"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts~ Mom, please be gentle!" Li Jie grinned in pain on tiptoe, and immediately begged for mercy. This was the first time Mrs. Li attacked him.

"Madam, what are you doing?" Li Zhu was also startled and immediately stepped forward to persuade.

After all, Mrs. Li felt sorry for her son. She couldn't bear to exert force when she saw Li Jie crying. She stomped her feet and let go of her hand, then wiped her tears and said, "Jie'er, you are so bold. If it weren't for the Hu family coming today, I still don't know that you had actually retired the marriage!"

"What's the matter of breaking the engagement? The Hu family's marriage has been broken? Why don't I know?" Li Zhu felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard the news, and he looked unbelievable.

Li Jie rubbed his red ears and sucked the cold air. When he heard his mother's complaint, he couldn't help but say helplessly: "Mom, don't you like that Hu Qianhu? Isn't it just right to retire now?"

"Once there, there are times, and now our family is in trouble and it will be difficult to recover. Now that you have retired your marriage, how can you find such a marriage again in the future?" Mrs. Li wiped her tears and said, Li Jie is already at the age of marriage. If she delays for a few more years, it will be even harder to find her after she gets older.

"Who said I retreated? It was clearly them who took the initiative to retreat, right?" Li Jie argued helplessly for himself. Although he did want to break the engagement when he went to the Hu family that day, Hu Jiang took the initiative to propose it because the other party had long been thinking of breaking the engagement. Even if he didn't go that day, Hu Jiang would come to him on his own initiative.

"What's going on with Jie'er? Why did the Hu family's marriage retire?" Li Zhu finally got angry at this time and immediately asked loudly.

Li Jie had no choice but to tell me what happened when he went to Hu Jiang that day. Of course, he concealed some things and said that he wanted to borrow money. As a result, Hu Jiang took the initiative to propose a break-up, but he was so angry that he agreed.

"I was betrayed, but I didn't expect Hu Jiang to be so shameless!" Li Zhu was so angry that his whole body trembled. At that time, Hu Jiang took the initiative to come to the door to mention the marriage, but now it's good that as soon as his family fell into trouble, the other party couldn't wait to break off the engagement. It was extremely shameless!

"No, if Hu Jiang took the initiative to break the engagement, why did Hu Jiang come to his house and ask for the restoration of the engagement between the two families?" Mrs. Li suddenly asked in a daze when she heard this. Hu Jiang came to the door in person this afternoon and proposed to resume the engagement, which made Mrs. Li know that the engagement between the two families had been terminated, so she became so angry.

"It's not simple? It must be that he knew that I was awarded an official by the prince. He thought I might have some future in the future, so he regretted it again. So he came to the door in person to resume the engagement!" Li Jie chuckled. He knew that a trustless villain like Hu Jiang would fall with the wind, but he didn't expect that he would fall so quickly. As soon as he was awarded an official, he took the initiative to come to him.

"It must be so! It must be so! But such a trustless person must not agree to him anymore!" Li Zhu was so angry that his beard trembled. Although he knew that Hu Jiang had a bad character before, he did not expect that the other party would be so shameless. If he married such a person, he would not know what trouble would cause in the future?

"Husband, Jie'er is not young anymore. If you refuse this marriage, what if..."

Mrs. Li was a little shaken, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Li Jie with a smile and said, "Mom, don't worry about my marriage. A real man is determined by all directions, so why not have a wife? Moreover, I am now the Zuo Sijian of the Zhanshi Mansion, and I am only one level shorter than my father. I have a bright future in the future. Maybe there will be countless daughters of good families lined up to marry me in the future!"

Mrs. Li was also amused by Li Jie's words, but then she sighed and said, "Jie'er, although you have entered the Zhanshi Mansion, the promotion of the court is not easy. How many people have wasted their whole life and can only revolve around their original positions. Although Hu Jiang has a little bad character, his daughter is still good. Given the current situation of our family, it is not easy to find such a marriage."

"What's so difficult about this? Don't worry, mom. I'll marry you a princess in the future!" Li Jie said half-jokingly and half-seriously. Only Liu Ying and his son knew about him wanting to marry a princess. Even Liu Ying thought he was joking, so Li Jie didn't tell his parents, for fear of scaring them.

"I don't want you to marry a princess, so how could the princess marry? That's Shang, and the princess must live in her own princess's house after getting married. Usually, the princess wants to see her, but she has to let the palace maid inform her that this is not a couple, it's simply a burden!" Mrs. Li spat when she heard this. She and the princess were sisters-in-laws, and she couldn't know the situation in the princess's house very well.

Seeing his mother's attitude, Li Jie became more determined to keep the secret from his parents. In fact, he had long known that it was difficult to marry a princess, and it was a problem to marry him, but in order to save the family's life, he had no other choice.

However, when Li Jie thought of marrying a princess, he was also a little discouraged. He originally wanted to use his merits to attract Zhu Yuanzhang's attention, but he did not expect that Lao Zhu did not come, but only attracted the crown prince Zhu Biao. Although Zhu Biao's line could also attract Zhu Yuanzhang's attention, it was indirect after all, and the effect was definitely much worse, and he didn't have much time left.

In the next few days, Li Jie devoted all his energy to the Military Weapon Bureau, and sometimes even lived in the Military Weapon Bureau. The craftsmen also worked overtime and finally got out the flintlock gun. After all, many technologies were ready-made, and they just changed the ignition method.

In addition, when designing the flintlock rifle, Li Jie also helped the craftsmen to make some improvements to the musket. Although he had never been exposed to weapons in his previous life, he had hundreds of years of experience than the ancients after all. In addition, his mathematics, physics and chemistry were not in vain, so some unreasonable gun designs can be seen at a glance.

It is precisely because of these improvements proposed by Li Jie that it took some more time, otherwise it would not take so long to make a gun.

"Everyone stay away, the first test shot will start soon!" Li Jie shouted loudly to the people on the field, and the craftsmen around him also retreated one after another. Li Zhu also came here and stood in the distance at this time.

As the people around retreated, the middle of the venue was empty. A special table was fixed to the ground, and there was an iron rack on the table. After Li Jie loaded the flintlock rifle with gunpowder and projectiles, he fixed the flintlock rifle to the rack.

The Military Weapons Bureau has always been very cautious about the test firing of new guns. Because the performance of the new gun is unstable, it may be dangerous to have a blow-up chamber, so it is very dangerous to use people to test firing, so there is this special table.

When the flintlock rifle was fixed, Li Jie tied a rope to the trigger, then pulled the rope back a few meters, and two more craftsmen were blocking him with big iron shields. This way, even if the blow-up was blown up, the safety of the personnel could be ensured.
Chapter completed!