Fang Xie smelled the aroma of the chicken soup in the bowl and couldn't help but praise it. The chicken soup was not greasy at all, because a lot of ingredients were added, and it smelled a faint fragrance. When Fang Jie was cooking the chicken soup, he saw Wu Yinyu will The oil floating in the soup is scooped out and skimmed off. The soup is a light golden color, beautiful and delicious.
"It is not easy to achieve such a level for the first time."
Fang Jie picked it up and took a sip before praising it.
Wu Yidao curled his lips: "I've been drinking for six days..."
Wu Yinyu blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look at Fang Jie.
"I didn't want to get involved in the matter of the two of you, but after all, Yinyu has already reached the age of marriage. I know that the girls around you are all very good. Compared with them, Yinyu has no advantage. Appearance is still knowledge... But I am a father, so I can't watch my daughter worry all day long and do nothing."
Wu Yidao took a sip of his wine and said lightly: "The women around you are the same, sooner or later you have to give others a name. But this is where I have a headache. Yinyu only has you in her eyes, so I don't even I didn't persuade her, but if this daughter picks a husband and I intervene, she will hate me. So... Have you ever thought about how to arrange it?"
This question was quite straightforward, so Fang Jie's heart immediately tightened.
He was silent for a long time without speaking, and Wu Yinyu's face gradually darkened.
"Lord Hou."
Fang Jie took a deep breath, then raised his head and looked into Wu Yidao's eyes and said seriously: "Give me some time to think about these things, how can I not know what Yinyu thinks about me? It's just... Xiao Yao and Qing Shan Zi has been protecting me since I was young and almost never separated, I can't ignore the two of them. Wanyan Yunshu left my hometown for me, I can't ignore... But if I can't give Yinyu a title, I feel ashamed .”
"You don't need to mention this point, it's not that I haven't seen it."
Wu Yidao paused for a moment and said: "But I will never agree to let my daughter be a concubine. According to the rules of our Central Plains people, one wife and two equals are for three wives. As for concubines, don't even think about it. My bottom line."
Fang Jie nodded.
How could he think of these women as wives and concubines? That's why it's hard to arrange. He knew that if he said it out, Shen Qingfan and Mu Xiaoyao would not fight, the two of them were very indifferent to the status. As for Wanyan Yunshu, she didn't care much, as long as she was with Fang Xie, she was already his wife. But the fact that the three of them don't care doesn't mean Fang Jie doesn't care.
"How about this… "
Seeing that Fang Jie was really in trouble, Wu Yidao smiled and said, "I can't even see how far you can go in the future. So it's a little early to mention any wives and concubines now. Anyway, you are not in a hurry to talk to Bei now." Huidao is mobilizing troops, and there are also missing happy events in the camp to make the soldiers happy. Why don't you make an engagement first, and I will be more generous... Let Yinyu, Shen Qing, Shan Mu Xiaoyao, and Wanyan Yunshu make an engagement with you , although you don't follow the rules and respect the etiquette, but you are not a person of etiquette, so you don't have to be so fussy."
"If you think it's feasible, then I'll let Jiu Se Cai take care of it. He won't fail to handle these things, and it's also his strength."
Fang Jie glanced at Wu Yinyu, and then held her hand from under the table. He could feel that Wu Yinyu's hand was slightly cold. He knew that he didn't give a straightforward answer just now, and she must feel a little uncomfortable. This unruly and willful eldest lady has changed too much for herself.
Who would dare to think that the young lady would become as gentle and gentle as she is now? For him, he went out of the kitchen and didn't even care about his practice. After all, she is a genius-level person in the field of cultivation, and if she is willing to put her heart into it, her achievements will definitely not be low.
Wu Yinyu was held by Fang Xie, and subconsciously glanced at him, but did not withdraw her hand.
"good!"
Fang Jie nodded: "I have neither parents nor close blood relatives. Lord Hou is my elder. This matter should be decided by the elders. Everything will be arranged by Lord Hou."
"That's good, that's good."
