In Hekou Fort, in Gao Mansion, a group of teenagers stood with their swords, guarding the inside and outside of the mansion. Qin Zhong, who was called by Mulan to discuss matters, was obviously the highest-ranking general flag in Hekou Fort at present, but when he looked at the teenagers, he still half bent down, smiled on his face, and greeted him enthusiastically, "Brother Wu, you guys have not seen each other these days, you guys are even more heroic. I think you will be happy when you come back!"

"Master Qin Banner, please come inside."

Ma Wu looked like a little adult. He was not cold to Qin Zhong's enthusiasm, but he did not show much attention. Qin Zhong did not care. He knew that these young men were brothers who had drunk blood wine with the high school. Don't look at them as young as they were young, but they were all martial arts madmen. They worked hard and practiced martial arts. They would be more than anyone else. After a few years, they would definitely be first-class heroes. If they didn't make good relationships at this time, it would be too late to wait until they were later.

"Shapeful."

Ni Da and Ma Chao, who were following Qin Zhong, couldn't help but curse themselves secretly, "They didn't understand why the Gao Master asked Qin Zhong to take care of the Hekou Castle openly. In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, both of them knew that Qin Zhong was doing well, but his appearance and virtue made them look down upon.

In the main hall of Gaofu, Mulan dressed in men's clothes sat with a knife. After Qin Zhong and the others arrived, Qin Zhong was the first to jump out and said, "Greetings to the eldest lady."

When Mulan raised her sword eyebrows when she heard Qin Zhong's name, her heroic phoenix eyes looked at Qin Zhong, and Qin Zhong's face turned pale.

The title of eldest lady is actually equivalent to the meaning of the wife and mistress. Qin Zhong wanted to flatter Mulan, so he used this idea. In his opinion, everyone else called Mulan and Miss Wei, which was a god-given opportunity. Although Mulan felt guilty at the moment, since Miss Wei did not blame him, I think she would have benefited from it.

So Qin Zhong said carefully again, "Greetings to the eldest lady."

"The master hasn't come back yet, so don't call him randomly."

Mulan finally spoke, but although there was no joy on her face, Ni Da and Ma Chao next to Qin Zhong knew that Qin Zhong's flattery had made a fucking bet right, and they didn't see the soft voice of Miss Wei when she spoke. The two wanted to learn to say a greeting to the eldest lady, but after Mulan opened this, they couldn't learn it, so they could only shout another way, "I've seen Miss Wei."

Fortunately, someone outside said that it was Ma Jun’s return that made Ni Damachao less embarrassed.

Soon, the Ma Jun also arrived at the main hall. The person who brought him in was not someone else, but Li Laogen, the current manager of Gao Mansion. At the Hekou Fort, Qin Zhong, the general flag of Qin Zhong, is an openly in charge of the public security under the jurisdiction of Ni Da and Ma Chao. However, Li Laogen was doing the allocation of materials in the fort.

"Uncle Ma, sit down!"

Mulan stood up to greet Ma Jun, and the others also followed, especially Qin Zhong, who consciously gave up his seat. He knew very well that although Ma Jun did not like to be in charge of affairs, in Gao Ye's heart, he was the one who trusted the most.

"The master sent someone to send a letter, and I believe everyone knows that there are 67 craftsmen. When they come, they must prepare their accommodation and food, clothing and supplies."

After everyone sat down, Mulan spoke, and now she is becoming more and more majestic in the fortress. Although she is a woman, she is even more heroic.

"There are twenty-three people coming back to Longwan. They are all willing to give up the house. I have brought them all back. They will go and share with their families, so Miss Wei doesn't have to worry."

Ma Jun was the first to answer, and then the rest of the people were all leaping their eyes and thought that it was Mr. Ma, and that this was a quick task. I am afraid that Zhai Da only brought a message to him, so he immediately persuaded the twenty-three people, which was really amazing.

"Okay, if these twenty-three households give up the house, Qin General Banner and other families will give it to you, but if there is something you don't want to, you don't have to force it."

Mulan looked at Qin Zhong. The newly built houses in the fort village were all built after demolishing the original Baihu Mansion. They were originally distributed to the poor families in the fort village. Now, it is indeed a bit difficult for everyone to give up the house. However, the master brought back this time all the craftsmen with craftsmanship. He could not abduct people and even told them to be frozen.

"Old Li, let the mansion clean up too and make some room for those craftsmen."

The fortress in Hekou Fort is not large in size, and there are only more than 30 newly built houses before the beginning of winter. Even if all of them are vacated, it is not enough. Mulan thought that it would be possible to squeeze out the craftsmen at that time, and two families would be together. When the snow melted, she would start building another house.

Li Laogen responded. There were no servants and maids in Gao’s mansion. Apart from the kitchen, Gao’s brothers did a lot of work. When the craftsmen arrived, they could also pick some people to fill the mansion.

After everyone dispersed, Mulan took out the drawing left by Gao Jin in the study and looked carefully. After Gao Jin returned to Hekou Fort from Gubei Village, he actually drew the planning map of Hekou Fort. He studied geology and could make drawings himself.

