Chapter 70

    After more than half a year of hard work, Li Mingjin still couldn't make Luo Shuyu conceive a child.

    Several times, as long as Luo Shuyu made a slight difference, Li Mingjin would be so nervous that Luo Shuyu didn't even want to talk to him anymore.

    For example, Luo Shuyu ate a little too much and his stomach was a little indigestible, Li Mingjin asked Lin Yuan to come over to tqke his pulse; or when Luo Shuyu drank a lot of water and his stomach became a little bloate, Li Mingjin felt that Luo Shuyu was pregnant, so he immediately supported his waist to prevent him from moving around, and sent someone to call Lin Yuan. Another example, Luo Shuyu squatted on the ground for a while, and when he stood up he felt a little dizzy, and Li Mingjin felt that Luo Shuyu was pregnant again!

    Once or twice was okay, but every time it was like this, Luo Shuyu felt tired, until one time he couldn't take it anymore because Li Mingjin annoyed him to death. In the end he didn't even want to say a word to Li Mingjin, and let him sleep on a small couch for three days. Li Mingjin felt that he was particularly wronged.

    Unexpectedly his wife actually disliked him and drove him to sleep on a small couch because he was too keen on wanting to be a father!

    Luo Shuyu just wanted to roll his eyes at him. After seeing the doctor for three times, those who knew the truth wouldn't say anything, but those who didn't know would think that he was as delicate as a fairy.

    They agreed before to let nature take its course!

    The imperial doctor from the imperial hospital who was sent by Emperor Tiansheng took Luo Shuyu's pulse every seven days. Li Mingjin really didn't dare to trouble Luo Shuyu anymore. This time, he really thanked his father for his foresight.

    On the contrary, Luo Shuyu was a little depressed and felt that Emperor Tiansheng was really troublesome. In the previous life, Emperor Tiansheng didn't care about this matter at all. It was probably because Li Mingjin had obtained the special "father-son" affection of Emperor Tiansheng in this life, so he paid more attention to Li Mingjin. After the crown princess and Shen Mingyun lost their first child, they became pregnant again for the second time. So now Emperor Tiansheng began to worry about Li Mingjin, and gave them many medicinal materials.

    Headache, no need to pay attention to them, it was not good, if he paid too much attention to them, it would trouble him more, big and small things must be handled properly.

    Trouble was indeed a trouble, but pulse diagnosis every seven days was still a must.

    Luo Shuyu saw that the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital was bored, so he suggested that he could communicate with Lin Yuan more, and in the end the imperial doctor was dragged by Lin Yuan to give free consultations in his clinic.

    The imperial doctor went to Lin Yuan's pharmacy everyday to give free consultations to the poor people. He was very skilled in medicine and he received many local specialties from the common people. In the capital, he bowed his knees to the rich and powerful, but when he came to this place, his life suddenly became very valuable, his self-esteem was greatly satisfied, and he became friends with several agricultural officials who had been with Li Mingjin for few years.

    After being taught by Luo Shuyu for a while, Li Mingjin began to restrain himself, and really let nature take its course. When he thought that his child would come naturally when it was the right time, he thought there was no need to be in a hurry, after all, his body was still in the process of recuperating.

    Lin Yuan said that he could impregnate now, but it didn’t mean that the poison in his body was removed completely, there still poison in his body that hadn't been completely removed. Lin Yuan said at the beginning, it would take three to five years to completely remove the poison. Now it was still less that two years, so there was no need to rush.

    Li Mingjin still focused on other aspects.

    He had arranged people to mine in the newly discovered mine. This matter was carried out in secret, and he began to smelt weapons. At the same time, he also secretly made more money. He took a dark line to contact people in the capital, and sold it to Emperor Tiansheng with the identity of someone from another country. Li Mingjin made a sum of money from it, which was used to recruit soldiers, buy horses, and raise private soldiers.

    The best example was the support of the Yan family behind the crown prince. Everyone knew that the Yan family must have secretly raised private soldiers, but the Yan family had big power, so even if Emperor Tiansheng knew about it, he couldn't do anything. It didn't take long for Li Mingjin to start planning, because only now he had the money to raise private soldiers. This kind of raising and training soldiers costed a lot of money, it was a bottomless pit. Only now, because he found a mine, he dared to start.

    With Luo Shuyu around, he had the motivation to fight. He also knew that if Emperor Tiansheng found out about this matter, their end definitely wouldn't be good. His reason was the same as that of the first prince, if he didn't fight, he could only wait for death, and the Yan family wouldn't let Li Mingjin's family live.

    Training an elite army of your own in a short period of time, it wasn't easy.

    It was winter and the weather was cold. Li Mingjin didn't go out today. In the afternoon, he ate dumplings made by Luo Shuyu himself. He hugged Luo Shuyu and sat in a room with several braziers, the kang was still warm. Luo Shuyu disliked him because he was hot like a stove, so he pushed him away and sat across the small table, and put out the chess board they played recently.

    Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin if he could make hand cannons. He remembered that it was written in the book that the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun trained a hand cannons team when they were raising private soldiers, so they could sweep everything when dealing with the crown prince.
[火铳 Huochong: the Chinese name for hand cannons. The oldest confirmed metal huochong, also the first cannon, is a bronze hand cannon bearing an inscription dating it to 1298. By the time of the Ming Dynasty two types of huochong were in use.]
[所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ: to sweep everything before one (idiom); to be invincible]