When Taoist priest Shenxiao''s body was carried out, Morton felt very sad and heavy. It can be said that Taoist priest Shenxiao had such an experience. Morton had a great responsibility. If Morton hadn''t broken through Taoist priest Shenxiao''s deception, Taoist priest Shenxiao might still live in the Tang Dynasty.
"When you hear the word in the morning, you can die in the evening! Mo Taoist friends should not be guilty. Instead of sinking in the wrong way, Taoist priest Shenxiao will die well if he proves the word by himself." Yuan Tiangang seems to be able to penetrate the hearts of the people.
Merton felt a sudden connection in his heart and said firmly: "Among the hundreds of schools of thought, which one is not brilliant and poor, specializes in its own knowledge, and the doctor tastes a hundred herbs and is poisoned, but the dead. Li Daoyuan writes Shuijing notes, travels all over the north and south of the river and through the mountains and forests, and encounters life and death crises. The Mohist specializes in machinery, and there are not a few disabled people. The strategists write the art of war, and how many people die in battle. We are in the crisis today, It is to pave the way for future generations. "
Yuan Tiangang nodded. Although the big bang suffered heavy losses, it really confirmed that the road of Taoist waidan sect was the right way, not the illusory way of Dan.
Morton solemnly saluted the body of Taoist priest Shenxiao and said, "let''s go, Taoist friend Shenxiao. We''ll follow you in the future."
Everyone looked solemn. Although all schools of thought had different ideas, their desire for knowledge was the same. Although Taoist priest Shenxiao suddenly died, the earth shaking explosion was the best evidence to prove the way Taoist priest Shenxiao wanted.
"General, all the remains have been found, and no one has been left out." a soldier came to report.
Li Junxian immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the number is right, the accident can be characterized as an accident, which is much simpler.
However, Li Junxian was not careless and said, "come on, go and invite the best works in Chang''an City, verify their identity one by one, and ask Taoist yuan to cooperate."
Yuan Tiangang joined hands and said, "General Li, rest assured that xuandu temple will fully cooperate."
Li Junxian nodded with satisfaction. The matter is very important and can''t be avoided.
"General Li, have you investigated the cause of the accident?" Merton asked hurriedly.
Li Junxian nodded and said, "according to the current evidence, the first place where the fire broke out was the place of Taoist Shenxiao, and then spread rapidly, so that many people had no time to escape and were buried in the sea of fire. Such a rapid and fierce fire is really the only one in my life."
"If only the fire would not have killed so many people, but in the fire, it was accompanied by bursts of sound like thunder and the destruction of houses and trees."
Li Junxian saw the scene of the fire and saw a huge circular shock wave. Even the ground was raised three feet. There was a strange smell in the whole fire.
Merton knew in his heart that the greatest power of gunpowder was not in the flame, but the huge impact generated at that moment, which was the root of destroying everything.
"Before the order comes from the palace, continue to block the xuandu temple and can''t let anyone out of the xuandu temple." Li Junxian ordered the hundred cavalry soldiers.
"Yes!" the hundred cavalry officers and men took command.
Li Junxian then turned to Merton and others, "let''s go. I believe your majesty has been in a hurry."
They all took a deep breath and saw the power of gunpowder. Merton and Yuan Tiangang understood how important it was for the Tang Dynasty. Now it will be Li Shimin''s accountability.
Tai Chi palace,
Li Shimin sat on the Dragon chair with a gloomy face and listened to Li Junxian report on the situation of the mountain behind the xuandu temple.
On its right, Li Jing and Hou Junji, two military ministers, watched. The big bang in xuandu temple has exposed gunpowder to the secular world. Naturally, there is no need to hide it from the military.
When they heard Li Junxian''s report, they couldn''t help raising their eyebrows and looked at the opposite respectfully to Merton and Yuan Tiangang.
No one thought that the two Murdochs secretly produced such earth shaking weapons, which are unique weapons tailored for strategists to destroy cities and pass.
Li Jing''s eyes suddenly lit up. He suddenly thought that in the court hall, Merton insisted on encouraging the Tang Dynasty to attack Tuyuhun. When Li Shimin asked whether the Mohists had weapons to destroy the city and pass, Merton didn''t mean anything.
Even Hou Junji also reacted and was surprised to sweep around Merton and Yuan Tiangang. He couldn''t help taking a high look at the details of these hundreds of schools of thought.
"In this way, not only the refined gunpowder was destroyed, but also Taoist priest Shenxiao died." Li Shimin pressed his voice, and anyone could feel Li Shimin''s suppressed anger.
