Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Xiao Yunxi asked him for help, and Zhou Jin was happier than when he got married and entered the bridal chamber.

He had seen the power of wooden-handled grenades and was itching to learn how to make them, but Xiao Yunxi refused.

"not the right time yet."

The use of gunpowder in war is a historical necessity. No one can stop the wheel of history, but Xiao Yunxi has not figured out how to use it.

The northern barbarian army at Wild Boar Ridge is the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads. Will the world be thrown into chaos by the use of gunpowder? Compared with our own lives,

It seems so insignificant.

"You've seen the power of explosives. If used in war, it would cause heavy casualties. It doesn't matter to me how many foreigners die. But if the formula gets leaked to foreigners, it will be the descendants of Yan and Huang who will die. That's not what I want to see, so the production process must be kept strictly confidential."

Anyone who knows how to make firecrackers can also make gunpowder, but the proportions and lethality are different.

Xiao Yunxi will separate the production process, operate the assembly line, and do the final coordination herself, so as to ensure both manufacturing speed and maximum confidentiality.

of course,

The effect of this confidentiality method is limited. As long as one is determined, one can calculate the proportion of explosives by purchasing raw materials and the quality of the materials used.

She needs Zhou Jin to take more precautions.

The first is to fatten up the formula and add some useless ingredients to confuse others.

The second thing is to find people who are absolutely trustworthy and divide them into many groups. They don't know what each other is doing and cannot ask about it later.

Xiao Yunxi had thought about looking for the villagers of Tangjia Village.

The villagers don't have that many tricks up their sleeves and wouldn't think of figuring out the formula through quality ratios. However, they are not on guard and if they are tricked, they could easily reveal important data without knowing it.

Zhou Jin's men are more well-trained and easier to control.

Give the necessary materials to Zhou Jin,

Saltpeter, vinegar, baking soda, mud, saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur, sugar, salt, and kerosene.

When Xiao Yunxi was making the revolver, she did not carry Zhou Jin on her back. He could enter and leave the laboratory at will. He could tell at a glance that the list contained illicit goods.

I didn't expose it, and I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, I was very happy.

After returning to Beijing, there were many dangers.

Rather than being a simple, naive girl, he hoped that Xiao Yunxi would be a glutinous rice dumpling with black sesame filling that was white on the outside and black on the inside. Obviously, Xiao Yunxi met his expectations.

Materials for making revolvers and gunpowder are still being purchased. Those will be delivered first, and the others will be delivered later. However, those are smoke bombs, so the delay will not have any impact.

Before Zhou Jin went to arrange the staff, she told Xiao Yunxi that Butler Luo was no longer valuable and she could deal with him as she pleased.

After the devilish interrogation, I confessed everything I should and shouldn't have confessed. It's no longer worth it, so I can go and confess to the people I persecuted.

The side yard is where Butler Luo and the assassin are imprisoned, and it is also where the guards rest.

Zhou San brought Xiao Yunxi to the woodshed. Steward Luo was tied to a rack, his hair disheveled and his flesh and blood all over his body. He could no longer see his original appearance.

It is said that good and evil will be rewarded in the end.

Butler Luo was the eldest princess's lackey and had done so many evil things that he eventually got his comeuppance, which was truly a pity.

“I really don’t know…I don’t know…”

"...It was arranged by Her Royal Highness the Princess, not me."

"Please...give me a quick death."

Xiao Yunxi wanted to ask a few questions, but Butler Luo was in a very bad mental state. He kept repeating the same few sentences, making it impossible to communicate.

"Be a good person in your next life."

The cuff brushed past, leaving a blood mark on Butler Luo's neck, and then blood gushed out. His eyes began to blur, and there was no pain, only relief.

Zhou San's eyes are full of stars. Our adults have really good taste. The wives they marry are so unique.

An ordinary man would be scared pale when seeing the appearance of Butler Luo, but Xiao Yunfeng was calm and just killed the man, which was so handsome!

Not long after returning to the main courtyard, Zhou Jin came back.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"what?"

"Why did you marry me?"

Xiao Yunxi has always had this question.

My grandfather was a scholar, and if he wanted to dabble in the scholarly air, it was possible for an ordinary landlord or merchant to spend 100 taels to buy her as a wife.

The son of Zhenbei Marquis, the prince's cousin, and the leader of the secret guards,

There are many better choices for slash youth like Zhou Jin. It is unbelievable that he would choose a girl like her when buying a wife.

appearance?

The original owner was very skinny at that time, not at all good-looking, but at most not ugly.

Power?

My grandfather used to be a member of the Hanlin Academy. Since he was demoted, his students and old friends have no contact with him anymore.

wisdom?

At that time, the original owner could at most be called a lady from a noble family, which was far from the description of being beautiful and intelligent.

Xiao Yunxi couldn't understand why Zhou Jin chose the original owner.

She originally wanted to ask Butler Luo for some details, but unfortunately he had gone crazy, so she could only seek answers from Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin looked at her straight:

"You do not know?"

Xiao Yunxi's big eyes were filled with clear confusion:

"what do you know?"

As if he really didn't know, Zhou Jin's mouth corners slightly raised:

"You and I are engaged."

"..."

Xiao Yunxi felt like thunder was rolling in her sky. She and Zhou Jin were engaged?

wrong!

If she had an engagement with Zhou Jin, how could her grandparents stop her... Yes! Her grandparents didn't know that Tang Huaiming was Zhou Jin.

Many of her memories were vague, but after Zhou Jin reminded her, they gradually became clearer. She vaguely remembered that her grandfather did say that she had an engagement, and it was an arranged marriage.

I just don’t know if the person who was arranged to be married to is Zhou Jin.

Many things that I couldn't understand can now be explained.

Her biological father suddenly appears and demands that she must get married before she turns 16, and it doesn't matter who she marries. He wants to break up the engagement, and the person behind this is naturally the eldest princess.

She is the second prince's elder sister. She wants to win over the Zhou family and hopes to arrange for someone close to her to marry Zhou Jin. Even if she fails, Xiao Yunxi must not be Zhou Jin's wife.

Because she snatched Xiao Chen away and indirectly killed Xiao Yunxi's mother, if Xiao Yunxi married into the Zhou family, it would be difficult not to make enemies, let alone an alliance.

Sometimes the princess wondered,

If she had not provoked Xiao Chen back then, Xiao Yunxi would have married into the Zhou family smoothly. With her friendship with Xiao Yunxi's mother, perhaps the Zhou family could really become a help to her brother.

Does she regret it?

No!t

When the damn old man Zhang stopped her from being with Zhang Mingyuan, she vowed to make the Zhang family restless!

She did it!

The son-in-law was kidnapped, the daughter died of depression, Old Man Zhang and his wife were beaten to death, and Zhang Mingyuan was transferred to the far south. He probably didn't even know that his parents were dead!

The thing she regretted most in her life was that she didn't kill Xiao Yunxi completely, causing her to inexplicably become the stepmother of the crown prince!

If the eldest princess knew that Xiao Yunxi's husband was Zhou Jin, she would probably be so angry that her menstruation would be irregular and her qi and blood would be deficient.