Chapter 288: I will completely support Minister Lu~

Gu Qingwan's pinch didn't hurt at all; it was just like she was acting coquettish.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, made a pained expression to give face and said:

"It's not that I'm busy."

Gu Qingwan, however, raised her eyebrows looking at her husband and said:

"So busy? You've been so busy these days you haven't even sent a letter!"

Lu Yuan then grinned and said:

"Look at me, I haven't shaved, haven't washed my face—do you think I'm busy?"

Gu Qingwan looked at her husband like that, gave a light hum, loosened the jade hand pinching his waist, and said:

"Then what exactly are you doing? You won't tell even if I ask."

Lu Yuan then grinned and said:

"We're researching missiles."

"Missiles?"

"This is a fresh term."

Gu Qingwan looked at her husband somewhat curiously.

Lu Yuan didn't explain much, just said:

"It's just a cannonball, but the cannonball we're researching flies farther than normal cannonballs, so we renamed it missile to distinguish."

Hearing this, Gu Qingwan nodded in understanding.

Regarding Gu Lie's invincibility this time, it relies on the latest cannon and high-explosive shells from the Qingbei Military Research Institute.

At a distance of two or three kilometers, that cannon can fire.

The opposite side can't see anything, it's unclear, and first gets bombarded several rounds by the Great Zhou Dynasty's artillery unit.

After several rounds, the opposite side's position has nothing left.

Even if some lingering enemies dodged, the enemies stunned by the shell explosion haven't had time to react.

They are then disarmed by the charging Great Zhou Dynasty troops.

Gu Qingwan also deeply knows the power and function of this cannon.

So, her husband immediately researching this cannon and shells is also normal.

Listening to her husband's words, Gu Qingwan became somewhat curious and said:

"Can it go even farther? Sister heard that our cannon can already reach two or three li outside; could it possibly reach seven or eight kilometers?"

Hearing his wife's question, Lu Yuan couldn't help but grin and hehe laugh.

"Seven or eight kilometers?"

"At minimum it can reach a thousand kilometers!"

"Of course, Lu Yuan currently doesn't intend to say; mainly explaining is also a bit troublesome."

"Let's leave it like this for now."

However, Lu Yuan's hehe laugh made Gu Qingwan know this matter isn't simple.

"Who doesn't know who."

Sleeping every day with that little rascal, Gu Qingwan knows she definitely said too little.

"Could it be that the shell might need twenty or thirty kilometers?"

Gu Qingwan felt this is a bit too exaggerated.

"Wouldn't that mean firing a cannon in Huangcheng could directly hit Sea Ford?"

"That far?"

Although she thought it exaggerated, Gu Qingwan didn't ask further.

Her husband just likes to keep things bottled up, wait until everything's ready, then suddenly bring it out to scare everyone.

As for that twenty or thirty kilometer cannon, although exaggerated, Gu Qingwan thinks it's something her husband would do, not impossible.

"You you, just hide things east and west with sister~"

Seeing Lu Yuan not speak, Gu Qingwan rolled her eyes, then tenderly poked his forehead, saying in a coquettish voice.

Lu Yuan then hehe laughed and said:

"Mainly, this thing hasn't reached what I expected; saying it now is a bit unimpressive; once I truly research it to what I want, your husband will definitely tell you first, right~"

Gu Qingwan smiled and gave Lu Yuan a charming eye-roll, then said coquettishly:

"Okay okay okay~ Sis will follow you~"

After taking the elevator down, Lu Yuan took Gu Qingwan's hand and led her to tour the underground lab.

The underground lab had no one; everyone had gone up to greet Gu Qingwan, so naturally now they can do whatever they want.

"This place…… how……"

Gu Qingwan stared in shock at the underground lab, wanting to say something but embarrassed to speak.

Lu Yuan knew his wife wanted to say something.

She wants to say how shabby this place is.

Immediately, Lu Yuan grinned and said:

"Time was too urgent; we just had the Ministry of Works dig a pit and came down, so it looks crude; later the Ministry will repair it a bit, then it'll look better."

Gu Qingwan, somewhat dazed, nodded, then suddenly said:

"Why must it be underground? Can't it be above ground? Look, this place relies on just a few lamps; don't ruin their eyesight, your students are all the pillars of Great Zhou."

Hearing Gu Qingwan's words, Lu Yuan then laughed and said:

"What, you feel sorry for the students, but not sorry for me, this principal?"

