Su Mu looked up at Chi Ranzhi: "???"

Chi Ranzhi lazily took the empty teacup from Su Mu's hand: "Do you still want to drink?"

Su Mu shook his head.

Chi Ranzhi casually placed the teacup on the round table at the head of the bed, raised his hand to stroke Su Mu's hair, took Su Mu into his arms and lay down, covered him with a thin quilt, and patted Su Mu's shoulder , coaxing in a gentle voice: "Go to sleep, I will take you to see some interesting things tomorrow."

Su Mu: "..."

that's it?

Although it was an unexpected result, Su Mu's tense and chaotic nerves suddenly relaxed.

He yawned, stretched out his hand to hook Chi Ranzhi's black hair and twirled it around his fingers a few times, slowly closed his eyes, and gradually fell asleep surrounded by the familiar breath.

Among the caravans docked at a port outside Linyuan City, Alpha was dressed in aristocratic attire, and had returned to his gentlemanly and courteous appearance.He came to Yuancheng to bring a caravan of gifts and asked to see Gu Linyuan, but he never got an interview.

At this moment, the subordinates came to report: "Master Earl, just got the news that the Linyuan Strait has been closed since childhood, and tomorrow Gu Linyuan will conduct a big review of Linyuan City's fleet?"

Alpha: "Grand parade?"

The subordinate replied: "I heard that... it is to please Mrs. Yazhai, whom he has newly snatched back."

"Oh?" Alpha was a little surprised, "I've heard for a long time that the head of the Gu family is not close to women, what kind of beauty can make him fall?"

The subordinate was silent for a moment, and replied with a complicated expression: "I heard...it's an old man..."

Alpha suspects that something is wrong with his ears: "???"

His subordinates looked skeptical about life: "Almost all the rumors about Linyuan City have been spread now, and Mr. Gu snatched back from the shore... a little old man with white beard, white hair and white eyebrows to be Mrs. Yazhai , and...uh...in Xianyu Palace...every night."

Alpha's expression was extremely strange: "..."

The next morning, Chi Ranzhi personally put on new clothes for Su Mu and put on the little old man's mask. Chi Ranzhi also changed into Gu Linyuan's appearance, took Su Mu's hand out, and arrived in a carriage. On the edge of the Linyuan Strait, board a tall watchtower overlooking the entire strait.

It can be seen that the Linyuan Strait has been blocked, and countless foreign merchant ships are moored at both ends of the strait in an orderly manner.At the entrance to the west of the strait, between the blue sea and the blue sky, endless strong ships, sharp guns and sails are lined up neatly at the entrance of the strait, with flags waving.The sailors on the ship were all tall and strong, with a fierce aura, but they were very well-trained. With so many ships parked in one place, there was not a single noise.

Su Mu stared blankly at the huge warships with five or six thousand ships in the distance, the tens of thousands of small ships guarding the surrounding area, and the majestic power that made the world silent for it, then turned to look at Chi beside him. Ranzhi: "This is?"

Chi Ranzhi smiled and said, "Take Mrs. Yazhai to inspect the fleet at home. These are only one tenth, and the others are stationed or performing missions in different sea areas."

After the words fell, Chi Ranzhi looked at the commanding soldiers beside him.

The commander held a flag in his hand and began to give orders.

just listen-

bang bang bang-

With the barrel facing the sky, the huge sound of the cannon resounded through the sky, and the shells roared and fell into the vast ocean in the distance, splashing huge waves.

The cannons sounded one after another, and the shells fell at different distances, falling into the sea to form a gorgeous sea fireworks.

Amidst the loud cannon fire, the crowd on the bank covered their ears. Su Mu was stunned and forgot to cover his ears. Chi Ranzhi stood behind him and stretched out his hand to help him cover it with a smile.

Finally, after a long time, the gunfire stopped, and there was silence between heaven and earth.

Amidst Su Mu's ears buzzing, Chi Ranzhi approached Su Mu's ear, smiled and said in a low voice, "99 rings in total. May Mu Mu and I last forever."

