Don't be a prince

As for Wei Zheng, when he found out the source of the voice, he blushed even more with shame.Because there was a pig in the bamboo basket, and it was the pig that made the miserable cry just now.

"What's the matter with this pig? What's the matter with this thing? Where did it come from? What's the matter?"

Lu Kuan was about to go crazy. It was a pig that had been guarded by everyone until now. Moreover, this place is in front of the Taiji Hall, the upright court meeting place, and a pig flew over. What a shame!

Looking at the bamboo basket sphere, Li Shimin suddenly lost interest, threw the sword to Li Jian, and said to the courtiers: "If my prediction is correct, this thing should be the flying machine developed by the prince and the king of Wei. Even I would I can't believe that Feitian's matter can become a reality, and now I have to endure being slapped in the face by a pig. Just wait, the prince will probably appear here soon."

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, the prince appeared in front of the Taiji Hall on horseback, and galloped to the front of the Taiji Hall before stopping.Followed closely by King Wei's chariot.

Li Chengqian, who dismounted from his horse, saw the scene where the emperor led all the courtiers to watch the fat pig, and then looked at the strict defense around the Tai Chi Hall, so he made a thorough guess.

Long live, who would have thought that a hot air balloon could fly all the way from the engineering school to the palace?Still in front of the Tai Chi Hall!

Li Tai jumped out of the car, and was a little dazed when he saw everything in front of him. The two brothers looked at each other, stepped forward together, and said, "Father, this is the aircraft made by the two sons and ministers. It is called a hot air balloon, and it carries a pig." I just want to see if people can also take the ride, today was an experiment, but who would have thought that this hot air balloon would fly to the Tai Chi Hall and disturb the court meeting, this son deserves death!"

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian and Li Tai fell to their knees decisively.

This is not the time to be stubborn, the two brothers are well aware of how stingy their father is, sending a pig to the gate of the Tai Chi Hall in a hot air balloon is provocative, especially if this damn pig flies in the sky After a lap, there was no discomfort, and I am still howling at the top of my throat, really...

"Get up, it's just a false alarm, it's nothing. I think this pig weighs at least four hundred catties. Since it can fly from the academy to the Tai Chi Hall with the help of a hot air balloon, does it mean that two or three people on it can also fly?" OK?"

Unexpectedly, the emperor was in a good mood, not only the emperor, but even the ministers were all smiling.

It seems that the appearance of the hot air balloon is more joy than surprise!

At the same time, with a sigh of relief, Li Tai began to direct the later craftsmen to start recycling hot air balloons, and Li Chengqian was responsible for explaining hot air balloons to the emperor.

"Yes, father, it can be done with human beings, but I feel that it is still not possible to test the flight with humans at this stage. After all, the parachute for emergency landing has not been made yet. If there is an accident in the air, the people on the hot air balloon will die. It’s decided. At this stage, pigs are still used as passengers. If the hot air balloon didn’t fly to the palace today, this afternoon we are going to try how high the hot air balloon can fly so that we can determine a suitable flight altitude for the hot air balloon.”

"Naturally, the higher the better, why do you need to formulate a suitable flight altitude?"

"Too high is not enough. Among other things, people can't bear it when they reach the height of the white clouds. If they go higher, they will even freeze into ice sculptures. Just like mountains, some mountains will keep snow on the top of the mountain even in midsummer. , this is because the temperature on the top of the mountain is low enough. Even the top of the mountain is like this, let alone above the white clouds."

"Is that so..."

Holding the bamboo basket in one hand, the emperor has no intention of going back to preside over the government affairs. The surrounding ministers are also extremely curious, waiting for the prince's explanation, and spitting in the hall, how can it be enjoyable to watch the prince explaining this flying artifact.That is to say, this is the imperial palace, otherwise they would have jumped up as soon as they were sure that the flying thing was made by the prince and the king of Wei.

Fly, fly.

Flying into the sky has always been the dream of human beings. Many people desire to fly in the air after refining qi, or to ascend in the daytime after taking elixir, but all of them fail without exception.When they heard that the Crown Prince and the King of Wei were studying Feitian, their first reaction was that they were crazy, either they were looking for excuses to play around, or they had money to burn to study this impossible fiefdom.Now that they saw the result, their faces were slapped.

So what if you can't be a human being yet?Now that a pig can come to court, one day it can also send people here.

Imagine the feeling of sitting in a hot air balloon from home and floating all the way to the palace, and you will be intoxicated.

