Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 297

Chapter 297 Letter From Emperor
The last time Qin Mubai wrote to the Emperor requesting the implementation of the New Deal and the allocation of seeds, Li Shimin had a tacit understanding and handed over the management and use rights of the Lanzhou iron ore mine to Qin Mubai. One of the important reasons was that the two of them had already secretly discussed a major military plan-to officially use the red cannon for military purposes.

The most important resource for artillery like Fan Zhu was iron. With the iron mine in hand, Qin Mubai was like a fish in water. The master craftsman in charge of this project, Qin Shi, also worked very hard. A few months later, there was a result.

Qin Mubai arrived at the iron ore mine dozens of miles away from Lanzhou City. He turned into the mountains and forests and arrived at this secret “military research base”. What he saw was twenty powerful red-clothed cannons!

“General Qin, the heavens bless the Great Tang! The iron of Lanzhou is born for the red cannon!” Tu Youhai said excitedly, “The chances of exploding the barrel made of iron have been reduced to the lowest. It has high temperature resistance and the chances of continuous firing are greatly increased. In addition, we have improved the craftsmanship, so the accuracy of the cannons can’t be compared-why don’t you try it, General?”

“Alright!” Qin Mubai was also a little excited, so he designated a target that was two to three hundred steps away, equivalent to two times the range of the bow and arrow, for them to shoot.

After a bit of commissioning, the sea was coated with lighting fuses, causing a loud explosion of smoke, and the small forest in front of them was almost razed to the ground!

He tried the other two cannons, and they were no different!

“That’s wonderful!” ‘”This is the red cannon I want!” Qin Mubai praised in a good mood. “Tu Youhai, you have contributed greatly to the country. I will definitely report it to His Majesty and reward you!”

“Thank you, General Qin!” Tu Youhai and the others thanked him happily and said, “May I ask, General, when will these twenty cannons be taken away?”

Qin Mubai thought for a moment and said, “There’s no hurry. Place it here first. When I need to use it, I will naturally send someone to pick it up. Furthermore, if you want to familiarize yourself with the use of such cannons, you can’t do it without training in advance. After I return, I will select some confidant soldiers to come here to practice. You will be responsible for guiding them.”

“The general has an order, this lowly position will definitely do as he pleases!”

After returning to Lanzhou, Qin Mubai mounted her horse and began to handle the matter. The Zhongjun Yi Manor was full of elite soldiers, but they were all rare archers who could ride horses and shoot well. It might not be a pity that they chose to change professions as artillery. Thus, Qin Mubai discussed with his father and asked him to select 200 strong, sturdy, loyal, and reliable Mo Dao players or regiment card players from the other military mansions. After gathering secretly, Qin Mubai personally brought them to the “research base”, handed them to Tu Youhai, and began to train their artillery skills. At the same time, the basic production of scientific research continued, and increased the confidentiality and security measures here, providing food and clothing treatment has also improved a lot.

Now, everyone here was equivalent to the “national wealth” and “high-level scientific research personnel” of the Great Tang Dynasty. One of the most ordinary craftsmen was also treated like a county magistrate. Qin Mubai did his best to satisfy any other requests, allowing them to concentrate on their research here peacefully. Later, for convenience’s sake, Qin Mubai dubbed this place “Iron Valley” because he had been given a grand plan to build it into a “Silicon Valley” with the characteristics of the Great Tang.

It had always been Qin Mubai’s habit to carry out the plan as soon as he had it. After returning to Lanzhou, he immediately started to handle this matter. The most important thing in scientific research is naturally talent. It was impossible for Tu Youhai and the others to work here for the rest of their lives. Iron Valley needed to continuously replenish its fresh blood and backbone talents. In order to ensure that there were “successors”, Qin Mubai specially chose a group of orphans with outstanding aptitude who had lost their relatives in the war. They were between the ages of ten and fourteen. On a voluntary basis, they were allowed to become apprentices in the Iron Valley first.