Su Mu turned around slowly, looked up at Chi Ranzhi in a daze.

Chi Ranzhi wore a mask on his face, and the only pair of beautiful phoenix eyes that were exposed were filled with sunlight and a smile, and his eyes were full of his figure.

Su Mu only felt that a stream of clear water flowed into his heart quietly, sweet and warm.It doesn't make him blush and heartbeat like the big monster, but...

Very comfortable, as if floating lightly to the clouds, lying in the soft clouds.

He involuntarily stretched out his hands, encircled Chi Ranzhi's waist, pressed against Chi Ranzhi, rested his chin on Chi Ranzhi's chest, raised his head and stared at Chi Ranzhi's eyes without blinking. He grinned almost to the ears, smiling like a little idiot.

Chi Ranzhi stroked the back of Su Mu's head, lowered his head and kissed Su Mu's forehead lightly, "Don't act like a baby, it's not over yet."

After saying that, the corners of the mouth under the mask were slightly raised, and Su Mu was wrapped around Su Mu with his left hand, and he stretched out his right hand, pointing to the fleet in the distance: "Look."

Su Mu followed his gaze, and after 99 cannon shots, the low and shocking sound of horns sounded in the fleet, and they began to line up into the strait.

The flags are flying, the drums are loud, and the warriors and sailors on the ship are shouting aggressively.

Su Mu looked at it, his heart was so excited by the atmosphere, he let go of Chi Ranzhi, grasped it with both hands on the railing, and watched the majestic fleet slowly sailing in the Linyuan Strait, with the pressure of crushing everything. momentum--

The enemy retreats, and ghosts and gods do not invade.

Standing behind Su Mu, Chi Ranzhi put his hands on the railing, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he wrapped Su Mu in his arms unscrupulously and unobtrusively under countless bright or dark eyes, as if showing his ownership to the whole world .

Linyuan Strait, where countless foreign ships and goods gather, today's sudden parade has tens of thousands of ships staying here. In addition to the people in Linyuan City, there are countless foreigners who saw this scene in their eyes.

Alpha stood on the deck and put down the binoculars in his hand.

At first, he was supposed to watch the fleet.

He thought that who had offended Gu Linyuan in this sudden inspection, it was a lie to please the old man Yazhai, and Gu Linyuan wanted to use this to give all the outsiders a blow and shake the mountain.

did not expect……

Alpha looked complicated.

The old man in the village, he saw it.

Just, a cute little old man.

Ok……

He originally thought that Gu Linyuan was playing some kind of trick again, but he didn't expect...

Looks like true love.

Rao is Alpha who has come through the wind and waves and is well-informed, but like this...

He really hasn't seen it.

Master Gu... sure enough... extraordinary.

Alpha couldn't help shaking his head, shaking out the spreading reverie, his face became serious.

The important ports on the routes between continents have been completely occupied by Gu Linyuan, forming a chain of Linyuan, which has accumulated inexhaustible wealth for Gu Linyuan.But that's what they want too.

However, after so many years of fighting, the maritime forces of various countries have been beaten into obedience by Gu Linyuan. They were either turned into serious caravans, or they were subdued and incorporated by Gu Linyuan. The others were completely wiped out.

Gu Linyuan is very cunning. He controls the air routes between several continents, but he does not completely monopolize the trade. Instead, he manages [-]% of the business and holds the pricing power, while the other [-]% is distributed to other countries.

Gu Linyuan has transformed from a former big pirate to a semi-official manager. Apart from the Linyuan Strait, other strongholds on the Linyuan chain will also charge high tolls, but they are within the range that caravans from various countries can bear.

At the same time, protection fees are collected to provide protection for merchant ships on the route, and beat other pirates who are trying to take advantage of the loopholes until they are bruised and swollen and dare not approach.Gu Linyuan's warships are all over the entire route, patrolling back and forth, which is equivalent to providing escort for the caravan.Although the caravan was exploited all the way to the door, they still made a lot of money, and they were grateful to Gu Linyuan.

