The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220: 135 Acting Cute (Second Update)

Lady Gu vented a significant amount of anger in the ancestral hall, so that everyone in the Marquis Residence knew that Gu Changqing had confined his two younger brothers in the ancestral hall.

However, the Marquis Gu had no idea about it. Recently, he had been tangled up with minor affairs in the Ministry of Works and hadn’t returned to the Marquis Residence in several days.

“Lord Gu, the Ministry of War is urging again.” one of the officials under the Marquis Gu said.

The Marquis Gu sat in his chair, looking at the piles of official documents on the desk, feeling overwhelmed: “Urging, always urging! Aren’t we already casting? It’s only been a few days?”

The official, suffering through no fault of his own, being rebuked from both sides, and feeling deeply aggrieved, said: “The Ministry of War says our pace is too slow, they can’t wait two months.”

Marquis Gu angrily replied, “Even if they can’t wait, they have to! The weapons they want are made of iron, not shaped from mud! Can it be so quick?”

The official nervously said, “The Ministry of War said they could only give you a month maximum, you must forge those long swords in time…”

“A month? They’re daydreaming!” Marquis Gu wasn’t refusing to make those swords for the Ministry of War, but their current technology was limited. If they had the latest water draining technology from the Liang Country, perhaps the amount of iron forging could greatly increase.

The official added: “But the Ministry of War said that even a civilian iron shop could make this amount of weapons, so why can’t our Ministry of Works?”

“The civilian iron shops can produce them?” Marquis Gu laughed mockingly, “Is the Ministry of War resorting to fabricating rumors for the sake of weapons?”

The official embarrassedly said: “Actually, Lord Gu, this humble official seems to have indeed heard of this. There is a box being produced by civilians, which is more efficient than our court’s water draining system, produces stronger wind and higher heat, and can smelt ten times more iron in a day.”

“Ten times?” Marquis Gu waved his hand, “No, no, no, that’s absolutely impossible.” Not even the Liang Country could do it; the water draining technology the Liang Country transferred to Zhan Country was in its early stage, but it wouldn’t lead to a ten-fold difference.

The official asked: “Should we… send someone to investigate first? I heard it’s happening in a place called Qingquan Town in Youzhou.”

Marquis Gu waved his hand: “Heh, that’s even more unlikely. I just came from Youzhou! If there was such an impressive technique, would I be unaware of it?”

Marquis Gu decisively chose not to investigate.

However, the Ministry of War couldn’t wait and directly sent someone over.

In early November, a light snow fell in the Capital City.

As soon as Xiao Jingkong stepped out of the door, he slipped and fell due to not looking at the road.

Since leaving the mountain, Xiao Jingkong seldom stumbled, and Gu Jiao almost forgot that he was widely known as the tumbling little monk.

However, his falling skills were as skilled as ever. Holding his head and bending his knees, he rolled around the courtyard like a small ball.