After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Ye Wuwei and Ye Lingling had lunch together before leaving.

We had hot pot for lunch.

This hot pot is made of brass. Ye Wuwei drew a blueprint of a modern brass hot pot and made it in Qi Wushuang's weapons workshop.

A total of five were made, three were given to Qi Wushuang, and the other two were left with Ye Lingling by Ye Wuwei.

After returning to Prince Qi's Mansion, Chu Taian came looking for him.

"Captain Ye, I'd like to see the gunpowder weapons you mentioned yesterday."

Ye Wuwei took out the fireball and explained its structure to Chu Taian in detail.

"You said there's gunpowder in this fireball?"

"Yes, it's made of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal in a certain proportion."

"So what do you mean by needing improvement?"

"The outside was wrapped in pig iron instead of cloth. When the gunpowder inside exploded, the pig iron was also blown into pieces."

Chu Taian imagined the scene of pig iron being blown into pieces:

"You are right, the explosion of pig iron into pieces is far more harmful to a man than the explosion of cloth into pieces.

This fireball is very effective for detonating tents and granaries, but it's certainly not the best for damaging the enemy."

Chu Taian really knows his stuff!

Chu Taian asked again, "I heard that the Bat Blade, Blood Thorn, and the latest crossbows in the army were all designed by you?"

"Ok".

Although Ye Wuwei copied a modern design, he couldn't explain it clearly, so he had to claim the credit.

"Do you have any other designs?"

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment."

Ye Wuwei took out two drawings from the drawer. These were two modern compound crossbow designs he had recently drawn.

However, Ye Wuwei did not mark the numbers on the drawing, he remembered the numbers in his mind.

"What do you think of these two crossbows?"

Chu Taian did understand weapons, and she was shocked when she took the design and looked at it.

"Both of these crossbows are extremely lethal."

“Yes, although these two crossbows take longer to reload than bows and arrows, they have a longer range and greater lethality than bows and arrows.

They are also equipped with sights, so there is no need to aim while pulling the string, so the requirements for the user are lower, but the hit rate is higher."

Ye Wuwei explained the bow and crossbow to Chu Taian in detail.

Chu Taian pointed to one of the drawings and asked, "Why do I feel that this crossbow is lighter and more sophisticated?"

“Yes, this is a light cavalry crossbow.

The biggest feature of the light cavalry crossbow is that it can be used normally in any environment without being affected by anything.

Besides, the light cavalry crossbow is quite light, weighing less than four pounds, making it very suitable for carrying around."

Chu Taian took a closer look at this light cavalry crossbow.

"It's great, but if it can be used normally in any environment, doesn't that require extremely high standards for the material?"

"You're right. We can't create an ideal light cavalry crossbow with the materials we have available, but it's passable."

The modern compound crossbow equipped with a sight is a powerful long-range killing weapon. Even in modern times, when we have already entered the era of nuclear weapons, the modern compound crossbow is still a commonly used weapon for special forces.

Because it can better conceal the shooter's position when used for assassination, especially when performing tasks in water, it is much stronger than firearms due to the small resistance.

Chu Taian knows about weapons, and she understands everything Ye Wuwei says to her, and the two of them get along very well.

Delighted, Ye Wuwei began to talk to Chu Taian about various modern military knives and firearms that the Qi Dynasty did not yet have.

Such as muskets, fire guns, and thunder bombs.

When Qi Wushuang arrived, he saw two people who were talking with great interest.

At lunch time, Qi Wushuang didn't see Ye Wuwei again. After asking the housekeeper, he found out that he had left the house again.

Just now the housekeeper told him that Ye Wuwei had returned home, so he came to look for him, but he didn't expect Chu Taian to be there too.

"What are you saying?"

Chu Taian handed the blueprint drawn by Ye Wuwei to Qi Wushuang: "It was drawn by Ye Duwei."

Qi Wushuang took it and looked at it, and was also shocked.

Qi Wushuang looked at it carefully for a while and asked Ye Wuwei: "Can you do it?"

"The raw materials are fine, but some details need polishing, which will take some time."

"Then you arrange it."

"it is good."

After Qi Wushuang arrived, the three of them didn't know what to say.

Ye Wuwei thought:

A person who doesn't like to talk can still lead the way by himself, but if he meets two people who don't like to talk, he really doesn't have the ability to liven up the atmosphere.

Chu Taian also realized the awkwardness of the situation and said goodbye. Before leaving, she said to Ye Wuwei:

"Captain Ye, next time you go to the weapons workshop, ask me to come with you. I want to see the gunpowder."

"it is good."

After Chu Taian left, Qi Wushuang asked, "Did you go out this morning?"

"Well, I went to find Lingling and the others and had lunch with them."

"Do you like Ye Lingling?"

Ye Wuwei didn't understand why Qi Wushuang suddenly became so gossipy, but he still answered him:

"No, I consider Lingling a friend. And Lingling doesn't have any romantic feelings for me."

After hearing Ye Wuwei say this, Qi Wushuang didn't know why he suddenly felt relieved.

"I heard the housekeeper say a few days ago that Ye Lingling is very capable and has managed your store business very well."

In fact, it was not the butler who said it on his own initiative. The butler mentioned it when Qi Wushuang asked the butler how the business of Ye Wuwei's shop was going.

“Lingling is indeed excellent.

When I met her, she didn't know many words, but in the past two years, she not only learned the common words, but also learned arithmetic.

There are very few people who work as hard as she does.”

If it were in modern times, Ye Lingling would definitely be the king of rolls.

Qi Wushuang made small talk and chatted with Ye Wuwei for a while before leaving.

Ye Wuwei looked at Qi Wushuang's back: "What's wrong with you today, Your Highness? Why is he a little different from usual?"

……

On the fourth day of the New Year, Ye Wuwei received an invitation: the eldest prince invited Ye Wuwei to attend a banquet at his mansion on the sixth day of the New Year.

Ye Wuwei took the invitation and asked Qi Wushuang for his opinion: "Should I go?"

"do you want to go?"

"casual."

“He also sent an invitation to Fu Chi and me, but neither of us planned to go.

If you want to go, you can."

Ye Wuwei thought for a moment and asked, "Does Qi Chao have any opinion on establishing a crown prince?"

"The Qi Dynasty follows the principle of establishing the eldest son as the heir. The current emperor is neither the eldest son nor the heir, and his family background is not noble. If my three older brothers had not died early, he would not have become the emperor."

"But the Emperor's first wife, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine all come from aristocratic families."

“The mothers of my three royal brothers all came from aristocratic families, one of whom was from the Zhuang family, but none of them lived to adulthood.

When Father wanted to appoint a crown prince, only my eldest brother, the Emperor, and I were left. My eldest brother was truly unfit to be king, and I was still too young. What do you think the aristocratic families would choose?"

Ye Wuwei understood what Qi Wushuang meant.

Seeing that the second prince was the future emperor, the Ye, Zhuang and Yuwen families naturally chose to marry the women of their clan to the emperor.

"How is the Prince of Subei unworthy of being a king?"

Although Ye Wuwei was familiar with Qi Yushen, he was unfamiliar with Qi Yushen's father.