Qi Yuanshan was the most indignant about this matter. "I'll go to the General's Mansion tomorrow."
"Dad, I'll go with you."
"You don't need to go with me. I need to have a good chat with General Liu and ask him to help us communicate with the higher-ups. Our daughter-in-law helps us fight the Tatars and the Japanese pirates, and she gets blamed for it? Is that how people should be treated?"
Qi Yuanshan didn't know that General Liu was even more furious than he was.
Others might submit memorials, but he didn't.
However, he wouldn't mention others' affairs. He only talked about the various battles in Liaodong over the years and the grain and fodder owed to them by the court.
A debt needs to be repaid. General Liu made a copy of the IOUs from the past few years and sent them to the capital along with the memorial.
If the Emperor and the Ministry of War weren't too ashamed, neither was he.
...
Qi He also wanted to fight. What kind of nonsense was this, that he lost the fight and they shifted the blame to them.
Qi He became angrier the more he thought about it. Even after returning home, his expression was as dark as the bottom of a pot, which Fu Xinci noticed.
"Qi Ge, what's wrong? Is it about Dad...?"
"..." Qi He wanted to hold back his words, fearing his wife would get angry if she heard.
But thinking that his wife was a party involved and should know the whole story, he told her everything.
Fu Xinci didn't get angry upon hearing this. Instead, she smiled faintly and said, "We don't need to be angry. As soldiers guarding the border, we just need to defeat the Tatars and the Japanese pirates."
Saying this, Fu Xinci smiled brightly again. "It would be even better if we could wipe them all out at once."
However, when she thought of those scoundrels changing their route to wreak havoc on the people of Daming, Fu Xinci could no longer smile.
"We need to find a way to address both the symptoms and the root cause."
"What do you mean by addressing the symptoms and the root cause?"
"Before, we could only focus on prevention. They would come and then we would fight them."
The dim light of the candle cast a vague shadow on Fu Xinci's face. She was silent for a long time before speaking, "I really wish there was a way to solve this once and for all, so we could sleep soundly without worry."
Hearing his wife's words, Qi He also fell silent.
It was a rare quiet night, and Fu Xinci slept soundly.
In the following days, Fu Xinci went to Longcheng herself and told Captain and the others about the matter.
Captain and the others' thoughts were in sync with hers: blow up their stronghold and destroy the island below sea level, then see how they could use it as a base.
However, this idea was difficult to implement in the current era.
Fatty grumbled at that moment, shattering the mood. "I really miss that thing that sounds almost like an egg. If only it could be brought here."
"But for the peace in this parallel world, we're not allowed to bring that thing over."
"Where is there any peace here? Since we arrived, we've already fought several major battles. Especially those short guys, they are inherently bad, and they haven't changed from ancient times to the present."
After Fatty finished speaking, a sudden idea struck him. "Xinci, do you think if my ability level upgrades and upgrades, I might gain the power to move mountains and fill seas?"
"You want to fill the sea?"
"I want to use that little island of the short guys to fill the sea."
"Fatty's ambition is as grand as his physique."
"There's also a height I can't overcome."
"It's not just any height."
"It might be something we can never climb in this lifetime."
"Of course, I'm the only one with earth element here," Fatty said. He then slyly leaned closer to Fu Xinci and said, "Xinci, can you get me more crystal cores? If I try hard a few more times, maybe I'll succeed."
Afraid that Fu Xinci wouldn't believe him, Fatty vowed, "Moving mountains and filling seas is my ultimate goal."
"But I don't have any crystal cores left. The return gifts I gave you on my wedding day were the last batch of crystal cores."
"Ah? No way."
Fatty's round face immediately drooped upon hearing that Fu Xinci had no crystal cores left. He rubbed his hands and had nothing more to say.
Without motivation, what was there to talk about!
Uncle Sun also frowned upon hearing Fu Xinci's words. Although it was only for a moment, Fu Xinci noticed it and quickly asked, "Uncle Sun, is something wrong?"
"It's nothing major. I just wanted to upgrade my abilities with Old Xu."
Uncle Sun and Uncle Xu upgrading was a big deal. In Fu Xinci's mind, these two were the low-key powerhouses.
As long as they were there, cold weapons and farming tools would be a non-issue.
"..." After much consideration, Fu Xinci stated her plan, "I'll go and take another look at Old Longcheng. If there are still people there, we'll trade crystal cores with them for grain, just like we did before."
"Hey, that's a good idea." Fatty was the first to agree. If he didn't know how heavy he was, he would have smashed a hole in the ground tile.
"I'd like to see what Old Longcheng is like now." Yang Xinjie was due to give birth soon, but her curiosity remained as strong as ever.
Hearing her words, Fu Xinci smiled. She didn't say anything, but she wanted to satisfy her curiosity.
"Let's go, we'll go take a look together."
"Can we?"
"Of course we can."
"I want to go too, I want to go too."
Fatty originally wanted to shout that he wanted to go too, but when he saw his wife shouting more excitedly than him, he was so scared that he quickly extended his two chubby hands and steadily supported his wife, constantly comforting her.
"Wife, Xinci said she'd take us to see, so let's not rush."
Xiao Ai saw everyone looking at her and actually blushed.
"Oh my god, Classmate Qi Ai can even blush? Did the sun rise from the north today?"
A sentence from Xu Ruyi made Xiao Ai deliberately puff out her chest. However, her current figure had doubled in size, and the action was quite alarming.
Fatty didn't dare to let go now. He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, his wife would do something drastic and hurt herself or the baby.
Fu Xinci didn't explain further. Seeing everyone's gaze fixed on her, she smiled playfully and asked, "Is everyone ready?"
"Wait a moment." Captain said and ran out.
Through the glass window, everyone saw him efficiently latch the courtyard gate.
"Hey, Captain is quick-witted. I didn't even think of that just now."
"That's why you can't be the captain."
Xu Jiacan heard his father's teasing and wasn't angry at all. He even retorted playfully, "The capable should work more. Captain is fated to worry. In the future, Captain's hair will definitely turn white before mine."
Captain came in and happened to hear this. He immediately pretended to glare and said, "What nonsense are you saying about me again?"
"Nothing at all."
"Hmph, I'd like to see who among us gets white hair first in the future."
Fatty couldn't help it. "Hahaha, you call me childish, but you two are quite something today."