Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1252 - 158 Tenfold Dowry_2

Chapter 1252: 158 Tenfold Dowry_2

Six mirrors, these two Hidden Guards cut them rapidly, and in two hours, all were finished.

After putting those oval mirrors aside, Lin Yuan looked at the table covered with chopped bits and found herself in a quandary. In order to maximize the use of the Glaze, she had staggered the outlines when drawing, resulting in very irregular remnants. Moreover, the Hidden Guards cut into the large pieces slightly while trying to handle them better.

As a result, the largest piece of leftover material was no bigger than a palm; it wouldn’t suffice even for a small carry-on mirror.

Yet, throwing them away seemed too wasteful, for every mirror had Silver on its back!

"Um, Miss," Lin Yi, who had been silent, suddenly cleared his throat and spoke to Lin Yuan, "If Miss has no use for these remnants, may I have them?"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow; in her memory, Lin Yi was always reticent and seemed indifferent about everything and everyone. Why was he so eager about these mirrors now?

Feeling Lin Yuan’s scrutinizing gaze, Lin Yi blushed, his dark cheeks turning a shade of red, and his eyes uncontrollably began darting around: "Um, I... I want to gift them to someone."

Wow! Before Lin Yuan could respond, Xia Zheng gasped first, and even the two Hidden Guards looked at their Deputy Commander with odd expressions.

No wonder they misunderstood; Lin Yi’s expression seemed like that of a man going to meet a beloved.

But the usually clueless Lin Yi still hadn’t realized this, hesitated for a moment, and then finally said, "Actually, I was thinking of giving these to the Great Commander."

The Great Commander? Xia Zhen?

The expressions on the two Hidden Guards turned even stranger. Good heavens, who would have thought there would be such, such an indescribable secret between the Deputy Commander and the Great Commander?

Xia Zheng and Lin Yuan began to understand. These mirrors were mere vanity items for women, but they held a different purpose for men, especially those in the military barracks.

Indeed, they then heard Lin Yi continue, "The Second Young Master has never experienced warfare, and naturally doesn’t understand the dangers of the battlefield. For scouts, gathering intelligence without alerting the enemy is crucial and extremely challenging. So, I plan on using the mirrors..."

He didn’t finish his sentence, but Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng had already understood. Mirrors could reflect light, and their imaging effect was much better than that of bronze mirrors. By installing mirrors on Lookout Mirrors, one could observe enemy movements without exposing oneself. It was like modern submarines; Lin Yuan recalled a school experiment from elementary school where she had installed two mirrors at a specific angle inside a Z-shaped tube to see above from below.

Looking at the varied pieces of mirror shards on the table, Lin Yuan suddenly felt she had indeed been wastefully extravagant; in this era, nothing was more valuable than human lives. A small piece of mirror might save a scout’s life, and could even determine the outcome of a battle.

So this was what the Deputy Commander had in mind!

Realization dawned on the two Hidden Guards, and one of them murmured involuntarily, "Had we known the utility of these, we should have fought to the death rather than let them steal our cartload of Glaze!"

Although the voice was soft, the silence in the basement was such that only breathing was audible; Lin Yuan clearly heard, her eyes widening in shock: "A cartload? They stole a cartload?"

Xia Zheng gave the two Hidden Guards a sharp look and soothingly said with a smile, "No worries, we just encountered bandits from Xiliang on the way, merely a toll payment. Hey, if we hadn’t paid, we might have lost several Hidden Guards, I certainly couldn’t..."

"Right, human lives are more important than wealth." Lin Yuan strongly agreed with this point, deciding not to dwell on the cartload of Glaze any longer, though she vehemently cursed the bandits who had stolen her full cartload of Glaze in her heart.

No need to ponder further on the matter Lin Yi mentioned, Lin Yuan’s expression was unusually solemn and serious, pointing to the corner where the unprocessed Glaze lay, "What can be done with those leftover pieces? In a while, you three take all the remaining Glaze to Xia Family Barracks, the Blacksmith is there, and with you there, you can have as many mirrors as you want."