Shuoyue Island, Xiaoyu Mountain City.

After a few days of thin spring rain and intermittent rain, the mountain city appeared with clouds and mist wonders. The whole city was shrouded in white mist, and the cornices and corners of the houses loomed in the mist, which was intoxicating.

The new shoots of the green trees quietly climb all over the branches of the trees in the white mist, and the flowers that are about to bloom are slowly sprouting. The spirits that walked through the house were wet and could not be seen.

As soon as Xiao Shizhu came back, he heard a refreshing good news, it was not that the crisis of the head country was lifted, nor that the head country had fulfilled its promise, but that Ying'er gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins for his brother of different races and surnames.

When he climbed up the mountain city and came to the locust tree bar, the ghost mother had already taken Ghost Qian'er and Ruochen to the store one step ahead of him, and was teasing the two little ponies.

"You're back. Xiao Shizhu stepped into the bar, and the ghost mother with a happy face greeted her, took his hand and walked towards the two, or the two who were a little nervous because they saw the living person, hid behind the shadow, and walked towards the little demon spirit at the corner of her clothes. The mouth continued: "Come and see, come and see, how cute they are." ”。

But except for the fact that those two little Ying Zhao are smaller than Ying Zhao and Ying'er, and their skin is more tender, everything else is very similar to Ying Zhao and Ying'er.

It's also four hooves and hands, and they have a human face on the horse's head, Xiao Shizhu can't see such a demon soul, where is it cute at the bottom?

It's just that since the ghost mother spoke, and it was still his sworn brother's child, he had no choice but to laugh and respond: "It's really cute." ”。 In order to act in a foot play, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand and bend over and touch the heads of the two little Yingzhao.

"Have you chosen a name?" After a while, Xiao Shizhu straightened his waist and asked Ying Zhao, who was smirking.

"Taken, taken. Ying Zhao scratched his head and said a little embarrassed: "The boy's name is Ying Lingxing, and the girl's name is Ying Lingyue." ”。

"Not bad. Xiao Shizhu nodded thoughtfully, and after praising sincerely, he beckoned to Ghost Qian'er and said, "Your father is taking care of my mount at the door, you can go and see him; Then bring him in and have a light meal together. ”。

Ghost Qian'er didn't squeak, and first looked at the ghost mother with expectant eyes, but when she saw the other party's slight forehead, she said, "Go." After agreeing, he smiled and thanked him, and then walked out of the gate.

"Big brother, do they have a mission, Lu Wu?" At this time, Ying Zhaocai came over and asked Xiao Shizhu: "After I saw that after they came back, the entire Xiao family army was pulled out, why did they leave me behind?"

"Your wives have given birth, and you should stay to witness the miracle of the birth of two new lives. Xiao Shizhu showed a light smile on his face, raised his hand and patted Ying Zhao's shoulder, and said lightly: "Besides, Lu Wu, they just went to sea for training, and they didn't make any big moves." ”。

"Don't think about war. The ghost mother glanced at Yingzhao in vain, and also echoed: "They are all married, so you have to care more about the family." ”。 She and Xiao Shizhu said a word, and they had to smile awkwardly.

Xiao Shizhu sat by the window in the store, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said with a smile: "I'm hungry, do you have a skewer?"

"Yes. Ying Zhao said, and turned to the kitchen: "This is for you." ”。

"Prepare a little more and let our new friends try it too. Xiao Shizhu explained, and also got up and followed Ying Zhao to the kitchen.

"How is it?" The ghost mother walked over, sat down next to Xiao Shizhu, and asked, "Zhu Rongguo's affairs, you didn't say anything in detail in the secret letter. ”。

"Don't worry, it's all done. Xiao Shizhu took her hand, gently stroked the back of her hand, and explained the details of the trip to her one by one.

"Hu Hui did well this time, and so did the ghosts, and he also told me in detail what the souls of those who call themselves old gods are. Xiao Shizhu smiled at the ghost mother who was staring at him, and saw that Ghost Qian'er and the ghost captives happened to walk into the store, and said: "Therefore, I have several plans, the first is to let the ghost captives succeed Aoki and become a ...... of a thousand households."

The ghost was stunned for a moment, a look of astonishment appeared on his face, and he spat out a "Huh?", interrupting Xiao Shizhu's words.

"Why don't you want to?" Xiao Shizhu pretended to be angry, and after asking viciously, he said, "What about my eyes?"

"Yue Ying has already bolted it to you. The ghost captives hurriedly waved their hands and hurriedly explained: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I haven't done a thousand households, so I don't know if I can do it well?"

After following Xiao Shizhu to Zhu Rongguo, he was used to being demoted from the princes and kings to the ghost captives, and now his tone of voice was not as blunt as before, and he seemed more affinity.

"Then you didn't be a prince back then. Xiao Shizhu chuckled lightly and said disapprerovingly: "It seems that I haven't been a groom, and I haven't fed my Yue Ying to be fat for nothing?"

Hearing him say this, the ghost captive thought for a while, and then felt justified, so he replied, "Then I'll try it." ”。

"It's not about trying. Xiao Shizhu stood up, walked slowly to the ghost captive, patted the other party's shoulder with his palm, and said in a calm tone: "From today onwards, you will be the thousand households of the Xiao family's army, you must do your best, and hand over the foot combat method you are good at to your subordinates, and then spread it throughout the army." ”。

After speaking, without waiting for the ghost captive to respond, he turned his head to look at the ghost mother, and asked with a smile, "Is it okay?"

