Angry Banana

Chapter 541: As True As False, Imaginary Enemies (Part 2)

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Behind Qingmu Village, in a secluded mountain depression, Ning Yi walked out with several followers. The air was still filled with a dry, fiery atmosphere.

"Write it down." Ning Yi, who had just examined the Lüliang Mountain blast furnace and the craftsmen's situation in detail but had not offered any opinions, spoke softly at this moment.

"...The direction of blast furnace research is not just to produce better swords and weapons. It's to further find the principles and ideas to increase the temperature, and to further remove the carbon content from the iron to produce softer and tougher ironware. Each characteristic of steel has its use, and we must master these characteristics. At present, the main directions here are two: first, higher temperatures; second, when the molten iron is poured into the mold, we pursue fewer impurities and fewer bubbles. The standard is... at least half the thickness of the Elm Cannon body, at least twice the amount of gunpowder as the Elm Cannon, and it must not explode after firing... First, aim for this, and accumulate experience."

The follower next to him recorded these in a small notebook with a thin charcoal pencil. Ning Yi thought for a moment: "Call Master Qin over tonight, I want to talk to him."

The blacksmiths of Qingmu Village are, after all, still people from Lüliang. Ning Yi has only just arrived, and even if he points fingers, they won't understand. Only the few craftsmen who came with him this time, because they worked in the Bamboo Note research and development park for more than a year, can keep up with Ning Yi's ideas. After giving these instructions, the group turned out of the mountain depression, and ahead was sparse forest and yellowish mountain roads. The scenery of Lüliang Mountain is difficult to give people a bright feeling, it can’t be called green hills and clear waters, and at first glance, it only makes people feel barren. Trees gather, stones gather, wolves gather, animals gather, and people gather, all sparsely, and mountain ridges and elusive streams spread silently in them.

The figure of Hong Ti was coming up the hillside from the side below. She was simply dressed, in a soap-green top and long skirt. Just looking at this dress, she was just an ordinary peasant woman. However, among the same peasant women, she was relatively tall, and the vigor of a martial artist far exceeded that of ordinary people. At first glance, people would feel that there was a pleasing vitality in the pace of this figure. Together with the ancient sword in her left hand, she was a simple but exciting heroine.

The sunset was shining from Ning Yi's side, the woman on the hillside among the rubble and weeds paused, raised her sword-holding left hand to her forehead, squinting her eyes to look over here, seemingly showing a smile. Ning Yi also smiled, turned his head to the people beside him and said, "You guys go." Then he greeted Hong Ti.

"Finished looking at those furnaces?" Hong Ti asked, walking up to Ning Yi.

"Yes, finished."

"I don't understand these things either, I found some blacksmiths to come and tinker with this. Every now and then, I scare them, making them look like I'm going to kill them. Now the knives and guns are made pretty well, very useful, I don't know if it suits your liking."

"They are basically familiar with it, and I have to slowly explore the rest." Ning Yi said with a smile, taking Hong Ti's hand, and the two walked forward side by side, "Have you met the people, what do you think?"

"I didn't express my opinion as you said, but what they said was very good, Grandpa Liang just asked me to ask your opinion." The woman raised the hand holding the sword and stroked her hair with a smile. Ning Yi looked at her plain smile and also smiled. The woman can be the leader of Qingmu Village for so long, it can’t all be Liang Bingfu's credit, she actually has her own opinions, but she just doesn’t say it now. So he asked, "What do you think?"

"I don't want to talk to that Steward He." Hong Ti said, "What he said was very good, how to use the amnesty edict, whose relationship with which big man to use, how to take care of things along the route after it is done, how many people they have outside Lüliang Mountain. How much money we can earn in a year, how much they can give Lüliang. It all sounds very good, if it were before, I would really want it. But we can't guarantee that he will do this. It seems like what the idiom says, Qi what... Behind them is the Qi family, I suddenly thought of it..."

