Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

The warship's demonstration on the canal really opened the eyes of the officials and people present. With such a powerful warship, who would dare to bully the Tianqin Kingdom?

"Your Majesty, do you know how many warships our Tianqin Kingdom will build?"

Minister of War Hou Shijin looked at Ye Jintang excitedly. Such a powerful warship must be expensive. He hoped that at least four warships would be built in the first batch. If there were only one or two, it would be a bit difficult to support the Yazhou navy.

"According to my plan, the first batch of warships will only have 500 ships with a load capacity of 10 tons. Later, I will ask Master Luo to continue to build some lighter and smaller warships."

A navy is not just composed of main warships, it also needs five or six other types of auxiliary ships.

All the court officials present were surprised when they heard Ye Jintang say this. These were only the first batch of 10 ships. Did that mean there would be a second and third batch later?

My goodness, they dare not even imagine how much money it would cost to build so many ships.

Ye Jintang shocked everyone so much today that the court officials were so excited that they couldn't even utter words of compliment.

The warship was still on the canal, preparing for the second round of demonstrations, when suddenly Jiang Heng came hurriedly over.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from General Shi via carrier pigeon."

As he spoke, Jiang Heng handed over a bamboo tube with a golden edge. Just by looking at the color of the edge, Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang knew that it contained an extremely important pigeon letter, and it was a good news.

Xiao Mo opened the bamboo tube eagerly and read the information on the note quickly.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

"Shi Bin has led a large army to capture the capital of Xirong. He is now leading the cavalry to attack several other large tribes of Xirong. He asked them to send people to take over Xirong."

Ye Jintang never expected that when Shi Bin said that he would be able to conquer Xirong in three months, it turned out that he was not lying and he actually achieved it.

"Your Majesty, such a good thing, we should celebrate it properly."

"Of course, Master Luo built such a powerful warship, and General Shi conquered Xirong. This is a double happiness and we naturally have to celebrate it."

"I have an unwelcome request."

Ye Jintang stood up and bowed to Xiao Mo.

"General Shi is still at the border. Your Majesty can reward General Shi later, but you can reward Madam Shi now. I dare to ask for the title of Princess for Madam Shi."

Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang have been married for many years, and he had some idea of ​​her intention to confer the title of princess on Liuli.

Ever since Liuli returned to the capital and gave birth to a daughter, many people in the capital have been eyeing Shi Bin, wanting to send their own daughters to the general's mansion to replace him.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Liuli is just a maid beside Ye Jintang, and the fact that she was able to marry Shi Bin was just because she was close to him.

She was born in such a humble family that she was not worthy of Shi Bin at all.

But if she could become a princess, it would naturally be different.

"Okay, I will confer the title of Princess Liuli on Madam Shi, and her daughter can inherit the title of Princess for three generations."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Since Madam Shi has been conferred the title, Master Luo will naturally also have to confer a reward. I wonder what Master Luo wants."

Xiao Mo looked at Ye Jintang and asked for her opinion.

"Master Luo may not like those empty gifts. I will give other gifts to Master Luo."

Master Luo has no children, and power and gold and silver are as worthless as dirt to him.

As a master of mechanical engineering, he naturally liked all kinds of wood, and what her space had the most was all kinds of magical wood.

Later he would pick out one or two and give them to Master Luo, who would naturally like them.

She also wanted to give him some longevity pills.

Master Luo is no longer young, and building a warship is not a matter of a day or two. He must have a strong body so that the warship can be built successfully.

After watching the warship display, Xiao Mo held a banquet in the palace at noon to celebrate two major events that would affect the future development of the Tianqin State.

The warship issue was finalized, and Ye Jintang asked Master Luo to lead the boatmen to Yazhou to build the warship in the shipyard there.

"Zhou Cong, follow Master Luo. If any local officials want to cause trouble, just deal with them. Nothing is more important than the warship."

"Yes."

Zhou Cong didn't expect Ye Jintang to entrust such an important matter to him. He was quite excited. He had never been to school. Before becoming Ye Jintang's servant, he was just an inconspicuous little boy at the bottom of society.

At that time he never thought that one day he would become a superior person and serve the queen.

Zhou Cong took a large amount of wood and cash and followed Master Luo to Yazhou.

Ye Jintang thought he could rest for a few days, but he didn't expect that his two children would suddenly fall ill.

Pingping and Anan had never been sick since they were born, but this time they fell ill severely. They both developed fever almost at the same time, and in less than an hour, large red papules appeared all over their bodies.

Those rashes looked extremely scary, and Ye Jintang's heart tightened when he saw them.

"Is this smallpox?"

Even though Ye Jintang had never seen real smallpox in her previous life, she had only seen pictures of it in books.

"Lüzhu, go and ask my master to come over and tell her to cover her mouth and nose when she comes in. Also, all the eunuchs and maids serving in Wutong Palace today are not allowed to leave."

"Yes."

When Luzhu heard the word smallpox, she was so scared that her legs went weak.

Smallpox was an incurable disease in the Qin State. There was almost no medicine to treat it. In the end, people who contracted smallpox had to bear the consequences on their own.

Some people have good physical fitness and can endure it, while others will be left with terrible scars on their bodies, and those who are weak cannot endure it and can only wait to die.

Xiao Mo also received the news that Ping Ping and An An had contracted smallpox at the first opportunity. He simply left all the court officials in the imperial study and ran all the way back to Wutong Palace alone.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave Wutong Palace, not even Your Majesty."

Liu Yin blocked the palace gate and prevented Xiao Mo from entering.

"How dare you! I am the emperor. Who dares to stop me from going to see my own son?"

As he spoke, Xiao Mo walked towards Wutong Palace. Several female officials stepped forward to block Xiao Mo, but they didn't know any martial arts, so there was no way they could stop him.

The person who was in front of them just now disappeared at the palace gate in a flash. By the time they reacted, Xiao Mo had already walked to the door of the main hall, and they couldn't stop him even if they wanted to.

Master Mu in the hall had just examined the two children and confirmed that it was smallpox.

"Jintang, don't worry. You have so many good medicines in your hands. The eldest prince and the princess will definitely be fine."

Seeing that Ye Jintang was extremely panicked, Master Mu tried to comfort her in a gentle voice helplessly.

She always felt that Ye Jintang was confident in everything he did, knew when to advance and retreat, and would not panic no matter what happened.

Today, when she saw her eyes turn red with anxiety and she almost cried, she realized that no matter how strong Ye Jintang was, he would panic when faced with two children.

Is this the bloodline?

Fortunately, she doesn't plan to get married and have children in this life, so she won't have this worry.

"Master, is there no good medicine to treat smallpox?"

Aunt Mu shook her head.

"No matter what medicine there is, it can only relieve the symptoms. There is no medicine that can cure smallpox immediately."

"Smallpox can only be prevented, not cured."

Ye Jintang glanced at the two children. She wanted to give them some spring water to try, but she didn't know how to control the amount.