Chapter 233 - Chapter 233: Chapter 233. The First Prince
Chapter 233: Chapter 233. The First Prince
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Cheng Yu asked Su Qing,
“Miss, can you tell this old man what that powerful hidden weapon is?”
” That’s a detonator. It’s made of black gunpowder.”
Su Qing did not plan to hide it from him. This was an old subordinate of Ji Shuisheng’s father. This city was their first stop and could be used as a base camp.
Therefore, Mo City had to be impregnable and could not fall into the hands of the Tartan soldiers. They had to have a sharp weapon to contend with the strong Tartan soldiers if they did not want to fall into their hands. Detonators and explosives were sharp weapons.
“Can you teach us?”
Cheng Yu knew his request was too much, but there was no other way. The disparity in strength between them and the Tartan soldiers was too great. This was because the young master could help protect the city. Once they left, defending Mo City with just him and his hundred soldiers would be impossible.
“We won’t leave for the time being. We’ll help you make enough detonators.”
Su Qing did not comment. Once the gunpowder fell into the hands of the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable. He did not want to teach this technology to others for the time being.
Therefore, she wanted to grasp this technology in her own hands firmly.
Her next step was making guns, but she couldn’t do it now. She had to upgrade her forging first. Once she reached a certain level, she could make her gun barrels. Anyway, she had to take it step by step.
“Alright, thank you, miss.”
Cheng Yu saw that Su Qing was holding back, so he didn’t force him. With enough detonators, he could still defend the city. He couldn’t push his luck.
Ji Shuisheng followed them to clean up the battlefield. As a young master, he did not put on any airs and took the lead in everything.
The sky was getting dark quickly. When it was almost dark, they could no longer care about the corpses outside the city. Everyone retreated to the city, and the gate was repaired and reinforced. The rolling wood and stones thrown out were picked up and used again.
His family was poor, so he had to save everything.
Ji Shuisheng was busy until late at night. Su Qing brought the girls to continue making detonators. However, the conditions were limited, so they could only make do with it. It would be best if they used thin bamboo so that it would not take so much effort. The key was to save black materials and make a few more bundles of detonators.
Ji Shuisheng walked into the room and saw Su Qing still working overtime to make the detonator. She lowered her head slightly and focused her eyes. Her thin neck glowed with a white luster under the light. A strand of hair hung down her cheek. Her long eyelashes blocked the cold light in her eyes. At this moment, she was like a wife waiting for her husband to return and working under the light.
Ji Shuisheng stood at the door and leaned against the frame, looking guiltily at the focused little woman.
He did not take good care of Su Qing and even brought her bloodshed, but Su Qing still helped him without any complaints or reservations. How did he get to meet such an outstanding girl?
“You’re back?”
Su Qing felt a burning gaze meet Ji Shuisheng’s eyes. She put down her hand and looked at him with a smile.
“I’m back.”
A gentle smile appeared on Ji Shuisheng’s tired face, and his voice was as intoxicating as wine.
“Go and rest. We’ll go and rest after we’re done.”
Su Qing felt a little strange when he saw his tired appearance. It seemed like her heart ached. In any case, she did not want to see him work so hard or want to see him frown.
Ji Shuisheng smiled and nodded.
” Alright, we still have to reinforce the city wall tomorrow. There are many things to do.”
“Brother, will the Tartan soldiers come again?”
Ji Xiaoying rubbed her sore arm and asked her brother. After witnessing the cruelty of war today, none of the girls had said a word until now. They had dug up all the soil in the toilets of the surrounding people. They were all desperately trying to make more detonators that could blow people up to resist the invasion of the Tartan soldiers.
“It shouldn’t be so fast this time. They will first gather information.”
Ji Shuisheng shook his head. Two failures and hundreds of Tartan casualties were already considered heavy losses. They would not act rashly before they understood the situation.
“You guys rest early. I’ll go chat with Uncle Cheng.”
