But although Yu Xiuming was doing things that stepped on their bottom line, he did not go too far. Instead, after expanding his business, he stopped stepping on their bottom line. He was even too lazy to touch their cakes and even avoided them every time. It seemed that their business was not very good. After all, these idiots were in the business of brothels and murder. How could Yu Xiuming get involved? He didn't even touch salt much. This thing was okay to touch for a short time, but it was too dangerous to do it for a long time.

Wang Shiyu ignored all this and instead stayed at home to take care of her baby. After five months, her belly actually grew bigger and bigger, like a balloon. It also confirmed that Wang Shiyu was pregnant with two babies. After some research, it was found that her placenta was probably posterior, so even though her belly was bigger, it was not as scary as if it was anterior.

All of a sudden, Wang Shiyu became a rare species in everyone's eyes. Now she is not even allowed to pour herself a glass of water. People start to worry if she walks for a long time. She is given various tonics every day, fearing that her nutrition will not be enough and will harm the mother.

Maybe because of the stable life for many years, she has become accustomed to it. Even if she does nothing and just stays quietly, she can still stay there. Because embroidery is too tiring for the eyes, her family stopped her. She was not allowed to embroider during pregnancy. Now she has cultivated another interest for herself. She began to slowly read various ancient books, or go directly to the theater in the city in her spare time to listen to a play. Anyway, it is a way to kill time, or she can take a chair and lie down under a tree in the yard, slowly enjoying a moment of peace. Because she is a mother of two children, the sequelae of Wang Shiyu's pregnancy became apparent. Her legs were swollen, and she always wanted to go to the toilet when walking, and sometimes it was even difficult to go to the toilet.

Now, the City Lord's Mansion no longer pretends not to know them. Instead, they would directly ask Wang Shiyu to come to the City Lord's Mansion to play every now and then. Even though everyone has guessed their relationship, they did not disclose it directly, and they have even had open contact.

Even Zhou Qingyun, who was far away in Jinling City and fighting with the Regent, had guessed Yu Xiuming's identity, but he didn't say much. It was not easy for him to offend Yu Xiuming at this time, especially when he knew that Yu Xiuming had a magical weapon in his hand. He would not say anything more. Instead, he turned his attention to Jizhou City while fighting with the Regent.

He originally had no way to deal with Yu Xiuming, but he found out that Yu Xiuming had an even more powerful backer, and was defeated by Zhou Qingyun in one fell swoop. He also understood why his grandfather was so afraid of the Yu family. However, now the Yu family had no intention of making enemies with them, so he could only endure it, and even Yu Xiuming ignored him.

They had also told Yu Xiuming many times that they wanted to see this legendary magic weapon. This thing was only in the hands of the soldiers in the City Lord's Mansion, and they all treated it as a treasure. They couldn't even see it, so they just wanted Yu Xiuming to contribute it.

However, Yu Xiuming never agreed to hand over the steel forging method to Zhou Qingyun, because once Zhou Qingyun got this thing, he would definitely go on a killing spree. Wang Shiyu also didn't want to hand it over to him, mainly because Zhou Qingyun's ambition was growing. Although he was still a stable monarch on the surface, his ruthlessness could be seen from his competition with the regent.

If it was just used for daily life, Wang Shiyu wouldn't stop it. But if it was used in military, the bloodshed would be too great. Wang Shiyu couldn't bear the consequences. She even thought that after having this thing, Zhou Qingyun might not even let his own people go. It's better not to give it to him and just keep coveting it.

At the same time, before this, Wang Shiyu had already told Yu Xiuming about this matter. It can allow the world to evolve slowly, but this cause and effect cannot fall on the couple. It is not difficult to do this thing, but it is difficult to do it with people. If it is good for the people, then use it, but the monarch cannot do it, especially if he is ambitious.

So at this time, Yu Xiuming just came up with a method to make the iron tools stronger and tougher.

As for the method of forging steel, he didn't even mention it. It was currently only used on ships at sea, or in daily life, and on some utensils. It would never appear on weapons. Even his father's weapons were made of fine iron, which was only slightly better than ordinary iron, but not comparable to fine steel. He only made a few daggers for his father for self-defense.

Even though Zhou Qingyun and the Regent tried their best, they still couldn't get the formula. They only got some finished products. However, there are other ways to forge steel, especially the carbon dioxide needed, which is not achievable with current technology. So even if Zhou Qingyun tried his best, he couldn't figure out what was used to forge the steel. He even divided a formula into ten parts. The most important step was in Yu Xiuming himself, and no one else had it.

At the same time, the Regent did not use his status as an elder to threaten others, but instead bribed the people in the workshop. Wang Shiyu was too difficult to deal with, and he was worried about making people angry. He had also understood Wang Shiyu's temper these days, so he just didn't want to provoke her directly. Generally, Wang Shiyu would not interfere.

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