Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 242: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 39

Wei Wu stood aside unmoved, ignoring the envelope handed over by Shen Guli, keeping in mind the mission entrusted to him by the prince.

But Shen Guli obviously didn't want to give up just like that. She withdrew her hand, opened the envelope, took out a piece of letter paper from it, opened it, and handed it to Wei Wu again.

"Look!"

Wei Wu quickly closed his eyes and turned his head away. How could he have the courage to read the letter written by the future princess to the prince?

However, something seemed wrong.

"Open your eyes and look quickly." Shen Guli threw the thin rice paper in front of him, making a rustling sound.

Wei Wu turned his head back and fixed his eyes on the paper for a long time without saying a word. "What, what is this?"

"I just developed a new 10-shot crossbow. Isn't it awesome? The picture below is the design drawing of a 3-shot sleeve crossbow. Isn't it beautiful!"

Men are generally interested in these things, especially those who practice martial arts. Although Wei Wu could not quite understand the ingenious mechanisms on the blueprint, he could tell that this was indeed the blueprint of a crossbow locomotive.

"This, will this work?" He had been to the battlefield with the prince, and had never heard of a crossbow cart with a continuous-fire design.

Shen Guli lifted her wide sleeves, revealing the miniature crossbow tied to her left wrist, and raised her arm to press the mechanism on the cylinder beside her.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three powerful sounds of breaking through the air whizzed past Wei Wu's side and nailed onto the red lacquered cylinder, making three "dong dong dong" sounds at the same time.

Wei Wu turned his head and looked over.

"I don't trust anyone else to deliver something like this, I only trust you!"

Wei Wu turned his head back again, his eyes sparkling, "I will deliver it right away!"

Who cares about being beaten with a stick? He wouldn't even feel comfortable handing such an important thing to Wei Er, so he had to hand it over to the prince personally.

Wei Wu was once again charged with deserting his post. He gave Wei Er a strange look that he couldn't understand, then rode his horse wildly towards the northern border.

The journey should have taken more than 20 days, but Wei managed to complete the journey in just 56 days.

When Li Xuanzhi saw Wei Wu again in the general's tent, his left eye couldn't help but twitch. When the unshaven Wei Wu struggled to take out the warm envelope from his arms with stiff hands, he couldn't even speak.

As soon as the prince took the envelope, Wei Wu, exhausted, fell to the ground.

Li Xuanzhi asked Wei Yi to take Wei Wu away and settle him down. He glanced at the small calligraphy with flowers on the envelope and opened it with a hint of joy in his heart.

When Li Xuanzhi saw what was drawn on the letter paper, his eyes were brighter than when Wei Wu first saw the drawing.

He studied the two drawings carefully and flipped through the envelope.

Finally, he sighed helplessly. He was really a man with a conscience but not much of a heart. Wei had come all the way here, but he only gave him these two drawings without even a single extra greeting.

Not a single word was addressed to her fiancé.

She just treated him as a prince and a partner, so she sent the blueprint in a hurry to save his life.

And then save the lives of her whole family!

Li Xuanzhi laughed, took the blueprint and strode out of the general's tent, and asked the guard outside the big tent: "Where are Zhang Gong and the others from the Nufang Office? Lead the way!"

"Yes."

Li Xuanzhi took two steps and turned back to tell another guard: "If Wei Wu has anything to say when he wakes up, tell him to wait here until I come back."

Maybe the matter was urgent and the little woman had no time to write, so she just asked Wei Wu to convey the message orally?

With anticipation, Lee Hyun-ji walked quickly towards the area where the tents were densely packed.

Two months later, during another tentative and provocative attack, the Western Barbarians were pinned to the ground by the sudden appearance of the crossbow motorcycle.

The remaining remnants of the army were terrified and fled, abandoning their weapons and armor.

The Western Barbarians were surprised but did not give up, and once again sent out an army of 30,000 to pursue and attack Yangxi City.

Xie Rong led the soldiers to collect the used arrows on the battlefield where they had just rested. Just as they faced the sudden attack of the enemy, the war horn was blown again.

Three rows of crossbow machines were arranged alternately, leaving no gaps, waiting for the order to fire all the arrows.

A month later, a memorial reporting a great victory at the border was sent from Yangxi City and rushed 800 miles to the capital.

The two attempts by the Western Barbarians were beaten back outside the Great Wall by the new heavy weapons produced by Yang Xicheng. Seeing this, the restless Northern Rong gave up the idea of ​​cooperating with the Western Barbarians and retreated after hiding in the same place for a short while.

Before they could find out what the mechanism that could fire several heavy-feathered arrows in succession was, they had no choice but to rush back to rest and recuperate.

The appearance of the crossbow locomotive greatly advanced the end of the border war, four years earlier than in the previous life.

After the Western Barbarians suffered three consecutive defeats, they hid back outside the Great Wall and there was no subsequent secret collusion and cooperation with the Northern Barbarians.

The war on the frontier was extinguished almost as soon as it began.

What Shen Guli didn't expect was that along with the report of the great victory at the border, there was also a private letter from Li Xuanzhi requesting a title for Shen Guli when it was sent to the emperor.

The letter explained that the blueprints for the newly-made repeating crossbows in the army were obtained by Shen Guli from a folk craftsman. As for why it was not sent directly to him by the Ministry of War, it was because his beloved was too worried that he would be injured on the battlefield, so she took the initiative to let the guards deliver the blueprints in person. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me.

Shen Guli really didn't think so much before sending the drawings, or maybe she was too confident in Lee Hyun-ji and knew that he could handle everything.

If she handed the blueprints to the Ministry of War, she would first be questioned about the source of the blueprints, then the Ministry of Revenue would allocate funds, and finally the Ministry of Works would conduct research. It would take an unknown amount of time for the products to be manufactured and sent to the border.

Of course, the most direct way is to deliver it directly to the person involved.

Before Li Xuanzhi and his men set out to return to Beijing, Shen Guli received an imperial edict from the palace.

Shen Guli contributed to the victory on the border. The emperor was very pleased and conferred the title of Jie'an County Princess on Shen Guli, and gave her a mansion in the capital, 100 taels of gold, and ten boxes of jewelry.

A county lord without a fiefdom is just an empty title, but for Shen Guli, who came from a merchant family, this is already a qualitative leap.

Gu Li knew that the emperor must have approved Lee Hyun-ji's marriage, and began to elevate her status.

Shen Guli instantly became a popular marriage candidate in the capital.

The first person to contact her turned out to be someone from the Third Prince. This scared Shen Guli, was the Third Prince determined not to let the Shen family go?

Shen Guli felt a chill in her heart.

Fortunately, Yang Guifei arrived quickly and summoned her into the palace to accompany her. Shen Guli sent away the third prince's wet nurse and asked Yingtao to bathe and change her clothes.

This time when she entered the palace, Yang Guifei's attitude towards her was obviously much closer than the last time they met, and she told her a lot of things about Lee Hyun-ji's childhood.

Although Yang Guifei was still not very satisfied with Shen Guli, in her eyes, she could choose any noble lady in the world, but she knew in her heart that Xuanzhi's marriage was not up to her or Xuanzhi himself.

The humble Shen Guli in front of her might be the most suitable choice for her son. Her low family background was not enough to threaten anyone, but her contributions to the country made it impossible for people to look down on her.