The fragrance of makeup and powder is lingering, and Xu Qilin is a little dazzling.

"Xu Lang knew that Yiyi was the top player in Yichunyuan. If she left, her business would be affected." The fake mother pointed to the oriole in the house in a sad look and said, "Business is not good, these children will be hungry and suffer. How pitiful."

Xu Qilin said: "It's not that bad. Just say that the sisters in the house are not worse than Miss Tang in terms of appearance and talent!"

"With that being said, how can you get a reputation at once?" The fake mother wiped her nose with a handkerchief, as if she could really shed tears.

"Just say Meimei, I am optimistic about her, but I don't have a chance to become famous." The fake mother pulled a girl over and looked really beautiful and had a bit of fresh taste.

Meimei, Taylor Swift, no... Before Xu Qilin could figure out the words, Meimei had already posted them. Maybe she felt that Xu Qilin was young, so she shyly shyly, and her movements and words were particularly intimate.

"After a while, it will be Yuan Xi. Xu Lang will not write poems and write lyrics for his slaves. I think it is necessary to make a name for him?" Meimei hugged Xu Qilin's arm, shook it gently, and breathed her fragrant lips, approaching her face.

Xu Qilin's heart was shaken, but there was still a hint of clarity. He looked at his fake mother and said, "It's not impossible to write poems and write lyrics. But does this have anything to do with the redeem of Mrs. Tang?"

The fake mother hesitated for a moment and felt that she could compromise.

A good poem can make Meimei popular, and Tang Yiyi's departure is also considered a make-up. Moreover, judging from Xu Qilin's future, it is not easy to offend.

Now it’s easy to discuss, it’s better to go down the road and satisfy him. What’s more, even if the lion doesn’t speak loudly, she can make a fortune.

"If Xu Lang writes good poems, I will redeem myself as a good person to express my gratitude." The fake mother said with a smile: "Meimei, I haven't thanked Xu Lang yet."

"I thanked Xu Lang." Meimei hugged her even tighter and kissed Xu Qilin on the face.

However, he was still a little worried and said, "In this way, let's do things just a little, don't be dragged on. Now I will call Mrs. Tang here and do the redemption of my life, and my poem will be done."

The fake mother clapped her hands and smiled and said, "What does Xu Lang say, I will do." As she said that, she stood up and walked out, and went to discuss the redemption with Tang Yiyi.

It is natural to be easy to talk about if the amount of money redeemed for Xu Qilin is not in front of Xu Qilin. The fake mother didn't want Xu Qilin to talk about the other side, which made her difficult to make her quit.

"Xu Lang is full of talent, and here are all poems and songs!" Meimei showed her diligence and reached out to touch Xu Qilin's belly.

Xu Qilin hurriedly held the girl's hand, don't touch her.

Meimei giggled and joked: "Xu Lang is afraid, are you afraid that I will give you a chance?"

Xu Qilin smiled awkwardly and asked a young lady to tease her. Why did this seem to be reversed? Shouldn't it be me who is here to flirt with girls?

Time was not long, and the fake mother and Tang Yiyi walked in. There seemed to be tears on their faces. I don’t know if they were really reluctant to part ways or act in a fake way.

"I thanked Xu Lang." Tang Yiyi bowed under her.

Xu Qilinxu helped him and asked, "Is the matter done?"

"It's done." Tang Yiyi replied: "The text will be written immediately."

The fake mother laughed and said, "Xu Lang spoke up and gave me ten thousand courage, but he didn't dare to deceive each other."

"I thanked me here first." Xu Qilin bowed and said, "I have thought about this poem too much. Prepare the pen, ink, paper and ink."

The fake mother hurriedly asked someone to prepare, Meimei had a wink and went up to lay paper and grind the ink in person.

"Since it was sung on Yuanxi, you must meet the situation." Xu Qilin got up and picked up his pen, pretended to think for a while, dipped it in ink, wrote, and finished it in one go.

On the Lantern Festival last year, the lights in the flower market were like day. The moon was on the willows and people made an appointment after dusk. On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and the lights were still there. I didn’t see the person last year, and tears filled the sleeves of the spring shirt.

