Datang: Stop pretending, you are a peerless expert

Li Shimin stayed in Sujiazhuang for several days, his gums gradually healed and his body recovered.

The memorials of the ministers were sent by Qin Qiong to Sujiazhuang for review.

If the ministers of the court are in a hurry, they will report to Sujiazhuang by themselves.

Everyone calls Sujiazhuang a small imperial court.

After reviewing the memorial, Li Shimin asked He Meng to move out and hand it over to Qin Qiong to transport him back to the palace, where Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui distributed according to the instructions.

When he came out of the room, he saw Cheng Yaojin eating melon seeds.

"Cheng Zhijie, why are you here?"

Li Shimin asked.

Cheng Yaojin got up and said: "I haven't seen the emperor for several days, I miss him very much, so I went to Sujiazhuang to look for the emperor."

Cheng Yaojin is a frequent visitor to Sujiazhuang, eating and drinking a lot, so it's not unusual to come here.

It's just that I was scolded by Li Shimin a few days ago, thinking that he didn't dare to come.

I didn't expect this guy to be so thick-skinned and not embarrassed at all, he still came to eat and drink.

This time I rubbed melon seeds, holding a handful in my hand.

"Hmph, don't do this with me."

Li Shimin sat next to Su Yu and rubbed his eyes.

"Old Li, would you like a handful of melon seeds?"

Su Yu giggled.

Li Shimin's face changed when he talked about melon seeds, he waved his hands and said, "There are always people who want to harm me."

Cheng Yaojin smiled and sat down, put the melon seeds in his hand into his mouth continuously, with a crisp sound, the melon seed shell flew out, and the melon seeds licked into his mouth, very slippery.
Not long after, there was a pile of melon seed shells under my feet.

Li Shimin was furious watching this.

None of the ministers in the court knew that Cheng Yaojin was a reckless man.

If he eats melon seeds today, he is not as good as a reckless man.

"Don't look at Lao Li, Mr. Cheng Mang eats melon seeds better than you."

Su Yu taunted ruthlessly.

Li Shimin changed the subject and asked, "When will you help me make gunpowder?"

Su Yu lay comfortably and didn't want to move at all.

"Well, not today, but tomorrow."

Su Yu ate melon seeds and said slowly.

Li Shimin was not happy, and said: "My son-in-law, you are cheating on your father-in-law. Yesterday you said today, and today you said tomorrow. You have no intention of helping me make gunpowder at all?"

Su Yu laughed and said, "Yo, Lao Li, you've learned to be good, and you know I'm fooling you."

Li Shimin was speechless.

Cheng Yaojin thinks this is a good opportunity to be courteous.

"Boy, you are wrong."

"The emperor is your king and father-in-law, how can you do this."

Cheng Yaojin put on a righteous look, and together with Li Shimin attacked Su Yu.

"Shut up and eat your melon seeds."

Li Shimin scolded.

He didn't dare to scold Su Yu, so he had to vent his anger on Cheng Yaojin.

"It's none of my business, you're here to scold me, Old Cheng."

Cheng Yaojin lowered his head and continued to eat melon seeds.

Li Shimin said: "There is a large piece of black land waiting for you, the world's granary."

"Aren't you tempted? You really don't want it?"

Su Yu pointed to the back mountain and said, "The food there is about to go moldy, and I don't have any shortage."

Li Shimin knew that he couldn't do it today, so he had better talk about it tomorrow.

Lao Chen came in from the outside, with a lot of black ash and sulfur powder on his body.

"Young master, I have bought what you asked for. According to your instructions, the preparation workshop is in the back mountain."

Old Chen said.

When Li Shimin heard it, he was immediately happy.

"The son-in-law is really trustworthy. When he says that he is preparing gunpowder today, he is preparing gunpowder today."

Li Shimin laughed.

"Old Chen, how many raw materials did you buy?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Dozens of carts, Chang'an City and the surrounding raw materials have all been bought, especially saltpeter."

Old Chen said.

These few days, Lao Chen was not in the Zhuangzi, and Chen Yuan and Chen Yuan took the Zhuangmin to buy and buy everywhere.

"Dozens of cars, is that enough?"

Li Shimin asked Su Yu.

"This is the first batch, and there will be more in the future, but the problem is that the existing saltpeter is not enough, and the amount is not enough."

"You ask the Ministry of Industry to mine saltpeter mines, and Hanzhong has them."

Su Yu said.

Li Shimin scratched his head and said, "Where is Hanzhong? And the current mining technology of the Ministry of Industry is not enough."

Su Yu said to Lao Chen, "You give the book I wrote to Lao Li."

"Also, those students in the Lanxiang School I run can become engineers. You can go to the Ministry of Engineering with a major in mining and chemistry, and they will be in charge."

Lanxiang School has been open for so long, and the students Su Yu has cultivated so hard can finally come in handy.

"They understand this?"

Li Shimin asked.

Su Yu asked: "Old Li, didn't you become the honorary principal of Lanxiang School? Didn't you care about what they learn?"

After the opening of Lanxiang School, Li Shimin was really concerned.

He also went to class and listened to the teacher's report on time.

But then he stopped going, because he couldn't understand anything, just like the Imperial College Supervisor, he felt like a fool.

"Go, I'm just talking casually."

Li Shimin laughed.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly raised his head and asked: "Your Majesty, can you understand the things in Lanxiang School? My old Cheng has been there, but I can't understand anything. I can't see why there are sheep in the air. How can there be sheep in the air?" Got sheep?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "What kind of sheep, it's oxygen. There are about 20% oxygen in the air, as well as nitrogen."

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said, "That's right, that's it."

Li Shimin glared at Cheng Yaojin with a dark face, and snorted coldly, "Aren't melon seeds delicious?"

Cheng Yaojin immediately lowered his head to eat the melon seeds.

"Old Li, don't always bully honest people."

Su Yu laughed.

"He is a ghost, let's not talk about him, I will do it right away."

"Then when will your gunpowder be ready?"

Li Shimin asked.

Su Yu said: "The workshop needs a few days, and then the personnel need to be trained. The preparation of gunpowder is not a joke, or it will kill people."

The explosive power of the gunpowder workshop was no joke.

"I estimate that after seven days, you can see the first batch of gunpowder products."

Su Yu said.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, and said: "I'll go back and do it right away, for seven days, and I'll come and see when the time comes."

Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Majesty, all the generals will come."

Li Shimin asked strangely, "Why are they here?"

Li Shimin didn't know about the bet between Fang Xuanling and the court general.

"Your Majesty, Lao Fang made a bet with the military generals of the court. If the power of gunpowder really kills ghosts, each of them will lose 1000 million guan to Lao Fang."

Cheng Yaojin said dumbfounded.

At that time, Cheng Yaojin was sent away by Li Shimin, so he didn't place a bet.

Now listening to Su Yu's tone, the power of this gunpowder is really that great.

He was a little lucky, but fortunately, Li Shimin threw him out, otherwise he would also lose money.

"There are more than 20 military generals in the imperial court, isn't this old Fang earning more than 2 million for nothing?"

Li Shimin said in surprise.

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, not only Lao Fang, but also Lao Du and Tian Sheweng followed."

"All three of them are going to make a fortune."

Li Shimin felt that he was wrong by [-] million. That's right, it was really wrong by [-] million.

"Can I still bet?"

Li Shimin asked.

Cheng Yaojin smiled, leaned close to Li Shimin's ear, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we will be like this when the time comes."

Li Shimin nodded in agreement.