When Qin Luo saw Blacksmith Sun again, it had been more than half a month since he returned to the Qingyun Ministry.

I was very happy to see my friends.

Prior to this, Liu Changfeng had already reported the matter of the envoy to the state of Chu to the blacksmith Sun Yu in detail. Qin Luo didn't have anything important to say here, just told him that the Chu State had sent supplies and officially started cooperation.

"Our emperor really made a big deal, so many weapons, food, and even firearms were transported." Blacksmith Sun sighed, "But I didn't expect that Tuoba Yan would agree so easily and return to his homeland after the matter was completed." ”

Qin Luo explained: "He was originally very hesitant, but later he was attacked by my Lu Ziyu left and right, one sang with a red face and the other with a white face, and he was fooled. ”

This section of blacksmith Sun is really not clear, after all, Liu Changfeng was no longer by Qin Luo's side at that time, only Lu Ziyu and Qin Luo were negotiating with Tuoba Yan.

Blacksmith Sun frowned and asked, "The second prince didn't say anything?" ”

"He wasn't there at the time." Qin Luo said, "It's good that he's not here, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth." ”

"And afterwards, he didn't say anything?" Blacksmith Sun asked.

Qin Luo shook his head, "I was originally worried that the Great Master would come to trouble me, but after so much time, he never took the initiative to talk to me, and even if we met occasionally, he ignored me. ”

"Did he agree?" Blacksmith Sun Qi said.

This question also puzzled Qin Luo for a long time, and he speculated: "At that time, I proposed to the Khan to form an alliance with the Chu State, and he did not object to it. Now his attitude is also reasonable. ”

"I always feel that this person is very scheming, you have to be careful." Blacksmith Sun reminded.

Qin Luo smiled bitterly: "I haven't dealt with him for a long time, but fortunately, Tuoba Yan believes in me and has always been on my side." He wanted to get rid of me, but he didn't have a chance. ”

"Don't be careless." Blacksmith Sun said, "I'd better let Liu Changfeng protect you secretly, don't be hunted down by the people of the Great Power Division like last time in Wild Wolf Valley." ”

"Got it." Qin Luo thought of the attack on Wild Wolf Valley, and he thought of Ye Leyi again. I don't know how she is doing in the Golden Palace.

Yereyi's recent days have naturally been very happy. The door does not go out of the second door, every day in the Golden Palace, delicious food and drink, and Xu Yuan comes to chat with her every day, which can be said to be the most leisurely day for her for so many years.

As soon as Ye Leyi finished lunch that day, Xu Yuan came to see her.

"How's it going today, what's your appetite?" Xu Yuan knew a little about some medical skills, so he went to check Yeleyi's pulse every day.

"Not bad, I drank lamb soup all night and ate a lot of sour radish." Yeleyi replied truthfully.

"Looks like you're pregnant with a boy." Xu Yuan looked at Ye Leyi's abdomen, now she is a little pregnant, and her whole person is a little fatter.

"Oh, how do you know?"

"We have an old saying there, it's called sour and spicy girls." Xu Yuan explained, "You love sour food so much, most of the people in your stomach are big fat boys." ”

"I don't care if it's a son or a daughter." Ye Leyi smiled, "It's you, hurry up and learn Xiang Qiang's dialect, so that the husband and wife can't communicate, and they can only stare at each other with big eyes." ”

Ever since Yelekang told Yeleyi about his wedding night with Xu Yuan, Yeleyi leaned back with a smile, never expecting that the two of them would be stuck in the language. So Yeleyi swore to his younger brother that he would teach Xu Yuan Xiang Qiang within a few months.

However, how many Qiang words Xu Yuan learned, Ye Leyi didn't know. But she found that her Chu dialect was becoming more and more slippery.

"Xiang Qiang's words are too difficult to learn." Xu Yuan said embarrassedly, "I forgot to memorize, I forgot to memorize, and I always couldn't remember." ”

"The most important thing in learning a language is to communicate with people, you have to force yourself, forget Chu language, and use Xiangqiang dialect to communicate." Ye Leyi said in a serious Chu dialect.

