In the end, Cai'er stood up and poured Li Su a cup of tea again, and then showed a mischievous smile that did not match her age and said: "In addition, the most important point is that I haven't done enough as a queen!" ”

When Cai'er said the last sentence, she deliberately winked at Li Su. Although her last sentence seems to be a joke, it actually has another deep meaning, that is, to remind Li Su that whether the throne is retained or not is also related to the interests of Cai'er, Wu Meiniang and other queens and concubines, they seem to have little say in this matter, but the potential influence is also not small.

A month later, Li Yun and Li Zhen finally arrived in Chang'an, and after more than half a month, Li Ke finally arrived, although they were secretly traveling this time, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, many people still learned that the five emperors of the four empires gathered in Chang'an, which made everyone speculate, what would it be that would bring these emperors who stood at the top of the power together?

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, which had been idle for many years, the five brothers Li Su and Li Ke sat around the table, the table was already a mess, and the five of them had also drunk a lot of wine, and everyone's face was a little red. After all, the five brothers haven't been able to get together to drink and chat for many years, so as soon as they met today, everyone tacitly didn't mention the matter, and drank this reunion wine first.

The Spring Festival has passed, but the weather in Chang'an is still very cold, and there are a lot of braziers in the hall, which makes the whole hall warm, plus Li Su and the five of them have also drunk a lot of wine, so everyone feels a little sweaty. There are no outsiders here, so Li Ke and Li Su take the lead. All five of them unbuttoned their outer cotton robes, leaving their clothes open to reveal the small coats inside. If someone breaks in at such a time. I'm afraid that if I kill him, I won't believe that the five people in front of me are actually the five emperors standing at the peak of world power.

Li Su saw that everyone was almost drunk. So he glanced at Li Zhi, then stood up and said, "Third brother, seventh brother, eighth brother, this time I summoned everyone to come, in fact, there is a big matter to discuss with you!" ”

Hearing Li Su's words, Li Ke and the three of them did not show an expression of surprise, after all, they also knew that if it was a trivial matter, Li Ke would not let them rush to Chang'an, so the three of them were already mentally prepared. Even before they came, they had already guessed the reason why Li Su was looking for them.

But when Li Su put forward his idea of merging the four countries, and also explained Cai'er's improved merger method, Li Ke, Li Yun, and Li Zhen were all shocked, and even the first reaction in their minds was similar to that of Li Zhi before, thinking that Li Su was crazy. But with Li Su's methodical explanation, they slowly understood that Li Su was definitely not joking this time!

After listening to Li Su's explanation, Li Ke, Li Yun, and Li Zhen looked at each other a few times. Then they were silent for a long time, and finally Li Ke took the lead in speaking: "Liulang, I can understand your idea, and intellectually speaking. I support you in doing this, but there are a lot of problems to face in order to get it done. Are you really sure that the merger of the four empires will be successful? ”

Regarding Li Ke's question, Li Su also replied very sincerely: "Third brother." Even before my father died, I already had the idea of merging the four empires into one. It's just that the time was not ripe at that time, and the contradictions between our four countries did not break out, if I put forward this idea, I'm afraid you won't understand the third brother, but now everyone has a personal experience, the eighth brother and the ninth brother also quarreled over the border last time, if this situation is allowed to develop, I'm afraid it is not impossible for our brothers to turn against each other! ”

Li Su sighed when he said this, and then answered Li Ke's question: "As for the third brother, I can only say here that this is a road that has never been walked before, so I don't have any confidence in whether it can succeed or not, and this matter also needs the help of the third brother, otherwise I alone will have no possibility of success!" ”

Hearing Li Ke's frank words, Li Ke's face also showed a bit of struggle and contradiction, and now his psychology is the same as that of Li Zhi before, and he also has to face the conflict between reason and desire. And in contrast, Li Ke has been a retributive person since he was a child, and the same is true, his desire for power is also relatively strong, so if he wants to take the initiative to hand over the power in his hands, he needs to be more determined than Li Zhi.

And Li Yun and Li Zhen's current expressions are also the same as Li Ke's, they are different from Li Zhi, the Tang Dynasty in Li Zhi's hands was inherited from Li Shimin, and this Tang Dynasty should have belonged to Li Su, plus Li Zhi's health is not good, and he has been a little unable to handle government affairs in the past two years, so he can agree with Li Su's merger in the shortest possible time. But Li Yun and Li Zhen's Tianzhu were all beaten down by them one hand and one foot, and Tianzhu embodies the greatest efforts of the two, so emotionally speaking, they really don't want to hand over the power of Tianzhu.