Although the Hekou Fort was adjacent to the wall, it could be used to set up a fort to hinder the Tartars. The location must be quite good. After Gao Jin came back, he carefully calculated the distance between the Hekou Ye River and the Hekou Fort, and decided to expand the Hekou Fort. He even drew a lot of sketches, but only Mulan had seen these drawings. After all, the expansion of the Hekou Fort is not a trivial matter. Not to mention the manpower and materials required, the key is that there is no population that can be enriched.

The sixty-seven craftsmen came over, which made Mulan feel that the expansion of Hekou Fort seemed to be a little imminent. She guessed that Gao Jin must have thought of this, and in addition, he made a lot of money on this trip, so he dared to accept so many people back to Hekou Fort.

"Sister Mulan, Brother Sheng is back."

Just as Mulan was staring at the drawings in a daze, Ma Wu came in with joy and reported the report, which made Mulan's eyes stern, and then looked at Chen Sheng standing outside.

Seeing Mulan's unkind eyes, Chen Sheng felt nervous. He knew that it would be fine if his second brother asked him to come back early. The second brother spent the money, but why did he get to Sister Mulan's place and eat it so much that he could not eat it.

"Sister Mulan."

"Brother Sheng, tell me, how did I explain to you when you go out."

Looking at Chen Sheng standing in front of him, Mulan stood up and said coldly, Gao Jin brought more than 1,000 taels of silver coins this time, but it took a clean break. If it weren't for the fact that he had made up some of Wei Laizi and some Mahuzi back later, he would have suffered a loss this time.

"You let me watch over my second brother, and you can't let my second brother spend money indiscriminately!"

Chen Sheng was stared at by Mulan and said embarrassedly. Speaking of which, the big money spent on this trip was actually on those batches of artillery, but the second brother said that it was something that had to be bought. What could he do?

"Tell me what kind of cannon the master bought, it's so expensive!"

When Mulan felt very distressed when she thought that Gao Jin spent 600 taels to buy cannons, she felt very distressed, but she wanted to ask her to blame Gao Jin, but she couldn't bear to blame Chen Sheng for being ineffective in doing things because she had been repeatedly instructed.

"There are fifteen cannons in total, five tiger squat cannons, and ten Folang machine cannons."

Chen Sheng replied honestly that Mulan was in charge of the account, and his second brother asked him to come back early, just to report the account to Mulan in advance, but it made him suffer. Mulan would have to teach her a lesson.

"Your second brother is a big deal. He can't do something like a price-snatching thing, so why don't you help me?"

Chen Sheng had a bitter face. The second brother and the Liu man bought cannons. When they arrived, the price had been negotiated. What could he do? Thinking of this, the more he thought about it, he felt more and more frustrated, and he couldn't help but say, "The second brother and the Liu Mr. Liu bought cannons, and suddenly came like this. When I went there, the price was negotiated."

"What price was negotiated? Was the money in your hands at that time?"

"It's not in my hands, it's carried by Adou."

"You will talk back. If your second brother wants to buy cannons, you must have an idea in front of you. Didn't you expect it? I heard that you were shooting bird guns at the Deputy Qianhu Mansion at that time, but they were very happy."

Mulan glared at Chen Sheng fiercely. Among Chen Sheng and the others, Chen Sheng was the most calm and thoughtful, so she asked Chen Sheng to carefully instruct him to take charge of the money. She did not object to the matter of buying cannons. However, the price was too dark. The military weapons in this garrison have never been reliable. When the Grandpa Gao and the others were still there, only the knives used by Gao and Uncle Chen were personally supervised by Grandpa Qi, and the other weapons used were all provided by themselves.

It is true that the cannon is powerful, but the rags made by the ward are just fired and they will explode after they are ordered. A few fifteen cannons can be fired. In the end, they bought some broken copper and iron back after six hundred taels. How could she not make her angry?

"All of you are unreliable. I have to follow you next time, the master goes out for a long trip."

Ma Wu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help laughing when he looked like Brother Sheng looked desperate, but he also knew that Sister Mulan had been settled every day in order to save money these days. Now the projects in the fortress have been stopped. According to Sister Mulan, those young and strong people who don't work are suffering from loss.

The second brother bought 600 taels of cannons, but Brother Sheng didn't help him to cut the price, so he naturally was complained by Sister Mulan.

"Sister Mulan is right. With you, my second brother will definitely not be able to spend money."

Chen Sheng said with a smile, "You don't know who can stop me when my second brother is going to spend money. When I was going to buy cannons, Adou and the others were very happy. They said that it would be better to shoot cannons than to shoot guns. How could I persuade my second brother alone?"

Even if Chen Sheng had never heard of the words of "Dao Dao" by the fellow Taoist who died, he still understood the truth. What's more, he felt that he was really wronged. It was obviously his second brother who agreed to the price of Liu Zhiyuan's lion, but in the end it became his fault. However, he did not dare to say that his second brother was wrong in front of Mulan, so he could only drag Wang Dou and Yang Dayan into the water.

"It seems that you are in front of Adou and Big Eyes, your fists are not hard enough, and your knife is not fast enough, so you can't speak."

Mulan looked at Chen Sheng and knew that what he said might not be the truth, but she was a little tired of staying in Hekou Fort these days, and was about to find someone to try the trick, "Let's go and practice your skills to see if your swordsmanship have improved."

"Sister Mulan, I was wrong, I was really wrong. In the future, I will make my second brother think twice before he can do it... Can we stop using the knife?"
Chapter completed!