Empress Changsun asked the palace maid to make snacks and delivered them herself.
Li Er ate some snacks and chatted with Queen Changsun for a while. His melancholy mood was relieved a lot.
"Guanyin Maid, you don't know something. The drought in Shandong and Henan is becoming more and more serious, and there are more and more refugees. If this matter is not handled well, small-scale unrest may occur. I have ordered Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling to
The two of them went to Henan, and I just hope that they will come back as soon as possible and report the truth about the disaster." Li Er said worriedly.
Empress Changsun rubbed Li Er's shoulders and said softly: "Your Majesty, the disaster is important, but you can't ignore your body!"
Li Er smiled and said: "I am very healthy, but you, Maid Guanyin, have you ever had a recurrence of your headache?"
After hearing this, Empress Changsun seemed to be in a good mood: "Your Majesty, if you don't tell me, I will almost forget that I have almost forgotten it. It has been almost half a month since I took the elixir given by Du He, and it has never relapsed."
, it’s really magical!”
When Du He was mentioned, Li Er had a headache: "Du He is a pretty good kid, but the matter of Yuanshu and Li Zhi is... really difficult for me to handle!"
Empress Changsun nodded in agreement: "Now everyone inside and outside the court knows that Your Majesty intends to marry Li Zhi to Changsun Chong. It is really difficult to deal with such a thing suddenly. Your Majesty, I suggest that Yuanshu and Du He get married as soon as possible.
, when the time comes, Du He’s playful character will definitely change.”
Li Er nodded: "It seems that this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, if time goes by, little brat Du He will cause some big trouble! Hmph!"
The majestic emperor was unable to do anything to a young boy. Li Er even felt that he was a bit useless.
at the same moment.
East Neiyuan.
In Li Yuan's small courtyard.
Li Yuan and Li Ke each held a lantern and stood at the door of the room where Du He made black gunpowder during the day.
Li Ke said with some anxiety: "Grandpa Huang, before Du He left, he asked us not to touch anything in the room. Isn't it inappropriate for us to go in like this?"
Li Yuan laughed and waved his hand: "What's wrong? This is my house. Can't I go in and have a look? I'm really curious. Du Xiaozi has been tinkering all day long. What did he come up with? I
Can't wait."
Li Ke also nodded: "Yes, Grandpa Huang, I'm curious too."
With that said, the two pushed the door open and entered the room.
I saw a mess of tools and raw materials on the ground.
There were four large pieces of paper on the table, and there was a pile of black stuff on them, which was black gunpowder.
"Is this black gunpowder? Du He said he wanted to use this thing to fry fish? How to fry it?"
Li Yuan and Li Ke were both confused, unable to understand that this little thing could bring out the fish in the lake.
Li Yuan took a few steps forward and leaned over the pile of black gunpowder on the far right, wanting to see clearly how the black gunpowder was made.
The light was not good in the dark night, so he put a lantern close to it.
Suddenly, a spark jumped out of the lantern and landed on the black powder.
This pile of gunpowder suddenly burned violently, making a rustling sound, and the flames burst into flames.
Li Yuan had no time to dodge, and the flames sprayed onto his face.
The only good thing is that Li Yuan also led troops to fight when he was young. He reacted quickly and hurriedly covered his eyes with his sleeves.
When Li Ke next to him saw this, he rushed over and shouted: "Grandpa Huang, are you okay?"
The man in black who was guarding the door also rushed in.
The gunpowder burned out instantly.
Li Yuan said: "I'm fine, I'm fine... I just feel a little itchy on my face."
Li Ke held up a lantern and took a closer look, and almost fainted.
The man in black was also frightened.
Li Yuan's face was all black, as if he had been rubbed with charcoal.
The most important thing is that the palm-long beard on his chin is gone.
Li Yuan touched his chin and suddenly turned pale with shock: "This... what should I do?"
Li Ke said dumbfounded: "Grandpa Huang, don't worry about your beard. Are you okay?"
Li Yuan shook his head: "It's okay, I just feel itchy and a little spicy on my face. I guess it was burned just now. It's okay! My beard..."
Li Yuan was so depressed that he quickly went back to his room to sleep.
Early the next morning, Du He came to the small courtyard.
As soon as he saw Li Yuan, Du He was happy: "Hey, old man, where is your beard? Don't tell me, after shaving your beard, you look much younger!"
Li Yuan had a black line on his face, indicating that he didn't want to talk.
Du He thought to himself, why is the old man acting strange today?
When he entered the room, he saw that the pile of gunpowder on the far right had been burned, and even a hole was burned into the paper on the table.
Look back at Li Yuan.
Du He understood everything.
"Old man, you are dishonest. You secretly touched my things. I warned you." Du He said angrily.
Li Yuan chuckled and blushed a little: "Curious, just curious."
Du He shook his head helplessly: "Curiosity killed the cat? This thing is not fun. There is a guy named Nobel who plays just like this. Of course, it is more advanced than this. In the end, the whole family was killed.
…”
Li Yuan and Li Ke opened their mouths in surprise at the same time.
Can this thing kill people?
At the same time, the two of them didn't believe it.
Du He inspected it, waved his hand for others to leave, and then he started to make soil and explosives.
The gunpowder is ready.
Duhe uses cowhide that is non-breathable and waterproof.
Although the slaughter of cows was not allowed in the Tang Dynasty, there were still a lot of cow hides in the palace.
Du He prepared four pieces of cowhide, originally planning to make four explosive packets, but unexpectedly the old man wasted a bunch of them, so he could only make three first.
After putting the fuse in, he wrapped it with cowhide and gunpowder layer by layer. After wrapping it in more than ten layers, Du He was satisfied.
Then use thin hemp rope to tie up the explosive package tightly, the tighter the better.
It took Du He a whole morning to make three explosive bags.
It was the first time he did this, and Du He didn't know if he could succeed.
I can only hope for luck.
When he appeared at the door carrying three explosive bags, both Li Yuan and Li Ke were shocked.
Because each explosive packet is as big as a hug.
The outside is still wrapped in cowhide, which is very scary.
Li Ke asked curiously: "Is this the explosive bag you are talking about? I don't think it's anything special. Isn't it just wrapping black powder with cowhide? Can it explode like this?"
Du He said speechlessly: "Kid, your scientific knowledge is a bit lacking. Forget it... I'm too lazy to explain. You'll know it later."