Meimei chanted in a low voice, her eyes lit up. After Xu Qilin finished writing, she immediately bowed and thanked her, "Thank you for Xu Lang's poem."

Xu Qilin smiled, put down his pen, looked at it carefully, and felt satisfied whether it was a word or a poem.

When the fake mother saw Meimei thanking her, she knew that this poem was good, so she felt relieved.

At this time, the document had been written and sent in. The fake mother and Tang Yiyi had sealed the deal, which was considered to have concluded.

Seeing the fake mother squeezing again, Xu Qilin praised in his heart that this acting is worthy of a little golden man. After the matter was done, he would not stay for a long time and stood up and wanted to leave.

Tang Yiyi got the contract to sell her body and couldn't wait to leave here. She only took a small bag and followed Xu Qilin out of Yichunyuan.

Although Yichunyuan is not a prison, Tang Yiyi can also go out. However, when she saw the world outside, she felt completely different. It was like a bird leaving the cage, and there was freedom in front of her, allowing herself to soar at will.

He let out a long breath, as if the air outside was fresh and comfortable, and Tang Yiyi's eyes turned red and she almost burst into tears.

Xu Qilin glanced at Tang Yiyi, was happy for her and understood her mood.

After pausing for a while, Xu Qilin said, "Does Madam Tang have a place to go? If there is no one for the time being, you can go and live with Madam Zheng first and then look for it slowly."

Tang Yiyi lowered her head slightly and said, "I want to settle in the opera troupe, but I am afraid that Miss Zheng will not want to."

"Let's go and ask me before you talk." Xu Qilin smiled, reached out and made a gesture to the carriage, "I have something else to ask Mrs. Tang to help me, let's talk in detail in the car."

Although the actor has a low social status, he is a free person and does not have to sell his body and pretend to laugh. Compared to the advocate, it is still the profession that Tang Yiyi hopes to pursue.

Otherwise, what can I do? The redemption silver is almost her accumulation over the years, and now there is very little left, and there is not even a place to settle down.

……………………

The next afternoon, Xu Qilin sent people to the weapons prison to come back and successfully borrowed three catapults.

It was not just the role of His Majesty’s decree, but the people in the Weapon Supervisor also knew that Xu Qilin could definitely ask for the decree. After making excuses yesterday, he immediately summoned the craftsmen and worked overnight, and finally finished it.

When Xu Qilin saw the brand new wood from the catapult cart, he immediately understood. His Majesty Li Er's judgment was correct, and he left some time specifically, which was also correct.

In the wars recorded in Chinese history, trenchers were used very early, such as the Thunderbolt chariots of the Three Kingdoms and the current "cannon".

That's right, the trencher was also called "cannon" in ancient China. You can guess by looking at the characters, which has something to do with stones. Later, with the cannon, the next to the character "stone" was changed to the next to the character "fire".

Although the catapult has developed for hundreds of years, it has not changed much. After actual operation, Xu Qilin was very disappointed.

At that time, the catapults were divided into three types: light, medium and heavy:

A light throwing car is cast by two people, and the stone bullet weighs half a pound and can reach about a hundred steps;

The medium-sized throwing car has single tips, double tips, whirlwinds, tiger squats, etc. It requires 40 to 100 people to pull the cannon cable, and can fire 25 kilograms of stone bullets with a range of 130 steps;

The heavy throwing car has five-fin and seven-fin cannons, and operates from one hundred and fifty people to two hundred and fifty people. It can fire stone bullets weighing 70 to 100 kilograms, with a range of up to eighty steps.

According to the length unit in ancient times, one step was about one-point three meters, and one-hundred and thirty steps was 169 meters. A hundred and eighty steps were 130 meters and 100 meters respectively.

Did you see that the catapult, which was regarded as an old and powerful weapon by Xu Qilin, was so high at that time, even lower than the range of a bow and arrow.

The catapult made by weapons supervision has three double-headed cannons, each of which requires at least fifty people to pull the rope. After just one demonstration, Xu Qilin couldn't stand it and shook his head.

In addition to siege, this catapult is really useless. Even if it is siege, at this distance, it will face condescending attacks from enemies on the city wall.

