"Who sold the weapons from the south to them?"

"It's ours-the court.    ?    "

"Your court?"

I was stunned for a moment, raised my head and looked at Qinghan, and immediately understood.

Indeed, it is almost impossible to provide weapons that can support a war by just private people. Only in this way can the weapons that are mined by the government to cast iron ore reach such a scale.

In other words, the other side of the weapons sold to the six southern provinces to support their rebellion was Franchise.

However, why did the Franji court sell so many weapons to the rebel forces in the south? Or was there any collusion between them?

When I thought of this, I felt a little uneasy. After hearing my question, Uncle Gui smiled softly and said, "Miss Yue, you are too worried about this. This is a business, and the people who do business only ask for money. The reason why our court does this business is because we need money very much."

"Why?"

"This, haha, I feel a little embarrassed to say it." He said: "We have fought with our neighbors for many years, and the money has been exhausted. The people's livelihood in the country is very bleak, so we are encouraged to go overseas to do business."

"oh……"

"Our court will also participate in some large-scale transactions."

So that's it.

Hearing him say this, Qinghan, who was sitting opposite him, breathed a sigh of relief.

Pei Yuanhao and I had been worried before that there seemed to be no collusion between the South and Xichuan. If this is just a business, it would be more convenient to deal with it. At least the maritime ban was implemented immediately, and at the same time, strictly checking passing ships and cargoes can avoid such problems.

but--

When I heard his last sentence, I seemed to feel something. Just as I was about to ask him, Uncle Gui seemed to remember something and said inadvertently: "Even the big business more than 20 years ago, although I just made connections with it, it was the largest business that our court and the south had made. I took a lot of taps."

When I heard this, my heart suddenly moved: "More than 20 years ago?"

"Yes." He took a sip of the weird-smelling tea soup, smacked his lips, nodded with a smug look in his eyes, "That is the biggest business I have made in the past few years of coming to the Heavenly Kingdom."

I suddenly felt a little numb on my back and looked at him with wide eyes: "What are you selling?"

Qinghan raised his head and looked at me.

Even Uncle Gui felt something strange, raised his head and looked at me and smiled: "Miss Yue, why do I feel that you seem to be more concerned about the business more than 20 years ago than what is happening now."

I was stunned for a moment and smiled, but my smile was a little reluctant: "If this matter was not important, Uncle Gui would not have been there for so long. I still remember and mentioned it. Aren't it?"

Looking into my eyes, he nodded slowly.

"The girl has a torched look."

"Excessive award."

"Indeed, that business is indeed very important. Even after so many years, there has never been such a large-scale business again."

"Oh?" I frowned slightly and said, "What exactly is it selling? Or is it a weapon?"

Uncle Gui's expression became a little solemn. He was silent for a while and said slowly: "Although it is a weapon, it is different from the weapons you know."

It is a weapon, but it is different from the weapons we know.

What does this mean?

Seeing that we were both looking at him in confusion, Uncle Gui smiled, stood up and walked to the window on the other side of the house, lifted a little curtain, and could see the low wall in the backyard, and the people coming and going in the alley not far behind the low wall. Uncle Gui said, "Did you see those people?"

"Um."

"The weapons you know, if you want to kill those people, at a time, up to five."

“…”

"And the weapons sold that time were to kill these people, at least fifty at a time."

Qinghan and I immediately took a breath of air conditioning.

People with great martial arts skills I have seen, such as Huang Tianba and Luo Shi, their gold labels and locust stones are all the artifacts that are hundreds of times, but they cannot kill five people at one time; and they are as profound as words and desireless as his whisk cannot kill people like mowing grass, but the weapons mentioned by Uncle Gui actually kill at least fifty of them at a time!

What a terrifying weapon that is!

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Uncle Gui pondered for a while and said slowly: "It is a firearm. When it was first produced, it was called the Franchise cannon."

Qinghan and I couldn't speak for a while.

artillery!

Speaking of which, the Heavenly Kingdom is not without it, but gunpowder is mainly used in the construction of mountains and mountains. It has only been used in wars in the past hundred years, but it has not achieved the effect of destroying the world. In the Huyue Gorge, Pei Yuanhao mobilized Zhoushan Navy and all the cannons, but he only lost a ship.

