In front of Fengtian Hall, flames shot into the sky, and everyone was shocked and dumbfounded at this moment.
Li Ziye quietly wiped his hands with cold sweat, but luckily he didn't mess up the performance!
"This, this is impossible!"
On the side of the temple, the envoys shook their heads in disbelief, unable to believe the scene in front of them.
What happened and why there was such a big ball of fire suddenly.
"I have been waiting for a long time and finally waited until today. I have been dreaming for a long time and finally realized my dream..."
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Li Ziye felt very relieved and started humming a tune!
Finally, I feel proud for once!
From the moment he came to the capital, he had never been so happy. He had been beaten and beaten by Little Red Riding Hood in various ways. Even if he was pretending to be cool or fighting monsters, he had to guard against this guy coming out to rob others at critical moments. head.
Today, for the first time, I finally managed to steal the spotlight in front of everyone!
At this moment, Li Ziye felt like crying.
It’s not easy!
"What's going on? What happened? Boy from the Li family, please explain!"
Among the courtiers of the Great Shang Dynasty, Lu Siqing was the first to hold back his curiosity, looked at the young man in front of him who had an unknown illness, and asked anxiously.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Emperor Shang also had a look of curiosity on his face, waiting for the answer from the boy from the Li family below.
"Actually, this copper furnace has two floors. In the lower floor, I put something called lime."
Li Ziye grinned and said, "My lords, someone should have heard of it."
"lime?"
On both sides of the stone steps, the great merchants and ministers looked at each other, some were confused, and some looked thoughtful.
"I have heard of it, old man. Isn't that what alchemists use to make alchemy?"
Lu Siqing, who has lived a long life and has experienced a lot, responded and continued to ask with some confusion.
"The boss doesn't know something."
Li Ziye smiled and said, "This lime is divided into quicklime and hydrated lime. When quicklime meets water, it will generate a lot of heat. As long as flammable fire starters such as cotton and dry grass are placed on the upper layer of the copper stove, it will be enough to light a fire."
"That's not right. The explosion just now was clearly not cotton or dry grass!" Lu Siqing noticed something was wrong and said.
"My lord, you are really aware of everything."
Li Ziye smiled, glanced at the people in the temple not far away, and said, "Aren't I worried that my friends in the temple have bad eyesight? They can't see clearly when the flames are small, so I don't use things like cotton and dead grass. , but prepared some rare things invented by the alchemists, called black gunpowder!"
"Black powder?"
When the ministers of the great merchants heard this, they looked at each other and shook their heads, saying that they had not heard anything.
On the dragon throne, Emperor Shang was somewhat interested in the black gunpowder mentioned by the young man below, and asked, "Boy from the Li family, does the Li family still have this black gunpowder? I also want to see with my own eyes what it is?"
"Your Majesty, it has been used up."
Li Ziye immediately shook his head and said with a sincere smile, "The formula of this black gunpowder is complicated, and several of the raw materials are very rare. Li Yuan prepared for the gunpowder just now for three days. Of course, if your Majesty wants it, you can go back today." Finally, I can send someone to find a way to find these raw materials, but it may take a few days, so I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
After saying that, Li Ziye snorted coldly in his heart, "Humph, this bad old man is so bad, there's no way you can trick him."
As the biological son of the plane, can I understand your thoughts?
"I see, then there's no need."
When Emperor Shang heard this, he frowned slightly. With the financial and material resources of the Li family, it took so long to prepare. It seemed that it was impossible to produce large quantities of this black gunpowder.
such a pity!
"Friends from the temple, please accept your defeat. In fact, I, the Dachang, have a vast land and rich resources, and I do not lack the two or three so-called treasures from the temple. However, you traveled thousands of miles to bring them to my door, and I, the Dachang, had to reluctantly accept them. .”
In the middle of the stone steps, after Li Ziye dealt with Emperor Shang, he turned around and looked at the people in the temple who looked ugly as if they had eaten flies. He did not forget to rub salt into the wound and taunted them a few more times.
Anyway, he has already offended the temple, so he is not afraid of offending him more thoroughly. At least, he is relieved first!
On the side of the temple, one by one the temple envoys were feeling angry, their chests were rising and falling, and their faces were getting angrier. If this wasn't the Dashang Palace, someone might have rushed up to them.
This kid is so arrogant!
"Boy from the Li family, you must know etiquette."
Among the courtiers, the veteran Lu Siqing laughed loudly. He didn't know whether it was a reminder or an irritation to the people in the temple. He deliberately raised his voice and said.
"The boss taught you a lesson."
Li Ziye bowed respectfully and said with a grin, "I'm just a country man. I haven't read many books. I really don't know much about etiquette. This time, if the temple envoys hadn't made this dishonorable gamble, my lords, They didn’t bother to answer because of their status. I, a country man who doesn’t know a few Chinese characters, have no chance to come to the palace. I hope your majesty and your lords will forgive me for my rudeness."
After speaking, Li Ziye bowed to Emperor Shang and the ministers on both sides and said with a guilty look on his face.
"you!"
On the side of the temple, a messenger stretched out his fingers, trembling with anger, his chest rising and falling, and he was about to lose his breath.
"puff!"
Finally, the envoy's chest felt tight with anger, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he staggered and fell down.
In the middle of the stone steps, Li Ziye was shocked when he saw this.
Angry and vomiting blood?
Is he so powerful? This is Qigong!
