Although the rain had stopped, the path was muddy except for the gravel paving on the main street.

Back at the house, Xu Xiang's shoes and trousers were already covered with mud, and he quickly took off his shoes.

"Your Highness, I'll go get my shoes!"

"No need, so be it!" Xu Xiang said nonchalantly, and then asked, "Do you have something to say at Lu Tianyao's house today?" ”

"Your Highness, we don't have much money left." Yang Dianfeng also took off his shoes and stood barefoot.

When the Xinghuo Hidden Guard was disbanded, Xu Xiang experienced the embarrassment of having no money and not being able to move an inch. Leaving the Proton Mansion, there was not much money left, and when Lao Yang returned to him, he didn't pay attention to this detail.

"How many are left?" Xu Xiang asked.

"Uh...... There were less than a thousand taels of silver. Yang Dianfeng replied, "At the beginning, the money in Proton Mansion was not much, but after buying this private house, asking craftsmen to make muskets, building rings, and buying things for the Lu family, it has already cost more than half." Today in the Lu family, you want to buy a better house for Lu Tianyao, and this thousand taels will be gone......"

"It's okay, just pit Jiang Fu later." Xu Xiang pondered for a moment, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yang Dianfeng was speechless for a while, and said embarrassedly: "Your Highness, wouldn't this be good?" ”

"What's so bad? Jiang Fu is my eldest brother, why should I borrow some money from him? Though...... I'm sure I won't pay it back. ”

As he was talking, Jiang Fu had arrived with Ying Jiu.

"Changsha, I'm ......" Jiang Xiang was about to speak, but was pulled aside by the barefoot Xu Xiang and interrupted him.

"Uncle, I'll discuss something with you!" Xu Xiang looked at Jiang Fu with a mysterious expression and said in a low voice.

Looking at Xu Xiang's mysterious appearance, Jiang Xiang was stunned for a moment, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

"What's the matter?"

Oh, that's right! After picking up the conversation, I can continue.

"Is there any money? Borrow? ”

Jiang Fu rolled his eyes, what did he think? It turned out to be such a small thing, so mysterious.

"How much do you want?"

"No more, no less, is 5,000 gold okay?" Xu Xiang stretched out a palm and said with a smile.

"Poof!" Jiang Fu rolled his eyes, "Five thousand gold is not much?" I'll give you fifty gold at most! ”

The smile on Xu Xiang's face retracted, and he instantly put on a straight face, and said loudly: "Old Yang! Drop-off! ”

Yang Dianfeng came over in response and respectfully saluted Jiang Fu: "Your Highness, you go slowly!" ”

What is he going to do, this time he is mainly here to solve the problem of bullets, and by the way, he will find out the situation that Xu Xiang was furious because of the thief last night.

"Get out of here!" Jiang Fu shook Yang Dianfeng in the face, then leaned in front of Xu Xiang and said, "Don't, I have something to look for you!" ”

"Huh? Looking for me? I thought you came to lend me money, uncle! Xu Xiang pretended to be surprised, and then waved his hand to Yang Dianfeng, "Old Yang, go make a cup of tea for my eldest brother." ”

The two sat down, Xu Xiang knew that he came here for the proportion of bullets loaded with gunpowder, but he had to bring up this matter, so he asked, "Is there anything else that my uncle is looking for me?" ”

"I heard that your house was burglarized last night?" Jiang Fu opened his mouth and said, "If you lose something important, you can tell me about it, and I can help you find the thief." ”

Yang Dianfeng poured tea for the two, and Xu Xiang said, "Old Yang, you go down first." ”

After speaking, his eyes looked at Ying Jiu, Jiang Fu immediately understood what he meant, and said to Ying Jiu: "You also go down first." ”

After the two went down, there were only two people left in the room, and Xu Xiang showed a worried look on his face and said, "The drawings were stolen." ”

Jiang Fu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What drawing?" ”

"It's the musket blueprint. In addition to the drawing for the king, I had made a sketch before that. I was going to burn it, but I forgot about it. It was stolen last night, and some of the gold, silver and jade in the house were not taken, only the sketch was taken. Xu Xiang explained.

"What?" Jiang Fu frowned.

In addition to the drawings handed over to Donghai, there is actually a drawing?

Who did the sketch be stolen?

"Do you know who the thief is?" Jiang Fu asked, it stands to reason that only a very few people know that the weapon in Xu Xiang's hand has drawings. And this thief is obviously here for the drawings, and must also be an insider.

Xu Xiang smiled bitterly, "If I knew, I would have told you a long time ago." ”

Then he took out a rag from his bosom, "The house was turned into a mess, and there was only this corner of the clothes, which must have been left behind by the thieves who accidentally cut the corners of the clothes when they opened the door." ”

Jiang Fu took the rag from his hand, and felt that the fabric of the cloth in his hand was very soft, and there was a flower embroidered on the corner of the rag, but the flower was just on the edge of the torn, only half, and he couldn't tell what kind of flower it was for a while.

"How many sketches do you have?" This matter is not trivial, if the thief is a secret spy of another country, it is not good news for Donghai, he must find out the thief as soon as possible.

"It's gone! Gone! Xu Xiang hurriedly said.

"Changsha, I will focus on investigating this matter. At the beginning, in addition to your father and second brother, there were fifty guards in the Zhengyang Palace, plus Jin Yan'an, the commander of the guards, and no one else knew that you had weapon drawings, let alone that you had sketches. Do you think it could be your person? ”

"My people? Lao Yang and Xu Yi will definitely not betray me! Xu Xiang said categorically, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, "When I was sketching at that time, there seemed to be a person ......."

"Who?" Jiang Fu asked keenly.

"It's Master Lu, the craftsman!"

Jiang Fu immediately asked, "Who is this Master Lu's surname?" Where to stay? ”

"I don't know what his name is, but his craftsmanship is quite good, and he is a blacksmith from the Kaishan Blacksmith Shop in the south of the city. Could it be him? ”

"I will investigate this person, and the guards of the Zhengyang Hall will also investigate one by one that day!"

He had to find the whereabouts of the sketch as soon as possible, and if it fell into the hands of his secret agent, it would be very difficult to retrieve it.

However, I didn't come here today for this matter, so I said: "Changsha, do you still have bullets?" ”

"Bullets? What's wrong? Xu Xiang asked knowingly.

"According to the drawings you provided, our craftsmen can't make bullets like yours, why is that?"

"Oh, I see! I forgot to write down the ratio of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur. Xu Xiang said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"How, exactly?"

So Xu Xiang told him the simplest black-powder formula ratio, and told him some details of making bullets.