Emperor Kangxi sent me to marry

After the lively banquet, early the next morning, Duobu kept his word. After the meal, he taught Haifeng how to use a fire gun.

There is an extra target in the green courtyard.

Hai Feng's hand trembled with excitement as he pulled the trigger and fired his first shot.

Of course, it missed.

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

May, who was standing nearby to look at the target, was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground after the gunshot.

"Master, spare your life, this slave will never dare to do it again!"

Qing'er made a cold face and called two eunuchs to drag her away.

Haifeng just pretended not to see it and turned around to ask Duobu for advice.

"Why can't I hit it?"

"The aim was too accurate. After the projectile flew out, it didn't fly straight in the air. This was good for the first time."

Lian'er was watching her parents chatting happily and was so anxious that she almost cried.

"I want a gun too~"

It felt like it was the first time for Dobu to say "no" to his daughter.

"This is not your toy. Wait until you are ten years old, and Abu will teach you then."

The little girl half understood, but could tell that she couldn't get it now.The child who wanted to reach for the stars since he was a child but whose wet nurse did not dare to give him the moon immediately pursed his lips.

"I want a gun! Lian'er wants a gun! The same one as Enie!"

Duobu grimaced and wanted to say something to her. Haifeng suddenly felt something in his heart and stopped him with a smile.

"Lian'er, your hands are too small! Look at Enie's hands, they are twice as big as yours! Then should your gun be smaller?"

"Ah? So, is that the same as Enie's gun?"

"Eni, go and make a small gun for Lian'er."

"Ok."

Changchun, who was holding Lian'er in his arms, quickly called the eunuch and the girls, who were playing tops and diabolos beside them, diverting the child's attention with excitement.

Duobu frowned and helped Haifeng refill the bullets and gunpowder.

"Lie to your children and see how you behave later."

"Who said I lied? I made one for her myself."

"Nonsense. If you want me to do it, it's not far off. Do you want to carve it out of wood? Well, the trigger can't be pulled, and it doesn't spit out fire and projectiles. Even though Lian'er is still young, she is smart. She will still have to do it when the time comes. Making trouble with you."

"In the evening, give me a hand. I'll show you how to do it."

Dobu's curiosity suddenly aroused, and even the teaching was absent-minded. He would ask about how to do it in three sentences.

Fortunately, Haifeng gradually mastered the key, and the projectiles he fired landed closer and closer to the target.

After firing a dozen shots, her arm was sore from the shock, and then she handed the blunderbuss to Shutai and sat down to rest.

"Yesterday at dinner, I saw that you were whispering to your second uncle. I didn't talk to you."

"When I told him about your idea, the second uncle grinned from ear to ear and said that he could invest 5000 taels of silver. Do you really want to dig ditches?"

"Is this still false?"

The fragrant milk tea was so smooth, salty and sweet that Haifeng couldn't hold back and drank two large cups in a row.

"What a pleasure! Cullen can't rely on buying grain from Guihua City for years to supplement his food supply. Since he wants to reclaim farmland, how can he do it without water? Don't worry. In the eyes of the river governor Zhang Penghie, this project has nothing to do with ditches. Strange. I drew a map of the landforms around the Tula River and gave it to him. He wrote me detailed instructions on how to construct the land. I also reviewed the land suitable for conversion to farmland in advance. Next year As soon as spring comes, we will start construction."

"What are you waiting for next year? It's not too cold right now? Didn't you say there isn't much soil to dig? Strike while the iron is hot and finish digging in one go, just in time for planting next spring."

"Then, the business of buying and selling the city is not booming. I'm a bit greedy, I want to kill two birds with one stone."

"What a trading city, it's quite decent. Aren't there a few big tents outside the Shuzu Lama Temple, ten miles to the east? There are Shanxi merchants living in them. They sell everything from silk and satin to onions and garlic; to receive goods, You can buy a pound of camel hair. I heard from the herdsmen that they all call them 'Huramal'."

"Are you accumulating a little, what's wrong with the small business? I'm in the capital, even if I only borrow one tael of usury, I'll still be a customer. Please come to the back hall to drink Yuqian Longjing. The interest may not even be worth the money for tea. "

"Why are you angry? I made a mistake. I shouldn't look down on them. Is that okay? What does digging ditches have to do with them?"

"Send someone to find the second uncle and tell him the arrangements for repairing the canal. One more thing, in case the money is not enough, prepare another 1 taels. He will definitely look for people to raise money. Once the news is released, the city will be sold. There will definitely be more businessmen. Lao Shi will return to Beijing in three days."