Subconsciously, Li Ziye looked at Yan Xiaoyu in front of the temple envoys.
How about he work hard and try to make this person vomit blood?
In front of the envoys of the temple, Yan Xiaoyu noticed the gaze of the young man in front of him, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Very good, this kid really pissed him off. This was the first time in so many years that he wanted to kill someone so much!
Behind Li Ziye, Bai Wangyu sensed Yan Xiaoyu's murderous intent and stepped forward with a cold look on his face, expressing his attitude directly.
If you want to touch him, you have to ask me!
Li Ziye looked touched when he saw this. Little Red Riding Hood was the best to him. Just now, he almost gave up.
With Little Red Riding Hood supporting him, Li Ziye straightened his back immediately and stared at Yan Xiaoyu without any fear, his eyes full of provocation.
Come here!
"Kaka!"
Yan Xiaoyu clenched the ground with his hands and made a loud cracking sound. Shen Zang roared in his chest, and he could hardly bear it.
On the dragon chair, Emperor Shang looked at the scene below and sat there quietly without any intention of stopping it.
If the son of the God of Tianyu Palace dared to take action in front of Fengtian Palace, he would not mind leaving this person here completely.
If the scholar's arm was broken, the scholar would be very heartbroken.
In front of Fengtian Hall, the atmosphere gradually became solemn, and everyone held their breath and watched the development of the matter.
"let's go!"
After a long time, Yan Xiaoyu forced himself to hold back a sigh of relief, bowed his hands to Emperor Shang in the Fengtian Temple, and then turned around and left with the envoys from the temple.
On both sides of the stone steps, the officials saw this and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
To be honest, they were also afraid that the Son of Heavenly Mandate Palace would take action. After all, this was the imperial palace. No one could afford to frighten the emperor.
However, on the stone steps, a look of regret flashed in Emperor Shang's eyes. What a pity!
It seems that Yan Xiaoyu is not a reckless person.
In front of the Xuanwu Gate, Yan Xiaoyu walked past with the envoys from the temple. On both sides, Zhang Sloppy and Qin Graceful stood quietly. One was full of alcohol and grinning stupidly. The other was extremely elegant and had a refined temperament. They were different, but they were different. Everyone in the temple felt the same, even suffocating, pressure.
The immortal sword in the world dares to draw the sword to the sky and is fearless. This is the sword immortal.
They dared to say that just now, if they took action in front of Fengtian Palace, these two sword immortals would definitely kill them all.
Under the gaze of the two sword immortals, everyone in the Tianyu Palace left the palace in a hurry. In front of the Fengtian Palace, the attention of the officials of the Great Shang returned to the young man in the middle.
At this moment, all the ministers had kind smiles on their faces.
Today, this boy is the face of all of them!
"Li Ziye, today, you have made great contributions to my great merchant, what reward do you want?"
On the dragon chair, Emperor Shang looked at the young man below with a smile on his face and said.
"Your Majesty, I want the Water and Fire Pearl."
Li Ziye bowed respectfully and said directly.
As soon as he said this, both the Shang Emperor and the great Shang courtiers were stunned.
No, do you want it to be so direct?
In the past, even if a minister made great achievements, he would make an excuse and say that serving the court was the right thing to do and no reward was needed.
This is actually the first time for someone like the legitimate son of the Li family to directly ask for a reward.
On the dragon throne, Emperor Shang recovered from his surprise and asked curiously, "Why the water and fire beads?"
"Because the water and fire beads are the most expensive."
Li Ziye said simply, "Your Majesty knows that the Li family is a merchant's home. I don't understand other things, but I still know what is valuable."
"Vulgar, vulgar is unbearable, haha!"
Among the officials, Lu Siqing laughed loudly and said, "Young man from the Li family, you are the most vulgar person I have ever seen!"
"Sir, boy, I am just a layman."
Li Ziye turned around, cupped his fists, saluted, and said with a smile.
In front of the Fengtian Palace, Emperor Shang smiled softly when he heard the words. Originally, he was still hesitating about what reward to give to the legitimate son of the Li family. After all, this kid had made great contributions this time.
If you only reward gold and silver, people in the world will definitely say that the court is petty and does not recognize great talents.
If he were granted an official title, the Li family would take this opportunity to move from a merchant family to a prominent family, which was what he least wanted to see.
Now, the boy from the Li family offered to ask for water and fire beads as a reward, which really eliminated a major worry in his mind.
"allow!"
Thinking of this, the Shang Emperor did not hesitate and directly issued an order, "In addition, the Li family's legitimate son has made meritorious service to the country, and his talents and moral character can be regarded as a model for the subjects of the Great Shang to learn from. He will be given the title of National Scholar."
As soon as he said this, all the officials present were shocked.
National scholar!
This is a big reward. Although it has no rank or real power, it is the dream of many scholars who have worked hard their entire lives.
Although this boy has made great contributions, he is still too young after all.
It seems a bit abrupt to be granted the title of national scholar.
Could it be that His Majesty wants to take this opportunity to express his attitude to the talented people in the world. As long as they are willing to do things for the court and have outstanding talents, the court will reuse and reward them in an eclectic way!
"Guoshi?"
At the bottom of the stone steps, Li Ziye didn't care what Emperor Shang and the ministers thought. Instead, he quietly winked at Little Red Riding Hood and asked, is it valuable?
It is worthless!
Bai Wangyu returned the look decisively, meaning that this thing could be swept away in a large area in Taixue Palace.
