Mobile Phone

Even though his face was completely flushed from drinking, Li Shimin was utterly dumbfounded when he saw the educational video playing on the phone.

He had imagined that modern weapons must be incredibly powerful and come in a vast variety.

But he never expected them to be advanced to such a terrifying degree, with so many types that they were simply uncountable.

"The only country to have been taught a lesson by 'Truth'? What exactly did this so-called 'country living a good little life' do?"

After scrolling to another video and finishing it, Li Shimin couldn't help his curiosity and asked.

"All I can say is that they deserved it."

Cai Cheng chuckled. "And they took two hits, so we now call them the 'Twice-Nuked'."

"Brother Li, when you return to the Great Tang one day, you must remember to send your troops across the sea and wipe out this country. You have no idea..."

Following that, the crowd meticulously recounted the events of modern history to Li Shimin.

"How dare that puny Wa Kingdom do such a thing?!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin was instantly enraged. His face turned beet red, even redder than when he was drunk. "When I return, I will definitely obliterate them! Neither their people nor their land will be spared!"

"No, no! You should keep the land."

Wang Er laughed, "Brother Li, you don't know this, but that island has a mountain of silver and a mountain of gold. The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine can produce at least a million taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of taels of gold every year. So, launching an expedition to the island nation and conquering that territory would bring nothing but absolute benefits to your Great Tang!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes immediately lit up.

Originally, mobilizing a large army would severely drain national strength and finances. He had been thinking that after returning, he would have to take a long-term approach and discuss the best possible plan first.

But now, just for the mountains of gold and silver, he would steamroll over them with his eyes closed.

"Let us know when you launch the expedition. I will absolutely provide your Great Tang with a batch of firearms as aid, so you can just sweep right through them."

"Why go through all that trouble? Just have Young Master Qin contact the higher-ups, bring over a few blasts of 'Truth', and drop them. Done."

"That won't work. We still need to go there to mine the gold and silver. How can we go there if we drop 'Truth' on it?"

"If you ask me, none of you have any brains. Young Master Qin could go over there alone, wave his hand, and solve everything. Why would we need to waste these things?"

"What do you mean by waste? We've developed these things up to now, but we haven't actually used them in real combat yet. Now that we have the chance..."

Wang Er, Xia Fei, and the others began a heated discussion around this topic.

It wasn't until past eleven o'clock at night that Qin Fei and the others returned from their outing, parking their car outside the villa.

Empress Zhangsun walked in and looked at Li Shimin's flushed face. She couldn't help but say, "Erlang, why did you drink so much? It is getting late. Let's go rest first. We can come back and talk more tomorrow."

"Alright."

Li Shimin nodded, then stood up and looked at Xia Fei and the others. "Brothers, I shall go rest first. We will drink again tomorrow."

"Let's not drink tomorrow. Didn't Young Master Qin just say that he's going to take you out for a stroll and then head to the capital to find Elder Zeng?"

Zhou Ping'an and the others also stood up, putting their arms around Li Shimin's shoulders as they escorted his family to the villa next door.

Jiang Yanran said, "Changle, how about I have Qin Ning go to your Great Tang and bring two maids over? You need someone to take care of you while you stay here. Hiring a nanny or something wouldn't be very convenient given your identities."

"Would that be too much trouble?" Li Lizhi asked.

"Not at all. Come with me to find Qin Ning, and we'll go with him to the Great Tang right now."

Jiang Yanran smiled and then led Li Lizhi back to the villa next door.

Upstairs, Qin Ning was meditating with his eyes closed. Hearing Jiang Yanran call him, he leapt up and instantly appeared before them.

Jiang Yanran then explained the situation.

After hearing it, Qin Ning nodded and took Li Lizhi and Jiang Yanran together to the Great Tang.

"Zisu, Molan, the two of you will come with us to the future so you can take care of Sizi."

Li Lizhi had summoned two palace maids. Zisu and Molan were originally Sizi's personal maids, so bringing them along would be much more convenient.

Upon learning that they actually had the opportunity to travel to the future, Zisu and Molan naturally couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement.

"Understood, Your Highness. Do we need to prepare anything?" Zisu asked.

Before Li Lizhi could speak, Jiang Yanran took the lead and said, "Don't bother preparing anything, we have everything over there. You'll have to wear the clothes from over there anyway."

"Alright," Li Lizhi nodded.

Soon, Qin Ning brought them to the modern world.

Inside the villa.

After Zisu and Molan arrived, Su Xingwan and the others took them around, explaining some of the modern electrical appliances. They also warned them that these things carried a certain degree of danger and had to be used with caution.

The two were very excited, feeling that everything they saw was a novelty, and they tried their best to memorize all the knowledge Su Xingwan and the others taught them.

Afterward, Cheng Weiyang arranged their respective rooms for them and taught them how to use the bathroom.

Zisu and Molan were both stunned by these modern things, feeling as if they had arrived in the immortal realm.

...

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

Early the next morning, Qin Fei came knocking on the door, carrying two large bags in her hands.

Li Shimin and the others were already up. At this moment, they were all sitting around on the sofa, watching television and drinking morning tea.

"Sister Qin."

Hearing the doorbell, Li Lizhi got up to open the door. Seeing that it was Qin Fei, she politely smiled, greeted her, and welcomed her into the living room.

"Little Fei."

Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun, who were watching television, also greeted her. By now, they were starting to get used to some of the modern ways of addressing and greeting people.

"Is Sizi still sleeping?"

Qin Fei sat on the sofa and looked around, not seeing the little princess.

Li Lizhi nodded and said, "Yes, Sizi woke up once in the middle of the night last night. Then I had Zisu and Molan take her to the living room to watch television for two hours before she fell back asleep. I reckon she'll have to sleep a little longer before she wakes up."

"Children are all like that. Besides, she just got here and finds many things novel, so it's normal for her not to be able to sleep in the middle of the night."

Qin Fei smiled, then opened one of the bags and took out the food containers inside. "These are the breakfasts we just made. Have some first."

Saying that, she opened the other bag and took out a few small boxes from inside.

"These are mobile phones, five in total. Changle, His Majesty Taizong, and Empress Zhangsun, there is one for each of you. I have already set up the SIM cards. Give the remaining two to Zisu and Molan. I will teach you how to use them later. In the modern world, having a phone on you makes things much more convenient when you are out and about."

"Thank you for the trouble, Xiaofei."

Li Shimin was very interested in the mobile phones. Not only could this gadget make long-distance calls, but he had also used Xia Fei and the others' phones to scroll through videos last night, realizing that the device was far more practical than he had imagined.

"I am only twelve or thirteen years older than you, so please stop calling me Taizong. It sounds a bit strange. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Li."

Since he addressed Xia Fei and the others as brothers, and Xia Fei's group highly respected Qin Fei, he didn't dare let Qin Fei call him Uncle. Wouldn't that completely mess up the seniority?

However, calling him Brother also seemed a bit strange, considering Changle called her Sister.

Qin Fei smiled and said, "That won't do. Changle calls me Sister. How about I call you Uncle? The age difference is just right. As for Empress Zhangsun... I'll just call her Aunt?"

"Alright, alright, just call us Uncle and Aunt. It sounds much more affectionate," Empress Zhangsun said with a warm smile.