Li Jingnan regained his energy, and heard that the reason why the two armies were able to turn the tide this time was because the archers had a very good time to assist, so he ran to the school field with great interest to watch the archers training.
Hua Qingxue didn't go, and stayed alone in the camp to compare the test results and deduce new ratio values.
Fu Tingye walked in and saw her looking attentive and writing many symbols that he could not understand on the paper.
"The Emperor has gone to the school grounds." He came up behind her and whispered, "I asked you to keep your distance from him, but you didn't listen at all."
Hua Qingxue's movements in her hand paused slightly, and the brush instantly smudged out a large cloud of ink. She hurriedly put the brush away and said helplessly: "He is young, I can't bear it..."
After saying that, he turned around and smiled at Fu Tingye, "Isn't the general himself the same? After talking so much to the emperor, aren't you just afraid that he will leave a knot in his heart?"
Fu Tingye said calmly: "I just don't want him to misunderstand the late emperor. The ministers will comment on the emperor's life out of anger, but it would be too sad if the son doesn't understand. When the late emperor ascended the throne, famines and floods occurred frequently. The late emperor repeatedly reduced and exempted taxes, leaving no room for military development. When the Liao soldiers invaded, they tried their best to fight with their weak troops, but they were naturally defeated."
Hua Qingxue suddenly understood, "...So the late emperor chose to cede land and concessions, and at the same time encourage the development of private technology and stimulate the people's livelihood economy. He wants to accumulate wealth?"
Fu Tingye nodded lightly, "The late emperor became ill from overwork in his early years, and was about to reach the end of his life. Later, he became obsessed with the art of divination and alchemy. He ordered to recruit wizards and Taoist priests from all over the country, making the whole Shengjing a mess... That is, from that time on, Some young scholars who did not understand the situation lashed out at the late emperor for ignoring state affairs and only focusing on his own cultivation of immortality."
Hearing this, Hua Qingxue couldn't help but ask him: "The general seems to be very familiar with the late emperor?"
She originally thought that Fu Tingye was out fighting all year round and didn't care who was sitting on the dragon throne.
Fu Tingye was stunned for a moment, "I was promoted by the late emperor. The late emperor reigned for fourteen years, and I also led the army for fourteen years."
"Ten...fourteen years?" Hua Qingxue opened her eyes slightly, "Then...the general's age this year is..."
"Twenty-eight." Fu Tingye looked at her strangely, "What else do you think?"
Hua Qingxue blushed. She always thought Fu Tingye was in his thirties.
I can't blame her, it's really because Fu Tingye feels too calm and doesn't look like a young man in his early twenties at all.
Fu Tingye asked: "What about you?"
He looked her up and down, his tone a little uncertain, "Are you haircut?"
Hua Qingxue's face turned even redder. Is this guy sure he wasn't teasing her? In ancient times, girls were considered to have haircuts when they were fifteen years old!
"I'm twenty years old..."
Fu Tingye really looked surprised. He thought Hua Qingxue was at least seventeen or eighteen years old.
After thinking about it for a while, it was probably because the average 17 or 18-year-old woman was already a mother, and her life was wasted, so she would inevitably look older. Some of those delicate young ladies also looked very young.
The two stared at each other for a long time, and both couldn't help laughing.
They had been together for such a long time, but they had never thought of asking each other's age, which almost made them laugh.
Fu Tingye came closer and whispered: "You write the Geng Tie to me, and I will take it to find someone to combine it with."
Hua Qingxue blushed and murmured: "Now is the period of national mourning..."
"First walk through the first few steps of the six rites. When the mourning period comes next year, we can directly welcome you in person."
Hua Qingxue was silent and thought to herself: How anxious are you
She pulled a piece of paper from the side and wrote down her name and time of birth. Because the time in the two worlds were completely different, Hua Qingxue could only write randomly.
She pushed the piece of paper to Fu Tingye, feeling a little guilty, "My name was given by the emperor, and I don't remember the time of my birth. If the combination of the eight characters is unlucky, don't blame me."
Fu Tingye folded the paper, put it in his arms, and looked at her with a smile, "As long as you are this person, you will definitely have good luck and an IKEA room."
Hua Qingxue: "..."
…
After spending some time in Panshui City, Li Jingnan had to return to Beijing.
The little emperor was very unhappy because he was unable to see Hua Qingxue's final product, but there was no way. Sheng Jing's urgent letters came one after another, and several of the horses delivering the letters ran to death. He had to go back as soon as possible.
Taking advantage of the last few days, Hua Qingxue completed a batch of improved Thunder Thunders. Although they are not yet considered final products, they are already very powerful.
Li Jingnan couldn't put it down holding those iron balls and insisted on taking a few back to Beijing.
Hua Qingxue couldn't resist him, so she asked the guards to wrap these thunderbolts in oilcloth, put them into wooden boxes covered with straw, and then covered them with windproof and rainproof leather to keep them sealed as much as possible. She also carefully gave Li Jingnan a bunch of safety instructions. Only then did Zhen Tianlei be allowed to move onto the carriage.
I also picked dozens of pieces of each kind of handmade soap at home for Li Jingnan to pack. I originally wanted to make some crispy egg rolls for him to eat on the road, but the butter was gone, so Hua Qingxue wrote down the making methods and asked him to take them back to the store. Beijing.