Wu Yidao laughed loudly: "Then this is the way to do it. Doing this great event before mobilizing troops can also improve morale. From tomorrow onwards, I will let the wine, sex and money to do it. With your current status, this matter is also a big deal." You can't do it hastily, you have to do it with a bright future. I'll go to Luo Weiran to discuss it tonight. You don't have blood relatives from your parents, but you recognize him as your uncle after all. He is also your elder. He and I reluctantly How about handling these things in a legitimate way?"
"good."
Fang Jie said with a smile, "It's just hard work, Lord Marquis."
"How can I marry my daughter if I don't work hard?"
Wu Yidao drank the wine in the glass: "Even if this matter is settled, you can choose a date and tell me and Luo Weiran. In addition, you should go around the workshop more, that Andrew and a few I have entrusted a businessman from Dongchu to pick up a Ross family member, but it is too far away, and the news cannot be sent back. I can’t guarantee whether I can pick it up. I still rely on these people for firearms. You should go and see more It's good to see."
In Fang Jie's mind, the tall Ross man who expressed his love for Wu Yinyu appeared, and he understood how he missed and worried about his relatives.
"I'll go and have a look after the wine."
Fang Jie nodded.
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The firearms workshop was built in a valley of Suzaku Mountain, which was quite secretive. The entrance to the valley is guarded by Xiaoqi School, and no one else is allowed to enter or leave at will unless necessary. With the power of the current firearms, it is not a big killer, but it depends on how to use it.
The workshops of the Sui Dynasty were already extremely advanced, and the craftsmanship of the Liannu had reached its peak. In terms of firing rate, the repeating crossbow is much stronger than the long blunderbuss made by Andrew and the others, but the firing range of the repeating crossbow is shorter, not as good as the long blunderbuss. But now the muskets that the Ross people are good at making have no advantage in range compared to hard bows. What Fang Jie was eager to let Andrew improve was the range and rate of fire of the long gun. Although Andrew was very familiar with firearm manufacturing, after all, his thoughts had already formed a pattern, and it was difficult to break through.
Fang Jie asked Wu Yitong to entrust Eastern Chu merchants to search for experts in this field, and those who are good at firearms had to come from the other side of the sea.
At the beginning, the Eastern Chu businessman dedicated the musket to Emperor Yang Yi of the Great Sui Dynasty. Yang Yi just glanced at it and threw it aside, quite disdainful. In his opinion, the musket is a plaything rather than a weapon. He doesn't like fire-breathing things like a hard bow and crossbow.
What is the mind above, what is the situation below.
Because the emperor didn't like firearms, there was no workshop in the Sui Dynasty that developed firearms. But after so many years, the craftsmanship of the Liannu has reached its peak, and there is no possibility of improvement. Fang Jie is not a person of this era. He knows that since firearms have appeared on the other side of the sea and firearms are the main weapon, sooner or later the country there will be more and more advanced in the development of firearms.
If the Central Plains is still like this, say hundreds of years in the long run, and decades in the short run, perhaps those blond foreigners with muskets and cannons will appear on the coastline of the Sui Dynasty. The people of the Central Plains in this era have never experienced the pain of being invaded by foreign enemies, but Fang Jie knows that it is not only pain, but also humiliation.
The Han people in the Central Plains gave him a familiar sense of intimacy, and he didn't want those miserable experiences in his previous life to repeat themselves on the Han people in the Central Plains.
But Fang Xie knows that human beings are constantly progressing, and the closed side will always be bullied by the advanced and open side. Even if they try their best to resist, the resistance is so heroic but weak in the face of powerful technology. At the very least, the Central Plains cannot be left too far behind those foreigners.
After coming out of Wu Yidao's courtyard, Fang Jie went directly to the firearms workshop in the valley.
Along the way, he racked his brains to recall the knowledge he acquired while studying, and now he regrets why he didn't study hard at the beginning, so that no matter how hard he tried to recall, it was empty. He is not an expert scholar, not even a good student, just an ordinary person, so there is not much to help him in his memory.
He could not build a warship with cannon, or even a bursting firearm. In his previous life, he didn't read various professional books in his spare time, but played games, read novels, listened to songs, and watched movies. These, he could provide very little help.
But he knows that he can't stop doing it just because he doesn't understand. How many people give up their ideas because they don't understand, and finally become regrets.
