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Then, he took out a glass bottle from one side, which was filled with black gunpowder and iron nuggets.

Immediately, he walked out quickly.

"Look, Your Majesty!"

After walking out, Letai handed the steel pipe in his hand to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan's eyes lit up, he took the steel pipe, and looked at it.

"Have you tried?"

After flipping through it, Li Xuan looked at the music stage and asked.

"Back to the king, after the villain made it, he locked it in the iron box and never took it out!"

Le Tai said hastily.

"In that case, let's go up the mountain to test the gun!" Li Xuan said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The bandstand clapped its hands.

A quarter of an hour later.

It is still the small hill around Lijiazhuang.

Li Xuan took Li Chenglu and stood behind a big tree.

And Xue Rengui was in iron armor, and according to the posture Li Xuan said, he held the musket with both hands evenly, and pointed the iron pipe at the big tree a hundred steps away in front of him.

Then, the bandstand stuffed the gunpowder in the glass bottle, together with some round sharp iron pieces that were slightly smaller than the steel pipe of the musket, into the barrel of the gun.

Tamp it tightly and plug it tightly, and then pull out a lead wire from the bottom, ignite it with flint, and then hurried to the side of the tree and ran behind.

Li Xuan had already covered Li Chenglu's ears with his hands.

Soon, with a loud noise, a cloud of white gunpowder smoke appeared in front of the steel pipe that Xue Rengui was holding.

At the same time, the whole person's arms trembled slightly.

However, this time, Li Xuan, Le Tai and others did not pay much attention to Xue Rengui, but directly looked at the big tree in the distance.

Suddenly, everyone took a breath.

That big tree was directly bombed out of four big holes the size of a bowl. The bark around the big holes has been bombarded to pieces. If you look carefully, you can still see countless small sharp iron pieces scattered around. Inside the big hole in the trunk.

Create another big killer by yourself?

Le Tai's eyelids twitched, trying to stay calm, but his hands were shaking slightly.

And Xue Rengui, as well as the housekeepers Li Chang and Li Chenglu are all in a state of dementia.

"My lord, if this thing is aimed at a person, after it is ignited, its killing power will be more terrifying than a bomb. Within a hundred steps, no one can escape!"

Xue Rengui said with a look of surprise.

"Very good!"

Li Xuan was somewhat satisfied with the power of this musket.

"With this thing, if the Tang Dynasty conquers Goguryeo, it can sweep all the way just like conquering Turks!"

"Great King Shenwu!"

Xue Rengui and Li Chang were full of excitement.

Among the few people present, only these two people have a kind of obsession with conquering Goguryeo!

"Aye, Chenglu also wants to use this musket!"

Li Chenglu looked at the musket in Xue Rengui's hand and said expectantly.

"No!"

Li Xuan shook his head and refused, and then explained: "This gun is extremely dangerous, and those with weak strength, let alone firing the gun, will be blown away the moment the gunpowder is ignited.

Look at Ren Gui, his hands are still shaking! "

Xue Rengui was taken aback, and quickly forced himself to stabilize his hands.

It's a pity that my hands are already out of order!

Li Chenglu's eyes lit up, and he hurried to Xue Rengui, staring at Xue Rengui's hands.

Xue Rengui: "Your Majesty, the last general is just excited and can shoot!"

Li Xuan's face brightened, and he said: "Very good, let's try a few more times!"

Xue Rengui: "..."

Then, on the top of the mountain, there was another loud noise.

……

a few days later.

Several fast horses rushed into Chang'an from Mingde Gate.

After seeing the soldier with the three flags on his horse, the faces of all the passers-by changed drastically, and they stepped out of the street one after another, and no one dared to stop him.

Along the Zhuque Street, rushed all the way into the Zhuque Gate, until they reached the Chengtian Gate, and immediately the soldiers jumped off their horses and rushed into the palace.

"Luoyang rush!"

"Zhengzhou rush!"

"Xuzhou rush!"

"Gunzhou Jizao..."

Wait until these messengers rush into the Hall of Liangyi.

Then from the Hall of Liangyi, a series of servants rushed out, and ran towards the outside of the palace.

……

Chapter 614

After half an hour.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and other ministers all hurriedly walked into the Hall of Liangyi.

"Old minister, see Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, what kind of event has happened to summon the old minister and others in such a hurry?"

Above, Li Shimin looked gloomy.

"Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Xuzhou, Gunzhou... [-] prefectures including [-] prefectures had heavy rains for five days in a row, the Yellow River flooded, and all [-] prefectures were flooded, Henan and Hedong were basically submerged by floods!

Coupled with flash floods, at least thousands of people were drowned, tens of thousands of houses were washed away, millions of acres of crops were washed away throughout Henan and Hedong, and millions of people were left homeless and without food. receive! "

"hiss……"

Hearing this, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but gasp, their faces full of solemnity.

"In more than half a month, it will be the time of autumn harvest. Why is there such a natural disaster?"

"No, the weather in Zhengzhou, Xuzhou and other places is half a month earlier than Chang'an, so these few days are the time for harvesting rice in Henan and Hedong!"

"If such a natural disaster occurs at this time, won't it cost the lives of the people in Henan and Hedong?"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and the others could directly imagine that the people in Henan and Hedong Roads were beaming with joy, preparing to harvest the grain grown through a year's hard work, and their sickles were polished to a shine.

But God sent such a big flood, watching those grains being washed away, how desperate are the common people!

Even, if there are some people with a heart to spread some rumors secretly, maybe even bigger things will happen directly.

"Exactly, for such an important matter, please quickly come up with a regulation. In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the tragedy of starvation everywhere and Yi Zi cannibalizing each other must not happen again!"

Li Shimin said with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, I remember that in the past two years, Duke Ju has transported more than 300 million shi of grain back to Datang, of which 50 shi were stored in Qingzhou, 100 million shi were stored in Luoyang, and another 100 million shi was stored in Qingzhou. , stored in Chang'an."

Fang Xuanling thought of something, and hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted: "Now, we can only rely on these grains first, let the people of Henan and Hedong survive this disaster first!"

"Good, 250 million shi of grain can be put to great use!"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he shouted directly.

"Come here, call Cheng Zhijie, Duan Lun, Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Dou Dan and other twelve generals into the palace!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei responded and ran out quickly.

Speaking of Tang Jian, Li Shimin's heart moved, thinking of Li Xiaogong who was specially sent to Japan by him, and asked again.

"By the way, where is the Japanese army led by Li Xiaogong now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the itinerary of my Tang navy, the army of Hejian County King should arrive at Qingzhou Harbor in half a month!"

Du Ruhui thought for a moment, then hurriedly said.

"Half a month?"

Li Shimin was overjoyed, and said: "When I come back from Japan, Li Xiaogong will definitely bring back millions of shi of rice!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and the others also thought of this, and were all overjoyed.

"Come here, draft an edict!" Li Shimin shouted directly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The Zhongshu Sheren who had been waiting for a long time responded quickly.

"Order Li Xiaogong, the general manager of the Wa State Road, to lead the army of the Wa State Road immediately after arriving at Qingzhou Harbor, carry the grain collected from the Wa State, and go to Gunzhou, Qizhou, Ezhou and other prefectures to rescue the victims!

Among them, Li Xiaogong, the general manager of the Japanese National Highway, decides according to the situation! ..."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, there was another meal.

Immediately, he looked at Du Ruhui again.

"Maoyue took the army to Linyi and other countries. How long has it been?"

"Duke Ju?"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others were startled again, and they all looked overjoyed.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Ju is leaving after the spring plowing. Presumably, at this time, the Duke of Ju should start his return journey from Linyi and other countries!"

Du Ruhui said again.

"So, in another four or five months, another 150 million shi of grain will arrive at Qingzhou Harbor?"

Li Shimin was in a happy mood.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

After Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others praised with joy on their faces, they couldn't help but look weird.

"Your Majesty, it seems that my Tang Dynasty does not need to mobilize food from the south this time, but can directly take out 500 million shi of grain to help the victims!"

Li Shimin couldn't help but look weird, as if it was true.

"I didn't expect that in just two years, my Tang Dynasty could already produce so many stones of grain!"

With that said, Li Shimin's heavy heart immediately relaxed.

"My Tang treasury can be so rich, Xuan Ba ​​has contributed a lot!"

"Your Majesty's words are very true. In the past, we would have been able to mobilize at most 100 million shi of grain in the Guanzhong and Guannei areas of the Great Tang Dynasty. Moreover, it took a long time.

But now, in the Tang Dynasty, I can draw out 300 million shi of grain in an instant! "

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also had expressions of emotion.

In this matter, all the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty are no match for a King Jin!

"Perhaps, we can consider building a giant steel ship with all our strength..."

Li Shimin murmured!