Wu Shigong felt that his lungs were about to explode, and he felt that he might not be able to control his emotions if he stayed here any longer, so Wu Shigong hugged Xue Chengping and walked towards the outside of the inner house without looking back.

Seeing Wu Shigong leaving, Li Xin's face was in a panic, she stretched out her hand to pull Wu Shigong, but she hesitated when she thought of Wu Chengying behind her. But after such a hesitation, Wu Shigong had already stepped out of the door and disappeared.

Wu Shigong stepped on the snow on the school field step by step, and made a "click" sound. Chi Ming's guards followed Wu Shigong closely, and when they saw Wu Shigong's gloomy face, they just followed, and no one dared to make a sound. It wasn't until they passed through the entire camp and came to Li Yuenu's house that the guards stopped and remained guarding outside the house.

Seeing Wu Shigong's sudden arrival, Li Yuenu was pleasantly surprised: "Master, why are you here?" ”

Wu Shigong touched Xue Chengping's little head and said, "This is Ping'er, let's raise it here for you in the future." Ping'er, called Aunt Yue! ”

But Xue Chengping: "Wow——! He burst into tears again. Wu Shigong immediately didn't know why, so he asked anxiously, "Ping'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Mother...... Don't ...... adults. It's peaceful! Father's ...... Don't ...... either. It's peaceful! Xue Chengping became more and more sad the more he cried, sobbing and unable to say a complete sentence.

Wu Shigong was particularly sad when he thought of Ping'er's experience. He hurriedly comforted: "Who said that Dad doesn't want you anymore, Dad will accompany you today and tell you the story of the little white dragon." Do you want to listen to it? Ping'er is good! Be a bold boy like the little white dragon! ”

finally comforted Xue Chengping, but Xue Chengping was still a little worried, he asked with tears in his eyes: "Father, can Ping'er still play with his brothers and sisters?" Ping'er also wants to set off firecrackers. ”

Wu Shigong almost spurted out a mouthful of evil blood. What a child doesn't hold grudges! I was so worried about them, but in a blink of an eye, Xue Chengping only cared about playing. What's going on?

But looked at Xue Chengping's expectant eyes. Wu Shigong had no choice but to agree: "Go play when you want to play, but let Aunt Yue follow." Don't play those dangerous games. ”

Li Yuenu arranged for the maid to coax Xue Chengping to play, and then she immediately stuck to Wu Shigong's side, and asked with a smile: "Master! Will Ping'er live here in the slave family in the future? ”

Wu Shigong nodded and replied, "Haven't you always wanted to raise a child?" Ping'er, you can take it first! When he grows up, let him be filial to you. ”

Li Yuenu was pleasantly surprised again: "Really!? Then she immediately attached herself to Wu Shigong's ear and whispered: "Actually, there are osmanthus flowers." ”

"That's not good? More children and more blessings! Won't you be able to support two children with this little property? Wu Shigong was immediately in a good mood.

"Yes! Osmanthus doesn't know if it's a man or a woman. The slave family wants a boy! Li Yuenu replied.

"Don't send the osmanthus away when the time comes. Motherless children are always pitiful. Hey——! Wu Shigong couldn't help but think of Xue Chengping again.

“haode！ Master! Li Yuenu immediately nodded in agreement, "Then is the master staying here today?" ”

"You can prepare it and save it for dinner!" Wu Shigong instructed, "Wait until Ping'er falls asleep." I'll go home again. ”

Today is not an accident deliberately caused by Wu Chengying, and it is understandable that children are timid. So it's okay for Wu Shigong to run away from home and give a face, but it's too much if he doesn't return all night.

"Then the slave family will cook!" Li Yuenu happily walked out.

When he returned to the inner house, it was already late at night, but as soon as Wu Shigong entered the door, he saw Li Xin waiting for him at the door. After meeting Wu Shigong. Li Xin leaned behind him, and then asked, "What about Ping'er?" ”

"Didn't come back!" Wu Shigong took Li Xin's hand. I noticed that her hands were cold. was also a little distressed, so he blamed: "It's such a cold day, don't wait outside." ”

Hearing Wu Shigong's concern, Li Xin felt a sour nose and couldn't help crying. She snorted and said, "Ying'er has been waiting for her father until she falls asleep." I'm still crying. ”

"Hey——!" Wu Shigong let out a long sigh, "I have a bad temper, don't take it to heart." But in the future, I will also let Ying'er look like a brother. While speaking, Wu Shigong took Li Xin's hand and walked into the house.

"But why didn't Ping'er go home? Is the husband still angry with the concubine? Li Xin was still a little worried.

"It's over, it's over! Staying outside. Actually, it's good for you. Wu Shigong replied.

"But the concubine is afraid that someone will gossip! It's not easy to explain to Madame! ”

"If Ping'er is injured, it's really hard to explain. Whatever outsiders say, let him go, what do they do? ”

"Hey——!" Li Xin also let out a long sigh.

