After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1397 Creating Difficulties

"What? She's a woman, yet she goes out to work? How dare she be so unchaste! I'll go and teach her a lesson right now!" Li Wenhu was furious and wanted to use force to teach Li Liu a lesson.

Li Wenhe and his wife, and Li Wenjiang and his wife: "..."

"Husband, when you go back, please buy some more wound medicine. Buy plenty, so that my brother won't be without it after he gets beaten, and his injuries will worsen," Li Wenhe's wife said sweetly.

Li Wenhu was furious. He pointed at her and said, "Third brother's wife, how dare you mock your elder brother? Don't you have any manners of respecting elders?!"

Upon seeing this, Li Wenjiang's wife turned around and left, saying, "Third sister-in-law, let's go, lest our good intentions be taken for granted."

"Waaah, they really don't appreciate kindness." Li Wenhe's wife sobbed and followed her second sister-in-law away.

"Wait for me, wife!" Li Wenhe hurriedly chased after him, then shouted back, "Brother, some people have already gone to the weapons workshop to cause trouble. They were all beaten and punished by being sent out of town to do hard labor. Brother, don't be foolish, otherwise even your brothers can't save you!"

"Big brother, take good care of Mom and Dad." Li Wenjiang said this and turned to leave.

Li Wenhu was furious: "You disrespectful elder brother, you just wait! When I get home, I'll teach you a lesson!"

Li Wenhe and Li Wenjiang both heard this, but they just pursed their lips and said to Li Wenhu, "Our eldest brother has suffered so much outside the city, but he still hasn't improved. We should really encourage him to go to the cemetery and cause a scene, so that he can be taught a good lesson."

Mushan is an imperial estate that has existed for thousands of years. It is located behind Wuyuan Garden, about six miles away, and is right next to one side of the city wall and moat.

Later, this imperial estate became a cemetery, used to bury meritorious individuals, righteous people, and chivalrous figures.

After the cemetery was filled with burials, the imperial court opened up a new imperial estate outside the city as a burial ground to continue burying those who had rendered meritorious service to the dynasty.

Mushan has houses, forests, and rivers, and is far from the settlements of the Wei people. Qin Xiaomi chose it as the site for a workshop to make weapons.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Finished weapons are on the way! All bystanders, please make way! Extinguish all candles! Anyone who disobeys will be treated as a spy!" At the entrance of the Mushan outpost, a group of messengers rode forward on horseback, clearing the way.

Along the route used to transport the weapons, there was a sentry post every five meters, with five soldiers on duty at each post. These soldiers were all highly skilled and proficient in horsemanship and archery. If anyone was found to be setting fire to the weapons, they would be shot dead.

Fifteen minutes later...

"The first batch of weapons, set off!" Jiang Dalang ordered, instructing Lan Hu to lead his troops, escorting a cartload of weapons, towards the large camp outside the city and the defensive positions along the city walls.

Another quarter of an hour later...

"The second batch of powerful weapons, set sail!"

Xue Feng and his brothers left immediately.

The reason for doing this is that the sharp weapon has a large wounding range, and for safety reasons, only a small number can be transported at a time.

Well, it was much more sophisticated than when they bombarded Dongfu Town. Back then, Qin Xiaomi was sitting next to a weapon weighing hundreds of kilograms, preparing gunpowder packs.

To be honest, she's really tough.

Half an hour later, after the first and second batches of armored vehicles had traveled far enough, Jiang Dalang gave the order: "The third batch of armored vehicles, set off!"

This time, Jiang Dalang personally escorted the weapons to the west gate of the city, the place where Jiang Qianshi and his men were stationed, and met the villagers who were camping outside the city.

He didn't say anything, carefully stored the weapon away, told Jiang Qianshi the precautions for storing it, and then prepared to leave.

Jiang Qianshi hurriedly grabbed him: "Commander Jiang, isn't the production speed of these weapons too slow? We've been working for several days, but we only started delivering them to the city gates today, and only one cartload to each gate. This manufacturing speed... is making us very worried."

