The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Seeing the white powder, the Chu brothers were stunned. They looked at each other and vaguely felt that Jiang Fan asked people to boil manure not because he was bored, but for the white powder.

Jiang Fan's eyes lit up when he saw the saltpeter powder being cooked. He was not in a hurry to suppress the bandits because with the troops he had, he could not eliminate the bandits except by deterring them.

But if he had gunpowder, it would be different. He could easily capture the two bandit dens in Huaining Prefecture, no matter how dangerous the mountains were or how easy to defend and difficult to attack they were.

He scraped off the saltpeter and instructed other victims who had burned saltpeter on how to collect it. He left the rest to Xia Qianxing, asking him to continue collecting feces and burning saltpeter.

In fact, if he could find a saltpeter mine, Jiang Fan would not want to cook manure because the taste is too sour.

However, there is no saltpeter mine in Huaining Prefecture, and saltpeter is not available for purchase from other places for the time being.

Fortunately, there is a sulfur mine in Huaining Prefecture, which saves the trouble of collecting sulfur.

Jiang Fan stayed at the manure-boiling site until the evening, and harvested a lot of saltpeter powder, almost a thousand kilograms. If he continued to work like this, it would not be a problem for him to produce tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder.

At present, Dayan does not have gunpowder, so he is the only one.

When Jiang Fan returned to the yamen to rest, several recorders sent pigeons to the capital to report what had happened that day.

On the other side, in Huai'an Prefecture where Chu Yan'er was, Chu Yan'er also completed a day's work.

She moved most of the victims to the Huai River embankment not far from Huai'an Prefecture and began to organize people to repair the embankment.

At the same time, she organized a group of craftsmen and went directly to some local wealthy and powerful people. In a tone that was half threatening and half negotiating, she finalized their projects of repairing houses, gardens, roads, etc.

This solved the livelihood problem for most people. As for grain prices, she used thunderous means to arrest a group of grain merchants who sold grain at high prices and beheaded them on the street.

Although the grain price has dropped a lot, it has only stabilized at more than double. With this price, Chu Yan'er can't find a reason to kill the grain merchants. She can only give up for the time being.

But compared with the four times higher grain price in Huaining Prefecture, Jiang Fan didn't even care, her achievements were much better.

As for the bandit problem, Chu Yan'er has not had time to solve it for the time being. She decides to start solving the problem tomorrow.

The recorder on her side reported her every move.

Chu Yan'er, who had returned home, was being helped by her maid Xiaoya to wash and prepare for dinner, but she was a little absent-minded at the moment.

The little girl saw that her young lady was worried, and asked worriedly: "Young lady, are you worried about His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince?"

Chu Yan'er heard this, looked at the little girl, sighed and said: "I don't know how he is now. I heard that someone in the capital went to cause trouble. I'm afraid that the relief grain in his hands will not last long."

"Miss, the Eighth Prince is full of wisdom and he will definitely be able to solve it." The little girl heard this, as if she was comforting herself, or as if she was comforting Chu Yan'er.

At this point, she looked at her young lady, thought for a moment, and said, "Young lady, if His Highness loses this time, will you really regret the engagement?"

She had long seen that her young lady was probably in love with the Eighth Prince. If the matter of the bet had not become a big deal, with the ministers forcing the other party to do something, and even the Emperor Yan getting involved, this bet would probably not have gone through at all.

But if the Eighth Prince really lost, then his marriage with his young lady would probably be called off. Thinking of this, the little girl felt lost.

"Breaking off the engagement? Why should I? Even if I lost, why didn't I take the initiative? Those people might think that I would never marry him again for the sake of face, but I am pursuing my own happiness, so why should I care about other people's opinions?"

"At worst, I'll let them say that I'm shameless and I'll just take the initiative to get close to them!" Chu Yan'er said with a cold smile.

Why should Chu Yan'er fear the world's gaze? She finally met someone who could make her heart move. If she really gave up because of this ridiculous bet, then she did not deserve to be called Chu Yan'er.

She could admit defeat in this bet, or even let it go.

But she didn't do so, because doing so would be a humiliation to Jiang Fan and to herself.

Even if Jiang Fan won, he would still be branded as someone who relied on women to give in. She didn't want to tarnish Jiang Fan's reputation.

Between her and Jiang Fan, as long as Jiang Fan doesn't care about his face, she doesn't care about her face either. She will take the initiative to pursue her own happiness.

Even if the world talks about her, scolds her, and humiliates her, as long as you have the heart, she will not leave or abandon you!

When the little girl heard this, she immediately looked happy and her smile became even sweeter.

Seeing her expression, Chu Yan'er nodded her head with a smile. She could see what this little girl was thinking.

However, she had long regarded the little girl as her own sister and relative.

As long as the little girl is willing, what's wrong with letting her follow me and marry Jiang Fan?

Speaking of which, Jiang Fan is destined to be the one who ascends to the supreme position, so it is impossible for him to have only one woman.

After all, sometimes he would need to resort to marriage in order to balance certain forces and relationships.

Just then, a black shadow flashed in from outside the door. Seeing the person coming, Chu Yan'er and the little girl looked over expectantly.

The person who came was Xiaolan, another personal maid of Chu Yan'er.

"Xiaolan, how is His Highness now?" The little girl Xiaoya looked at Xiaolan with a slightly anxious expression.

Xiaolan was sent to find out the situation on Jiang Fan's side. Now that she's back, there must be news.

Chu Yan'er also looked at Xiaolan with anticipation. Although she had not stopped for a moment, she also hoped that Jiang Fan would take this bet seriously.

If he could defeat her with his strength, then those who wanted to laugh at Jiang Fan would shut up.

Xiaolan looked at her mistress and Xiaoya with a strange expression. She opened her mouth but didn't know how to start.

Her expression immediately made Chu Yan'er and Xiaoya feel a little nervous.

"Did something happen?" Chu Yan'er suppressed her nervousness and asked calmly.

Xiaolan organized her words and after thinking for a while, she said, "His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, as soon as he arrived in Huaining County, he beat up all the officials in the county government."

"What..." Before Chu Yan'er could say anything, the little girl Chu Xiaoya said in surprise.

Chu Yan'er was also stunned, feeling that her brain couldn't keep up with the explosion of information. Beat... someone!

However, she came to her senses and laughed. It would be strange if her two brothers didn't beat people up when they were with Jiang Fan. Thinking of the scene of them beating people up, she smiled faintly.

This smile instantly made the whole room bright with life. The beautiful face coupled with the gentle smile made the two girls fascinated.

"I wouldn't be surprised if they do something out of the ordinary when they are together." Chu Yan'er's voice was gentle and had an indescribable warmth.