The Sickly Scion’s Petite Wife Is Sweet And Cool

   Chapter 568 Departure

   "The foreign ministers think that it is better to take Lin'an back first rather than disperse the troops."

  …

   "Your Majesty?" Eunuch Wu called cautiously.

   Ever since Lord Song left, the monarch has been staring at the door of the imperial study room for a cup of tea, and that black face...

  Xuanyuan Qi regained his senses, and said angrily: "This kid is really as the second brother said, with more hearts than sieves."

   Eunuch Wu was puzzled: "Isn't it a good thing that Master Song refused our army of 100,000 people?"

   You must know that without the 100,000, they themselves will have less chance of winning.

   Xuanyuan Qi glanced at him: "Did he say he doesn't need our help?"

"Maybe not."

   Eunuch Wu paused for a while, and after pondering for a long time, he finally realized why Xuanyuan Qi had a black face.

  At the moment of national disaster, they still sent 100,000 troops to support Daxia. This is righteousness. At the same time, they also kept their promise. As for whether to continue to help in the future, it depends on Daxia's sincerity.

   took 10,000 steps back and said, even if you really let go of Daxia, the world will not say a word.

   But Lord Song did not accept the army of 100,000 people, instead he kindly asked them to solve their own problems first. He thought about Xuanyuan Kingdom like this, but he taught others to think that Xuanyuan Kingdom owed him another favor...

   Waiting to retake Lin'an, they can't use the power of the whole country to help Daxia?

   This is like when the borrower finds out that the creditor is in trouble, returns the borrowed money to the creditor, and says in a grandiose manner: "You need to be emergency first, and when you have enough money, lend me twice as much."

   had something to say first, and he couldn’t refuse.

   This is not only a lot of hearts, but it is shameless!

   "More than that." Xuanyuan Qi snorted coldly.

   It will take at least two months to go around from Cangbei Mountain to Nanling Pass in Daxia. How much food and forage will a hundred thousand troops consume in two months? He borrowed the soldiers, so it makes no sense to ask him to provide them?

  Song Jingchen is better, for this refusal, there is no need for food and grass.

   Really…

   This stinky boy, how come he was not born in his Xuanyuan country?

   In fact, he didn't want to go back on his word, but as an emperor, he always wanted to take the initiative in his own hands, but Song Jingchen obviously didn't trust him.

   "Forget it, go and ask Ye Hong to come see me." Xuanyuan Qi ordered.

   Ye Hong is General Ye.

"Yes."

On the other side, Xuanyuan Ziming sent Song Jingchen out of the palace with an unnatural look.

   He also understood, that when the imperial study came out, his father, the emperor, deliberately showed Song Jingchen.

   After listening to Master Zeng's words, someone else would be grateful to leave with an army of 100,000 people, but could Song Jingchen be such a short-sighted person?

  Song Jingchen patted his shoulder: "Go back, just send a carriage to take me back."

   "Okay." Xuanyuan Ziming ordered someone to bring the carriage, thought about it and asked, "When are you going to leave?"

   "Tomorrow." Song Jingchen said.

   Xuanyuan Ziming sighed: "The journey is smooth."

   Song Jingchen nodded.

   Shen Yijia and Ji Luo had already heard about the border issue from 30,000 mouths. Seeing him coming back, Shen Yijia trotted to meet him and asked, "Xianggong, can Xuanyuan Qi agree to lend us troops?"

  Song Jingchen stretched out his hand to support her: "Go in and talk about it."

   After saying that, he didn't let go of Shen Yijia, instead he embraced her waist and entered the lobby.

   His cautious appearance made Shen Yijia stunned for a moment. After trying to understand the reason, she quickly said, "I'm fine, my body is recovering quickly, and I woke up after a sleep..."

   "Cough cough~" Song Jingchen clenched his fists to cover his lips and coughed dryly. When he met Ji Luo's gaze, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face: "Mother."

   Ji Luo helplessly glanced at Shen Yijia and nodded: "Sit down and talk."

  Shen Yijia: Well, she forgot that her mother is still here.

   "The monarch asked you to enter the palace, but he said about borrowing troops?" Ji Luo asked.

   Song Jingchen explained Xuanyuan Qi's arrangement.

   Hearing that he refused, Shen Yijia asked inexplicably, "Is one hundred thousand too little?"

  Song Jingchen pursed his lips and said, "It's not too small, it would be dangerous to borrow Xuanyuan Kingdom again."

   Xuanyuan Qi guessed right, he didn't trust him, and finally made him owe a favor, so good steel must be used on the edge of the knife.

   In addition, the army of 100,000 people is far apart, and it is not enough to solve the difficulties of Daxia. Instead, it has lost this favor in vain. If you want him to make a move in the future, you have to use other chips to exchange it.

