Chapter 79 Jinling Xue Family

"General Lin, are these the things sent by Princess Maode, the eldest daughter of Prince Duan?"

Mu Guiying looked at the dozen carriages pulled into the camp, with red lacquered wooden boxes on display.

Looking at the deep ruts left on the ground by these carriages, it can be imagined that the cargo on the carriages must be extremely heavy.

Lin Chen also glanced at these carriages and nodded imperceptibly.

This was the deal he made with Zhao Min that day.

If Zhao Min helped him do something, he would not tell anyone about her daughter's body.

Of course.

For smart people like Zhao Min, it is better to let Lin Chen shut up completely than to believe in other people's guarantees.

It is said that only the dead can keep secrets.

But Zhao Min could not do anything to Lin Chen, so she could only reach a certain convention with Lin Chen in this way.

That is, I am useful to you, and you are useful to me, and we can use and cooperate with each other.

As for what he asked Zhao Min to send?

Lin Chen signaled the soldiers to unload all these red lacquered boxes from the carriages.

Upon hearing the news, the soldiers came forward and carried the boxes in twos and threes.

Mu Guiying noticed that the soldiers looked exhausted when they were carrying the boxes.

This made her more curious.

Of course, Lin Chen did not hide it from Mu Guiying and opened the boxes in front of her.

After all, Mu Guiying was a confidant of the new emperor.

He Lin Chen naturally could not openly communicate with the prince of a different surname.

"What is this...?"

Mu Guiying watched Lin Chen take out an iron ball weighing about ten pounds from the red lacquer boxes.

In the hands of Lin Chen, a post-natal master, the iron ball seemed to have no weight.

These iron balls.

They were the shells that Lin Chen ordered from Zhao Min!

You should know that among the rewards Lin Chen opened from Wang Xifeng, there were sailing battleships from the Age of Discovery.

These sailing battleships were equipped with hundreds of 24-pound front-loading cannons, and the firepower was extremely abundant.

But.

After looking at these sailing battleships, Lin Chen suddenly found that there were cannons and gunpowder barrels on the ships, but not many shells!

Because of this, he just asked Zhao Min to make solid bullets that imitated the 24-pound muzzle-loading cannon, that is, these large iron balls.

If possible, Lin Chen also planned to remove these cannons from the sailing battleships and use them for ground combat.

After all, he already had a musket battalion in his hands, so it would be normal to have more magic machine cannon battalions.

Mu Guiying looked at these solid iron balls with a confused look, not understanding why Lin Chen spent so much effort on this.

Seeing that Mu Guiying wanted to continue asking questions, Lin Chen made an unspeakable gesture and raised a mysterious smile on his lips.

At the moment.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.

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Jinling Xue Family.

"What is this Xue Ke doing?"

Several elders of the Xue family whispered to each other and discussed a recent topic in Jinling.

Most of the people in Jinling knew about this matter, and the Xue family also got the news.

That is, Xue Ke, a side branch of the Xue family, suddenly began to sell off Jinling's property, peddle goods from shops, etc., and was ready to leave Jinling to seek development elsewhere.

"Does Xue Ke think that the master family is plotting against his property?" Several elders said angrily, with a somewhat unfriendly expression.

People outside didn't know what was wrong with Xue Ke, so they were all discussing that Xue Ke acted like this because he was forced by the master family of the Xue family.

"Mother, how come that Xue clan uncle changed his temperament after returning from the capital?"

In the inner hall of the Xue family, in the boudoir decorated by the daughter's family, two people were sitting upright.

One of them had a fair and plump face, like the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Although she had given birth to children for nearly ten years, she was still as beautiful as a young woman.

The other one was amazing.

She wore a honey-colored round jacket close to her body, a purple and red Shu brocade cape on her shoulders, and the flowing cloud satin skirt on her body did not look too gorgeous.

As for the face of this woman, she looks more like a fairy in a painting.

Her shoulders and body are smooth, just like the tip of a lotus flower. Her eyes seem to be neither sad nor happy, but they are full of tenderness and soft words.

This woman is none other than Aunt Xue's daughter, Xue Baochai.

"Bao girl, Xue Ke has left Jinling, and my family has less gossip."

Aunt Xue thought it was good for Xue Ke to leave.

She always felt that someone in the family was planning to bully her orphan and widow, and planned to make Xue Ke's lineage the main family.

Now Xue Ke dare not have this idea, nothing more than because she is Wang Ziteng's sister.

Aunt Xue understands that Xue Ke dare not offend his eldest brother.

You know, now her brother is highly valued by the new emperor. He was promoted to the imperial envoy of the Nine Borders Inspection a few years ago to thoroughly investigate border defense.

Now the other party must have seen that the plot failed and planned to leave Jinling to form his own lineage.

Hearing her mother's speculation, Xue Baochai's phoenix eyebrows gathered a trace of worry.

From Xue Baochai's point of view.

Uncle Xue Ke is upright and hardworking, and he is the right person to help her brother manage the Xue family in the future.

But I don't know why her mother is too wary of Xue Ke.

Are those uncles who have dirty hands allowed to manage the Xue family's property for Xue Pan?

Xue Baochai is worried that her eldest brother Xue Pan will be deceived by the elders and let the Xue family's property fall into decline.

Now she is still waiting to be married, so she can still help a little.

But when she gets married, who will take care of her useless elder brother?

Although Xue Baochai is in a deep boudoir, she has also heard how the people of Jinling evaluate her elder brother.

They say he is a dull bully.

Is this a good name? !

"Mother, I heard that Uncle Xue not only sold his property, but also recruited sailors?" Xue Baochai asked, thinking of the rumors she heard from the maid.

Aunt Xue heard this, wondering why Xue Baochai asked about this matter, but nodded.

"That Xue Ke is indeed recruiting sailors who make a living on the seaside in Jinling, and I don't know what he is going to do."

Aunt Xue obviously didn't care about these things.

"Does Uncle Xue want to go out to sea to do business?" Xue Baochai could only speculate.

Along the coast of Jiangnan, many people who can't make a living choose to go out to sea.

Among these people, some have made a fortune, and some have lost their bodies.

Xue Baochai has heard that there are several pirate families on the sea, and they like to throw people into the sea alive and drown them.

They call this offering to the Dragon King.

It is said that among this group of pirates, the Zheng family is the most powerful, known as the Zhenghai Dragon King!

Even the Xue family dare not provoke such a strong man.

The mother and daughter, each with their own thoughts, fell silent for a moment, and no one knew what they were thinking.

At this moment.

Hey, the servant hurriedly ran to the inner hall and shouted:

"Madam, Miss, Master Xue Pan beat someone and was sent to the government again!"

The mother and daughter came back to their senses after hearing the servant's shouting.

Xue Baochai seemed to be used to it.

Only Aunt Xue got up quickly and asked her close maid to get silver to rescue her precious son.

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