282 The old lady is in charge
On the country roads of Zhejiang, more than 30 fast horses are running forward quickly along the paths along the ridges. The sun is almost setting, the sun is still shining on the mountain, and there is no sunlight at the bottom of the mountain.
Passing a hillside, a knight unintentionally turned his head to look sideways, and with a sudden startled sound, he hurriedly reined in the reins of his horse. The head of the horse neighed, stood up, and the dozens of horsemen in front and behind immediately reined in their horses when they saw this.
The man dismounted, walked to the side of the road, looked at the land on the hillside, looked at it for a while, suddenly turned around and asked for a knife from the others, and squatted on the hillside to dig.
The man took out a dozen large and small red tuber-like fruits from under a ridge of soil, and happily held them to the side of the stream, washed them in the cool river water, and then picked up a piece of "click" and took a bite, and then beckoned everyone else to come and taste it with great interest.
An old farmer with a hoe turned out of nowhere, and when he saw this, he immediately raised his hoe and rushed angrily, shouting from afar: "What are you doing? How do you steal other people's crops? β
A big man with a bearded face said in a loud voice: "Who stole the crops? Our eldest son is just to taste whether this thing is delicious, you old man."
A young man shouted: "Big mallet, shut up!" Saying that, he walked over and said with a smile: "Old man, I'm sorry, I'm passing by here, look at the rarity of this crop, it's not the original species of our Ming Dynasty, so I'll dig it out and taste it." β
He happily looked around and smiled, "This is your old land, right?" Well, big sticks, pay half a penny to the old man."
When the old man saw that this young man had clear eyebrows and handsome character, not only was the silk robe very expensive, but there were so many family members following him before and after, it seemed that he must be a son with a great background, and the anger on his face was restrained.
He put down the hoe and said: "This son, a little thing from the Zhuang family is not worth two money, and the old man seems to be mistaken for hehehe, so he is afraid of harming things." This thing is called a sweet potato, it's sweet, and if you like it, you can eat more, it's worthless, and you don't have to pay for it."
Yang Ling took the copper coin from the big stick mallet, stuffed it into the old man's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't, the old man is also working hard to grow crops." To tell you the truth, I've seen this thing, and I heard that Zhejiang is now only planted in the places where military households are tuntian, how can you have it here? β
The old man smiled and said, "Childe doesn't know, my seedlings were brought from the military household." My son-in-law is a captain of the guard, and he has been following an adult surnamed Min to promote the cultivation of these things in the guards, and when he heard that the yield is high, he got some seedlings and came back for the old man to plant them and try them."
"I am also reluctant to waste the good land, this hillside was originally full of weeds, not very much crops, I opened it out and planted this, hehe, don't say it, don't care about it, it grows quite well, except for a few scoops of water at the beginning, the old man didn't take much care of it, and he didn't need to be fattened, and it grew wildly.
You see the two ridges on the side, a little shorter, only more than three zhang long, just those two ridges cut out most of the pocket, enough for the whole family to eat for several days, this thing is delicious, the children of the family usually eat as fruit."
Yang Ling smiled and said: "You can't just eat this thing, you can't get tired of eating three meals a day?" β
The old man smiled happily: "Of course, it is eaten with other grains, this is still now, who cares about catching up with the famine year?" The grass roots, bark, Guanyin soil, are all used to stuff the stomach, and even people eat when they are hungry, so can they still pick and choose? β
He sighed and said, "Six years ago, there was no grass in the great locust plague that passed, if there was such a thing at that time, would so many people in the village starve to death?" Alas! Good thing, everyone in the village knows that this crop is easy to serve, the yield is high, and it does not rob the fertile land, after the old man told them how to cut the seedlings, now a few families have reclaimed the barren land for trial planting, and the ones planted last month are estimated to grow in two months."
Yang Ling nodded happily, he pointed to another piece of the tunnel and said, "That one was also brought from the military tun, right?" Is it called a potato? β
The old man turned his head to look at it and said with a smile: "Is that called a potato?" That thing is as round as a bean, it is big, and it grows in the soil, so we call it a potato here, that thing is not as delicious as a sweet potato, and it is good to eat it as a dish when it is cooked.
