Chapter 610: Roulette

Fang Xie smelled the fragrance of the chicken soup in the bowl and couldn't help but praise, this chicken soup is not greasy at all, because a lot of materials are added, there is a faint fragrance, when boiling the chicken soup, Fang Xie saw Wu Yinyu scoop out the floating oil in the soup and skim it off, the soup is a faint golden color, beautiful and delicious.

"It's not easy to have such a level the first time I do it."

Fang Xie took a sip and praised.

Wu Yi pouted: "I've been drinking for six days......"

Wu Yinyu's face flushed, and she hung her head and didn't dare to look at Fang Jie.

"I didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the two of you, but after all, Yinyu has already reached the age of marriage, I know that the women around you are all excellent, and Yinyu has no advantage over them, whether it is appearance or knowledge...... But I'm a father, and I can't watch my daughter worry all day and do nothing. ”

Wu Yi took a sip of wine and said lightly: "The same goes for the women around you, sooner or later you have to give someone a name." But this is my headache, Yinyu only has you in her eyes, so I didn't even persuade her, only this one daughter If I pick a husband and I intervene, she will hate me. So...... Have you ever wondered how to arrange it? ”

This question was quite direct, so Fang Jie's heart immediately tightened.

He was silent for a while and didn't speak, and Wu Yinyu's face gradually darkened.

"Hou Ye"

Fang Xie took a deep breath, then raised his head and looked at Wu Yiyi's eyes and said seriously: "Give me a period of time to think about these things, how come I don't know what Yin Yu thinks about me?" It's just that...... The little demon and the tilting fan have been protecting me since I was a child, and I have hardly been separated, and I can't ignore the two of them. Wanyan Yunshu left my hometown for me, and I couldn't ignore it...... But if I can't give Yinyu a name, I feel ashamed. ”

"I don't need you to mention this, it's not like I haven't seen it."

Wu Yi paused and said, "But let my daughter be a concubine, I will never agree." According to the rules of our Central Plains people, one positive and two equals are for three wives, as for concubines, don't even think about it, I also have my bottom line. ”

Fang Xie nodded.

How could he have wives and concubines for these women in his heart? That's why it's hard to arrange. He knew that if he said it, Shen Tianfan and Mu Xiaoyi would not fight, and the two of them would already look very lightly for their reputation. As for Wanyan Yunshu, she didn't care even more, in her opinion, as long as she was with Fang Jie, she was already his wife. But the three of them don't care, it doesn't mean that Fang Xie doesn't care.

"That's it......"

Wu Yi was really embarrassed when he saw Fang Jie, and smiled: "I can't even see how far you can go in the future." So it's a little early to mention what wives and concubines now, anyway, now you are not in a hurry to move troops against Beihui Road, and there are shortcomings in the camp to make the soldiers happy in their hearts, it is better to marry first, and I will be more generous...... Let Yinyu and Shen Tian Fan Mu Xiaowaist and Wanyan Yunshu marry you together, although you don't respect the rules and etiquette, but you are not a person in the rules and etiquette, so you don't have to worry so much. ”

"If you think it's feasible, then I'll let the wine and wealth go to Zhangluo. These things will not be messed up if they are handed over to him, and this is also his strength. ”

Fang Xie glanced at Wu Yinyu, and then held her hand from under the table, he could feel that Wu Yinyu's hand was slightly cold. He knew that he hadn't answered simply just now, and she must have felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. This rude and willful eldest lady has changed too much for herself.

Who would have dared to think that the eldest lady would become so gentle and graceful as she is now? For him, he actually went down to the kitchen and didn't even care about his cultivation. After all, she is a genius-level figure in cultivation, and if she is willing to work hard, her achievements will definitely not be low.

Wu Yinyu was held by Fang Jie's hand, and subconsciously glanced at him, but did not withdraw his hand.

"Good!"

Fang Xie nodded: "I have no parents, and I have no blood relatives, Hou Ye is my elder, this matter should be decided by the elders, everything is arranged by Hou Ye." ”

"That's good, that's good"

Wu Yiyi laughed: "Then this thing will be done like this, and this great joy will be done before the troops are mobilized, which can also improve morale." From tomorrow onwards, I will let the wine and wealth go to Zhang Luo, and with your current status, this matter cannot be done in a hurry, and it will be done in a hurry. In the evening, I went to Luo Weiran to discuss, you don't have a blood relationship between your father and mother, but after all, you recognize him as your uncle, he is also your elder, me and him, can barely handle these things justifiably, how about it? ”

"Good"

Fang Xie smiled: "It's hard work." ”

"I marry my daughter, how can I do it without hard work?"

