Wei Yunlan unfolded the letter in front of his family.
This letter was written by Princess Denning herself.
The refugees she rescued have reclaimed some wasteland along the banks of the Dan River to grow potatoes.
Before this, the first batch of seedlings planted were growing well with a very high survival rate, and the other seeds planted also broke through the soil in the past few days.
Although the growth rate varies depending on the fertility or barrenness of the soil, the survival rate is generally very high. The probability of grain seeds breaking through the soil is more than 70%, and the success rate of seedlings is more than 95%.
For a new crop planted for the first time, this survival rate is already very satisfactory. With this rate, the planting conditions of the wasteland that is reclaimed later will not be much worse.
There is great potential for sweet potatoes in Dayong!
The people are saved!
The Wei family raised their glasses to celebrate, with various delicious potatoes cooked on the table.
"This cup celebrates our family being reunited after a year."
In the cup was the Luo milk wine that Wei Yunlan had brought back from the northwestern countries. It was sweet with a hint of milk flavor, and the alcohol concentration was not high. Even little Jiayan got half a cup.
The first toast was made by Wei Maolin.
The second cup was led by Wei Mingyi.
He raised his glass towards the direction where Wei Yunlan was sitting, and looked at his sister with eyes full of pride and admiration, "This cup is to celebrate Lan'er's smooth trip to the northwest, which was fruitful and made a great contribution to the people's hunger."
The second glass of wine was also finished in one gulp.
There was no one to serve at the dinner table today.
The Wei family members filled their own glasses with wine and then filled the third glass.
Wei Yunlan raised his cup and stood up, "This third cup is for the stability of the Yong River and the happiness of the people!"
"A place to live, clothes to cover the body, food to fill the stomach. One day, there will be no more suffering from famine and war."
"Okay!" Wei Maolin slammed the table, clinked the wine glasses together, raised his head, and drank up the wine in the glass together with his daughter.
A rare celebratory atmosphere.
Wei Yunlan suppressed the worry in his eyes.
Having said that, she knew that it was far from the time when the rivers would be stable and the people would live in peace.
Famine and war are not over yet.
Not to mention the distant past, there will be another natural disaster just half a year later!
…
Spring goes and autumn comes, time flies by.
In the blink of an eye, it is the beginning of autumn.
With a loud "bang", dust flew everywhere in the empty yard, but a circle of stone bricks piled in the center of the yard was safe and sound. Not to mention breaking, there was not even a crack.
However, the few people standing around the stone bricks were covered in dust due to the dust splashed up from inside.
Cuitao and Xiutao didn't even bother to wipe the dust off their faces. They looked sad and lowered their heads, saying, "Miss, there are only three days left. If you can't give us what you asked for, we're afraid..."
The maid didn't dare to finish her words. Xue Linglong, who was also standing in the yard covered in dust, understood what they were going to say.
If she could no longer deliver the firearms she promised to the Second Prince, she would probably be kicked out of this villa.
By then, let alone marrying into the prince's palace, I'm afraid there won't be a place for her even in the capital.
Xue Linglong was anxious and locked herself in the room. She scratched her hair fiercely and wondered where the mistake had occurred.
Obviously, she was a science student in modern times and had learned the corresponding principles of gunpowder explosion in chemistry class. But thinking about something is one thing, and actually putting it into practice is another.
Or perhaps it was because the purity of many raw materials was different from that in modern experiments. Even if she knew what to use, Xue Linglong would not be able to produce gunpowder with enough power for war.
It would be nothing but a pipe dream to give the Second Prince what she promised within three days.
At this moment, she regretted it deeply.
If she had known that this thing was so difficult to make, she would not have made such an exaggerated promise and used it as bait to lure the Second Prince into giving her shelter.
Obviously, she had many other good ideas in her mind. Even if she couldn't influence the war situation, at least she could make more money. Even if she couldn't catch the Second Prince's eye, at least she could catch the eye of Concubine Ling's family and the greedy staff of the Ling Mansion...
One wrong step leads to another, and now she doesn’t know what to do!
"Miss, Eunuch Sui who serves the Second Prince is here." Outside the house, Cui Tao knocked gently on the door and reminded her.
Xue Linglong gritted her teeth and pushed the door open and walked out.
This Eunuch Sui was an old man assigned by Concubine Ling to be by the Second Prince's side. He held a high position in the Second Prince's mansion and was a very strict person with a stern face that showed no mercy at all.
Ever since Xue Linglong asked for a bunch of things and started researching "firearms" five months ago, Eunuch Sui began to be in charge of the affairs of the Ling family villa. As for the second prince, he has rarely appeared since then.
All in all, he had been to the villa no more than three times in the past five months, and had not been there once in the past two months.
Xue Linglong was a little scared of Eunuch Sui's cold face.
I always feel that this eunuch’s somewhat gloomy eyes are particularly sharp, as if they can see through people’s hearts.
Xue Linglong felt nervous, but tried hard to appear calm.
She smiled and bowed politely, "Linglong greets Eunuch Sui."
Then he asked with concern: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince hasn't come to the Villa for a while. I wonder what His Royal Highness has been busy with recently. Is he okay?"
"Miss Xue has overstepped her boundaries. The Royal Concubine and the Second Prince's wife are in charge of the Second Prince's well-being. As for the Second Prince's whereabouts, that is not your business." Eunuch Sui replied with a cold face, looking at Xue Linglong with seven parts of scrutiny and three parts of disdain in his eyes.
Xue Linglong dug her nails into her palms.
This old castrated dog!
Ever since the Second Prince married the daughter of the Minister of Personnel, Lord Sun, as his principal wife, this old eunuch has been openly and secretly preventing her from meeting the Second Prince. Most likely, he has taken advantage of the Second Prince's wife!
But now, she couldn't even give the Second Prince firearms, and if she didn't see him again, and let this old eunuch pass messages between them, she didn't know how the Second Prince would deal with her.
Xue Linglong gritted her teeth secretly and came up with an idea.
Even though he was reprimanded mercilessly, he still maintained a smile and said, "Eunuch Sui, I have made a great breakthrough in the thing I was thinking about today. If it is convenient for the Second Prince, please ask him to come to the villa in person the day after tomorrow, and I will demonstrate it to him in person."
A hint of suspicion flashed across Eunuch Sui's eyes.
Xue Linglong did not dodge his scrutinizing gaze.
After a long while, he finally got a positive reply, "We will convey Miss Xue's words to her. As for whether to come or not, it depends on the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Second Prince."
After all, firearms were a matter of great importance, and even if he looked down on Xue Linglong, he would not dare to hide anything on such a matter.
Eunuch Sui had never thought that Xue Linglong would be so bold as to lie about such a thing. After all, the truth and falsehood would be known when His Royal Highness the Second Prince came to see it.
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