He lowered his voice again and said, "Talk to Master Qin properly and ask him to send more weapons to our west gate. I've been in the capital city for many years. If your Qin, Jiang, Xu, or Qiao families need them, I can give you some houses, shops, and land." He was clearly implying that if they sent us more weapons, we were willing to exchange them for our resources!

"It's really not safe here at the West Gate either. There are enemy troops lurking on the way to Daheng Prefecture. We need powerful weapons to protect this gate."

Jiang Dalang said, "Commander Jiang, you misunderstand. It's not that I intentionally didn't give you more weapons, but the raw materials need time to be converted. The raw materials need to be converted and purified several times to reach military grade, and each conversion and purification takes several days. It will take at least half a month to complete all the conversions."

"The weapons we are giving you now are still made from the raw materials that have been converted before. The first batch of finished products from the weapon-making workshop has not yet been produced; the raw materials are still being converted."

Jiang Dalang explained it very clearly and in detail, so that the Wei army would not misunderstand that Su Su was being presumptuous and deliberately holding a sharp weapon to block them.

There is no truth to it; the production of sharp tools simply takes time.

Therefore, winning this battle with superior weaponry will not be easy... But this cannot be said publicly, lest it affect the morale of the Wei people. However, it should be told to the Wei generals to eliminate any suspicion between them.

This?
Whether Jiang Qianshi believed him or not, he didn't bother Jiang Dalang any further and let him leave.

When Jiang Dalang led his troops back to Mushan, he encountered the Xue family trading company delivering charcoal, radishes, mulberry paper, tung oil, saltpeter, and other raw materials for making weapons to Mushan.

"Commander Jiang!" Steward Xue was delighted to see him. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he hurried off to work, handing the ledger to Qin Cunquan: "These are the accounts; the quantities and amounts are all listed here."

Qin Cunquan took it and began to calculate the accounts with Steward Xue. It took them a long time to finish. He said, "The payment is calculated based on materials, banknotes, and military merits. I will issue you a receipt for the raw materials. Take it to Wuyuan to report the accounts to the Prince of Ye."

Since these weapons are state-owned assets, the Qin family doesn't need to spend money on their production; all expenses will be covered by the imperial court. Therefore, our task here is simply to verify the accounts, receive the weapons, and issue receipts. As for the accounting, we should contact the Prince of Ye and the Imperial Guards, who will then report to Emperor Wuxing.

Speaking of Emperor Wuxing and the capital, I have to complain that they are like dead, there is no news at all!
Qin Xiaomi, Ye Wang, and the two gates of the imperial army all felt abandoned by the court.

Beep beep beep!

"Shanying team, the goods have arrived, move them inside!"

Inside Mushan, there are rows of houses, some old and some new, all built by wealthy ancestors from various dynasties.

Now Qin Xiaomi and her group are in luck, as they have ready-made houses to use as a workshop.

Therefore, every morning and evening, Madam Guan would set up an incense table at Mushan Mountain to worship all the graves there, in order to thank the ancestors for their protection.

Dangdang Dangdang!
In the late afternoon, around 3:30 PM, a gong sounded, signaling the female workers in the outer workshops to finish their work.

Li Liu was one of these female workers.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! Father, Mother, and elder brother are back! They're just outside the city. Go and see him!" Li Wenhe and his wife came to greet Li Liu and told her the good news.

Li Liu was indeed quite happy: "Oh, you've slunk back."

He added, "I don't have time to see him. Tell him to wait."

Li Wenhe and his wife exchanged a glance, and Li Wenhe nudged his wife, telling her to go and ask.

The couple had a good relationship, so his wife immediately asked on his behalf, "Sister-in-law, are you still going to live with your brother?"

She cried again, "Sister-in-law, don't go. If you leave, the family will fall apart. Waaah!"

"Shut up! All you do is wail all day long. Be careful you don't summon the ancestors of Mushan back home!" Li Liu was so annoyed with her that she deliberately tried to scare her.

Li Wenhe's wife screamed in fright and quickly hid behind him. Looking at Mushan Mountain and thinking of the graves scattered all over it, she trembled with fear, feeling as if some unseen force was watching her.