But the intoxication didn't last long, and the sharp-eyed ministers saw that soldiers were already assembling the eight-ox crossbow on the wall of the imperial city.The misunderstanding has been resolved, so there is only one reason why the eight-ox crossbow is still installed, and that is that the palace has to beware of possible dangers in the air.What happened today undoubtedly taught a memorable lesson to the defense of the Imperial Palace.

The explanation of hot air balloons is actually not difficult. Many people know about Kongming Lanterns. Hot air balloons are just more continuous fire sources and enlarged and refueled as a whole. There is nothing magical about it.

However, Li Chengqian was the only one who saw it this way.What he didn't know was that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including the emperor, had already cast their eyes on him.The more he is like this, the more he shows his extraordinaryness. After all, since the Kongming Lantern appeared until now, it is the first time to find inspiration from the Kongming Lantern and change it to take people flying into the sky.

After asking clearly about the hot air balloon, Li Shimin really wanted to say that he wanted to sit on it when the experiment was over, but thinking about what happened today, he had no choice but to give up this idea.The emperor is so miserable that if he wants to ride a horse when he goes out, he will be persuaded, so he can only take a car.Riding a horse is not enough, let alone taking a hot air balloon to the sky.

Since you can't sit still, let's see how powerful this thing is.

As soon as he rolled his eyes, Li Shimin had an idea, and said to Li Chengqian: "Prince, hot air balloons will undoubtedly become military weapons. It really shouldn't be like you floating all the way from the academy to Chang'an. Don't you still have experiments? How about doing it in the palace, I'm curious what it's like, what do you think?"

As usual, Changsun Wuji was the first to jump out to support the emperor: "I also think it should be so. I am also very curious about this aircraft and want to know how it flies."

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, there was a burst of echo.It is really eye-opening to see how this hot air balloon flies.

Although it is very troublesome to do experiments in the palace, Li Chengqian deeply knows that it will be more troublesome if he refuses, so he can only cup his hands and say: "Father, since you ordered, I will naturally follow, but we have to agree, no matter what You can't blame Erchen for any danger that happened."

"I know, you just let go and do it."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin turned around and said to Li Jian, "Prince and the others still need to make preparations. You pass on my order to have the imperial dining room prepare the banquet. I will lead all the officials to watch this experiment together."

Li Jian took the order to go, and Zhang Yun also took the order to go.

Unlike Li Jian, Zhang Yun went to Liangyi Hall and the East Palace.

There are many kinds of dangers that may occur during the experiment, and the most serious one may become a nightmare for hot air balloon pilots in the future...

Chapter 315 An Unexpected Petition

Experimenting how high a hot air balloon can fly is actually very laborious, because it needs a long enough traction rope, and it also needs to bear the risk of passengers falling. If this pig fell from the sky and collapsed the Tai Chi Hall, the whole Tang Dynasty would be ashamed up.

Because of this, under Li Chengqian's strong suggestion, the location of the experiment was changed to Xi Neiyuan outside the Xuanwu Gate.

The test site was suddenly changed, and there were still a lot of materials that needed to be transported, the most important thing was the ropes of several large carts.

"Oh, so many ropes, are you going to pull the hot air balloon and let it go up?"

After the courtiers used the banquet, they all sat on the chairs obediently, and no one dared to get close to the hot air balloon. Only the emperor saw that everything was fresh, and when he saw gasoline, he would get out and light a fire for fun.

"Yes, father, there is a mark on the rope. In this way, you can know how high the hot air balloon has flown. As for the hot air balloon being blown by the wind, you are not afraid. According to the Pythagorean theorem, you can also calculate it."

Li Tai was extremely excited. Although it was not the first time to show his achievements, he was still very excited in front of the emperor's father.

Li Chengqian was not in the mood to show his merits in front of the emperor's father. To be on the safe side, he stunned the pig in the bamboo basket before letting it go to heaven.

Everything was ready, the refilled oil tank began to supply oil to the flame port, and the ignited flame continued to provide heat to the balloon that had been filled with hot air.

Under the gaze of more than 1000 people, the hot air balloon began to fly up little by little.

"Empty all the sandbags, so as not to cause danger if they are released in the sky."

Following Li Chengqian's order, the hemp rope net outside the bamboo basket of the hot air balloon was removed, and the hot air balloon, without its excess weight, seemed to be free from restraint, and instantly rose higher than the height of the city wall.

The craftsmen began to release the winch, and under the pull of a thick leather rope, the hot air balloon began to rise slowly.

A gust of wind blew, and the hot air balloon, which was rising vertically, became tilted, and the release of the rope was suspended.After the wind stopped, the rope was retracted, and the hot air balloon slowly returned to its original position, and then continued to release.

