Chapter 3 A more ruthless move came, Chen Pingping was dumbfounded!
Li Chengde's words are not difficult to understand.

The Hu people were at war with the Qing Kingdom. Even if the Qing Kingdom offered to buy wool at a high price at this time, the Hu people would not react much.

After all, as long as they capture the border defense line of Qing Kingdom, they can immediately plunder!

In this situation, even if some tribal leaders had some thoughts, they would not show it, let alone disobey the Khan's orders.

Unless the Hu people have to do business with the Qing Kingdom!

The simplest and most direct way is to defeat these barbarians and force them to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Qing!

But now the two sides are already incompatible, and there is no sign of peace talks at all.

On the contrary, the Hu people's attack became more and more fierce!
If we want to defeat the Hu people and force them to accept peace, it seems that we have no choice but to deploy more troops!

Of course, in addition to this, the Supervisory Council can also go deep into the grassland to stir up relations between the tribal leaders and the royal tent, so that they can sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers!
At the same time, this can also promote wool trade between the Hu tribe and the Qing Kingdom within a certain range.

As long as some tribes gain a lot of wealth through wool trade, other tribes will soon become restless and express their desire to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Qing!
But the Fourth Prince didn't seem to plan this way.

This is very strange!

Is there a better way to hurt the Hu people?

All the civil and military officials in the court looked at Li Chengde and fell silent.

They couldn't imagine what method the Fourth Prince was going to use to force the Hu people to trade wool with the Qing Kingdom!
"Your Majesty, I just want to make the Hu people feel that it is not worth going to war with the Kingdom of Qing." Li Chengde spoke slowly.

"Oh?" Emperor Qing's eyes sparkled with curiosity, "What are you going to do?"

Li Chengde smiled slightly, "I had nothing to do, so I made a little gadget."

"Your Majesty, just send someone to my residence to bring a few of those small pottery jars over and you'll know."

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Qing's eyes immediately flashed with eagerness, as if he had been looking forward to this moment for a long time, "Eunuch Hou, you should go and do this."

Eunuch Hou immediately accepted the order and left the hall.

"Your Majesty, I have another request." Li Chengde spoke again.

Emperor Qing nodded slightly, "Speak!"

Li Chengde didn't keep the secret this time and said, "I need a few death row prisoners."

Emperor Qing's eyes suddenly became sharp.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were as silent as cicadas.

They immediately realized one thing: could it be that the Fourth Prince was planning to use this opportunity to rescue some prisoners?

But the strange thing is, I have never heard of any of the death row prisoners currently being held who are related to the Fourth Prince!

"Which ones?" Emperor Qing's voice was calm, but it seemed to hide infinite danger.

Li Chengde didn't care at all and said calmly: "It's up to your majesty, as long as they are a few death row prisoners."

Emperor Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I approve!"

Soon, five death row prisoners were dragged to the square outside the hall.

Eunuch Hou also returned from Li Chengde's residence with a few small pottery jars.

The court meeting was temporarily suspended, and all the civil and military officials as well as Emperor Qing were called out of the hall by Li Chengde.

"what is this?"

All the civil and military officials in the court stared at the small pottery jar brought back by Eunuch Hou, their eyes full of confusion.

Li Chengde did not explain, but made another request, "Your Majesty, please borrow the palace commander for a while."

Emperor Qing approved it immediately, "Yes!"

Gong Dian came to Li Chengde and saluted, "Fourth Prince, what do you need me to do?"

Li Chengde signaled to Eunuch Hou to hand a small clay pot to Gong Dian, along with a lit torch.

"Commander Gong, place the pottery jar in the open space between the condemned prisoners, light the fuse with a torch, and run as fast as you can!"

Gong Dian didn't care and took the torch and pottery jar carelessly.

Then, the torch moved closer to the direction of the fuse, "Fourth Prince, is this true?"