Before coming here, Li Shimin had given a large sum of money for the Red Cannons. Qin Mubai did all these things without using any of the Governor’s Manor’s finances, and the confidentiality measures had always been very good. The person in charge of the Iron Valley was Tu Youhai, and he only obeyed Qin Mubai’s orders.

Qin Mubai, on the other hand, naturally played the role of “top engineer”. He was specifically responsible for providing the theoretical basis and various design drawings, and then handed them over to Tu Youhai and the others to deal with. Regardless of whether Trouble succeeded or not, Qin Mubai would not suffer any major losses, nor would he overdo it. If there were any gains, it could be considered an unexpected surprise-his mentality had always been very positive. The Tang army was still the foundation of settling down, and these equipment were only used as support.

Spring to summer, ten thousand hectares of fertile land and thousands of miles of pasture, the green situation is pleasant.

The Imperial Court’s “Thousand People Entering the Orchid” plan finally took the most powerful step. The first batch of military relatives arrived in Lanzhou with large quantities of daily necessities.

The first batch of military relatives to arrive in Lanzhou were mostly wives and maids of Lanzhou officers. Normally, their hometowns would leave behind descendants or brothers to take care of their families and honor their parents. Of the 10,000 people who came, 90% were women. When he entered the city, his eyes were full of colors and his ears were full of chatter. Apart from being spectacular, it was also quite funny.

Nearly ten thousand women were like lubricating and maintaining this large, high-speed unit in Lanzhou. Earlier, the impetuous morale of the army instantly sank. The male hormones crazily piled up in the bodies of the soldiers had finally been greatly relieved, and the physical and psychological pressure on them had become lighter.

When the soldiers tasted the sweetness, they were all sincerely grateful to the Qin Clan father and son. However, seeing that they didn’t have any family members to go to Orchid, he couldn’t help but feel guilty and admire them. He came to persuade the Qin father and son one after another. Why didn’t he invite the two madams over as well?

The Qin Clan’s father and son naturally refused, so they naturally didn’t have to reveal their reasons to the public. As a result, some soldiers took the initiative to give the maids brought by their wives to the Qin Family as gifts. The intention was not to bribe and curry favor, everyone knew it.

Qin Shubao had always been arrogant and honest, so he didn’t accept it at all. Actually, Qin Mubai hoped that his father would take in two maids to fill his room. Occasionally, it would be fine if he took Happy, but the old man just didn’t accept it. He could only complain in his heart and couldn’t say it clearly. –Well, the old man has to be like this. There’s nothing we can do about it. Let’s learn from him! In Lanzhou, our father and son are the same brand. I can’t go against him.

As a result, Qin Mubai had no choice but to show off. Helplessly, he was young and vigorous, and all he had was endless male hormones and extremely vigorous energy. In order not to cheat and commit crimes, he could only turn these into sweat and squander them on the training ground for the time being.

On this day, the Lanzhou Governor-General’s Mansion received a “strange” letter from his family. At that time, Qin Mubai was patrolling the farmland outside the prefecture and county. Qin Shubao sent someone to deliberately summon him back, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Qin Mubai hurriedly ran back and asked his father, “Father, what happened?”

“Yes, it is indeed a big deal.” Qin Shubao smiled strangely and handed Qin Mubai a letter, “Take a look for yourself!”

The person who wrote this letter called it a “letter from home”, but no one in the world dared to treat it as a “letter from home”. Because the person who wrote the pen was Emperor Li Shimin.

In the letter, he called Qin Shubao “in-laws,” and had an important matter to listen to him “in the district.”

Seeing this, Qin Mubai laughed. Li Shimin sometimes liked to play this kind of “cold humor”. As the ruler of the world, what other ideas could he not make? He had to let his subjects decide?

It turned out that it was none other than the six months he had agreed with Princess Gaoyang. Now, Princess Gaoyang had been bothering Li Shimin all day, saying that Jun Wu was joking and asking the Emperor to allow her to visit Qin Mubai in Lanzhou. Li Shimin was so upset by her that he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only write to Lanzhou to bring reinforcements.

