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In order to seek forgiveness from Magistrate Wu, Li Kun waited at the gate of Wu's mansion day and night, serving him at all times, but Wu Xiangxiang never forgave him.

Unexpectedly, a piece of news came from home that his sister, whom he sent to the palace for selection, was named a noble lady.

This is great news. Now that he has become a royal relative, he no longer needs to be afraid of the governor or ask for forgiveness.

As soon as he received the news, he immediately brought his men to Baihua Tower.

They were going to put all those who had been insulted that day into jail, especially the leader Jing Zhuo, who must be taught a lesson.

As for the Baihua Tower, he could naturally take it over and make it a tool for him to make money.

Jiang Nianwei stopped a bystander standing by the roadside and asked in a low voice, "This Mr. Li is acting so arrogantly, isn't he afraid of the governor's reprimand?"

The passerby then responded in a low voice: "Girl, you don't know, I heard that this person has become a royal relative, and now he is in high spirits, so naturally he has the confidence to be arrogant."

Jiang Nianwei's gaze passed over the crowd and fell on Jing Zhuo who was being held tightly by officers and soldiers.

Jing Zhuo allowed Li Kun's men to tie him up tightly, but he still raised his head and said loudly: "Mr. Li, if you really want to investigate, just arrest me. This matter has nothing to do with them. I am the one who is guilty."

Before Li Kun could respond, she said, "If you can show me mercy today, I will reward you handsomely."

Li Kun smiled contemptuously, obviously thinking that Jing Zhuo was playing tricks on him again, "Besides this profitable restaurant, what else do you have?"

Jing Zhuo was not embarrassed by this. Instead, he said seriously, "Mr. Li, have you ever heard of a fire gun? I have a more powerful firearm than that."

After hearing these words, Li Kun's pupils suddenly contracted, even more powerful than a fire gun?

His initial contempt gradually turned into shock, but he soon calmed down: "How can I believe your words alone?"

Jing Zhuo smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice, "There are many people here. If we demonstrate in public, it may cause unnecessary trouble. Mr. Li, can you find a quiet shooting range for us so that my men can demonstrate for you?"

"Mysterious."

Li Kun felt it was troublesome, but when he thought of firearms, the impatience in his heart was suppressed.

He waved his hand, signaling his men to arrange an unmanned shooting range.

Several people entered the shooting range, and Li Kun was surrounded by several strong fighters to protect his safety.

He wanted to see with his own eyes what power that inconspicuous thing had.

Ah Zhao looked calm. He picked up the rifle, aimed at the bull's eye, and then pulled the trigger.

There was a loud "bang" and a cloud of gray smoke. People were surprised to find that the sturdy target had been shattered into pieces. They couldn't imagine what it would look like if it hit a person.

Li Kun hadn't reacted yet, but when he saw the power of the firearm, he couldn't help but start laughing wildly, "So powerful!"

If he really succeeds, no one will dare to go against him.

Seeing that he had been tricked, Jing Zhuo said leisurely, "Mr. Li, this musket is indeed extremely powerful, but the production process is also quite complicated. Fortunately, I have already drawn the blueprint. As long as Mr. Li agrees to my request, I will naturally present the blueprint to you."

Li Kun's mouth curled up, and he was weighing the pros and cons in his mind, "This matter is quite interesting. Well, I will let you go for now."

Before getting the drawings, Li Kun agreed to the other party's conditions. After all, he could keep the person and find an opportunity to deal with him later.

Li Kun snatched the musket from Ah Zhao's hand, wanting to feel the power of the musket himself, but he couldn't fire it when he pulled the switch. He couldn't help but feel angry, "What's going on?"

Ah Zhao explained, "The gunpowder bullets in this musket have been used up. We need to make new ones before we can use them again."

"Gunpowder bombs are not difficult to make, and they are also marked on the drawings."

Jing Zhuo handed the blueprint to Li Kun, "Mr. Li, besides this musket, I have many other good things. Are you interested?"

Li Kun took the blueprint, his eyes moved over it, and his heart was filled with emotions.

For the sake of long-term interests, he chose to let Jing Zhuo go for the time being. Once his value was slowly drained, he would naturally humiliate him in other ways.

At this moment, Li Kun's men approached quietly and whispered something in his ear.

Li Kun restrained his previous domineering attitude, turned around and said politely: "I still have some trivial matters to deal with, so I can't stay for long. I will send someone to escort you back to Baihua Tower. Tomorrow I will come to your house in person to discuss other matters with you in detail."