The big bang at xuandu Temple gave Li Shimin a thorough insight into the power of gunpowder. At the same time, he realized how heavy the loss of the big bang was. Once the gunpowder was destroyed, the second most heavy loss was the death of Taoist priest Shenxiao.
Gunpowder is still under development. Taoist priest Shenxiao, who got the secret recipe of gunpowder, is like a madman. He puts all his energy into gunpowder development. According to Taoist priest Shenxiao''s routine secret report, the development of gunpowder is about to be perfect. It can be said that the value of a Taoist priest Shenxiao is that 10000 war horses will be put in front of Li Shimin.
"Ministers are guilty." Yuan Tiangang bowed down and pleaded guilty. Anyway, it happened in xuandu temple. In addition, he was the leader of Taoism, and the responsibility naturally fell on him.
"Have you ever found out the cause of the explosion?" Li Shimin took a deep breath and pressed down his anger a little.
Li Junxian nodded and said, "judging from the current traces, it is preliminarily determined as an accident, and the hundred cavalry officers and men are still conducting further investigation."
Li Shimin''s face slowed down a little. As long as the secret recipe of gunpowder was not leaked, things were not the worst. He was also more inclined to the judgment of Baiqi. When Merton first showed the power of gunpowder to Li Shimin, there were no outsiders, even the military, except the connection between Mohist school and foreign Dan school. Outsiders could not know the function of gunpowder.
"I''m ashamed. It''s my family''s poor fortune. I can''t afford to kill such a sharp weapon. That''s why heaven is angry and punished." Yuan Tiangang pleaded guilty.
Now it is the Taoist School of inner alchemy. The Taoist School of inner alchemy, which has always advocated tranquility and inaction, naturally doesn''t like the sharp weapon of gunpowder. After the explosion of xuandu temple, the theory of heaven punishment became popular in xuandu temple.
"Heaven''s punishment, I think it''s negligence!" Li Shimin said coldly. The gunpowder is flammable. At the beginning, Merton had repeatedly reminded the waidan sect to prohibit the source of fire. If the waidan sect paid attention to it, the accident might be avoided. He saw with his own eyes how Merton made gunpowder, which is an ordinary thing. How could there be heaven''s punishment.
Hou Junji moved and said, "Taoist yuan, Taoism advocates quietness and inaction and pursues the way of heaven. It is understandable that Taoism is not good at killing and cutting things. However, our military department advocates killing and cutting. It would be better if the weapons supervisor of the military department was responsible for making this gunpowder."
Strategists don''t believe in heaven''s punishment. For them, the more powerful the weapon is, the more they like it. With such a sharp weapon in hand, strategists even dare to fight against heaven and earth.
Yuan Tiangang looked up at Hou Junji, frowned and said faintly: "as long as the strategist can ensure that the gunpowder will not explode for the second time, Taoism is naturally happy to see its success."
Hou Junji immediately concluded that although the cause of the gunpowder explosion was characterized as accidental negligence, even Taoist Shenxiao, who was in charge of gunpowder, died. The price was too high, and the fire covered everything. It was impossible to know what caused the gunpowder explosion. He could not guarantee that there would be a second accident.
As soon as Hou Junji turned his eyes, he couldn''t help seeing Merton, who was silent as soon as he came in, and said in his heart, "Lord Mo is involved in the production of gunpowder, and his intelligence is famous in Chang''an city. I don''t know if there is a way to solve the hidden danger of gunpowder explosion."
As soon as Hou Junji''s voice fell, everyone immediately looked at Merton.
Li Shimin''s eyes could not help showing a glimmer of expectation. The power of gunpowder has been obvious to all. If the problem of gunpowder explosion is not solved, it will be like an unmanaged beast that hurts itself before hurting others.
Although Merton knew that this was Hou Junji''s method, it was not the time to worry. He pondered: "in the final analysis, the gunpowder explosion was ignited by the fire source. In order to avoid accidents again, it is necessary to eliminate all things that may cause the fire source from contacting the gunpowder."
Yuan Tiangang frowned and said, "Lord Mo''s words are reasonable, but Shenxiao Taoist friends are not reckless. Knowing that gunpowder is flammable, it is impossible to ignite a fire in the gunpowder workshop."
Morton shook his head and said, "gunpowder is different from other things. Even a small spark may ignite it. If you let the boy see, there are too many ways to ignite gunpowder in addition to our common fire folds."
"I''d like to hear the details!" Yuan Tiangang asked.
"First of all, lightning can strike trees and cause fires. It can be seen that lightning can also cause fires," Merton said.
Yuan Tiangang nodded. There were not a few lightning strikes that caused forest fires in history.
