Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Jiangnan Ironware Workshop, located in the south of Jiangnan City, is the largest ironware shop in the entire Jiangnan area.

When Gu Chan followed Wan Peng in the carriage, as soon as she got off the carriage and stood in front of the shop, she was stunned.

The two men who were supporting her looked confused, not understanding why she suddenly stopped going in.

Wan Peng asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Everyone is waiting for you inside! Why don't you go in?"

"How come the owner of this shop is also surnamed Gu? Otherwise, why is there a big word 'Gu' engraved on the plaque above the door?" Gu Chan said, looking up at the plaque above the door.

"Oh! I really don't care about this. Maybe the shopkeeper has the same surname as you!" Wan Peng said.

Gu Chan said angrily, "Didn't you take over this shop? How come you haven't seen their owner?"

"No! When I was closing the shop, their boss happened to be out of town. He just came back today. As soon as he came back, he gathered everyone here to wait for you!" Wan Peng explained.

Gu Chan nodded with relief, thinking that perhaps the owner of this shop had the same surname as her, so they could be considered relatives.

Thinking of this, she said nothing more and immediately went into the shop with Wan Peng, supported by two of her subordinates.

Soon the four of them arrived at the third floor.

At this time, the entire third floor lobby was already full of people. Everyone sat in a circle, and in the circle were the iron tools that Gu Chan had drawn on his previous drawing.

When everyone saw Wan Peng coming, they stood up and greeted him.

Wan Peng ordered two of his men to help Gu Chan sit in the first seat and introduced him to everyone, "Everyone, this is the shopkeeper Gu Chan who came from the north. In fact, it is not me who will take over your shop this time, but him."

"Why is it a child?"

"Yes! Which young master is so rich?"

"Not only is he rich, but the weapons he makes are also very strange and bizarre. It's really strange."

When the shopkeepers saw that Gu Chan was a child, they couldn't help but whisper to each other.

Obviously, from the very beginning, they never thought that the boss behind this was just such a young kid.

Just as everyone was surprised, a young man in black who was sitting opposite Gu Chan suddenly stood up and walked to her. Then, in front of everyone, he bowed 90 degrees to Gu Chan with great respect.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and no one understood what was going on.

Wan Peng was also dumbfounded, and quickly said, "You must be the owner of Jiangnan Ironware Workshop! What do you mean?"

"Young Master, this gift is to thank Manager Gu for saving my life." The young man straightened up and said.

Gu Chan stared at him questioningly, "When did I save you?"

"Have you forgotten that before in Zhongyuan City, you not only rescued us, but also escorted us out of the city overnight and gave us a lot of money. If it weren't for you, I would never have come to Jiangnan to open such an ironware shop! So I engraved your benefactor's surname on the plaque on the door to remind me to never forget your life-saving grace!" said the young man solemnly.

Gu Chan sighed with relief immediately, and then she remembered that the young man standing in front of her was one of the dozen or so handsome young men she had rescued in Zhongyuan City before!

The young man said politely, "Manager Gu, we parted too hastily that day and we didn't have time to introduce ourselves to you. I will make up for it today. My surname is Qin, my name is Muyang, and I am from Dangzhou in the Central Plains. Now I have settled down in Jiangnan."

"Okay, okay, no need to be polite. Since you are such an important person, everything can be discussed. Please take a seat!" Gu Chan said happily.

Anyway, she never expected that the owner of the largest ironware shop in Jiangnan was actually the person she had saved before.

Maybe this is what is meant by, just do good things and don’t worry about the future!

As long as you do good things, you will be rewarded one day. Gu Chan didn’t quite believe this before, but now she really believes it.

Qin Muyang also nodded happily and sat back in his seat.

Wan Peng changed the topic at the right time, looked at the pieces of iron placed in the circle and said, "Brother Gu, then tell us what exactly this weapon you made is!"

"This is called a cannon. Come, I'll tell you how to assemble it, and then you assemble it for me." said Gu Chan.

Then she began to teach everyone how to assemble the cannon.

Since this was in ancient times, the manufacturing technology was naturally a bit crude, so these iron shop owners spent so much time and only managed to make an iron gun barrel, a gun mount, and two iron wheels.

Only when these three things are assembled together can it become a movable cannon.

After a while, everyone followed Gu Chan's instructions and assembled the cannon.

Seeing that this thing looked quite good, Gu Chan asked Wan Peng to send someone to get sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal, and then crush them and mix them together in front of everyone to make black powder.

Of course, this is a very simple thing in the eyes of modern people, but it was very confusing to the ancient people. They even didn't know what Gu Chan was doing at all.

Gu Chan did not explain much. After mixing the ingredients according to the proportions, she asked the shopkeepers to take the iron shells that had been made, which looked like small balls, and pour all the black gunpowder into the shells tightly. She then filled them with mud and flammable wicks as fuses. In this way, a black powder shell was made.

Wan Peng looked puzzled and said, "Brother Gu, what on earth are you doing?"

"Don't ask me anymore. Push it and follow me to Lingjiu Temple. I have a friend there, and I plan to give this newly developed weapon to him first as a gift." Gu Chan said with a wicked smile.

"Why don't you try it first and then give it to him?" Wan Peng reminded.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "No need. We don't know if it will work or not. Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, forget it. If it does, give him a surprise."

"Okay then!" Wan Peng nodded.

After saying that, he called everyone together and prepared to push the pitch-black cannon to Lingjiu Temple with Gu Chan.

At this time, Gu Chan's eyes suddenly rolled, and she said with a strange smile, "Wait, it's not enough to just make one of these iron shells. All of you should try to make them, one by one, and take them with you. If they succeed, we can give him 20 or 30 of them as gifts."

"That's fine. Manager Gu's friends are our friends. It would be nice if we all gave him gifts together." Wan Peng added.

When the shopkeepers heard this, they thought it made sense, so they began to imitate what Gu Chan had done just now, and each of them started making cannonballs.

Gu Chan held back her laughter and didn't explain. She just asked someone to buy a large amount of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal to grind and mix them. She mainly made enough black powder and plenty of artillery shells!