Datang: Time travel in two months, wait online, hurry up!

When you go to someone's place with a fleet full of precious goods, even if you are from Datang, you might have to snatch them!

Therefore, in the more than ten centuries, those merchant ships in the West were basically armed merchant ships!

It is a giant ship that can do business and fight at the same time!

There are cannons on board!

The cannon is the truth!

After the merchant ships have cannons, others will really regard you as a businessman.

Otherwise, you're just a fat sheep with a ship full of goods!

Li Ke also planned in the same way. After the Galen ship is built, the cannon should be almost ready.

When the time comes, you can directly board the cannon and go wherever you want!

Shoot whoever refuses to accept it!

But this is a foreign war after all. Although he is a prince, he has to talk to Li Shimin in advance.

At the end of the letter, Li Ke specifically mentioned the death of Empress Changsun.

Between the text revealed his 'regret'.

If he left Chang'an City later, he might be able to save Empress Changsun's life.

He also said that he was alerted by this incident and planned to open a medical school in Yangzhou to research and train more advanced medicine and medical talents.

In this way, when he showed extraordinary medical skills in the future, Li Shimin would not doubt him.

After writing a letter, Li Ke checked it and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he waited for the ink to dry.

After drying, Li Ke put it in an envelope and sealed it.

"Give this letter to Father Emperor."

Li Ke handed the letter to the messenger.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness!"

The person who delivered the decree received the 'check' and was very happy in his heart, and immediately thanked Li Ke.

The person who came to pass the decree said that Li Ke is very generous, as long as he passes the decree, he will be rewarded.

This time he spent a lot of effort to win this opportunity to deliver the decree.

Sure enough, Li Ke's move was indeed arrogant.

But since Li Ke's money has been collected, it is natural to get things done.

He carefully put the letter close to his body, and then left.

Just two days after this person left, the newspapers issued by Chang'an City were delivered to Yangzhou City.

Li Ke also saw the newspapers in Chang'an City.

Yes, Li Ke specifically requested that the newspapers in Chang'an City send a copy to him every day.

Although the timeliness had expired when it was delivered, it could still help him understand what happened in Chang'an City.

He opened the newspaper that had just been delivered and read it carefully.

"Jiangxia King and Lu Guogong defeated Tubo and annihilated Tubo in one fell swoop!"

"Capture Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo and Ludongzan alive, and take them to Chang'an City to meet His Majesty!"

"A magical weapon appeared on the battlefield. The weapon invented by His Royal Highness King Wu showed its power on the battlefield and razed countless Tubo cities to the ground!"

"King Jiangxia has returned in triumph. His Majesty has kept his promise and named Li Xueyan, the daughter of King Jiangxia, Princess Wencheng!"

"The army captured countless slaves. Your Majesty rewarded King Jiangxia and Duke Lu with [-] slaves each. Other princes also snapped up slaves."

"The princes and princes contracted the construction of the cement road of the official road. In the future, my Tang Dynasty will build the cement road in the whole area!"

Li Ke read it again, and there is still a lot of information in this newspaper.

Li Daozong and Hou Junji not only wiped out Tubo, but even captured Songtsan Gampo and Lu Dongzan alive, and brought them to Chang'an City!

Capture the king of a country alive and bring him to Li Shimin to apologize.

No wonder Li Shimin was so generous and directly agreed to the privileges he mentioned earlier.

After all, it must be very refreshing to see the king of a country kneeling at his feet.

Especially for an extremely proud emperor like Li Shimin, it would bring him great satisfaction.

Moreover, there are more detailed battle reports in the newspapers.

For example, Li Daozong and Hou Junji used explosives when in doubt!

Seeing that there was a city wall in front of him, without further ado, he sent someone to dig a hole and bury some explosives.

Light it with a match, and then there is a bang, and the city wall collapses in an instant!

And on the frontal battlefield, Li Daozong and Hou Junji did not fight each other head-on at all.

Directly use the trebuchet to throw the ignited explosive package.

As the explosive packs exploded one after another, the iron pieces and steel balls inside caused huge damage to the soldiers of Tubo!

Moreover, this magical weapon, which they had never seen before, was regarded by them as a manifestation of the gods punishing them!

One by one, they dropped their helmets and armors in an instant, and they no longer had the slightest intention to fight.

They put down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

The newspaper also had some interviews with Li Daozong and Hou Junji.

Li Daozong: "This king has fought for so many years, and he has never fought such an easy battle."

"On the battlefield, after a round of explosives is thrown, the enemy's army will collapse without attacking. It's just pushing them all the way. It's too simple!"

