At the arch of the side courtyard, Li Wenquan covered his forehead in pain and looked at Hua Yuan'er, who was also sitting on the ground, with a slightly displeased expression: "You brat, can't you just look at the road?"
Hua Yuan'er giggled and touched his head. He saw that Tang Ji's hand had reached Li Wenquan's waist, but the latter was already planning to stand up. He didn't think much and climbed up first: "Your Majesty, let me help you get up first.
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But as soon as he took a small step forward, his foot slipped and he rushed forward, falling directly on Li Wenquan. His lips happened to be close to the other person's fat cheek.
In an instant, the air suddenly solidified, and both of them widened their eyes at the same time. Hua Yuan'er reacted first, raised his head suddenly, and just met the other person's angry eyes, and smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, are you okay this morning?
Wash your face, it smells a little salty."
Li Wenquan didn't bother to explain what happened when he was splashed with chicken soup just now. He just stared at him. "Do you want to keep pressing on me?"
At this time, Tang Ji stuffed a dark copper block hidden in his pocket into his empty brocade bag, threw it next to Li Wenquan, stood up quickly, and looked at Hua Yuan'er angrily: "You
What on earth are you doing? I was about to help the prince up, and now I am just causing chaos!"
After saying that, he took the lead in helping Hua Yuan'er up, followed closely by Li Wenquan.
After Li Wenquan stood up, he wiped his face with some disgust, then straightened his clothes and looked at Hua Yuan'er again: "If you don't stay in the military camp, why did you come to the palace?"
Hearing this, Tang Ji took the lead in explaining: "Your Majesty, I was asked to come here by my subordinate. There are some matters regarding black powder that I need to discuss with you."
After hearing his words, Li Wenquan's expression softened a bit, but he found Tang Ji leaning down. Then he noticed the bag with the tiger talisman at his feet. He quickly bowed and picked it up one step ahead of him: "I can do it myself."
Immediately, he picked up the brocade bag, hung it back on his waist, and walked out of the yard without saying anything: "Go to the study and wait for me!"
Watching the other party go away, Hua Yuan'er wiped his mouth with his sleeve, then looked at Tang Ji with aggrieved face: "Xiao Tang, please restore my innocence, didn't we agree to discuss it before taking action?
Why did I start right away when I came here?”
"Shh~" Tang Ji motioned for him to keep his voice down. He turned to look at Li Chengyang and saw that he was entangled by Cheng Tie, and then smiled awkwardly.
He had already designed a complete route for Li Wenquan to meet Hua Yuan'er in another courtyard. Who would have expected that Li Chengyang would take the initiative to pounce on the opponent. Fortunately, the result was the same. The fingers hidden in his sleeves touched the
He picked up a hard copper block. Without thinking about it, he quickly put it away and patted Hua Yuan'er's arm: "A kiss is worth a city. You will have something to boast about in the future. I really can't let Lao Cheng make it up to you."
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"Bah, you are not allowed to spread such embarrassing things. Also, if I can't find a wife in the future, you have to find one for me!" Hua Yuan'er complained softly and stopped talking, so as not to be caught by someone with intentions.
Listen.
Not long after, Tang Ji brought Hua Yuan'er and Li Chengyang to the study.
Soon, Li Wenquan changed his clothes and walked in, sat down on the square chair, took the chicken soup from Li Chengyang, drank a few mouthfuls, praised the latter, and then turned his attention to Tang Ji: "
Tell me, what's the matter?"
Tang Ji had no ink marks. He raised his hand and said: "To inform the prince, making a bomb requires a lot of materials. However, we are short on time and have heavy tasks. It is too slow to collect them in the city. It just so happened that Xiaguan had prepared some materials in Heilong Village.
Few, and Hua Yuan'er is quite familiar with gunpowder, so the official wants him to lead a team of people to carry and purchase some."
Hearing this, Li Wenquan narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced back and forth at the two of them, and then asked: "How many explosive... bombs can be made from the materials stored in Black Dragon Village?"
