After a while, Wang Ze came to his senses first, turned his head and glared at Lin Xuan, shouting: "Lin Xuan, do you want to kill us?"
Because of fright and anger, Wang Ze's voice was hysterical.
Lin Xuan took out his ears and said calmly: "I reminded you, but you don't listen, do you blame me?"
Cui Hao and others glared at Lin Xuan angrily. They are still trembling with fear and cannot calm down.
"What did you say?" Wang Ze and the others were the closest, and their ears were deafened by the shock. They could only see Lin Xuan's mouth moving, but could not hear what he was saying.
Lin Xuan walked directly up the mountain. They probably couldn't hear him now. Let's wait until they slow down.
"The power is just okay." Lin Xuan looked at the crater created by the explosion, feeling a little unsatisfied.
More than a kilogram of gunpowder only created a crater with a diameter of more than three meters.
According to visual inspection, it should be more than two meters deep. You know, Liu Da dug more than one meter deep.
If it were placed directly on the ground, it would probably cause less damage.
However, such power should be enough to scare people from aristocratic families.
"How can this be!"
Lin Xuan turned around when he heard the sound and saw Cui Hao and others behind him, looking at the big pit in surprise.
"How about it? Isn't this a good gift for me?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Cui Hao asked with a trembling voice: "Marquis of Jingyang County, what is this?"
Lin Xuan sneered, it seemed that the effect was pretty good, at least now he no longer calls him by his name.
"Don't worry about what it is. Do you think we can have a good talk now?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
There was no way he could tell them it was gunpowder.
The formula of gunpowder is not a secret to begin with. If they knew it was gunpowder and went back to study it themselves, one day they would be able to figure out the correct ratio.
If it weren't for the purpose of shocking the aristocratic family, Lin Xuan wouldn't want to get out the gunpowder now.
With gunpowder, it will become very simple to attack a city.
With Li Shimin's character, he would definitely use gunpowder to conquer the country.
Lin Xuan didn't know if this was a good thing, so he wasn't sure whether to get the gunpowder out.
"Are you trying to threaten us?" Wang Ze looked at Lin Xuan coldly.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Threats are out of the question. It's like fighting. Neither side knows what trump cards they have prepared. In the end, the fight may lead to heavy losses for both sides. If both sides reveal their trump cards, then
Both sides know that fighting is not cost-effective, so they naturally cannot fight."
"I admit that this thing is very powerful, but it seems to have limitations." Wei Chang's eyes flashed.
Yes, Cui Hao and others' eyes lit up.
This thing is very powerful, but it requires such a long lead, so as long as you are prepared, it's not a big deal.
And they knew that Lin Xuan had this thing, how could they give him the opportunity to use it.
Lin Xuan's delusional attempt to threaten them with this thing is really ridiculous.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said: "This is just a simplified version, and I don't intend to use this to threaten you. I have written down the method of making this thing. Once something happens to me, the method of making this thing will be handed over to me."
In the hands of His Majesty."
"What do you mean?" Cui Hao said with some confusion.
Can they be threatened by leaving it to Li Shimin?
Lin Xuan asked: "Except for monopolizing books, what else does your aristocratic family stand for?"
what else?
The foundation of a noble family is that there are a large number of scholars. No matter who becomes the emperor, he needs someone to help him govern the world.
Apart from this, the only thing that aristocratic families can make the emperor fear is their private soldiers.
The emperor may not care about the private soldiers of a single family, but the private soldiers of all the families combined may subvert the imperial power.
Although the aristocratic family is constantly fighting among themselves, as long as the emperor touches one family, they will unite.
The Wang family assassinated Lin Xuan. Li Shimin knew clearly that it was the Wang family who did it, so why didn't he touch the Wang family? It was just for this reason.
Is Wu Zetian's methods ruthless?
Because the aristocratic family opposed her ascension to the throne, many people from the aristocratic family were killed, but she never destroyed any aristocratic family.
Wait, private soldier.
Cui Hao and others looked at each other for a moment, and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.
Now they no longer have a monopoly on knowledge. In ten or eight years, the family's monopoly on officialdom will disappear.
Without this golden body, Li Shimin might attack them at any time.
At that time, the only thing they can make Li Shimin fear are their private soldiers.
They don't have the confidence to fight on the battlefield and defeat the Tang Dynasty's regular army.
The aristocratic families were scattered all over the country. Once they were forced to occupy various cities, the Tang Dynasty would be in chaos.
If Li Shimin mastered this, the city wall would be just like paper. Would Li Shimin still be afraid of them?
Wei Chang said in a deep voice: "What guarantee do you have that you won't hand this over to the royal family?"
At this moment, even he couldn't calm down.
"Yes, how can we trust you?" Cui Hao said.
"What guarantee do you want me to make?" Lin Xuan asked.
Wei Chang said: "You take the initiative to ask His Majesty to break off the engagement and cancel your marriage to Princess Changle."
He felt that the main reason why Lin Xuan tried so hard to help Li Shimin was because of this engagement.
As long as there is no such engagement, Lin Xuan will naturally not help Li Shimin anymore.
If the engagement is broken off, there will be a rift between Lin Xuan and the royal family.
If Lin Xuan is no longer helping Li Shimin, then there is no harm in sparing him life.
"Impossible!" Lin Xuan refused.
Cui Hao said: "Then how do you expect us to believe you?"
Lin Xuan sneered and said: "It's impossible to break off the engagement. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do. At worst, we'll all die together."
Just kidding, don't say he likes Li Lizhi, even if he doesn't, if he dares to go to Li Shimin to break off the engagement, he is simply asking for death.
"In that case, there is no need to talk about it." Wang Ze said.
Lin Xuan shrugged and said nonchalantly: "Then let's not talk about it."
"Wait, everyone, calm down. Let's go back and discuss it later." Cui Hao said quickly.
In the current situation, he didn't know what to do. He could only report it to the family and let the family take notice.
"Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Do you need me to send someone to bring you some horses?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
The servants they brought to chase the horses have not returned yet.
Cui Hao shook his head and said, "No need."
Lin Xuan shrugged, turned around and went down the mountain.
"Is it possible to let him leave like this?" Wang Ze said unwillingly.
"If you don't let him leave, why don't you invite him to dinner?" After Cui Hao finished speaking, he ignored the livid Wang Ze, said hello to the others, and left directly.
"Everyone, it's getting late, let's go." Wei Chang shook his head secretly.
How long has it been, and I’m still thinking about internal fighting.
"Master Hou, have we reached an agreement?" Liu Da asked curiously.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "We haven't reached an agreement, but my goal has been achieved."
The aristocratic family knows that he has this trump card in his hand, and as long as he is not crazy, they will probably not provoke him for the time being.
Liu Da scratched his head in confusion, how could he achieve his goal without agreeing on it?
Mr. Hou is really inscrutable.
Lin Xuan saw Liu Da's confused expression and had no intention of explaining, so he smiled and said: "Liu Da, how is your child studying in the academy?"
Liu Da smiled honestly and said, "That little brat knows a lot of words. He can even write my name. I can't even write it myself."
"Haha, you can ask him to teach you. It will be very interesting for my son to teach me to write." Lin Xuan said with a smile.