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

Li Shen's words once again moved Chen Gui so much that he burst into tears.

The people in ancient times were simple. They would be grateful to anyone who was good to them and would never turn around and complain about the food after having a full stomach.

After having enough food and drink, he has nothing to do but curse his own country.

This is what Li Shen could not stand the most. If there were such people in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shen would immediately send them to Japan, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, or to the slavery system of Tibet.

Let them get a good feel for what other countries are like.

People really can't eat too much, otherwise they will be bored and lustful.

Looking at Chen Gui with tears streaming down his face, Li Shen felt emotional.

Chen Gui's loyalty to Prince Ji's Mansion has now reached a new level, to the point where he is willing to go through fire and water for it.

He didn't expect that Prince Ji was so good to him and even cared about his birth, old age, sickness and death.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will work hard for the Ji Palace until my death, and I will never let Your Majesty down for his kindness to me."

Excited, Chen Gui expressed his opinion to Li Shen.

Li Shen also patted Chen Gui's hand affectionately:

"Okay, as long as you work hard for the palace, I will never break my promise."

This scene was extremely heartwarming. Li Shen was even thinking that it would be great if he had a cell phone to record it. Then, wouldn't it be possible to post a positive image of himself?

Alas, it's a pity to do such a thing. These people are so nice.

Li Shen sighed in his heart. Even if there had not been this explosion, Li Shen would still take care of the birth, aging, sickness and death of these people.

The reason is simple. They are involved in the secrets of Prince Ji's Mansion and will have to live under the surveillance of Prince Ji's Mansion for the rest of their lives.

Even if they were dead, Li Shen would have to send someone to their house to see if any manuscripts or the like had been leaked.

When they get old and can no longer work, Li Shen will naturally take care of them and be responsible for their birth, aging, illness and death.

To be honest, I have been very kind.

If it were his ruthless father, these people would never see the light of day again in their lives.

When it is not useful, it will be snapped up.

When his ruthless father learned about the power of gunpowder, his first thought was to kill everyone to silence them.

At that time, only two people knew about it, one was Shitou and the other was himself, so how could he even think of killing Shitou?

Currently, only a limited number of people know the formula, and the research institute is studying the usage of finished gunpowder.

The research on the formula and ratio of gunpowder was still carried out in the palace by those eunuchs.

For safety reasons, a laboratory was dug underground in the back stable, far away from Li Shen's activity area.

Chen Gui naturally had no idea what Li Shen was planning, nor did he know the darkness in Prince Ji's heart.

"Okay, tell me, what just happened?"

Let's get back to the point. It's enough to just be moved for a while. Li Shen is afraid that he will seem too fake after a while.

Hearing Prince Ji's question, Chen Gui was still frightened and had an expression of surviving a disaster on his face.

“Your Highness, I was leading a group of people doing research at the time.

The prince once said that gunpowder could be added with sugar, and also said that it could be purified.

So the villain has been trying to make gunpowder more powerful.

The former steward had been researching saltpeter, and the last explosion was caused by this.

So villains are actually very cautious.

I was inspired by the prince's method of making alcohol, so I plan to use different methods such as distillation, boiling, and filtration to purify these materials.

I want to see which method is more effective.

Then combine various things to see the effect. "Speaking of this, Chen Gui took a breath.

"Then what?" Li Shen asked anxiously.

Damn, this is not an experiment, you are just playing with your life.

Whether it is saltpeter or sulfur, both can explode under certain conditions.

Li Shen learned this in middle school.

The saltpeter used to make gunpowder is potassium nitrate, and sulfur can also be used to make sulfuric acid.

They might actually be able to produce sulfuric acid by tinkering with the distillation method.

These people are so ignorant and fearless.

Chen Gui took a breath and continued:

“In order to save time, several teams are conducting research and experiments together, so more materials are needed.

The results after the experiment were different, but very small, so we did more and then integrated them.

Fusion records with different things.

Oh, and there is cotton. The prince said that cotton can also be used to make gunpowder.

Today when we were conducting an experiment, there was suddenly a loud noise next to us and the whole house collapsed before we could even run away.

The experimental objects and the burning fire were also knocked over and some of them may have fallen on some materials, so a huge explosion occurred. "

Li Shen was confused, and he didn't understand what Chen Gui said to the end.

Li Shen frowned and asked:

“There shouldn’t have been such a big explosion, and the smell of gunpowder.

Could it be that there was still a lot of gunpowder in it at that time?"

"Your Majesty, there was indeed a box of gunpowder placed in the corner, ready to be mixed with something else."

Chen Gui thought about it and replied.

"No wonder~~you are so lucky." Li Shen sighed.

Chen Gui nodded, but he didn't understand what Li Shen meant.

"Chen Gui, when I say you are lucky, I don't mean you were not killed in the explosion.

Do you know how dangerous your experiment is? It's a blessing from God that you weren't poisoned to death."

No matter how ignorant Li Shen was, he knew that poisonous gases would leak out during the sulfur and saltpeter experiments.

Especially sulfur.

Potassium nitrate can be purified into nitric acid, and adding it to cotton makes nitrocellulose, an explosive.

While purifying sulfur at home, Li Shen really wanted to ask, are you going to make TNT?

After hearing this, Chen Gui nodded quickly:

"What the prince said is true. There is indeed a strong and unpleasant smell. We also wore the masks that the prince mentioned.

The windows had to be opened for ventilation, as many people were vomiting. "

"Then why do you continue to do it? Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?" Li Shen asked in confusion.

Chen Gui immediately put on a pious look:

“His Royal Highness Prince Ji once said that research requires a fearless heart to seek the essence of things and explore the unknown darkness.

We should create something that has never existed in the world, just like Nuwa created human beings.

And we will become the creators of the world, comparable to gods.

We will become pioneers and explorers, paving a new path for future generations and opening a door to a better world."

"......." Li Shen was confused.

He turned his head and looked at his little follower Shi Tou, giving him a questioning look, meaning: Did I say that?

Shitou nodded slightly in affirmation.

Li Shen was immediately filled with a hundred cao ni mahjongs. How could he have said so many things?

Why doesn't he remember it himself? It does sound a bit inspiring.

But he really wanted to tell Chen Gui that what they were opening was not the door to a beautiful world, but the door to the underworld, and it was a fast lane without a toll booth.

(I wrote this chapter at the beginning because I saw some videos that were pessimistic. They almost pissed me off.

I'm proud to be a Chinese, and I hate people who do shit and complain on the internet every day.

They do not know how to be grateful or satisfied. Send them all to the Middle East and to Damascus. Then they will know who is good.

They are really well fed and have nothing to do.

Sorry for losing my temper. It made me mad.

I hope my book friends are people with a positive outlook on life. I am proud of our great motherland today.)