The two said goodbye reluctantly at the fork in the road. Li Jingnan said arrogantly that there was no need to see her off again, but her eyes were hung on Hua Qingxue like hooks and she couldn't bear to leave.
Hua Qingxue couldn't bear to let him go. She looked at Li Jingnan and then at Xiaodouzi beside him. She sighed and said, "Don't run around like this again next time. Even if you visit privately incognito, you should bring your bodyguard with you in case you encounter someone along the way." I can adapt to anything.”
Like running out with only one eunuch this time, Hua Qingxue could only say that Li Jingnan was very lucky.
"I know, women are just long-winded." Li Jingnan seemed to be very impatient, but he couldn't hide the upward curve of the corners of his mouth.
"It will be the dog days of summer soon. You and Xiaodouzi should be careful of the heat on the road and remember to drink more water." Hua Qingxue continued to warn.
"I know, I know." Li Jingnan nodded repeatedly and said to Hua Qingxue, "You are done here, come to Shengjing City to play! Didn't you say you wanted a big house last time? I have already taken a fancy to several places... "
"It's time to leave." Fu Tingye added with a cold face, "If you leave late, you can't stop in the next town before dark."
Li Jingnan muttered unhappily: "At worst, I can walk faster on the road..."
Hua Qingxue became nervous, "Then don't delay. Let's go quickly. If we fail to catch up, we will have to spend the night outside the city. It's too dangerous."
Li Jingnan's face fell, but he also knew that what Hua Qingxue said was reasonable. Looking at the crowd seeing him off, the generals and generals were looking at him with different expressions. He couldn't hold Hua Qingxue to talk any more. He felt unhappy. Get in the carriage.
A group of guards, disguised as servants, guarded the courtyard and followed the carriage on both sides to protect the little emperor.
Hua Qingxue watched the motorcade move away and let out a faint breath, hoping that Li Jingnan could arrive in Shengjing safely.
"Let's go." Fu Tingye said to her.
"Um."
Fu Tingye helped her get on the horse, and then got on the horse himself.
Recently, he has become less and less shy, wishing that he could confirm the fact that Hua Qingxue was his woman everywhere.
Hua Qingxue didn't know that the soldiers in the Qingzhou camp called her Miss Hua in front of her face and the general's wife behind her back.
If she really heard him, I would be ashamed to death.
…
Hua Qingxue sat on Fu Tingye's horse, her back pressed against his solid chest, feeling a little warm...
In fact, summer has just begun, and the morning sun is not too strong, but the clothes of the ancients were layered and complicated, and the man behind him looked like a big furnace...
"General, I want to go back to the city directly in a moment." She said softly.
Soldiers in the military camp could roll up their sleeves and lift up their trousers, but she was a woman and had to cover herself tightly no matter how hot it was. It was better to go home and be more comfortable.
"That's fine. I've been busy testing the Sky Thunder for the past few days. You're tired too. Go back and rest for a few days." Fu Tingye said, "I'll take you back."
Mentioning the Sky Thunder, Hua Qingxue sighed faintly, "In the short term, the power of the Sky Thunder can only be so powerful. If the materials want to be further purified, other auxiliary tools will be needed. I have to go back and think about it again... Firearms The camp needs to continue to speed up the progress. Once the purification problem is solved, we need to recruit craftsmen and start mass manufacturing."
Fu Tingye: "Leave these things to Liang Wensheng. The craftsmen at the Gongnu camp are skilled at work and can just transfer him here."
The two of them were chatting slowly while riding on the horse. Unknowingly, the horses of other people around them had moved away, as if they were deliberately creating an opportunity for the two of them to be alone.
Fu Tingye also became bolder in his movements. The two hands that were originally holding the reins were free to wrap around Hua Qingxue's waist.
The warmth in her palms was so hot that she could feel it through her clothes.
Hua Qingxue felt uncomfortable, but did not move. In fact, she was on the horse and couldn't move anywhere even if she wanted to...
"Recently... why haven't you seen any movement from the Liao soldiers?" Her heartbeat was a little erratic, and she found a random topic.
Fu Tingye chuckled and said nothing.
Hua Qingxue felt strange and turned to look at him, "What?"
Fu Tingye leaned forward and kissed her lips.
Hua Qingxue: "!!!"
Why did you kiss her after just a disagreement? !
Fu Tingye curled up his lips and said, "They had a group of spies come some time ago. I deliberately let them go without killing them."
Hua Qingxue was still at a loss: "???"
"You have tested gunpowder so many times, don't you think you haven't been discovered every time?" Fu Tingye laughed, "The sound was so loud that people in many villages in the outer city heard the explosion and wondered why it thundered on a sunny day."
Hua Qingxue reacted, "You mean... those Liao soldiers' spies heard the noise and came over to investigate, and then you... deliberately let them see Zhentian Lei?"
"Yeah." Fu Tingye nodded lightly, "That thing was so powerful that they could only watch it from a distance. They must have been frightened. Before they figured out what Zhentian Lei was, the Liao soldiers would not act rashly. .”
As he spoke, he chuckled again and said, "The emperor of Daliao was very suspicious."
Hua Qingxue felt butterflies in her heart at his laughter, and was a little scared.
She thought of Blacksmith Liu who was kidnapped...
Fu Tingye hugged her from behind, "Don't be afraid, I won't let anything happen to you."