"I talk to the slave girls, and I also use Xiangqiang. Simple things like 'okay', 'eat', 'sleep', I'll do it all. ”

Yeleyi sighed, "But how can you communicate with my brother?" I can't communicate, how can I cultivate feelings, and how will I have a little nephew in the future? ”

Xu Yuan blushed slightly, "Your little nephew is in your belly." If I'm pregnant now, won't you just wear a goof? ”

Yeleyi smiled: "Don't change the subject, now it's about you and Kang'er exchanging problems." ”

"We can communicate now, too." Xu Yuan said weakly, "Recently, his Chu language has been getting better and better. ”

Yereyi: "......"

After the signing of the treaty between the Chishui Ministry and the Great Chu to open the market, more and more Chu people came to Xiangqiang to do business. The Chishui Ministry was optimistic about this matter, and gradually relaxed the investigation of the merchants of the Chu State who entered the grassland, and they also needed the grain, jade, ceramics, tea and other items of the Chu State.

Early in the morning, more than a dozen dusty horsemen and several carriages came from the south, and the Xiangqiang soldiers patrolling the border saw a group of Chu people and stepped forward to routinely check, "What's in the car?" ”

A man dressed as a merchant came out of the carriage and said with a flattering smile: "Some grain and pottery, worthless, come and exchange for your skins." ”

The soldiers opened the curtain of one of the carriages, stared at the sacks inside, and pinched them with their hands, and sure enough, they wrote rice. He didn't embarrass the group anymore, and waved his hand: "Let go." ”

"Thank you, Master Jun." The leader hurriedly glanced at him, and the others immediately followed, passing quickly through the meadow.

This was their fourth trip to transport supplies, and their destination was actually the Zhanlu Prairie in Qingyun. The grain and grass on the car were all cover, but in fact, what they really wanted to transport was Nanchu's firearms.

Fortunately, now that the city is open, the Xiang Qiang people are not strictly inspected, and the entire carriage has not been searched. Otherwise, the soldiers will find that in that large pile of sacks dismounted, hiding artillery, arrows and other weapons.

"How do you use this thing?" Tuoba Yan looked at the artillery transported from the Central Plains, touched his chin and asked everyone present.

Alam and Abutai looked dazed, and General Kutulu was very curious to observe for a while, but he couldn't figure it out. And Qin Luo is a civilian official, and he really doesn't know much about military warfare. Fortunately, they also have craftsmen from Chu who develop firearms, and they can answer.

Qin Luo translated the Khan's question, and a craftsman replied, "This black and round one is an iron fireball. Fill the iron fireball into the barrel of the cannon and ignite the line of fire, and it will be launched with great power. ”

"A black iron ball, can you really defeat the Chishui Ministry?" After listening to Qin Luo's translation, Tuoba Yan couldn't believe that this thing was as divine as the craftsman said. Even General Kutulu, who was on the side, smiled contemptuously.

They thought to themselves, if Nan Chu had such a powerful weapon, why would they let Xiang Qiang break through the city tower.

"Khan can try." The craftsman said confidently.

In order to prevent accidental injury, the craftsman took the Khan and his party to an uninhabited wild valley, pointed to a distant hill in front of him, and said to the Khan: "The range of the artillery is about a hundred paces, and it can hit that hill." ”

"Impossible." Tuoba thought to himself, the best archers on the steppe can't shoot that far.

The craftsman smiled incomprehensibly, and then commanded his companions to set up the torch, aim for it, and load it with an iron fireball.

The craftsman handed the torch to Tuoba Yan, "Khan, just light that thread and you're ready to fire." ”

Tuoba Yan took the torch and casually lit the line of fire, the line of fire became shorter and shorter, only to hear the sound of "tom", the iron fireball was launched from the torch, bursting out of the dazzling sparks, perfectly hitting the distant mountain.