It was called an escort, but in fact it was to monitor Jing Zhuo and not allow her to leave Baihua Tower.

Jing Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief only after the three of them returned safely to Baihua Tower.

Although he seemed to be doing it with ease just now, he was actually very nervous inside, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

Jiang Nianwei asked worriedly, "Wouldn't it be a greater threat to us if we gave him the blueprints of the musket?"

Jing Zhuo smiled slyly, "I made some changes to the important parts of the blueprint I gave him. Even if he makes it according to the blueprint, the musket will not be able to fire and will be useless."

Jiang Nianwei nodded in understanding, "It's hard for you to come up with such an idea."

Seeing Jing Zhuo's meaningful smile, Jiang Nianwei seemed to understand something in her heart, "Your real intention must be more than this?"

"You have discovered it. If we make guns ourselves, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also require a lot of money. Li Kun's father is the chief clerk, so he naturally has more connections than us. If we let him make guns, he will definitely come to us if there is a problem. Then we only need to use a little trick to get all those weapons. He spent all his efforts, but in the end, he just made wedding clothes for us."

Jiang Nianwei was originally worried about the making of the musket, but she didn't expect Jing Zhuo to have arranged this part.

She sincerely praised: "As expected, you are good sisters, you are thoughtful and thoughtful, and you have so many clever ideas."

Since Jing Zhuo came, he has helped her a lot.

Jing Zhuo heard this and a smug smile appeared on her face. She waved her hand and said modestly, "No, no, we are sisters, and it is only right for us to help each other. These little ideas of mine are just showing off in front of you."

Originally, she was in a frivolous mood because of the praise from her good sister.

But when Jing Zhuo caught a glimpse of A Zhao's gloomy eyes, the smile on his face froze instantly.

She muttered to herself, this guy is too jealous, even he is jealous of me?

Jiang Nianwei was still worried. Jing Zhuo could fool Li Kun into making weapons, but Li Kun's father was not so easy to fool. "Li Zhubu is a man of deep thoughts. I'm afraid he will find out."

"You don't need to worry too much." Jing Zhuo comforted him softly: "The exquisiteness of this weapon is enough to make anyone greedy. Even Li Zhubu can hardly resist its temptation."

As soon as Li Kun stepped into the mansion, he couldn't wait to rush to Li Zhubu's study, his face filled with joy.

He pushed the door open and looked at Li Zhubu, who was buried in his desk, with a burning gaze: "Dad, are you looking for me?"

Li Zhubu raised his head after hearing this, his eyebrows condensed with displeasure, and his tone was full of reproach, "Kun'er, didn't I repeatedly remind you to be more stable during this period of time and not to cause any more trouble? Did you ignore my words?"

Seeing his father's face becoming more and more stern, and the inkstone in his hand seemed to be about to be thrown out at any time, Li Kun's heart tightened, and he quickly explained: "Dad, you misunderstood, my sister became a noble, I am naturally very happy, I just want to go out to celebrate, I really didn't cause any trouble."

"Your sister is promising, but look at you. How could I give birth to a trouble-making bastard like you?"

Li Kun took out the blueprint with a bit of flattery, "Dad, you can't say that to me. I came here today to bring something good."

Li Zhubu said with disdain, "I don't even know how capable you are."

But when he glanced at the blueprint, he was stunned for a moment, "How did you get this blueprint?"

"It was given to me by an expert. I not only have the blueprints, I also have the real thing. Dad, look at this."

After seeing the musket, Li Zhubu's expression became even more solemn.

The quality of this musket was something he had never seen before.

Li Kun said with a little regret: "It's just that there are no gunpowder bullets now, otherwise I can still give you a practical operation to let you see the power of this musket. I have seen it with my own eyes, it is incredible."

Li Zhubu showed a gratified look. He patted Li Kun on the shoulder and said, "You did a good job this time. Let's have someone make a batch of ammunition to try first."

Li Kun was very excited after receiving his father's approval. "I will arrange for someone to do it right away!"

……

During these few days, the restaurant was temporarily closed for renovation, and those baskets of green vegetables, which were originally brought from the island, now became a thorny problem.

When the restaurant was open, we could still sell some food, but now how to eat it has become a problem.

The weather in Yazhou is relatively hot. If fresh vegetables are not consumed in time, they will wither and turn yellow in a few days.

"Miss, look at all these cucumbers, cabbages, and tomatoes. What should we do with them? They are all carefully grown by Madam. We can't eat them all, but we can't bear to throw them away either."

Jiang Nianwei thought for a moment and decided to find a way to make full use of these ingredients.