Gu Qingwan smiled and looked at Lu Yuan, coquettishly saying:

You're not a mortal, your eyes won't go bad~

Speaking of the eye problem, Lu Yuan happened to think of something, looking at his wife curiously:

You aren't wearing glasses anymore, so why are you wearing them again today?

Gu Qingwan startled, then came to her senses and said:

Recently someone brought it up, asking sister why you don't wear glasses, and so sister dug them out again.

Originally, sister being a cultivator, there's no need to hide it, but thinking that our Great Zhou Dynasty is currently at war with two sides, having an extra trump card is good, so sister has been wearing them lately~

Plain glasses~ not nearsighted glasses~

Gu Qingwan said while reaching to take them off, but Lu Yuan hurriedly said:

Don't take them off, wearing these glasses looks great, they're so pretty, absolutely gorgeous.

Gu Qingwan looked at her husband in surprise, blinked, and then her smile blossomed like a flower.

Her husband rarely directly compliments her beauty.

Okay~ sister won't take them off from now on, will keep wearing them~

Originally Lu Yuan wanted to ask about the Rakshasa Empire, but Gu Qingwan noticed a radio in the distance.

This novel thing was the first time Gu Qingwan had seen it, and she immediately asked about it.

Lu Yuan also explained to his wife:

This is the communication device I told you about; with it you can talk in real time with someone far away.

Hearing this, Gu Qingwan looked at Lu Yuan in astonishment and blinked.

This?

Lu Yuan then grinned and said:

This is still the basic version; later it will be smaller and more portable.

This was just developed by Qingbei; only a few units are in use now, but when we return we can have the Ministry of Works produce radios and issue them to the troops.

Once we have radios, that brat Gu Lie won't be able to fool us with time differences anymore.

Although Gu Qingwan in front of Lu Yuan seems like a foolish older sister who only dotes on her husband's younger brother, the emperor is still the emperor.

In just a moment, Gu Qingwan understood the purpose of this thing, and it's definitely not just to stop Gu Lie from deceiving her.

Having come to her senses, Gu Qingwan immediately looked at Lu Yuan excitedly and said:

Can sister try it?

Lu Yuan blinked and then smiled, saying:

This thing is rather difficult; you won't learn it in a moment, and besides, it's not for direct conversation—it requires special study.

When I have time later I'll teach you; first tell me about the recent situation with the Rakshasa Empire.

These days I've been busy and haven't looked at the military reports.

Lu Yuan took Gu Qingwan's hand and walked forward.

The elevator had just gone up and come down; soon the ministers and the Qingbei people will come down, so Lu Yuan can't keep whispering to his wife.

After a moment's pause, Gu Qingwan also realized these matters were urgent, so she nodded and hurriedly said:

The Rakshasa Empire just learned of our situation and yesterday sent people saying they wanted to negotiate.

We're not in a rush; sister plans to put them off, putting the visitors in an ordinary guesthouse in the imperial city, then after ten days or half a month we'll send someone to talk with them.

Lu Yuan nodded; he didn't understand such state affairs, but he felt his wife's words were right.

The Rakshasa Empire is the one in a hurry; the Great Zhou Dynasty isn't at all.

Lu Yuan merely told Gu Lie not to strike upward, but didn't call him back.

The Ten Thousand Years Army is still stationed in the Rakshasa Empire.

Now the Rakshasa Empire is about to die of anxiety.

After Gu Qingwan finished speaking, she then thought of something and immediately said:

Right, these days Gu Lie has brought back many photos; have you brothers seen them?

Gu Qingwan said while pulling a stack of photos from her spatial ring.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh and say:

I've seen quite a few of the earlier ones, but I haven't really looked at the recent ones.

Lu Yuan looked at the thick stack of photos Gu Qingwan produced, feeling a bit dazed:

He took that many?

Gu Qingwan pursed her lips and gazed at Lu Yuan with a gentle smile:

Yeah, this guy has nothing to do lately, so he's taken up photography; he's been taking more and more, and the photos are pretty good.

Lu Yuan blinked, took the stack of photos his wife handed over, flipped it open and looked:

What a good fellow.

They're all selfies.

Besides selfies, there are some scenery, landscapes, and such.

You wouldn't believe it, but these shots really do have an artistic feel.

However...

Lu Yuan thought, hoping this kid wouldn't abandon his role as War God and end up a good-for-nothing who loves playing with DSLRs.

In this stack, Lu Yuan had seen many of the earlier ones; flipping through roughly, he happened upon a landscape photo.

