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"Didn't I tell you not to bother me?" Lanqin was hunched over her desk, sketching out the designs for the "team uniforms" she was preparing to make for the eldest prince and the others. She had asked Nianxue to find the Fujin to invite an embroiderer, precisely to make a set of "CS" outfits for the boys in the front courtyard.
As for the weapons used for attack, Lanqin decided to use slingshots instead, and asked the head maid to buy some paint. She really wanted to make a batch of paint bullets so that if they left color on the team uniforms, the person who was hit would be considered "dead".
This must have been really tough on our Comrade Lanqin. The only game she could think of to train the children's teamwork and resourcefulness was "live-action CS," which she loved to play in college.
"Not even me!" Fourth Master said playfully.
Upon hearing this, Lanqin realized that her long-term meal ticket had arrived. She immediately got down from her desk, gave a proper bow, and then said sweetly, "Master, why are you back so early today!"
That's right, she climbed down from the table. When Fourth Master came in, Lanqin was squatting on the huge yellow pear wood desk, which was two or three zhang wide.
Fourth Master had never seen a woman like her before, sitting cross-legged on the desk. Luckily, her qipao had slits on both sides, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to sit cross-legged at all.
Seeing the Fourth Prince staring blankly at her, Lanqin knew he was still in shock from her earlier appearance. So, Lanqin took a small step and ran to the Fourth Prince's side, grabbed his arm, and said in a coquettish tone, "Master, I've designed a new game for the First Prince and the others. Can you help me take a look? I even designed team uniforms for them!"
Fourth Master was pulled to the desk by Lanqin. When he looked at her scribbles on the manuscript paper, he was once again shocked by Lanqin's "genius" and wonderful ideas.
Okay, actually, Lin Mengyao, who possessed Niu Gulu Lanqin's body, simply copied the anti-terrorist field uniform from a live-action CS game. However, she considered that the Qing Dynasty three hundred years ago wouldn't have had that kind of camouflage fabric, the dyeing technology wouldn't have reached that level, and there wasn't a need for so many pockets specifically designed for carrying various weapons on a field uniform. Therefore, based on the modern field uniform, she made modified designs to suit the needs of the Qing people: for example, she specially designed a large back pocket for carrying arrows, pockets for various daggers on both arms, and pockets for daggers on the front, back, left, and right sides of the trousers.
"What are you drawing?" Fourth Master could hardly make out the strange things that Lanqin had drawn on the fine rice paper. They looked like clothes, but not quite.
Lanqin blinked, intending to say "battle uniform," but her mind raced and she changed her words: "This is a slingshot competition uniform specially designed for the First Prince, the Third Prince, and a few of the boys. I find it too inconvenient to play in a robe. Your Highness, you see, this is an upper garment and trousers, similar to the undergarments we wear, but not as long. Long clothes are also very inconvenient, restricting our movements."
As Fourth Master listened, he looked at the set of "clothes" that Lanqin had drawn on the rice paper. Finally, he figured out a thing or two and pointed to a suspender-like thing on the back of the shirt, asking, "What is this?"
Lanqin looked and saw that it was referring to the place she had specially designed for the Qing people to insert arrows. She smiled and said, "Sir, how about carrying some arrows on your back and a large bow on your arm? When you go hunting, you won't need a eunuch carrying arrows to follow you. How inhumane! You gentlemen ride horses while the little eunuchs carry quiveres."
As she spoke, Lanqin blurted out 21st-century modern vocabulary.
Fortunately, our Fourth Master was already used to hearing a few unfamiliar new words pop out of this little princess's mouth. However, he was quite interested in the points she had just mentioned, and pointed to the many pockets on her trousers, asking, "What are these pockets for?"
Lanqin didn't really know what these pockets were for; they couldn't hold that many daggers. But based on her memory and her preconceived notions of what field uniforms were for, she drew these pockets. However, since Fourth Master specifically pointed them out and asked, she could only make up a story: "To put all sorts of small things you might need, like the tinderbox that Master took in the woods at the manor last time, as well as smoke alarm grenades, daggers, etc. Basically, anything you need for survival in the wild can be put in these little pockets."
Fourth Master was clearly puzzled by her words and asked, "Carrying so much stuff by yourself, isn't it tiring? How can you walk fast? Besides, whether hunting or marching in battle, generals wear armor, and soldiers wear breastplates weighing over ten kilograms. They carry as little as possible, otherwise it will definitely increase the inconvenience of movement. This strange-looking 'clothing' you designed looks a bit like what Westerners wear. Did you copy it from them again?"
Oh my god!! Lanqin felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through her mind! She just wanted the kids to relax and play some fun games after their heavy classical Chinese studies. As for the team uniforms, she just designed them like field uniforms; she really hadn't thought that much about it! Fourth Master!
However, Lanqin said, "Western things may be strange, but there are indeed many things we can learn from them, such as..."
Seeing Lanqin pause, Fourth Master pressed, "For example what?"
Lanqin had initially intended to suggest, for example, that people used the fireworks they played with to create giant guns and cannons, and then incidentally enlighten the Fourth Prince about modern revolution. However, she suddenly remembered that her purpose in transmigrating into the Fourth Prince's inner quarters was to enjoy the leisurely life of a wealthy and powerful nobleman. If she were to actually tell the Fourth Prince those things, regardless of whether he believed her or not, it could very well get her into trouble. Both the Fourth Prince and Emperor Kangxi were extremely shrewd and calculating. She couldn't let either of them uncover her little schemes. Otherwise, would she ever have a peaceful life again? No way!
After a fierce internal struggle, Lanqin decided to stop following Fourth Prince's advice on modern Western revolutions. Later, she would try to remind the now-emperor Fourth Prince not to close the country off, but to open it up more and send more people to the West to see for themselves; that would be enough to clear her conscience.
“For example, the mirrors invented by Westerners are indeed much more useful than our bronze mirrors,” Lanqin said with a smile.
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