"Who sold them the weapons from the south?"

"It's ours—the court."

"Your court?"

I was stunned for a moment, then raised my head and glanced at Qing Han, and immediately understood.

Indeed, it is almost impossible to provide weapons that can support a war, and only in this way can the weapons mined by the official family mined iron ore be possible to reach such a scale.

In other words, the other party that sold the weapons to the six southern provinces to support their rebellion was the Franco-Rang Kingdom.

However, why did the court of Franco-Rangi sell so many weapons to the rebellious forces in the south? Or is there some collusion between them?

Thinking of this, my heart was also a little faintly uneasy, and after listening to my question, Uncle Ghost smiled lightly and said, "Miss Yue, you are too worried about this." This is a business, and all business people ask for is money. The reason why our court is doing this business is because we are in great need of money. ”

"Why?"

"This, hehe, it's a little embarrassing to say." He said: "We have been fighting with our neighbors for many years, and the money has run out, and the people's livelihood in China is very bleak, so we are encouraged to go to sea to do business." ”

"Oh......"

"Our imperial court will also participate in some large transactions."

I see.

Hearing him say this, Qing Han, who was sitting opposite, breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei Yuanhao and I have been worried about before, it seems that there should be no collusion between the south and Xichuan, if this is just a business, then it is more convenient to deal with, at least immediately implement a sea ban, and at the same time strictly inspect the cargo of passing ships, such a problem can be avoided.

But-

Hearing his last words, I seemed to feel something, and just wanted to ask him, Uncle Ghost himself seemed to remember something, and said casually: "Even the big business more than 20 years ago, although I only pulled the strings from it, it was also the biggest business between our imperial court and the south, and I took a lot of it." ”

When I heard this, my heart suddenly moved: "More than 20 years ago? ”

"yes." He took a sip of the strange-smelling tea soup, smacked his lips, nodded with some smugness in his eyes, and said, "That is the biggest business I have done in the years since I came to the Celestial Empire." ”

I suddenly felt a little numb in my back, and looked at him with wide eyes: "What is it selling?" ”

Light Han looked up at me.

Even Uncle Ghost felt something strange, raised his head to look at me and smiled: "Miss Yue, how do I think that you seem to care more about the business more than twenty years ago than it is now." ”

I was stunned for a moment and smiled, but my smile was somewhat reluctant: "If this matter wasn't important, Uncle Ghost wouldn't have passed so long, remember, and mention it." Isn't it? ”

Looking into my eyes, he nodded slowly.

"The girl is really like a torch."

"Passing the prize."

"Indeed, that business is really important, and even after so many years, there has never been such a large business."

"Oh?" I frowned slightly and said, "What the hell is selling?" Is it still a weapon? ”

Uncle Ghost's expression became a little solemn, he was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Although it is a weapon, it is different from the weapon you know. ”

It's a weapon, but it's not the same as the one we know.

What does that mean?

Seeing that we both looked at him suspiciously, Uncle Ghost smiled, stood up and walked to the window on the other side of the house, and opened a little curtain, so that you could see the low wall in the backyard, and the people coming and going in the alley not far behind the low wall. Uncle Ghost said, "Have you seen those people? ”

"Hmm."

"The weapons you know, if you want to kill those people, at a time, up to five."

“……”

"And the weapons sold that time are to kill these people, at a time, at least fifty."

Qinghan and I gasped suddenly.

The people I have seen who are strong in martial arts, such as Huang Tianba and Luo Shi, their gold mark and flying locust stone are considered artifacts with a hundred shots, but they can't kill five people in one shot; And if he is unfathomable and desireless, it is impossible for his dust whisk to kill people like mowing grass, but the kind of weapon that Uncle Ghost said actually killed at least fifty people at a time!

What a horrible weapon that is!

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Uncle Ghost pondered for a while, and said slowly: "It is a firearm, and when it was first produced, it was called the Franco cannon. ”

Qinghan and I were speechless for a while.

Artillery!

Speaking of which, the Celestial Empire is not nothing, but gunpowder is mainly used in the construction of mountains, and it has only begun to be used in warfare in the past hundred years, but it has not achieved the effect of destroying the world and destroying the world. In the Tiger Leap Gorge that year, Pei Yuanhao mobilized the Zhoushan Water Division to fire 10,000 cannons, but it only destroyed a ship.

It is completely different from the Franc machine artillery that Uncle Ghost said.

Qing Han was still shocked, he had lived a peaceful life in the fishing village for half his life, even if he had experienced the destruction of his family and the earth-shaking changes, he had never been exposed to such a thing, his whole face was a little pale, and he looked at the ghost uncle in a daze.

And I'm ......

I sat there, my cold fingers were hot from the warm temperature of the cup at this time, and my palms were covered with cold sweat.