Their lord once thought of joining forces with other countries' navies and merchant ships to jointly attack Gu Linyuan, but Gu Linyuan had already sent envoys to establish good relations with the power holders of various countries. The most important thing was to send countless treasures to the power holders of various countries. They jointly attacked Gu Linyuan, although these treasures were all exploited from their country's caravans.

In the end, these caravans were jointly exploited and shared by Gu Linyuan and the people in power in his own country, but they still accepted their fate.It's okay not to accept their fate, they are really afraid of being beaten, and now that the merchant ship is escorted and earns money, naturally they don't want to spend unnecessary money to offend this irresistible owner.

Therefore, the joint fight plan failed completely, the countries were scattered, and the barbaric era of wild melee at sea had come to an end, Gu Linyuan could only be allowed to sit on the sidelines.The countries obediently accepted the maritime trade order established by Gu Linyuan and paid the protection fee.

Their Mance Empire is also helpless now.

However, they couldn't snatch the meat from Linyuan's chain, but Gu Linyuan's attitude towards Qianchao's fat meat was quite ambiguous, maybe they could share a piece of meat.

This is exactly the purpose of his coming to see Gu Linyuan this time.

Su Mu looked at the rows of warships.

The boat is strong and the cannon is sharp.

He had also seen the warships of the Qian Dynasty Navy in the Ministry of Industry, which was completely different from these.

Looking at the artillery and various weapons on these battleships, Su Mu thought of the ones that the Xifan people brought to the capital for demonstration...

There are too many people here who are ahead of the Westerners, and there are at least two generations.

After the grand and highly anticipated review, Su Mu looked at Chi Ranzhi with admiration.

Chi Ranzhi smiled and said, "Does it look good?"

Su Mu nodded frantically: "It looks good!"

Chi Ranzhi pinched his cheeks: "In the future, during the Chinese New Year, I will show you a grander one."

Su Mu Xingxing looked at Chi Ranzhi: "Yes!"

Chi Ranzhi took his hand and stretched his long legs: "Go, I'll take you to see the next one."

Su Mu held Chi Ranzhi's hand back, and without asking any questions, he trotted upside down with his short legs and followed Chi Ranzhi onto a huge battleship.

When the battleship was gone, everyone on the inspected fleet relaxed their tension and looked at each other.

Think back to the little old man who followed the head.

Everyone looked in awe.

It is worthy of being the head of the family, it is different!

Two quarters of an hour later, Su Mu followed Chi Ranzhi to a heavily guarded island.

The island is densely covered with forests. In addition to the ships patrolling the island, there are countless dark sentry guards in the forest, which are heavily guarded.

The island is full of stone buildings, and there are many chimneys bubbling smoke.

There were already people waiting on the shore. Chi Ranzhi carried Su Mu onto his horse, and galloped towards the center of the island with a team of guards. After another quarter of an hour, he arrived at a huge boulder dotted with trees in the center of the island. Quality factory complex.

Chi Ranzhi took Su Mu off the horse and led Su Mu into the middle factory building.

After Su Mu entered the factory building, he saw the scene inside, and his eyes brightened.

arsenal!

Chi Ranzhi smiled and said: "This is the place where weapons and artillery are made, do you like it?"

Su Mu was elated: "I like it."

Just as Su Mu was about to let go of Chi Ranzhi's hand, Chi Ranzhi pulled him around in all the factories.

"This is the storeroom for materials. It's much bigger than that of the Armament Department, right?"

Su Mu nodded frantically.

"This is the smelter."

"This is the firearms factory."

……

Chi Ranzhi took Su Mu's hand and introduced them one by one. Su Mu was like a child entering an amusement park.

Finally, Ike Ranzhi said: "The shipyard is on the shore, and I will take you to see it when I go back."

After saying that, he brought the silly Su Mu back to the factory building in the middle, let go of Su Mu's hand, and said with a smile, "I've already told you, let's go."

Su Mu seemed to be having fun, and ran in to have a look here and there.