Hou Junji: "From this battle, I can see that the form of war has changed, and subversive weapons have completely broken the balance of the battlefield!"

"Thanks to His Royal Highness King Wu for being born in my Great Tang, this is a blessing for my Great Tang!"

After watching the interview between the two, Li Ke couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

It seems that after Li Daozong and Hou Junji personally experienced and witnessed the power of the explosive package, it had a big impact on their hearts!

The war concepts and ideas they believed in before suffered a huge impact after the explosive kit appeared.

Originally, they had made various offensive plans, such as two-way attack, left and right double-teaming and other tactics.

But when they actually went to the battlefield and the explosive packs began to show their power, they found that the war suddenly became easier.

No tactics needed, no strategy needed.

Just set up the catapult and have a few boxes of matches ready.

When it's time to attack, light the match and ignite the fuse of the explosive pack.

After the fuse is burned to a certain extent, the explosive package is thrown out with a trebuchet.

After a round of bangs.

The opposite side has suffered heavy casualties, and has surrendered without any fighting intention.

They have a feeling that this kind of war can be won even if they go to Chang'an City to recruit an old farmer and train for a few days.

Of course, it's not training how to fight.

but training how to use matches

That's why the proud Hou Junji made such remarks.

I sigh that Li Ke was born in Datang, if Li Ke was born in Tubo.

I'm afraid they will never come back.

After all, no matter how proud Hou Junji was, he didn't think he could do anything in front of the terrifying explosive package.

"Master Hou, there will still be things that you have never seen before!"

Li Ke smiled and said something secretly in his heart.

In the future, when muskets and cannons are produced, Hou Junji is probably going to be stunned.

Li Xueyan was conferred the title of Princess Wencheng, he was not surprised, he already knew about it.

After all, Li Ke personally took the title of Wencheng.

What attracted Li Ke's attention was the last two pieces of news.

Because Tubo was completely annihilated, a large number of slaves were captured on the battlefield.

If it was before, everyone might not be interested in these slaves.

But before Li Ke left Chang'an City, he had a special chat with them and asked them to use slaves to build roads.

Therefore, this time, everyone started a mad grab for the slaves, and the slaves brought back were quickly divided up.

In 987, except for Li Daozong and Hou Junji who were directly awarded [-] slaves by Li Shimin, other people basically bought thousands of slaves each.

After having slaves, they directly began to contract the construction of official roads and cement roads.

Using slaves to build roads minimizes the cost of building roads.

Even if the right to operate has a time limit, you can still make a lot of money!

Seeing everyone actively building roads, Li Ke also showed a deep smile on his face.

After all, it is infrastructure construction, which is definitely good for Datang.

If they repair it quickly, maybe the speed from Yangzhou to Chang'an City will be much faster in the future.

Moreover, if the major official roads and concrete roads all over the country are repaired, the Tang court will have stronger control over the localities.

This is also a great good thing for him after he ascends the throne in the future.

After reading the newspaper, Li Ke sorted out his plan in his heart.

"The only thing missing now is the emergence of weapons such as muskets and artillery."

Li Ke thought secretly in his heart.

Right away he'll have boats, people, if coupled with thermal weapons.

Then he can expand his influence again!

Of course, what he meant was not to expand within Datang, but to expand outward!

Li Ke has been thinking about them for a long time in the island country that is very close to the east of the Tang Dynasty!

Perhaps the people of Tang Dynasty had the impression of the island country as Japanese slaves who bowed their heads and bowed their heads, but for Li Ke, it had a different meaning.

Isn't it bad for slaves to build cement roads in the Tang Dynasty?

Li Ke thought about turning all the people in that island country into slaves in the future, to help Datang with the dirty work.

Squeeze every ounce of their strength as much as possible.

As long as he has a hot weapon, he will push all the way to the past, and he will not encounter any strong resistance at all.

In front of rows of muskets and rows of cannons, any resistance will become powerless.

Moreover, the island country is very rich in mineral resources.

Especially the gold and silver mines are extremely pure!

As long as you hit it, you can bring back a lot of gold and silver!

"Your Highness, there is news from the steel workshop that the materials you need have been manufactured!"

At this time, a person from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion came in and sent a message, which immediately caught Li Ke's eyes!

Finally made it!

PS: The first update! .

Chapter 175 Lost Wax Casting Cannon!Datang Daily's first advertisement!

For casting cannons, Li Ke plans to use the lost wax method and mud film to make them.

This is relatively simple, and the quality of the cast guns is also very good.