The old man lay down for three days before he had the strength to get out of bed.

The mother-in-law recruited 20 nursing homes and patrolled inside and outside the house every day.

The richer a person is, the less daring he is.

The Feiyun Gang will come to take revenge sooner or later.

Want to be free from persecution, make yourself stronger is the only way, practice a peerless martial arts? At Song Che's current age, I'm afraid it's too late.

After thinking about it for several days, a new word that popped into his head that was not too new - firearms.

Throughout the Liang Dynasty, the use of gunpowder has been very mature, and most of the fireworks, muskets, firearms, artillery, explosives and other weapons used for holidays have not yet been popularized.

If you can build a gun to defend yourself, no matter how high your martial arts are, your enemies will have nothing to fear.

The principle of the gun is actually very simple, the combustion of gunpowder produces high temperature and high pressure, which pushes the bullet out of the barrel - of course, there is a world of difference between theory and practice, there was no heavy industry in ancient times, and all parts had to be polished by hand, which invisibly increased the difficulty.

Automatic pistols, involving magazines and springs, are too complicated to achieve.

Revolvers, when I was a child, there was a toy powder gun similar to it, the structure of the gun body is relatively simple, not unnecessary luxury of fully automatic, manual firing is also feasible.

The range and accuracy do not need to be too high, and it is enough to injure people within 30 meters. No matter how powerful a martial arts master is, he won't kill people thirty meters away, right?

The smaller the thing, the more refined the production process, and the primer needs active gunpowder, the ancient gunpowder is mostly made of saltpeter and sulfur, and black powder made of carbon powder must rely on manual ignition.

In other words, one shot must be ignited once, which is too inefficient.

If you really encounter a martial arts master, you can't hit one shot, but I'm afraid that the second shot is not ready, and you will be taken away by someone else.

"It's really embarrassing for Uncle Ben."

Song Che put his hands on his cheeks, looking at the semi-finished design in front of him, puzzled.

"Da Da Da ......" knock on the door.

Song Che covered the design drawing and spit out a word: "Enter." ”

Shen Wenjun pushed the door in, still holding a food box in his hand, and he was not very happy to see his expression. She took out the food bowls and chopsticks, and fed them one by one to her mouth, "Alas......"

Song Che took a piece of pork belly and threw it into her bowl, and said with a smile: "When you are full, you will only burp and not sigh." ”

Shen Wenjun just put the meat to his mouth, hesitated for a moment, sighed again, and put it back in the bowl: "I just received the news that the tax has risen to 13 out of 100, which is about to triple the amount, isn't it intentional not to let us live?"

Also, in recent days, the customer flow of the store has declined significantly, and the sales volume is less than 100 horses a day.

Also, since Yangzhou back, even the freight route of Chen's firm has been broken, the entire Suzhou cloth industry is oversupplied, Chen's firm took the lead in lowering prices, a piece of satin is even sold to less than 400 Wen, and now the major cloth shops and silk mills are trying to sell the goods in their hands and delist. ”

The best way to fill the treasury is to increase taxes, scrape the people's fat and ointment, and the imperial court will suddenly double the tax revenue, and there will definitely be a big move in the future.

Song Che indifferently shoeed the rice, "The goods in our warehouse have been emptied, so it is better to close the door and delist, anyway, with our Shen family's background, we will have no worries about food and clothing for several lifetimes." ”

"Impossible! My grandfather started from scratch, after four generations to have today's glory, if he is delisted, how can he be worthy of his ancestors? Shen Wenjun slammed it on the table and said indignantly: "It's only to blame that the current emperor is mediocre and incompetent, and my Daliang people have no blood, and they are bullied by a group of barbarians who graze, fish, and hunt!" ”

The Hu people in the northwest captured Liangzhou, Dijon in the north had a great tendency to break through, and the coastal bandits became more and more rampant...... Looking at the whole territory of Daliang, only Jiangnan still has tranquility, but the war will never be blocked by mountains and rivers, and the precarious tranquility in Jiangnan will be broken sooner or later.

War is a double-edged sword, bringing pain as well as opportunity.

War wealth and national disaster wealth are the most lucrative business opportunities in the world today, and the premise is that the conscience is black enough and the people lack morality.

"Madam, I see that your crested hairpin is quite exquisite, where did you buy it?" Song Che suddenly pointed to the hairpin on Shen Wenjun's head and asked.

"I bought it in the White Jade Building," Shen Wenjun touched the hairpin between his hair, and said suspiciously: "What are you doing with this suddenly?" ”

The hairpin head phoenix can be carved so exquisitely, it should not be a problem to build a pistol, and when the pistol design is completed, I will definitely go to the white jade building to have a look.

"I've been married to my wife for a long time, and I've never given you a gift, so I thought about picking out a few, hehehe......"

"You look in the mirror and smile fakely?" Having said that, Shen Wenjun's eyebrows were full of joy, and she suddenly remembered: "Hey, by the way, Lu Mushroom hasn't been to the shop for several days." ”

Lu Mushroom...... To be honest, this woman's presence in the workshop is very low, and since Song Che entered the workshop, in addition to the daily work arrangement, I really haven't said a few words to her.

"What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know very well, Lu Mushroom usually talks little and rarely communicates with me, but she has always been diligent and conscientious, and she will not miss work even if she is sick in the past."

"What about deducting her wages?"

"Aunt Song really has no conscience!"

Shen Wenjun rolled his eyes, "I think there is probably something wrong with Lu Mushroom's family, anyway, the store has been idle recently, let's go to her house in the afternoon, right?"

"No problem."

……

Starting from the north of the city, I walked about ten miles to the west of the city, and the road gradually bumped, and the houses along the way became more and more dilapidated.

"Could it be that Steward Lu has to walk for half an hour every day from the west of the city to the north of the city?" Inside the carriage, Song Che asked.

Shen Wenjun said: "Most of the time there are elderly people in the family who can't leave, otherwise she can live in the workshop with Qin Ruo." ”

The Lu mushroom in Song Che's impression is about the same age as Qin Ruo, only twenty-two or three years old, but due to his weak body, he looks much more mature because he is dressed plainly and unattractively.

"Is Steward Lu married?" Song Che asked again.

Shen Wenjun thought for a while, "It seems to be done, but I have never seen a man's family; Even if it does, it is estimated that he has not married any good family, otherwise how could he ask his wife to leave early and return late? ”

Song Che smiled: "According to what you say, the women in our workshop are not good for their lives?" ”

Shen Wenjun wanted to say something, but there was only one sentence on his lips: "It's really not good." ”

In the midst of small talk, the carriage stopped.

"Miss, uncle, Chunni Lane has arrived, and it is too narrow for the carriage to enter." The coachman said.

Song Che and Shen Wenjun had to get out of the car and walk, the scene of the mud alley was very different from the bustling north of the city - the houses were dilapidated and the walls were uneven, the rain had accumulated potholes for several days and nights, and the pedestrians were patched clothes.

The little couple dressed in silk and satin looked out of place in this environment.

The gaze cast by the passerby is not lacking in nakedness, curiosity, envy, jealousy, and even ...... Hatred.

"Childe, miss, give me some money......"

Finally, someone reached out and asked for it.

The poor always think that the rich deserve their charity, but it is precisely this kind of unearned income that increases people's inertia.

Shen Wenjun was kind from the bottom of his heart, and he felt bitter when he saw everyone, and just wanted to take out the silver from his sleeve, but Song Che pulled her into the alley: "If you give him money, let's not think about getting out today." ”

"Why?"

"Children will mistreat if they don't give candy, and beggars will eat people if they don't give money!"