Murong Yuan became Xie's son-in-law. At first, Xie was extremely resistant. At that time, the Empress of the Ming Dynasty said that she wanted to take Xie's daughter as the imperial concubine. She didn't expect that in the end, the old hen turned into a duck. The imperial concubine did not regard it as a matter. The daughter of the Xie family was even given a marriage to a barbarian. To Xie Cheng, Murong Yuan was indeed a barbarian.

But this is the emperor's will, and no matter how frustrated he is, he must endure it. Fortunately, Min Houxi sent Ying Gu to Xie Cheng for this, explained the reason and apologized. The queen has achieved this point. If Xie is ungrateful, he will be afraid that the outcome will be bad.

However, when his daughter got married, Xie Cheng slowly became happy, because as he deepened his understanding, Murong Yuan's image gradually became clear in his heart. Although he was born in a barbarian, there was no vulgarity in Murong Yuan's body. Instead, he was gentle and gentle. He respected Xie Feiyan, the emperor's wife whom he married, as if he was extremely respectful. It can be said that although the Murong family now has a mother-in-law, Xie Feiyan is in charge of the family.

Murong Hai's wife, Murong Yuan's mother, is a barbarian woman who doesn't know a word. However, she has lived in Yuejing for many years and has known a lot about the Central Plains and wealthy families. She is very satisfied with a daughter-in-law like Xie Feiyan. As soon as her daughter-in-law entered the house, she immediately handed over the power of the family and was just her old lady. Women like Xie Feiyan not only had to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, but also had to study hard. The Murong family handed over her hands, which was very different from the past. She managed meticulously. Some of the human etiquettes that Murong Yuan was not good at in the past were even more seamless. Murong Yuan was an official in Chu, and now he has gradually been accepted by local officials, gentry and scholars, which has a lot to do with this wife.

My daughter is happy and has a happy life. Even if Xie Cheng has a lot of resentment, it has dissipated now. Besides, Murong Yuan is already the garrison of a county at a young age and has a promising future. Although he may not be the chief assistant because of his barbarian origin, a future discussion will be a safe thing in his pocket. Murong Hai is now holding military power and is even more famous. It is not a loss to have such a family in Xie.

Seeing Murong Yuan distracted at this moment, Xie Cheng put down his chopsticks and said, "What, is it that difficult? Can I help me?"

Murong Yuan thought about it and said, "Father-in-law, the four counties in Jiangnan are now very bad, and major events may happen at any time, especially in Huzhou. It can be described as the storm is coming and the wind is coming."

"Didn't the court have already decided on this matter? Now the court's eyes are all staring there. I heard that General Yang Zhi and Tian Kang of the Ministry of State Security have arrived there. What are you going to worry about? The emergence of the steam engine will inevitably lead to a major change in the world. Our Emperor can see it very clearly and there must be arrangements." Xie Cheng smiled and shook his head. He thought that his son-in-law was still younger.

Murong Yuan was a little surprised, "How did my father-in-law know that General Yang and Lord Hotan went to Huzhou?" These two people were indeed in Huzhou. As the county magistrate of Wuzhou, Murong Yuan was of course informed, but how did Xie Cheng, a businessman, find out such confidential news?

Xie Cheng laughed proudly: "Some things can't be hidden if you want to hide them. I naturally have my own channels."

Murong Yuan looked solemn and whispered: "Father-in-law, do anyone else know about this?"

"Not many people know." Xie Chengdao: "It's just a few people. It's because of this that everyone dares to make large-scale investments when they see the attitude of the court. Otherwise, do you think I'm not counting the money. How expensive is a steam engine? I even bought three units in one go and transported them to Wuzhou to prepare for the construction of a factory?"

"Just about to tell my father-in-law about this." Murong Yuan said: "The atmosphere in Huzhou is extremely tense, but Wuzhou is a little calm and makes people feel strange. The son-in-law is really uneasy. You should postpone the matter of running a factory, and don't drag the machine to Wuzhou first."

Xie Cheng said unhappily: "What's wrong? Are you disgusted with the reputation I came here to run a factory to discredit you? The machine has been transported here in Wuzhou long ago, and I have already negotiated with the people here about the factory, but I did not lend you a little reputation, nor did I use your banner to do business."

Murong Yuan smiled bitterly: "Don't misunderstand what I mean. I mean, Wuzhou is not safe now, and no one knows what will happen. It's better to slow down for a while."

"This matter cannot be relieved." Xie Cheng said with a tiger's face: "You have seen the power of steam spinning machines. For merchants, time is equal to money. If Xie doesn't hurry up, he will lose the market. Once he loses the market share and wants to grab it back, I wonder how much effort it will take to spend?"

