Chapter 68
"Boy, your thing called explosives is very good! Your Majesty likes it very much!" Hou Junji said, "Your Majesty originally wanted to give up this matter, but with your explosives, your Majesty will forget it if you don't want it! Three hundred pings are not enough to the Tang Dynasty's appetite, and three thousand qing are still about the same."
The matter of peace talks depends on strength. After having gunpowder, Li Er is full of confidence. Looking at the small countries on the territory, they look at the slaughtered lambs with a forty-meter-meter-long sword that has long been hungry and thirsty.
Li Er is domineering and likes Li Er.
"Go back quickly." Niu Jinda said, "Take your people and the boy from the Cheng family away. I'm so sad."
"Okay!" Gu Qing agreed with a smile, calling his own people to ride on the horse and return home.
Hou Junji watched Gu Qing leave and wondered, "What is the cart behind this kid? "
"Some worthless things." Niu Jinda laughed, "Don't worry about that guy who wants money, let's talk about how to fight next."
Walking out of Songzhou, Gu Qing took a deep breath and enjoyed the warm sun! This spring breeze has blown this land for thousands of years and the spring scenery is the most beautiful.
After leaving Songzhou for more than half a day, Gu Qing asked the convoy to stop and camp and rest.
"I'm so hungry, I want to eat meat." Cheng Chumo looked at the surrounding forests and was confused, "Gu Qing, let's go hunting."
"No!" Gu Qing jumped out of the carriage, took off his shoes, and came to the river, "I'll catch fish!"
"Old Yang! Let's go hunting!" Cheng Chumo said, "It's so boring to eat fish! How delicious is the meat."
"It's not that good!" Yang Sheng picked up the long sword and said.
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At night, a bunch of people sat by the bonfire. Wu Mei Xiaokou was eating fish with Gu Qing, Wang Yuan and Yang Sheng were sharing meat together, and Cheng Chu was gnawing meat with resentment, as if eating dog food, "Gu Qing, please make a poem."
"No time!" Gu Qing saw Wu Mei picking fish bones for herself, "Besides, do you understand poetry? Do you understand what I read?"
"How come you don't understand!" Cheng Chumo said stubbornly.
Looking at the sky and looking at the girl in front of him, Gu Qing said, "Then listen."
“There are few pedestrians on the Akime Mountain, and there are often drivers with high or low.”
The surroundings were very quiet and listened to Gu Qing's words. After reciting the first half, he said: "The lane is still there now, and I don't see the old driver back then!"
"There are few pedestrians on the Akime Mountain, and there are often drivers with high and low drivers. The lane is still there, and the old drivers were missing!" Cheng Chumo continued to read it, thinking, "What a tragic poem."
Look, I didn't understand, so I should continue eating fish with Wu Mei.
On the second day, the group did not rush to continue on the road. Wu Mei liked the feeling of putting her feet in the water. She could occasionally see a few small fish.
Gu Qing was dazed at a cart of jade, "Old Yang, can you deal with these jades? Sell them in one go."
"It's difficult, I need a buyer!" Yang Sheng looked embarrassed, "I really don't know people who like jade. I usually know a lot of children from ordinary people, but I don't know many rich people."
"Chumo, is your family short of jade?" Gu Qing asked again.
"I want these broken stones to be made of so much, but I can't eat them!" Cheng Chumo said.
"Count the ball!" Gu Qing looked at the cart of jade, "I lost this deal with Lao Niu. I used to decorate my new home, and the whole room was full of jade, well! Not bad, generous!"
After watching the road slowly for more than ten days, I finally arrived in Chang'an. I thought about going to see my master first. Wang Qin, the dead eunuch, accidentally blocked the intersection.
"Gu Shenzhi, Your Majesty summoned him!" Wang Qin smiled slightly and said nothing.
Gu Qing said to Yang Sheng, "You take them back first."
Following Wang Qin all the way to the palace, he sent Cheng Chu to the door of his house silently, and only a roar came from the Cheng Mansion, "Bastard, get in!"
"Gu Qing..." Cheng Chumo heard the sound and his feet became weak.
"Go in quickly." Gu Qing pushed Cheng Chumo, "How can you be so silly at such a young age?"
"Gu Shenzhi, let's hurry up, Your Majesty is still waiting." Wang Qin said.
"Oh, okay." Gu Qing took a step forward.
Screams came from the Cheng Mansion, spreading throughout Zhuque Street. The poor child walked into the palace. Gu Qing came to Ganlu Palace with familiarity. When he saw Li Er bowing, he said, "I will pay homage to Your Majesty."
"No gift." Li Er was in a good mood and was watching a small peach blossom. "I went out to fight a war and endured a lot of hardships."
"It's okay!" Gu Qing said.
"Ha..." Li Er sneered, "Don't think I don't know. There are fine wine and beauties in the army. I'm not so comfortable when I fight."
"Your Majesty is rewarded." Gu Qing saluted repeatedly.
"You..." Li Er wanted to speak but stopped, and instantly lost his sense of looking at the peach tree. "Tell me, how did you make that thing called explosives."
"Well..." Gu Qing thought for a long time, "The gods and Buddhas in the sky are often shouting in the ears of the general. Some general heard this gunpowder production."
After hearing this explanation, Li Er's mouth twitched, "I've fought a war, but I've grown courageous and dared to talk to me like this!"
"Actually, what a Taoist priest I met for a long time told me was that the Taoist priest had been silenced by me. There would be no other knowledge about gunpowder. Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't reveal anything! If the head of the person fell to the ground," Gu Qing said.
"I don't know which sentence you said is true or which sentence is false." Li Er sat down and said in a low voice, "If anyone had known that Gunpowder would not have been used in the chaos in the Central Plains, I would have thought that what you said was the truth."
"Your Majesty is wise." Gu Qing said.
Li Er sat upright, "After a war, why are you still the same temperament? Niu Jinda praised you a lot this time. I read the report and you did a good job! Your method of treating injuries is also good. You said you wanted me to issue an imperial edict, and you said what imperial edict it is."
Gu Qing stood upright, "Your Majesty, I want to ask Your Majesty to abolish the slavery system, and there are no slaves in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Er stared at Gu Qing for a long time and couldn't speak. He said after a long time, "Go back and see your master! I don't allow you to get involved in gunpowder anymore. If your Taoist temple finds gunpowder, your head will fall to the ground!"
"I understand." It seems that Li Er will not agree. Gu Qing withdrew from the palace in small ways and thought to himself that the emperor's power comes from class, and he is still reckless. This is a criticism of the feudal system and will not change it just by saying it.
When he returned to the Taoist temple, he saw that the new home had almost been built. The fat monk sat at the entrance of the Taoist temple and chatted with several people in the village. Behind him was the tea trees like hills all had been cut down. Gu Qing was sweating in a cold sweat, only leaves were enough, so why did this guy cut down all the tea trees?
After Gu Qing left, Li Er issued an order, appointing Gu Qing as the General of the Central Army Guard. The General of the Central Army was a small official, and the main focus was on maintaining public order and managing the soldiers. To put it bluntly, it was just a errand.
Chapter completed!