I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 943 - Chapter 943 Success

Chapter 943: Success Chapter 943: Success Editor: Atlas Studios There was no hurry to set up the munitions factory because they would probably only receive the cannon next June.

After all, Andre had only accepted their deposit two days ago and left on his ship.

It would take him more than half a year to go back and forth.

Just as everyone expected, when it was time to fork out the money themselves, the Ministry of War and Ministry of Revenue were unwilling to fork out so much money to buy the cannon, so they rejected Qi Haoran’s application.

Qi Haoran smugly started to wait for Andre’s ship to return.

On the other hand, Fan Zijin took advantage of the fact that it was almost the new year and put out all their foreign goods for sale.

Before the new year, they had already earned a lot.

Seeing that, he decided he might as well let the steward hold back some goods first and release them when New Year’s Eve arrived.

By then, the price would be much higher.

Aside from the business matters, Fan Zijin’s career as an official was also going very smoothly.

Because of the lifting of the maritime ban, Guangdong’s commercial activities were active, and fishermen could now go into the sea to fish.

Everyone’s lives were much better than in the past.

In addition, because Fan Zijin had helped many fishermen rebuild the fishing villages last year, he was very popular with the people.

This year, he had an excellent appraisal.

On the other hand, Qi Haoran was thinking about the cannon that was about to be scrapped in Fujita Hideo’s bandit nest.

He also wanted to take revenge for Fujita intercepting their cargo ship previously.

After planning for half a month, he secretly sneaked into the pirates’ nest with the navy the night before New Year’s Eve and wiped out their nest.

Although Fujita Hideo escaped with a group of people in the end, Qi Haoran’s army had annihilated more than 1,400 enemies and seized the other party’s bandit nest where there was plenty of gold, silver, and jewelry.

And Qi Haoran had also obtained that cannon.

Qi Haoran directly got someone to drag that cannon to Shaozhou’s munitions factory and get the craftsmen to study it.

As this cannon had been in service for a long time, looking at the mottled surface, the craftsmen did not feel any psychological pressure when dismantling it.

After Qi Haoran was done with this matter, he asked Zhou Zhou to pay attention to the movements on the surface of the sea before happily going back to celebrate the new year.

Little Bear specially brought his two younger brothers to the entrance to welcome his father.

When he saw him appear, he jumped up and rushed over.

“Father, have you caught Fujita Hideo?” “No, he escaped.” Qi Haoran caught Little Bear, who almost couldn’t stop in time.

He patted his head and held one son with each hand as he led them into the residence.

“We’ll catch him the next time we see him.” Little Bear felt it was a pity.

“But I did manage to stab him once, so he won’t be able to do evil for the time being.

If not for the few pirates beside him pouncing over like crazy to block the blade in front of him, Hideo might really have died.” Mu Yangling happened to hear this when she came out.

She glared at him and said, “It’s the New Year.

Don’t talk about such bloody things.

Also, Tiger Head and Little Lion are still young.

Don’t inculcate violence in them.” Qi Haoran shrugged at his three sons and led them in.

At the moment, Spring was leading the servants out of the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Soon, the table was filled.

Qi Haoran asked, “Aren’t Zijin and the rest coming over to spend the new year with us?” “We agreed to spend it together.

I sent a servant girl to invite him earlier on, but I don’t know why he hasn’t come over after so long.

Why don’t I get the servant girl to check on them again?” Qi Haoran nodded.

As soon as Rain went out, she bumped into Fan Zijin, who was holding Little An’s hand.

Little Madam Xia was walking behind with Little Fu in her arms.

Rain quickly welcomed them in.

Having already washed his hands and face, Qi Haoran asked curiously, “Why did you take so long to come over?” Fan Zijin took out a stack of blueprints from his sleeve and said, “Look, this is the blueprint for the music box drawn by Little An.” Qi Haoran flipped it open and took a look.

Although he couldn’t understand it, he knew that it was very complicated.

During this period of time, Little An had been playing with it after school.

Every time he came back, he would see Tiger Head and Little Lion playing at the side.

Meanwhile, Little An would sit cross-legged on the blanket and continue to study his music box.

It was said that Ah Ling had almost bought up all the music boxes in Guangzhou City for Little An to tear apart and study.

Qi Haoran widened his eyes and asked, “Do you know how this thing produces a sound and spins?” Little An straightened his chest and nodded.

“The spinning part isn’t hard.

What’s difficult is how to produce the sound.

I didn’t understand it before, but now I know.

Fourth Uncle, look inside the music box; there are engravings, which I call sound grooves.

There’s a steel bar that, when it moves across these grooves, produces sound.

It’s similar to how we play chime bells.

I really was too slow to figure this out.” Qi Haoran muttered, “Even at my age, I still don’t understand how it works.” With a smile, Mu Yangling asked, “Has your teacher taught you music recently?” “That’s right, that’s right.” Tiger Head rushed to answer.

“The teacher is teaching us to recognize all kinds of musical instruments.

He said that after we learn the basics, he will start teaching us how to play the zither.” Little Lion pushed Tiger Head away and said, “Let Brother Little An speak.

This concerns our pocket money.” Tiger Head immediately shut his mouth.

Little An explained, “The teacher taught us to recognize musical instruments, and one of them was a set of chime bells.

According to him, chime bells are very rare now and can only be seen at court banquets.

I remember that there’s one in Father’s storeroom, so I got someone to bring it over.

The teacher played it briefly.

Seeing that there were engravings on it, which looked like the engravings in the music box, I showed it to the teacher.

He explained that these are sound grooves.

When the steel bars move across these grooves, they will emit sound.

Now, I already know how to make music boxes.

I can also make music boxes to play different songs.

Our music is much better than theirs.” Little Lion went forward, grabbed the blueprint, and stuffed it into his big brother’s hand.

He asked eagerly, “Big Brother, how much can we earn by making music boxes?” Little Bear patted his chest and said, “Don’t worry, we’ll definitely earn a lot.

Considering it’s sold for 20 taels each, we can earn a lot even if we sell them for 15 taels each.

We’re not going out to sea, so we won’t have to incur travel expenses too.” Relieved, the three little ones began to gather together to plan what to do after getting the money.

Mu Yangling asked Little Bear, “What do you plan to do with this music box?” “Mother, help me bring Heizi and the others over.

They’ve already completed their apprenticeship and can do carpentry in the shop.

However, because they’re young, those shop owners bully them and give them a very low wage.

However, their skills were all taught by old craftsmen who taught them everything they knew, so they’re very skilled.” Little Lion took the time to chime in, “Mother, Big Brother is right.

Previously, Brother Heizi and the others gave us each a hand-made toy boat, and they were gorgeous.

Many people were envious of us.” Little An said, “If Heizi and the others come over, they can help us make music boxes.

We can save a lot of money this way.” Tiger Head said, “Furthermore, Brother Heizi is much older than us.

If we bring him along to fights, he can intimidate those older children.” Qi Haoran couldn’t help but glare at Tiger Head.

At the thought that it was New Year’s Eve tonight, he ultimately didn’t give him a beating.

Mu Yangling agreed.

“The next time the Harvest Grain Store sends me the account books, I’ll get someone to bring them over.

Once they’re here, I’ll arrange for them to stay in the farmstead.

Though I won’t stop you from making and selling music boxes, I have one ruleaEUR”you mustn’t give this excessive attention.

Don’t forget that your main mission now is to study.” The four children nodded fiercely, afraid that Mu Yangling would go back on her word in the next moment.

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