Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Hearing what he said, Zhang Chi was relieved a lot: "Qin Wuqi will definitely make a big move when he goes back, I have to go to the palace right away, Liuyun, wait for me to come back!"

"I'll take you there." Mu Liuyun was worried about letting Zhang Chi out of his sight for a moment. Zhang Chi felt sweet and agreed without thinking too much.

The Shangqing Palace concealed Mu Liuyun's restoration of his skills internally and externally, because it would take some time for Mu Liuyun to fully recover, and he was afraid that someone would be afraid to act first, if Qin Wuqi had started a fight with them just now. It's really hard to say who wins and who loses.

Qin Wuqi was actually a little suspicious, but after weighing it, he chose to leave temporarily, because he couldn't afford to gamble, and he arranged so much painstakingly. Opponents, for him, it will be the end of all games.

***

Before Zhang Chi went to the palace to report and the court had time to take action, Qin Wuqi returned to Jinghong Villa in a hurry, and immediately summoned several important subordinates to inquire about the progress.

Fu Jinglei said: "The training of the Iron Guard has begun to take effect. Although most of them are recruits who have not yet fought, the morale of the whole team is like a rainbow, and they are ready to die for the owner at any time."

"Very good." Qin Wuqi nodded in satisfaction. Fu Jinglei was in charge of the Iron Guard Army with the Iron Guard at its core. Although this secret force is small in strength, it will be a sharp sword for Jinghong Villa to attack the world.It has only been more than ten years since the founding of Dachen, and it took even less time to pacify the Central Plains. People who are used to troubled times have not yet regarded the emperor as an authority that cannot be violated. There is plenty of time to recruit troops and expand your power.

Then Xu Changge, who is in charge of external liaison, said sadly: "Biemu Khan has promised that as long as our side raises troops, they will definitely send troops to contain the army in northern Xinjiang, but this is just a verbal promise, and I can't guarantee that he will abide by it." Promise. As for those generals and prefects who have surrendered to Dachen, most of them still want to maintain the status quo, and few are willing to take risks to support us."

Qin Wuqi frowned: "I'm not worried about Biemu Khan, no matter whether his verbal promises are true or not, with his vulture-like personality, once he finds that the defense line in the north is empty, he will definitely take advantage of the situation and go south, making Dachen tired of dealing with both sides." As for those who refuse to surrender, those who are unwavering will send people to get rid of them as soon as possible. Those who hesitate will reconsider the situation after we win the first battle. If they are still undecided...you know their relatives and family members where."

Xu Changge nodded and said, "This subordinate understands."

After that was Jiang Shi, who was in charge of military equipment, the mechanism master of Jinghong Villa with a sad face on his face: "My side... is really short of manpower. After making a prototype, it still needs to be debugged and improved. If we can allow another two months...even a month and a half, we can produce a batch of finished products."

Qin Wuqi said a little irritably: "Why don't I want to, but the plan has been exposed, we don't have time, if you want it now, how much finished product can you come up with?"

"The subordinates lead people to catch up with the nearly finished work overnight. By tomorrow, Bingjia should be able to produce...about [-]%. As for the magic machine gun, I'm afraid it won't be able to be used on the battlefield for the time being."

Qin Wuqi gritted his teeth and remained silent, Jiang Shi fidgeted and lowered his head waiting to be scolded, but Qin Wuqi just sighed: "First drive out the armor as much as possible, give priority to the sword and shield soldiers, and wait for the armor of the bow and crossbow soldiers .After I send out troops, I will try my best to develop the magic machine gun."

Before Song Ci reported his progress, Tie Wei came in to report: "Villa Master, Qing Wan came here suddenly and insisted on seeing the Villa Master, but the subordinates have asked her to wait next door."

Qin Wuqi is now full of anxiety, but he can't ignore his biological mother. Qing Wan has always lived in seclusion and rarely bothered him. Now when he came suddenly when he was discussing matters, it must be something important. Qin Wuqi quickly After carefully assigning duties to several subordinates, he went to the next door to meet his mother.

Before entering the door, Qin Wuqi paused for a moment, put away his anxiety and put on a normal expression as much as possible, before pushing the door in: "Mother, why are you here? Is there anything urgent?"

"I just heard that the Marquis of Yongning died." Qing Wan looked at him quietly, "Why have you been hiding such an important matter from me?"

"Mother has been unwell recently, and I don't want to cause you any trouble."

Qing Wan asked bluntly: "You did it, right?"

Qin Wuqi was speechless for a while, but Qing Wan got the answer from his silence, and slowly stepped back two steps and sat down on the chair, with tears in her eyes.

"Mother? Why are you..." Qin Wuqi was shocked, "He betrayed you and failed you like that, but in the end you still have no love for him?"

"Shut up!" Qing Wan said in a stern tone that Qin Wuqi had never seen before, "I was young and ignorant at that time, I didn't know people well, and even made a big mistake, I regretted it long ago, so how can I have no more affection for him? I'm sad It's not him, but you! I thought that cutting off all contact with him would at least prevent you from being influenced by him, but in the end...As expected of being a biological father and son, you have become the same person as him after all!"

"Mother..." Even though Qin Wuqi was usually eloquent, facing his biological mother's tears at this moment, he was at a loss for words.