He found that in addition to local craftsmen, there are many foreign craftsmen.After walking around and communicating with foreign craftsmen, Su Mu learned that these people were the most elite craftsmen that Gu Linyuan snatched back from foreign countries.There has been a technological and industrial revolution in the outside world, natural science theory and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds, and smelting technology has already advanced a lot.

But these are all Gu Linyuan's now.

Even in the shipyards on the shore, ships have begun to be made of steel.

Moreover, Gu Linyuan not only sent people to snatch back the craftsmen, but also snatched back many scientists and scholars, opened a school on the island, recruited students, followed them to learn natural science, and learned foreign technology, smelting and weapon manufacturing techniques from the craftsmen .

The most unexpected thing for Su Mu is... Chi Ranzhi is the best general graduate among these students, and he has long been able to make weapons with craftsmen.

Su Mu was stunned.

He returned to Chi Ranzhi and raised his head, as if he had known Chi Ranzhi again.

Chi Ranzhi took his hand and walked out of the factory, looking at the distant country in the distance, with deep and long eyes:

"Does Mu Mu know? The whole world is about to undergo a huge change. Qian Dynasty is no longer and has never been the center of the world. The imperial court has realized this and has secretly trained the navy for more than three years. It is expected that the sea ban will be gradually lifted this autumn. "

Su Mu looked at Chi Ranzhi puzzled.

Chi Ranzhi turned his head and looked at Su Mu, "If I think about it, with these weapons and warships, I can easily crush Qianchao's infantry navy, and even quickly occupy and control the coastal areas, gradually eroding Inland, it is not impossible to fight against the imperial court even if you want to go further. Mu Mu thinks, am I dangerous?"

Su Mu thought about the huge gap between Qianchao's weapons and those here.

This is no longer dangerous, but deadly.

Su Mu nodded.

Chi Ranzhi smiled and said: "So, I am more dangerous than Mu Mu. If someone thinks that it is a crime to conceive Bi, whoever is in danger should act first and try to get rid of the threat, he must get rid of me first. Prerequisites Yes, he must have this ability."

After saying that, Chi Ranzhi pulled Su Mu's long white eyebrows:

"The sky fell and there was a tall man holding it up."

"Worrying little idiot."

Su Mu looked up at him and blinked.

However, I am not afraid of the imperial court...

I was afraid that you would kill me if you thought I was dangerous.

but……

Su Mu looked at Chi Ranzhi, and seemed to suddenly understand what Chi Ranzhi meant.

But he couldn't tell.

Just ...

He and Chi Ranzhi are the same kind of people.

They just like to show their teeth and claws, like weapons, and pursue the ultimate power brought by weapons.Weapons are dangerous, but they are dead things after all. They are more dangerous behind the weapons. They are the danger itself, uncontrollable and full of uncertainty.

In front of Chi Ranzhi, a small witch sees a big witch, no, it's a small danger that sees a big danger.

Chi Ranzhi didn't care at all.

The solemn look in the depths of Su Mu's eyes gradually disintegrated and disappeared.

The nightmare dissipated.

At this moment, Su Mu suddenly realized.

Professor Hai didn't belong to the same country as him at all, so he thought he was dangerous and killed him.

Ike Ranyuki belongs to one country.

Su Mu seemed to have found the organization, and his eyes were gradually filled with relief and joy.

Here is a country where dangerous elements can revel.

Su Mu opened his arms, and threw himself into Chi Ranzhi's arms like a tired bird returning home with a laugh.

At night, Xianyu Palace.

The two came back in the evening, and Chi Ranzhi went to work after dinner.

Su Mu took off the disguise and was in a happy mood. He kept thinking about all the things he saw on the island today, and couldn't help finding a piece of paper on a whim to start writing and drawing.

He was so happy!

He wanted to give Chi Ranyu a gift.

Su Mu has been busy until late at night. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he quickly put the pen and paper into his sleeves, and turned to look at Chi Ranzhi who came in.

After Chi Ranzhi entered the dormitory, he just took off his mask and raised his eyebrows when he saw Su Mu's appearance:

"If you don't sleep at night, why are you being naughty?"