Yang Ling stood on the ridge with the old man with great interest and talked for a while, learned about the local situation in addition to the Japanese bandits and military tun, and after sending the old man away, Yang Ling looked around at the crops and said: "It seems that this thing has a foothold in our Daming, and the Hunan side of Shaanxi is later mature than here, but there should be a harvest.
Now when there is a natural disaster [***], the biggest impact on the people is the harvest. Hehe, with these high-yield coarse grain supplements, the imperial court will pay more attention to protection and support in civil affairs, and the problem of eating for the common people should be solved to a considerable extent."
Liu Dabang blinked a pair of mung bean eyes, swallowed his saliva and said: "It's good to solve it, it's good to solve it, I said handsome, seeing that the sun is going down, let's hurry up?" If we can't catch up with Xianxialing tonight, we won't be able to solve the problem of accommodation and food."
Yang Ling glared at him angrily and funny, and scolded with a smile: "Tell you that you are playing the piano to the cow, get on the horse, let's speed up our pace."
Xianxia Pass in the southeast of the dangerous Jia, and the outside pass through Fujian Litong Beijing. In the past, the 500-mile Xianxia Ancient Road opened by the general Huang Chao is the only way to communicate with Zhejiang and Fujian and bring the two Guangxi closer. A line of fast horses disappeared into the horizon with the last touch of the sunset.
In the military camp outside the city of Fujian.
There was a pool in front of her, and Adney stood on the edge of it, holding on to the thick wooden planks that had been erected, and looking intently at the water. The surface of the water was very muddy, but it was also very calm, and at this moment, there was a sudden "boom", Adney subconsciously shrank her head, and when she looked again, she saw that the waves in the pool were surging violently, and a column of water more than two feet high had just fallen.
Zheng Lao and Cheng Qiyun, who had been hiding behind the isolation plank, also poked their heads out, Zheng Lao looked at the turbulent and undulating water and said: "It's amazing, make a guy who is several times bigger according to this appearance, as long as it hits right, a big hole is made under the side of the ship, and the enemy's battleship will have to be sunk."
This thing is good, sixty taels of silver to make a mine, you can destroy a warship worth tens of thousands of taels, equipped with artillery and hundreds of soldiers, and it does not hurt a single soldier, tsk, the old man has played with firearms all his life, why didn't he think that firearms could be used underwater, Lord Qincha's whimsy is really like heaven and man."
Cheng Qiyun shook the droplets on her clothes, and said with a smile: "What kind of celestial, it's your old Zheng's ability." I've thought about flying in the sky in a carriage, but if you really made it, wouldn't you praise me for being as clever as a celestial being? Hehe, my lord said that day that the boat can also run underwater, do you think it is possible? β
Old Master Zheng said with a smile: "The car and ship are flying in the sky, and the water is downstream, it is a bit unbelievable, unimaginable, unimaginable." However, this method of laying mines in the water, as soon as the old man heard what the adults said, he felt that it was reliable, just because it was a firearm, and no one had ever thought of letting this firearm be used in the water before, or the adults dared to think that others did not dare to think about it."
Cheng Qiyun covered her mouth and smiled: "What dare to think what others dare not think, I think it is the ignorant and fearless!" β
Cheng Qiyun dared to make a joke about Yang Ling, but Old Master Zheng didn't dare, he smiled and said: "No matter what, now I see this thing being made little by little by me, and I am so happy!" β
Adney looked at the water as if she had not heard it, frowned and thought for a long time, shook her head and said: "Lord Yang's idea is indeed clever, I have never heard of being able to attack enemy ships underwater, if you build a proper mine, a hundred mines will be worth more than a hundred warships." But the kind of mines we are making now are still of little use."
She pointed to the water and said, "You see, first of all, we need to understand the depth of the enemy's draft and the depth of the sea. In addition, it is pulled by ropes, and the effective range of naval guns is at least about 140 zhang, which requires a long rope, and such a long rope is pulled by the waves, and it is likely that the enemy ship will trigger a mine before it arrives. And most importantly, how can we guarantee that enemy ships will follow the minelaying route? As long as it is a few feet away, it will be very difficult to blow up the enemy ship."
When Zheng Lao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, stroked his white beard and said: "The girl's statement is very reasonable, it seems that even if this kind of mine is successfully developed, it will be useless."
