In Tonghe Hall, the terrifying situation after the explosion of the firecracker frightened the several purple-clothed monks who came in together.
Countless yellow mud ideas flew everywhere, and the neem wood table seemed to have been hit by thunder. A large crater was blown out of the tabletop, and the surrounding area was surrounded by traces of violent flames.
An extremely unbelievable look appeared on Li Shengtian's face. The lump of yellow mud weighed at least four or five kilograms, and it was pressed tightly by Zhang Erlang.
But this time, except for the mud splattering everywhere, there was no trace at all, and a big hole was made in his neem table.
As the king of a country, Li Shengtian thought of the value of this thing almost instantly. He looked around and asked in a deep voice.
"How big was that artifact just now?"
Good guy, all the artifacts have been used. Zhang Zhao was about to open his mouth to speak, but Li Shengtian waved his hand to signal him to shut up.
After a while, a chamberlain came over with a thick brush holder.
"Emperor, it's about the same as this."
Li Shengtian held the brush holder and was even more shocked. A thing as small as a brush holder could cause such great destructive power.
if....! Li Shengtian didn't dare to think about it anymore. He tried hard to control his voice from trembling and nodded towards Zhang Zhao.
"You come with me!"
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This is a temple built directly in the palace. Of course, it is not the inner palace, but the outer palace, not far from the Five Phoenix Tower.
As soon as Zhang Zhao followed Li Shengtian into here, the temple door creaked shut.
Only then did Zhang Zhao realize why those purple-robed monks were so sleek and smooth. What the heck, it turned out that except for the leading monks, the rest were all humanoid Vajras!
This is a group of warrior monks! No wonder it doesn't look like a vegetarian.
The master who was guarding the entrance of the temple was holding a crescent shovel. He was about 1.8 meters tall. He was dressed in simple purple clothes in the winter. His muscles all over his body, uh... didn't bulge at all.
But with his thick arms and thighs and round belly, you can have no doubt that with his body reserves, he can at least fight on and off for several hours.
In fact, this is the standard figure of a warrior in the era of cold weapons. When the muscled men with protein powder of later generations arrive on the battlefield of cold weapons, they will probably lose strength in less than half an hour.
Only a strong man like this master with a three-foot waist and a lot of money in his belly can be a big killer on the battlefield. He is very powerful! Lasting enough!
Zhang Zhao touched his belly. In fact, his current figure was also moving in this direction. The lesson of the last time he almost lost strength in the middle of the fight in Juni City was still vivid in his mind.
"Erlang! The weapon you said can blow up the Shule City Wall is the artifact you demonstrated just now, right?"
After the entire temple was closed, Li Shengcai, accompanied by several fierce warrior monks, took Zhang Zhao to a secret room.
"I heard from my sister that you recite and sing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra very well. You often recite sutras for the deceased in Dunhuang and have accumulated a lot of merit. This is Tripitaka Dharma Master Sangha Bodhidharma. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra is Tripitaka. Written by the Master.”
Zhang Zhao, who had already sat down, immediately stood up, Master Tripitaka! It’s not easy to hear this name. Tang Sanzang, a poor monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty in Journey to the West, originally meant a Tang Sanzang who was proficient in Tripitaka.
This Tripitaka refers to the Tripitaka, Vinaya and Sutras. Only those who are proficient in these three Buddhist dharma can be called Tripitaka masters. In Confucian terms, that is a great Confucian, and in Taoism, he is a real person.
Moreover, this monk was wearing extremely simple linen clothes, his beard and hair were all white, and despite his old age, his eyes were very bright. Just by his appearance, he was not an ordinary monk.
Not to mention that he also wrote the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra, which is a very famous Buddhist scripture in later generations.
"The good man Zizhao of Nanyang Zhang family has met the Master!"
But the old monk just glanced at him, smiled and nodded to him without saying a word. Li Shengtian couldn't wait any longer. He took out the writing brush he brought out from Tonghe Hall and asked.