"Cucumbers can also be made into pickles, cabbage can be pickled into a sour and delicious side dish, and the tomatoes can be made into tomato sauce, which is easy to preserve."

"That way everything is solved."

Anyway, they had nothing to do in the restaurant today, and there were a group of thugs watching them outside, so they could perform a good show for them and let their guard down.

Pickled cucumbers are relatively simple to make. Just slice the cucumber and dry it, then add garlic, ginger slices, cooking wine, salt, soy sauce, and bell pepper to marinate. Put them in a jar and you can eat them directly after a few days.

Spread salt on the cabbage and marinate for a while. After squeezing out the water, add shredded radish, pear slices, candy, chili, minced garlic, minced ginger and other seasonings. After a few days, it will become a sour and delicious side dish.

For tomato sauce, you first need to remove the skin of the tomatoes, cut them into pieces and put them into the pot to boil, then add rock sugar, white vinegar and salt and boil over high heat.

During the cooking process, you need to stir constantly to prevent the bottom from getting sticky. After it becomes sticky, you can store it in a glass jar.

If it is not going to be eaten in the near future, you can put a layer of honey or a few drops of white wine on the surface of the ketchup and seal it for storage.

The few of them spent an afternoon processing all the vegetables.

Jiang Nianwei explained: "In the future, if there are diners coming, these small dishes can be given to them as a small token of our restaurant's appreciation as appetizers. It will both whet their appetite and increase their favorability."

"Miss is really thoughtful."

"I'm afraid Madam Liu will have to spend more time on the restaurant in the future."

Madam Liu smiled, and the wrinkles on her face smoothed out. She waved her hand, "Miss, you are too kind. I am very happy to be able to contribute to the restaurant, so it is not hard work at all."

Now that the route problem has been resolved, she still needs to go back to Nanzhou Island.

Mobilizing the villagers on the island to reclaim wasteland and plant fruits can also increase income for everyone.

As soon as she stepped into the house, Jiang Nianwei unexpectedly found Jiang Siyu sitting under the shade of a tree, flipping through the book in her hands attentively.

After just a few days of not seeing each other, my little sister seems to have become a different person and has worked much harder.

As soon as Jiang Nianwei came back, Jiang Yan was delighted, "Nianwei, A Zhao, you are back."

In fact, he had already noticed something unusual about the two. When they went out that day, Jiang Yan keenly realized that his daughter's trip might not be a simple matter.

But his daughter always had longer-term goals in mind, so he said nothing and just waited for them to return.

At this moment, seeing them come back, Jiang Yan was relieved, and a comfortable smile appeared on his face, "You came back at the right time, your mother found something good in the woods, come and take a look."

Jiang Nianwei was curious, "What good stuff?"

Jing Qiudie brought a bowl of green plums, "These are your favorite plums. They were pickled a few days ago. I tried one today. The taste is just right, sweet and sour."

Mother still remembered her favorite sweet and sour pickled plums. Jiang Nianwei put them in her mouth. The slightly sour taste made her frown, but it also had a hint of pleasing sweetness.

"We can make some green plum wine with the remaining plums, and we can enjoy it after a few days." Jing Qiudie's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"Be sure to save some for me to try!"

At this moment, Chen Ge'er was staggering towards Jiang Nianwei.

An innocent smile covered the little face and he uttered an inarticulate childish call of "hug".

Jiang Nianwei shouted in surprise: "Brother Chen, you can actually walk now?"

Qiu Xuemei responded: "I learned it a few days ago, and I like to chase the puppy around, but I'm not very steady yet."

Jiang Yan picked up Chen Ge'er with great effort, his eyes full of doting, "He's not even one year old yet, but Chen Ge'er can already walk. Grandpa's old bones can hardly hold him anymore."

Qiu Xuemei also tried to comfort him, "Third sister, please give birth to a child someday. You two are so pretty, the child you give birth to will definitely be very beautiful."

When Ah Zhao heard these remarks, he turned his head uncomfortably and coughed a few times.

Seeing this, Jiang Nianwei quickly changed the subject, "Some time ago, I asked Duan Yun to help make a cart. When you take Chen Ge'er out for a walk in the future, you can let him sit in the cart. It will save both effort and worry."

It just so happened that Duan Yun came to visit with a cart at this moment. "Miss Jiang, the cart you asked me to make is now finished. Since you are here, I brought it with me."

Although Duan Yun was talking to Jiang Nianwei, his eyes couldn't help but glance in the direction of Jiang Siyu.