Adney shook her head and said: "Otherwise, if this kind of mine is placed near the port wharf, then the water level and route are fixed, the soldiers are in the bunker on the shore, and the enemy ships cannot be seen or found at sea, even if there are no heavy troops and artillery on the shore, it alone can prevent the enemy ships from approaching, and it is definitely not very useful, but it is not suitable for going to sea to fight."
Zheng Lao Twisted his beard and muttered: "If this thunder can go to sea to fight, it seems that it cannot use an iron anchor to fix the water level, and it cannot use manpower to explode."
He paced back and forth in place as if chanting, repeating in his mouth, 'to be able to automatically locate the depth, to be able to reach the enemy ship to explode automatically', muttering for a long time, Zheng Lao suddenly lifted his robe and ran wildly, shouting as he ran: "Dog, Xiao Luo, hurry up and bring me 'a pillar of incense', 'mines', and 'horseshoe cannons', hurry up."
Adney stepped to follow, Cheng Qiyun smiled and stopped: "Zheng Lao must have some experience, don't bother him, he is an expert, let him think about it, and when things have some appearance, let's see how the effect is."
Adene stopped, and the two women slowly paced back into the shade of the tree, sat down in wicker chairs, and drank tea in their cups. Adney glanced at Cheng Qiyun and asked with a slight shyness, "Sister Yun, Yang, when will you come back?" β
Cheng Qiyun glanced at her with a smile, and coconut teased: "What? I miss him after only a few days of not seeing him? β
Adney's face flushed, and she said coquettishly: "I don't have it, it's just just."
Cheng Qiyun smiled slightly, and said: "I know, I understand your feelings, although the people here treat you very well, but you also know that it is because of Lord Yang's relationship." If you don't have him, even if someone else likes you, that person may not care about your talent at all, and he won't respect you as much as Lord Yang, and you will never know where you will go tomorrow, and your heart will be full of loneliness and fear."
Adeni's eyes lit up, and she said in surprise: "Yes, yes, that's how it feels, Sister Yun, you can really see through people's hearts, so I've always been afraid of your eyes." Why do you know so much? Could it be that someone as smart as you has had what happened to me? β
Cheng Qiyun smiled sadly, gently held her hand, and said softly: "Silly girl, your fate is a hundred times stronger than mine, if it weren't for Lord Yang, I don't know what I would be like now."
She raised her head, looked at the corner of the void with a confused gaze, and said slowly: "This world belongs to men, and women's intelligence and beauty can only be used to add icing on the cake to men." If you are lucky enough to meet a man who loves you and respects you, it will be a blessing for several lifetimes. Women simply don't have control over their own destiny."
She sighed, and suddenly said curiously to Adney, "I have heard from your lord that in your kingdom, a man can only marry one woman, even the king, is that true?" It's hard to imagine that you guys there are amazing. β
The corners of Adney's mouth curled, and she chuckled: "Yes, they only marry one woman back home, but there are many lovers outside, and many of these lovers are other people's women."
The two women were silent, and suddenly they all burst into laughter.
Cheng Qiyun covered her stomach and smiled: "Men are all fishy cats, as long as you give him a chance." Hum! Men, there is no such thing as a good thing! β
Adney said with a smile: "If Yang is a good thing who doesn't steal fish, will Sister Yun'er still laugh so happily today?" β
"Huh?" Cheng Qiyun's face turned red, and there was a hint of shame in her eyes: "This dead girl!" β
She bit her silver teeth, and changed the topic with a cheeky face: "Adney, you grew up in that place, and now in a place like Daming, you want to have a husband with others, are you really willing?" β
Adney pondered for a moment, then nodded solemnly, "I do!" β
"Sister Yun, if you were drifting on the sea for three years, surviving all kinds of dangers for three years, when you came to a completely unfamiliar place, when you could never go back to your hometown, then you would not complain about the difference between the customs and habits here and your hometown.
You will only be grateful, grateful that God has arranged a safe place for you, for arranging for you a person who loves you, someone who can give you happiness. When God closes a door, a window will be opened, and I am willing to believe and obey God's arrangement, clinging to the happiness He has given me. So, I love Yang, and I'm willing to accompany him without regrets, it's as simple as that."
Cheng Qiyun was touched by her words all of a sudden, although the two people's encounters are different, in fact, they have too much in common, and they also have superb talents and beauty that many women do not have.
