"Probably not."

Before Gu Yunji could answer, Su Qi interjected and held back a smile: "And if everyone eats together, not only Mrs. Xu's husband can't come, but Yunji's family can't come either." ”

Shen Baiyi didn't know why, and sincerely wondered: "Why?" Even if Mrs. Xu's husband can't come, why can't Mrs. Gu's wife come too? Is there something going on? ”

Except for the theoretical research in the military, Shen Baiyi was somewhat sluggish in other aspects, and he didn't see the meaning in Su Qi's expression. But Gu Yunji was still afraid that if he continued like this, he would come back to his senses, so he secretly glared at Su Qi, coughed lightly, and changed the topic unnaturally:

"Mrs. Xu has helped us so much, thanks are to be thanked, but there is no need to involve her husband. What about women? Even if you don't join the government and don't become an official, there are many ways to praise women. ”

"We can reward her in the name of the government, or we can write a biography for her and write her deeds in the local government records. Even if she makes a lot of effort later, let's write to Your Majesty and ask for a title for her. ”

Seeing Su Qi's expression of "I want to see how you act", Gu Yunji said and spoke, suddenly felt a little weak, simply straightened his face, and pretended to be serious: "Lord Shen, in my opinion, your way of thinking has to change, it's too old-fashioned." ”

"Don't think of her husband as soon as you see a wonderful woman, and start speculating about the relationship status of others, which is not right. Presumably, Mrs. Xu worked diligently to translate for us, and she didn't want us to pay attention to her husband first, rather than her ability. ”

"Don't say anything else, just say myself, I've been working with you for so long, why don't I see who you have paid attention to my wife? Mrs. Xu is here to be a translator, so don't always be curious about other people's private affairs. ”

Seeing that Su Qi's smile deepened, and his face turned red with a smile, Gu Yunji felt that his face was not thick to this extent, and after saying the last sentence hard, he simply excused himself to something in the mansion and hurriedly turned around and left.

As soon as Gu Yunji left, Su Qi couldn't hold back any longer, and bent over with a smile.

Shen Baiyi felt that his smile was inexplicable, but when he thought of Gu Yunji's words, he was really a little curious: "Speaking of which, Lord Gu's wife, Miss Xu Jiafang, is also a great woman. ”

"Some time ago, it was rumored in the streets and alleys of Shaoxing that she forced out her criminal cousin from the ancestral hall with a sword, and killed her relatives in righteousness, which was quite the style of Xu Wenzheng. Compared with Mrs. Xu's husband, I am more curious about what kind of person Mrs. Gu is. ”

Su Qi almost laughed and his stomach hurt, looking at the back of Gu Yunji leaving in a hurry in the distance, he inexplicably felt a little deserted and fled. He laughed for a long time before slowly stopping, and said something in his words, "Perhaps...... She is an excellent and outstanding woman like Mrs. Xu. ”

Hearing Su Qi's words, Shen Baiyi frowned, feeling that this was inappropriate.

Master Gu is a married man, and Mrs. Xu is a married man, although the two can be regarded as relatives, they are both people with families, how can they say that? Isn't that bad for Mrs. Xu's reputation? Su Qi's joke is not good.

Shen Baiyi restrained his expression, and was about to remind Su Qi of a few words, when he saw Mei Feng coming over with a smile: "Okay, the meeting is over, let's go back to the yamen to deal with official business, and discuss how to negotiate with Franc Jiren another day." ”

As he spoke, he quietly handed Su Qi a look and signaled him not to tease Shen Baiyi.

Today, Shen Baiyi was kept in the dark by himself on the government's side, and he really thought that Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua were not familiar with each other, and if he continued to tease, I was afraid that the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and he could make himself dizzy, looking strange and pitiful.

Watching the two secretly exchange glances, Shen Baiyi had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, faintly realizing that they seemed to have something to hide from him, but he couldn't figure it out, so he had to leave this matter behind him first.

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A few days later, news came from Eberg's side that the caravan had agreed to stop deliveries to Gao Shishu and instead cooperate with the Great Xia court. Then the two parties negotiated, and after a complicated tug and quarrel, the final negotiated result was basically similar to the plan proposed by Gu Yunji, and the cooperation contract was successfully signed.

According to the terms of the contract, the caravan was to provide the government with the firearms that had been made and had not yet been delivered to Gao Shishu, and cooperate in attacking Gao Shishu. When the Japanese of Gao Shishu's faction were completely exterminated, they used the confiscated family funds to pay for the caravan's firearms.

If Gao Shishu's family was not enough to pay for firearms, the Great Xia court would give priority to the sale of silk, tea and other important goods to the royal family of Fulangji in the next three years, and give a certain degree of price concession.

For the imperial court, whoever sells goods is sold, which is equivalent to eliminating the Japanese and making money, which is simply harmless. When the news reached the capital, it was rare for the princes of the DPRK and China to reach an agreement, and all expressed their support, and the cooperation went smoothly.

In late autumn and September, the firearms of the Franc machine caravan arrived in batches, and for the tea and silk trade later, since the contract was signed, the attitude of the other party was quite enthusiastic, and actively said that they could provide instructions for use, and even sent someone to teach the soldiers how to operate and help the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to get started.

After all, there is a difference between Western firearms and Chinese firearms, and the soldiers have not even seen much of the firearms of this dynasty, and the operation is really rusty, and some people teach them hand-in-hand, and the government is naturally happy to see this.

After all the firearms arrived, Mei Feng and the others checked them one by one and confirmed that there was no problem. Gu Yunji took a look and found that these firearms were not much more advanced than the firearms of the imperial court, but they were more suitable for naval warfare, they were basically lightweight, and most of the firearms could be operated by two or three soldiers.

The firearms produced by Franco Jiren themselves, of course, Eberg and others praised it, and boasted about it quite wetly, but Gu Yunji did not have much real sense of its power.

Gu Yunji didn't know much about the specific situation of naval warfare, and he couldn't really feel it just by hearing about it, so he simply asked: "Mr. Albert and his party came across the ocean, presumably they have excellent armed strength, do you have a warship equipped with a full set of firearms?" Can you give us a tour? ”

It is said that Huaxia is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and it is subject to the Quartet, but Eberg and others are still somewhat faintly dissatisfied in their hearts.

They believe that their country's caravans sail all over the world, and they are the real sea hegemons, otherwise they would not have traveled thousands of miles to the East, in addition to doing business, there is also the meaning of showing off their strength.

Alberg was eager to show how powerful his sea ship was in front of the Great Xia Mansion, and when he heard Gu Yunji say this, he immediately agreed happily: "Of course you can, a few adults, please come with me." ”