"I know, he is not. He is going to Guihua City to meet up with Lao Qi. At the end of the year, we will go back to the Forbidden City to celebrate the New Year together?"

"With his temperament that follows the wind, he must have started shouting as soon as he entered the city. He said that I wanted to do a big project."

"Oh~ I kind of understand. You are really good at choosing people. The seventh-year-old is honest and kind, and will help you build the naturalized city; the tenth-year-old is young and flamboyant, and can't hide a word. OK, you can practice it yourself. Son, I’m sending Balezhong to my second uncle to send a message.”

Haifeng encouraged her and fired two more shots. Qing'er seized the opportunity to replenish her ammunition and stepped forward to reply.

"Master, it looks like Wuyue is pretty scared." "You can just take care of her affairs. After she's been trained, she'll still come back to me as an errand. We'll talk about it then. Have you taken any medicine?"

"After eating, the queen is sweating a little. She fell into a deep sleep and hasn't gotten up yet."

"Keep an eye on her more closely. She doesn't allow me to go there often, saying she's afraid of passing on the illness to Lian'er. Just check the pulse and it's just a slight fatigue. I'll rest for two days and take medicine on time and I'll be fine."

"Yes, the servant knows."

Qing'er turned around to visit Ji Lan, but Haifeng called her back.

"I almost forgot. Prepare some bamboo strips, paste, rice paper, and scissors for me. You can add more as you go."

"Master, what is it for?"

"I don't know about this yet. Just prepare the ingredients for the lantern. Find some beef tendons. The kind you need to make a slingshot."

Qing'er was confused when he heard it, but he still remembered it carefully and went down to prepare.

After dinner in the evening, Duobu looked at the various materials on the bookshelf brought over by the maids, and suddenly remembered that Haifeng had promised his daughter a gun during the day.

"By the way, you are boasting about Haikou. Come on, you want my help? Let's see what you can do."

In fact, Haifeng didn't have any confidence in his heart.

Her craft skills were honed to perfection in kindergarten. In order to coax her younger brothers, she also made toys with her hands over the years and never left them behind.

However, she knew almost nothing about firearms.

Today, I just followed Duobu and entered a door.

After taking a deep breath, Haifeng took a piece of thick rice paper and folded the first trace.

There was no reason that a three or four year old could make it. She, as an adult, couldn't make a fake pistol.

Cut several pieces of paper of suitable length, dye them black with ink, and wait to dry.

Then use flexible bamboo strips to build the frame.

The more she did, the more concentrated she became, completely forgetting that there was another person beside her.

Dobu had already looked at it and was stunned.

This gun.
He had been exposed to firearms since he was a child, but he had never seen one so small.

It's even more exquisite than that short blunderbuss.

Not much bigger than a human hand.

After Haifeng finally glued the last piece of black paper together, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

While waiting to dry, she took out the magazine and showed it to Dobu.

"I want to set off six firecrackers here. It's the kind that every household sets off during the Chinese New Year. Small, thin and round. Use bamboo strips to stretch beef tendons and pop out the firecrackers. But how do you light up the firecrackers while popping them up? Light the firecrackers and make them glow, I can’t help it. You”

"Feng'er, you, you are truly born with talents that will be useful to me!"

Dobu excitedly picked up Haifeng and spun her around several times, making her dizzy.

"I'll leave all the family matters to you! I'll stay in the warehouse for a few days!"

Seeing the prince-in-law running out all the way, the three maids guarding the door looked at each other in shock.

"Master, this is where we are going?"

"You guys come in!"

Upon hearing the princess's summons, they quickly invited her in one by one.

"Master, Master."

"I have something to do. I'm going to the warehouse for a few days. Listen carefully and tell the concierge outside. I'll thank you behind closed doors, and no strangers are allowed to come near, even outside the house! If any relatives from the Tuxie Tuhan tribe come to see you, please report to me. Come on, don't bring them in casually. Prepare some changes of clothes and send them to the warehouse. My three meals a day and snacks will be sent to the warehouse starting tomorrow."

A pistol that can fire continuously.

Bullets that don’t have to be filled one at a time.

If Dobu can really do something decent, then she can advance the plan in a big way.

During the northern tour next year, given Kangxi's character, it was impossible not to visit the newly built Guihua City and inspect it.

Even if he doesn't want to go, Haifeng will use all the resources at hand, including the concubines in the harem and the ministers of the previous dynasty, to try his best to persuade him to go.

With a gun in hand, everything in the world will change according to her wishes!
She was going to do it once, with great fanfare and with great fanfare!

1. Hulamal, Mongolian, a person who collects things.

2. Diabolo most likely appeared in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. There are poems and articles to support it, and it was once popular in the Qing court.