No wonder the weapons supervision is not taken seriously, and the catapults are not equipped with troops! They are both bulky and difficult to use, and their power is very limited.

Xu Qilin walked around the catapult for several times, and his thoughts gradually opened up.

In fact, in addition to tunnel blasting, there is actually a relatively simple way to attack the city, which is to create more powerful catapults, or "Huihui Cannons" and "Xiangyang Cannons".

Although the power of tunnel blasting is great, it also has its limitations. For example, moats, soil quality, etc., it is not guaranteed that every city is suitable.

The "Huihui Cannon" is different, it can be bombarded if it is made. Even if it throws a stone, the weight of a few hundred kilograms is enough to collapse a city tower.

Moreover, the range of the giant "Rui Cannon" can reach more than 300 meters, which is completely outside the attack range of the enemy on the city wall, and is very safe.

In other words, with the "Hui Hui Cannon", it was a devastating blow to the rammed earth city wall at that time. Although the shortcomings of being bulky and slow firing cannot be corrected, the speed of its siege is still beyond what other methods can do.

One step ahead is a genius, two steps ahead are a madman. Xu Qilin feels that he is a genius by changing the catapult to a "Hui Hui Cannon". If he wants to create a real cannon in a short time, it would be a bit too crazy.

Even the "Hui Hui Cannon" with the same principle is still a technology that is hundreds of years ahead. The Mongolians rely on it to capture cities and villages and destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Xu Qilin calculated the time and felt that if the craftsmen were concentrated, they could create "Huihui Cannons" in five or six days. It didn't have to be that kind of super giant shape, and it would be enough to throw a medium size of about 200 meters.

He did it as soon as he said that, Xu Qilin sent someone to the weapons supervisor to come to the drawings of the trencher and recruited craftsmen. He studied the drawings, calculated the data, and began to improve.

The principles of "Ruihui cannon" and trenchers are the same, and the shapes are similar, both of which use the principle of leverage.

Therefore, the improvement is not very complicated. Just enlarge the size, design the other end into a counterweight type, and add a few winches with axle principle, and it will be almost the same.

As the saying goes, many scientific and technological inventions are not limited by technical level, but innovations in ideas. The trencher driven by people is changed to counterweights, and does not involve any technological revolution.

After assigning the work, Xu Qilin hurried to the auction to watch the auction results in the mirror.

When he arrived at the theater, which was temporarily used as an auction venue, the people who came to participate in the auction had already sat in several rows.

In order to prevent people watching the fun from getting involved, those who can enter the venue were registered and reviewed in advance, and license plates and instructions were issued to make them familiar with the rules.

Xu Qilin stepped up to the second floor, sat in the private room, and made a gesture to the staff on the stage to signal the auction to begin.

With the melodious music, the noise in the venue gradually subsided. Tang Yiyi, dressed in a dress, walked onto the stage slowly and bowed to everyone below.

The music stopped, and Tang Yiyi's clear voice echoed in the theater.

"The items auctioned today were made by Dayingku, with a total of fifteen exquisite mirrors and five dressing mirrors."

Tang Yiyi stretched out her hand to signal, and the staff next to her uncovered the silk cloth, revealing the mirrors arranged on the table, reflecting the sunlight, and the eyes of everyone below also shine.

I waited for a while so that everyone could see clearly, and to brew emotions, and also know the number of auctions today.

Tang Yiyi waved her hands in a very demeanor, and the staff walked up with a small mirror, looked at everyone below, and finally placed it on the table next to Tang Yiyi.

"This is the first auction item at this auction, Linglong Jing No. 1." Tang Yiyi said with a smile: "That's right, there is a serial number behind the mirror, which is both an anti-counterfeiting and a limited edition mark."

No. 1, whoever took a photo would be more beautiful! Xu Qilin sipped the tea and showed a bad smile on his face.

"The price of this mirror is 100 coins, and the price increase shall not be less than ten coins per raising the sign." Tang Yiyi stretched out her arm gracefully, slowly unfolded below, and said, "Now, the auction begins."

"One Hundred and Twenty Strings!"

As soon as Tang Yiyi finished speaking, someone raised a sign to quote.

"One hundred and fifty taels!"
To be continued...