After a while, both of them recovered their wandering minds. Cheng Qiyun said softly: "After the Lord solves the crisis in the South China Sea, he will set off for Guizhou and Sichuan to inspect, and he will not return to Jinling for the time being." The girl was about to give birth, and the adults took advantage of the opportunity to prepare for military affairs and wait for the will of Jingzhong, and rushed to visit. The adults left without permission, so they would never dare not return for a long time, and I think it will be time to come back in a few days."
At this moment, a guard hurriedly came, clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord Cheng, Mr. He invites you to go with Miss Adney."
Cheng Qiyun and Adney hurriedly got up when they heard this, and followed him towards the commander-in-chief's tent. Although the tent of General He is called a tent, because this military camp is a permanent military camp, the general barracks tent is a tiled house, which is divided into three rooms: front, middle and back, and the front is the place where the drums gather the generals and order the army to be commanded. In the middle is where the staff members analyze the military situation and plan strategies. At the end is the manager's study.
Cheng Qiyun and Adney hurriedly walked into the big tent, the front tent was empty, only four guards guarded the door. When I got to the room on the second floor, I saw a sand table on the left, a huge concave water tank on the right, and many small ship models floating on the clear water.
He Bingwen was also standing in it and was observing the boat models on both sides, and when he saw the two of them coming in, He Bingwen bowed his head slightly, but did not speak, and the two of them also walked over with light steps.
I only heard Peng Shark say: "The new warships of our Ming Navy Division are equipped with Franc machine guns, which are naturally enough to confront Western gunboats, but if there is a better way, there is really no need to pay such a big price." Besides, our small ships and old artillery cannons can't be discarded."
Han Wu nodded and said: "What Old Man Peng said is that besides, now that the military budget is tight, continuing to cast new guns and new ships, at least for now, is already a little stretched, once the war starts, we should still make full use of the original armaments and let them all play a role." β
Peng Shark said: "The old man has heard the details of the battle on Dulong Island, at that time, the Western ships took advantage of the weakness of our No. 2 Fu ship's hull being too large and ineffective, if it weren't for our too many warships, it would inevitably suffer at that time."
Now we have equipped twelve new ships, and the remaining military funds can be built three more, according to the spies, the Manchurian pirates used four warships to capture the island, but since then six more have arrived, plus Pedro has suffered our secret loss, and for a while he can't figure out our strength, and now he has led the fleet to take refuge in the past.
In addition, Hiroshi Miyamoto also surrendered to them, their total number of ships is seventeen, slightly more than ours, plus the skill of arson artillery and the experience of naval warfare are superior to those of our sailors, if we fight hard with new warships, the possibility of victory is still very small. We have the advantage of having many ships and a wide variety of warships, so we should make full use of them. β
A relatively unfamiliar naval commander said: "After repeating the situation of the battle of Dulong Island repeatedly, analyzing the tactics of the other side and the characteristics of the warships, as well as the lethality of the artillery, we feel that there is still a way to win by outnumbering the ships with many ships."
"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, if the two sides start a naval battle, we use the No. 4 and No. 5 Fu ships to quickly rush into the enemy line and divide the Western warships, the small Fu ships are fast and turn dexterously, so that they can avoid the gunwales of the Western ships as much as possible, and attack from multiple directions at the same time, just like this."
He leaned over the water and moved the imitation of the Western three-masted ship model, which was a few sizes smaller than it, and the fortune ship outflanked it from different angles in several times, like a plum blossom, the Ming warship was the petal, and the Western ship that was divided and surrounded was the stamen in the middle.
No matter how the Western ships turned, the Daming warships, which had the advantage in numbers, had seized a number of advantageous positions, and the artillery fire could always be in an attacking state, Adney was an expert in this way, and she only imagined in her mind that once the warships of the two sides really formed this offensive and defensive situation, her face changed.
She had absolutely no affection or pity for those Western pirates, but the warships of these pirates were actually similar to the regular Portuguese navy, and the pride of being a soldier made her unwilling to admit that her army would be so vulnerable.
She couldn't help but speak: "My lords, this is just a paper exercise, to achieve this kind of attack effect, it requires close cooperation between the ships, the exquisite skills of the sailors, and the need for the ships to be able to communicate with each other at any time.
