that he owns a heavenly army, victorious in all battles, expanding his territory and becoming a unique emperor through the ages.

"Father, other things are easy to say, but the most important cowhide requires a lot. About ten pieces of cowhide can be used to make a sky lantern."

Li Ke's words pulled Li Shimin out of his fantasy.

Ten cowhide, doesn't this represent ten cows?

How can this stupid man engage in heavenly soldiers?
If you want to build a heavenly soldier, you need at least a thousand sky lanterns.

In this way, wouldn't it cost [-] cows?
This Nima's Tang Dynasty lacks nothing, but cattle!

The cattle were not killed casually. The most lacking thing in the Tang Dynasty was cattle. This is a well-known fact. If Li Shimin killed cattle for the sake of the heavenly soldiers, it would be a serious crime!

This is no joke.

[-] cows can turn Li Shimin into a despicable tyrant.

"Is there nothing to replace it?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Ke, and said, "I want to know if there is anything that can be substituted, if it is sheepskin?"

"Sheepskin should be fine, but the amount of sewing required is too large. You should know that every stitched thread is a hidden danger. If the thread ends are loosened a little, the danger will be infinitely magnified in the air. Cowhide is the safest. "

Li Ke thought for a while, and then said to Li Shimin: "Father, you can ask Fang Qi about the material, after all, he came up with it."

After hearing this, Li Shimin looked at Fang Qi.

Fang Qi was silent for a while, and then said: "If you don't use cowhide, there are many substitutes, but the price you need to pay is also huge. Cowhide is indeed the safest method now."

"I want to know, what can replace it?"

When Li Shimin heard Fang Qi say that there was something that could replace cowhide, he immediately became interested.

"Your Majesty, do you remember, Getaway?"

Fang Qi asked Li Shimin a question.

"Getaway? Zhuangzi?"

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, and then said: "You are talking about Kunpeng? This is an ancient beast, it should not exist."

"It's just an exaggeration. In the sea, there is a huge animal, which is about seventy or eighty times the size of a cow. If its skin is used to make sky lanterns, one piece of skin can make several sky lanterns without even sewing. , and using the oil in its body to make lamp oil is much better than charcoal."

Fang Qi said to Li Shimin: "However, Your Majesty, this move is extremely dangerous. This thing is a representative of invincibility in the sea. With Datang's current strength, it may be difficult to touch it."

"..."

After Li Shimin heard Fang Qi's words, he was very happy at first. The size of a cow is seventy or eighty times that of a cow. In this way, a piece of skin can make seven or eight sky lanterns, and there is oil, which is more useful than charcoal.

Isn't this the best thing for making sky lanterns?
But Fang Qi's last sentence made Li Shimin realize the reality.

This kind of thing is invincible in the sea.

According to the current level of Datang, it would be impossible to defeat this kind of thing.

This thing is seventy or eighty times the size of a cow, so to what extent?
Li Shimin imagined for a while, looked at his own imperial study, and then fell into silence.

His imperial study room is already very big, but this thing should be as big as five imperial study rooms. If you encounter such a giant in the sea, Datang's ships are not enough for everyone.

This kind of thing can't be hunted at all.

"Anything else?"

Li Shimin was a little unwilling to give up, Fang Qi asked: "Is there anything on land that can replace it?"

"Have!"

Fang Qi nodded, and then said: "It's just that the Tang Dynasty doesn't have this thing, and we need to go to Tianzhu."

Fang Qi thought for a while, and then said to Li Shimin: "Does Your Majesty remember the story of Cao Chong?"

(End of this chapter)