Chapter 93: Pack up all the fireworks and take them away
"Young Master..."
Du Yinyun folded her hands on her legs, sitting upright in the carriage, looking at He Yunxiao with a little worry. Based on her understanding of He Yunxiao and her sister, something will happen soon.
As expected.
When He Yunxiao heard that Ruobao was going to join the army, he was stunned at first, then fell into thought, and then sighed and said: "Yinyun, how much silver can our Daqi Bank still use?"
Not only Du sister, He Yunxiao also knew Ruobao's character. Ruobao is not a promise-obsessed person like Chuchu who "once a word is spoken, it is difficult to go back", but she is a very opinionated and calm girl.
What Fan Ziruo can say must have been carefully thought out by her smart brain.
In other words, she often "keeps her word".
Since she said she would "join the army for her husband", there is a great possibility that she will go.
Du Yinyun looked at He Yunxiao with affection in her beautiful eyes. She likes her young master very much, and likes him even more at this moment.
"After the war between Qi and Yan, many businesses were not doing well, and many people chose to exchange silver instead of exchanging silver for gold and silver coupons because of the war. Before the war, the young master could use about 500,000 taels, but now..." Du Yinyun pursed her lips a little guilty, as if she was very sorry for He Yunxiao.
"Now, the young master can only use 150,000 taels."
He Yunxiao reached out his hand, took his little maid in his arms, and gently comforted her: "This is not Yinyun's fault, Yinyun, don't blame yourself."
Du Yinyun's heart was mixed with mixed feelings, both the grievance of being sorry for He Yunxiao and the joy of being comforted by He Yunxiao.
She said presumptuously: "Young master, can you hug Yinyun more in the future?"
He Yunxiao was delighted when he heard Sister Du say this.
This seemed to be the first time that Sister Du took the initiative to ask him! Sister Du finally had her own opinion in front of him!
"What else does Yinyun want? Just say it! I promise you everything."
"No, it's good enough for the young master to hug Yinyun more." Sister Du said weakly.
He Yunxiao was ashamed. He thought Yinyun could be independent, but he didn't expect it to be impossible.
After sending Sister Du to Daqi Bank, He Yunxiao stayed to discuss with her about purchasing military supplies. Since he wanted to get military merits, he might as well go to the Ministry of War to get a token, set up a troop, and then take the short knife gang and Ruobao out of the city to follow the Chu family army to get military merits. After all, the Chu family army is the protagonist's father's army, so there is no need to worry about its combat effectiveness. Just play auxiliary and pick up leaks.
He Yunxiao didn't have time to see the short knife gang, but according to his estimate when he left, the short knife gang should be on the scale of a hundred people at this time. Assuming that these people are going to go out of the city with him to join the Chu family army, they must help them solve the problem of weapons and equipment. This is a lot of money.
On the second floor of Daqi Bank, the female president Sister Du waved to remove the maid on standby, and then sat next to He Yunxiao. Serving him personally.
However, Sister Du's housework skills are zero. He Yunxiao didn't dare to ask her to do anything, but just pulled her to sit down and talk.
"Can't buy it?" He Yunxiao looked at Du Yinyun with surprise.
"My lord, you don't know that armor and other protective gear have always been banned by the court. Even now, they are contraband and cannot be bought. Military supplies such as war horses have long been requisitioned by the court. Now only swords and spears can be bought, but the price is very expensive."
The dynasties in the cold weapon era did not ban swords, but often banned armor. In the era of cold weapons, which is almost fatal with one sword, armor with or without weapons can make a qualitative difference in the combat power of both sides. Everyone kills the opponent with one sword, and I have armor that can resist several swords, which means I can kill several times more enemies than myself.
In other words, He Yunxiao's hundreds of people, without armor, have zero defense. Even if they are highly skilled in martial arts, rushing into the Yan army's formation is no different from sending their heads.
"Can arrows, crossbows, food, and shovels for digging the ground be bought?" He Yunxiao thought for a while and said.
"Yes."
"Okay, I need 100 crossbows and shovels each, and I need food for 100 people for ten days. Two thousand arrows. Oh, right!" He Yunxiao suddenly had an idea, "Can I buy fireworks?"
Du Yinyun nodded doubtfully, "Yes."
"Can I buy the craftsman who makes fireworks?"
"That... is also OK..."
"Buy! I need the best craftsman in the city. It's best if he's young and has kung fu and can ride a horse."
Although Du Yinyun didn't understand what her master was thinking, she still nodded and said, "Okay."
...
After sending Sister Du off, He Yunxiao went straight to Fan's house.
Hong She was just a maid after all, and her rank was not high enough, so she probably wouldn't be able to talk to the Chu family army about such confidential matters.
Fortunately, Yinyun was a member of the Chu family army, otherwise she would have no chance to prepare in advance.
He Yunxiao didn't doubt that Ruobao would tell him about joining the army, it was just a matter of time.
In the morning, He Yunxiao returned to the study room of Fan's house.
As expected, Ruobao was still there, but the books in front of him had been replaced by various military books instead of martial arts novels.
"Ruobao?"
He Yunxiao poked his head out of the door.
Fan Ziruo panicked, tidied the table, and said calmly: "Why is the young master here again?"
He Yunxiao walked into the room and said dissatisfiedly: "Why doesn't the wife call you husband? Calling you 'young master' is too formal."
"Husband."
"No more?"
"It was the husband who came to see Ziruo."
He Yunxiao sat next to his Ruobao and said sarcastically: "This morning I saw that the wife was not right. On the way to the bank, I asked Miss Du and found out that the wife had big ideas and disliked her husband's vulgarity."
Fan Ziruo blushed rarely.
She hesitated and said: "No..."
"It's not what? I think it is."
"Zi Ruo wants to wait until he learns the art of war before discussing it with my husband. The art of war is profound. If Zi Ruo can't learn it, then he won't cause trouble to his uncles."
He Yunxiao pretended to be angry and said: "Then you will study for ten days and a half, then you will talk to me after ten days and a half?"
Fan Ziruo said seriously: "I originally planned to talk to my husband in the afternoon, but I didn't expect that my husband would come in the morning."
He Yunxiao was stunned, "Afternoon? This afternoon?"
"Um."
"You, have you read all these books?" He Yunxiao pointed at the two piles of war art books on the desk.
"No." Fan Ziruo said sheepishly.
He Yunxiao breathed a sigh of relief. They had a meeting last night, and today Xiubao finished reading the art of war. That was too exaggerated. Geniuses don't do this either.
Fan Ziruo continued: "There is still half a book left."
She waved the book in her hand.
He Yunxiao's eyes widened. Read all the art of war books in one night? He then let out a scumbag sigh and had nothing to say.
"Why do you sigh, husband?"
"Babies born from weak babies must be very smart." He Yunxiao said with certainty.
Fan Ziruo was embarrassed by He Yunxiao's unusual compliment and could only say: "As long as your husband likes it."
He Yunxiao put aside the idea of joking, looked into Fan Ziruo's eyes and said, "When do you plan to go?"
Fan Ziruo also looked into He Yunxiao's eyes. He never asked her why, he just kept asking her what to do. This is a rare trust.
Fan Ziruo likes this kind of spiritual happiness the most.
"Father said that the Qi army will go out of the city to attack the Yan army the night after tomorrow. If we go out at that time, the Yan army will be difficult to take care of, so it will be safer."
He Yunxiao said: "Okay, let's go together."
Fan Ziruo's eyes were full of smiles, as if this trip out of the city was just an ordinary outing. In other words, with He Yunxiao, she was not afraid at all.
"Um."