Chapter 318 Zhao Lingmeng discusses her plans with Fan Yong
Things gradually stabilized on Zhao Lingmeng's side. She would occasionally solve difficult problems, and most of the time she helped assemble weapons and do her part for the front line.
Zhao Houyang and Yang Chengchen have also become accustomed to the military life of assembling different weapons every day. They both feel that if their mother/aunt asked them to draw the blueprints of these weapons now, they will no longer have so many childish questions and childish ideas as before.
The lives of Zhao Lingmeng, Zhao Houyang, Yang Chengchen and others in the military equipment camp gradually became routine. Except that they were a little busier, a little tired, had more problems and slept less every day, everything else was quite normal.
Meanwhile, Wenyuan Hou and Zhao Anwei had already led their troops out. Zhao Ling had originally dreamed of seeing his second brother off on the official road, but something important came up and he couldn't go.
But Zhao Lingmeng didn't have time for sentimentality. She had a lot on her plate! She was also thinking about gunpowder. If the frontline attack didn't go well, she would have to prepare to transition from cold weapons to hot weapons.
She couldn't just sit there and watch Jingguo being divided by the surrounding countries. Whoever disturbed her stable and superior life would be punished.
That day, Fan Yong saw that the princess, who was usually very fast at assembling weapons, had been in a daze for a long time. The assembly parts she unconsciously picked up were all wrong. So he had no choice but to ask, "Your Highness, what are you thinking about?"
"Thinking about weapons!"
Zhao Lingmeng still trusted Fan Yong quite a bit, after all, they had worked together for over a decade. They were both colleagues and friends, and she even asked Fan Yong to help her find a lot of information.
"Let's go back and talk? Let's go back for dinner. Today's affairs are almost settled. Sir Fan, would you like to have dinner with us?"
Fan Yong's first reaction was to immediately pick up the sword on his right hand, and said without hesitation: "Thank you very much, Your Highness!"
Zhao Lingmeng glanced at Fan Yong. This guy only acted like a decent person in public, keeping strangers away. In private, he was truly shameless. She could only shake her head helplessly.
If Chunshui and the others knew that His Highness thought this of Deputy Commander Fan, they would simply say that Deputy Commander Fan always had a reserved demeanor. He was definitely not pretending, and the way he acted in public was his true self.
When Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong were about to leave, General Liu happened to pass by.
"Your Highness, are you ready to go back?"
"Yes, General Liu, is there anything wrong?" Zhao Ling thought dreamily. If there was anything wrong, he had to solve it first.
"No, I just wanted to ask Master Jin to urge us to make progress. I saw you here, so I came to say hello."
The core meaning of Lord Jin's words is that it is just a small matter and will not trouble Your Highness.
Zhao Lingmeng nodded in understanding. She really couldn't help with such specific matters. General Liu and Lord Jin were in charge of them.
"General Liu, if you have any accurate information from the front, please tell me. I will then decide whether to improve the new weapons."
When General Liu heard His Highness say this, he nodded happily and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. If there is any new news from the front, I will inform you immediately."
Zhao Lingmeng smiled and nodded, then left with Fan Yong. They saw each other almost every day now, so there was no need to exchange pleasantries.
"Farewell, Her Royal Highness!" General Liu kept smiling. With Her Royal Highness's words, the heavy stone in his heart finally fell a little. He thought to himself, God has been kind to Jingguo!
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong returned to the yard, Zhao Lingmeng took Fan Yong directly into the study and told Chunshui and others not to go in to serve them.
As soon as Fan Yong saw Zhao Lingmeng's attitude, he knew that she didn't want the emperor to know the content of this conversation, so Fan Yong was particularly relaxed. "Your Highness, what do you want to talk to me about? Why are you being so mysterious?"
Because in Fan Yong's opinion, things that cannot be known by the emperor are private matters! It shouldn't be a big deal.
Chunshui and the others didn't think much of it. Their master and their superiors had some secrets to discuss. It was normal for them not to know anything; it was abnormal to know everything. They had no curiosity at all. For people of their status, the truth that curiosity kills the cat was ingrained in their bones.
Zhao Lingmeng said nothing, but walked to the desk alone and wrote down the materials for making gunpowder without hesitation. Then she handed them to Fan Yong, "Is these far from Yuanjing? Can you get some of them and put them in the military equipment camp? I want the ones that can be brought in with good reason."
Fan Yong took it and took a look, thinking it was something else. His Highness had mentioned these materials to him before. He frowned in confusion. "This seems to be the material His Highness mentioned last time that can be used to make a powerful weapon. His Highness wants to bring it to the Armament Battalion to study it. What's wrong with letting the Emperor know?"
"Alas!" Zhao Lingmeng sighed helplessly. This was like a Pandora's box; no one knew what lay within. Furthermore, in an era of supreme imperial power, the Emperor might resort to endless wars. The people of Jing Kingdom would then have a hard time.
Fan Yong didn’t know what Zhao Lingmeng was thinking, he just looked at Zhao Lingmeng with great curiosity.
"I told you this weapon was incredibly powerful!"
Fan Yong nodded. His Highness had indeed said so. But isn't it true that more powerful weapons are better? Fan Yong thought so, and he asked the same question.
"Theoretically, weapons are just as you said: the more powerful the better. However, these things have two sides. If there are advantages, there are disadvantages. If someone insists on starting wars everywhere, the people of Jingguo might even suffer worse than they do now!"
Fan Yong had no way to refute what Zhao Lingmeng said. After all, every emperor had a dream of becoming the greatest emperor of all time.
"Then why did you bring the materials to the Arms Battalion? It would easily attract attention."
"I'm not worried about Anding and Anyang. If Wenyuan Hou can't get them back, and the situation on the front line is urgent, we have no choice but to get them out first and deal with them after the war."
Fan Yong pondered for a moment and expressed his opinion, "That's not necessary. I believe that this battle will be won by our Jing Nation. Anding and Anyang are the result of Long Ling Nation's deliberate and unintentional actions. Once Wenyuan Hou and his men arrive with their most powerful weapons, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
Moreover, these materials on paper are all around Yuanjing, so if the situation changes, there will be no time to find them again."
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