In the past, Li Xuan'er thought that I was so happy to have someone as powerful as Brother Lotte to protect me.

Later, I thought that if I could, I would like to help Brother Lotte.

Now, what she thinks is, I must be able to help Brother Lotte as soon as possible.

She even often thinks that in the near future, it would be great if I could protect Brother Lotte.

I've been at ease since I had Brother Lotte protect me, and now I can be at ease when I have the ability to protect Brother Lotte. Such a huge change was driven by the things she had experienced, as well as by her own heartfelt desire.

Hehe, it's just a fantasy, Brother Lotte wants to be the best person in the world, can I be more powerful than the first in the world?

"Gui Zhi, Brother Lotte said that he wanted to solve your troubles, but I don't know what solution he came up with, I want to ask you, do you want to go home, or do you want to be in the city?"

Gui Zhi said, I miss home very much, and what I want most is to go home and see.

Li Xuan'er said, I know that your home is only a day's journey from the city, but now is still a critical moment, for your safety I can't let you go home, even if you are homesick again, you have been here for a few years, and you are not afraid to wait for a few more days, don't you say?

Of course, Gui Zhi listened to Li Xuan'er's words, and in her heart, she was most grateful to give him food and drink, and raised her and didn't want her to do anything, but now, the person she admired the most became Li Xuan'er. And the trust and worship of Li Xuan'er is much more than that of the previous county lord. The biggest reason is that Li Xuan'er taught him to read and write, taught him to read, opened countless doors for him, and made the world in her eyes completely different from before.

If the county lord made her unpredictable, or to be nice, an infinite possible life, become a comfortable and unchanging, and become a head that can be seen at a glance.

Then Li Xuan'er made her life, which was like a caged bird that could see her head at a glance, become infinite possibilities again. And the infinite possibilities of the present may be truly infinite. Because he is literate, because he can read.

When she used to be a maid in the banquet building, she often heard people say that reading is the broadest way to change her life.

As long as you read well, you can have a lot of what you want, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book.

At that time, she was just ignorant and agreed with everyone with this truth.

But now, she really feels the power of reading and literacy, which is undoubtedly a way to add strength to herself.

So for her Guizhi, Madame is her god, now and will be, and always will be.

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Capital.

The Great General is back.

In addition to the routine return to Beijing to report on his work, the general also had an important thing to do when he returned, that is, to check the progress of the Firearms Bureau.

It has been several months since the second half of last year began operations in the Fireworks Palace, a corner of the Imperial Palace. On the surface, it is the Palace of Fireworks, and in the secret it is the Firearms Bureau. The general is always thinking about this place.

So in this spring, he saw that things were still peaceful, so he came back.

After arriving in the capital, he went directly to the palace before he went home, and asked the saint to come to the Firearms Bureau.

Shengshang really wanted to come with him, but he knew that it was very dangerous, so he tried to go as little as possible, and it was better not to go, so he put up with it, after all, he had already been there once this month, and once a month was already a lot.

"Your Majesty, what are you anxious about, when you have results, you can directly pull it out and show it to you, don't be in a hurry now. "General Li Rongsheng is so relieved that Your Majesty, what can Your Majesty say, I have to instruct, take a good look at me, and let that young man pay more attention, this firearms bureau is very important, please be cautious and cautious.

The general thought to himself, that young man went to find his wife, I heard that there was a storm in Shudi, how could I have time to take care of this firearms bureau.

I walked into the firearms bureau and walked around the inside several times. General Li couldn't help but nod, looking at all kinds of slogans posted on every room, thinking that Chen Letian, this kid was really smart, and he had predicted many things in advance. Safety is more important than production, accidents come from paralysis and carelessness, and success comes from thoughtfulness... and so on, always reminding these people that what they are doing is related to gunpowder.

Moreover, these days when he was not in the capital, Chen Letian arranged a lot of things. Who does what, what to do next after this thing is done, if this step can't be done within half a month, just change another way...

For example, in the search for the ratio of gunpowder, which stone is the most powerful, the number of experiments on the same kind of stone should not exceed 50 times, and it will be a waste of materials and manpower.

However, there are some things that must be done all the time, such as ironmaking. No matter how strong you think the strength of the iron you have smelted has reached, you can't stop, you must continue to refin, I don't let you stop, you don't stop.

"There's never a hardest time, it's just harder. This is the most basic thing that Chen Lotian asked Li Tong to pass on to all iron smelters.

General Li came back because he was not at ease, and after a while, he became very relieved. Chen Letian tried his best to arrange things in a step-by-step manner, and he didn't need to worry about the general at all.

The general had nothing to say and came out of the firearms bureau to see the saint.

The Holy One couldn't wait to ask him if he had any questions. Li Rongsheng replied that there are almost no problems, everything is developing in a normal and good direction, and Your Majesty can rest assured that if this continues, it is estimated that it will not take three years to have firearms that can be used on the battlefield.

"Really?" the saint couldn't believe that it could be used in three years? How could it be, the gunpowder had been out for so many years, and no one had ever used it. It's only three years from scratch, this is bragging, right?

The general arched his hand and said: "I don't dare to say how powerful it is, and I don't dare to guarantee how much impact it can have on the battle situation, but it is definitely no problem if it can be used as an auxiliary." It is not to sweep His Majesty's happiness, but the minister wants to say that it is basically impossible to rely on firearms to cause a crushing situation on the enemy army for at least ten years, and we mainly have to rely on our original basic strength. ”

Emperor Hecheng nodded: "I understand, you kid thinks about that young man in everything, for fear that I will not be happy if I have high hopes for him, and you will underestimate me." ”

"I don't dare. General Li grinned, and didn't even explain, as if to say, the minister is afraid that you will not be happy with that young man. It seems to be saying that the minister knows His Majesty, and the minister does not deny it.