If you do this, as long as there is wind, you have to keep retracting and releasing, so after confirming that the rope is long enough, Li Chengqian simply ordered the craftsman to release it directly and let the hot air balloon fly.

There are still clouds in the sky, which is the best reference. After a while, you can see that the hot air balloon has passed through the white clouds and is getting higher and higher.

"Since hot air balloons can fly above white clouds, does that mean that people can also fly to the sky in hot air balloons?"

Looking at the hot air balloon flying into the white clouds, Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help becoming blurred.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian, who knew deeply what kind of virtue the emperor was, said without hesitation: "Father, climbing to the top of the mountain that enters the clouds is the same as going to heaven. From my son's point of view, sitting on a hot air balloon Above the white clouds, it looks similar to what you saw on the top of the mountain, there will be no heavenly palace or anything."

Li Shimin was a little embarrassed when he was told so clearly, he ignored Wei Zheng's sharp eyes, and asked: "Now that the pig is safe and sound, when will it be replaced? I believe that such deeds, even if there is no reward, will be rewarded." There are a lot of warriors who dare to try."

"The flying height of the hot air balloon has exceeded my expectations. It's time to take it back. Father, why don't I wait to see what that pig looks like before I decide to send someone to the sky."

Now that the hot air balloon has far exceeded the safe flight height, it is time to recover it as soon as possible.

When the sun went down, the hot air balloon finally returned to the ground.

Everyone focused their attention on the pig in unison. The good news is that the pig is still alive, but it is cold all over and has not yet woken up from the coma.

"The higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. It's better in summer. If it's winter, it's hard to imagine what it will be like. Therefore, after a period of time, real-life experiments will be the time to formally formulate a safe flying altitude."

Li Tai nodded and wrote down this sentence.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the sky and the earth were about to become dark. The courtiers who watched the hot air balloon experiment in the palace went back contentedly.They couldn't help thinking about picking one or two from their own family to participate in the next experiment.Feitian, especially the first time flying, no matter who achieved the feat of flying for the first time, they would definitely bring glory to their family, because this is directly a matter that will shine in the annals of history.

Li Chengqian didn't know that these people were thinking about this, otherwise he would definitely take the power of selecting the experimental candidates back to himself.In this era, if the life and death of an individual can bring benefits to the family, there will be no hesitation, and Li Chengqian, as a time traveler, always feels that this is too cruel.

Because the emperor wanted to take away the right to appoint real-life experiments, Li Chengqian simply ignored the mess and prepared for the upcoming Western Expedition.

Because it is fighting on the grassland and next door, it is still necessary to prepare more Molotov cocktails. Gunpowder weapons are used as artifacts for attacking fortifications. Although their usefulness is not obvious when fighting in the field, they still have to be brought with them. The 2000 people who personally led the team did not take long. Time was armed by Li Chengqian into a "transportation team".

"His Royal Highness, your proficiency rate has exceeded the standard in all aspects. A strong crossbow can only be equipped by an organized army. Your proficiency rate has reached the level of a single soldier. Before Lu Guogong leaves, quickly send the military department The hall was burnt down, and only got one eight-ox crossbow. Now it’s good, your personal lead has directly equipped four. There is also Huangming Lei, which is only used when attacking the fortifications. The matter of going to Tuyuhun There is no conclusion yet, why do you equip yourself with this thing?

His Majesty said at the beginning that only with his consent can he equip the Emperor Minglei. In the rest of the situation, whoever touches it will die. Even if you are the prince, you don't have to lose your head, but you have to consider our safety! "

Zhao Zian, the left servant of the Ministry of War, sat down on the ground after entering the study room of the East Palace, and it seemed more like he was here to play tricks than to work.

After approving a memorial, Li Chengqian glanced at Zhao Zian, who was sitting on the ground regardless of his image, and said with a smile: "It's just a strong crossbow, it's just an eight-ox crossbow. It seems that it scares your military department. The military supervisor didn't say anything. The gunpowder department that was established didn’t say anything, but you were frightened. The people who are alone can say that there are countless powerful crossbows in the arsenal of Chang’an Zhechong Mansion, and all of them are new. Rather than letting them eat ashes, it’s better to Equip it for Gu’s relatives. As for the Ba Niu crossbow, hehe, the new Ba Niu crossbow was refitted by Gu. If you want to use it alone, who dares to say it’s not? Those dead-faced guys in the company, are you willing to let it see the light of day?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zian thought for a while, and it seemed that such a thing really happened.

However, why did His Highness the Crown Prince's words imply that he will definitely go to Tuyuhun?Could it be...