And in my heart, the shadow that was originally just faintly emerging, this moment slowly spread, so real appeared in front of my eyes, blocking my light.

I have not seen what he said, and I hardly dare to imagine what kind of firearm is more terrifying than ghosts, but judging from his description, such a thing can almost be said to be invincible if it is used in war.

But what about behind the invincibility? Does it mean that countless "fifty" lives will be lost under such a sharp weapon?

A war, originally piled up flesh and blood, just swords and soldiers, people and people, will already be corpses all over the field and rivers of blood, if those terrifying firearms participate in the war, is it not that the entire battlefield will become a cruel Shura field, into a hell on earth?

And all people will sink into hell and become countless unjust souls.

When I think of this, I just feel a chill in my back.

It's terrible!

Seeing me and Qinghan sitting in a daze, Uncle Ghost seemed to want to say something, but he heard the young man outside whispering, as if another customer came to the door, he nodded apologetically, turned around and walked out.

Only me and Qinghan were left in the room, his head was covered with cold sweat, he raised his head to look at me, and said with palpitations: "Fortunately, you asked such a question." ”

“……”

"Otherwise, if such a murder weapon is used by them, then—"

He shuddered and said in horror, "How many people will die!" ”

……

I looked at him fixedly, and suddenly I felt a sense of peace.

He has been anxious about the affairs of the south, and the war between the north and the south will bring to naught what he has always wanted, but when he hears such news, his first concern is human life.

It's just that the people who buy these murder weapons, they don't think so.

Qing Han wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Huh? What Uncle Ghost said just now seems to be those things that were sold more than 20 years ago. ”

"Hmm."

"...... more than twenty years ago"

Looking at the way his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, he struggled to think about it. We have almost forgotten the events of more than 20 years ago, unless it is some unforgettable memory, which can always be engraved in our minds. I can still vaguely remember it, because at that time, it was the first battle of Nishikawa against the imperial court since I can remember.

That battle is blurred in the memory of many people, and more people remember that it was the second great war between Xichuan and the imperial court.

That is, after the defeat in that great war, Nishikawa began to pay tribute to the imperial court.

Including women......

Thinking of this, I suddenly shivered, as if it was very cold, and my hands clenched the cup that was still slightly hot.

There was a sudden silence in the room.

This time the silence was different from the previous one, the noise outside, the sound of people coming and going, and the sound of children laughing and playing, all came clearly from the crack in the door curtain, but it made the room so quiet that only the heartbeat of two people remained.

The mist slowly rising from the two cups of hot tea filled my eyes, and I looked at the clear eyes on the other end of the smoke, and he also looked at me, his eyes looking a little solemn.

I don't know how long it took me to hear his voice whisper, "Light." ”

"What?"

"Do you know anything?"

“……”

"Uncle Ghost is right, you didn't seem to come here to ask about the weapon this time, but to ask about the one more than twenty years ago."

I looked at his flickering gaze, bit my lower lip, and said softly, "Do you remember what I told you when we both climbed from the bottom of the cliff to the top of the mountain?" ”

“……！” His eyes lit up.

"I said, I'll tell you a secret."

That's what I said with him when we fell to the bottom of the valley and climbed up the hill. At that time, I was full of hope, thinking that he and I would be able to escape from the people and things here, so I told him that after I got up the mountain, I would tell him a secret of mine.

I just didn't expect-

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart, and my eyes were a little red. At this moment, a hand with rough strength reached out and carefully grasped my hand.

His palms are still the same as before, with thick calluses, even if he doesn't have to do those heavy farm work now, he can't change his origin, his rough breath like a rock, but only this kind of breath, makes me feel at ease, I can tell him all the qiē, give him all the qiē.

Including, myself.

The warmth drawn from his palm made me quiet down a little, and I took his hand with my backhand, and said slowly, "I want to tell you that one of my secrets is—"

“……”

"I had heard of that firearms deal more than 20 years ago."

His eyes widened with a shudder.

Actually, it's not just about hearing about it.

If I had only heard about it, I wouldn't have asked me to come to the hotel in person to ask these questions.

Because the person who told me about it was the dearest and dearest person I had ever been!

And the people involved in this deal, maybe, maybe my dearest!

I didn't say these words, even if I wasn't afraid that the wall would have ears, but out of the natural sensitivity and caution of people like us, some words would not really be spoken, and Qing Han had already realized it immediately, and his face showed an extremely shocked expression.

He stared at me with wide eyes, and after a long while, he spoke with some difficulty: "You, are you not mistaken?" ”

"Nope."

“……”

He seemed to be a little confused for a while, and suddenly he came into contact with such a terrible thing, and came into contact with this secret of mine, which made him completely confused, and he stood up and paced a few steps around the room, and his steps were also messy.

Just then, he suddenly remembered something, and stopped to look at me.

"So, what about the firearms?"