Seeing the atmosphere between the father-in-law and son-in-law becoming tense, Xie Feiyan stood up, poured wine into their cups, and whispered: "Okay, okay, master, isn't my father also thinking about you? The officials of the Ming Dynasty must have political achievements, not only to look at local safety, but also to the local economic development. The silk-spinning industry in Wuzhou was not as good as the other three counties, and the economic strength was also the weakest. Now our Xie family is willing to come here to invest money, and the local people are very happy. It is also the master's political achievements that he has made his career bigger?"

He turned his head and looked at his father, and said, "Father, you are really good. Master asked you to slow down, then slow down. How can you earn money? Besides, with the relationship between the master and our Xie family, it is not that difficult to occupy the market share?"

"Okay, okay, I know." Xie Cheng snorted, "Murong, don't think I'm a businessman and don't know about you. The people of Qi also interfered, but whether it's Qi or the Ming Dynasty themselves, their eyes were on Huzhou, which was the main battlefield for competition! Wuzhou, people still look down on it! In three days, the machine will be shipped to Wuzhou. As you said, put the machine in the warehouse first and keep it secret. Let's wait until the result comes out in Huzhou."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for your understanding!" Murong Yuan said happily: "At that time, I will send someone to guard these machines for my father-in-law and keep them safe."

"Our Xie family still lacks these people?" Xie Cheng said disdainfully: "It's not me who boasted in front of you that our guards are much more solid than those in your county magistrate's mansion."

Murong Yuan smiled bitterly.

"Father, you can just say this in front of the master. Don't dare to say it anywhere else." Xie Feiyan warned.

"I'm stupid when you think of your father. Isn't this in front of my son-in-law?" Xie Cheng laughed. "This time I came from Shangjing City and brought you some gifts, which were specially for my mother-in-law to look for. Yan'er turned around and didn't forget."

"I understand!" Xie Feiyan said with a smile.

The Murong family in the county magistrate's house was having fun and enjoying family happiness. In a beautiful manor beside the Wu River, Cao Hui, who had just returned from fishing, squirted out a mouthful of blood. The white floor in front of him was immediately covered in blood, which was shocking.

"Sir, are you okay?" Several people exclaimed.

Cao Hui closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The thin pages of letter paper were pinched into a ball by him, tightly grasped it in his palm, and his fingernails were deeply embedded in his palm. The slight pain made Cao Hui slowly wake up from his great sorrow and anger.

Panlong Mountain was defeated, and five or six hundred elite soldiers never returned. Two masters, Lan Yongchuan and Wen Yaowu, were buried in the deep mountains. Even Jia Fangzhou, one of his right-hand men, was unable to go back. For the Qi army, this was an unprecedented defeat.

When he opened his eyes again, the people standing in front of him were shocked to find that their commander's eyes had turned red.

“How many survivors are there?”

"The commander, there are only four survivors. We separated them and interrogated them carefully. Combining the confessions of the four of them, this was obviously a trap planned by the Ming people consciously." The visitor said quietly.

"We're anxious, we're all anxious." Cao Hui punched the table beside him with a heavy punch, and the solid table suddenly split. "Why didn't you report this to me in time?"

"The time was urgent at that time, and the commander here was also at a critical moment, so the court's intention was not to distract you from the commander."

"A bastard!" Cao Hui moaned, "It's time, and I'm still thinking about fighting for power and profit. Jia Fangzhou, you bastard, you really need to be jealous of death."

There were only a few people in the house who kept silent.

After a long time, Cao Hui slowly returned to his peace. "After speaking carefully, what is the weapon mentioned in it that can emit thunderous sound? It is precisely because of this thing that caused our failed siege to the Ming army?"

"Yes!" Come and say." After the Ming army withdrew, we carefully inspected Panlong Village. The solid gate was torn apart by huge force. According to the survivors, even after a loud thunder, the Ming army rushed in with the door opened by the hole. Later, when they fought with our army besieging them, they also threw out such things. Every time they were accompanied by smoke and fire, and within a radius of more than a meter of square garden, they almost survived. If it weren't for the existence of such weapons, they wouldn't be our opponent at all."

"Is there another new weapon?" Cao Hui covered his head with some pain, "What's this time?"

"We are investigating. But so far, there is no clue. This weapon has not been equipped with the Ming army at all. It should be the object of the Ming King's bodyguard. It may be because it is too precious to manufacture, so it cannot be manufactured in large quantities."
Chapter completed!