Li Chengqian picked up a memorial, stared at Zhao Zian and said: "If you know it, don't tell it. I told you the Ministry of War to make preparations early. In fact, the reason why these supplies are needed so early is to prepare for the future. Transport it to Longyou, and when the troops are dispatched, the trip will not be delayed due to heavy supplies. You should tell Du Shangshu exactly what you said. Also, go back and tell Du Shangshu that the Molotov cocktail is not meant to be used after it is made. Improved. Eight oxen crossbows can leap forward due to the improved performance alone, not to mention the Molotov cocktail, how much will it cost to find two craftsmen to improve it in a place like the general supervisor of the Ministry of Industry?"

"What Your Highness said is that the humble minister will resign."

After getting up and cupping his hands, Zhao Zian left the study.

Looking at Zhao Zian's back, Li Chengqian sighed.Although he was the left servant of the Ministry of War, this guy came here today entirely on behalf of Du Ruhui himself.Speaking of the adjutants of the various ministries, they are actually the chief officials' envoys.Lao Du couldn't afford to lose this person when he came to the East Palace study, so he could only let Zhao Zian come.

Shaking his head and not thinking about these things anymore, Li Chengqian concentrated on processing the memorial.

Nowadays, most of the commercial memorials are reports written by the picket censor.There is Lao Cheng's Zuifeng Restaurant in the front, and similar restaurants have appeared in Luoyang, Yangzhou and other places. They stand out among their peers with their rich dishes and exquisite decoration.The development of the service industry represents a big step forward for business.Before it floods completely, it is also time to get a good shackle and start harvesting.

I don't know which idiot formulated the one-out-of-twelve tax in kind.According to its arrangement, a load of wheat is ground into flour to get the wheat tax, made into steamed buns or stuffed with beef stuffing, and after becoming the beef buns favored by scholars and nobles, the wheat tax is still collected.How much is a load of wheat?How much is a beef bun?

In order for business to develop with direction and restraint, the "Law of Business" must be revised.Starting from next year, for rapidly developing businesses, it should be a good decision to adopt a tax of one tenth of the net profit, collect it first, and then slowly formulate new business laws.

When thinking about things, it takes extra time. When I struggled out of thinking, I realized that it was already evening.Put away the memorial after judging, packed it for Zhang Yun to send to the palace, stretched himself, did not go back to the room, but went directly to Guangtian Palace.

Although Guangtian Palace is Su Yuan's bedroom in name, Ashina Xue and Xiuxiu often play here.There was no fire in the backyard, this alone was enough for Li Chengqian to burn incense and worship Buddha.

When they entered Su Yuan's bedroom, they found that all three of them were there.Together with Xiaomei, Su Yuan's personal servant, the four of them are playing mahjong. As for the embroidery, it is probably covered in dust.

Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian suddenly had a sense of "Tang Bohu Spotting Autumn Fragrance", but when he appeared, the four of them did not continue to play cards, but prepared to get up.

After waving his hand to signal no need, Li Chengqian went directly to Su Yuan's side to look at the cards.

Regardless of the short time they have been in contact with each other, they have all become good players, especially Su Yuan. There are not many cards in the card river, and she has already chosen one of seven pairs of three.Good guy, the possibility of winning with this card is not so high.but....

"Your Highness, do you want to play two laps? The servant will make room for you."

It was the first time she was caught alive by the prince, and Xiaomei was a little at a loss.

Li Chengqian shook his head: "It's okay, the East Palace is short of people, it's not impolite for you to make a table with the three of them."

The game was exactly as Li Chengqian expected, Su Yuan failed to listen to one of the three selections until the end, and Xiuxiu played a simple card in the end.

Putting the cards down angrily, Su Yuan waved her hand and said, "No, no more, it's already night, should you two go back?"

Taking an ambiguous look at Li Chengqian, Ashina Xue laughed and left with her purse.Xiuxiu also covered her mouth and smiled, picked up her purse, and left with Ashina Xue.

After everyone left, Su Yuan ordered Xiaomei to clean up the table, pressed Li Chengqian on the chair, and began to massage his shoulders.

After pressing the shoulders for a while, it turned into pressing the legs.

Seeing Su Yuan squatting in front of him, especially a certain part that continued to develop, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "It seems that the food in the East Palace is good."

Su Yuan was no longer a little girl who couldn't understand metaphors. She pinched Li Chengqian's leg in embarrassment, but didn't use much force.

"The queen mother said that the father agreed to let you go out. On the battlefield, you will kill me and I will kill you. It would be great if you made a mistake."

