And she couldn't take away the money she had saved over the years.
Bai Wanyi really hated God. She hated God for giving her a chance to travel through time, but why didn’t he give the necessary space for a traveler!
No matter what is hidden in the space at that time, who can find it?
Someone is chasing you?
Who could have imagined that she would hide in a space and come out after a year or two? Who could have done anything to her?
Since he had nothing, Bai Wanyi could only grit his teeth and agree: "Okay, what do you say?"
The Fourth Prince said, "Every day, I will send someone to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion to pick you up and bring you to my workshop to help me train craftsmen until I can make my first firearm."
Bai Wanyi frowned and said, "No, even if the princess consort asks me out every day, after a while, there will definitely be criticism."
Throughout history, reputation has always been important to a woman. Although Lu Yan didn't say it, he still cared a lot about it when the Fourth Prince pinched her neck last time.
It was naturally impossible for the Fourth Prince to ask the Princess to take Bai Wanyi out every day.
So how could Bai Wanyi go to his workshop frequently without arousing suspicion?
The Fourth Prince remembered that Bai Wanyi often went out, so he asked, "Which shop do you spend most of your time in every day?"
Bai Wanyi thought for a moment and said, "Avril and Good Luck, or Flowers in the Mirror."
The Fourth Prince immediately said, "Go back and wait for news, I'll find you later."
These three shops were all located in busy downtown streets. The Fourth Prince had a lot of trouble finding two houses behind Avril's shop. After buying them, he dug a huge cellar underground and built a workshop inside.
After finishing, the Fourth Prince went to pick up Bai Wanyi to come and check it out.
Bai Wanyi immediately denied it: "What are you thinking? Working underground, making iron, aren't you afraid of lack of oxygen? Aren't you afraid of carbon dioxide? Aren't you afraid of death?"
The Fourth Prince didn't understand the words "oxygen" and "carbon dioxide," but he did understand the word "death." He frowned and asked, "Will I die?"
Bai Wanyi sneered, "Can you please have some common sense? Even when burning charcoal in winter, you know to leave a crack in the door. Don't you know that it's suffocating here?"
The Fourth Prince understood: "Just have someone build a chimney to get out. There are vents here too."
"Do you know how hot those fires are! If you don't suffocate here, you'll die of heat!" Bai Wan yelled angrily. Why was this guy so stubborn?
"You don't even need to go to the blacksmith shop. Go to your kitchen and stay there for an hour. Try it!"
The Fourth Prince never went to the kitchen, but after returning home he actually ran to the big kitchen in the mansion, which scared the cook.
There are many people in the prince's mansion, and there are countless stoves of different sizes in the kitchen.
Not to mention entering the kitchen, just by entering the large kitchen, you can feel that it is much warmer here than other places.
The Fourth Prince stood at the door of the main kitchen with a gloomy expression, frightening the kitchen steward so much that he quickly asked, "Does Your Highness have any instructions?"
The Fourth Prince pointed at the bustling crowd inside. It was freezing cold, and the women were neatly dressed but thinly, their clothes damp with sweat. The men were even thinner, their collars open. "Isn't it hot?"
The steward said, "It's like this. Everyone is used to it."
The fourth prince asked again: "What should we do in summer?"
The steward said, "In the summer, the masters don't have much of an appetite, so simple food is fine. Besides, the masters all have small kitchens in their courtyards, so we can just cook for them in the main kitchen. As for the servants, we'll cook whatever they want."
The Fourth Prince stood at the kitchen door, and immediately the busy people in the kitchen knelt on the ground: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince."
The Fourth Prince waved his hand for them to get up. He stood up, looked around, and said, "When spring comes, build another kitchen next door. We can't keep it this hot. In the summer, use more ice in the kitchen."
"Thank you, Fourth Prince!"
Everyone knelt on the ground in unison again. The master was considerate of his servants, so how could they, as slaves, not do their best?
When the news reached the Fourth Prince's wife, she was very curious as to why the Fourth Prince suddenly became interested in the big kitchen. She specially called everyone in the big kitchen over and checked them one by one. After confirming that there were no young and beautiful maids or wives in the big kitchen, she gave up and only told them to do as the Fourth Prince ordered.
The Fourth Prince went to the kitchen and then returned to have someone find another house. He used the original cellar as a transit station and a place to store things. Bai Wanyi entered the house from Avril's back door and then went down to the workshop from the basement.
On the other side, there was a blacksmith shop. Bai Wanyi was in charge at the back, so it was out of sight.
In this way, Bai Wanyi became busy. With the affairs in the shop and the Fourth Prince's side, he was busy every day and had no time to pay attention to Lu Yan, let alone compete with Wu Ziya and others.
Lu Yan was also very busy and seldom went home. When he went back, he just reported to Old Lady Lu, saw Qi Jing and left.
Wu Ziya was proud of her status and unwilling to compete for favor, while Concubine Jia had many talents but nowhere to display them.
Even though Wu Ziya was anxious, no one could see her, so there was nothing she could do. She could only focus her energy on her family first.
The courtyards for the ladies in the backyard have been built and they can move in at a later date.
In the main courtyard, the walls have been painted, the floor has been paved, and the doors and windows have been installed. Now we just need to let it air out for a while, turn on the floor heating to remove the moisture inside, and then move the furniture in and arrange the furnishings. We will probably be able to move in before the New Year.
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The struggle for imperial power was always kept behind the scenes and no one put it out in the open.
Xie Qing robbed someone, and the Fourth Prince didn't come to him openly, but secretly sent people to hunt him down.
At the same time, the Fourth Prince did not let go of the businesses of the First Prince, the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Queen's family. Whether it was commercial runs, backstabbing, or sending people to intercept goods, he did everything he could, with the main goal of not letting any suspicious person go.
Several princes were making a mess in the court at the same time, but behind the scenes, there was chaos.
The Fourth Prince was biting people everywhere like a mad dog. Even Mr. Yu had been assassinated several times. Xie Qing was furious. Not only did he send people to burn down the two shops under the Fourth Prince's name, he also personally visited the Fourth Prince's house at night and painted a turtle on his face. Only then did the Fourth Prince stop.
After dealing with the Fourth Prince, Xie Qing went to take care of the craftsmen.
He did not send these craftsmen to the firearms workshop immediately, but first sent people to rescue their families from Bai Wanyi.
This was done, firstly, to appease the people, and secondly, to keep these people in their hands and not be afraid that they would not work hard.
Otherwise, Xie Qing would not dare to use them.
Although this takes a little longer, safety is more important than anything else.
As the twelfth lunar month approached and the Chinese New Year was approaching, all the talents came over.
The craftsmen looked at their wives, children, and gray-haired parents, and all knelt down in front of Xie Qing.
The youngest apprentice was only fifteen years old. He knelt before Xie Qing and kowtowed repeatedly: "Please be kind and rescue my master as well!"
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