Chapter 454 Popsicles There are only three people left who have not yet come on stage. Ji Song is ready to finish it and will talk about other things later.
Anyway, we don’t have much time, otherwise what’s the point of it ending in an anticlimax?
Seeing that Xue Li had gone down, Ji Song announced that the stage would continue. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it was a false alarm, but they still had to ask questions.
After Ji Song announced the start, he stopped paying attention to the field and came to the emperor's side. This matter still needs to be explained.
"I neglected my duty and frightened Your Majesty!" Ji Song apologized.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said angrily: "I'm not so careless. Can you tell me what's going on? What do the students want to do?"
Yuchi also said curiously: "The aura you had just now scared me. Logically speaking, with your determination, you wouldn't be like this!"
Ji Song smiled bitterly and said: "Young man, I don't want to be like this, but that thing is too dangerous. Fortunately, the quantity is small. If the quantity is large enough, if there is a slight accident, none of these people on the stage today will be able to escape."
"what?"
Yuchi stepped forward suddenly and stood in front of Li Shimin, looking around everywhere.
Fang Xuanling and others were also startled, and their faces turned pale.
Hearing Ji Song's words, they were frightened for a while. No wonder Ji Song was so nervous. If there was an accident, this Datang... Suddenly they shuddered and couldn't even imagine it.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He didn't dare to be careless at this time. Ji Song was always steady and would not act without aim.
"Yes, we must make it clear. There is also the student named Xue Li. Does he have any problems? Did he bring these things here intentionally or unintentionally? We must ask these questions clearly."
Du Ruhui reacted and said quickly.
Ji Song could only briefly tell what happened, and he was also frightened for a while! Gunpowder! Why did Xue Li take this thing out?It's not like I haven't thought about getting this weapon of war in advance, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it.
As far as he knew, gunpowder was an unintentional product of Taoist priests when they were refining alchemy. It was slowly used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but no one thought about it in the military.
First, gunpowder was not very powerful at this time and the formula was not yet very mature, so it could only be used in mining.
He never thought that this unintentional debate would lead to this thing.
Fortunately, he stopped it in time and kept the matter under control, otherwise the matter would have been serious.
There are only these three kinds of gunpowder. As long as you keep experimenting, you can always find the most suitable formula. If word spreads and the enemy finds out, it will be a disaster.
After listening to Ji Song's words, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "You mean that thing will explode?"
Ji Song nodded: "Yes, I don't know if his formula is optimal, but even if it is not, as long as the amount is enough, it will be enough to blow this place into ruins."
"This object was originally a product of a Taoist priest's alchemy furnace, and was discovered accidentally. Xue Li saw it when he was a child, so he took it out in order to get a reward and improve his family's situation."
Ji Song defended Xue Li.
"No one should tell anyone at this time. Chen Shou, go find out what happened to Xue Li and ask him everything he knows. Don't leave out anything!"
"The slaves obey the orders!"
"Wait a minute!"
Ji Song quickly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, please show mercy. This man is a great talent. I am willing to vouch for him. Your Majesty, please do not embarrass him."
"What's more, if he hadn't brought this thing out, we wouldn't have known about it." Li Shimin looked at Ji Song intently, then laughed, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, my good prince of the Tang Dynasty has finally grown up. Now, I know how to take responsibility. I am not happy to get gunpowder today, but I am happy to see the responsibility of my good prince."
"Chen Shou?"
Chen Shou quickly bowed.
"When you go to check on him, check him carefully, but don't use any shameful means. If you let me know, you know what the consequences will be. Go down!"
"promise!"
Chen Shou wiped his cold sweat. He just thought that if Xue Li didn't say anything, he would use some means, but now he is just happy.
Looking up at Ji Song, he sighed inwardly: It's really incomparable! The others looked at Ji Song with envy. It was really irritating that people were more powerful than others. This kid was protected by the emperor, who dared to touch him? Ji Song was silent, bowed respectfully to Li Shimin, and choked with sobs: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, let's continue watching them, eh? What will this kid Li Tai do again?"
Li Shimin helped Ji Song up, smiled and patted his shoulder, then looked towards the audience, but when he saw what Li Tai was doing, his face turned dark.
Ji Song also wondered, what could Li Tai do to make the emperor so angry? “This is really a talent”
When Ji Song saw something on the ice, he almost bit his tongue. Was he making a cold drink? Li Tai proudly placed the mold on ice, poured the cheese into the mold, and put a wooden stick inside.
After a while, this thing turned into a popsicle that Ji Song had often eaten in his previous life.
"After my experiments, I found that in addition to the above characteristics, it can actually be used to make a holy product for relieving the summer heat. It can be regarded as adding another thing for the people of the Tang Dynasty to relieve the heat."
Li Tai didn't notice at all that Li Shimin's face was extremely dark. The teachers and students below all had their mouths wide open, not knowing what to say?
The stuff is really good stuff, especially on this hot summer day, it’s just perfect.
But, isn’t there something wrong with this style of painting?
Let’s discuss academics and debates again, why don’t you just make something to relieve the heat?
In fact, Li Tai also has troubles! He was the last one to appear. If the people in front of him were useless, he wouldn't worry. He still had a chance to make a comeback.
But damn, this guy is all the best in the academy, and he was still ranked ahead of him in the quarterly exams. How can anyone care about this? So, he had an idea, since there was nothing he could do, he would just treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor! So he froze the cheese that his father sent to bring to him and Li Ke from his mother last night, and added a handle for the convenience of eating.
Picking up the frozen cheese, he came to Li Shimin and tasted it like a treasure.
Li Shimin looked at his son, who had a smile on his face but his eyes were already red, and finally sighed, took the popsicle and took a bite.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty. Liu An, the king of Huainan, made tofu in the Han Dynasty and it has been passed down through the ages, and it has benefited the people. Now there is a king of Wei who makes popsicles and relieves the people from the heat problem. He is really a wise king!"
When Ji Song saw something was wrong, he quickly said to Li Shimin.
When Li Tai heard this, he immediately looked at Ji Song and said with tears in his eyes: "Really?"
"Really, more real than real gold. Do you think that every time the people eat the popsicles you make during the hot summer, will they be grateful to you? If you spread this method, the people will have one more person in the summer. How many people can you support by making a living? Isn’t this enough for you?”
Wei Zheng also smiled and said: "King Wei is able to achieve such merit at such a young age. I congratulate the Tang Dynasty and congratulate Your Majesty!"
Others also bowed and said: "I would like to congratulate the Tang Dynasty and congratulate Your Majesty!"
(End of this chapter)