Tang Ji looked indifferent, touched his chin and thought for a while: "Two thousand should be no problem."
After listening to his words, Li Wenquan was really surprised. This guy had prepared so much materials in advance. Fortunately, he and Fang Wei had already reached a cooperation, otherwise Black Dragon Village might become the biggest threat in the future. Also, Chen Jinshun didn't actually
He informed himself of this matter, but if he thought about it carefully, it was normal for Tang Ran to be cautious and not spread the word...
He sat there and thought for a while, then raised his eyes and looked at Hua Yuan'er: "Okay, I'll ask Zhou Huan to give you a team of elite soldiers and horses, and two top-notch guards. The gunpowder matter is the top priority.
, remember to be careful, now that the suppression of bandits has come to an end, if circumstances permit, let your adoptive father lead his own troops to escort him here!"
One more master level master will give him more help, and the power of Fang Wei and Black Dragon Village is indeed worthy of his attention.
Hua Yuan'er's eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "My lord, do you want to make your adoptive father a general?"
Li Wenquan smiled: "Yes, this is what I promised him. Let him bring the elites of your Black Dragon Village to Yingzhou first!"
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Hua Yuan'er smiled and cupped her hands.
Later, Tang Ji continued: "Your Majesty, I have made a new type of explosive bag. It is easy to carry, easy to detonate, and more powerful. If you are free tomorrow, you might as well come to the military camp to have a look."
"More powerful?" Li Wenquan suddenly became interested.
Tang Ji smiled and nodded: "If the enemy is not prepared, it should be easy to kill dozens or hundreds of people!"
He had been studying the explosive pack when he was in Kyoto, and made it while making the clay pot that exploded yesterday.
Hearing this, Li Wenquan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I understand!"
If such weapons could be mass-produced, let alone conquering Kyoto and unifying the Ning Kingdom, Li Wenquan would become the only emperor in the world. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise slightly, and the flesh on his face piled up.
Tang Ji blinked, raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, if nothing happens, let's retreat first."
"Well!" Li Wenquan waved his hand. After Tang Ji and the others left, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Li He, sooner or later, I will go to Kyoto to settle accounts with you!"
Li Chengyang, who was sitting at the side low table playing with chess pieces, saw him smiling so exaggeratedly. He was a little curious at first, then found it a little funny, and started laughing too.
On the other side, Tang Ji and Hua Yuan'er came out of the backyard and went directly to the street. The former's eyes wandered around the street, looking at the listless people, and sighed: "Sigh to cover up my tears, lamenting the poor life of the people."
difficult!"
But Hua Yuan'er waved her hand and interrupted him directly: "Hey, I haven't read a book for a few days, so please speak up."
"It's okay." Tang Ji shook his head and then warned: "Li Wenquan still attaches great importance to gunpowder. He will definitely send a lot of people tomorrow, including many masters. You can take them directly back to Black Dragon Village and let Fang
Just get rid of Wei, and I won’t go see you off tomorrow, so as not to arouse suspicion, so be careful on the road!"
Hua Yuan'er put his hands behind his head and replied casually: "Young Master must be fine. It's you who should be careful. Three people can capture a city!"
Tang Ji smiled indifferently and turned to glance at him: "Remember to pay attention to the situation in Yingzhou. If something happens to me and Old Su, remember to pass the news to the border and the letter I left for the leader of Fang Village.
, must be sent to Kyoto.”
"Don't talk nonsense, you won't die, you have to deliver the letter yourself!" Hua Yuan'er snorted and walked quickly towards the street ahead.
Looking at his back, he let out a breath and followed him slowly.
In this way, there were only four days left before the end of the challenge, the Yingzhou army's march to the border, and the wedding of Princess Xian'an. However, Tang Ji was busy with the gunpowder in the military camp all day long, as if he was really loyal to Li Wenquan.
A general.
It wasn't until night that he dragged his tired body back to the side courtyard of the palace, opened the door of the room, and planned to go back to bed for a while, but as soon as he closed the door, he found a figure sitting on the chair next to the bed.