Li Shimin

"Ok?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, "Xuanba, the bank in Datang, aren't you going to take the shares?"

"Your Majesty, the Qianzhuang is a big matter. If it is managed properly, it will benefit thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty. But if it makes a mistake, it will be a disaster for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Although I want to participate, I dare not !"

Li Xuan spoke the truth.

The money houses in the barbarian lands of Goguryeo, Tubo, and Tuyuhun, Li Xuan just wanted to let the Tang Dynasty control these places.For these banks, no matter how big the troubles are, Li Xuan doesn't care.

However, in Datang.

Li Xuan was a little apprehensive.

With the experience of later generations, Qianzhuang really has both advantages and disadvantages.

Moreover, the management of later generations is so meticulous, and those banks are all like rogue overlords.

In this era of supremacy of imperial power, he dared not participate at will.

"In this case, I will only give you half of the bank in Datang 360 Zhoucheng! The bank of Datang was proposed and built by you, and I am not a foolish king. I will reward you for your merits!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said directly, without giving Li Xuan a chance to shirk.

With the experience of those banks in Goguryeo, why doesn't he know the pros and cons of the banks.

However, he is confident that he can control the bank and let the bank benefit Datang.

As for Li Xuan, the founder of the bank, he wanted to tie him firmly to the bank.

Otherwise, according to Li Xuan's lazy temperament, he would not bother with any problems with the Datang Bank if he had no part in it.

"Ugh!"

Li Xuan sighed softly, "Thank you Your Majesty!"

"However, please ask your majesty and everyone to strictly monitor all the operations of the bank, otherwise, if there is any problem in the bank, it will affect the livelihood of the people in the state!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly: "Xuanba don't worry, for a while, I have been working with Xuanling, Fuji and others to formulate the laws of the Tang bank. After a while, the bank laws will definitely come out.

At that time, I will also send someone to send the laws of the bank to let you see if there is anything that needs to be revised! "

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Xuan cupped his hands slightly.

Then, under the puzzled gazes of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others, he picked up the tea in front of him!

"Boom~"

Just as he put it in his mouth, there was a sudden, dull and loud noise coming in from outside!

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and the others couldn't help but change their expressions, subconsciously looking outside.

"Xuan Ba, is this sound a bomb explosion?"

"Should be the sound of a bomb!"

Li Xuan was also a little puzzled, the sound today was much louder than the sound a few days ago.

"housekeeper!"

Thinking about it, Li Xuan shouted towards the outside.

"What is the king's order?"

After finishing the words, the butler Li Chang hurried in, bowed his hands and asked.

Every time a distinguished guest came to the other courtyard, Li Chang would guard the door, and as long as Li Xuan yelled, he would enter the room in time to answer.

"Where did that sound just come from?"

"Go back to the king, the old servant heard his voice, it should be coming from the back mountain!"

Li Chang quickly replied.

"Send someone to investigate quickly, who set off the bomb in the back mountain?"

Li Xuan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Chang's expression was serious, he thought of something, he quickly responded, and walked out.

Inside the house, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others were silent.

Li Xuan didn't explain much.

After a while, Li Chang walked in anxiously, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"My lord, it is His Royal Highness Xu Wang and the craftsman Mohou who led a group of Mohist rulers to test the newly developed artillery in the back mountain!"

"artillery?"

Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others were all curious.

However, just by listening to the name, one can tell that the cannon should also be a firearm like a musket.

"Returning to Your Majesty, a cannon is a firearm that can launch bombs. I am going to develop it and install it on the steel ship. In this way, the steel ship will be truly invincible and unstoppable in the sea!"

Li Xuan explained.

"Xuan Ba, with such a sound, the cannon has already been manufactured?" Li Shimin asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, I don't know either!"

Li Xuan shook his head slowly, and said: "Cannons are hundreds of times more powerful than muskets, and they are also hundreds of times more difficult than muskets. Therefore, after nearly two years of research and development by Letai and other Chinese ink masters, there has been no Successfully developed.

And from time to time, they will take the developed 'artillery' to the back mountain for testing. I don't know if the loud noise just now is a successful development! "

"Cannons are hundreds of times more powerful than muskets?"

Li Shimin was directly attracted by this sentence.

"In theory it should be like this!"

Li Xuan nodded and said, "It's just how powerful it is. We need to develop a real artillery before we can know it!"