"Erlang, since a firecracker of such a thickness can blow up an earth wall made of five kilograms of yellow mud, how much does it take to blow up the Shule City Wall?"
Hearing the two men mention the blowing up of the Shule city wall again, a trace of surprise flashed across the face of the old monk Gu Jing Wubo, and he looked at Zhang Zhao carefully for the first time.
"Reporting to my uncle, the firecracker just now was actually not very complete, and the burial location was not carefully measured.
If we could calculate it well in advance, it would not take much gunpowder to blow down the Shule city wall, only a few hundred kilograms at most would be effective. However, there is no shortage of sulfur in Khotan, but saltpeter is really rare, so my uncle must try his best to raise it. "
Li Shengtian waved his hand, "Don't worry, Erlang, as long as we can break through the Shule City Wall and fulfill my long-cherished wish of the fourth generation king of Khotan, it will be worth it no matter how much money and material is spent. If you have any other requests, please put them forward!" "
Zhang Zhao nodded, what he was waiting for was Li Shengtian's words.
"As long as my uncle can find the necessary materials, the rest won't be a big deal.
It's just that the Shule City Wall is unusual. Firecrackers alone may not be enough. The sealing is not enough to fully exert the power of gunpowder, and the burial location is also very particular.
My nephew dared to ask my uncle to give me dozens of highly skilled carpenters, and then allowed my nephew to recruit 300 miners in Donghe Prefecture! "
Donghe Prefecture is east of the city of Khotan, roughly the area around Luopu County in later generations. At this time, Donghe Prefecture managed the only coal mine in Khotan.
Specifically, a management office was even established near the Buya Coal Mine in later generations.
Places like Hotan have a much longer history of using coal than the Central Plains. After all, if only firewood was burned here, it would be swallowed up by the desert in a few decades.
Carpenters and miners, this shows that what Zhang Zhao wants to follow is the old path of my Fenglei counselor Yang Dongwang, who uses coffins to hold black powder and recruits miners to blast holes.
Although gunpowder is now available, it is unrealistic for Zhang Zhao to use artillery and muskets, and it cannot be achieved in all aspects. However, it is completely feasible to use coffins to hold gunpowder for blasting.
"Do you want to dig tunnels to blow up the Shule City Wall?" Li Shengtian guessed Zhang Zhao's idea at once, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's right! I immediately ordered the governor of Donghe Prefecture to recruit three hundred miners for you!"
"Uncle! I want to recruit and handle gunpowder myself. I need elites, and ordinary miners can't do it!" Zhang Zhao quickly expressed that he would go by himself.
"That's okay! Then I'll issue an edict to you and allow you to go and recruit on your own!"
Li Shengtian agreed without hesitation, and both of them had a tacit understanding not to talk about Li Ruoliu's matter, because it was nothing compared to the capture of Shule.
"But! How long will it take for the lonely king to see the real effect?"
Of course, Li Shengtian would not believe that he could blow up Shule City just because of such a small explosion caused by Zhang Zhao today.
Before all the big investment, he must take a look at the scene closer to Shule City.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhao was prepared. He handed over his hand and said, "Uncle, my nephew has ordered people to reinforce a section of the city wall in Yaotougang. It is completely in accordance with the standards of Shule City. In ten days, I respectfully invite my uncle to come to Yaotougang." !”
When Zhang Zhao finished speaking, the old monk Sangha Bodhidharma, who had not closed his eyes to rest, opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Zhao with bright eyes.
"I heard that Mr. Erlang intends to restore the Zhang family. If he can really help me, the Buddha, to break Shule City and punish Karafu Khan (Bugra Khan) who betrayed the Buddha, the old monk may be able to summon the eminent monks and Buddhist monks from Khotan and Qiangtang. Master Meng admits that Erlangjun is the reincarnation of Buddhist Jialan, and can also help Erlangjun with a monk army!"
