Chapter 1025
: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [4]
Chapter 1025: The Imperial House Construction Team Arrives [4]
"Xiaobai, Master Huang, and Master Ying are not from Northeast Province, but they are working hard to make a living for the people of Northeast Province, while the second uncle only wants to rest and eat meat!" Grandpa Qin was a soldier, and he wanted to use military law on people like Uncle Qin who did not give their all in the war and just wanted to be lazy and eat meat.
Grandma Qin said to Grandpa Qin: "The second son has been to the capital twice this year and has done a lot of work. He is really tired. It's not wrong for him to want to go home and rest."
Qin Xiaomi: "Grandpa, you need to combine work and rest. Those who only think about working and don't think about resting and enjoying themselves are not human beings, they are animals."
Grandpa Qin was speechless at these words, and stopped talking about Uncle Qin, continuing to read the letter.
"The letter from Captain Liang and Master Xue said that the Liang, Xue, and Sun families have already made arrangements for us with the Minister of Works, Master Shi. Master Shi will do his job seriously and get along well with us."
"If anyone from Lord Shi or the Imperial Construction Team dares to act dishonestly, we will report it directly to General Liang."
"They also mentioned Captain Ling, who escorted the imperially built team... They said Captain Ling is trustworthy and that we can ask for his help if we encounter any problems."
Captain Ling was indeed trustworthy, simply because he and the one hundred soldiers under his command were sent by Emperor Wuxing to protect the Qin and Guan families.
"Mr. Shi, the head of the Ministry of Works, Captain Ling, and Old Craftsman Bi are all from the capital. During the construction of the house, if our family needs anything, we can just contact them. There is no need to bother entertaining the others."
"The documents issued by the three government offices are all about the imperial troops' stationing..."
It took two quarters of an hour just to read these documents, which was very tedious.
"Xiaomi, these letters from your second uncle, Mr. Xun, Mr. Xue, and Dalang... read them carefully and write back to Dalang. The New Year is coming soon and you're one year older. You need to be more sensible." Grandpa Qin has been talking about Qin Xiaomi more often recently, and it seems like he always has endless things to say.
Qin Xiaomi thought that maybe they felt that a war was about to start, or that it was influenced by Kang Rong's death.
Anyway, grandpa has been a little sentimental lately, so she indulges him a little.
"Okay, I will read the letters carefully and reply." Qin Xiaomi took a few letters and accompanied Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin to read the letters from Dalang, Second Uncle, Old Xun, Xue Dongjia and others to the family before getting up and going back to the house to put the letters away.
That night, Jiang Erlang came home and the family had another big dinner.
Qin Liupo and his wife shamelessly came to eat for free.
Grandpa and grandma have been feeling more sentimental lately. They didn't scold them and just let them eat and drink for free. If Qin Xiaomi and Jiang Xiaozhu looked unhappy, they would say, "How many more years can they eat? Let them eat. It's always a good thing to take care of their health."
If you take good care of your health, you'll be able to run faster when you're trying to escape.
It can be seen that the two elders are somewhat pessimistic about the war.
In order to make the two elders happier, Qin Xiaomi cooperated with them and did not argue.
Little Jiang Erlang hadn't been at home for a long time, so he was very happy. He was cheerful while eating and smiled back at people when they looked at him.
Qin Liupo said to him, "Erlang, you've been to the capital twice and have seen the world, so why are you still so stupid?"
Jiang Erlang was not angry, and said with a smile: "Sixth Aunt, I'm not stupid."
Tsk, Qin Liupo was very disgusted and looked him up and down: "Are you not stupid? The only thing that's good about you is your face and body. Learn to be smarter, or you'll be cheated when you go out one day and feel sorry for the scammer."
Jiang Erlang, holding his bowl, looked at Qin Liupo and said seriously, "Liupo, I met a swindler on the road this time, but I took him to the local county government office and didn't get cheated out of a single penny. I wrote a letter home to tell my family, didn't you know?"
The gossipy gossipers would definitely know.