Lu Yuan examined this photo closely, studying it for several seconds, then moved on to the next.

Seeing her husband examine it so carefully, Gu Qingwan also leaned in for a look, then pursed her lips and smiled:

This is Tianchi; before, it was only said in books that Tianchi is absolutely beautiful, but I had never seen it with my own eyes—now I have truly seen it.

Tianchi?

Lu Yuan blinked and said:

"Where is Tianchi?"

Gu Qingwan was stunned for a moment, then looked around, found a large map, and pointed it to her husband, saying:

"It's right here."

Lu Yuan looked at the direction Gu Qingwan pointed and felt a bit dazed.

Good fellow...

Where the hell did they all get pushed to??

Last time Lu Yuan told Gu Lie not to advance north anymore, because winter was coming soon, and some mechanized equipment would be hard to operate in that kind of place.

Gu Lie actually obeyed, and truly did not advance north.

But he wasn't idle; this kid, instead of going north from Lake Baikal, went straight west—on the map, that's to the left.

He literally drew a 7 on the map.

From Tianchi's location, if you go west another thousand kilometers, you reach the Ural Mountains!!

After crossing the Ural Mountains, that's the Ou Bei Continent!

That is where the imperial capital of the Rakshasa Dynasty is located.

Hiss.

This kid...

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but frown; we can't keep advancing west.

Let's not talk about supplies and all that miscellaneous stuff.

The main point is, there are quite a few dynasties on the Ou Bei Continent.

Those dynasties may be small in area, but each one is strong.

If the Great Zhou Dynasty's army were to cross the Ural Mountains, those dynasties would also feel a sense of crisis, and would also feel the danger of 'when the lips are gone, the teeth feel the cold'.

If we go too far, they will naturally band together.

Given the current national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to go to war with over ten dynasties at once?

That really hasn't come to that point.

At this moment, Gu Qingwan looked at her husband's expression and also knew what he was thinking, and immediately said:

"Now is exactly the time for the Rakshasa Empire to send people for negotiations; I also feared Gu Lie would cause trouble if idle, so I had someone call him back first."

"Then let Gu Lie join the negotiations; having a frontline commander present will make us tougher in the talks."

Lu Yuan blinked his eyes.

Just now Lu Yuan said, logically speaking…

We shouldn't continue fighting; the best outcome for this matter now would be for the Rakshasa Empire to surrender.

Then cede territory and pay reparations.

Then this matter would be settled.

But…

Lu Yuan stared at this photo… suddenly felt… there… something over by Tianchi!

Lu Yuan previously had the 'National Fortune,' right?

This 'National Fortune' had been used once before, that is, at Xiao Qing Shan.

They found a spirit power ore.

After that, Lu Yuan never found such a place again.

Mainly because Lu Yuan doesn't go out wandering much.

Before, when he went to the Linglan Sword Sect heading south, all the places he flew to were big cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he found nothing.

As for the South Asian subcontinent, with its poor mountains and bad waters, he also saw nothing.

After that, there were indeed a few good places, but they belonged to the Jingpu Dynasty; seeing them was as good as not seeing them.

But now… Lu Yuan saw it again.

Moreover… this place is very good!!

According to the tier in the 'National Fortune,' the earlier Xiao Qing Shan is like purple in DNF, while this Tianchi here is like orange, even gold epic tier!

If there is spirit power ore here, the scale would be not just tenfold but possibly a hundred times that of Xiao Qing Shan!!

This is absolutely a massive spirit power ore!!

Having come to his senses, Lu Yuan immediately looked at his wife and said:

"Wife, I think this matter…"

Lu Yuan hadn't finished speaking when Gu Qingwan directly waved her hand, cutting him off, saying:

"From now on, I won't bother with these affairs; for the next half year, I won't show my face, and will find an excuse to stay in the palace."

Huh?

Lu Yuan couldn't react for a moment, feeling dazed, and said:

"Why?"

Gu Qingwan gave Lu Yuan a charming white-eye and said:

"You ask why?"

"Of course it's to give you a child!"

Oh~

Hearing this, Lu Yuan also couldn't help but grin and chuckle, yeah, he almost forgot about this.

If that's how you put it…

At this point, Gu Qingwan continued:

"So, from now on, you don't need to tell me, little brother; just go and discuss it with the Cabinet."

"Do whatever you want, and I will fully support you, Premier Lu~"

(End of chapter)