"齐大非偶 (qí dà fēi ǒu)." Ning Yi smiled and said, "That's right, the Qi family's power is in this area south of Lüliang Mountain, and their power is the greatest when it comes to doing business. But if we really cooperate with them, in the end, whether he gives benefits or not will all depend on his mood. There's no need to talk."

"But in this way, he may put obstacles in our way outside the mountain, after all, their power is very great." Hong Ti frowned, "There are also Wu Shengjun and Dong Pang'er and these people, according to what they said, with the addition of the army, we will have a backer, and they will take good care of their own people. But if they are not their own people, they will probably also play tricks. In addition, there are some people whose attitude is very good, they can help with the amnesty edict, and they don't want much. And there's Tiger King's side, that Miss Lou, I think she has a lot of insight..."

The two walked along the winding mountain road to the small forest in front, and the sunlight fell from the gaps between the trees. With only the two of them, the forest seemed peaceful and warm. Ning Yi talked to her as he walked.

"Some things depend on the concept, and some things depend on the degree. From beginning to end, Qingmu Village is doing business with an open door, and if they are interested, they can actually come. If they want to eat alone, and want to tear their faces, indeed, any party has this ability, but this kind of eating alone is easier to say at one's own doorstep. The forces doing business with the Qi family are no less than eighty or one hundred, if they tear their faces everywhere, how many faces can they tear. The army is the same, and Tian Hu's side is the same. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they may become angry, but before that, as long as we can make things clear, there are not many businessmen who tear their faces casually. But you mentioned Tian Hu, I can probably guess what they said..."

"That Miss Lou, Li Heng, you know her, right?" Hong Ti said.

"You also knew it in Hangzhou, her father and brother both died at my hands. Later, in that chaotic situation, I thought she died on the road to escape. Now that I think about it, the Little Bandit incident should also have been caused by her."

"She is very powerful." Hong Ti nodded, recalling the scene when the woman talked eloquently in front of her in the Qingmu Village hall in the afternoon, from the timing and convenience of the cooperation between the two parties, to the foundation of mutual trust, and the core that Tiger King would not interfere with the operation of Qingmu Village, and even the subsequent business plans, the resources that Tiger King currently has, and so on... The two men named Yu Yulin and Tian Shi who were present at that time were almost overshadowed by her existence. If they were in a different place, without Ning Yi, she would really carefully consider the other party's opinions.

Of course, the situation is different now: "Besides wanting to persuade me in person, I heard that she is also active in the mountains, colluding with Luan Shan Wang, Luan Hei Ku and those people. If things don't work out, she may have to force them up the mountain. It's really amazing that she, a woman, can do this. Do you want to not ask someone to..."

Hong Ti didn't continue, Ning Yi laughed: "Like I said, some things depend on the concept, and some things depend on the degree. If things don't work out, finding someone to force you to cooperate, or sending a master to challenge you like Dong Pang'er, are all good ideas. But... let her do whatever she wants, don't worry about her... I don't have a hatred that I must kill her. Back then in Hangzhou, she was in charge of her family's business, capable, but overall still a little naive. To be able to do this now, it must not have been easy along the way."

Ning Yi sighed, then recalled the past and smiled: "Actually, she was very enthusiastic when she invited me and Tan'er to play in Hangzhou. It was just that there was a war later, and those people in her family had problems with their brains... It was just fate. Many things are like this, so there's no need to kill every one of them."

"You killed her father and brother, but now you say this." Hong Ti tilted her head to look at him, "I don't know how she would feel if she heard it."

"What could I do then? What can she do now? Since it is an unresolvable knot, there is no need to think too much."

Saying these words, Ning Yi smiled and leaned towards Hong Ti. There was no one else in the forest, the lips of the two touched together, and then Hong Ti, whose face was slightly hot, also hugged Ning Yi, burying her forehead in his neck. She is a woman from the mountains, and since she has promised herself to Ning Yi, she is not so shy. Holding hands, hugging, kissing, she doesn't understand much, but she is sincerely happy to be with her lover. As for what Ning Yi wants to do to her, she is just happy and satisfied.

