I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Xue Rengui actually didn't know what was going on. They were very close to the place and suddenly heard a loud noise, followed by a series of loud noises.

He knew something had happened, and quickly gathered people here, only to see a scene of devastation.

Large areas of houses collapsed and there were wailings everywhere.

Without caring about anything else, Xue Rengui immediately ordered to rescue people, imposed martial law, and sent someone to deliver a letter to Prince Ji's mansion.

Li Shen was also a little puzzled. How come he didn't hear such a loud noise in Chang'an City?

After getting off the horse, Li Shen walked to the periphery to investigate the situation. He did not dare to go inside, as that was where the R&D Group 2 was.

Who knows if there is still gunpowder inside? If it explodes, I will lose my life.

This time, a lot of houses were destroyed, affecting the front, back, left and right sides.

"What a powerful force this is." Li Shen sighed when he saw the mess.

"I see His Highness Prince Ji."

A salesperson ran over, covered in dust and dirt, and trembled when he saw Li Shen.

"You are..." Li Shen found this person looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember who he was.

"Your Highness, I am the manager here, Xing Yu." Manager Yu hurriedly introduced himself.

"Oh, yes, your last name seems to be Yu. Tell me, what's going on?"

Li Shen pointed at Feixu, which was surrounded by smoke and dust, and asked calmly.

"Your Highness, I don't know this...this either." Manager Yu was almost crying.

"What did you say? You are the manager here, and you told me that you don't know? Do you want to die?"

Li Shen's eyes widened, and there was a burning anger in his heart at this moment.

“This…Your Highness, I heard a loud noise an hour ago and came out to check.

We saw explosions and raging fires in Groups One and Two.

And the explosions continued, so the villain quickly arranged for people to rescue people.

But those rescued so far are all members of other research and development teams.

Members of Groups 1 and 2 have not been able to rescue a single person because of the severe collapse of the building."

At this moment, Manager Yu's forehead was already covered with sweat, which mixed with the dust on his face and instantly turned into a clown face.

After hearing this, Li Shen looked towards the scene of the incident, where Group 1 and Group 2 were, where the damage was most severe.

That was also the place he was most worried about. The development of steam engines and gunpowder was the top priority of the institute.

It's the most important thing to him.

There are always people guarding the place to prevent any outsiders from entering. Not to mention outsiders, even Wang Hongfu can't get in.

Only the special research institute and Li Shen himself can enter there, including, of course, the stones that deliver gunpowder.

Looking at the ruins, Li Shen frowned. After a long while, Li Shen said without turning his head:

"Rengui, immediately send more people to clean up that area and see if there are any living people there.

Also, send someone to notify Dr. Sun from the medical school immediately and ask him to bring some medicine that can save his life.

It doesn’t matter how valuable it is, saving lives is what matters.”

Considering the importance of the matter, Li Shen is now only concerned about the two R&D teams.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Xue Rengui quickly accepted the order.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll look around and ask everyone to be careful when rescuing. There may be explosives there.

We must avoid secondary explosions." Li Shen reminded.

Xue Rengui went down to make arrangements, and Li Shen was wandering around the periphery. It was not clear yet, but Li Shen was a man who was afraid of death.

"Your Majesty, Shopkeeper Wang is here."

At this time, Shitou reminded in a low voice.

"Let him come over here." Li Shen said gloomily.

"I...I...I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Wang Hongfu came in front of Li Shen and saluted him breathlessly.

When he heard the news, he knew something big had happened, and immediately went to Prince Ji's mansion to report it, only to hear that Prince Ji had gone out.

He knew that Prince Ji would definitely come here, so he rushed here without stopping.

With his body size, he must have suffered from the bumpy ride.

"Wang Hongfu, I asked you to manage the research institute, is this how you manage it? In just a few years, two major accidents have already occurred.

I would like to ask you, did you manage it or not? "

Li Shen looked down at the palace with a sharp look in his eyes.

When Wang Hongfu saw Prince Ji's eyes, he immediately began to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.

It is true that the research institute is under his management because he needs to provide various research materials.

But he was just a businessman, how could he understand the work of a craftsman?

So apart from providing supplies, he would only come occasionally, stroll around, and see if there were any results.

The rest of the matters are handled by the manager in the institute.

After the last explosion, he was severely scolded by King Ji, and now another incident like this has happened.

This made him feel very ashamed.

"Your Highness, it is my fault. I have failed to manage this place well. Please punish me, Your Highness."

Wang Hongfu lowered his head again.

"Humph, punishment? Do you know how much I have lost this time? Money is just a thing outside of my body, but those dead researchers are the most precious wealth.

This king would rather exchange it for ten thousand gold.

This matter is very serious. After it is over, I will punish you severely. Please stand aside."

Li Shen snorted coldly. It was too late to say anything at this point. It would be better to find out the truth of the incident.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Manager Yu.

"What does the prince want to tell you?" Without waiting for Li Shen to speak, Manager Yu bowed and asked.

"Go and ask immediately if anyone has seen what happened.

No one is allowed to leave the institute. You should stay here for the next two days.

We'll talk about it after this is over." This is also to ensure confidentiality.

There are too many people involved, and I don’t know if there is any important research data in the ruins.

The rule Li Shen set for them was that no matter what experiment they did, they had to record it, even if it failed.

"Yes, I'll go ask right away." Manager Yu nodded quickly and ran away.

"Your Highness, I have already made arrangements and mobilized 500 people to clean up the place that Your Highness mentioned." Xue Rengui came back to report at this time.

"Well, you are sending 300 people to attack the area within two miles of the explosion center. With such a large explosion, there will definitely be something scattered.

Remember to pick up anything, even a small piece of iron, for me."

Li Shen thought about it and realized that such a big explosion would definitely blow something out. What if there was something important?

So Li Shen ordered a search to begin in case it was picked up by someone else. Even if someone else picked it up, they would not know what it was.

But Li Shen was still very cautious. Both the steam engine and gunpowder were very dangerous things, especially gunpowder, which could change dynasties.