Yanmenchun

Chapter 261

Jiang Lan showed a little smile in Shentuchan's serious expression, he looked at Shentuchan and said, "You said one thing wrong."

Shen Tuchan was taken aback for a moment, she thought for a while and said, "Which one?"

Jiang Lan picked up the tongs and fiddled with the silver frost charcoal in the small charcoal stove, and the charcoal fire gave out a little bright sparks, and Jiang Lan said: "It must not be when you mentioned this matter that the young master went to sit on this matter." .”

Shen Tuchan's face was startled, and it was obviously unbelievable to think of this possibility.

Jiang Lan recounted his previous events: "The crown prince and the emperor also had the idea of ​​cannons. Once the cannons are produced, no matter whether it is the Great Zhou or the surrounding small countries, the Xiongnu on the Mobei side, and the Wuman on the Yunnan side, all will be killed. I have to obey obediently, but going to sea is a very wasteful thing, and this matter must be kept from the court. The prince has no skills, but he does not allow me to go to sea in person, so I went to Tianjin Wei and sent two boats Team, one ship was sunk, and one returned without success.”

"So, the young master definitely didn't just take a short time to get the blueprints. He stayed in Tianjin Wei for a long time. It must be because of this incident. How many people died in the process and how much effort was spent? Only he himself knows, as for why this matter has not progressed, it is probably because..."

Shen Tuchan raised her head and interrupted Jiang Lan: "Because he has no money."

Jiang Lan nodded, before Shen Tuchan said: "At that time, the Zhenbeihou Mansion was my housekeeper, he couldn't spare too much money to do this, and at that time he probably spent all the money he could spend, Later, I returned to the capital because of too much embarrassment, and after I left Dajin, he started this matter again, he is the heir of the Hou Mansion, Shen Tuqi will only help him to hide it."

Therefore, the things and treasures she saw in the old lady's room were brought out by the old lady, and they have always been in the old lady's hands. All the property of Beihou Mansion.

Shen Tuchan seemed to be strangled by someone, unable to speak a word, Jiang Lan hugged her tightly and said: "You brought gold, silver, jewelry and money back from Dajin, and you told him about it again , he began to look for artillery more fiercely, and I am afraid that only at this time will there be any progress."

Nothing can be done overnight, Shen Tuchan closed her eyes, if this is the case, then the matter may be more serious than Jiang Lan imagined, maybe she took not only the entire property of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, but also Fang's left to Shen Tuqi dowry.

When she returned to Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, she didn't show any signs of embarrassment. Shen Tuqi even came to her with the account book and asked her if she wanted to take back the housekeeping rights. In fact, they all knew that Shen Tuchan was going to marry King Yan soon. He would never intervene in the affairs of the mansion any more, so all of this was created for Shen Tuchan to see.

The old lady doesn't often ask questions, so I'm afraid even she is kept in the dark.

Shen Tuchan not only remembered that the red wall in Shentu Danlin's yard was mottled, and large pieces of the wall skin were peeling off. She asked Shentu Qi why he didn't repair it, and Shen Tuqi said that it was unlucky to move the house in the past six months, and we'll talk about it next year.

The old lady believed in this, so she didn't think much about it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it probably has nothing to do with Feng Shui, but that if you don't have money, you can save as much as you can.

She turned her body sideways and put her forehead on Jiang Lan's shoulder. She couldn't tell what she was feeling now. It turned out that she wasn't alone, so she wasn't alone.

She has never fought alone, whether it is Shentu Danlin or Shentu Qi, they are all contributing to the Zhenbeihou Mansion.

Jiang Lan put down the tongs, pulled her into his arms and hugged her: "Zhenbei Hou Shentulang is very famous, how can his son not have a little blood?"

Shen Tuchan closed her eyes and nodded, her fingers pinched Jiang Lan's clothes tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "We will succeed, we will succeed."

Jiang Lan hugged her tightly: "Yes, yes, where there is a will, there is a way."

