The annex was quiet, but suddenly there was a loud "bang" in the backyard, which could be heard from far and near, the shaking birds were startled, and the houses rustled.
A corner of a small rockery was blown away. Qing Chen didn't want this thing to be so violent. Although he consciously stood far enough, he was still hit by the flying stone and couldn't open his eyes. She hastily turned around and raised her sleeves to cover her, when suddenly the figure darkened in front of her, but it was Si Weiyun who quickly stepped in front of her.
Mingzhi flew over from not far away in a state of distress, shaking off the flying dust: "Princess, it's okay without charcoal."
Qing Chen dodged the sand and stones, and gave Si Weiyun a grateful smile. Si Weiyun was slightly startled, but he lowered his head and patted his clothes, avoiding her eyes: "This place is too dangerous, the princess should avoid it."
Qing Chen only concentrated on thinking: "Remove the charcoal, this time we added varnish, pine wax and dry lacquer, we might as well add tung oil to try. But this fuze won't work, ordinary people don't have your agility, who can dodge it? "While speaking, he pointed at Mingzhi's ashes and laughed all over his body: "See what you've become?"
As soon as the words were finished, Wei Changzheng hurried over with a few guards. Ye Tianling appeared in the archway. Seeing the situation in the courtyard, he looked around Qingchen, his sword eyebrows frowned, and there was a trace of shock and anger in his eyes.
Qing Chen stuck out his tongue and screamed badly, just now he smiled at him, when he asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing?" Ye Tianling looked Qing Chen up and down, the anger in his eyes faded a bit, but Looking at the mess of rocks all around, his expression is still not clear.
Qing Chen wiped the dust from his hair with his hand, and said with a smile, "It's nothing, it's just an experiment."
Her white fur was covered with dust, no matter how you tidied it up, it would be embarrassing enough. Ye Tianling's tone was stern and cold: "The whole annex is about to be demolished by you, how can you be so nonsense?"
He had failed many times before, but he didn't expect that this time it would actually cause an explosion. Qing Chen knew he was wrong. If he had known this, he should have gone outside to find an open place. He winked at Si Weiyun and Ming Zhi to let them go first, so as not to be reprimanded together, and said with a smile: "I know my mistake, Your Highness has a lot of people, please calm down."
Everyone around retreated, and Ye Tianling glared at her angrily: "If you don't have a peaceful day, how can you look like a princess?"
Qing Chen curled his lips: "If I don't feel safe, can I save the two states of Qingfeng?"
Surprise flashed in Ye Tianling's eyes: "Is this really true?"
Qing Chen was choked by the dust and frowned and coughed a few times: "Although it's not finished, it's not far away!"
Ye Tianling took her to the porch to avoid the floating ash, looked at her cat-like face, and suddenly laughed: "If you can really save the two states, this king will reward you a lot!"
Qing Chen shrugged his nose: "Who cares!"
Ye Tianling didn't think it was disobedient, and stretched out his hand to wipe her cheeks: "If you don't wash your face, it looks black and white, I don't know if you think you are on stage to sing an opera."
Qing Chen pursed his lips and smiled, and suddenly remembered the scene of lighting a fire in the bamboo house with Shi Shi, and it was vivid in his mind, just like this.
They met by chance at that time, Ye Tianling was hurt, his description was cold, and his words were indifferent, but the moment she saw him, she seemed to have fallen into the reincarnation of a hundred thousand lives, falling into those eyes for no reason, and everything happened inadvertently. Time is doomed.
An arrow in the chest turned out to be a thousand-year marriage, and it still hurts to think about it now. That arrow hurt so badly, but he didn't know how to take good care of it. Qing Chen turned around and raised his eyes, looking at Ye Tianling with melting eyes, not only a little softer.
Ye Tianling touched her eyes, and his heart swayed slightly, warmed up by the deep autumn wind in Jingyang, and there was gentleness and calmness in his cold eyes, ups and downs, "Why are you in a daze?" He asked with a smile.
Qing Chen raised his hand to caress his chest, and said softly, "Fourth Brother, no matter how busy things are around you, your body is the most important thing."
Ye Tianling seemed to know what she was thinking, and held her hand in his palm: "It's been out of the way for a long time, I have my own measure."
Qiuyang was clear, his penetrating and sharp eyes were dazzling, Qing Chen turned around and avoided with a smile, but his hand was held by him and he couldn't break free, and he couldn't help thinking about Eleven, and asked: "Is there a letter today on Eleven? How is the state?"
"As long as Yu Cheng doesn't act rashly, Eleven guarding Youzhou will have mountains and rivers, which will be much more carefree than in Tiandu." Ye Tianling said.
Eleven's "running away from marriage" was really worthwhile, Qing Chen raised his head and exhaled to Zhan Zhan Qiuyang: "Ha! I haven't seen him for a long time, I really miss him a little bit."
"Oh?" Ye Tianling's eyes fluctuated, with a hidden smile: "Thinking of others in front of my husband?"