Su Mu's eyes were dodged at first, but he raised his head and glared at Chi Ranzhi in dissatisfaction: "You are naughty!"

I'm doing business!

Chi Ranzhi approached Su Mu with a smile: "Yes, I was going to be naughty."

Saying that, he reached out to catch Su Mu.

Su Mu quickly dodged and ran away, staring at Chi Ranzhi vigilantly, and warned: "Not today, Master said to be restrained. Otherwise, you go out to sleep."

Chi Ranzhi clicked his tongue regretfully.

Su Mu retreated step by step: "I'm going to take a bath, you are not allowed to come in!"

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu and thought for a while, "Come here and give me a kiss, I won't be a fish tonight."

Su Mu won't be fooled, "You don't come in, wait until I come out after washing before kissing."

Chi Ranzhi reluctantly walked to the soft edge by the window, sat down with his back to Su Mu, and said with a smile, "Okay. I won't go. I'll wait for Mu Mu to come out to fulfill my promise."

Su Mu: "..."

Why do you suddenly feel like you've been fooled?

He stared at Chi Ranzhi for a moment, then turned and went to the bathroom to wash up.

After washing and changing into loose pajamas, I saw Chi Ranzhi lazily leaning on the soft bed with his back to him, looking at the endless sea outside the window.

Su Mu planned to pretend to have amnesia, and walked towards the bed quietly.

"Done? When is Mumu going to fulfill her promise?"

Su Mu froze, turned to look at Chi Ranzhi.

I saw Chi Ranzhi leaning on the soft bed, holding the wine glass in one hand, and pointing the corner of his lips with the other hand, looking at him with a half-smile.

Su Mu: "..."

Su Mu walked slowly to Chi Ranzhi's side, leaned over and lightly touched the corner of Chi Ranzhi's lips, extremely perfunctory.

Turn around and run when you're done.

Chi Ranyi grabbed Su Mu and dragged him to the soft bed, firmly making Su Mu fulfill a promise.

The moon is born on the sea.

After a long time...

Su Mu leaned against Chi Ranzhi's arms in a daze, staring at the sea outside the window in a daze.

Chi Ranzhi embraced him, took a sip of wine, and suddenly said, "I've always wanted to ask, did Mu Mu forget something?"

Su Mu blinked, leaned on Chi Ranzhi's shoulder, and looked up at Chi Ranzhi in confusion.

Chi Ranzhi looked at him with downcast eyes, and said quietly: "There is a piece of paper, signed by Xiao Gou, signed by Xie Jianyu, signed by the two barbarians from Xiongman, signed by Mo Xiao, signed by Xia Dize, signed by Mu Jiyun Yes, the crown prince signed it, my father signed it, but Mu Mu didn't sign it for me. Guess what that piece of paper is?"

Sour.

Su Mu: "..."

He stared blankly at Chi Ranzhi.

After a while, he said with a confused face: "But... after signing the membership agreement of the Sweet and Sour Club, you will obey me...?"

Chi Ranzhi looked at him, "Bring it."

Su Mu stared blankly at Chi Ranzhi, feeling like he was dreaming, in which he vaguely took out an agreement from his sleeve pocket.

Chi Ranzhi took it, glanced at it, snorted coldly, signed it very neatly, pressed ten fingerprints, and stamped his own private seal, two, one Chi Ran's seal, and the other Gu Linyuan's seal.Finally, he blew it and stuffed it into the hand of Su Mu who was staring at him stupidly, "Keep it away, and we will not replace it if it is lost."

Su Mu stared blankly at Chi Ranzhi, then lowered his head, opened the agreement between his palms, and looked again and again.

Finally, he reached out and pinched his cheek.

pain.

Not dreaming.

He carefully folded the agreement, quietly hid it in his sleeve pocket, and secretly raised his head to look at Chi Ranzhi, his eyes gradually bent into two crescents, and his black eyes sparkled and asked:

"Do you want sweet and sour fish tonight?"

Chi Ranzhi smiled.

He put down his wine glass, picked up Su Mu and walked towards the bathing pool.

"Okay."

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