Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Gu Wenxuan looked around and his gaze fell on the window. Through the open window sill, he could see a head maid and a younger maid making knots in the corridor of the side room.

There's no need to worry about being eavesdropped on when discussing matters here, but even the safest place can't compare to whispering in bed. And even if your bed is safe, can you still safely enter your own villa?

"Where are you taking me? Put me down right now—"

"Shh~ We have to get up early tomorrow, time to sleep."

I almost believed you wanted to rest so early. Zhou Banxia patted his shoulder, both amused and exasperated. "Put me down first. I'll go out and say a few words to Mai Dong and come right back."

"Just call out 'Mai Dong,' and Mai Dong will hear you. You can just say it a few more times louder. Why bother going out in the first place? It's too much trouble—"

"Aren't you afraid of waking your son?"

"afraid!"

"Then let go now!"

"Who said I didn't let go? I'm putting you down now." Gu Wenxuan planted the person on the ground, then raised his hand and pressed the person's head down, laughing out loud.

1.7 meters tall?

"Naive!" Zhou Banxia stood up straight and stretched her neck. "Everyone is tall. I'm tall, but I'm only a head shorter than my sister-in-law."

Yes, the tallest among dwarfs!
"Go!"

If I don't let you go out and say a few words, you won't feel at ease going to bed, my little wife. It's a good opportunity for your husband to go out and check on how our son is sleeping.

Zhou Banxia touched her butt, which had been slapped, with a dark expression. Sure enough, her waist had lost some fat, but her butt seemed to have gotten thinner.

Hmm, it's got more flesh and is more elastic now. No wonder its paws are restless, patting and patting. I pat with my left hand and pat with my right!
Gu Wenxuan saw Zhou Banxia still playing by herself, swaying her little waist, patting her bottom left and right as she walked outside, which amused him greatly.

He couldn't laugh out loud; his mouth was busy keeping time, his hands were clapping along, and he could only wait a few seconds before slowly walking behind her.

Zhou Banxia turned around and almost stumbled over her own feet. "What are you doing?" she asked the man.

Too busy.

I'm simply too busy to keep up.

Gu Wenxuan tilted his chin outwards.

"..." Zhou Banxia twisted her waist violently, pulled out a silk handkerchief and flung it behind her, then immediately took three steps at a time and went out of the inner room and into the hall.

Seeing this, Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled, clutching the silk handkerchief in his hand. He followed her into the hall, watching her walk towards the door, while he himself walked towards the room opposite.

Upon hearing the noise, Mai Qing immediately turned to look at Li, the wet nurse who was on night watch that night. Seeing that the other woman had tactfully retreated to the inner room, Mai Qing quickly went to lift the curtain.

"Greetings, Second Master."

Gu Wenxuan nodded in understanding. As soon as he entered, he found only a young maidservant guarding his son's crib.

This crib isn't a cradle anymore; his son sleeps in the cradle during the day and then switches to this children's bed with railings around the corner when it gets dark.

Upon seeing him enter, the maidservant remained in her original position, but she had already stood up. After he took a few more steps, the maidservant had already retreated to the foot of the small bed and began to busily perform the proper greetings.

It wasn't that he was boasting about how good his wife was at disciplining people; it was simply the truth. In places where they should avoid certain things and in moments when they should be quiet, they hadn't caused any trouble so far.

Just like this little maid, she couldn't help but steal another glance at the young master lying on the bed beside her while bowing, which shows how seriously she takes her job of looking after the child.

Seeing that his son was being well taken care of, even though the wet nurse was probably not by his son's side to avoid suspicion, and that there were two maids watching over the child. In short, no matter what, his son always needed two people to supervise and accompany him, so Gu Wenxuan was naturally in a good mood.

As he approached the cradle and looked at his son sleeping soundly inside, he felt even better. No matter how he looked at it, no one else's son could compare to his.

In the hall.

Zhou Banxia asked Mai Dong to go to the main courtyard on her behalf, and then instructed Mai Huang and Mai Xiang to wait for Gu Dachang's family to return before resting. After that, she went to her son's room.

As soon as she entered, she saw her husband staring at their son like a madman, his eyes glued to his face, not even glancing up at her when she came in.

Before, she was being pressured by someone so urgently that she couldn't even go out and say a few words to Mai Dong and come back immediately. But now, she's not in a hurry at all once she sees the child.

"Say it!"

Half an hour later.

Finally, they entered the secret base where everyone could speak freely and no one could hear them even if they made a lot of noise. Before Gu Wenxuan could even sit down on the sofa, Zhou Banxia gave him a stern warning.

In early summer, the pajamas are light and breathable. Sitting on the living room sofa, they are not cold, but normally they should be worn directly on the master bedroom bed.
Gu Wenxuan looked around with disdain, then sat down on the sofa armrest, one foot on the coffee table and one arm draped over Zhou Banxia's shoulder.

Disrespectful.

"Besides what I mentioned before, Senior Brother Qian also told me that the earliest improved windmill has passed the Ministry of Works' inspection, and no one will dare to steal your credit—"

"Wait a minute, what did you say?" Zhou Banxia thought she had misheard. "What do you mean no one will dare to steal your credit, and you won't get any credit?"

"Don't rush!" Gu Wenxuan explained, patting and coaxing, "It's not what you think. This merit really can't be attributed to me. Do you know what 'strange skills and tricks' are?"

Don't give me that excuse!
As far as she knew, since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, none of the emperors had regarded craftsmanship as a strange and frivolous skill and banned it like the previous rulers. On the contrary!
They also established a series of talent reward systems for those who made contributions to scientific and technological inventions, and even craftsmen could be promoted to officials in the Ministry of Works as long as they had outstanding achievements.

The most typical example?
Zhou Banxia held up one finger, "How did he become the first Duke Protector of the Nation?"

“That’s a case of times creating heroes.” Gu Wenxuan put his feet down, leaned forward, and reached for the crabapples on top of the fruit bowl on the coffee table.

Seeing this, Zhou Banxia was anxious for him. She quickly lifted her buttocks and reached out with both hands to grab the fruit. Just as she handed the fruit to him, he waved his hand away.

"At that time, the world was in chaos, so whether his family was registered as artisans or not was no longer of much significance. In fact, skilled craftsmen with a little reputation were in high demand at that time."

Moreover, since his father was recruited into the household by the rebel leader at the time, who was also the founding emperor of this dynasty, he was no longer considered a craftsman but a slave.

Of course, none of that matters. A hero's origins are irrelevant. The key point is that he became the deputy to the founding emperor in testing firearms. Shouldn't the deputy in testing firearms be a trusted confidant?

Of course, who would dare entrust this life-or-death task to him if he wasn't a trusted confidant!

Zhou Banxia nodded in agreement and gestured for him to continue.

"Alright, since he was a trusted confidant of the founding emperor, was it not him who led the Shenji Battalion, bravely taking the lead in opening up roads for the founding emperor and repeatedly making great achievements?"

you could put it that way.

"This is why the Great Liang Dynasty was established. The fundamental reason why he was granted the title of Duke of the Founding State and Protector of the Nation was not because of his outstanding achievements in the field of gunpowder."

As he spoke, Gu Wenxuan emphasized, "Even more! The reason why the Duke Protector of the Nation was the first of the five founding dukes to fall is very likely because he was too knowledgeable about the production and use of gunpowder, which is why he died the earliest."

"Don't scare me!" (End of Chapter)