Wu Yiyi drank all the wine in the cup: "This matter is settled, you go back and choose a date to tell me and Luo Weiran." In addition, you also go around the workshop more, I have asked the merchants of Dongchu to pick up the family of Andrew and a few Rus, but it is too far away, and the news cannot be returned, and I can't guarantee whether it can be picked up. In terms of firearms, we still rely on these few people, so it's better for you to take a look. ”

Fang Xie had the tall Ross man who had expressed his admiration for Wu Yinyu in his mind, and he understood how he felt about missing and worrying about his relatives.

"I'll go check it out after I'm done."

Fang Xie nodded.

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The firearms workshop was built in a valley in Suzaku Mountain, and it was quite secretive. The entrance to the valley is guarded by the Xiao Riding School, and no one else is allowed to enter or leave unless necessary. With the power of firearms now, it is not a big killing weapon, but it depends on how to use it.

The workshops of the Great Sui were already extremely advanced, and the craft of the repeater had reached the pinnacle. In terms of rate of fire, the repeater is much stronger than the long gun that Andrew and the others made, but the repeater has a shorter range and is not as good as the long gun. But now the Rus' are good at making muskets, and the range is not superior to that of hard bows. Fang Xie is eager for Andrew to transform the range and rate of fire of the long gun, although Andrew is extremely familiar with firearms manufacturing, but after all, the idea has formed a pattern, and it is difficult to break through.

Fang Xie asked Wu Yiyi to entrust the merchants of Eastern Chu to be looking for experts in this area, and those who are good at firearms have to come from the other side of the sea.

At the beginning, the merchants of Eastern Chu presented the musket to Yang Yi, the emperor of the Great Sui, Yang Yi just glanced at it and threw it aside, quite disdainful, in his opinion, the musket belonged to the plaything rather than the weapon, and the Great Sui Liguo relied on the horizontal knife, long lance, hard bow and crossbow, which would breathe fire He didn't like it.

What is in mind above, what is the situation below.

Because the emperor didn't like firearms, there was no place in the workshop of the Great Sui to develop firearms. But after so many years, the craft of the repeater has reached its peak, and there is no possibility of improvement. Fang Xie is not a person of this era, he knows that since firearms have appeared on the other side of the sea and use firearms as the main weapon, sooner or later the country over there will make more and more progress in the development of firearms.

If the Central Plains were still like this, a few hundred years in the long term, and a few decades in the short term, maybe those blonde and blue-eyed foreigners would appear on the coastline of the Great Sui with muskets and cannons. The people of the Central Plains in this era have not experienced the pain of being invaded by foreign enemies, but Fang Xie knows that it is not only pain, but also humiliation.

The Han people of the Central Plains gave him a familiar sense of closeness, and he did not want the tragic experiences of his previous life to be repeated in the Han people of the Central Plains.

But Fang Xie knows that human beings are constantly progressing, and the closed side will always be bullied by the advanced and open side, even if they try their best to resist, the resistance in the face of powerful technology is so strong but weak. At the very least, the Central Plains should not be allowed to lag too far behind those foreigners.

After coming out of Wu Yiyi's courtyard, Fang Xie went directly to the firearms workshop in the valley.

Along the way, he racked his brains to recall the knowledge he had gained when he was studying, and he now regrets why he didn't go to school well in the first place, so that no matter how hard he tried to recall, it was also empty. He wasn't an expert scholar, not even a good student, just an ordinary person, so he didn't have much to help him in his memory.

He couldn't build a cannon warship, or even a burst of firearms. In his previous life, he was not reading various professional books in his spare time, but playing games, reading novels, listening to songs, and watching movies, which could provide little help.

But he knows that he can't stop doing it just because he doesn't understand. How many people give up their ideas because they don't understand, and end up regretting.

