Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

"I'm ready!"

Li Shimin remembered that Mr.'s hunting knife was still in the Ministry of War, and he had to take it out to show them, so as to silence their mouths.

With His Majesty's consent, Du Ruhui hurriedly arranged for someone to go back to the Ministry of War to fetch the hunting knife.

"The magic weapon Du Gong mentioned is this hunting knife?"

Li Jing looked at the ordinary hunting knife and was a little stunned. Although it was heavy to hold, it seemed to have nothing to do with the magic weapon.

Du Ruhui laughed, they thought the same way at the time, shook their heads and said, "General Li, don't underestimate a hunting knife."

Li Shimin said: "I remember that the pharmacist has a precious sword, which can be compared with a hunting knife."

Li Jing quickly shook his head and said, "I dare not bring weapons into the palace."

Li Shimin said indifferently: "It's okay, just take your weapon for a try, I approve."

After confirming again and again, Li Shimin really agreed with him to bring weapons in, so he left Ganlu Hall and brought a saber he had used for many years after a while.

Like Li Junxian's saber before, this saber has accompanied Li Jing in battle for a long time. Although he is best at using long spears, he still uses sabers in close combat. He has killed many enemies and has never been damaged.

"Pharmacist, use your knife and try this hunting knife, which one is stronger." Li Shimin said again.

"The minister is offended!"

Li Jing drew his saber out of its sheath, took the hunting knife again, and the two knives collided.

Clang!

Like cutting tofu, the hunting knife easily cut Li Jing's saber into two pieces, without even a trace on the blade.

Li Jing was stunned for a while, then threw the remaining half of the amputee knife on the ground, held up the hunting knife with both hands and looked at it for a while, marveling at how such a sharp weapon could exist.

Cutting iron like mud is nothing more than that!

"Your Majesty, where did this knife come from? What kind of iron is it made of?"

Li Jing couldn't put it down, said: "This weapon is too sharp and too hard!"

Pei Ju's eyes lit up when he saw it. It was definitely not easy to be able to enter a weapon with the eyes of a military god like Li Jing.

Although he hadn't personally tested how sharp the broken knife was just now, judging by its quality, it was still the weapon used by Li Jing, and it would definitely not be too bad.

However, in front of this mediocre hunting knife, it is vulnerable to a blow, and it will break at the touch of it.

"I'm afraid this is a sharp weapon made of meteoric iron from outside the sky? It's so rare!" Pei Ju said.

"Pei Gong, you are wrong, this is a sharp weapon made from ordinary iron ore."

A smile finally appeared on Du Ruhui's face: "Before I went to ask Mr. Pei for money, I used my salary to forge ten Mo Dao with this level of sharpness. Ministry of War."

"real!"

Li Jing's hands trembled.

"Duke, are you sure this is true?"

Pei Ju said in surprise: "Your Ministry of War can also build it?"

"Of course it is true, His Majesty can testify."

Du Ruhui nodded and said, "If you two still don't believe me, you can go to the Ministry of War to have a look."

"Pei Gong, I can really testify, that's why I asked Keming to go to you to discuss whether we can replace our weapons."

Li Shimin thought in his heart, can he finally convince you this time?

Also stunned?

"It's the old man who is confused!"

Pei Ju laughed: "Mr. Du came to ask my ministers for money to build new weapons. If you didn't have new sharp weapons, how could you make such a decision casually? Don't worry, Mr. Du, I will allocate money to your military department as soon as I go back, and I will never neglect it. This is a powerful weapon, with such a sharp weapon, who would dare to invade us from foreign enemies in the future? All of them will be chopped off with one blow."

Li Jing's eyes were very wild, and he said quickly: "Du Gong, this time it is also my fault, I made a mistake on Du Gong, please forgive me!"

Immediately afterwards, he faced Li Shimin and continued: "If this weapon can equip the entire army, I can guarantee that within three years, the head of the old thief Xieli will be brought back to Your Majesty."

With such a sharp weapon, they still need to be afraid of foreign enemies?

There is no need for this at all, just cut it to see who is unhappy.

What should be feared are those enemies.

"However, it is very difficult to popularize the whole army, and the national treasury is still tight!" Pei Ju said directly about their current embarrassing situation.

"Pei Gong, can you think of who gave me the method of making sharp weapons?"

Li Shimin wants to bring this topic back to food, which is the focus of today.

"I don't know." Pei Ju shook his head.

"It's the fortune teller!" Li Shimin said.

"It's him!"

Pei Ju was taken aback for a moment, a fortune teller on the street could actually come up with this kind of technology and give it to the court.

This kid is a bit unclear.

Li Jing asked: "The gentleman your Majesty mentioned, could it be that Li Yi'an who can calculate the Turkic attack to Weishui River?"

"That's right!"

Li Shimin said solemnly: "He also asserted that next spring and summer there will be a severe drought."

"So, I want to put aside the issue of weapons first. The most important thing at the moment is to buy food. The world belongs to the common people. As the emperor, I am also the emperor of the common people."

"It is important to strengthen the country with weapons, but the current weapons are still sufficient, and there is no need to fight abroad. What I want is to let all the people have enough food first, so that ordinary people can be rich and carefree."

For the drought, he brooded.

"Your Majesty, is Yuan Tianshi's morality not as good as that of a street fortune teller?"

Pei Ju still doesn't quite believe that there will be a drought. After all, this is something that hasn't happened yet, and everything is possible.

"The minister proposes that part of the money should be used to buy food first, and the other part should not be moved."

Du Ruhui cupped his hands and said: "When the next spring begins, we will always pay attention to the situation in Hebei and Shandong. If there are any signs of drought, we will buy food for disaster relief. If not, we will use it to make weapons."

Li Shimin thought for a while: "What Keming said is reasonable, let's do it like this first."

Pei Ju finally stopped objecting.

Li Shimin thought of another thing, and said: "Sir, I also told me that in the south of Jiaozhou, there is a place called Champa, which is rich in Champa rice, and the yield per mu can reach two stones. It can last for many days, and is resistant to drought and cold, regardless of the land.”

Pei Ju asked in surprise, "Is there such a high-yielding crop in the world?"

"Whether it's true or not, I don't know."

Li Shimin hesitated and said: "I plan to send people to investigate first. I remember that in the sixth year of Wude, Fan Fanzhi, the king of Linyi, sent an envoy to the court, and he came again in the eighth year. Presumably Linyi also wants to make friends with Datang. You can ask them what they want. seed."

Du Ruhui said: "This matter can be handed over to the governor of Jiaozhou to find out."

"Your Majesty, is that fortune teller really that magical?"

Pei Ju still didn't believe it, how could someone know so much?

He can calculate celestial phenomena, build ironware and weapons, and even understand agriculture. He is in Chang'an, but he knows that there is Champa rice in Linyi thousands of miles away.

When did Chang'an have such a genius.