With slender eyebrows and slender eyebrows, Qing Chen turned charming and said provocatively, "I just want to, how about it?"
Ye Tianling smiled calmly: "The little girl is so proud of being favored, it seems that she can't do without some family law."
Qing Chen's eyes were sly, and he stared at Ye Tianling charmingly with a smile on his face, and while he was not paying attention, he suddenly pulled his hand, which made him grab it empty, "Follow His Highness's order, wash your face and make up, change clothes, you are not allowed to come in!"
Ye Tianling didn't chase after him at all, but walked idly with his hands behind his back, jokingly said, "Are you afraid I'll see?" Taking advantage of Qing Chen's blushing, he caught her in his arms with his backhand, and covered the door with his backhand.
There is light laughter in the room, autumn leaves are blowing with the wind, and the golden leaves are dancing down in the sunshine, dancing lingeringly.
The autumn wind was tight overnight, the water in the blocked river was cold, and the long waves receded slightly, exposing the majestic shore rocks.
From that day on, Ye Tianling issued a strict order not to allow Qing Chen to get any closer to the gunpowder. The order is like a mountain, and everyone from Si Weiyun to Mingzhi strictly abides by it, and they go to the side of the mountain to improve and experiment.
Qing Chen wanted to sneak away several times to see it, but Ye Tianling seemed to know what she was thinking, and took her by her side no matter what, so she could only follow him and listen to him discussing with Tang Chu, Wei Changzheng and others how to arrange it. Soldiers, how to march.
Ye Tianling only brought 10,000 black cavalry this time, plus the city's defenders, there were only more than 30,000. However, he wanted to use these 30,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the 150,000 Eastern Shu army of the Marquis of Minxi in the West, and planned strategies with ingenious and treacherous troops, which made Qing Chen dumbfounded.
Autumn and winter in Sichuan are not very cold, but director Ye Tianling's room was warmed up early because Qing Chen was afraid of the cold. Qing Chen sat leaning against the window for a while, impatiently dropped the scroll in his hand, fiddled with the red silver charcoal burning in the copper furnace, and shouted: "Fourth brother!"
"Huh?" Ye Tianling looked at the pre-case file and responded lightly.
"I'll go and see what they're doing." Qing Chen cast his eyes on Ye Tianling from the hazy hot air above the copper furnace.
"no."
"Then you go to the head office with me." Qing Chen still didn't give up.
"Didn't you go there a few days ago?"
"But it's been a few days." Qing Chen looked at him pitifully, resting his chin.
Ye Tianling raised his eyes, and a smile flashed across his eyes, "I'm so impatient, why is it not as quiet as in Tiantian since I arrived in Sichuan?"
"You expect me to stay in front of the thrush window in the deep boudoir of the other hall, embroidering the door and never entering the second door?" Qing Chen said.
"You?" Ye Tianling laughed: "Yesterday, you and Tang Chu were in full swing to study my military strategy for this time, and each had its own reasons. How could you have time to draw eyebrows and embroider?"
"Isn't it all rejected by you in the end, causing me to worry in vain, so I don't care anymore!" Qing Chen said: "It will get cold if you sit for a long time, so you have to go out for some exercise."
"Is it cold?" Ye Tianling was wearing only a Yunqing robe, and looked at the copper furnace.
Qing Chen dropped the cover, walked around behind him and wrapped his arms around his neck, and stuffed his hands in without any explanation: "Try it!"
Her fingertips were cold, but Ye Tianling only hid for a moment, and let her warm up: "Why is it so cold?"
On the contrary, Qing Chen pulled out his hand instead: "Liang, why don't you hide?"
Ye Tianling smiled, and stretched out his hand to hold her: "This place is too close to the Dongshu Army's garrison, not to mention it's windy outside today, why don't you stay with me here?"
Qing Chen was surrounded by the vague and subtle tenderness in his words, so he could only whisper into his ear and say with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'm just anxious to see that they haven't made any progress yet."
Ye Tianling tilted his head slightly, and said: "When the important matter here is settled, I will find time to take you to have a good time."
Qing Chen nodded, and looked over his shoulder at the case: "Fourth brother, how sure are you in this battle?"
Ye Tianling didn't move his eyebrows, and said lightly, "Ten percent."
"Oh?" Qing Chen propped himself up and looked at him: "The war is ever-changing, how can you be so boastful? Xi Minhou has an army of 150,000 in his hands."
A cold light flashed across Ye Tianling's eyes: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. That Marquis of Minxi is brave and foolish, and his every move is in my eyes. Why should he be afraid of a 150,000 army? Wait for him to be buried in the blocked river. Only then did I realize that it was too late to regret.”
Shen Lianli's rebelliousness is like a soldier's front. If the Ximinhou's army will end in a disastrous defeat, I am afraid that no one in the four groups will dare to follow Yu Su's vain attempt to heaven, and it will be a heavy blow to the rebels in northern Xinjiang.
