He glanced left and right, and saw that little Chuzi was already waiting by his side as usual.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but chuckle: "You guys don't need to sleep?"
"I definitely need to sleep."
Little Chuzi said with a smile: "But serving His Highness is much more important than sleeping."
"I'm afraid you're going to do this."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Go find some clothes for me, and prepare a carriage by the way. I want to go out of the city."
"yes."
Little Chuzi didn't hesitate and went to make arrangements immediately.
But just when Li Chengqian was fully dressed and had just stepped onto the carriage, an uninvited guest came to him.
The visitor was none other than Li Ke.
Seeing that Li Chengqian was about to leave, Li Ke hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Brother Emperor, what are you going to do so early in the morning?"
"have to."
"Hurry up and hurry up, I'm still going to be overtaken by you."
Li Chengqian pretended to sigh helplessly and said, "Come on, get in the car and come with me for a walk out of the city."
"Out of town?"
Li Ke looked confused.
As he walked in the direction of the carriage, he asked, "Why are you leaving the city?"
"Of course it's time to do business."
Li Chengqian said: "And wasn't this just mentioned in the court yesterday, and you forgot it so quickly?"
After hearing this, Li Ke realized what Li Chengqian was going to do.
It was obvious that I wanted to go for a walk in the Ordnance Camp.
The Ordnance Camp is a confidential area of the Tang Dynasty.
Unless Li Shimin gives permission, ordinary people, not even Li Ke, are allowed to enter and exit at will.
Of course, Li Chengqian is not in this category.
After all, the Ordnance Battalion was established under his single-handed planning.
And in addition, he is still one of the masterminds of many craftsmen in the ordnance battalion.< br>
With such a status, he naturally has the right to enter and exit the ordnance camp.
But today, when he heard that this guy was willing to take him to the ordnance camp for a long experience, Li Ke naturally would not refuse. He immediately got on the carriage and followed Li Chengqian out of the imperial city.
The whole journey was silent.
The carriage drove straight and stopped outside the ordnance camp.
Li Chengqian got out of the carriage, reached out and took out two money notes from his arms and put them into the hands of the chamberlain driving the carriage, and said: "Go have a cup of tea and come back to pick me up in an hour."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The chamberlain did not hesitate. After Li Chengqian and Li Ke got off the car, he turned the car around and left the scene.
As mentioned before, the level of confidentiality of the ordnance camp was the highest level in the Tang Dynasty.
Ordinary people are not qualified to stay outside, let alone go in and take a look.
It can even be said that the farther you are from this place, the longer you will live.
After the chamberlain left, Li Chengqian also led Li Ke to the gate of the ordnance camp.
The guards outside the ordnance camp are all veterans of the Liangzhou Army and are very familiar with Li Chengqian.
When Li Chengqian came over, he didn't need to report anything, he could enter directly.
Compared to the last time Li Chengqian came.
This time the ordnance camp has obviously undergone major changes compared to the last time.
Apart from other things, when he came last time, parked at the door were some artillery pieces that didn't look much better than the first-generation Zhenguan cannon.
But now parked where the original artillery pieces were are some cannons that clearly have a modern texture and flavor.
And these things, Li Ke had never seen before.
At this moment, Li Ke looked at the cannon in front of him with a confused face.
He looked straight at Li Chengqian and said, "Is this an artillery piece?"
"What else could it be?"
Li Chengqian patted
The barrel of the cannon in front of me asked: "Could it still be a spoon for eating?"
Hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Not everyone is as knowledgeable as you, my dear brother."
"Your imperial brother, I haven't been on the battlefield for several years."
Li Ke said with obvious meaning: "My vision has long been out of date."
"It's only a matter of time before we fall behind."
"And let alone you, even I can't keep up with the pace of these guys' creations now."
Li Chengqian slowly bent down and looked at the muzzle of the cannon.
According to visual inspection, the muzzle diameter of the artillery in front of me has reached at least one hundred millimeters.
A cannon of this caliber is obviously very close to the artillery level of various countries in later World War I.
Li Chengqian is naturally very satisfied with the current progress of weapons development.
But a discordant sound also sounded from his ears at this moment.
After Li Ke looked at the barrel of the artillery, he suddenly said: "What is the use of such a small artillery?"
Although Li Ke is a young man.
But he is a young man from ancient times after all.
He didn't know anything about some things from later generations, and he couldn't understand them either.
In his opinion, the larger the barrel of the artillery, the greater its power.
Compared with the powerful artillery that he knew, the cannon in front of him was obviously very different.
Li Ke curled his lips and said: "I'm afraid that if a cannonball falls, it won't be as big as the hole that a fart will make when it collapses."
"hehe."
After hearing the other party's remarks, Li Chengqian just chuckled.
For a player with Li Ke's understanding, he didn't bother to debate.
After all, arguing with such a person is a waste of time.
Instead of doing that, it's better to let him put himself in his shoes.
So at the moment, Li Chengqian was also Without hesitation, he directly called over a craftsman from the ordnance battalion who was responsible for testing the cannon.
"Our Highness, King of Shu, does not believe in the power of this cannon."
Li Chengqian took the opportunity to fan the flames and said, "Go get some cannonballs and let His Highness, King of Shu, take a good look at how far our cannon can shoot and how powerful it is."
What he said was just to give Li Ke some insights.
In fact, he actually wanted to see if this cannon could reach the level of later generations.
And the ordnance battalion craftsman in charge of testing the cannon did not hesitate for a moment.
Afterwards, he ran to the small warehouse containing artillery ammunition.
Not long after, he came back holding two cannonballs.
These artillery shells at least seemed to have the prototype of the pointed paper cap bullets of later generations.
At this moment, the craftsman was also very skilled in loading ammunition into the cannon.
After taking aim, the craftsman pulled the match rope.
He glanced at Li Chengqian and then at Li Ke, and said: "Your Highnesses, the sound of this cannon is a bit loud. Please cover your ears first."
Li Chengqian was very obedient and immediately raised his hands to plug his ears.
But Li Ke didn't take it seriously.
He said bluntly: "You can fire cannons, but I haven't seen or heard the sound of cannons on the battlefield."
Seeing Li Ke's appearance, the ordnance battalion craftsman in charge of testing the cannon naturally couldn't say anything more.
He glanced at Li Chengqian and when he saw him nodding towards him, he no longer had any worries and directly pulled the match rope.
Boom!
There was a loud noise like thunder, and the ground exploded.
Immediately afterwards, a streak of fire was seen shooting straight into the sky, drawing an arc, and heading towards the target at least two miles away at a speed like lightning.
Bang!
Around the target object, fire suddenly appeared and smoke and dust were everywhere.
When the smoke and dust dissipated, it was visible to the naked eye that the target object two miles away was gone.