Xie Qing took the firearm and unloaded the bullet without observing it for long.
Bai Wanyi laughed: "Would I harm you?"
Xie Qing thought to himself, it’s a pity that I have such a short life.
He disassembled the firearm and reassembled it according to what he had just seen.
Bai Wanyi watched from the side with unconcealed admiration in his eyes: "Your Highness the Crown Prince has a really good memory and strong hands-on skills."
Xie Qing glanced at her, loaded the bullet, and pointed the gun at Bai Wanyi.
Bai Wanyi wasn't afraid at all. Instead, he went up to him with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, do you really want to kill me?"
Xie Qing really wanted to kill Bai Wanyi, but he endured it and let it go: "Let's find a place to try."
Bai Wanyi nodded, dismantled the assembled firearm, took them to the next room, gave each of them a lantern, and then lifted a piece of the floor to reveal a passage that was only wide enough for one person to pass through. She walked in first.
Prince Du was worried: "Your Highness, I will go down first."
"It's okay." Xie Qing waved his hand and followed Bai Wanyi downstairs.
The passage winds down, and I don’t know how deep it is, but suddenly the view opens up.
It was such a large place, with torches burning on the walls all around, making the place as bright as day.
Xie Qing glanced around and said, "Mrs. Lu and Marquis Lu have good intentions."
Prince Du's gaze fell on the various assembled firearms on the wall. "Are these all ready? Aren't you afraid of being impeached for holding your own troops?"
Bai Wanyi looked at Master Du in confusion: "To have an army and respect oneself, one must first have soldiers, but we only have these firearms."
Xie Qing's eyes roamed over the firearms: "The gunpowder above and the firearms below are all powerful weapons."
Bai Wanyi didn't deny this. She pretended to be frank and said, "If that's the case, I'm a walking killer. The formula for gunpowder is in my head. Even if I throw it away, I can still make it."
As she spoke, she put on a posture that she thought was cool. Such words and such a posture, the ancients must have never seen them, right?
I'm going to fascinate you to death.
Prince Du withdrew his gaze from the firearm and looked at Bai Wanyi. These words were enough to make him look at the Bai family with new eyes. He thought that the Bai family only cared about love, but he didn't expect...
Prince Du's gaze fell on Bai Wanyi, and he immediately looked away in disgust. What should he say?
He couldn't explain it, but he suddenly felt like vomiting.
Could it be that Marquis Pingyang likes this?
It's not impossible. After all, Bai seems to have some brains. If she didn't have any brains, how could she have gone from being an orphan girl at the border to a marquis' wife?
Now he is trying every means to get in touch with the prince.
The last time the prince humiliated her, she was able to swallow her pride. Really...
Prince Du felt inferior to Bai, thinking that there seemed to be something wrong with her brain.
With her intelligence and talent, she followed Marquis Pingyang and assisted him in achieving great things.
His future achievements are limitless, so why is he trying every possible way to get close to the prince?
Is it simply a way to curry favor with the powerful?
Prince Du couldn't help but look at Bai Wanyi, again and again. This woman, eh...
Bai Wanyi kept an eye on Xie Qing, but he did not miss Master Du's gaze.
She couldn't help but feel pleased with herself. As expected, her charm was unmatched.
Perfect looks, perfect intelligence, perfect insights into the future, adding up to a perfect self, who can resist?
Bai Wanyi couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride on his face.
In Prince Du's opinion, she was proud of her own achievements.
Because there are more assembled firearms on this wall, and the target in the distance is full of holes, it is obvious that more than one experiment has been carried out here.
Xie Qing's eyes fell on the firearms on the wall and he couldn't move them away. "How do we solve the problem of exploding barrels? The Ministry of Industry still hasn't come up with any solution."
On the surface, these things were handed over to the Ministry of Industry to be done secretly. In fact, the workshop under Xie Qing had been doing these things a few years ago. Unfortunately, it was still missing the most critical step. If the problem of barrel explosion was solved, he could directly start mass production and organize a firearms battalion.
Bai Wanyi smiled confidently: "The reason why I am also experimenting with firearms is because the problem of bursting barrels is difficult to solve."
"To put it bluntly, it's because of the firearm tubes. We use steel, while the Ministry of Industry uses copper and iron. The ratio is very difficult to grasp. I need accurate data and the actual objects before I dare to hand them over to the Ministry of Industry. Otherwise, if someone is injured, it will be my fault."
Bai Wanyi's answer was clever, and it directly blocked Xie Qing's desire to find a way to make steel. She also wanted to see Xie Qing being humiliated.
Unfortunately, Xie Qing disappointed her: "I will give you a prescription based on the level of your research. People in the Ministry of Industry value their lives more than you do."
Bai Wanyi didn't expect him to say that. No matter how reluctant he was, he had to grit his teeth and agree. Otherwise, would he have to wait for the emperor's decree to ask for it back?
They still owed the emperor money, and they were afraid that the emperor would remember them and ask them to pay back the money.
Xie Qingxin looked at his frustrated look and sneered in his heart. He took down a firearm from the wall, checked it, aimed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the smell of gunpowder instantly spread.
Xie Qing watched with his own eyes as a hole was blown open on the target, and couldn't help but step forward to take a closer look.
Prince Du was also dumbfounded. No wonder the Crown Prince was reluctant, but he was dragged here by him. He had no choice but to come.
What the Bai family possesses is too terrifying. At this distance, they can shoot people from a distance without even getting close to them. If they hide well, it is really hard to defend against them.
Xie Qing tried several firearms in succession. He looked at Bai Wanyi and asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"
Bai Wanyi came back to his senses and shook his head: "No, with the current steelmaking method, we still can't master the absolutely precise ratio. Whether it will explode or not, we can only know after we make it."
Xie Qing frowned, very dissatisfied with this answer. He turned and asked, "How many of these firearms do you have?"
Bai Wanyi pointed at the wall and said, "That's all. Not much."
Xie Qing nodded: "I will be satisfied if you take them all away."
Bai Wanyi had just lost the recipe, and now even the wall of firearms was about to be lost. She was very unhappy: "These are the fruits of my research. Your Highness, do you want to take them with you?"
Xie Qing glanced at her sideways: "What's the point of you staying here? Who can be at ease with such a lethal weapon in your hand? Besides, it's not like you can't make it."
With just one sentence, Bai Wanyi was blocked back.
Seeing Xie Qing about to leave, Bai Wanyi suddenly remembered something: "Your Highness, do you have a jar of scar cream made by the Empress?"
Xie Qing turned around and looked at her: "Really? I don't remember."
"I have donated so many firearms, can't you give me a can? I really need it." Bai Wanyi looked at Xie Qing pitifully.
"I think I threw it away? I don't remember."
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