"Oh yes, that's what happened." Qin Liupo remembered, but still looked down on Jiang Erlang: "You look stupid."
After hearing this, Jiang Erlang stopped arguing and continued to eat dinner with a smile.
"You brat, are you some kind of big shot? You can really eat! Leave some mutton for us old folks!" Granny Qin stopped nagging Jiang Erlang and started waving her chopsticks around with Qin Laoliu, devouring the food. Jiang Xiaozhu immediately started eating, piling mutton onto her plate for the family, which drew a disapproving glare from Granny Qin.
Jiang Xiaozhu chuckled: "Sixth Aunt, this is Sister Xiaomi's house. It's only natural for me to serve meat to Sister Xiaomi and the others!"
Damn girl!
Qin Liupo cursed in her heart, but didn't dare to argue with her, for fear that she would lose the argument and miss the chance to eat meat.
Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin smiled when they saw this... They are old, and things are always happening outside, so they like to see their family members quarreling, which makes their life seem lively and prosperous.
After eating, drinking and washing up, Qin Xiaomi went back to the house to read the letter... Xue Dongjia and Jiang Dalang used their identities to dig a secret room in the capital's house and stockpiled a batch of supplies, including weapons, pine oil and other items.
A batch of supplies were also stored in the house in Dongming Prefecture.
In short, each prefecture along the escape route must stock up on some life-saving supplies so that if they are trapped, they will have supplies to survive.
However, Mr. Xue and the people at Wu Ze Pharmacy didn’t quite understand why Qin Xiaomi was hoarding saltpeter and yellow brain sand?
Still hoarding.
The one-armed shopkeeper Pang was afraid that her money would be wasted, so he advised her to be careful in her purchases.
Xue Dongjia was very curious as to why she bought these two rarely used items.
But in his impression, Qin Xiaomi has always been a strange person who can make a lot of money by using strange things to create new things.
So Xue Dongjia used his connections to help her stockpile batches of saltpeter and yellow brain sand.
Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting knew the purpose of Qin Xiaomi hoarding these two things... Su Su wanted to make gunpowder!
In the previous life, the Great Sheng Dynasty was able to repeatedly attack the four barbarians and fill the treasury of the Great Sheng Dynasty because the army had a powerful weapon to break through mountains and defeat enemies - firearms.
The firearms of the Great Sheng Dynasty were secretly manufactured during the Kundao period in Yunfu, and were later improved by Su Su.
Susu's senior sister once begged Yunfu to teach her the art of making firearms, but Yunfu told her that there was no such thing in the Great Sheng Dynasty, and she was not an engineering student in modern times, so she did not know how to make firearms.
But Susu's senior sister didn't believe it and kept trying to find out the secret of firearms.
Now, Emperor Wuxing has issued a ban on migration, trapping them to death in the Northeast Province. Su Su is forced into a corner, so he has to stockpile these things for making firearms, preparing to shock the enemy when the Northeast Province is breached.
Jiang Dalang/Sheng Ting also stockpiled saltpeter, yellow brain sand (also known as sulfur), iron sand, sugar, charcoal and other materials for making firearms.
But he would never use it unless it was a matter of life and death.
Once used, Su Su will definitely discover his identity.
In addition, Jiang Dalang always remembered Yunfu Kundao's warning: firearms do not belong to the era when iron lumps cannot fly into the sky.
Until the day when we can develop new medicine that can prevent wounds from getting infected, and until the day when we can develop vehicles that can fly in the sky, then firearms can be made public.
Otherwise, the disasters that firearms bring to the world will outweigh the benefits they bring to the world.
The emperors of the Great Sheng Dynasty always kept this warning in mind. Therefore, the use of firearms required an imperial edict, and anyone who had seen the firearms had to keep quiet, or they would be killed.
However, firearms still brought great pain to the neighboring countries of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
When Yunfu saw those people who were disabled by firearms, he felt guilty and began to hide away from the world.
But this is Yunfu, not Qin Xiaomi.