Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

After the second round started in the afternoon, Gu Chan gained confidence and was more calm and confident than when she answered the questions in the first round in the morning.

Yan Li saw that Gu Chan suddenly seemed like a different person and her face turned ugly. She had originally hoped that this Jiangnan Poetry Festival would make Gu Chan embarrassed, but she never expected that Gu Chan would show extraordinary strength in the first show and win everyone's recognition.

This made her hate Gu Chan even more, and she wished she could tear her into pieces.

It’s a pity that the current Gu Chan is not someone she can easily provoke, so she can only swallow her anger temporarily and continue answering questions in the second round of competition.

However, she did not pay much attention to the second question that Academician Shangshang gave out. She just took a quick look at it and started answering it. She did not realize at all that Gu Chan had tampered with the following questions and naturally copied the answers she had memorized in advance.

This was exactly what Gu Chan wanted.

Since it was already dark after the second competition, the old academician announced that the result of the second competition would be announced tomorrow morning, and then ended today's poetry competition.

Everyone left Wanshu Garden and went to Jiangnan Academy to hang out. At this time, the streets outside were very lively and there were many people out shopping.

All in all, as an annual grand event in the Jiangnan area, it naturally brings together talented men and women from all over Jiangnan. Needless to say, it is lively and relaxing at night.

In a study room at the back of the academy.

At this time, Gu Chan was sitting with the old academician, checking the answer sheets submitted by everyone.

The old academician sighed and said, "There are too many answer sheets, hundreds of them, and it will take a while to check them all. How about you go ahead and do your work first, and I will lead the academicians to check the answer sheets tonight, and then report to you after the competition starts tomorrow?"

"Then you must check carefully. This is a great opportunity to find out the mastermind behind the replacement of test questions. Don't miss it." Gu Chan reminded.

The old academician nodded affirmatively.

Gu Chan said no more. After leaving the matter to the academicians, she stood up and left the study, took Yuan Jie out of the academy, and then took a carriage back to the lord's mansion.

More than an hour later, the two returned safely to the lord's mansion.

In the front yard lobby, Yan Kuan was sitting on the chair on the right with an unpleasant look on his face.

In the afternoon, he completed the handover with Xu Ziguang, and then brought the county magistrate's official uniform, hat and seal over, and has been waiting until now.

At first, Wei Xing could still sit in the lobby and chat with him, but as there were other things to deal with in the lord's mansion, Wei Xing had no choice but to leave him.

So you can imagine how bored he was waiting.

When Gu Chan came in, he was slumped in the chair, distracted.

Gu Chan smiled faintly and said, "Master Yan, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Yan Kuan was startled, then he quickly came to his senses, stood up to greet her, and bowed to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan waved her hand indifferently, walked to the first seat and sat down, waving her hand and saying, "Master Yan, sit down and talk slowly!"

"My lord, I have been sitting all day and my butt is sore. I'd better stand for a while!" Yan Kuan replied.

After saying that, he immediately picked up the three-piece suit of the county magistrate and presented it to Gu Chan.

Gu Chan took the three things, put them on the small table next to her, and said to Yuan Jie, "Take two people to the warehouse in the back and bring the cannon over to me."

"Yes, master." Yuan Jie responded respectfully and immediately called two servants to go to the warehouse with her.

Yan Kuan asked in confusion, "My Lord, what does this mean?"

"I plan to set up a separate firearms battalion, and you will be the general of this camp." Gu Chan said straight to the point.

Yan Kuan immediately said with great fear, "My Lord, I was just the commander-in-chief of the patrol office before, not even as good as a deputy general. How can I be a general of a camp? You are flattering me."

"Don't talk nonsense. You have to do it now whether you can or not. Otherwise, once the poetry meeting is over, Zuo Wangfeng leads his troops to attack Jiangnan City. Not only will Yan Xishan and the others die, but you will also die." Gu Chan said coldly.

Yan Kuan had a bitter face and didn't know what to say.

He admitted that what Gu Chan said was absolutely correct. As the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan City Patrol Office, he was also an important figure in the Second Prince's party. Since the Crown Prince wanted to eliminate all the members of the Second Prince's party, how could he escape?

Therefore, in this case, it really has to work whether it works or not.

Gu Chan said solemnly, "Didn't the Second Prince buy a hundred cannons from me before? After such a long time, the shop owners of the ironware shops should have almost finished making them. There is still half a month after the poetry meeting. I will ask them to work overtime and try to make all the hundred cannons before the offensive and defensive battles. Then you will have to lead the brothers in the firearms battalion to fight for me."

"My Lord, according to the notice you issued before, didn't you say that this offensive and defensive battle was just a military exercise and that there wouldn't be a life-and-death fight between the two sides? If we really used weapons like cannons, what if people died? " Yan Kuan said worriedly.

He knew very well that Gu Chan had almost killed Xuanyuan Lie with that cannon, so he naturally understood the power of this new weapon.

If this thing is really used and causes heavy casualties among Zuo Wangfeng's soldiers, leading to civil unrest, that would be troublesome.

Gu Chan said seriously, "When I give the order, you can lead the brothers in the firearms battalion to fire at their warships. I don't ask you to kill them!"

"You have to give your subordinates some time to study the aim carefully. Otherwise, I can't say for sure that we won't be able to hit the soldiers on the warships." Yan Kuan said cautiously.

"Don't worry, I will personally teach you how to use the artillery and impart some skills to you. Then you can take my artillery and go back to practice with your people. Anyway, no matter what, you have to form a firearms battalion of one thousand people for me within half a month." Gu Chan gave a direct death order.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yan Kuan said affirmatively.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Jie brought two of his men and the cannon that had previously bombarded Xuanyuan Lie and came out of the lobby.

Gu Chan immediately stood up and walked out with Yan Kuan.

Then, outside in the yard, she explained to Yan Kuan the knowledge about artillery and taught him how to fire artillery.

Half an hour later, Yan Kuan, who had understood the situation more or less, led his men out of the lord's mansion with the cannon, and as Gu Chan had instructed, he went to gather his officers to discuss the formation of a firearms battalion.