Hou Junji immediately sneered and said sarcastically, "Lord Mo, you don''t really think that the gunpowder explosion in xuandu temple was caused by a natural punishment. It was lightning. It was spring thunder. It was all heavy thunder. But no one in Chang''an city had seen lightning."
Yuan Tiangang immediately looked embarrassed.
Merton shook his head and said, "I''m just talking about the possibility of fire. Moreover, if we wear a mink coat in winter and strip at night, we will find that there will be small lightning on the mink coat. If we wear a mink coat and touch gunpowder, it may be a possibility of fire."
"Is that why the fire broke out?"
People could not help but open their mouths. Who could have thought that the clothes they were wearing could also catch fire.
"In addition, the collision of flints and stones and the attack of swords and swords will cause sparks, so the gunpowder workshop should also take strict precautions against iron tools." as soon as Merton said this, people couldn''t help nodding. This problem is very common, but when Taoist priest Shenxiao was in charge, it was not taken precautions at all. It seems that Taoist priest Shenxiao''s accident is by no means accidental.
"In addition, according to Mohist statistics, if the accumulation is too high for a long time, spontaneous combustion will occur. Gunpowder workshops should avoid accumulation for a long time, and even some phosphorous fires can spontaneous combustion at room temperature,......" Merton listed the phenomena that can cause fire in nature one by one.
The people couldn''t help but smack their tongue. Who could have thought that there were so many reasons for the fire? They couldn''t help looking at Merton with surprised eyes. How boring the people of the Mohist school should be, and they could specialize in such unpopular knowledge.
"Of course, these phenomena will catch fire under specific circumstances, but gunpowder is the most flammable. Even if there is a possibility, it must be prevented. In addition, gunpowder should also be made in an open place. Once it is made, it should be transferred and sealed immediately. In this way, even if there is an accident, it will not cause heavy losses," Merton said solemnly.
Everyone nodded together. If there is no gunpowder accident, it will cause earth shaking and heavy losses. Naturally, we should be foolproof,
"Paying attention everywhere is knowledge. I have been taught." Yuan Tiangang sighed.
After Merton''s analysis, people suddenly found that it was not strange that Taoist Shenxiao had an accident, but I''m afraid it was strange that there was no accident.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and said, "gunpowder is very important. Recently, it is related to the battle of Tuyuhun. Far away, it is the grand plan of the Tang Dynasty. I am ready to close the gunpowder production to the imperial court. I set up a firearms supervisor to make gunpowder and develop gunpowder weapons for the Military Ministry."
"Yes!"
Everyone said in unison.
Yuan Tiangang breathed a sigh of relief. Gunpowder is hot in Taoism. In addition, Taoist Shenxiao has passed away and can be handed over to the imperial court. Moreover, Taoism has already contributed to the gunpowder formula, so there is no need to add details.
Hou Junji showed a happy look. The power of gunpowder was huge. He had been excited for a long time. If the military department could control it, it would add a sharp weapon out of thin air.
"Merton is the firearm supervisor offering wine and is responsible for rebuilding the gunpowder workshop. Before April, enough gunpowder must be made for the battle of Tuyuhun. If similar events happen again, they will be severely punished." Li Shimin looked at Merton.
"Yes!"
Merton got up and took orders.
No one was surprised by this appointment. After the death of Taoist Shenxiao, Morton was the only one who knew the most about gunpowder. I''m afraid it can only be done by taking advantage of the strong industrial capacity of the Mohists to produce enough gunpowder before April to supply the battle of Tuyuhun.
Li Junxian immediately looked at Merton with a green face. When ordinary people entered the officialdom, they all started from the bottom, and Merton suddenly achieved the position of offering wine. I don''t know how much higher the starting point is than ordinary people.
Hou Junji sneered in his heart. It is said that the Mohist family will certainly enter the Ministry of people or the Ministry of industry as an official in the future. Who could have thought that the first official of Merton was the Ministry of war. As long as the Mohist family enters the Ministry of war, he is not allowed to take the opportunity to control the Mohist family.
However, he was not happy for long. Merton bowed and said, "the firearm supervisor is closed, and the gunpowder formula is the top priority. Although the firearm supervisor belongs to the Ministry of war, please follow the example of Baiqi and be directly responsible to your majesty, so as to ensure the perfect gunpowder formula."
When Hou Junji heard the speech, his heart suddenly burst and he couldn''t believe looking at Merton. He didn''t expect Merton to play such an abacus. In this way, he could not only get out of the control of the military department, but also become the confidant of the emperor.
"Yes!" Li Shimin said.
In this era, the of gunpowder is comparable to the importance of nuclear ~ bombs to the country in later generations. It can be said that it is most appropriate for Merton to let the firearms supervisor be directly responsible to Li Shimin. Li Shimin can naturally know the power.