Ji Shuisheng frowned deeply. Something was wrong with the situation. He felt the Tartan soldiers were coming menacingly and determined to take down Mo City.
When his father was alive, he had beaten the Tartan Kingdom until they surrendered. Although the Tartans were feared, they valued their promises the most. The Tartan Emperor had promised that they would never invade as long as the Xiao family’s army was around. After that, they kept their promises and never harassed the border again.
Although his father died, the Xiao family’s army’s flag still hung on the city walls. These Tartan soldiers were no longer just harassing him. This was a blatant invasion.
He was going to ask Cheng Yu what the problem was.
Cheng Yu didn’t care about the bullsh*t rules of the imperial court anymore. They would be annihilated if they stayed outside the city to protect it. Moreover, the Young Master was here, so who would listen to the dog Emperor?
Ji Shuisheng found the house where he was resting. He found an abandoned house in the city to serve as a military tent. The house was freezing, and the wood was limited. They could not bear to burn it. Moreover, the doors and windows were not tight, so it was useless to burn it.
“Uncle Cheng, why didn’t you light the fire?”
Ji Shuisheng felt the coldness in the room and asked Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head.” There’s limited wood. How can 1 be willing to burn a fire to keep warm until the twelfth lunar month? ”
“Uncle Cheng, don’t worry about that. There’s coal in our three carriages. We can use it to keep warm.”
” No need. We’re used to the cold. Young Master, you can keep it. It’s freezing here in winter. If you don’t have enough firewood, you’ll freeze to death.” Cheng Yu hurriedly refused, even though he did not know what coal the Young Master was talking about. But it must be precious.
“Uncle Cheng, don’t worry. We’ve discovered a coal mine. There’s an inexhaustible supply of coal. There’s no need for us to freeze. 1’11 go get some.”
Ji Shuisheng’s heart ached for Uncle Cheng. He had to suffer in such a difficult place despite being injured. The current Emperor was a beast. He made the horses run but did not feed them with grass. He wanted to use the hands of the Tartans to destroy the Xiao family’s army.
Ji Shuisheng went to the carriage loaded with coal and carried a basket of coal. When he saw Qiu Yongkang standing before the carriage, he asked why he was still not resting.
“I’m here to get some coal to heat the brick bed for the elderly.”
Qiu Yongkang also took a basket of coal and planned to send it to the families of the elderly.
“Alright, you’re thoughtful.”
Ji Shuisheng patted his arm. With Qiu Yongkang around, he didn’t have to worry so much.
Ji Shuisheng returned to Cheng Yu’s residence and broke the large piece of coal into small pieces, teaching Yu’s guards how to use the coal.
“You must use wood to make the fire burn brightly before pouring the coal in.”
The guard nodded in agreement. It seemed pretty straightforward.
Ji Shuisheng returned to his room and chatted with Cheng Yu at night.
“Uncle Cheng, when did these Tartan soldiers start to invade us so wantonly?”
” After General Xiao’s death, these Tartan soldiers invaded once, but when they saw the flag of the Xiao family’s army still hanging high on the city wall, they withdrew. Since then, there has been peace for ten years. For some reason, the Tartan soldiers began to harass the border a month ago, stopping and killing passing merchants. Only recently did they start a large-scale attack.”
Cheng Yu also felt that it was bizarre. Ji Shuisheng guessed that the Tartan soldiers knew about the internal strife in the Great Xia Kingdom. Disaster victims were rebelling everywhere, so they wanted to take the opportunity to invade the Great Xia Kingdom.
But he didn’t know that the Tartan Kingdom was different from before. The old Emperor was seriously ill, and the First Prince ruled. This First Prince was ambitious and brave, and he had long coveted the wealth of the Great Xia Kingdom.
He was sitting on a chair covered in tiger skin at this moment. His eyes were gloomy as he looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground. These soldiers were the group of people who had escaped from Mo City. Ye Lui Heng’s cold voice was like a cold wind blowing,”
“You said that they have a great killing weapon?”