They talked about trivial things in the forest, and then walked to the edge of the forest, sat on the side and looked at the scenery below. Hong Ti was used to living in the mountains and found a nest of rabbits - she ran to the weeds piled with rubble and dragged out a fat mother rabbit from it, her body was covered with mud and grass stems, and she didn't look like a martial arts master, but she looked particularly warm when she was holding the rabbit's ears in the sunset and showing it to Ning Yi.

There were a few small rabbits in the rubble pile, Hong Ti didn't catch them, she just hugged the big rabbit and sat with Ning Yi by the forest for a while. When she got up to leave, she thought for a while and let go of the big rabbit in her hand.

"Don't get caught again." She squatted there, saying this with a faint smile.

Ning Yi watched from the side.

The two went back to the mountain village together and had dinner with Liang Bingfu. At night, Ning Yi lived in the same courtyard as them, he lived in the guest room, and Hong Ti's residence was two rooms away from him. At night, lights were lit in the courtyard, Ning Yi asked people to come over to discuss matters, Hong Ti and the sisters and aunts living in the courtyard dealt with various trivial matters, and occasionally walked under the eaves.

After the Qin surname blacksmith leader brought this time left, Hong Ti came to knock on the door, but she brought hot water and a face towel. She is strict to outsiders, but she is not greedy for enjoyment in her private life. Except for the necessary maids who help with the village affairs, she does most of the things in her life herself. Sometimes when she is free, she will help the women in the courtyard to pick vegetables and cook. At this time, it was very natural for her to bring Ning Yi face washing water. Of course, in the entire mountain village, the only other person besides Ning Yi who has received this kind of treatment is probably Liang Bingfu.

In the fragrant yellow light, the two, like ordinary mountain children, sat in the room and chatted happily for a while...

Liang Bingfu stood under the eaves over there and looked at it, then went in again...

Under the dark sky, it was really a small, small courtyard...

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"This Blood Bodhisattva of Qingmu Village doesn't seem to want to talk to us!" In the same night, in the room, Yu Yulin said this.

"She doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone." Not far away at the table, Lou Shuwan propped her chin, her eyes not knowing where she was looking, but her expression still looked relaxed, and her words also seemed leisurely, "But I can see that she is actually somewhat moved by what I said."

"Miss Lou, do you think she wants to wait for a higher price?" Yu Yulin asked, picking up a teacup and taking a sip.

"It's only possible, but it doesn't seem like it." Lou Shuwan said, "It's right to wait for a higher price, but she has left us out for so long. Logically speaking, she should have an idea since she is willing to see us today. Now it seems that this Blood Bodhisattva is actually very strong. She is unwilling to cooperate with anyone, unwilling to cling to anyone, and just wants to do business as before... She doesn't seem to show it on the surface..."

Lou Shuwan muttered a sentence, and then said: "General Yu, Third Prince, do you think she is really the Blood Bodhisattva? How can she, such a young woman, create this kind of situation? When I saw her today, I thought she was really amazing, but I really can't imagine..."

"It's her." Yu Yulin said, "Miss Lou, you are a woman, and you don't know martial arts, so you can't feel it. I and Third Prince, and Mr. Qiu can all vaguely feel it. It's just that her cultivation is too high, it's almost returned to simplicity, or she doesn't have any intention to kill, so Miss Lou you can't see it."

"Can you kill people without any intention to kill?" Lou Shuwan asked curiously.

Yu Yulin thought for a while: "For ordinary people, it's just taking it lightly. Do everything according to your heart, without contradiction or confusion, that's it."

Lou Shuwan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then said: "What I'm more curious about is, why did that Zhu Biao want to challenge Sha Wanshi today? If he defeats Sha Wanshi, can he challenge the Blood Bodhisattva? Also, what exactly did that Ning surname person do today..."

