Pei Min was also a little surprised to see that no one was talking.

How could he know that "he" is no longer the same as before.

In the early years, there was another Yao Chong who suppressed him on his credit. Now Song Jing is outstanding, but he is not as strong as Yao Chong, and he has only been the prime minister for a year and a half.

Although his political achievements are outstanding, they are far inferior to Pei Min's military achievements.

Today, Pei Min is no longer the young boy of that time, but the most powerful official in the Tang Dynasty and the only rank of the border officials who hold the local military and political power.

With this identity, his real status is not inferior to that of several prime ministers in this temple.

With the original "evil deeds", this conflict with him is not a wise move.

In particular, Li Longji seemed to have convinced Pei Min. Pei Min was full of thoughts and what she did was often unexpected. And many things had to be admitted that what he thought was longer and often achieved more convenience for the Tang Dynasty.

They were extremely afraid of Pei Min's "high-thinking" and did not dare to express their opinions before he spoke.

Even Lu Huaishen, who had a deep prejudice against Pei Min, was thinking about the pros and cons in his mind and sorting out his words: "To "reason" with a powerful character like Pei Min, if you don't have enough preparations, you will only humiliate yourself.

He suffered several losses and was humiliated several times, so he did not dare to act hasty.

Seeing that no one said that, Pei Min put away the idea of ​​teaching the frog at the well and said, "Although the project is large, it is actually far from building water conservancy, diversion and canals. The difference between the two is to build water conservancy, face mud and soil, and there are very few hard rocks. In Longshan, Wushaoling Mountain is based on granite and basalt, which is extremely difficult to dig. To open Longshan and build Wushaoling, the biggest problem is the granite and basalt..."

The civil officials kept nodding, wondering what Pei Min wanted to do? Why did he reveal his shortcomings?

Granite and basalt are one of the hardest stones known in the world, and they are hard to hurt. Whether it is building bridges and paving roads or digging foundations, the most taboo thing is to encounter granite and basalt. Whenever you encounter it, it will greatly affect the construction progress. Especially for those giant rocks that are difficult to bear, you need to use human labor to use large iron hammers and iron drill bits to smash the stone bit bit by bit.

Only God knows the square high ridge in Longshan and Wushaoling. How many difficult it is to deal with granite and basalt in the dangerous land? How easy is it to open mountains and build ridges?

Someone was about to express his feelings, but when he heard Pei Min's voice coming, he had a reversal.

"In other words, as long as the problems of granite and basalt can be solved, it will be much easier to open Longshan and repair Wushaoling, right?"

Pei Min said here without any hesitation: "I read an ancient book in the past, which records a formula called black gunpowder. Black gunpowder has the power to break the mountain and crack stones. Even in solid granite and basalt, as long as the amount of black gunpowder is sufficient, it can be divided into pieces and become pieces of gravel that is easy to carry."

"This..." Song Jing, the first prime minister of the dynasty, was a well-educated scholar in the world. He was a powerful character who passed the high school Jinshi at the age of 17, but at this time he was looking at Pei Min like he was listening to the book of heaven.

Wang Ju, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also looked at Pei Min with disbelief and said, "Gunpowder, I have heard of it. Black gunpowder? Please forgive me for being ignorant, but I don't know what it is. I don't know what the relationship between the two is. Just adding a black word, is the power so different?"

Gunpowder was found in the Qin and Han dynasties because it was conducive to combustion and was also used in military and civilian livelihood.

However, the power of gunpowder is extremely low, and after continuous research and development, people's understanding of gunpowder has been limited to firecrackers, poles and some gadgets used in acrobatics. Apart from smoke and fire, it has no power at all.

The difference between black gunpowder and gunpowder is only one word, which really makes people feel that black gunpowder is very powerful.

All officials were not Li Longji, and there were many people who whispered doubts about Pei Min with a bit of blind trust.

In particular, Lu Huaishen couldn't help but say, "I read a lot of books and read ancient books all over the world. I have never heard of any black gunpowder! I have heard of gunpowder, but how can this juggling thing open up mountains and crack stones?"

If someone else says this, Pei Min will consider his mood and whether to fight back.

Since Lu Huaishen was the one who spoke, Pei Min said tit-for-tat without even thinking about it: "I don't even know the black gunpowder, but I dare to boast about reading ancient books all over the world. I have no knowledge and come to show off. Are you not eating, hungry, or are you overeating after eating too much?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed out insincerely as the reputation of "the prime minister who accompanied him to eat".

All the civil officials couldn't help but look at him with sympathy.

This stain of "fooding the prime minister" is probably to follow him for the rest of his life.

"You..." Lu Huaishen's face turned red. He has been trying hard to justify himself over the years. He has also achieved certain results, but he did not expect Pei Min to point it out.

As the saying goes, "Don't slap people in the face, and don't expose others' shortcomings", but there are not so many taboos here in Pei Min.

Instead, I feel that if I want to quarrel with others, only by poking the other person's pain will it be effective. Otherwise, I will become a shrew, and I will say one by one, and there will be no result in arguing forever.