It is completely incomparable to the Folang cannon that Uncle Gui said.

Qinghan was still shocked. He had lived a quiet life in the fishing village for half his life. Even after experiencing family destruction and earth-shaking changes, he had never been exposed to such things. His whole face was a little pale, and he stared at Uncle Gui.

And I...

I sat there, my originally cold fingers were already hot with the warm temperature in the cup, and my palms were covered with cold sweat.

And in my heart, the shadow that had originally just appeared faintly slowly spread out at this moment, and it appeared in front of me, blocking my light.

I have never seen what he said, and I hardly dare to imagine what a firearm is even more terrifying than a ghost. But only from his description, if such a thing is used in war, it can almost be said to be invincible.

But what is behind the unfavorable situation? Does it mean that countless "fifty" lives will be killed under such a powerful weapon?

A war was originally exchanged for flesh and blood. It was just a fight between swords and weapons. When people fought each other, corpses would flow everywhere and blood into rivers. If those terrifying firearms participated in the war, would the entire battlefield become a cruel Shura field and a hell on earth?

And all people will fall into hell and become countless wronged souls.

When I think of this, I feel a chill on my back.

This is so terrible!

Seeing Qinghan and I sitting there, Uncle Gui seemed to want to say something, but he heard the young man outside calling out in a low voice, as if another customer came to the door. He nodded apologetically, turned around and walked out.

Only Qinghan and I were left in the room. He was covered in cold sweat. He raised his head to look at me and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, you asked this."

“…”

"Otherwise, if such a weapon is used by them, then-"

He shivered and said in horror: "How many people will die!"

...

I looked at him with a steady look, and suddenly I felt relieved.

He has been anxious about the things in the south. When the war between the north and the south is in vain, his ideas will disappear, but after hearing such news, the first thing he cares about is still human life.

However, those who buy these murder weapons will not think so.

Qinghan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and suddenly thought of something, saying, "Huh? What Uncle Gui said just now seems to be the things he sold more than 20 years ago."

"Um."

"More than 20 years ago..."

Looking at his frowning tightly, it was very difficult to think. We almost forgot what happened more than 20 years ago, and unless it was some unforgettable memories, they could be engraved in our minds. I could still vaguely remember that at that time, it was the first battle between Xichuan and the court since I could remember.

That battle was blurred in many people's memories, and more people remember it was the Second World War between Xichuan and the imperial court.

That is, after the failure of that war, Xichuan began to pay tribute to the court.

Including women...

Thinking of this, I suddenly shuddered. It seemed that it was so cold that I held the slightly hot cup with both hands.

The room suddenly became quiet.

The quiet this time was different from the previous one. The noisy sounds outside, the sounds of people coming and going, and the sounds of children laughing and playing, all came clearly from the cracks in the door curtain, but the more quiet the room was left with only two people's heartbeats.

The mist slowly rising from the two cups of hot tea was filled with my eyes. I looked at the clear eyes on the other end of the smoke, and he also looked at me, his eyes looking a little solemn.

I don't know how long it took, but I heard his somewhat mute voice saying, "Light."

"What?"

"Do you know something?"

“…”

"Uncle Ghost is right. You came here not to ask about the weapons this time, but to ask about the one more than 20 years ago."

I looked at his flashing gaze, bit my lower lip, and said softly: "Do you remember what did I tell you when we climbed to the top of the mountain from the cliff?"

"…!" His eyes lit up.

"I said, I will tell you, a secret of mine."

That was what he said when he and I fell to the bottom of the valley and climbed up the hillside. At that time, I was full of hope and thought that he and I could escape from the people here and the things here, so I told him that after I climbed the mountain, I would tell him a secret of mine.

But I didn't expect-

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little sad, and my eyes were a little red. At this time, a hand with rough force reached over and carefully held my hand.

His palms were still the same as before, with thick calluses. Even if he no longer had to do those heavy farm work, he could not change his origin. His aura was as rough as a rock, but only such an aura made me feel at ease and could tell him everything and give him everything.

Including, myself.
To be continued...