My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 796 The Princess's Craftsmanship

July [-]th, the first year of Dalong Rui'an.

Young Master Liu, who was married not long ago, was still living leisurely in the mansion for a three-month rest.

Liu Ying's behavior of listening to the wall still left a deep shadow on Young Master Liu.

To this day, I still haven't regained my composure, but when I heard Liu Ying's name, I felt chills in my heart.

The custom of the Dalong Dynasty is that the courtiers have to go back to observe mourning for three years when there is a mourning period in the family, and the courtiers have a three-month rest and bathing day when they are newly married and happy.

The good benefits are simply not necessary.

The reason why Liu Dashao was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang in the household department was because the former Zuo Shilang wanted to go home to observe filial piety for his late father for three years.

It happened that Young Master Liu was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Household Department just as he met him. As for the position of the former Zuo Shilang who returned to the capital after the three-year term expired, Liu Mingzhi was not worried about it. Since the emperor must have his reason for doing so.

"Brother, people from Donghai have received news!"

An Gou'er let go of a falcon standing on his shoulder and hurried over.

Liu Mingzhi put away the folding fan in his hand in a daze: "What happened?"

An Gou'er sent a note to Liu Mingzhi: "Brother, the people in Donghai have found a suitable place to study artillery. It is a deserted island in the sea. It is more than 30 miles away from the coast. More than 4000 people are there to study the artillery with peace of mind, and the sound will not reach the ears of the local government, it is simply the best place!"

Liu Mingzhi took the note with a happy face and read it carefully. When he saw the last few words, Liu Mingzhi frowned slightly: "Nearly more than 1000 people don't want to go to the island?"

An Gou'er nodded calmly: "They're worried that they won't be able to come back after they go. Let's force them to go there, which is different from the original agreement when we first looked for them. I'm afraid it will backfire!"

Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath: "Add money, tell them that as long as they are willing to go to the island, each person will receive 100 taels of silver for settling-in allowances, plus five taels of silver per month's salary!"

An Gou'er sat on the stone bench, poured a cup of herbal tea, drank it, and looked at Liu Mingzhi with some embarrassment: "Brother, it would cost too much, researching artillery itself is a bottomless pit, and after landing on the island, you have to make plates." All kinds of supplies and houses, so there are not a few 10 taels of silver that can’t be bought. It’s too wasteful for so much settling expenses to cost millions of taels of silver. The salary of ten taels of silver has plenty of others, so we can't get too used to them!"

Liu Mingzhi shook his head: "No, let's not talk about the replacement. The efficiency and skills of the newcomers are incomparably compared with the old people. If the rumors of these 1000 people are about to leak, wouldn't the artillery incident be full of troubles?" I know, you know better than anyone else the power of cannons. If the emperor finds out that I am doing such a powerful thing in private and didn't tell him, what will he think? Although we are now relatives, but the eldest brother is still surnamed Liu It's not Li, so I have to guard against it!"

An Gou'er tightly clutched the teacup in his hand and began to think deeply. After a while, An Gou'er's eyes had the same gloomy look as Liu Yi's.

"Brother, the remaining 1000 people are stragglers recruited from all over the country except for the more than 1000 brothers who are willing to go. Now that they are full with such a generous salary, they want to be white-eyed wolves. An Gouer, am I easy to bully? I don’t think it’s better.”

An Gou'er gestured to Young Master Liu with a hint of murderous intent in his dark eyes.

Liu Mingzhi frowned and stared at An Gou'er with some seriousness. He didn't know when An Gou'er became so murderous!

"Jiang He, what you said is of course a good idea, but don't forget one thing. The rabbit dies and the fox is sad. Once you put the butcher's knife on these people who don't want to go to the island, what will the rest of them think? They will have no intentions. If we study artillery and have no intention of making cannons, we are worried that the butcher's knife will fall on our own head one day, so our loss will be even greater, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss!"

An Gou'er was stunned for a moment and looked at Liu Mingzhi apologetically, with a trace of regret in his eyes.

"Brother, I'm sorry, but my little brother thought too simply, and almost made a big mistake! What should I do?"

Liu Mingzhi played with the teacup and pondered for a while, but he didn't have any good ideas for a while. The housekeeping fee was not a lot of money, but casting cannons, as An Gou'er said, was a bottomless pit, and the cost was really too high.

