Chapter 404 Cannon???

"Changtian, has Senior Zhang left?"

That night, Xu Qingwan, who had been busy all day at Yingfengsheng, finally returned home.

While changing her clothes, she asked Wei Changtian, who was drawing the "cannon design" next to her, "Did you say when you'll be back?"

"return?"

Wei Changtian replied without even looking up: "He's not coming back."

"ah?"

Xu Qingwan was stunned when she heard this, and her hand movements paused.

She didn't miss Old Zhang that much, but she was a little worried about Agou: "What about Agou? Is he okay today? Is he crying or making a fuss?"

"No, I just eat and drink."

Wei Changtian curled his lips: "This little girl is quite patient. I want to see how long she can hold it in."

"You"

Comrade Xiao Xu hit Wei Changtian with a smile on his face. He was still a little worried: "What if she gets upset? Why don't I go and comfort her?"

"It's up to you, but I don't think she needs your coaxing."

Wei Changtian stretched lazily: "Some things will get better with time."

"That's right."

Xu Qingwan nodded slightly, but still planned to come back early tomorrow to talk to Agou.

After a brief chat, the two continued to do their own things, leaving only some slight noises in the room.

Until Yuan'er and Qiuyun walked in with the copper basin.

"Sir, Madam, it's time to wash up."

"oh."

Nodding, Wei Changtian put down the hard pen and happily admired his "masterpiece".

Yuan'er, who happened to be walking behind him, also saw this "cannon design" and asked curiously:

"Sir, what is this painting about?"

"cannon."

Wei Changtian gave the answer casually while washing his face.

And it is obvious that the word "cannon" is not in Yuan'er's vocabulary.

"cannon?"

She looked carefully at the pattern that looked like an object: "What is a cannon?"

“Wow! Wow!”

Wei Changtian, who was busy washing his face, had no time to explain. Instead, Xu Qingwan, who was standing next to him, smiled and replied, "My husband said it was a kind of weapon."

"Hmm? Weapons?"

Yuan'er pouted and muttered quietly: "How can it look like a weapon? It doesn't look serious at all."

“Puff!”

Xu Qingwan and Qiu Yun were immediately amused by this sentence, and they couldn't stop laughing for a while.

Only Wei Changtian felt humiliated, and he snatched the towel from Yuan'er's hand in annoyance.

"What's been on your mind all day!"

"Okay, we're done, get out now!"

"Yes~ Sir~"

Yuan'er deliberately dragged out the word, smiled, picked up the copper basin, and walked out of the house with Qiuyun.

But just as she turned around to close the door, she blinked and said something to the room.

"Sir, will the lady be able to see your cannon tonight?"

"???"

"Come on! Not only can she see it! You can see it too!"

"Haha! I don't want to see it!"

"Sir and Madam, please take a rest early~"

“.”

The laughter outside the house gradually faded away. After all, Yuan'er and Qiuyun did not stay to appreciate the "cannon" with Comrade Xiao Xu.

Wei Changtian felt both angry and amused, so he went back to the table and carefully looked at the design he had drawn.

It wouldn't matter if he didn't read it. The more he read it, the more he felt that what Yuan'er said made sense, and it even made him a little unconfident.

If this thing is really made, its greatest lethality would probably be to make the enemy laugh to death!

"Wan'er, does this really look like that object?"

Scratching his head, Wei Changtian prepared to ask Xu Qingwan for her opinion.

The latter did not answer, but just kept covering his mouth and laughing.

"What are you laughing at!"

Wei Changtian suddenly became anxious: "I am asking you seriously, tell me if it is true or not!"

"Goose, goose, goose, it doesn't look like it."

Comrade Xiao Xu laughed more and more excitedly, but at a certain moment his face suddenly turned red.

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She slowly picked up the pen on the table, and then added a few strokes on the design drawing under Wei Changtian's puzzled gaze.

After the modification, the cannon remained unchanged except for the barrel which became much longer.

“This is just like this.”

"????"

No words were spoken that night.

The next day, Ning Yuke and Qingxian returned from the south.

Wei Changtian was now a little afraid of the empress, so he did not go to the palace. He just found an accompanying official and briefly learned about the situation in Datong City.

The construction of the new city has begun in full swing and it is estimated that the city wall will be completed in three months.

As long as the city wall is built, the demons can basically start to "move in" one after another.

Of course, this matter must not be exposed so early, so let's just build it like this and wait for the next day.

Du Chang sent back the news that the troops had entered the Shiwan Mountains as planned and had seen the ten thousand monsters.

The demon tribe was very cooperative, but there were also some minor problems.

For example, some monsters are unwilling to become mounts for soldiers who are weaker than them.

For example, some soldiers are unwilling to ride monster beasts.

For example, some soldiers fell from the sky while riding on flying monsters.

After all, this was the first time that humans and monsters cooperated, so there would always be an adaptation period. Therefore, Wei Changtian did not care too much about it. After asking when Liang Zhen would come back, he no longer cared about the details of training the new army.

And just like that, another day passed.

On the third day after Old Zhang left, Chu Xianping finally came back.

His negotiation this time was a "great victory", as he borrowed a full 200,000 craftsmen and laborers from the four surrounding states.

Of course, when he said he was borrowing, he actually meant he was asking for it. Wei Changtian never thought about returning these people.

In the future, these 200,000 people will enter Shuzhou as "refugees" and then go straight to Datong to participate in the construction of the new city.

Wei Changtian would provide them with a generous reward and a piece of "own fertile land" in Shuzhou.

With land and money, these people would most likely not go back, but would only think of bringing their wives, children and elders to live in Shuzhou.

By then, it will undoubtedly lead to another wave of population influx.

Therefore, Wei Changtian, who had long been aware of the importance of population, was very satisfied with this, and he waved his hand and decided to go to the south to "inspect" the booming construction of Datong City in person.

However, his impromptu inspection trip was ultimately not realized.

Because just one hour before he was about to set off, news suddenly came from Dafeng -

After several days of marching, Daning's 400,000 troops finally arrived at the city of Fengyuan yesterday.

After a night of rest, the army officially began a full-scale siege on the city at dawn today.

When the spy delivered this news, the first wave of siege had already ended. In just one battle, no less than 30,000 soldiers were killed on both sides.

And these are not the key points.

What shocked Wei Changtian the most was the last sentence of the intelligence.

Emperor Li Qi of Dafeng personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle, but was ambushed by an unknown second-rank master and was seriously injured, with his life hanging by a thread.

(End of this chapter)