Chapter 516

"Congratulations, your majesty!" all the generals said in awe.

Li Shimin was also extremely excited. Since then, Datang has mastered weapons comparable to the power of God.

"You are welcome!" Li Shimin looked at the ministers and said proudly.

The fate of the founding heroes of all dynasties can be described as extremely miserable. However, there are no exceptions. The Tang Dynasty is one of them. Except for a few who committed death rebellion, Li Shimin did not kill anyone indiscriminately.

On the one hand, it is the open atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, it is Li Shimin's broad mind, wisdom and extraordinary means. He is confident that he can control these arrogant soldiers, but in fact he did.

But it's not that he didn't consider the disadvantages of these founding heroes, but as soon as the gunpowder came out, Li Shimin suddenly became arrogant. With this magic weapon in hand, who else in the world can compete.

While all the generals were terrified, only Li Jing's shocked face was relieved. All along, in the imperial court, he had plotted to play the memorial of Li Jing's plot against him. Although he thought he was innocent and acted cautiously, his great prestige in the army was undeniably a threat to the imperial power. The royal family controlled such a powerful weapon, His position naturally adds a bit of security out of thin air.

"Morton, although this gunpowder has infinite power, it is far from what you said!" Li Shimin said quietly.

The generals were immediately awed, and could not help looking at Merton with frightened eyes. There was still a big gap in such power, and how powerful the real power would be.

Merton couldn't help looking at Li Shimin with appreciation. This is 99% of Li Shimin's clothes, and the remaining one is afraid of his pride.

"Don't worry, your majesty. It's just an appetizer. The real meal is still ahead." Merton cooperated.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "I'll wait and see today."

The generals also laughed and looked forward to it.

However, Hou Junji was unhappy behind Li Shimin. He was the Minister of the Ministry of war and should have commanded everything in the military. However, the firearms supervisor had such powerful weapons that he didn't get any news in advance. Until today, he learned it like everyone else.

In his opinion, this is not only Merton's failure to pay attention to it, but also an expression that Li Shimin can't believe him, which can't help but make his heart unbalanced. Of course, he is deeply pressed at the bottom of his heart.

"This is just a gunpowder bullet. I wonder if you can expect the grand occasion of ten bullets at once." Merton Lang said. At the same time, with a big hand, ten gunpowder bombs suddenly flew out. This time, the gunpowder bombs fell on the wall with the same accuracy.

"Boom, boom!"

Ten gunpowder bombs exploded almost instantaneously. On the nearly hundred steps of the city wall, the flames soared to the sky. Even if they were hundreds of steps away, they could still feel the energy that destroyed everything and the heat that came to their faces.

Li Jing took a breath. He finally gave Youwei cattle, sheep and pork. Why is there almost no complete cattle, sheep and pigs, not to mention human life!

"What kind of weapon did the Mohists study!" many generals were more afraid when they looked at Merton's young face.

Chang sun Shunde and Qi Xin He Li are even more pale. They always believe in the concept of cavalry supremacy and are superior to others on weekdays. However, if the infantry have mastered such a killing device, the cavalry may be like paper paste in front of it. Moreover, such a loud noise has a great deterrent to the war horse and can only become a part of slaughter.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help feeling sad. Maybe the cavalry advantage still exists in the future, but it is absolutely impossible to be invincible as before.

Li Shimin watched the smoke disappear. On a whim, he couldn't wait and said, "I'm going to the city wall and have a look in person."

The generals couldn't help but be moved. Who doesn't want to see the power of such a powerful weapon.

After the hundred cavalry officers and men quickly checked on their horses, they hurried forward and climbed the brand-new wall under the leadership of Merton.

Only half way through, I saw that there were black patches everywhere on the new city bricks on the city wall, and a trace of waste heat was scattered.

When everyone climbed to the top of the wall, they were deeply shocked to see the mess.

On the city wall, a large number of dummies were blown apart, broken wood blocks were still left with a trace of sparks, and some wall tiles were deeply inlaid with broken iron sheets.

"Clang!"

The steel knife in Cheng Yaojin's hand made a sudden effort, which pried off a deformed iron plate embedded in the city wall. He couldn't help but smack his tongue and said, "if this kind of strength hits a person, even a man with heavy armor will die without life."

The crowd looked at the brand-new gaps in the city bricks and nodded with deep thought.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "how much can this gunpowder bomb be made by the firearm supervisor?"

Merton said without thinking: "this gunpowder bomb is 50 kg, and the firearm prison can only produce 100 in ten days."

Li Jing frowned, but there were only a hundred in ten days, and the output was a little too small. He asked, "can we speed up the supervision of firearms and build more before the western expedition?"

Li Jing naturally didn't want to let go of such sharp weapons. Moreover, the gunpowder bullet not only has great lethality, but its loud sound itself has a great deterrent to the war horse. If it is used as a secret weapon, it will certainly have miraculous effects,

Merton said with a wry smile: "the general doesn't know. The cost of this gunpowder bullet is amazing. Each gunpowder bullet needs ten Liang silver, and it is limited by the output of key materials. This is the limit of production."

In this era, the exploitation of charcoal and sulfur is relatively mature, but the output of saltpeter is low and the consumption is the largest. However, the supply is in short supply in spring. If the palace needs a large amount of saltpeter in summer, it may be out of stock.

"Ten Liang silver!"

Li Shimin immediately felt hurt. It was not the eleven that Merton had just thrown out. It cost hundreds of liang of silver at a time. It was really not painful for him to sell yetian. It was all the money of the imperial court!

Gunpowder weapons can be different, and steel weapons can also be reused. Merton just rehearsed, and in the twinkling of an eye, a hundred liang of silver had disappeared.

The crowd immediately looked at Merton deeply. The Mohist is worthy of the Mohist family. As expected, he is still a strong loser and spends money like earth. If a war comes down and thousands of gunpowder bullets are thrown, tens of thousands of liang of silver will be lost.

However, Rao is so, but no one is opposed to making gunpowder bombs. Instead, he takes it for granted that such a powerful weapon would not be worth it if it were not for this price?