But in fact, we need to equip the army with new types of artillery, as long as it can be built, and it may take three years, or even longer, to train such an army. Therefore, in the event of a failure of this tactic, the enemy ships jumped out of the encirclement, and under strong and dense fire, these small ships with weak fire would be destroyed one by one! β
Adney mercilessly pointed out the biggest flaw in this ideal plan: the quality of the soldiers, which could not meet the tactical requirements of the commander, and the generals fell silent for a while.
"The girl is right, so this alone is not enough, fight indiscriminately! We must fight indiscriminately! The old man has been good at fighting indiscriminate battles all his life! Shark Peng said confidently, grabbed a few small boats and put them next to the Western ship.
Adney's big beautiful eyes widened and asked in surprise, "General Peng, what does this mean?" β
Peng Shark blushed his stomach and replied proudly: "These are fireships and chain tripships, which can be burned and entangled, and they are there to get in the way, which is enough to offset our sluggishness in cooperation." β
Adney thought about it, and it was a great way to do it. In fact, although their ships also have ramming angles, since pirates and navies are all over the sea, living an adventurous life at sea, it is impossible to carry a small boat that can be discarded and burned at any time, so they have never thought of using a boat as a weapon in this way.
She smiled wryly and shrugged, "If that's the case, I think it's doable."
He Bingwen remained silent, and only then did he smile and say: "Okay, then you can think about it again, a large number of ships have been brought back from Shuangyu and Turtle Island, and they are all clogged in the harbor, and you can choose some spare ones from them."
As he spoke, he glanced at Cheng Qiyun and Adney, and turned around and entered the inner study first. Cheng Qiyun and Adeni followed into the inner room, and saw a military attache in a turquoise official uniform sitting on a chair, with seahorses embroidered on the mending uniform.
The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty used 'clothed birds and beasts' to indicate the rank ranking, the civil officials embroidered birds on their clothes, the military attachΓ©s embroidered beasts on their clothes, and the seahorses were embroidered with seahorses, which was the captain of the nine grades, the lowest level among the military attachΓ©s. Cheng Qiyun didn't know why this little official could sit in the tent of General He, and her expression was slightly surprised.
As soon as the captain saw He Bingwen and them walking in one after another, he immediately stood up and saluted, and said respectfully: "Lord General Soldier."
He Bingwen sat down behind the handsome chair, waved his hand and said, "Don't be restrained, sit down and say, and tell the matter and these two girls in detail."
Cheng Qiyun and Adney glanced at each other, and each sat down on the chair, and the Jiupin military attache respectfully agreed, sat back on the chair, and said: "The humble position is Zhu Lu, the captain under Lord Yue, the envoy of the Oyster Mirror Dao, who was ordered to report the news of the Buddha Lang to General He."
Cheng Qiyun and Adney suddenly perked up, leaned forward slightly, and listened to him.
Oyster Mirror (Macau), also known as Oyster Mirror Macao, is an important port, because there are two mountains facing each other in the north and south of Macao, so it is also called Macau, and the imperial court has a sea route here to govern the ships and residents of the island.
About five or six years ago, a group of high-nosed, red-haired, demon-like foreigners anchored in Macao, pretending to be foreign envoys, hoping that local officials would allow them to go ashore to dry because the sea had wet the tribute. At that time, an official surnamed Qiu was the envoy of Oyster Mirror Kaido, and after accepting their jewelry gifts, he promised to let them anchor at the shore.
After these people went ashore, they first built canvas tents, and then gradually gained inch by inch, moving bricks and tiles, gathering houses to complete and settle, and slowly expanding the scale. The so-called messengers who temporarily dried the tributes gradually became permanent residents.
Fortunately, the rabbits in foreign countries also know how not to eat the grass by the nest, and they are very kind to the local residents, and often give small favors, and do not dare to do evil in the Oyster Mirror.
After the Franc machine man who seized Manchu Thorn Jia pretended to be a tribute envoy and fled in Guangdong, the political envoy Yamen drew a shadow and told all places, Ambassador Qiu saw the official document and was afraid, so he hurriedly made an appointment to meet the leader of this group of Franc machine people, and after accepting a large amount of bribes again, he told them that the Manchu Pirates attacked and disturbed the Ming Dynasty, and asked them not to claim to be Franc machine people in the future.
Ambassador Qiu casually gave them a new national name, "Big Dog Chicken", these Franco-robot people came to the East to adventure in the early days, and they did not know each other with the Western pirates of Manchurian. Now that their smuggling business is booming, of course they don't want to be involved, so they agreed.
