How was Jiang Qinyu supposed to respond to this?

Jiang Qinyu was both amused and exasperated. "With the old man in our mansion, not only me, but even my general would be happy to know. How could there be any trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu's eyes crinkled with laughter, and he immediately raised his chin at Lu Lang, saying, "Did you hear that? I'm perfectly fine here!"

Lu Lang was helpless against his father's sudden childishness, so he could only say a lot of nice things to him.

Seeing that if he stayed any longer, he would have to stay for dinner, so Lu Lang quickly got up to say goodbye.

"Thank you, Madam. I hope we can cooperate again in the future. I will take my leave now," Lu Lang said, cupping his hands in greeting.

Jiang Qinyu put on a professional smile, "My general is not here, so it is inconvenient for you all to stay for dinner today. As for the cooperation that Master Lu mentioned, that is easy to discuss."

Anyone can say polite words, but as for cooperation, it all depends on the situation at the time.

Lu Lang then left with his younger brothers.

Once outside the General's mansion, Lu Qi immediately asked, "Brother, why didn't you mention the smallpox vaccine project you wanted to cooperate with the General's wife on earlier?"

"Not many people know about this right now. If we bring it up now, it will surely arouse the Madam's suspicion. Let's talk about it in a few days," Lu Lang explained.

He wasn't afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that Jiang Qinyu would misunderstand and think they were secretly watching the General's Mansion's every move. If that happened, they would be in a real mess.

Lu Qi pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, then I will first gather the doctors from Lu Rentang and ask them what medicines they need to provide for smallpox, so that we can make preparations in advance and let the General's wife see our sincerity."

"Fourth brother is absolutely right, let's do as you say." Lu Lang patted Lu Qi's shoulder with satisfaction.

His younger brother was actually more suited to the path of scientific research, but he couldn't disobey the family tradition. Now he's doing business more and more successfully, so all his efforts over the years haven't been in vain.

...

After the Lu brothers left, Old Master Lu immediately said to Jiang Qinyu, "Girl, you can't send me back just because they came to see me!"

"Grandpa, what are you saying? When did I ever have such thoughts?" Jiang Qinyu said with a helpless smile. "If you're not being naive, even if you were to live out your days in our mansion, my general and I would welcome you with open arms and treat you like an ancestor."

“You said it yourself!” Old Master Lu immediately grinned from ear to ear. “Then I won’t stand on ceremony with you.”

This girl's temperament is indeed very compatible with his. No wonder she looks so much like his late wife when she was young. She is not petty at all, and is generous, upright and dignified. Lu Yanzheng is really lucky to have married her.

Grandpa Lu was stamping his feet in frustration. Why hadn't he met Jiang Qinyu first? If he had, he would have definitely taken her home and made her the wife of his most outstanding fourth son!

Jiang Qinyu had no idea that Old Master Lu had already re-matched her in his mind. After talking with him for a while, she went back to her own courtyard to handle official business.

As darkness fell, Jiang Qinyu looked at the sky and called out, "Aping."

Ah Ping appeared at the door immediately. "Madam, you wanted to see me?"

He didn't go out today, staying in the mansion the whole time, mainly to prevent other members of the Lu family from coming to cause trouble.

"Do you have any news about the general and the others?" Jiang Qinyu asked, looking at him.

Several days have passed since we received the news that Lu Yanzheng had taken Qiongzhou. I wonder what their plans are now?

"Yes, I just received news that the general did not continue to pursue Prince Yong, but stopped in Qiongzhou to reorganize military affairs. It is said that he is going to train the navy." Aping quickly handed the letter brought by the scout to Jiang Qinyu for review.

Jiang Qinyu glanced at it and understood, but she was somewhat surprised that Lu Yanzheng wanted to train the navy.

“Training a navy requires warships. Are there any readily available in Qiongzhou?” Jiang Qinyu asked after thinking for a moment.

Aping shook his head, "There shouldn't be any, and even if there were, they wouldn't be anything respectable."

To be precise, the entire Dai Viet did not have any particularly powerful warships. The court did have a navy in Yuezhou, which is close to the Yue River, but because Dai Viet had been peaceful for too long, the Yuezhou navy had long been practically non-existent.

Jiang Qinyu's fingers tapped the table unconsciously as she searched the system for information related to online trolls.

Everything related to warfare was outside her knowledge, but according to A Ping, Lu Yanzheng had never been in contact with the navy before, so how was he going to train them?

Let's try to buy some related books first. When we see Lu Yanzheng again in a while, we can ask him to make some things to put up for sale and replenish our points.

Lu Yanzheng hadn't sold all the items he made before, but there wasn't much of value left, so he had to restock.

Jiang Qinyu was originally worried about the system points, but this problem was solved after she took over the resources given by the Lu family.

It wasn't that they could provide points, but rather that they had prepared ample supplies, so Jiang Qinyu didn't need to take anything from the system to supplement them.

However, the Lu family's preparations were all based on the current era, which Jiang Qinyu felt was insufficient for warfare. That's why she would spend her time looking through the system to see if there was anything she could use.

“How about this,” Jiang Qinyu looked up at Aping and said, “Find a group of blacksmiths and carpenters and send them to the general. He should need them.”

It's easy to see Lu Yanzheng's purpose in training the navy: to cross the river and reach the capital.

Since a naval battle is to be fought, the construction of warships is essential. The sheer number of people required for this is so great that even the combined manpower of Qiongzhou and Yukang Prefecture might not be enough.

"Yes, I'll take care of it right away," A-Ping replied immediately.

Their general really married a good wife. She knows what the general needs and allows him to have no worries.

After Aping left, Jiang Qinyu also stood up from behind her desk.

After stretching, he called Yunzhu in, "Are Shufan and Pan'er's rooms ready?"

"Everything is ready. Amber even went outside to buy Miss's favorite snacks, but not too many. We all remember what Madam said," Yunzhu said with a smile.

After Chen Shao and Liu Yazi arrived, she and Amber were able to stay by the lady's side more often and didn't have to run around so much anymore.

Jiang Qinyu chuckled, "Pan'er is greedy, but her stomach is weak, so she can't eat too many snacks. Just be careful."

The thought of her two little ones arriving in the next couple of days filled her with tenderness.

After the New Year, I wonder if the two little ones have grown taller? I hope Pan'er won't get as chubby as a pig again. And what about their schoolwork? They haven't been able to settle down and attend classes for so long. I wonder if they'll be able to adapt in the future?

Jiang Qinyu felt worried again as she thought about these things.