"Miss, please listen to me!" Li Jie smiled indifferently and said, "If I die in half a year, Miss Lao will collect the body for me, if I am lucky not to die, then I will owe Miss a favor, as long as you open your mouth in the future, even if it is up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, I will help you achieve your wish!" ”

After Li Jie finished speaking, he bowed again, and then did not wait for the other party to reply, turned around and left here, the girl in the car seemed to be frightened by Li Jie's words, and there was no movement for a long time, and after a while, I only heard a faint sigh in the car: "He ...... What kind of person is he? ”

Li Jie walked out a long way and was relieved to see that the carriage behind him did not catch up again, but then he also showed a heavy expression, even if he planned well, but he still had no confidence in whether he could escape under Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, after all, no matter how good the plan was, it couldn't catch up with the changes, and his life and death might be between other people's thoughts.

In the evening, Li Jie walked home, he was not willing to eat out at noon, so he was also tired and hungry at this time, but when he walked to the door, he saw the flute sitting on the threshold at a glance, the little girl put her hands on her cheeks, her eyes looked at a small grass under her feet in a daze, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"Di'er, why are you sitting here alone, mother?" Li Jie stepped forward with a smile, bent down and touched Di'er's little brain and asked.

"Mother, they're cooking, and my father hasn't come back yet, brother, where have you been today, why did you come back all day?" Di'er raised her little brain and replied, but looking at the slightly wrinkled appearance of her little face, it was obvious that she had something on her mind.

"My brother went to do something, what's wrong with you, why are you unhappy?" Li Jie simply sat down next to Di'er and asked again.

"I ...... I want to go home! Di'er's mouth deflated, and tears came down.

"Don't cry, don't cry, tell my brother, why do you want to go home?" Li Jie gently hugged this young sister and asked, in fact, he could also understand that for Di'er, this strange little courtyard was not the original home, and even she might not be able to understand why their family couldn't return to their original home.

"I ...... I ......" I saw Di'er sobbing at this time, with a very aggrieved expression, "My snacks are all at home, hidden in the small box next to my bed, I want to go home and get it, wow~"

The more Di'er spoke, the more sad she became, and she actually cried loudly, which made Li Jie cry and laugh, it seemed that he was thinking too much, this girl was purely greedy.

"Di'er, don't cry, look what this is!" I saw Li Jie take out a paper bag from his arms and hand it to Di'er.

Di'er, who was crying heartbrokenly, suddenly twitched her nose, and seemed to smell a familiar smell, and then she saw the paper bag in Li Jie's hand, which made her eyes light up, and she immediately burst into laughter, grabbed the paper bag and said excitedly: "Dim sum!" My favorite dim sum! ”

The cheering Di'er opened the paper bag, took out a triangular snack from it and stuffed it into her mouth, and her big eyes were bent into crescents.

Li Jie couldn't help but smile when he saw Di'er's happy appearance, Mrs. Li gave him more than a dozen copper coins, he was not willing to spend it, so he bought Di'er a snack on the way, this kind of dim sum is called sugar horn, that is, flour and sugar are fried, it is the cheapest dim sum in the dim sum shop, but Di'er still eats very happily, this girl actually doesn't like dim sum, but likes all sweets.

"Brother, you eat too!" At this moment, Di'er suddenly stuffed a sugar horn into Li Jie's mouth, which made him stunned, and then a warm current surged in his heart, this girl had never shared her snacks with others before.

When the curfew was approaching, Li Zhu finally came back, and the family sat together for dinner, but Li Jie found that Li Zhu's mood was not very good, and Mrs. Li also found out, but she didn't ask more, but kept picking up vegetables for Li Zhu at the dinner table, telling him to pay attention to his body.

After washing up at night, Li Zhu lay on the bed early, but he didn't seem to be sleepy, Li Jie hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Father, did you encounter something in the Ordnance Bureau?" ”

Li Zhu served in the Ordnance Bureau, as the name suggests, the so-called Ordnance Bureau is naturally the place where weapons are manufactured, which is equivalent to the arsenal of later generations, and there are many Ordnance Bureaus in the Ming Dynasty, not only in the capital, but also in some important cities and border towns.

Li Zhu's Ordnance Bureau is located in Waiguo City, responsible for creating weapons for the forbidden army and the surrounding guards, is the largest Ordnance Bureau in the Ming Dynasty, directly subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, the chief official of the bureau is named Ambassador, referred to as the bureau envoy, now served by Li Zhu, although the grade is not high, only nine products, but in the hands of the real power, and the relationship with the army is also quite close.

"It's nothing, just some annoyances on official business!" Li Zhu waved his hand and said, it seemed that he didn't want to say more.

"Father, it's best not to hold back what you have to say, even if the child can't help, listening to you can make your mood better!" Li Jie opened his mouth again to persuade him, he actually had something to discuss with Li Zhu, but now let's listen to Li Zhu's troubles first.

Li Zhu also felt warm in his heart when he heard his son's intimate words, so he sighed and sat up and said: "Actually, it's all some troubles in the bureau, some time ago there was a batch of gunpowder in the bureau sent to the forbidden army, but when they used it, they found that the power of this batch of gunpowder was insufficient, and the forbidden army reported the matter, and today the Ministry of Industry sent someone to scold the bureau!" ”

When he said this, he saw Li Zhu suddenly sigh and then said: "In fact, the problem with gunpowder is not once or twice, sometimes we can't figure it out, obviously the gunpowder prepared in the bureau is full of power, but when it is transported to the army, it is found that the power of gunpowder has become smaller, if the musket and artillery still use the original amount, it will lead to insufficient range, if the amount of gunpowder is increased, there is a danger of exploding, these bosses have given a death order, so that the bureau must find a way to solve this problem, but ...... Alas~"

Li Zhu sighed in the end, the problem of reducing the power of gunpowder has long been solved, if there is a way, it will be solved a long time ago, and now the order from above must come up with a solution, this is simply deliberately making things difficult for him, so he suspects that someone from above may want to target him, and the reason is, of course, the fact that their family has severed relations with the Korean government, in the eyes of others, there is no backer behind him.

"Gunpowder is not powerful enough?" Li Jie smiled calmly when he heard this, and then said to Li Zhu, "Father, don't worry, I'll go to the Weapons Bureau with you tomorrow, and I'll help you solve this problem then!" ”