funbook-pk Chapter 105 Oral
Chapter 105 Oral
Faced with such an inspection, Andeli had to come up with a convincing reason, and the reason he came up with was the reason for the theft of the blueprints. In fact, through Chen Er's description, everyone knew that the flintlock technology should have been passed on orally. After all, flintlock technology seemed to be much more advanced, but in reality, it was just a thin layer of paper. Once that layer of paper was broken, everything would be easy to talk about. In order to find the person who leaked the technology, Andeli had to first make a move to alert the enemy. People without problems would naturally not have any other problems in this environment, while people with problems would eventually slip up.
Ying Xiong also suggested spreading the word the next day that the stolen items were blueprints for the latest rifle, far more powerful than the Type 2 Autumn Rain rifle, so that the person who leaked the technology wouldn't be tempted to take the bait.
As for why the intelligence did not show that the Southern army used rifling, Andeli and Ying Xiong speculated that it was because their technology was not mature enough. After all, not all forces could be like Chen Er, whose entire arsenal was powered by either steam or water. Rifling was not an easy task. If it weren't for Ying Qiuyu's improvement of the steam engine, the Qiuyu series of rifles might not have been able to be manufactured.
Andre was confident that while flintlock muskets could be learned by chance, rifling techniques were not so easy to master.
Chen Er also believed this explanation, after all, it made no sense that flintlock technology had been passed on but rifling technology had not.
By the time Chen Er returned to the Prince of Wei's residence, the city lights were already on. Thanks to the development of Yuyang in the past two years, there are now streetlights in Yuyang at night. Although it is only a small number of streets with a few streetlights, at least they are streetlights. Of course, these streetlights are not advanced products; they are just oil lamps. Oh well, what can you do when Chen Er is rich and powerful? He can do whatever he wants with his money.
Having stayed in this world for a while, Chen Er began to miss his previous life. However, in this world without electricity, there was nothing Chen Er could do except create a street lamp to add a touch of light to the night, so that the entire city was no longer pitch black at night.
"Husband, where have you been?" As soon as they returned to the mansion, Su Xiao greeted them. Under Chen Er's repeated instruction, the sisters finally got used to calling each other "husband" and "wife".
"I went to the arsenal to take a look." Chen Er took Li Ang from Su Xiao's arms and said to Su Xiao, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"That's why Ang'er insisted on waiting for you to come back, and ended up falling asleep here first," Su Xiao said with a smile.
Chen Er kissed Li Ang on the cheek and said, "Nephew has become sensible and knows to wait for his uncle."
As his status rose, Chen Er only showed this relaxed smile in front of his family. Su Xiao said to Chen Er, "Honey, you've been busy all day. Give the child to me and go wash up and rest."
"Okay!" Chen Er didn't refuse. He kissed Su Xiao on the cheek, handed Li Ang to Su Xiao, and said to Su Xiao, "My good wife, wait for your husband. I'll be right back after I wash up."
"go with!"
Teased by Chen Er like that, even though they were an old married couple, there were still some maids around, and Su Xiao's face immediately turned red. She quickly hugged Li Ang and walked towards Li Ang's room.
Don't be fooled by the fact that Chen Er seems to spoil the child. In reality, Li Ang has been sleeping in the side room next to Su Xiao since he was one year old. According to Chen Er, this is to cultivate Li Ang's independence from a young age and prevent him from becoming dependent on his mother. Although Su Xiao feels sorry for her child, she doesn't object to Chen Er's decision because she knows it's for her child's good.
Washing away the day's fatigue, Chen Er went to check on Ying Qiuyu as usual. Ying Qiuyu was still awake, lying in bed looking at the documents in her hands. Chen Er walked over, took the documents away, and said to Ying Qiuyu, "Don't look at these things tonight. You're not tired, but my son is." Ying Qiuyu rolled her eyes at Chen Er and said, "How do you know it's my son?"
Chen Er tilted his head back and said narcissistically, "Who am I, Chen Er? Of course I'm a son." But before Chen Er could finish speaking, he changed his mind and said, "Actually, daughters are good too. Too many sons are not good either. A family still needs a balance of yin and yang."
"You're so naive!" Ying Qiuyu tapped Chen Er's forehead with her finger. Chen Er said to Ying Qiuyu, "I went to the arsenal today. My father-in-law said that the paper-cased bullets are almost ready."
"Really? That's wonderful. It's a pity I'm pregnant, otherwise I could have kept following this matter." Ying Qiuyu said, pouting.
Chen Er quickly comforted her, saying that there would be other opportunities in the future, and that research has no end. Only then did the little girl's face brighten.
After spending some time with Qiu Yu, Chen Er went to find Su Xiao. As the saying goes, a night of passion is worth a thousand pieces of gold, not to mention that Chen Er had two beautiful women to sleep with.
The next morning, Chen Er summoned Guo Jia and instructed him to secretly investigate the technology leak at the arsenal. There must be something wrong behind this incident, and it might even involve the higher-ups in the autonomous region, so Chen Er had to be extremely careful.
As for Li Zhong, whether or not Li Zhong has any problems is actually quite simple. Chen Er's words yesterday were merely a test of the others. As for who he was actually testing, only Chen Er knows. Perhaps it was Xun Yu, or someone close to Xun Yu, or perhaps Chen Er leaked some information from Xun Yu first.
Of course, while Li Zhong was still trustworthy, Chen Er also sensed some problems within the intelligence department. Li Zhong had raised some of these issues as well. As a result, Chen Er secretly established a new department called Dark Dragon. Dark Dragon only did one thing: infiltration. It would infiltrate various forces within the empire and would not be activated unless it was absolutely necessary. The person in charge was someone no one knew. The entire autonomous region's high command only knew that Chen Er had a secret intelligence department, but even Li Zhong knew very little about where this department was located or what it did.
However, this was also a good thing. No one, including Li Zhong, thought it was a big deal. Everyone understands the principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket. However, what no one knew was that they should have known nothing, but because of the leak of flintlock technology, Chen Er secretly spread the word about this department in a vague way.
The purpose was to lure out the mastermind behind it all.