Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

"It probably won't work."

Before Gu Yunji could answer, Su Qi intervened, suppressing a smile: "And if we all eat together, not only will Mrs. Xu's husband not be able to come, but Yun Ji's family members will also not be able to come."

Shen Boyi didn't know why, and asked sincerely: "Why? Even if Mrs. Xu's husband can't come, why can't Mr. Gu's wife come too? Is there something wrong?"

Apart from military theoretical research, Shen Boyi was somewhat slow in other aspects, and he just couldn't see the meaningfulness in Su Qi's expression.But Gu Yunji was still afraid that if he continued like this, he would come back to his senses, so he glared at Su Qi secretly, coughed twice, and unnaturally changed the subject:
"Mrs. Xu has helped us so much. We should be grateful, but there is no need to involve her husband. What about women? Even if they don't become officials or officials, there are many ways to praise women."

"We can reward her in the name of the government, or we can write a book and biography for her, and write her deeds into the local government annals. Even if she does more work later, we can write to His Majesty and do it for her. It’s not impossible to ask for a title.”

Seeing Su Qi's expression of "I want to see how you act", Gu Yunji suddenly felt a little guilty as he spoke. He simply straightened his face and pretended to be serious: "Master Shen, in my opinion, you are The way of thinking needs to change, it’s too old-fashioned.”

"When you see an outstanding woman, you should not easily think of her husband and start to speculate about her relationship status. This is not the case. Mrs. Xu must have been working hard to translate for us, and she does not want us to pay attention to her ability first. But her husband, right?"

"If nothing else, I'll just talk about myself. I've been working with you for so long, but why haven't you paid attention to who my wife is? Mrs. Xu is here to translate. Don't always be curious about other people's private affairs."

Seeing Su Qi's smile deepening and his face turning red as he suppressed his laughter, Gu Yunji felt that his face was not that thick yet, so he said the last sentence without hesitation, and hurriedly turned around and left on the pretext of something going on at the government office.

As soon as Gu Yunji left, Su Qi couldn't help it anymore and bent over with laughter.

Shen Boyi felt that his smile was inexplicable, but when he thought about what Gu Yunji had just said, he was really curious: "Speaking of which, Mr. Gu's wife, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, is also an amazing woman."

"Some time ago, there were rumors in the streets and alleys of Shaoxing that she forced her criminal cousin out of the ancestral hall with a sword and killed her relatives for justice, which is quite like Xu Wen's righteous style. Compared to Mrs. Xu's husband, I am more curious What kind of person is Mr. Gu’s wife?”

Su Qi almost laughed so hard that his stomach ached. Looking at the back of Gu Yunji hurriedly leaving in the distance, he seemed to be running away inexplicably.He laughed for a while before slowly stopping, and said with something genuine in his words: "Perhaps... she is an outstanding woman like Mrs. Xu."

Hearing Su Qi's words, Shen Boyi frowned, feeling that these words were inappropriate.

Mr. Gu is a married man and Mrs. Xu is a married man. Although they are relatives, they are both people with families. How can you say this?Isn’t this the bad reputation of Mrs. Xu?Su Qi's joke was not a good one.

Shen Boyi calmed down and was about to give Su Qi a few words when he saw Mei Feng coming over with a smile: "Okay, the meeting is over, we should go back to the Yamen to handle official business, and we will discuss how to negotiate with Fo Langji another day. "

With that said, he quietly gave Su Qi a look, telling him to stop teasing Shen Baiyi.Today, Shen Boyi is the only one in the government who is kept in the dark. He really thinks that Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua are not familiar with each other. If he continues to tease her, he is afraid that the more he thinks about it, the more confused he will become, and he will faint himself. It looks very pitiful.

Watching the two secretly exchanging glances, Shen Boyi had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He was vaguely aware that they seemed to be hiding something from him, but he couldn't figure it out, so he had to put it behind him.

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A few days later, news came from Eberg that the caravan agreed to stop delivering goods to Gao Shishu and instead cooperate with the Daxia court.The two parties then negotiated, and after a complicated quarrel, the final outcome was basically similar to the plan proposed by Gu Yunji, and the cooperation contract was successfully signed.

According to the contract, the caravan must provide the government with the firearms that have been produced but have not yet been delivered to Gao Shishu, and cooperate to attack Gao Shishu.After the Japanese pirates of Gao Shishu's group were completely wiped out, the confiscated property was used to pay for the firearms provided by the caravan.

If Gao Shishu's wealth was not enough to pay for the firearms, the Daxia court would give priority to selling silk, tea and other important goods to the Franji royal family in the next three years, and provide a certain degree of price concessions.

For the imperial court, the goods were sold to everyone, which was equivalent to eliminating the Japanese pirates and making money at the same time. There was no harm at all.When the news returned to the capital, the princes of the DPRK and China reached a rare unanimous agreement, all expressed their support, and the cooperation went smoothly.

In late autumn and September, the firearms of the Folangji caravan arrived in batches. For the future tea and silk trade, since the contract was signed, the other party's attitude has been quite enthusiastic, actively offering instructions for use, and even sending special personnel to teach the soldiers how to use it. Operation, help the imperial officers and soldiers get started.

After all, there are differences between Western firearms and Chinese firearms. The soldiers have not even seen many firearms from this dynasty, and they are indeed unfamiliar with the operation. Someone is teaching them step by step, and the government is naturally happy to see this.

After all the firearms arrived, Mei Feng and others checked them one by one and confirmed that there were no problems.Gu Yunji took a quick look and found that these firearms were not much more advanced than the imperial firearms. They were just more suitable for naval battles and were basically lighter. Most of the firearms could be operated by two or three soldiers.

Of course, Aiberg and others praised the firearms produced by the Folangji people to the fullest. After all the boasting, Gu Yunji had no real sense of its power.

Gu Yunji has a specialization in the art, but he doesn't know the specific situation of naval battles very well. He can't get a real feeling just by hearing about it. He simply asked: "Mr. Aiberg and his party came across the ocean. They must have excellent armed strength. Do you have a warship equipped with a full set of firearms? Can you let us visit it?"

It is said that China is a kingdom ruled by heaven and is subject to coming from all directions, but Aiberg and others are still somewhat vaguely dissatisfied in their hearts.

They believe that their country's caravans have sailed all over the world, and they are the real maritime hegemons. Otherwise, they would not come all the way to the East. In addition to doing business, they also mean to show off their strength.

Aiberg had long been eager to show how powerful his ships were in front of the Daxia government. After hearing what Gu Yunji said, he immediately agreed: "Of course, sir, please come with me."