The old man handed over the 16 people from Qinglong to himself. Half of the tens of millions of taels of silver bills given to him that day were spent just on the research of artillery, and the number of people in the development of related departments was also consumed. Now there are not many left.

It was only now that Liu Mingzhi realized that the money was so useless.

I have already promised the old man to set up his own business, and it is not a big deal to ask for 10,000+ two 10,000+ pocket money, but it will be difficult to deal with large amounts of silver taels.

To be honest, my little salary is not enough to have a meal with people like Song Qing.

The tax revenue of his own fiefdom is only tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, which is simply a drop in the bucket.

"Husband, this concubine made you iced sour plum soup to relieve the summer heat, please taste it quickly!"

Liu Mingzhi's thoughts were interrupted by the soft voice of the third princess. Looking back, the third princess was standing behind Liu Mingzhi wearing a pleated emerald skirt with phoenix smoke and a pair of phoenix tail jacket with a light gauze.

Ping'er, the close maid, was holding a tray with a colored glaze bowl from an official kiln on it, braving a slight chill.

An Gou'er immediately got up and saluted the third princess: "Brother Jiang He sees sister-in-law!"

The third princess returned a salute with a faint smile: "Uncle, no courtesy, uncle, please sit down!"

"Thank you sister-in-law!"

Liu Mingzhi got up and stood up: "Yan'er, you should sit down too, it's so hot outside, how did you come out if you didn't stay indoors?"

The third princess scratched her head delicately: "Sister Yun and Sister Qingshi were making watermelons in the ice cellar, and my concubine was kicked out because she was clumsy. When I had nothing to do, I asked Pinger to teach me to make a bowl of sour plum soup for my husband." Already!"

Liu Mingzhi pretended to be downcast: "Yun'er and Qing Shi are too outrageous, how can we drive you out, when the time comes, Husband will teach them a lesson!"

"My husband doesn't want it. I don't blame my sister and the others because I don't work hard in the palace. If I let them know that I told you these things, I would think that I am suing you."

"Alright, I'll listen to you as a husband!"

Liu Mingzhi was very happy about the behavior of the third princess to protect Qi Yun and the girls. He was worried that the fire in the backyard had never happened since they got married.

Family harmony is the happiest thing for me.

"Husband, you have to taste it, if you don't drink it, it will lose its effect!"

"Okay, I'll try your handicraft for my husband!"

The third princess smiled and put the sour plum soup in front of Liu Mingzhi and nodded apologetically to An Gou'er: "Sister-in-law prepared a bowl without knowing that uncle was there, uncle forgive me!"

An Gou'er shook his head indifferently: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, little brother is fine!"

Using a spoon to put the sour plum soup into the mouth, Young Master Liu's face suddenly became embarrassed.

The taste of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty and delicious on the tip of the tongue stimulated Young Master Liu's taste buds.

It has the sour taste of sour plum soup, the taste of dogwood powder, a slight salty taste, and the bitter taste of lotus seeds.

The most important thing is the taste of rice vinegar. Is this sour plum soup?

Looking at the expectant eyes of the third princess, Young Master Liu suppressed the discomfort and swallowed this mouthful of sour plum soup!
"Husband? Is it good to drink?"

"Well, the taste is good, sour and refreshing, and the taste is so good that the heart is flying and the heart is cool, but Yan'er!"

The third princess suddenly became nervous: "Husband, what's the matter? Is there something wrong there!"

"Is there still a kitchen?"

"Gone!"

"It's fine if it's gone. How can it work? Jiang He must be upset after practicing a set of boxing techniques just now. How can you, sister-in-law, not make her a bowl?"

"This concubine will go right away!"

"Wait a minute, it's late now, let Jiang He drink this bowl for my husband, remember to make a few more bowls next time for emergencies, you know?"

"The concubine must keep it in my heart!"

Young Master Liu nodded in satisfaction and pushed the sour plum soup in front of An Gou'er.

"Jiang He, quickly taste it, this is your sister-in-law's wish!"

"Thank you bro!"

An Gou'er looked at Young Master Liu with a moved expression, and he picked up the bowl politely and raised his head.

At the entrance of the sour plum soup, An Gou'er was shocked, holding the soup bowl and moaning, looking at the rays of the sun in the sky with tears in his eyes, he drank the sour plum soup in one gulp.

"belch"

Young Master Liu waved his sleeves to disperse the smell of vinegar.

"Uncle, why are you crying?"

"Yan'er, don't worry, Jiang He was moved to tears!"

(End of this chapter)