But after all, Ambassador Qiu was responsible for this matter, so during this period of time, he paid a lot of attention to the movements of the imperial court, and the movement of the imperial court's army, ships, and grain gradually pointed to the south, and even the elite of the Zhejiang naval division was transferred to Fujian, even the blind man could see that the imperial court was ready to help Manchu Jia restore the country.
Ambassador Qiu was worried that if someone revealed that he had received a large number of Franc Robot people here, Yang would come to the door with a beheaded, and he would inevitably end up with the same fate as Ruan Dawen and Wang Feiling, so the sea envoy summoned the Franc Robot again and asked them to withdraw from Oyster Mirror Ao immediately.
These Francophiles want money for money, women for women, all they want is to occupy a place to make money and make profits, and now that they have come down again and again, they are even going to lose the smuggling base camp that they have worked so hard to manage, how can they be willing to give up?
The begging for bribes was fruitless, and these Franc Robot people also became angry, and the two sides fought, Ambassador Qiu was shot in the head by a musket, and the Franc Robot who had caused a big disaster also fled from Oyster Mirror Ao in a panic.
They fled in a panic and drove a boat out to sea, because the Ming army sailors were also waiting for the direction of Manchurian, they did not have many artillery on board, and they did not dare to break through, and the ships of the Haidao Division chased after them tightly, so they fled all the way to the north, and now they are docked at Huzhou Island opposite Fujian.
After chasing half of the seaway, he did not dare to go out with all his strength, and only used two clippers to follow him, and he did not dare to hide such a major matter anymore, so he reported to the political envoy Yamen. When the political envoy heard this, he also did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the informant to the governor's palace to ask Yang Ling to decide the matter.
Cheng Qiyun inquired in detail about the situation of those Franc machine people, the number of people and the number of miles of the ship, and then frowned and said nothing. General He waved his hand to let the lieutenant retreat, and then coughed and said: "Lord Cheng, Miss Adney, this Lord Yang is not in the camp because of some personal matters, and it is inconvenient to publicize this matter, but such a major military aircraft cannot be delayed, please come to the two of you, I just want to discuss, what do you think we should do?"
Although these Franc machine people are not directly related to the Manchurian pirates, after all, they have the same ancestor and the same ancestry, and they are the corrupt officials with the same surname Qiu, and they killed one person. Now these Francophiles with wives and children, most of the 800 people are women and children who fled in a panic, if all of them are slaughtered, will they give the truth? Provoke the revenge of the thorns and pirates?
When the adults were leaving, they repeatedly explained that we would not fight uncertain battles and unprepared battles, and that many of our preparations for war were still being prepared, and that it was the most appropriate time to provoke a war now. β
Although he asked about the two of them, his eyes kept looking at Cheng Qiyun, and Adeni turned her head to look at Cheng Qiyun when she heard this, staring at her with two pairs of eyes.
Cheng Qiyun rolled her eyes a little annoyed: "Why are you looking at me, I'm not a roundworm in his stomach." One of the two of you is the general soldier of Fujian, and the other is the counselor of the Governor's Palace, you don't have an idea, do you want me to be in charge of the house or let the old lady take the black pot once something goes wrong? β
Although Cheng Qiyun is scheming, it is okay to come up with ideas for those in top positions to adopt, and she is also a little panicked when she wants her to make her own decisions and take on such a heavy responsibility.
Besides, Yang Ling is no longer Wuxia Ameng, politically and militarily, he is increasingly showing unique insights and his own ideas, sometimes looking at the long term than her, Cheng Qiyun is no longer so confident in herself.
She pondered Yang Ling's words and deeds, bit by bit, and figured out what kind of psychology it would be if he was here, how he would decide, and what goal she wanted to achieve, and gradually outlined a clearer wheel corridor in her heart.
He Zongbing and Adney saw that the corners of her mouth were slowly hooked, revealing a sly, even a little deceitful smile, and they knew that she had made up her mind, He Bingwen breathed a sigh of relief, sat back on the handsome chair and said with a smile: "Lord Cheng has a belly case?" β
Cheng Qiyun rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "The adults are not at home, everyone has something to discuss." If you want me to say, let's draw lots to decide! β
(To be continued)