   On the contrary, as long as the army of Xuanyuan State recaptures Lin'an within two months, it is bound to continue to move south because it owes him this favor. Wu State does not want the country to break, so it will score a large number of troops to defend, so that Daxia can also get a chance to breathe.

  Shen Yijia concluded: "So Daxia has to survive these three months no matter what."

  Two months was the one month that Xuanyuan Kingdom’s army rushed from Fengcheng to outside Lin’an City, and it was actually three months.

  Three months, too long.

  Song Jingchen nodded, fortunately, he was prepared before Daxia, and the army arrived at Nanling Pass in advance... Thinking of something, he took out a piece of rice paper from his arms and handed it to Ji Luo: "Mother, you know this thing."

   Ji Luo looked at the black round object drawn on the rice paper and shook his head: "First time seeing this, what is this?"

   "It is a weapon in the hands of the army of the Wu Kingdom, called black powder. It is said that igniting this thread will cause an explosion, which can explode a huge pit with a depth of one foot." He pointed to the protruding thread on the black ball.

   He originally thought that this thing was brought out by people from Tianji Valley, but Ji Luo has never seen it. Could it be that he guessed wrong?

   "Isn't that a bomb?" Shen Yijia said in surprise.

  Song Jingchen was taken aback: "Bomb?"

"Yes, this is a bomb. In addition to bombs, there are grenades. The grenade needs to pull out the ring before it will explode, and there are mines. If you bury mines in the ground, they will explode as long as someone steps on them..." Shen Yijia listened to her. I counted the various lethal weapons that I have passed.

  The reason why she knows this is because Dahua sees her tossing and trolls all day long.

   Her original words were "I'm afraid it's not from the last century. Who still uses these bows and arrows now, and they use guns and bombs to fight."

   She was curious and asked her what was a gun and what was a bomb...

   Now it seems that the big flower is worthy of being a big flower. Didn't she wear it there for many centuries?

  Song Jingchen's heart beat violently, he looked at Shen Yijia without blinking and asked, "Do you know how to make it?"

   "Dahua told me that you need to use sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal..." Shen Yijia paused and said guilty: "But I haven't done it successfully."

   In fact, she only tried to do it once, and she was blown away, and she even taught people to find out.

   In the end, those people took away all her hidden tricks and ruined them, and even locked her up and starved her for days.

   She was so angry that she beat Dahua hard after she came out...

  I would have asked her more if I knew it earlier.

  Song Jingchen rubbed her head soothingly: "It's okay, knowing what I need has helped me a lot."

   "But..." Shen Yijia scratched her hair irritably: "Bombs only existed in the world where I lived before. Could it be that besides me, someone else is wearing it?"

   Ji Luo thoughtfully said: "No, this thing was brought out by the people from Tianji Valley."

  Song Jingchen paused, this was the same as what he had guessed at first.

   Ji Luo continued: "I heard that Ji Yunxi practiced Dan for the Great Emperor Daxia."

  Sulfur and saltpeter are often added to alchemy. Ji Yunxi has been studying these things all the year round and can find bombs...that is, the formula of black powder in their mouths. It seems not surprising.

   If it weren't for the enemy, Shen Yijia would want to give Ji Yunxi a thumbs up, this is too clever!

  Since he already knew the approximate formula of black powder, the next step was naturally an experiment. Song Jingchen sent a letter to Da Xia first, and after careful consideration, he went to the palace to meet Xuanyuan Qi.

   At dawn the next day, a family of five horses left Fengcheng.

  The horse is a good horse from a thousand miles sent by Xuanyuan Ziming.

   Shen Yijia looked behind him several times: "Strange, why didn't the big scumbag come to see us?"

   She hasn't seen him since she woke up yesterday, which is very abnormal.

  I didn't want her voice to fall, Ji Luo suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse she was riding stopped abruptly.

   The other four stopped their horses to look at her.

   Ji Luo looked at Mo Yuan: "The medicine you gave him..."

   Originally, Xuanyuan Ce saw that Song Jingchen and Shen Yijia had not woken up until the afternoon, and he kept talking about it.

   Ji Luo was so annoyed that she asked Mo Yuan to give him heavy medicine... When the matter of the border came back, she forgot about it.

  If you guessed correctly, Xuanyuan Ce and Chu Feng should still be lying in the guest room now...

   Mo Yuan said expressionlessly: "I should be able to wake up tomorrow."

   Ji Luo's mouth twitched, and he coughed lightly: "I can wake up tomorrow, I can't die, let's go."

   After saying that, she waved her whip and walked away.

   Shen Yijia and Song Jingchen looked at each other, her mother was really amazing.

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  The ancient gunpowder was originally discovered by alchemists when alchemy (my Baidu.)

   (end of this chapter)