Xia Hongsheng was very excited in his heart, took a breath, slowly stretched out his thumb, and pressed it on the gear. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As Xia Hongsheng's fingers pressed hard, his thumb pressed the gear and turned it down, only to hear the sound of stabbing and rubbing, and suddenly saw the gear grinding on the flint, and immediately burst out sparks, which were bursting onto the oil-soaked flocculent rope.

Once, twice, as the sparks burst out, a flame suddenly rose from the short flocculent rope.

The inside of the iron box must be kerosene, and the top is a modified wick thread that extends into the iron box and soaks to absorb the kerosene in the box. The gears rubbed against the fire, and the sparks that popped up fell on the line, igniting the flames. The principle is somewhat similar to that of a kerosene lamp.

Xia Hongsheng was overjoyed in his heart, pinched the box with his fingers and brought it to his eyes, staring at the small flame. After watching for a long time, the lid that was turned open on its side snapped shut, and the flame was extinguished. Xia Hongsheng flipped open the lid again, pressed and swiped with his thumb again, and a small piece of spark appeared, flew to the flocculent rope, and once again took off the flames.

Xia Hongsheng kept opening the fire, closing it, turning it on again, closing it again, and there was a smirk on his face.

Lighter!

Haha, although it is an old-fashioned kerosene lighter, however, it is already the most advanced in this era!

"Great!" Xia Hongsheng turned his head to those craftsmen and said, "With this thing, there is no need for fire folds in the future!" By the way, how many have you made? ”

"If you return to Gongzi, a total of more than a dozen have been made." The master craftsman said.

"Good! Leave half of it, and I will take the remaining half and give it to Your Majesty. Xia Hongsheng said.

"Hey!" Hearing that Xia Hongsheng was going to bring it to the emperor, everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly went to find a wooden box to pack it up and handed it to Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng left the military aircraft workshop and went straight to the palace, preparing to meet the emperor - he wanted to hold a joint party, wanted to unite other colleges, mainly wanted to work with the military academy, so that the students of Jingyang Academy could also experience the enthusiasm in the military academy. If you want the military academy to participate, you must get Li Shimin's consent to do this. Although Xia Hongsheng is still the president of the military academy, Li Shimin is the principal of the military academy and the final decision-maker.

When I arrived in the palace, I saw Li Shimin, and before Xia Hongsheng saluted, I heard Li Shimin ask: "I was about to send someone to summon you into the palace, but you came by yourself." Hearing Tang Jian say that you humiliated the Tibetan envoys, what did you do? ”

Xia Hongsheng saluted and replied: "Back to my father-in-law's words, those Tibetan envoys came to the door and wanted my son-in-law to persuade my father-in-law to agree to make peace. also told the son-in-law how beneficial it was for the Tang Dynasty to make peace with Tubo, and between the words, it seemed that he was so powerful in Tubo that the son-in-law couldn't listen to it, so he spoke a little more urgently. ”

"What did you say?" Li Shimin sat back in his chair with interest, and asked as if he was watching a lively conversation.

"The son-in-law said that since the Tang Dynasty is unwilling to marry the princess, and the Tubo wants to be close to each other so much, I heard that Songtsan Gampo has a sister, so why not let Songtsan Gampo's sister marry to the Tang Dynasty and find a child in the clan to be a concubine, it is the same." Xia Hongsheng spread his hands and said: "The son-in-law thinks this method is very good, since Tubo wants to marry so much, and Datang is unwilling to marry the princess far away, isn't it also a kiss!" Who knew that the envoy of Tubo was so small-bellied and narrow-minded, so he brushed his sleeves away after hearing it. The son-in-law came up with a problem-solving attitude, but he did not mean to humiliate the Tibetan envoys. ”

"Let Songtsen Gampo marry his sister?" Li Shimin couldn't help laughing and laughed: "Hahahaha, you can figure it out!" You can do this with a bad stomach! ”

"You can't say that!" Xia Hongsheng waved his hand and said: "Why do you have to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty?" Anyway, they are all married families, and letting the children of the Tang Dynasty marry their princesses is also the same as marrying their princesses?! ”

Li Shimin smiled: "That's different. Heqin is to let the other party's lord become my son-in-law, and their princess marries, isn't it my Tang clan's son in law who becomes his son-in-law? ”

"Then you would like to have this son-in-law?" Xia Hongsheng asked rhetorically.

"Naturally I don't want to!" Li Shimin shook his head: "I'm afraid that Tang Jian will let those Tibetan envoys go to find you, that is, I am sure that with your disgust with Heqin, I will humiliate him, so as to make Tubo's mind worse." It's just that why do you think that if Tubo is rejected, you will invade Songzhou? ”

"Aside from all else, Songtsen Gampo is indeed a young man. At a young age, he squeezed into the position of Zampu, not only quelled the rebellion within Tubo, stabilized the situation, but also destroyed the Dongnu Kingdom and the Yangtong Kingdom, and unified the plateau. Xia Hongsheng replied: "Songtsen Gampo has just unified the plateau, and at this time it is the time when the majesty is beginning to appear, the heart is arrogant, and the self-confidence is inflated. Since Tibet is unified, the next target must be the Western Regions. There will be a conflict of interest between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and the first war will be used to try the Tang Dynasty and explore the details. Let the Tang Dynasty see the strength of Tubo, although it was defeated, but let the world know that he Tubo dared to brush the beard of the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to provoke, and the purpose of Tubo Liwei has been achieved, and this is the third. As for why it was Songzhou, if the Tibetan army was defeated, it would be easiest to retreat to the plateau from the direction of Songzhou. ”

"So, is Tubo ready to be defeated?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

Xia Hongsheng said with a smile: "At the beginning of the unification of Tibet, it was the time when it was necessary to establish its authority to the outside world. Nowadays, almost all the surrounding countries are dependent on the Tang Dynasty, and no one in Tubo can easily fight. Datang is like a big brother, and the other countries are little brothers. In order to establish authority for these little brothers, it is also a way to choose to fight the eldest brother who takes the lead. At the very least, those younger brothers will feel that Tubo even dares to fight the eldest brother, so they have scruples about Tubo. Hehe, according to the son-in-law, the Tubo soldiers will be defeated if they attack Songzhou. After the defeat, he will immediately send envoys to apologize and confess to Datang and ask for peace again. Songtsen Gampo must have thought that the terrain of Tubo was too high for non-Tubo people to adapt to, and even if the Tang Dynasty defeated Tubo, they would not be happy to go deep into the plateau. As long as he apologizes quickly after the defeat and gives Datang enough steps, Datang will also go down the steps, stop there, and no longer go deep into it. I have to say that Songtsen Gampo's wishful thinking is good, if it was before, this battle would really make him defeated. ”