"Swish!" Under Li Chengde's astonished gaze, the fuse of the pottery jar was lit!
All the civil and military officials in the court were curious and looked up, not caring about the pottery jar.

But Li Chengde's face turned green with anger!
He immediately snatched the pottery jar from Gong Dian's hand, and then threw it towards the location of the five death row prisoners!
"boom--!"

In just a moment, the clay jar made a loud noise, and smoke and dust rose from the location where the five death row prisoners were!
"what--!"

At the same time, there were screams.

It was not until this time that all the civil and military officials in the court came to their senses and realized what had just happened.

A hint of surprise flashed across Chen Pingping's eyes.
He had never expected that Li Chengde would cause such a big fuss!
Qin Ye widened his eyes even more, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

Emperor Qing stared at the several death row prisoners who were blown away and the body parts on the ground, his pupils trembling!
"Your Majesty, these pottery jars I made are not very powerful. They can only injure people, but not kill them."

Li Chengde's voice sounded and he began to explain slowly.

"This is the gift I gave to the Hu people. It is also the trump card that forces the Golden Horde to negotiate with the Qing Kingdom!"

After hearing these words, the way the civil and military officials in the court looked at Li Chengde changed again, almost as if they were looking at a monster.

This is really cruel!

Only hurting people, not killing people...

What is this concept?
That is, if these small pottery jars are used on the battlefield, it will inevitably cause a large number of casualties!
How will the royal tent deal with these wounded soldiers?
Kill directly?
Inappropriate!
Not only will that cause a rapid reduction in combat personnel, it will also seriously affect morale and may even lead to a mutiny!

Fully rescue?

Less likely!

The Golden Horde’s supplies were not abundant to begin with, and they basically relied on plundering the Kingdom of Qing to barely make ends meet.

Once they choose to treat these wounded, the already scarce supplies will be made even worse!

Moreover, once these people are hit by the pottery jars, they will not be able to go to the battlefield again in the short term or even permanently!
No matter what choice the Golden Horde makes, it will be an unacceptable result for the Hu people!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty's pottery jar is indeed amazing, but I have a question for you."

Gong Dian suddenly stood up and said, "As long as they have reached a certain level, they basically have the ability to protect their bodies with true qi."

"Even if I can't protect my entire body, as long as some key parts are protected, this pottery jar won't cause fatal damage. I just need to bandage it a little and I can fight again..."

Before he could finish, Li Chengde spoke up, "As long as the amount is large enough, the true qi can't protect it."

"!!!"

When these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court were horrified.

It's true, but the idea is horrible!

This is simply not treating the Hu people as human beings!

The power of the clay pot seems small, but that's only because it can't kill people directly.

But in fact, a clay pot was able to blow five people away, and two of them had their arms blown off!

If one more clay pot was thrown in, everyone felt that the five death row prisoners might not even have complete bodies!
However, Li Chengde lightly proposed "increasing the quantity", and this attitude completely ignored the lives of the Hu people!

At this moment, all the civil and military officials in the court looked at Li Chengde as if they were looking at the devil!

"In fact, there is another insurance policy." Li Chengde spoke again, "Commander Gong, take a look at the special features of those injured prisoners on death row."

After hearing this, Gong Dian looked at the prisoners on death row, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he uttered three words, "Broken pieces of iron!"

"hiss!"

All the civil and military officials in the court couldn't help but exclaim.

They didn't expect that Li Chengde not only made a clay pot that could blow a person half to death, but also stuffed broken iron pieces into it!
If this thing explodes into a person's body, it would be a true death!
Your Highness the Fourth Prince is too cruel!

However, in this case, the Hu people might really be forced to negotiate peace with the Qing Kingdom because of these pottery jars!

"Very good! Li Chengde, you have made great contributions to my country this time! I will give you the Hibiscus Garden, a pair of jade ruyi, three thousand taels of silver, and three hundred rolls of silk!"

"From now on, you will be crowned King of Wei!"

"My son, I accept the order and thank you!"

(End of this chapter)