Walking to the valley, Xiaoqi School, who was guarding the passage, saw Fang Xie approaching and hurriedly saluted. Fang Jie nodded slightly, and walked into the valley at least two miles before arriving at the workshop. Fang Jie was still far away when he heard someone arguing in the distance, not speaking Chinese. He frowned slightly, turned around a forest and found that Andrew and those Ross people were arguing fiercely.
It could be seen that Andrew was a little lonely and was arguing with a few other people. Those craftsmen obviously reached an agreement, and Andrew tried to persuade and stop it.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Jie asked Xiaoqi school who was guarding outside.
"General, my subordinates don't understand what's wrong."
"What about the translation?"
"over there."
Xiaoqi School pointed, and Fang Jie found that Wu Yidao had hired a man from Eastern Chu who knew Ross dialect with a lot of money, squatting and watching a joke, holding a cup of tea and nibbling melon seeds, looking very relaxed and comfortable. He interrupted now and then, and Andrew glared at him fiercely.
Fang Jie walked over with his hands behind his back. Seeing Fang Jie approaching, the Eastern Chu man hurriedly got up and walked over to say something to the Ross people.
"what happened?"
Fang asked.
The Eastern Chu people hurriedly laughed and said, "It's nothing, General. These people are arguing about craftsmanship. They do this every day. Don't worry."
"No!"
Andrew said loudly in broken Chinese: "They don't want to continue working here and want to go home. I'm trying to persuade them, but they've already weighed their hearts and won't listen to my dissuasion at all."
Fang Jie was originally in a bad mood because of the performance of the Eastern Chu people, but when he heard Andrew's words, he immediately felt better.
"Why do you want to go back?"
Fang asked.
The Eastern Chu man hurriedly wanted to translate, Fang Jie glanced at him and said indifferently: "I don't need you, Andrew, you can ask them for me."
Of these Ross people, only Andrew is particularly fond of the Central Plains culture, so he has learned a lot of Chinese, and the others hardly communicate with the Han people.
"They feel they've made a lot of money and they can go home and live comfortably."
Andrew said anxiously: "Although this is an unprofessional behavior, I know they are really homesick. Their relatives are still in Ross, and they may still be bullied by bullies. They go back with the wages they earned , has allowed the family to live a good life. So... "
Andrew glanced at Fang Jie, apologetic.
Fang Jie hummed and waved to the distance. Immediately, a dozen Xiao cavalry schools strode over. The Ross people immediately changed their expressions when they saw the guards rushing here, and all of them took a few steps back to watch warily. Follow the solution. Fang Xie saw that some of them were touching the short guns by their waists.
"Take off the clothes of this Eastern Chu man, and give him a hundred whips first."
Fang Jie ordered lightly, and Xiaoqi School immediately came over and held down the Dongchu man, set him up and stripped off his upper body clothes. The Dongchu man was so frightened that he struggled and asked why, begging for mercy from time to time. Fang Jie ignored him and didn't even look at him. Xiao Riding School held him down, and one person took a whip and beat him head and face. Within thirty whips, the man had passed out.
Those Ross people were terrified, and when they looked at Fang Jie, there was already fear in their eyes.
Fang Jie turned around, glanced at the man from Ross who was holding a short gun that might be pulled out at any time, and then walked slowly over. The man backed away in fright, but he didn't dare to draw his gun. Fang Xie walked up to him, stretched out his hand and pulled out his short blunderbuss to have a look, then turned the muzzle of the gun to his left hand.
Bang!
Those Ross people immediately exclaimed in fright, and even Andrew squatted on the ground in fright.
Fang Jie opened his left hand and threw the flattened lead bullet in front of the Ross man: "Andrew, tell them a few... I have sent someone to pick up your family members, and there will be news soon. But before that , I need you guys to make things that can hurt me. I don't mean gold and silver, but I don't like people breaking my rules. I know you Ross men use roulette to show courage, and I respect you, so Solve the problem in your own way. If you insist on leaving, let’s play roulette, if you lose, you stay, and if I lose, you leave.”
Fang Xie turned his head and told Xiaoqi School, "Go get fifty short guns and load them with lead bullets."
He smiled and said to the Ross people: "Shall we light it up?"
Andrew opened his mouth, thinking to himself, is this still a gamble