"That's it, I'll find out when I go and have a look!"

Li Shimin couldn't wait any longer.

"In that case, it just so happens that I haven't been to the forge for a long time, so I'll take a look today!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly in response.

"So, then let's go!"

With that said, Li Shimin stood up directly and walked out first.

Seeing this, Li Chongyi, Cheng Zhijie and others who were already full of curiosity at the side also quickly got up and walked out.

However, just as Li Shimin walked to the door, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door.

"Third brother, third brother, it succeeded, it was developed!"

Li Shimin opened the curtain, and saw a young man in fine clothes running in from outside with a happy face.

Seeing this person, Li Shimin frowned slightly, and it took him a while to recognize him!

"Yuan Jia?"

"what?"

Hearing someone calling him, Li Yuanjia, who was running inside with his head down, turned his head and glanced, his expression changed drastically.

He staggered on his feet, stabilized his body, and hurriedly bowed his hands in salute.

"Yuan Jia sees Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin nodded slightly, and asked directly: "But the artillery has been developed?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanjia was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly replied, "Exactly!"

At this time, Li Xuan, Li Xiaogong and others also followed Li Shimin out of the house.

Seeing Li Xuan and Fang Xuanling, Li Yuanjia was ready to greet them.

However, Li Shimin did not give him a chance, but asked again: "Where is the artillery?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the artillery is still in the back mountain!"

Li Yuanjia had no choice but to reply.

"Go, go to the back mountain!"

Li Shimin's face brightened, and he walked out on his own.

He also knows how to get to the back mountain of Lijiazhuang.

Seeing this, Li Xuan was startled and quickly followed.

"Your Majesty, be careful. There are a lot of bomb traps buried on the slope of the back mountain in the villa. Only one road is safe. Please don't worry, Your Majesty!"

"Bomb trap?"

Li Shimin's footsteps stopped, and his speed was slightly slower.

Behind him, Li Yuanjia was free to greet Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and others.

"Yuan Jia met his cousin and father-in-law!"

"Prince Xu is very polite!"

"I have seen His Royal Highness Xu Wang!"

Li Yuanjia was also a prince after all, Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and the others didn't care about their entrustment, and hurriedly returned the gift.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Li Yuanjia had already married Fang Xuanling's daughter as Concubine Xu, so Fang Xuanling was still Li Yuanjia's father-in-law!

Even in the afternoon.

The weather was also very hot, like being in a big steamer. By the time Li Shimin, Li Xuan and others walked from the other courtyard to the back mountain, everyone was already sweating profusely and drenched all over.

"I have met His Majesty, the King, the King of Hejian County, and all the princes!"

Under a big tree with luxuriant foliage, the craftsman Mohou Letai is leading a few ink practitioners, carefully guarding a steel pipe that is as thick as a person's thigh.

On the side, there was a small wooden box, in which lay two black bombs slightly smaller than a fist.

"You are free!"

Li Shimin panted heavily, and nodded slightly towards the bandstand.

Then, he looked directly at the thick and heavy steel pipe, and doubts flashed in his eyes!

"This thing is a cannon?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this thing is a cannon!"

Le Tai quickly replied.

And this time, Le Tai, Li Xuan and the others couldn't help but tense up.

Li Shimin was already lying on the artillery, put his whole head on the mouth of the artillery, and looked inside.

"How to use this thing? How powerful is it?"

After looking at it for a while, Li Shimin didn't understand it, so he raised his head and asked towards the music stage.

On the other hand, Cheng Zhijie and the others had already surrounded the cannons in a circle, and even under the forceful movement of Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong, the five or six hundred kilograms of cannons had already left the ground for a circle.

"Your Majesty, put this kind of bomb into the cannon, then ignite the fuse on the base of the cannon, and then the bomb will fly thousands of steps away, destroying the stubborn stone!"

The band reported in detail.

"Thousands of steps away?"

Immediately, Li Shimin's eyes widened.

And Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong and the others who were moving the cannon also stood up directly, and looked towards the stage with astonishment on their faces.

You know, the most powerful catapult in Datang can throw bombs three hundred steps away!

And now, such a thick steel pipe can actually throw a bomb a thousand steps away?

"Jiang Mohou is sure that such a big iron bump can throw that two-jin bomb a thousand steps away?"

"Return to your majesty, the king of the county, all the princes, I have just tested it, and I am sure that it can be blasted to a distance of thousands of steps.