The reason why Wu Shigong wanted Xue Chengping to live separately was to avoid suspicion. Because Xue Yufei doesn't live here, if Xue Chengping has an accident, whether it is related to Li Xin or not, she will always be unable to avoid suspicion. So now that we live separately, there will be a lot less trouble.

"Then Ping'er won't come over in the future?" Xue Yufei asked again.

"When the family is reunited for the holidays, he always comes over. If he wants to play with his brothers and sisters on weekdays, you ...... Don't come forward! Wu Shigong replied.

The New Year of the eleventh year of Chongzhen has arrived. In the past year, the Runing Army has continued to develop at a consistently high speed. But for Wu Shigong himself, it was a bad year. On Chinese New Year's Eve, listening to the deafening sound of firecrackers at midnight, Wu Shigong silently made a wish in his heart: I hope that everything will come true this year!

Maybe Wu Shigong's wish really came true, in the first half of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the development of the Runing Army and the situation of the Ming Dynasty were really smooth sailing, and the entire Ming Dynasty also showed some peace in the world.

The only military operation carried out by the Runing Army, the suppression of bandits in the Dabie Mountains, has finally settled. The Drill Mountain Leopard and its gang were all beheaded under the full encirclement and suppression of Jiao Zhen and Ape Yue Town. However, this crackdown on bandits was also quite cruel, the Runing Army did not accept any surrender, and even the families of bandits such as the Zuanshan Leopard were all cut down. However, in this way, the possibility of the resurgence of bandits in Dabie Mountain has also been eliminated.

Due to the long-term suppression of bandits and the need for a large number of materials in Tuntian Zhuangzi, the market set up by Fengyang officials such as Yan Dingshan became more and more prosperous. However, this prosperity was instead a big incident, and somehow it was done, and the market was reported to the imperial court, and it became famous all over the world. Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he learned about it, and he immediately removed Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang, from his post and investigated it. On the contrary, it is Yan Dingshan and them, under the principle that the law does not blame the public, they are all safe and sound. This Zhu Dadian is really unlucky.

Since the Wang family entered Runing to set up an industry, the industry and commerce of Runing Army have made a leap forward again. Because Runingjun's shili has expanded to the Huguang area, the Four Seas Commercial Bank has opened up a large number of new markets. In addition, after the Qi family was removed, Wu Shigong and the Yangzhou salt merchant Lu family were in the honeymoon period, so the financial revenue was rising.

What is even more pleasing is that this year is a rare wind and rain, in the summer harvest, the Runing army has obtained a rare bumper harvest, and it is estimated that the autumn harvest is not much worse.

With the long-term key training and the financial support of the Runing Army, more than 40 people in the Runing Army system have become Xiucai, and three people have been promoted. If you add the talents of Runing, Guide Zhongju and Jinshi funded by Wu Shigong, the number is even larger. The Runing Army finally cultivated a group of its own people in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

The only regret is that Mrs. Hou died because of her advanced age. This also made there less of a bridge between Wu Shigong and the Donglin Party, and even made Hou Fangyu miss a scientific expedition because of Ding Wei. You must know that the Runing Army has already counted the quota of Hou Fangyu on his list.

On the contrary, it was Hou Xun, but his Ding Wei was abnormally snatched away by the court. Now he is already a little like he is being taken hostage by the imperial court, and he is ready to use him to hold Wu Shigong and Zuo Liangyu hostage. After Mrs. Hou's funeral, Hou Fangyu still went to Jinling and continued his study tour. Li Xiangjun's attraction is really great!

And the more than 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Runing Army have finally been organized and trained. In addition to the 18,000 people of the Nanyang Army, there were more than 14,000 people in two towns in Huguang. And Shumo's Guide to Germany has 5,000 soldiers and horses. Wu Shigong's headquarters had two towns, a total of 24,000 troops directly under his command and a personal army.

The craftsmen of the sailors built three small sailing boats equipped with eight guns each that could be used on the Huai River, according to the style of the Lookout, and the speed of these small sailing boats was quite satisfactory due to a series of new techniques.

Only the relationship with Zheng Zhilong and the Zheng family reached an impasse. Although the cooperation between the two sides was still ongoing, and the Zheng family did not seize the proceeds of Wu Shigong's sea ship, the Zheng family delayed the replacement of Huang Qiqi and other marine regiments on the grounds that there was no ship, making Huang Qiqi's return far away.

Because the finances are quite abundant, the horses, weapons and equipment of the Runing Army are basically in place. And the new plate armor also began to equip the Runing Army one after another.

This time for the production of new plate armor, the Zuihou order unexpectedly fell into the hands of Nanyang Ironware. Because Wu Shigong let it go, the craftsmen of Nanyang Iron used their brains and worked together.

Because the key to making plate armor is hammering, they made creative use of waterwheels, which greatly improved efficiency, reduced the cost of each plate armor to eighteen taels of silver, and greatly shortened the production cycle.

However, in this way, the workshop of the Runing Army began to break away from pure manual manufacturing, and the germ of machine production began to appear, and the seeds of the industrial revolution broke through the ground quietly. (To be continued......)