Some people said that all kinds of technology were actually a layer of membrane. As long as this membrane was pierced, the value would not be high. If they didn't break through this barrier, their value would be very high.
In his previous life, Li Yuanba scoffed at this saying. In his opinion, no matter what invention it was, it had to go through countless tests and experiments. It had taken a long time and a lot of effort to come up with something. How could it be worthless?
Of course, that was what he had thought before. Now, he agreed with this idea. At the same time, he had the urge to kill.
He locked himself in his study room and entered the Baidu system to search for the gunpowder formula. After gritting his teeth and using the free 10-minute search permission given by the system, Li Yuanba began to search for the composition and formula of gunpowder.
When he saw it, he almost hit someone.
Sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal were the components of gunpowder. Whether it was the Qin, Han, Tang, or later generations, these three things were not rare items and were considered worthless.
Now that he had a deep understanding of that feeling, he spent the next ten minutes looking up the formula of gunpowder and how to make it.
After checking, Li Yuanba felt that he had wasted a free search opportunity.
He wrote down the information he had found on a piece of paper in simplified Chinese.
Li Yuanba could understand many traditional Chinese characters, but it was one thing to understand them, and another to ask him to write them.
Li Yuanba slowly walked out of his study and looked at the sun outside. He looked around and asked someone to prepare a horse for him. He was going to the Eastern Palace.
Li Yuanba saw that the other people who entered the palace were all in the same carriage, and it was extremely luxurious. He was thinking that he was a prince after all. How could he not get a carriage and a guard of honor?
When they arrived at the Eastern Palace, Li Shiming was still in the Li Zheng Hall, dealing with memorials. His face was not looking good, as if he was stumped by something.
"What are you doing? Staring at this memorial with his big eyes? Or have you developed feelings for this memorial?”
Li Yuan Ba sat down opposite Li Shi Min and teased him.
"Sigh. The national treasury was empty! Not only was he short of money, but he was also running out of food. The remaining rations were only enough for the army to eat.
Once a war broke out, the consumption of food would increase greatly. At that time, there would not be enough food. In addition, the war was about to break out, but the Wolf Fang Arrows stored in the treasury were not enough.”
Li Shi Min looked at the memorial and sighed.
"Don't let me see it. It's the same thing on your top. It makes me dizzy!”
Li Yuanba rolled his eyes and pushed the memorial back.
"I don't think you need to worry about the food problem. I have some ideas. However, you have to solve the problem of money and the Wolf Fang Arrow yourself.”
Li Shi Min smiled bitterly." I'm not worried about food. Although there's a shortage of food, that's a matter for the future. We'll be able to survive when the time comes."
However, the key problem now was the Wolf Fang Arrows. In addition, there were also crossbow bolts, and the number of crossbow bolts was also greatly insufficient. Right now, we only have less than three hundred thousand ballista bolts. It will be difficult to deal with such a big battle!”
The crossbow was a great killing weapon of the Central Plains Dynasty. It was also something unique to the Central Plains Dynasty. Its penetrating power was stronger than that of a bow and arrow, and its power was greater than that of a bow and arrow.
Usually, the best way to break the armor of an enemy soldier was to use a crossbow.
"Don't think about that. The main responsibility of the infantry is to defend. For defense, you can use crossbows and arrows together. The cavalry would be in charge of attacking.
In addition, you have to equip my sixty thousand cavalrymen with enough Wolf Fang Arrows. The Wolf Fang Arrows must be limited to the cavalrymen.”
It was the so-called riding archery! The only weapon a cavalryman could not lack was a bow and arrow.
"Sure! Don't worry about that!"
Li Shi Min knew the importance of cavalry. Whether they could win this battle would depend on Li Yuan Ba's 60,000 cavalry.
"By the way, why are you looking for me?”
Li Shi Min then remembered that Li Yuan Ba must have come here for something.
"Let me use the Craftsman Supervisor. I have great use for it!"
Li Yuanba didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated his purpose.
"Craftsman supervisor? Why did you make a craftsman a supervisor? Right now, the Craftsman Supervisor was working hard to make weapons such as knives, spears, bows, and arrows. Third brother, let me tell you, don't mess around on this matter. If the impact is too great, our preparations will be even less sufficient. Now, we are not fully prepared.”
Li Shiming looked at Li Yuanba warily. He was afraid that Li Yuanba would mess things up. In Li Shiming's impression, although Li Yuanba was a top notch military strategist, he was a bit of a troublemaker in other matters.
Li Yuanba stared at Li Shiming unhappily and said,"Li Er, do you think this king looks like someone who would mess around? I told you to give it, so just give it. She was like a woman. Don't worry. Am I still a child? You'll know what it is when the time comes!”
Li Shiming's face darkened. In the entire Great Tang, the only person who dared to call him Li Er was this person in front of him.
"We agreed that you can't affect our war preparations!”
"Don't worry! I don't need many craftsmen from the Craftsman Supervisor, but I need more corvee.”
Li Shiming wrote an imperial edict for Li Yuanba, then stamped it with the Emperor's stamp. Ever since the incident at Xuanwu Gate, the emperor's seal had been in his hands.
This was the key to controlling power. He was the representative of the highest authority in the Great Tang, so how could Li Er not be in his hands?
"Right! Sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal. Collect these three things for me, the more the better. This is what I want to use. From tonight onwards, I want to see it.”
Li Yuanba left after he finished speaking. Li Shiming's face turned even darker, but after a while, a bitter smile appeared on his face.
Li Er's movements were still very fast. Li Yuanba went to the Craftsman Supervisor to find more than ten blacksmiths and some other craftsmen before bringing them to the Prince Zhao's residence.
Li Yuanba didn't want too many people to know about this. At the very least, those who were involved in the production of gunpowder would never be able to leave his sight.
Then, a large number of people were sent to the Prince Zhao's residence. After Li Yuanba asked Reed to settle them down, he also began to tell the craftsmen how to mix the ratio of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal.
In the evening, more than 20 carts of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal arrived at the residence of Prince Zhao.
These things were not worth much. One hundred strings of coins would be enough to buy them.
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