For Feng Ziying, Zhuang Limin's role is not only to buy and make firecrackers for him, but also to consider whether he can also include them in his future planning and construction plan for the coal-iron complex in Beidi.

The Shanxi merchants had silver and were even familiar with the situation in the north, but Feng Ziying was still a little skeptical about how to build a complex that integrated coal mining, coking, iron smelting, and even the production of iron products, and make it successfully commercialized.

As his father said, these Shanxi merchants are more in terms of network accumulation, coordination and trade capabilities, and really operate a production entity, Feng Ziying herself is a little unconvinced, and the introduction of an external collaborator may help to balance.

Fortunately, there is still time, and I can talk to this Zhuang Limin again.

Second Sister You curled up in Feng Ziying's arms like a well-behaved Persian cat, a pair of charming blue eyes half-open and half-closed, with Feng Ziying's moving clutches, she took the initiative to cater to her best parts for the other party to enjoy, and on the other end, Third Sister You was just next to her lover, enjoying this warmth comfortably, silent.

These two sisters are indeed diametrically opposed personalities, usually Second Sister You is like a timid and sensitive kitten, the slightest movement will prick up her ears, for fear of angering anyone, and Third Sister You is heroic and generous, but once she goes to bed, Second Sister You transforms into a flame rose in the dark night, burns to release her charm, and dedicates her hottest and bewitching side to men, while Third Sister You suddenly turned into a green apple, and her every move is extremely shy, passively bearing the ravages of her lover.

This contrast surprised Feng Ziying, but she enjoyed it very much.

As if feeling the changes in the two daughters' emotions towards herself, Feng Ziying threw away her thoughts about the future coal-iron complex and the firecracker industry and returned to the second daughter.

"My dad and my mom know about you two,......"

You can clearly feel that the second daughter's body is stiff, Feng Ziying patted the second daughter's plump waist comfortingly, "My mother has known for a long time, and my father has known it since he came back this time, and he told me about the ,...... of the two of you."

After a while, Second Sister You mustered up the courage to say, "How did the master go back to the old lady?" ”

"What's going on?" Feng Ziying pulled the corner of the quilt for Second Sister You, and her bare shoulders were a little cold, "What else can I say, they all know, what else do I say, ask me when I will carry you back, I say it's okay, but it's better to wait until the end of the year, I will get married at the end of the year, Shen girl, you all know ,......"

Feng Ziying did not hide the second daughter of the You family from the issue of marrying a wife, and there was nothing to hide.

Sooner or later, the concubine will have to see the wife, of course, it is best after the wife enters the door, so as not to hate the wife and be put in small shoes in the future, of course, even then, it may not be able to win the love of the wife.

It is really rare to have a very good relationship between a wife and a concubine like the previous generation of the Feng family, and fortunately, the Da Duan family is a big grinning and sloppy character, and the Su family and the Xie family are safe and self-contained, so the Feng family will have such peace.

"Sister Shen started this year, what about Sister Lin?" Third Sister You asked in a low voice.

The concubine is always a sister, no matter how old or young she is, even if Lin Daiyu is a few years younger than You Er and You San, but as long as she enters the Feng family, You Er and You San still have to call Lin Daiyu her sister.

Feng Ziying suddenly thought of this, if Miaoyu really wanted to marry herself, then when she saw Daiyu in the future, would she call Daiyu sister or sister? This can be a problem.

Feng Ziying heard what Third Sister You meant, compared to Lin Daiyu, who is relatively familiar and has a friendship, the Shen girl who has never been in contact is obviously not a good choice, Third Sister You must prefer to enter the third room, anyway, they are all concubines, how can you find a familiar and friendly sister?

"Sister Lin has to wait for two years, and she has to wait for the filial piety period to pass." Feng Ziying was also a little hesitant.

It is definitely not appropriate to let the second daughter of the You family wait for another two years, but as soon as the Shen family passes the door, they will accept these two daughters into the house, but they are afraid that whoever changes will not be happy in their hearts, and maybe they will have a bad feeling towards the second daughter of the You family.

The two daughters of the You family didn't squeak for a while, which is a bit worth considering.

Of course, there is another option, which is to wait a little longer to see what happens to the second room, and if it goes well, to try to get such an opportunity next year.

Baochai's age is not too young, as long as the emperor agrees to give a false identity to his second uncle, then the Ministry of Rites agrees to marry Baochai next year, so it is also an option to let Eryou enter the second room.

With Baochai's temperament, Feng Ziying is not worried that she will be embarrassed.

"No, just wait." Feng Ziying also knew that the second daughter was also panicking now, and she didn't want to enter the long room, but if she had to make them wait for two and a half years, it would be too long, and they couldn't say it, if it reached the ears of some people, it would really be targeted.

"The slave sisters don't have anything, but Sister Lin is more familiar with it." You San said cautiously. After all, it is related to the happiness of a lifetime, no matter how you have to show an attitude.

