Gu Xinran felt a little guilty. For the past month, her life had been like a war, and she rarely thought of her.
Guilty, he took out a string of golden bells and handed it to his sister, gently pinching her cheek. "How could that be? Tingting will always be my favorite little baby. Look! This is a gift specially prepared for you."
Little Tingting took a string of six small golden bells and shook them gently. A crisp sound came out, and she smiled and laughed "chuckle" along with the sound of the bells.
She pouted and said, "Sister, for the sake of the gift, I forgive you!"
Running around shaking the bells, laughter filled the whole house.
When Gu's mother suggested setting off back to Jinzhou tomorrow, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared.
The old princess held her daughter's hand tightly and was reluctant to let go. The Prince of Zhennan's eyes were glued to her daughter, and her two aunts also showed some reluctance.
Gu Xinran didn't like this oppressive atmosphere and sincerely invited: "Why don't you all come with us to Jinzhou Prefecture? The weather is nice and peaceful now, so we can just take it easy and treat it as a trip."
The grandmother was very interested. She hadn't left Yunzhou Prefecture for almost twenty years. Besides, she had only been with her daughter for about a month, which was too short to make up for the absence of more than ten years.
The old princess looked at the Prince of Zhennan, her eyes sparkling, "Master, since you are no longer in charge of military affairs, why don't we go out for a walk?"
The Prince of Zhennan's eyes lit up, then dimmed again. He sighed, "The Qiyu Kingdom is still determined to destroy us. They occasionally send troops. At this time, I must stay behind to stabilize the morale of the army. The north is already in chaos, and we can't let any more problems happen in the south."
When it comes to the border and the war, everyone falls silent.
Gu Xinran sighed as well. How could Southern Xinjiang be stabilized? How could my grandparents enjoy their old age in peace? How could the newly built Nanyi County enjoy peace and tranquility? Simply reinforcing the city walls wouldn't be enough. Ideally, they could be intimidated, convinced, and finally sign a peace agreement.
Then you have to be strong yourself. As long as you have excellent generals, strong soldiers and horses, sophisticated weapons, and sufficient food and grass, you should be able to crush your opponents, right?
The Thirty-Six Stratagems should be useful, right? The special forces training program from my previous life should be useful, right? The repeating crossbow could also be used on the battlefield, right? ...
After some thought, I decided to leave something meaningful for my grandfather and the Zhennan Army before leaving.
Gu Xinran smiled playfully at everyone, apologized, and pulled her grandfather to the empty side room next door.
After sitting down, my grandfather spoke first: "Ranran, what do you want to tell me?"
At this time, Gu Xinran felt a little annoyed. How could she talk about this if she hadn't prepared anything?
But she quickly smiled and said, "Grandfather, please have someone prepare the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. Wait a moment, I'll be back soon and have a big surprise for you!"
Prince Zhennan nodded in agreement.
Gu Xinran ran to a deserted place, took out the finished five-chamber crossbow given by Xiao Mingzhan from the space, and then returned to the side hall.
He presented the five-barreled crossbow with both hands and explained in detail how to use it. The Prince of Zhennan's eyes lit up as he listened, and he walked towards the training ground with the crossbow in hand.
After a test shooting, he stroked the five-shot crossbow and couldn't let it go, marveling at it.
When the two personal guards saw that this crossbow could fire five arrows in a row and still penetrate the bull's eye three hundred meters away, their eyes widened and they couldn't take their gazes away.
Prince Zhennan glanced at his long-serving guards, then reluctantly handed the crossbow to them, admonishing them, "Be careful when testing it, don't break it!"
The two were overjoyed. After shooting a round each, they praised: "Great stuff! If this is equipped to archers, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
Prince Zhennan also nodded solemnly: "It is indeed a good thing, exquisitely crafted."
Gu Xinran smiled and said, "Grandfather, your praise is unmerited. It's unworthy of the phrase 'exquisite craftsmanship'. Half a month ago, the Northern Expedition Army equipped a 300-man Divine Crossbow Battalion with this crossbow. The battalion commander is your eldest grandson, Gu Yuchen, whom I've never met."
I will draw the detailed drawings later. You can order the weapons supervisor to make them and equip the Zhennan Army. It will definitely increase the military strength.
Oh, and there are also large crossbow carts and crossbow beds. The King of Qi has almost finished developing them. I'll draw the drawings for them as well."
The Prince of Zhennan clapped his hands excitedly and laughed, "Great! Great! Wu Er, go get Master Li from the Armory."
One of the personal guards took the order and left.
Prince Zhennan took Gu Xinran to the study, as the side hall was not the place to discuss such important matters.
As he walked and learned about the situation, Prince Zhennan's eyes and eyebrows were full of joy: "Ranran, was this crossbow invented by you? My granddaughter is truly extremely intelligent!"
Gu Xinran was a little embarrassed because she was not the inventor, but she could only bite the bullet and claim the credit.
"The idea of the crossbow, crossbow cart, and crossbow bed was my idea, but the people from the King of Qi made great efforts in making it."
"It's truly remarkable that she can come up with such a brilliant plan. My granddaughter, Duan Qingtian, is truly extraordinary!"
As they chatted, they arrived at the study. As soon as Gu Xinran sat down, he took out the charcoal pencil he brought with him and began to draw pictures with great concentration. After drawing a lot, the simple drawings became quite realistic.
Half an hour later, the entire drawing of the crossbow arrow, crossbow cart, and crossbow bed, as well as the component drawings and structural drawings were all completed. It really takes practice to get by.
She didn't stop after drawing those, but continued to think and write about the modern special forces training plan, including weighted running, climbing, crawling under barbed wire... and drew pictures of the required equipment.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, she had a teammate who was a special forces soldier. He always looked down on her physical strength and forced her to train as a special forces soldier for two months. Even now, her legs still feel weak when she thinks about it.
Before the training plan was finished, Master Li from the Weapons Bureau arrived.
Prince Zhennan, who was immersed in the blueprint, raised his head, and without any formalities, called him over to study the crossbow and blueprint together.
Seeing that the two old men were so engrossed in their research, Gu Xinran simply ignored them and focused on finishing the training plan.
Master Li kept praising, "Good!", "What a coincidence!"...
Finally, he sighed, "Whose masterpiece is this? Your Majesty, you must introduce it to me."
Prince Zhennan stroked his beard, smiled smugly, and pointed at Gu Xinran, who was writing furiously. "It's far away, yet it's right before my eyes. This is my granddaughter Xinran's masterpiece."
Gu Xinran, who had just finished writing, looked up and greeted him politely, "Hello, Master Li!"
Master Li was dumbfounded. This little girl is the master?
Gu Xinran ignored his shock and picked up the drawing to explain it. Every word was brilliant and every sentence hit the point.
Master Li instantly looked at her with admiration and soon understood all the key points.
He started to itch his hands, and after asking if he could take the blueprints away, he stood up and went back to the weapons depot to start making them.
Gu Xinran hurriedly stopped him and handed over a few more simple equipment drawings, "Please make these as well."
After seeing it, Master Li agreed immediately and left like a gust of wind with the blueprints and crossbow.
The grandfather and grandson watched and shook their heads and laughed, thinking, what a weapons fan.
After laughing, Gu Xinran handed the King of Zhennan a few pieces of paper and said, "Grandfather, this is the elite soldier training plan I customized. Do you think it's feasible? The requirements for ordinary soldiers can be appropriately lowered."
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