socalfunplaces Chapter 346
Chapter 346
Li Shimin got up and chased Su Chen without asking.
"Zhang Long, Zhang Hu, Commander Li, come with us." Su Chen called the five of them outside the living room.
Li Shimin and his companions hurriedly followed Su Chen and walked out of the manor.
A group of guards from the palace accompanied Li Shimin to protect him. If the emperor wanted to go out, they would definitely follow him immediately.
Su Chen stopped and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need them to follow you. The place you are going to is not far from the manor."
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked the guards to stop following.
"Boy, where are you going?"
Li Shimin couldn't help being curious. If he didn't ask, he would feel uncomfortable all over.
"It's hard to say now, you'll know later." Su Chen didn't look back and continued to walk forward.
After walking for more than 20 minutes, Su Chen found an excellent place, about 800 meters away from the cement factory.
There is a long-abandoned canal here, which is nearly ten feet wide and sloped, more than half a person deep, just right for putting gunpowder in it and detonating it.
There are no stones around, so it won't splash and hurt people.
"Zhang Long, hold it well and don't drop it."
Su Chen handed the gunpowder can to Zhang Long temporarily, took out a piece of cotton thread prepared in advance from his arms, and lit it with a lighter.
There was no wind outside today, so he lit the cotton thread and put it on the ground to let it burn.
Su Chen silently calculated the time.
Li Shimin and others became more and more confused, but Su Chen was unwilling to say more.
Then, Li Shimin and others followed Su Chen down to the ditch.
"Boy, what's in the pottery jar?"
Li Shimin was very curious when he looked at the pottery jar held by Zhang Long in both hands. The mouth of the jar was sealed with yellow mud, and a piece of bamboo could be seen outside, and there was a line leading out.
If Li Shimin had a lighter in his hand, he would also want to light the cotton thread.
Su Chen ignored Li Shimin's question and continued to observe the burning of the cotton thread and note the time.
"Well, a foot-long cotton thread burned for about fifteen seconds, which is enough for safe evacuation."
Su Chen nodded and murmured.
The fuse of the gunpowder can is a little more than three feet long, which means that there is more than forty seconds of evacuation time after ignition.
"Boy, what are you doing?" Li Shimin raised his voice.
"Hey, your majesty, I will invite you to watch the fireworks show later." Su Chen smiled and thought that even if the explosives could not be made, the effect of fireworks could always be achieved.
Then, Su Chen looked at Li Junxian and Zhang Long and the other four.
He asked maliciously: "Who of you has the best kung fu?"
"What does Su Hou have to do? Just tell me!" Li Junxian bowed his hands and admitted that his kung fu was the best among the five.
"Okay, Commander Li, you've heard it clearly."
Su Chen took the pottery jar back from Zhang Long and handed the lighter to Li Junxian.
"When we retreat fifty steps away, you light the cotton thread in this pottery jar, and evacuate as quickly as possible after lighting it.
Do you remember?"
Li Junxian nodded, "I've remembered it."
"Okay, let's retreat first. Remember, evacuate immediately after lighting the cotton thread." Su Chen reminded again solemnly.
"Your Majesty, let's retreat further away."
Li Shimin nodded indifferently and followed Su Chen to evacuate from the canal.
Li Junxian watched Li Shimin and the others slowly walk towards the place.
"Is it fifty steps here?" Su Chen saw Li Shimin and the others stopped and had some doubts. Why did it feel like they were less than fifty meters away from the canal.
"Fifty steps are enough." Li Shimin replied indifferently.
Su Chen nodded silently, then squatted down, "Your Majesty, let's squat down, it's safer!"
"Junxian, ignite the cotton thread!"
Li Shimin shouted to Li Junxian in the canal, and squatted down as well.
Li Junxian wanted to remind Li Shimin that the distance between them was less than fifty steps, but it was difficult to refute the emperor's order.
The main reason was that Li Junxian couldn't see that the pottery jar was dangerous.
Li Junxian answered loudly in the canal, squatted down, picked up the cotton thread and lit it.
After seeing the cotton thread start to burn, he quickly got ashore from the canal and ran towards Li Shimin and the others.
However, Li Junxian made a mistake. The cotton thread was wrapped around in the middle, and he ignited it without straightening it.
"Isn't two kilograms of explosives a bit too much? How much gunpowder is in a grenade?"
Su Chen only remembered at this time that two kilograms of gunpowder seemed a bit too much.
"Your Majesty, let's lie down!" Su Chen lay down slowly, feeling a little uneasy. If the explosion succeeded, the pottery jar fragments would fly everywhere and hurt people.
"You are as cowardly as a mouse. Can the fire from thirty steps away burn here?" Li Shimin laughed disdainfully when he saw Su Chen prostrating himself.
At this time, Li Junxian had already run to Li Shimin and others.
"Marquis Su, I have ignited the cotton thread. The next step..."
Li Junxian squatted beside Su Chen and asked what the next step was.
Boom!
Thunder roared in the sky, and thick smoke rose up!
Li Shimin and his men squatted on the ground, and they clearly felt the ground vibrate slightly with the loud noise.
Because they did not follow Su Chen's reminder to lie down, they were shaken backwards by the loud noise.
They fell on their butts.
"Oh my god! Run!"
Su Chen lay on the ground and stared at the ditch. As the explosion sounded, the soil on both sides of the ditch was blown away.
It was falling towards them in a perfect parabola.
Li Shimin and his men had temporarily lost their hearing and could not hear Su Chen's shouts.
They looked at the ditch with thick smoke with their mouths wide open, and completely ignored the soil that was hitting them in the air.
Li Shimin had only one question in his mind:
'How could that pottery jar produce such a great power? '
When the loud noise just now happened, they clearly felt that the ground under their feet was vibrating.
Su Chen didn't care about them and rolled and crawled to the sides to escape.
If there were stones in the earth blown up by the bomb and hit their heads, it would be bad.
In an instant, the soil finally fell on the heads of Li Shimin and others.
"Father, turn over and lie down!" Li Chengqian was the first to react, but it was too late to escape.
Everyone also came to their senses at this moment, and they turned over in unison and lay on the ground to protect their heads.
Li Chengqian supported his body to protect Li Shimin with lightning speed.
They didn't know what harm this loud noise would cause them.
After a while, except for some special burning smell, everything returned to calm.
Li Shimin put down his hands holding his head and looked forward.
I saw that the ground in front of his head was covered with a layer of fresh soil, and there was a wisp of light smoke.
"Father, are you okay?"
Li Chengqian shook his head and shook off the soil and weeds on his head.
"Gao Ming, are you injured?"
At this time, Li Shimin realized that his body was covered by Li Chengqian.
"Hehe, I'm fine, just a little dirt."
Li Chengqian stood up and stamped his feet to shake off the dirt on his body.
Li Shimin quickly stood up, and before he had time to pat off the weeds and dirt on his body, he nervously searched for Su Chen's figure.
Su Chen slowly walked over from his side.
"Hehe, Your Majesty, are you okay?" Su Chen looked at Zhang Long and others who were still lying on the ground, covered with a layer of dirt.
Su Chen was clean because he ran very fast.
Li Shimin was relieved to see that Su Chen was safe and sound.
His expression changed immediately, and he quickly walked towards Su Chen, "You bastard, why didn't you tell me in advance that the pottery jar was so powerful?"
"Your Majesty, you should speak with conscience! I told you to lie down a long time ago, but you didn't listen.
No one listened even if I told you to run!"
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