Li Shimin's agitation made Zhang Feng rather suspicious.
"Lao Li, I say, didn't you just want a few dozen guards? Is there a need for you to be so anxious?
"Besides, it's not like this toy can be made early on. Even if it's made, without a legal approval, it'll be a disaster …"
Li Shimin waved his hand, interrupting Zhang Feng.
"Feng 'zi, you should still remember the Lord Zhangsun we know now, right? As long as this thing is good, no matter what kind of approval you want, it'll only take a single word from him, right? Moreover, can't you tell that this is also a huge business deal?! "
Zhang Feng's lips twitched at these words.
He seriously suspected that Lao Li's mind was filled with only money!
Had he forgotten everything he had said before? Or was it that all he thought about was money?
This really was a businessman. Everything he did was related to money!
"You're right, but I don't dare to touch this money. When the time comes, if you want to do it, you can just say that this toy was made by you. I'll just take the money. Let me say this first: if this toy is done well, you'll make a fortune. If it's not done well, your entire family will be buried with it. You better think this through carefully!"
Zhang Feng advised again, "Think about it. In the history of the past, when has there ever been a person who dealt in firearms ever had a good ending? Moreover, we're dealing with firearms this time. These things can't be compared to cold weapons. Although our Emperor is wise and farsighted, not all of his subordinates are as he thinks. If this toy gets hot and causes a disaster, there's no need to talk about how His Majesty will protect you. Those people behind the scenes will destroy your entire family! "
The first person Zhang Feng thought of was the venomous Hou Junji. In history, this fellow's schemes were unmatched, and for the sake of his goals, he was even willing to sell his daughter. In the end, if he hadn't encouraged Crown Prince Li Chengqian, there wouldn't have been so many problems.
But the heavens did not go as one wished. Hou Junji had relied on his status as the Emperor's favorite to almost cause the Emperor to lose his life and almost cause a second coup at Xuanwu Gate.
Once she was targeted by him.
That was the consequence.
Zhang Feng didn't want to have anything to do with such a person.
That would cost him his life.
However, Li Shimin didn't take it to heart.
He was an emperor. Any emperor would want to establish his authority and prestige, which was also the foundation for the stability of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
This was the so-called foundation of all ages.
But now?
On the outside, the Turks were eyeing them covetously. On the inside, the landowning clans and nobles wanted to monopolize certain things, such as knowledge, all sorts of ways to make money, and ways to make their clans prosper for a long time.
The landowning clans were too arrogant.
They were even more arrogant than the Turks.
After decades, centuries, and even millennia, they had used political marriages, teacher and student recommendations, fellow countrymen, servants, county officials, landlords, old officials, and other means to form an invisible net. At the slightest sign of trouble or change in the imperial court, they would instantly tighten the net to protect their own nobles.
They would even ally with other landowning clans to do the same.
This was fatal to a country. Take the previous dynasty for example. If the landowning clans hadn't interfered, the Sui Dynasty wouldn't have fallen so quickly.
If these landowning clans' industries and foundations were to shrink the moment they learned that the Turks were heading south, how could the Tang Dynasty be safe?
It was time to strike a blow!
This was what Li Shimin wanted to do the most at this moment.
He could even understand Zhang Feng's words, and it could be said that it was something that had been on his mind all this time. However, Li Shimin saw hope from the gun.
Take the Guanlong clans for example.
Although he had long wanted to exterminate them, it was because they were so big that even he had to be wary of the network, so Li Shimin could only slowly nibble at them.
He even reshuffled all the ministers in the court.
What was the reason?
Wasn't it because he wanted to destroy the landowning clans' network in the court?
Li Shimin knew that if he wanted to have real power over the court, he had to centralize power. Although power sounded simple, it was not so simple in reality.
Before Zhang Feng appeared, Li Shimin had been dispirited and dejected because he couldn't see any hope. However, as he got closer to Zhang Feng, he suddenly felt that Zhang Feng seemed to be the key to him becoming the eternal emperor that Zhang Feng had mentioned.
Especially after the Eight Waters incident in Chang 'an and the means to deal with Guanlong, Li Shimin couldn't help but see the hope of getting rid of the landowning clans.
At this moment, when he heard that Zhang Feng had such a magical thing, how could Li Shimin sit still?
Looking at Zhang Feng leisurely lying on the reclining chair, Li Shimin continued, "Feng Zi, don't worry and do it boldly. I can help you solve any problem. Think about it, the Emperor basically knows everything about you now. You can do it without worry. As long as you do it, I believe the Emperor will naturally reward you. As for other things, don't worry. As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem for me, Lao Li!"
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