Qing Wan said sadly: "In the past few days, there have been rumors in the village and people are panicking. Even if I live in the backyard, I can't live in peace. Forever, since I was a child, I have never asked what you are going to do. I always believe that you are smart and rational. No matter what choice you make , I always know it in my heart, but everything I have seen and heard now makes me more uneasy, in terms of mother and child, tell me the truth, what are you going to do?"

Qin Wuqi was silent for a long time, not knowing how to explain everything that was about to happen to this woman who cared about him. It seemed that no matter what he said, it would only make the other party more worried. In the end, he could only harden his heart: "Mother is the one who cares about Jianghu. Don't bother asking."

"Wuqi..." Qing Wan was still trying to say something, but Qin Wuqi had already called his servants: "Come here, send Qing Wan back to the backyard to rest,"

Qing Wan had always been aloof from the world, and she didn't know what else to say at this time. She sighed, gave her son a deep and disappointed look, turned and left.

Qin Wuqi went back to the room with a complicated mood. Cheng Xiayue was sitting in front of a piece of brocade, embroidering flowers with a concentrated expression.

The two were newlyweds, and it was supposed to be the time when honey was mixed, but Cheng Xiayue didn't seem to see him at all.

"You told her?" Qin Wuqi asked directly.

"She will know sooner or later. Tell her now, and maybe she can persuade you to turn back." Cheng Xiayue said lightly, "But you still don't want to turn back, right?"

Qin Wuqi shook his head: "It's not a question of whether or not I want to. I can't turn back now."

Cheng Xiayue sighed softly: "Why do you insist on letting things come to such a dead end step by step?"

"...Since I was young, my father didn't like me very much and ignored me. At that time, I didn't know the real reason. I always thought that I was not doing well enough. For such an amazing and talented person, if there is a A son who has no achievements, must be extremely disappointed. I thought that as long as I worked hard enough and was good enough, he would look at me. Later, I inherited Jinghong Villa, surrounded by powerful enemies, and even the subordinates around me were suspicious of my position I just want to secure my position as the owner of the villa and live up to my uncle's expectations of me. Later, Jinghong Villa's status in the Jianghu is getting stronger and stronger. Those who are loyal to me, those who have helped me, and those who rely on me I am burdened with the expectations of more and more people, until today's situation...Now I just need to take a step back, and countless people under Jinghong Villa will be uprooted by the imperial court. You also know that Jiang Hu people have Jiang Hu People's ways of doing things, many of them have done things under my order, no matter what dynasty or generation's law they are, they are unforgivable crimes. I can't just hand them over to the government to rectify the law in exchange for my own life , I have no choice but to continue to lead them forward and find a way out."

Cheng Xiayue looked down at her half-embroidered mandarin duck sadly: "This time there is a military disaster, and countless people will lose their families."

"I know, but human nature always distinguishes between close and distant, high and low. Compared with the so-called common people in general, it is more important to be my familiar and close subordinates." Qin Wuqi said, "Xiayue, I don't know. I hope you can understand everything I have done, but I really like you, and I sincerely hope that you can live well. These days, you should go to Tingquan Villa to avoid it. If this incident can be successful, you will surely Prosperous days are waiting for you, if you fail, at least I can't implicate you."

But Cheng Xiayue was unmoved: "Am I a person who is afraid of things? Since you are determined to do so, do your best. Don't be doing life-threatening things while thinking about how to stay out of the way."

"...You're right, it's time to fight this battle." Having said that, Qin Wuqi was still a little uneasy, "I will let Fu Jinglei stay in the village to protect you, so that no one will take the opportunity to attack you or Mother is not good, he is loyal, stable and reliable...you can trust him."

"Don't worry about me." Cheng Xiayue said lightly, picked up the needle and thread and began to embroider the unfinished pair of mandarin ducks.

Qin Wuqi hesitated to speak, but finally heaved a sigh, turned and left.

***

The local officials in Wuling have already become Jinghong Villa's own people, so naturally they will not report any abnormal situation. For the people in the surrounding counties, it can be said that there was no warning for the Jinghong Villa's uprising. There was an endless stream of people fleeing in panic.

After Jinghong Villa used a small number of masters to infiltrate the city and cooperate with the inside and outside, after the two cities were smashed together, the surrounding counties were on defense, and the reinforcements from the imperial court quickly overwhelmed them.Qin Wuqi didn't stop to recuperate. He planned to take down the state capital in one go, and then defended against danger until he prepared a dark chess move elsewhere.

But the imperial court's defense against Jinghong Mountain Villa was not a day or two. The soldiers stationed in the surrounding counties were elite soldiers dispatched from the capital, and they also prepared secret weapons that even Qin Wuqi's spies could not discover.

After the fall of the Red Lotus Sect, not only did Jinghong Mountain Villa get the secret recipe of explosives, General Lu Zhiqian also learned about the production process of explosives through a surrendered Red Lotus Sect member. After that, the workshop of the Iron Wolf Army began to secretly research How to use this thing for military purposes.

Jiang Shi, the hidden weapon master of Jinghong Villa, is famous for his exquisite skills, but those unknown craftsmen invented a new weapon earlier than this hidden weapon master, and named it Lei Cannon.

When Jinghong Villa's army approached the city, Lei Huo Pao was pushed to the top of the city for the first time.