Another month passed, Jia Lian came back from Zhuangzi, and Jia Liang knew what the mother and son were messing with. It turned out that Jia Lian actually made a foreign gun and prepared to sacrifice it to the saint.

After knowing this, Jia Liang lost his temper at his wife for the first time, saying that she was messing around. Xing Shuang silently listened to her husband's anger, and when he finished speaking, she said softly: "Otherwise? If the saint really meant that, how would you explain it to the world? ”

Jia Liang sighed: "I know that if Lian'er doesn't make any contribution at this time, and rashly getting a knighthood, it will definitely make the world jealous, and even make the second room have a gap for us again." But don't you want to think about how much disaster this foreign gun will bring to the people?

"You don't understand the heart of this emperor, but if you have such a lethal weapon, who will sit on one side with peace of mind? But once a war is launched, how many people will suffer and be displaced?

"You meant to start for the family, but you will harm more families because of it, haven't you thought about this?"

Xing Shuang sneered: "What do I care about other people's families? I just want my son to be safe for the rest of his life. Whether you think I'm selfish or cold-blooded, I can't watch him get into trouble for no reason because of a title.

"Besides, others don't know, don't you know what the situation will be in the future? Instead of waiting for the foreigners to show off their power at us with muskets, it is better for us to develop our own muskets, and when those Westerners pay tribute and show off, we also have our own guns, so that they can be afraid and dare not attack easily.

"It's not that time yet, but when it's really time, it's too late to prepare. Why did Wei Yuan write "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom"? That is, 'to attack the raze, to make it for the raze, to make it for the master to control the raze. ’

"The ancients still had such aspirations, why can't we? What is the use of developing the economy through trade alone, the treasury is sufficient and there is a shortage of weapons, and it is not fattened to give people the life of slaughter? ”

When Jia Liang heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't think about bringing the hot weapon back to China. Even this introduction of foreign guns was arranged by him step by step. First go to the surrounding South and the East, introduce some small and small goods, and then finally go to Europe and bring back all the foreign guns and guns.

But now that his wife is one step ahead of others and asks her son to make this fire sacrifice, she has never thought that if she really starts a war, what will future generations say about her son, and what will they say about her?

"Aren't you worried that your son will be infamous in the future?"

Xing Shuang said indifferently: "It's hard to say whether it's infamy or fame." In this world, if Huaxia is strong, in the mouths of other countries, it will naturally be infamy, but in the mouths of our Chinese people, Lian'er is a hero. ”

Jia Liang suddenly laughed, and finally said what was in his heart: "If you are worthy of Shuang'er, I know that you are not an ordinary woman." ”

Xing Shuang looked at her husband in surprise and blinked: "Are you tempting me?" ”

Jia Liang hurriedly said: "I don't dare to try it, but I just want to see if you really think it through." Actually, I wanted to send Lian'er out earlier, and it was also for this fire.

"You don't know, since I took office, the first thing I did was to open the records of previous years. It was found that since the time of the first emperor, there have been foreigners who have paid tribute.

"It's just that at that time, the firecracker technology was not good enough, and the firecracker that was offered was deliberately taken by the foreigners to take the worst. So the lethality is not great, and the firing distance is short.

"When the emperor saw the effect, he naturally didn't dare to be interested, so he didn't pay attention to the power of this foreign gun."

Xing Shuang gritted her teeth and said, "Isn't this Westerner innocent? How can you still fool people? ”

Jia Liang laughed and said: "It's just the people you saw before, the real people in power, who can be simple?" But the fact that you can think of this firearm is something that impresses me. I had the same idea, thinking that Lian'er would invent something earlier and pay tribute, so that he could have a name. It's just that I didn't expect this fire gun to be as good as you. ”

Xing Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, when she began to be tempted by her husband, she was still a little worried about whether it would be different from her husband's concept and cause the husband and wife to separate.

Since both of them have the same goal, it's easy to do.

Within a few days, when Jia Liang went to court again, he informed the sage of Jia Lian's invention of the fire gun. When the sage heard that the dragon's heart was happy, he immediately recruited Jia Lian into the palace and made it clear that he wanted him to bring the newly invented fire gun.

Jia Lian carried the box, as if he was going to the execution ground with a strong man, said goodbye to his wife and mother, and went into the palace on horseback. As soon as he left, the whole family waited at home tremblingly, and they were in no mood to do anything.

Xing Shuang was still worried about her son, but it happened that Bai Zhang came in to report that the girls had already boarded the boat.

When Xing Shuang heard this, she was worried about her daughters again, and hurriedly asked, "How many people did you follow?" Got everything ready? ”

Bai Zhang replied with a smile: "The things have been loaded into the ship early, just waiting for the girls." The old lady left the girls to stay for a few more days, and then took advantage of the fact that it was still dawn and let the girls get on the boat.

"In addition to the eight maids he carried with him, Ling also had the twelve guards and two housekeepers that his wife bought. The old lady also sent twelve other miscellaneous servants to follow, saying that she would give them to the girls, and that she would send them with the girls in the future. ”

Xing Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that the old lady was adding a financial burden to the girls by giving so many people, and she thought that she had to send the gold she exchanged earlier earlier.

Bai Zhang looked at the wife's face and said with a smile: "Before the slave and maid left, the old lady instructed that if the wife was careful about the girls' economy, it was not necessary, she stuffed each maid with some coiled silver, and the money on the road was enough." ”

When Xing Shuang heard this, she was relieved, and thought that she really didn't want to spend money on her mother in order to send these girls out, so she said to Bai Zhang: "You run for me again and bring some things to my mother." ”

Bai Zhang smiled: "The old lady still has an order, saying that if the wife wants to compensate her with the silver, she will never come again in the future." ”

Xing Shuang twitched the corners of her mouth, a little sad. People really regard herself as their daughter, but she is not filial to Xing Lao Niang at all. Every time I called someone over, it was to help myself, but Mrs. Xing didn't get any benefits.

She was entangled, and when the white palm retreated, Wang Xifeng said: "Speaking of which, my wife has never returned to the door since she got married." The old lady's side must also be very worried. Now that the girls are gone, my wife doesn't have much burden here, why don't you go back to Jinling to visit?

"If the wife is worried about the old lady's side, I have a way. I said that I would pick up the girls and come back, stay in Jinling, and stay for a few days, and when I came back, I only said that the girls were reluctant to leave. ”