Walking to the valley, the Xiao Riding School, who was guarding the passage, saw Fang Xie coming over and hurriedly saluted. Fang Xie bowed slightly, and after walking into the valley, he arrived at least two miles before he arrived at the workshop, and Fang Xie was still far away when he heard someone arguing in the distance, not speaking Chinese. He frowned slightly, turned around the woods, and found that Andrew and the Ross were arguing, and the quarrel was fierce.

It could be seen that Andrew was a little alone and debating something with several other people, and the craftsmen were obviously in agreement, and Andrew tried to persuade and stop them.

"What's wrong?"

Fang Xie asked the Xiao Riding School guarding outside.

"General, my subordinates don't understand what's wrong."

"What about translation."

"Over there"

Xiao Riding School pointed out, and Fang Xie found that a Dongchu man who knew Rus's dialect was squatting on the side to watch the jokes, holding a cup of tea and sipping melon seeds, looking extremely relaxed and comfortable. From time to time, he interjected, and Andrew glared at him fiercely.

Fang Xie walked over with his hands in his hands, and the Eastern Chu man saw Fang Xie coming over and hurriedly got up, walked over quickly and said a few words to those Rus' people.

"What's going on?"

Fang asked.

The people of Dongchu hurriedly accompanied him and said with a smile: "It's nothing, General, these people are arguing because of the craft, they do this every day, don't worry." ”

"No!"

Andrew said loudly in broken Chinese: "They don't want to continue working here, they want to go home." I was trying to persuade them, but they had already eaten the iron scales and did not listen to me at all. ”

Fang Xie was originally in a bad mood because of the performance of the Dongchu people, but when he heard Andrew's sentence, he immediately felt a lot better.

"Why go back?"

Fang asked.

The Dongchu man hurriedly asked for a translator, Fang Xie glanced at him and said lightly: "I don't need you, Andrew, you help me ask them." ”

Of these Rus' people, only Andrew was particularly fond of Central Plains culture, so he learned a lot of Chinese, while the others hardly communicated with Han Chinese.

"They feel like they've earned a lot of money and can go home and live a comfortable life."

Andrew said with some anxiety: "Although this is a lack of work ethic, I know they are really homesick. Their loved ones are still in Ross, and perhaps they are still being bullied by bullies. They went back with the wages they earned, and they were already able to make a good living for their families. So ......"

Andrew glanced at Fang Xie and was a little apologetic.

Fang Xie snorted, beckoned to the distance, and immediately more than a dozen Xiao Cavalry Masters strode over, and those few Rus people immediately changed their faces when they saw those guards rushing here, and they all took a few steps back and looked at Fang Xie vigilantly. Fang Xie saw that some of them went to touch the short gun on their waists.

"Strip off this Dongchu man's clothes, and whip a hundred lashes first."

Fang Xie instructed lightly, Xiao Riding School immediately came over to hold down the Dongchu people, set them up and stripped off the clothes on their upper bodies, the Dongchu people were scared enough, and asked why, begging for mercy from time to time. Fang Xie ignored it and didn't look at him. The riding school held it down, and a person took the whip and hit it down with a head and face. Within thirty lashes, the man had passed out.

Those Rus were frightened enough, and when they looked at Fang Jie, there was already fear in their eyes.

Fang Xie turned around, glanced at the Ross man who was touching the short gun and might pull it out at any time, and then walked over slowly, the man was so frightened that he retreated again and again, but he didn't dare to draw his gun. Fang Xie walked up to him, reached out and pulled out his short gun to look at it, then turned the muzzle of the gun to his left hand.

Bang!

The Rus' men immediately screamed in fright, and even Andrew crouched on the ground in fright.

Fang Xie opened his left hand and threw the flattened buckshot in front of the Ross: "Andrew, tell them a few...... I've sent someone to pick up your family, and I'll hear from you soon. But before I can do that, I need you to make something that hurts me. I'm not stingy with gold and silver, but I also don't like it when someone breaks my rules. I know you Ross men will use roulette to show courage, and I respect you, so use your way to solve problems. If you insist on leaving, let's play roulette, you lose and stay, and if I lose, you leave. ”

Fang Xie turned back to the Xiao Cavalry School and ordered, "Go get fifty short guns and load them with lead bullets." ”

He smiled and said to the Rus, "Shall we polish it?" ”

Andrew opened his mouth and said in his heart, is this still worth betting?