Shentuchan finally recovered when they were resting at the post station at night. She sat on the bedside and stretched her hands and feet, telling Jiang Lan more details about the artillery: "My brother travels between the capital city and Hanzhong, and he can't stay in the capital for a long time. The position of Jiancheng is still on hold, and it is too secretive to do this in the capital city, so he asked Uncle Cang in Hanzhong to work on this matter, find craftsmen, and find a place. After all, my family has some roots in Hanzhong, and the place is desolate. It's also secretive, but artisans are hard to find after all. Our Zhenbeihou Mansion has a large farm in Changping, with hundreds of acres of fertile land. My brother is doing this in private in the farm. Jingdu City, Yizhou, Tianjin Wei, including No matter how far away in southern Fujian and Sichuan, he has been secretly looking for craftsmen, even fireworks craftsmen."

While listening to her whisper, Jiang Lan sighed about the determination of the two brothers and sisters. He had only guessed based on what Shen Tuchan said and his own experience.

Perhaps something called 'stubbornness' and 'forbearance' flowed in the blood of the generation left by Zhenbei Hou Shen Tulang.

Shen Tuchan took the path of imperial power, and Shentu Danlin took another, more difficult path.

Shen Tuchan's team did not go straight to Mobei, but went to Hanzhong.

Shen Tuchan is going to visit the cannon-making workshop in Hanzhong. They have not developed cannons, they have failed countless times, and many people have died. The progress in Hanzhong is not as good as that in the capital city.

In fact, it was useless for her to go, but she just wanted to see it with her own eyes and know how difficult it was.

It was not the first time for Uncle Cang to meet Jiang Lan. He also knew in Hanzhong that the eldest lady of their family was named Yichun Princess and married Yan Wang. She was one of the most powerful women in the entire Jin Dynasty.

Uncle Cang was still the same as before, but he was much older, wrinkled, and his eyes were cloudy. When he saw Shen Tuchan, he was still crying.

Shen Tuchan just remembered one thing, and when Uncle Cang saluted her and said hello to her and looked behind her only to see Han Fei with a sickly face, Shen Tuchan said: "Uncle Cang, I'm sorry, I couldn't take care of you properly. Bring Xiaoman back."

She only said this sentence and Uncle Cang knew that the meaning of his life in Hanzhong seemed to have become waiting for the news of the death of an old friend from afar.

Uncle Cang nodded, and walked into the house a little lonely. After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "Miss, this old slave must make that thing, and you must come back from Mobei."

Shentuchan stood there and looked at the plaque at the gate of the yard. It was not 'Zhenbeihou's Mansion' but 'Shentu Mansion' written on it.

She sighed softly, Jiang Lan took her hand and said: "I will bring you back again."

They rode camels to the "workshop" in Hanzhong. In the deserted sandy land, a small village was built with loess. It looked dilapidated from the outside. Uncle Cang explained to her: "This was originally an abandoned house, and there is nothing around it. people."

The weather was so cold that white mist came out of my mouth.

Shen Tuchan nodded. When she entered, there were several older men who were busy. Seeing Shen Tuchan and Jiang Lan, they only nodded to Uncle Cang without raising their heads.

When Shen Tuchan entered the room, there was a smell of fire and an indescribable smell of burning.

An old man was stirring things with his head down. His fingers were full of chilblains, and his expression was mechanical. He heard someone come in and look up.

Uncle Cang explained: "This is making gunpowder powder."

Shen Tuchan stepped forward to look at it for a while, the smell of fire nitrate was very serious.

When the two of them came out of the small village, Shen Tuchan frowned as she looked at the desolate scenery. She was never a cocoon, so she looked back at Jiang Lan and said, "Is there anyone in Tianjin Wei?"

Jiang Lan nodded and said, "Let's send people out to sea again, not only from Tianjin Wei, but also from southern Fujian."

(End of this chapter)