After reading the letter, Qin Mubai couldn’t help but burst into laughter and said, “Father, don’t you just have to make up your mind about this? This child is doing some serious business outside!”

“That won’t do.” Qin Shubao also smiled and said, “Father is very relieved to see that you are busy with military and administrative affairs all day, putting aside your personal matters. However, you are still young and energetic after all. It is indeed difficult for you to return home with cold sheets and a lone pillow.”

Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh. When did this father become so disrespectful? He smiled and said, “Father, Commander-in-Chief! This child is loyal to the country and has long forgotten about his own selfishness!”

“Shut up! Don’t be so high-sounding in front of this old man!” Qin Shubao smiled and scolded, “Zhizi Mo Ruofu, how can father not know what you’re thinking? You kept urging me to accept the two maids that Xue Wanjun sent you just to open the door for yourself, right? Brat, I can’t help but drag this old man into this!”

Qin Mubai chuckled and said, “Go on the battlefield and not leave the father and son soldiers!”

“This is outrageous!” Qin Shubao was enraged and laughed, “Who wants to fight with you?” Forget it, let’s not talk about this! I mean, since Princess Gaoyang is betrothed to you, she is yours. As the saying goes, a married daughter is like a spill of water. Even if she is a princess, she must marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a chicken. Let her come to Lanzhou, it doesn’t matter! Although she is the number one little demonic woman in this world, haven’t you always been able to suppress her? “You are no longer young. Father would like to see you two having fun in front of my lap. It is also a wonderful thing in life!”

Qin Mubai laughed and said, “Father, His Majesty the Emperor is asking a guest to kill a chicken. Are you really being rude?”

Qin Shubao stroked his long beard and smiled, “Father, don’t you know that His Majesty wants me to be this villain? He has refused His Highness Princess Gaoyang’s wish to go to Orchid.” But this time, I have to pretend to be crazy and play dumb, and coincidentally play dumb. This old man knows that His Majesty has always been very generous towards men and women. Moreover, everyone knows that you are engaged to Princess Gaoyang. At this time, if Princess Gaoyang personally went to Orchid, it would be of great benefit to improve and stabilize your status in Lanzhou. Princess Gaoyang’s arrival in Lanzhou was a good thing for both public and private reasons. Why not do it as your father? “At most, I will return to Chang’an in the future and be ridiculed by His Majesty privately for a while. I won’t cut off my father’s head!”

“Haha!” Qin Mubai shook his head and laughed loudly. He sighed and said, “Father, do as you say!”

‘”Mm–” Qin Shubao snorted with a long nasal sound, looking rather proud and happy. He smiled and said, “Then this old man will answer the letter!”

Qin Mubai laughed repeatedly. She didn’t expect her father, who had always been serious and rigid, to be able to do such a ridiculous and cute thing. He was right. Li Shimin had always been very generous towards men and women. This was probably also an incentive for the people of the Great Tang to be open to the outside world.

Because originally, he was just a romantic seed.

If Gao Yang came to Lanzhou, even a fool would know that this would be tantamount to cohabiting with me unmarried.

Since Princess Gaoyang dared to say that she was still desperately trying to come, Li Shimin would not write such a letter to Qin Shubao if he was really disgusted. He knew Qin Shubao’s character. If Gaoyang went to Lanzhou and Qin Shubao was unhappy, Li Shimin’s face as an emperor would definitely not look good. Now, as long as Qin Shubao nods his head, he has to–baby daughter, go be happy, father can’t control you anymore!

Qin Mubai was a little excited. After all, he was a man. Especially when he saw his subordinates coming to work happily and happily, he felt embarrassed. At the same time, he felt even more “man”-jealous!

Now, Duke Gaoyang is here. It was time for them to be jealous of him!

At this moment, Qin Mubai really wanted to shout at Qin Shubao, “Father is wise!” The happiness and happiness of a child depends entirely on you!