"You're done talking, and then you asked me in a fake way. After the ghost mother glanced at him, she smiled and said, "You have the final say in the army." ”。

As soon as the words landed, I heard a slight wheezing voice from the door of the store: "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”。 When the ghosts fled to the door, they saw Lai Yueqi holding on to the door frame, standing at the door patting her chest, gasping for breath. Looking at her with a flushed face and a layer of fine sweat oozing from her forehead, it seemed that she had trotted all the way.

"Lai Yueqi, you came just in time. The ghost mother smiled at her and said, "We haven't eaten yet, so sit down." ”。

"Okay, okay. Lai Yueqi saw that Xiao Shizhu was also there, and said, "Engong, are you back?" After lowering her head, she walked to the ghost mother and sat down, so as not to be noticed by the panicked look on her face.

"Well, I'm back, I have something to ask you to ask before I let someone pass you in advance. Xiao Shizhu also walked to the ghost mother and sat down, looked around at the other spirits, and said, "Sit down." ”。

At this time, Ying Zhao and Ying Er had already put the fragrant skewers on a plate one by one and placed them neatly on the table. The layers of bright red peppers on the skewers, and the drops of crystal sesame oil, the aroma made all the souls present salivate.

"Don't be inhibited. Xiao Shizhu grabbed a chicken leg in one hand and a rabbit head in the other, devoured it, and after chewing a few times, he said vaguely: "When I was in Zhu Rongguo, I especially wanted to eat skewers." ”。 With his current appearance like a starving ghost, no one would believe that he would be a noble son of a god.

"You slow down, and you're not afraid of choking. After a sigh of anger, the ghost mother hurriedly took out her embroidered handkerchief and wiped the oil stains and saliva from the corners of Xiao Shizhu's mouth.

"Alright, alright. Xiao Shizhu responded a little impatiently, turned the chicken leg in his hand, handed the unbitten side to the ghost mother's mouth and said, "You taste, the shadow's craftsmanship has improved." ”。

"In front of so many ghosts, you restrain a little. With a sigh of anger, the ghost mother's cheeks turned red, but she still opened her lips slightly, took a small bite of the chicken leg, and chewed it carefully to taste it.

Such an intimate act is really obliterating others, not to mention that Lai Yueqi cast envious eyes on them, even Hu Hui ghosted them.

"What are you doing looking at me?" Xiao Shizhu scolded, and they all looked away and began to eat, but they were still a little restrained, which was completely different from Xiao Shizhu's behavior of directly grasping with his hands.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Xiao Shizhu, who was still unsatisfied, licked the oil on his fingers, burped, and said, "My second plan is to ask you to rely on Yueqi to see if you can rebuild our firearms." ”。

"Isn't Engong very dissatisfied with the current firearms?" Lai Yueqi asked a little nervously.

"The power and range are okay, but I can't use it when it rains, and I am very anxious. I will soon take my troops to a rainy place, and your current firearms will not be able to fire in such a rainy area, so it is better to burn the sticks. Speaking of this, Xiao Shizhu leaned his back on the back of the chair, sighed, and said: "It's all because of the old immortal Emperor Xudu, so that the souls of talented people are immediately reincarnated, if there are firearms in the world, they can be used even if it rains." ”。

"This is not difficult, you can improve the projectile into a sealed sub-gun, use stainless steel to build a rifle and improve the structure, and then do the waterproof treatment based on wax, you can use it on rainy days. Lai Yueqi racked her brains and thought for a long time, then said: "But the only flaw is that I don't have such a good steelmaking fire." ”。 It sounds like her approach is similar to the principle of modern weapons.

"Fire?" Although Xiao Shizhu didn't understand these very well, he still saw hope, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly sat up straight and asked.

"Well, it's not difficult to build a gun body from stainless steel, but to seal the gun, the temperature of refining is very harsh. If there is help from the Zhurong clan, maybe it will work. As she spoke, Lai Yueqi showed more embarrassment. The Zhurong clan can control fire, not only to control the changing form of the flame, but also to control the temperature of the flame, and they can use their talent to forge weapons. But after all, it was from another country, and she couldn't invite it if she said please, so she was a little helpless.

Xiao Shizhu is also at a loss, firearms are his trump card, he doesn't want to give foreign countries to get these technologies, not to mention, and he has only formed an alliance with Zhu Rongguo, so it is not good to borrow people.

"Can you see the fire lake in Linglong City?" Just when they were both helpless, Hu Hui suddenly said: "That fire lake was built by the ancient gods, and the magma in it can be scorched gold and flowstone, and it should not be a problem to use it to make guns and cannons." ”。

"But in this case, isn't it even possible to use the forge?" Lai Yueqi asked hurriedly when she heard this.

"But the Fuso Sacred Wood on the nearby plains is not afraid of the high temperature of magma, and can be used to make forging instruments. Before Hu Hui could speak, the ghost captives answered: "And you can build a workshop on the original site of the Tiansha Palace, where there is an ice spring, which not only keeps the island in the middle of the lake from being endangered by high temperatures, but also uses ice spring water, so that the weapons out of the forging furnace can be instantly cooled when they are not deformed." ”。

"That's good. Xiao Shizhu stroked his palms and smiled: "If it happens, Hu Hui and the ghost captives will also take credit." ”。

"Well, fire and water are indeed the way to forge. After Lai Yueqi nodded thoughtfully, she said to Xiao Shizhu seriously: "Engong, this is really worth a try." ”。

"Well, you're an expert in this area, you have the final say. Xiao Shizhu also nodded and said, "Tomorrow, I will select the craftsman you think has skills and can be trusted, and go to Heilong County with you, and I will repair the book to Xia Xing, so that she can assist you in rebuilding Linglong City." Build that area into an industrial city entirely. ”。