Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 26: Isn’t this a divine weapon that governs the country?

After much thought, Wu Zetian finally decided to let Yang Yanzhang go.

Of course, she didn't originally plan to take Yang Yanzhang's head. She just wanted to take this opportunity to force Yang Yanzhang to become his face.

"Yang Yanzhang, I will not pursue this matter for the time being! However, if you cannot create the so-called artifact, don't blame me for asking you for the money and profits!"

Yang Yanzhang nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, please rest assured, Queen Mother, I will never let you down!"

Wu Zetian's emotions gradually calmed down. Thinking of Yang Yanzhang's martial arts, she couldn't help but look at Yang Yanzhang's body.

"No wonder I felt that you had a strong figure that day, which was very different from ordinary people! Now that I know that you are highly skilled in martial arts, this makes sense!"

Having said this, Wu Zetian snorted again: "I was chased by Xue Huaiyi all over the street that day. It seems you did it on purpose!"

Yang Yanzhang sweated and started talking nonsense again: "No, no, the Queen Mother misunderstood Wei Chen! I only want to be a civil servant and don't want to be a reckless man, so I don't want to show off my skills."

Wu Zetian waved his hand: "Forget it, I don't blame you. However, you are not allowed to lie to me again in the future, otherwise, you will know the consequences."

"I have never deceived the Queen Mother before, and I will certainly not do so in the future." Yang Yanzhang refused to admit that he had deceived Wu Zetian.

Seeing that what he said was impeccable, Wu Zetian did not intend to dwell on this issue, and her eyes turned to the blunderbuss.

"Yang Yanzhang, why do you make things like this?"

Yang Yanzhang looked confused: "That's how the drawings are drawn!"

"The drawing was not drawn by you?"

"This……"

Wu Zetian became proud: "Is there anything you can't say this time? Tell me honestly, did you have any bad thoughts when this thing was made like this?"

Yang Yanzhang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Conscience of heaven and earth, Queen Mother, I just want to build something useful, I really don't think of anything else! You can't listen to that palace maid's nonsense! If she is like this, won't the big trees growing on the road make her even more frivolous? Besides, she also looks great!"

Wu Zetian was dumbfounded for a while. After a long while, he smiled and said: "Yang Yanzhang, you are really sharp-tongued. You can even tell such nonsense! Okay, let's not mention this for now. I want to ask you, what happened just now? Is this really what comes from this thing?”

"Exactly!"

"Well, you go to the courtyard and perform for me again!"

Fortunately, Yang Yanzhang used gunpowder to make several rounds of ammunition, loaded the gun again, and lit the match. The place immediately exploded again, like a muffled thunder explosion.

Looking at the still smoking muzzle, Wu Zetian showed an extremely shocked expression: "You still say this thing is not enough to conquer the country? Then what does the artifact you call a country-suppressing artifact look like?"

Yang Yanzhang knew everything and said it all: "The Queen Mother is aware that although this fire gun is very noisy, its power is limited! The fire gun can only hurt people within a hundred steps, and its accuracy is not enough! If you use this weapon to resist the Turkic cavalry, , that is tantamount to seeking death! After all, the distance of a hundred steps is not enough in front of the high-speed cavalry! Therefore, this can only be regarded as a false artifact at best. "

Wu Zetian was even more surprised when he heard: "A hundred steps away is not a powerful weapon for conquering the country? Bows and arrows only have a range of a hundred steps! If the two armies were confronting each other, and the fire blunderbuss sounded here, the enemy's archers would not dare to aim in fear. ? I’m afraid our shots will all miss the target! Facing the Turkic cavalry, as long as we have enough fire blunderbuss, what if the accuracy is not enough? If we miss it by a foot and a half, we can still kill the enemy!"

"What the Queen Mother said is not bad." Yang Yanzhang was quite surprised by Wu Zetian's understanding. He only thought that she was a politician who was good at intrigues. He did not expect that she also had her own views on military matters, but things were not what Wu Zetian thought.

So Yang Yanzhang continued to explain: "Actually, this fire gun has two fatal flaws. One is its limited lethality, and the other is that charging, igniting, and launching are too time-consuming! At a distance of a hundred steps, facing the cavalry, only I’m afraid I’ll have two chances to take action at most!”

"Not satisfied twice?" Wu Zetian rolled his eyes, "As long as there are enough soldiers to fire cannons, almost no one in the front cavalry will be spared! As long as the front row cavalry falls, the Turkic cavalry will immediately be in chaos Formation! Our infantry will be able to defeat them when they charge forward! It seems that although you, Yang Yanzhang, are smart, you are just an armchair Zhao Kuo."

I wipe it!Yang Yanzhang was angry at that time!

After talking for a long time, Wu Zetian actually compared Zhao Kuo to him!
So, Yang Yanzhang immediately said with a fierce face: "Then I will make a cannon, and the Queen Mother can choose not to use it."

"If you don't need it, don't use it. I think this fire blunderbuss is enough! Come with ten thousand fire blunderbuss and fire them all in front of the officials in the court and the leaders of the barbarians. I don't believe that they dare to be so presumptuous! "

Yang Yanzhang curled his lips, not even bothering to talk nonsense with this ignorant and self-righteous old witch.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late. We have to go to court tomorrow. Why don't you please leave first?"

Wu Zetian yawned and waved her hand: "Go, go, I know I can't keep you!"

Yang Yanzhang was overjoyed and walked out quickly.

When they got outside, they saw Shangguan Wan'er still walking around, looking very anxious.

"Wan'er?"

Yang Yanzhang shouted subconsciously. It was too late when he sensed something was wrong, so he simply pretended to be calm.

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly raised her head and saw him coming out. She was extremely surprised and walked over quickly, looking at him in disbelief.

"Wang Xiaojie said that he had recommended you to the Queen Mother. Why did you come out? Didn't the Queen Mother force you to stay?"

Yang Yanzhang laughed: "The Queen Mother wants me to do things for the country, but of course I won't do that! Thank you, Sir Shangguan, for worrying."

Shangguan Wan'er suddenly laughed brightly: "It's okay if you don't have it! However, I still like you to call me Wan'er."

"Ah? That's not possible. How can I take advantage of Lord Shangguan?"

"Didn't you scream smoothly just now?"

"Just now? Is there any? Impossible! Lord Shangguan must have heard wrongly."

Seeing Yang Yanzhang's solemn face, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly showed an angry look and punched him.

"Yang Yanzhang, do you dislike Wan'er?"

Yang Yanzhang took a step back and shook his head: "It's nothing! Mr. Shangguan has the appearance of a country and a city, and he takes good care of me. How dare I dislike you?"

"Then why do you always seem to reject others? You obviously dislike them!"

When Yang Yanzhang saw that she was going to quarrel, he immediately reminded him: "Sir Shangguan is always surrounded by men, so I won't join in the fun."

Shangguan Wan'er's expression changed dramatically, and a look of shame, anger, disappointment, and some incomprehension flashed across her eyes.

"Yang Yanzhang, don't treat me like a censor!"

"When you impeach hundreds of officials, you can start a matter based on hearsay! But for me, Shangguan Wan'er, you shouldn't just use hearsay and slap it on my head!"

After saying that, Shangguan Wan'er turned around and left, quickly disappearing into the night.

(End of this chapter)