Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Jilong Mountain in the north of the city.

The moment Tiekai saw Lingchuan, his stuttering problem came back: "Sir, we have stockpiled a lot of sugar in our workshop."

"Good job." Ling Chuan patted his shoulder and said, "How's the matter of stockpiling more sulfur and saltpeter going?"

“All…all…all…”

Tie Kaidu was talking for a long time, but Cui Min, who came over with a crutch, pushed him away and said, "Sir, we have been buying the things you asked us to buy last time, and we have stored them in different categories and even distinguished their origins, because the purity of some things varies depending on their origins."

Ling Chuan's eyes lit up: "Oh, you are really careful, much more thoughtful than I thought."

"My lord, you are too kind. My family has always been a military household. My father was originally from the Artisan Camp, specializing in the production of firearms for the army."

"Oh my god, you're a professional, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Cui Min said with embarrassment: "In the army, the status of the craftsmen camp is low, and my father made me practice martial arts diligently since I was a child..."

Ling Chuan came closer and asked, "How is your father now..."

"My father died of illness at an early age."

"Uh...sorry, sorry."

Ling Chuan looked disappointed, but Cui Min said, "But my father said that it is better to have many skills, so I know all his skills, but I lack experience."

"It doesn't matter if you lack experience." Ling Chuan excitedly shook Cui Min's hand. From now on, our Jilongshan compound will set up a new department called the Firearms Department. You will be the department director, and your salary will be increased by ten taels."

Cui Min waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, we don't have much work here, and we get 10 taels of silver as wages every month for free, how can we increase it by another 10 taels?"

Ling Chuan held his hand and said, "How can you say it's free? This large yard depends on the three of you to look after it. Ten taels of silver is not a lot, and this firearm is our trump card. We may become rich enough to rival a country with this thing. Not only will I give you an extra ten taels of silver as wages, but if you can make technical improvements, there will be additional rewards."

As he was talking, Ling Chuan saw Tie Kai's eager expression: "Do you have any cooking skills?"

Tiekai shook his head and said awkwardly: "My father used to be a farmer. Apart from farming, he can't do anything else."

"Food is the first necessity of the people, and farming is the foundation of the country. How can you say you can't do anything?" Ling Chuan consoled her, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "What about your father..."

"My father is still alive. Even though he is in his fifties, he is very good at farm work. He can take care of more than ten acres of land by himself without any delay."

"That's great, can you ask your father to come to Jilong Mountain to farm?"

"Come here? We don't have any land here?"

Ling Chuan rubbed his fingers together and said, "We have money, so why should we worry about not having land? Even if we can't buy it, we can always rent it, right?"

Tiekai asked again: "But...but what should we plant?"

"Beets." Ling Chuan said bluntly, "Beets are an important raw material for making white sugar. Let your father try it first. If he can grow it well, we will plant it on a large scale. By the way, if your father can come, pay him ten taels of silver a month."

"How can this be possible? I'm just farming, how can I ask for such a high wage?"

Ling Chuan held out his hand and said, "Don't worry, you have to plant it well and the yield has to meet the requirements. If you do well, you will get it every year. If you don't do well, I will kick you out."

"Okay, okay, since the young master has said so, I will definitely ask my father to work hard and ensure that I live up to the young master's expectations."

Ling Chuan looked at Leng Wushuang again, but before he could speak, Tie Kai whispered, "Leng Wushuang is an orphan. When his parents died, he had just learned to walk."

Ling Chuan was stunned for a moment, then he said loudly: "Wushuang, the security work of this Jilongshan compound is now entrusted to you. You must remember that these are all important secrets and cannot be leaked out at all. So you must not only prevent outsiders from snooping, but also prevent these people in the compound from leaking secrets. I will also increase your salary by ten taels of silver."

Leng Wushuang was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Ling Chuan. When he put down his hands, his eyes were already red.

Tiekai pointed at his nose and asked, "Then...what about me?"

Ling Chuan rolled his eyes and said, "You are responsible for making sugar and making sure the workers work hard. It's not like I didn't pay you."

"Oh."

Ling Chuan took Cui Min to the room where he had previously studied the clay pot thunder and talked to him in detail.

As a result, the two people spoke their own words and no one could understand what the other was saying.

Cui Min talked about all the methods of making firearms that he knew, while Ling Chuan told him about nitrocellulose, nitric acid, smokeless gunpowder, double-base gunpowder and the like.

After chatting for a long time, Ling Chuan basically learned nothing, but he gave Cui Min some guidance. The two became more and more excited as they talked, until Lu Xi arrived and interrupted them.

"Xi'er, you came at the right time. Let me tell you... it hurts, it hurts..."

Ling Chuan was still immersed in excitement, but Lu Xi came up and pinched the soft flesh on his waist and twisted it hard.

"I heard that you went to the Jiaofangsi yesterday? And stayed there until midnight?"

Cui Min, who was standing by, had sweat on his forehead and ran very fast with a cane, which made Ling Chuan distracted. No wonder his nickname was Zhui Ming, he could run so fast with only one leg.

"I'm asking you a question." With no one else in the room, Lu Xi became even more unscrupulous. She stopped pinching the soft flesh on Ling Chuan's waist and directly twisted his ear: "Are you obsessed with that little devil Tao Ran as soon as you saw her?"

"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Ling Chuan bared his teeth and said, "Let go quickly, your ears are going to fall off. Please listen to my explanation."

Outside the house, Chuyi glanced at Leng Wushuang and the others, and then everyone moved away at the same time.

And Chujiu naturally came to Chuyi and said: "You got quite tanned this time when you went out."

Chu Yi nodded: "We have been being hunted down all the time. We have to protect Ling Chuan and keep an eye on the criminals. Naturally, we can't care about so many things."

Chujiu stared at her toes, curled her fingers around the hem of her clothes, and said hesitantly, "Last time you said...you wanted to marry me, were you serious?"

Chuyi seemed to be acupunctured, and his whole body froze. After a while, he said, "Of course I am serious."

Chujiu's face flushed, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise: "Then...then is it because you like me?"

After waiting for a long time, Chujiu still didn't get Chuyi's answer, and couldn't help but look up at Chuyi.

It was the first time that Chujiu saw the eldest senior brother with an embarrassed and conflicted look on his face. His originally happy face suddenly showed disappointment.

But the next moment, Chuyi said: "I don't know if I like you or not, but I always think of you when I have nothing to do. I worry about whether you eat well, whether you will encounter any danger, and whether you have fallen behind in your daily work..."

Although Chujiu didn't quite understand what love was, at this moment, she was immersed in sweetness.

At this moment in the room, Ling Chuan and Lu Xi were huddled together. The shy expression on Lu Xi's face showed that something indescribable had just happened between the two of them.

"You've suffered a lot these days, and you've gotten tanned."