On the case were scattered letters from Nangong Jing's fast horse today. The army attacked Lin'an Pass several times without stopping, and both sides were injured. Qing Chen felt a bit of conflicted bitterness in his heart.
Ye Tianling saw that her eyes fell on the military newspaper and suddenly fell silent, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, he will definitely be able to break through Lin'an Pass."
Qing Chen was slightly shocked: "Why?"
"The army has the advantage, and it will only take time to break through. Besides, Yu Su will let him break through." Ye Tianling said lightly.
"Lin'an Pass is the throat of Jizhou. Once the pass is broken, the army will drive straight in. Wouldn't the Northern Fan be defeated like a mountain?" Qing Chen asked puzzledly, "How could Yu Su allow him to break through the pass?"
"It's a cold winter in the northern border outside Lin'an Pass, and the outcome is unpredictable." Ye Tianling closed his eyes slightly: "Yu Su is a treacherous and cunning person, how can he be as easy to get along with as the Marquis of Xi Min?"
"But if we can't attack for a long time, it will become more and more difficult to supply food and grass." Qing Chen said: "This Lin'an Pass must be broken if it is not broken."
"Yes." Ye Tianling simply said one word and stopped talking.
Qing Chen was also silent, but he heard Wei Changzheng outside said: "Your Highness, Lord Si is asking to see you."
"Let him in."
"Your Highness, Concubine!" Si Weiyun came in from the outside, walking in a hurry, with a look of surprise and joy, with a dusty body, obviously just came back from Dingqiaoling.
"Sit down and talk." Ye Tianling said, "How about Dingqiao Ridge?"
"Thank you, Your Highness." Si Weiyun took a seat at the bottom and said, "The gunpowder is very powerful, and it is not less than several times faster than burning rocks to open mountains. In this way, Nanqu will be completed soon!"
"Is it really easy to use?" Qing Chen asked, "How did you do it?"
Si Weiyun said: "Seven parts nitrate, three parts sulfur, instead of charcoal, add clear oil, tung oil, thick oil, yellow wax, pine wax and dry lacquer. At the beginning, I could only blast loose rocks like that in the other hall. Later, I found an old craftsman who was good at making fireworks in central Sichuan. After studying it, he changed some techniques. Improvement, I have really worked hard recently."
"Based on this, how long will it take to dig the South Canal?" Qing Chen asked.
Si Weiyun pondered slightly, and said: "I'm afraid it will take about two months, Your Highness!" Even so, if the military situation cannot be delayed, there is nothing to do.
Qing Chen and Si Weiyun looked at Ye Tianling at the same time.
Ye Tianling stood up from the case, stood still with his hands behind his back, looked at the military plan on the wall for a while, and then said: "I will give you fifty days, this is the limit."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Si Weiyun stood up and bowed deeply with an excited expression.
Although the time is extremely tight, the two states of Qingfeng are finally expected to be preserved. Man is determined to conquer nature. Under the broken mountains and open canals, it is the home of tens of thousands of people in the two prefectures for hundreds of years.
"Weiyun, if you can measure carefully and dig through the mountain from both ends at the same time, you may get twice the result with half the effort." Qing Chen reached out to find the water conservancy map backed up by Ye Tianling before the case, unfolded it and said: "After crossing the Dingqiao Mountain This section can also be started at the same time, I don’t understand how to actually measure these things, it depends on how capable you are before Xi Minhou mobilizes troops.”
"Your Majesty knows!" Si Weiyun said firmly: "Dingqiaoling is one point sooner, and your Highness will have one more chance of winning here."
Ye Tianling nodded slightly: "Fifty days, not much less, and can't delay the completion of the embankment, you go."
Si Weiyun bowed long and did not stop any longer, and immediately set off to rush back to Dingqiaoling.
There are a few thick red lines ticked on the military plane map before the case, which is the marching route agreed upon in the past few days. Several arrows are sharp, frowning at the stagnant Gulang River section, and then merged with the two forces, rowed to Youzhou, joined forces with the West Route Army on the 11th, crossed Hezhou, took Hengling, and entered the northern border. , Bingfeng pointed directly at Lin'an Pass.
Qing Chen stood next to Ye Tianling, looked at the vast territory on the map of the military aircraft, and his eyes fell on the Gulang River in the middle of Sichuan, "Fourth brother, no matter what, we must lead the Marquis of Xi Min to dispatch and cross the river here."
Previously, there was the idea of abandoning the soldiers to protect the chariot. As long as the soldiers of the Marquis of Ximin were in the congested river, even if they were nested in Qingfeng and Qingfeng, they could be wiped out in one fell swoop. But now many places have to rethink the layout.
"That's right. If we want to keep the two states safe, this section of the river is the only way to go. Further downstream, the water can flow into other channels, and it will be useless." Ye Tianling's deep eyes were slightly sharp, and between his lips Looting a blade and smiling lightly: "Wait for me to personally lead the army to train with Naxi Minhou, and I will show you a good show."