She was concerned about this, and the last paragraph was almost a murmur. Yu Yulin frowned, looked at Tian Shi, who was not participating in the discussion and was lost in thought, and spoke after a moment: "Impossible, Zhu Biao's martial arts can definitely not challenge the Blood Bodhisattva. If you want to talk about challenge... I'm afraid the Heart Demon will have to take action personally."

"Impossible..." Lou Shuwan said in a low voice, and it was difficult to accept that Ning Yi's martial arts would be so high, and then said: "Then no matter what, we still have to do what we should do. General Yu, I think that Blood Bodhisattva is moved by my proposal, and more chips are in you and the Third Prince. Tomorrow, you and the Third Prince will continue to visit her. In short, have a good relationship, even if you just chat, Third Prince, I'm counting on you next."

When she went up the mountain today, Lou Shuwan was showing the benefits, as for the marriage, it always has to be proposed after seeing the reaction. After all, the person being met is the person involved, it is impossible to say it directly in person, "Our Tiger King wants to get married, please marry our Third Prince." The other party is a woman, if she gets angry and turns her face at that time, it will really be a waste of effort. Tian Shi's emotions were a little wrong after seeing the other party, and at this time he raised his head from a daze. His words were particularly masculine

"No problem, I know what to do." Then he added, "Military Advisor Lou, you are also very powerful, I admire you now."

Lou Shuwan smiled charmingly: "If necessary, I will also visit her. But the most important thing is that I also have to contact Luan Sanlang and others. If things don't work out, let's call more people to share this pie. Third Prince, she is a woman after all, no matter how strong she is alone, she will want a support, you put in more effort."

Tian Shi smiled, showing his teeth.

When Yu Yulin and Tian Shi said goodbye, Lou Shuwan got up and sent them to the door. She folded her hands in front of her, smiling and watching the two return to their rooms, before looking towards the darkness in the distance. Although there had already been movements over there, she still couldn't guess what medicine Ning Yi was selling in his gourd.

In the following days, Tian Shi began to visit the Blood Bodhisattva frequently, and Lou Shuwan constantly met with the people on the various mountain tops, promoting the union of the Lüliang bandits outside Qingmu Village. In her vision, when things were half done, someone should intervene, at least Ning Yi's side should be aware of her actions and stop them. Therefore, she also anticipated all kinds of troubles and prepared various countermeasures, and even imagined that Ning Yi would send someone to kill her. She is a weak woman, this should be the simplest way to break the situation, right?

As a result, three days later, she woke up from the bed in shock, leaned against the wall and sat on the bed blankly, looking at the moonlight shining in from the window lattice, lost in thought for nearly an hour. She vaguely had a hallucination that the person Ning Yi sent to kill her would come in from outside the window, or even Ning Yi himself...

However, the person who killed her never came.

Three days later, the momentum outside Qingmu Village has become more and more lively, and the tentacles of various forces have also extended on a large scale. "Luan Shan Wang" Chen Zhenhai, "Hei Ku Wang" Luan Sanlang, Fang Yiyang brothers, these great heroes of Lüliang Mountain, under Lou Shuwan's operation and lobbying, have mostly felt the urgency and crisis. Under this atmosphere, the remaining forces in Lüliang Mountain have also been alarmed and have begun to contact and negotiate with these people.

And in this excitement, a certain part of Lou Shuwan's heart became particularly quiet. She always felt that something might happen, but she also vaguely felt that the other party might not have noticed her actions at all... Because in everyone's response, only the people in the courtyard led by Zhu Biao practiced martial arts, fought, wandered around and basked in the sun all day long, and there was no action at all, and Ning Yi... still has not appeared in her sight...

As the people from the mountain tops of Lüliang Mountain began to move, they came towards Qingmu Village. A storm is brewing, she simply can't figure out how the other party is going to quell this chaos and obtain the benefits he wants from it...

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