"Okay! This is a court, not a place for quarrels!" Li Longji spoke at the right time and stopped their quarrel.

Pei Min bowed slightly to Li Longji and the civil and military officials of the court and said, "Pei also knows many things. It is true to see it, but it is false to hear it. What is the power of gunpowder? I also ask Your Majesty to move the Infantry Department and let me personally show you whether it is true or false at that time, and it can be seen at first sight."

Li Longji said without hesitation: "Anyway, there is nothing important today, so why don't you retreat to the court? Let's go to the Ministry of War together, I'm very curious. What is the black powder in Pei Aiqing's mouth..."

Li Longji made such a decision, so the important civil and military officials naturally had no objection, and they all showed curiosity.

People are full of curiosity about new things.

There is no doubt that the black gunpowder in Pei Min's mouth has attracted the interest of everyone in the temple.

Headed by Li Longji, a group of temple leaders who held the power of the world walked towards the Ministry of War.

The five aristocratic families are not as good as before. In the past, only Lu Huaishen was the only one in the wealthy families. Even if his fame is not very good, the aristocratic families still put him first.

Cui Yuan, the Minister of Works, came to Lu Huaishen and whispered: "Lu Xiang, do you think the black gunpowder in Pei Min's mouth is really powerful as a rock that cracks the mountain? Can even stones like granite and basalt explode?"

Lu Huaishen snorted contemptuously: "Do you believe his words?"

Cui Yuan shook his head, then nodded again, and said blankly: "In theory, there should be no such thing as the Duke of the Kingdom in this world. But the Duke of the Kingdom seems to be full of confidence, and if there is a falsehood, it is to deceive the king. In front of all the civil and military officials in the court, even if His Majesty values ​​and trusts him, he will not ignore it and punish him. I am afraid there is a big reason for this."

Lu Huaishen still looked contemptuous, but his heart couldn't help but feel nervous. If there was no reliance, Pei Min would really have the courage to deceive the emperor?

Is there really a magical object that breaks mountains and cracks stones, or is there any tricks to trick?

No, it cannot be a divine thing!

There are really records of the magical objects such as Black Gunpowder in this ancient book. Even if he couldn't see them, there were thousands of people in the world. Has no one ever seen them?

If someone really saw it, why is there no black powder in the world?

This must be a fake, just like a big stone in your chest and a coin from a oil pan, it looks terrifying and amazing. In fact, as long as you know the tricks and the secrets, everyone can do it.

That must be true!

Lu Huaishen really didn't believe that what kind of magical objects could be found in ancient books, Pei Min.

Pei Min is famous all over the world, who doesn’t know his birth?

A abandoned son of the Pei family has not yet turned over and established his status in recent years.

Even if Pei Min now has the right to read ancient books passed down from the Pei family, what can it do?

Can the Pei family’s collection of books be compared to the Lu family?

After all, the Pei family is just a second-rate wealthy family. How can they compare to the five noble families of Shang and their families?

How could he know that black gunpowder was something Pei Min brought from the 21st century?

If Pei Min said that what he studied was too sensational, he would use ancient books as an excuse.

Pei Min didn't expect that he just said casually, but he turned Lu Huaishen in.

The imperial guards arrived at the Ministry of War in a mighty manner, and a group of people entered the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War officer Wailang, who was responsible for making the rammed earth house, came forward to greet him with some nervousness.

The Ministry of War plays an important role among the six ministries, but the situation of the Ministry of War is special. Generally speaking, the emperor will not come to the Ministry of War specifically. Even if there is military affairs, the people in the Ministry of War will go to the palace to find the emperor.

The lower-level officials of the Central Military Department of the Six Ministry are the most difficult department to meet the king. Today, Li Longji visited the Ministry of War. The officials above and below were all nervous and excited when they had the honor of seeing the sky.

The Ministry of War Officer Wailang said loudly: "According to Your Majesty's instructions, I have repaired a small house by building a city wall. Please check it out." He made way and pointed to a house on the school ground that was not a house.

The four sides are covered with earth walls made of rammed earth, and the top is covered with rammed earth. There is only a small door that can be entered and exited by one person, and there is also a vent that is the size of a bowl.

"You can try it. Is this rammed earth hut solid? So as not to tell me what I'm going to do afterwards!"

Pei Min said openly.

Seeing that all the officials had not set off, Li Longji said, "You don't go, I'll go!" He said, strode forward and tried the solid thickness of the rammed earth hut, and couldn't help but worry about Pei Min.

Rammed earth is a compact and compacted block of soil after hundreds of times of knocking, and the hardness is no less than that of stone.

The Ministry of War was asked to build a solid hut, which was too strong, with a thickness of a palm, and he couldn't help but glar at the innocent Ministry of War with a little dissatisfaction.

Lu Huaishen was even more nervous and carefully checked every place, knocking and touching here, and there was no mistake, so he stopped.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Pei Min asked someone to withdraw a hundred feet away, store all the black gunpowder into the room, and carefully locked the door to death.

With Yu Baishou out, he lit the rocket, bent his bow and aimed, and completed it in one go.
Chapter completed!