At the Yangzhou ferry, Lin Ruhai reluctantly watched Daiyu get on the boat, resisting the urge to leave her daughter with her.
Why doesn't Lin Ruhai want to protect her daughter from growing up safely and happily? But now if she wants to find a way out, she can no longer sit on the fence and can only follow Emperor Longqing to the end!
If you want to live until Daiyu gets married and has children, you must return to Beijing. If you want to return to Beijing, you must achieve something!
Lin Ruhai thought about the evidence of salt smuggling in his hands, and made a calculation in his mind. He had to take action!!!
At this moment, Daiyu on the boat was in tears because she had left her father again. Zijuan and Xueyan were comforting her.
Even Jia Lian's peach blossom eyes were full of reluctance.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that Jia Lian doesn't want to let go of Lin Ruhai, but rather those charming girls.
That charming posture, that soft figure, that white and tender bun...
For Jia Lian, this city of Yangzhou is simply paradise. A lustful hungry ghost entering Yangzhou is just like a mouse falling into a rice vat!
Jia Lian is also a person who doesn't have the slightest bit of mental obsessiveness. In the words of the original novel: "Anything that is dirty or smelly should be taken into the house."
In the original work, Jia Lian often hangs out with Jia Zhen and Jia Rong of Ningguo Mansion.
Jia Lian touched the banknote in his sleeve and smiled. This was the three thousand taels Lin Ruhai gave him before leaving. Please ask him to take more care of Daiyu, and Jia Lian naturally responded.
With these three thousand taels, I can buy a house in Beijing and buy some properties privately. When the time comes...
Jia Lian couldn't help but reappear the figure of Second Sister You in his mind.
Although Jia Lian's wife Wang Xifeng is already extremely beautiful, like a fairy concubine, she is too strong and rigid after all, so she is disliked by Jia Lian.
It is precisely the second sister You who is so delicate and can stoop down to be a beauty that attracts Jia Lian's soul the most, even to the point of going crazy. He only thinks about how to marry the second sister You as a foreign wife!
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As for Xue Hong, he has been working in the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Industry for the past half month. Emperor Longqing was under huge pressure to grant him an official position and reciprocated the favor. Why should he make some achievements for others!
In the past few days, Xue Hong first purified gunpowder and enhanced its power, and then continued to struggle with steel-making technology! Xue Hong still directly drew the technology and then handed it over to Xu Yan.
Although it's not very polite to treat an old man like this, looking at Mr. Xu Yan's appearance, he himself is quite happy to do so.
The technology provided by Xue Hong was the graphite clay crucible steelmaking method, which could produce liquid high-quality steel. It was not replaced until the end of the 19th century.
But this technology is not without its shortcomings, such as high cost, small output, etc. But it doesn't matter! Originally, this steel was intended to be used by the military to make artillery.
It's just that the technology is there, but it will take some time to actually refine the steel.
And Xue Hong is not idle either, and is constantly trying to refine mercury fulminate.
Although the purified gunpowder is more than 10% more powerful! Firearms can shoot farther and have stronger penetration! But its performance is still much worse than that of breech-loading rifles.
So Xue Hong has been fighting with mercury fulminate these days!! But every time, the reason is that the purity of the material is not enough and there are too many impurities.
In desperation, Xue Hong kept thinking of ways to purify various materials.
Today, it is Xue Hong’s thirteenth attempt to refine mercury fulminate. This is only if Xue Hong knows the raw material ratio and technology, otherwise it will be even more troublesome!
After all, the discovery of any new technology or new material is the result of endless hard work and time!
By the way, because Xue Hong and Zhu Hui let go of Chen Chen's dove before, they had to bleed a lot in order to make amends.
Needless to say, Zhu Hui, as the foolish son of the largest "landlord" family in the world, naturally spent money to treat guests.
And Xue Hong also promised to paint a painting for Chen Chen, with the theme decided by Chen Chen himself.
Only then did Chen Chen let the two of them go.
Just as Xue Hong was mixing the ingredients, he suddenly heard a noise outside.
"The prince is injured!! Go and call the doctor!"
Xue Hong's heart skipped a beat and he quickly walked outside.
Following the flow of people, I quickly found Zhu Hui.
At this time, Zhu Hui was slumped on the ground. Blood was constantly flowing from his thigh, but the amount of bleeding was not a lot. Several soldiers next to him were also injured in the same condition.
Xue Hong first checked the injuries of several people, and then used silver needles to stop the bleeding and relieve pain for several people one by one. Then he looked at the pig iron mortar beside him.
It was seen that the bottom of the long-barreled gun barrel had been blown open. Because of this, the shell did not go very far at all. It exploded about thirty steps away from Zhu Hui.
Fortunately, the shells used were not explosive shells, and even more fortunate that they were only experimental shells made by Xue Hong, which focused on range and did not increase power. But even so, Zhu Hui and several soldiers were still scratched, even if they were all wearing armor. .
There is also a piece of iron embedded in Zhu Hui's helmet. Without the protection of the helmet, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Seeing Xue Hong's dark face, Zhu Hui quickly laughed and said: "Hey! What, this thing is indeed much more convenient than the Hongyi Cannon. Hahaha..."
Xue Hong: "I remember I said...the material of the barrel is not good, so it can't be fired continuously, right?"
Zhu Hui lowered his head guiltily: "Isn't this the boss?"
Xue Hong covered her face and said: "It's my fault. It's too dangerous for a layman like you to get involved..."
Zhu Hui directly predicted what Xue Hong was going to say, and immediately said: "No!! Junchen, let's do this. I will definitely not mess around in the future."
Weapons and firearms are men's romance, and this applies to ancient times as well! If Zhu Hui hadn't been such a pampered prince, he wouldn't have participated in the improvement and production of firearms even with injuries.
Xue Hong: "You can stay if you want. Your Highness, you should just follow me! You are not allowed to touch this mortar anymore, and others should stop firing mortars."
Zhu Hui: "But (??﹏??)..."
Xue Hong: "Either His Highness follow me, or I go to find His Majesty (????へ????╬)..."
Zhu Hui: "Hey! What a big deal! I'm going to find my father, follow Junchen. Just follow him! (=^▽^=)"
Xue Hong felt tired looking at the childish Zhu Hui, feeling like a child king with a naughty child.