Feng Ziying patted You San's plump buttocks again to show her understanding.

At this time, he didn't dare to say anything about Baochai, and now except for the Xue family, no one knows about such things, that is, Xiangling vaguely guessed something, but he didn't dare to say it to outsiders, even Jin Chu'er, Yu Chu'er and Yunshang didn't know about it.

*******

"Ziying, Ling Zun is really ruthless, bite to death and don't let go, 900,000 taels of silver, and you have to add these 3,000 Lumi guns and gunpowder, Lord Zhang is very angry." Chai Ke beckoned Feng Ziying to take a seat.

Feng Ziying also sat down casually.

It was natural for him to come to Chai Ke's place, but not with Zhang Jingqiu.

The trip to the west of Xinjiang made him and Chai Ke quickly closer, which is why he likes to go out with these officials.

Of course, the premise is that your performance can be recognized and affirmed by the other party, and it will be better if you can achieve a tacit understanding.

"Lord Chai, you don't have to tell me this, it's okay if you don't agree to my father, but I don't want anyone to change this mess in Liaodong, my father is full of complaints in the house these days, and I always feel that someone has set up a trap." Feng Ziying said half-truths and half-truths.

Chai Ke snorted, he also swore to Feng Tang that he would let Feng Tang serve as the governor of the three sides, who knew that this time he would change his mind and let Feng Tang go out of Liaodong, which naturally made Feng Tang unhappy.

It's just that these things need to be subordinated to the overall situation, Chai Ke said in his heart that he was sorry, and he had to insist, of course, he would be biased in the food and salary materials he supported.

"Ziying, this kind of thing is inevitable, when it happens, for the sake of the monarch's worries and loyalty to national affairs, your own ideas can only be abandoned." Chai Ke replied lightly, "It's also that the relationship between Feibai and Liaodong is too stiff, otherwise I wouldn't let Ling Zun go." ”

Feng Ziying also knew that Chai Ke actually supported Xiong Tingbi to go, but Xiong Tingbi and Li Chengliang and the Li family were in the same boat, and this time either Xiong Tingbi was brought back, or the Li family system was completely cleaned up, no matter what the situation was, it was not what the imperial court was willing to see now.

"Lord Chai, my father also knows, so complaining is complaining, but you have to work hard to do a good job, the state affairs are difficult, he is a military minister of the imperial court, and he should guard the country." Feng Ziying responded.

"Well, your father and son are of the same character, and there is no ambiguity in front of major events, although Lord Zhang is very annoyed with Ling Zun's lion opening his mouth, but he still recognizes his loyalty to state affairs, but Ziying, Ling Zun in addition to these three thousand Lu Mi guns, also asked to order another 13,000 of these firearms, and even equipped with two thousand self-generated firearms, he really thinks that this kind of firearms can play a big role in Liaodong?"

Chai Ke's question is also a question for many people.

The thirteen,000 firecrackers plus the 2,000 self-generated firecrackers cost more than 200,000 taels of silver, and although it was to be paid in two years, it was also a considerable amount.

This Feng Tang brought 900,000 taels of silver, most of which were military salaries and local purchases of food and various materials, and there was not much really left for you to use to buy armaments, but this time Feng Tang reported in advance here in the Ministry of War, and left 100,000 taels of silver as an advance deposit for the purchase, which also shocked the Ministry of War.

It is the custom of the border army for these governors and soldiers to eat people's heads and silver and drink the blood of soldiers, even the military department is tacit.

As long as it is not too excessive, there is no major incident like a mutiny and rebellion like Ningxia Town, and even some small mutinies have little impact, and there is no problem in side affairs, then no one will pursue it, even the Metropolitan Procuratorate will remain silent.

But if something goes wrong, especially on the sidelines, then these may be the nooses that hang you.

This kind of purchase of armaments is the same, generally speaking, it should be proposed by the governor or the general army to the Ministry of War, with the consent of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will be responsible for the procurement and distribution, but this time Feng Tang was very resolute and urgent, and he solved the problem of the remaining 3,000 Lu Mi guns that the Shenji Battalion did not want for the Ministry of War, so the Ministry of War was also a special case, and finally approved this outsourcing.

Of course, gunpowder still had to be made from the Gunpowder Bureau, and 3,000 out of 13,000 Lumi guns were still made by the War Bureau, which was also a prerequisite for the Ministry of War's consent.

"Lord Chai, I am not familiar with the specific military affairs Ziying, but my father has been training for many years, I think I should be somewhat sure, the Jianzhou Jurchen is good at riding and shooting, and the scale of its armored soldiers is getting bigger and bigger, the Liaodong Army is inferior to the Jianzhou Jurchen in terms of crossbow arrows, to crack its advantage, the fire gun is the best way, this is also what my father and I talked about." Feng Ziying took a breath, "Since it can't be legal, then you always have to try something new to see if it works." ”