In the end, I saw Li Zhen and Li Yun look at each other, and then Li Zhen spoke: "Sixth brother, before we make a decision, I want to ask you a question!" ”

"Oh, what's the problem?" Li Su said with a smile.

I saw Li Zhen also show a frank expression and said: "Sixth brother, you also know that among the people I admire the most in my life, you are the first, and my father is only second, so I have always been very supportive of your decision, but I want to know, if I, the third brother and the ninth brother are against the merger of the four empires, what will you do then?" ”

For Li Zhen's question, Li Su didn't think about it, and even when he came to Li Zhi before, he was ready to fail, so he immediately replied with a solemn face: "Eighth brother, you are a person who leads troops, and Tianzhu's current troops are almost completely replaced by firearms troops, so you should understand that with the development of the times and science and technology, the impact of advanced weapons on war is increasing, and sometimes it is even a direct crushing advantage." ”

When he said this, Li Zhen looked at Li Zhen with blazing eyes. At this time, Li Zhen also nodded after hearing this: "Yes, starting from the original grenades and rockets, to the later muskets and artillery, especially the current muskets and artillery, have been updated several times, and the impact of the weather on firearms is getting smaller and smaller." It can be said that the development of firearms is getting faster and faster, and the lethality is getting stronger and stronger, and now it has already replaced cold weapons such as knives, guns, bows and crossbows, and sometimes a new type of firearm equipment can indeed affect the outcome of a war! ”

At this time, Li Ke, Li Yun and Li Zhi were also attracted by Li Su's words, but what they didn't understand was why Li Su suddenly discussed the impact of firearms on the war with Li Zhen?

I saw that after Li Zhen got Li Zhen's affirmative answer, he glanced at the four brothers present, and then sighed and said: "I invented firearms, and the current muskets and artillery are far from reaching the power of my ideals, if the merger plan I proposed is opposed by everyone, then I can only make some plans for my children and grandchildren, after returning to Daqi, I will hand over the government affairs of Daqi to the prince, and then I will throw myself into the thunderbolt courtyard of Daqi, and strive to develop some more advanced weapons in the last time, For example, a gun that can fire continuously is being designed in the Perak Courtyard, I call it a machine gun, a soldier with a machine gun in hand, can shoot dozens or hundreds of bullets in an instant, and the power is beyond everyone's imagination! ”

Hearing Li Su's calm words, Li Ke and Li Zhen and others all felt a heavy pressure, Li Su's talent in the development of new inventions is recognized, from the very beginning of soju, perfume, fireworks, to later new ships, steam engines, firearms, etc., these are almost all the first to be proposed, and this is still in the case of Li Su is entangled in chores, if he really put down all the chores, and then concentrate on the study of new firearms, then God knows what terrible things he will make?

In fact, Li Ke and Li Zhen obviously overestimated Li Su's ability, in his previous life, Li Su was just an ordinary person, and he naturally knew a lot about some common sense things, but he was much worse in terms of professionalism, such as taking firearms as an example, among the firearms used in various countries now, black powder is mainly used, and as for the more powerful and practical smokeless gunpowder, it has only just been a little clue after so many years of research.

As for what more advanced weapons Li Ke said in his words, in fact, he didn't have a score in his heart at all, and he said these words just to add some pressure to Li Ke and the others, after all, his knowledge of the development of firearms is also very limited, at most, he knows that machine guns are a major category of firearms development, and if machine guns want to be put into practice, they must first study metal bullets, and they must also have smokeless gunpowder.

However, Li Ke and Li Zhen naturally didn't know that Li Su was bragging, after all, with the talent that Li Su had shown before, they had already convinced that as long as Li Su was willing, he would definitely be able to make more advanced firearms, and when Daqi had these advanced firearms, it would definitely be ahead of them in military terms, plus Daqi's powerful navy, it could be said that they were already invincible, and if war broke out, then their descendants would not be good!

Thinking of this, Li Ke, Li Zhen, and Li Yun all looked at each other a little, and even had a feeling that Li Yu was bullying people. But at this moment, Li Zhi, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "Third brother, seventh brother and eighth brother, in fact, I don't think we have anything to hesitate, the sixth brother has already said that the throne after the merger will be elected from our children and grandchildren, and in order to avoid suspicion, he also stipulates that the emperor's heirs cannot serve as the next emperor, so the second emperor after the merger will definitely be elected among the children and grandchildren of the four of us, but who can do this throne, it depends on the ability of the children and grandchildren, you are so entangled now, Is it because you don't have faith in your children and grandchildren? (To be continued......)