"Don't worry, Tuyuhun is no longer what it used to be. At the beginning, they were extremely fierce in order to have a place to settle down. But since these Khans have led them, they are obviously hungry wolves in the grassland. They just turned into groundhogs. Their temperament is bullying and fearing the tough, extremely stupid. In terms of combat power, they are not as good as our Tang army. Although the frontier army sent intelligence that Dangxiang and other tribes showed signs of rebellion, the war between tigers and fat wolves, a group of rats still can't do much Functional.

This time I dispatched troops, the pro-leader will always guard me, not only that, no matter who is elected as the chief, they will send their own elite generals to my side to be responsible for the defense.With so many defenses, even in a formal battlefield, I can kill seven in and seven out, not to mention that almost all of them are in the rear.Don't worry, you can manage the East Palace well.Going out this time, I guess I won't come back during the Chinese New Year.If you miss home, just tell the queen mother, and the queen mother will definitely allow you to go home to visit your relatives. "

With a slight smile, Su Yuan said: "Father is not here, there is only my aunt in the house, so I am not willing to go back. On the contrary, it is your property. Every year, you personally reward those stewards who have made outstanding achievements. If you are not here, I am in a woman's family." It’s not easy to show up, even if they do, it’s not an honor for them, you have to prepare early.”

Li Chengqian nodded. He was not at home during the New Year's Eve, so there were too many things to prepare in advance.

It is almost August now, and it is estimated that in another month, Tuyuhun will revive and attack Datang again.However, even if they didn't attack, presumably the emperor would not allow Tuyuhun to continue to exist.While being an emperor, he was also an invincible commander. How could he not understand what the generals knew.To deal with the prairie people, one has to kill them with one blow. Such a method of cutting leeks will never completely wipe out the prairie people.

You don't need to eat dinner, just looking at the people in front of you is enough to satisfy your hunger.

When Su Yuan felt her hands were sore and stopped, Li Chengqian picked her up with a strange smile and threw her directly on the bed.

When someone is sleeping with you but can't do that, if you don't move your hands and feet, that day will be too tormenting.

The 500 people led by the leader, as the front station, escorted the materials led by the leader and went to Liangzhou first.

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, news of the rebellion of several Dangxiang tribes and the Xiqiang tribe reached Chang'an.In September, the urgent report from Liangzhou came to Chang'an. After Dangxiang Xiqiang rebelled, Tuyuhun went and returned, and attacked Liangzhou with the two tribes. Even the Western Turks also made changes.However, because the prince personally led 500 people stationed in Liangzhou, the mixed army who came to attack the city aggressively was beaten to pieces by the oncoming gunpowder weapons, withdrew in a hurry, and then began to harass the surrounding areas of Liangzhou.The Western Turks, who had been prepared, dispersed immediately, and sent envoys to Liangzhou to ask Datang if he needed help.The so-called double-faced and three-cutting is just like this.

When this news spread to the court, the whole hall was shocked, the military generals naturally called for a fight, and the civil servants headed by Changsun Wuji no longer stopped them.

Duan Zhixuan had clearly taught Tuyuhun a lesson, but he was still ruthless, trying to induce all countries to attack Datang together by starting a war.In such a country, a hundred deaths cannot forgive its crimes.

"Tuyuhun's heart is never dead, and he won't change after repeated admonitions. Then I, Tang Dynasty, don't have to be merciful. Send troops to Tuyuhun. This time, we must kill the weeds and eradicate the roots!"

Seeing that the emperor had spoken, Li Jing, who had already discussed in private, stood up and knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to lead the army!"

The generals who were waiting for the emperor to speak were startled, but they were relieved when they thought of Li Jing's age.At Li Jing's age, if he doesn't go to the battlefield, he will have no chance in the future.Otherwise, he would not be taboo to ask for the expedition.Although he was envious of this war of destroying a country, since Li Jing was going to lead the army for the last time, no one would dismantle it.

Nodding his head, Li Shimin praised: "Ai Qing is still thinking of dedicating herself to the country at such an age, how can I not allow it, since that's the case, I order you to be the general manager of the Xikaidao march, and lead the elites from Guanzhong and Longyou to destroy Tuyuhun!"

Li Jing, who was appointed by the chief executive, felt relieved immediately, got up with a smile, and returned to his seat.

Seeing Li Jing watching from a distance, Li Chengqian also smiled and cupped his hands.

The next step is to appoint a Bielu Chief. This kind of war to destroy a country is definitely not a front-line push, but requires the leadership of multiple parties. As the chief executive, Li Jing is only leading the overall situation.