Slag Gong Whitewashing Manual (Quick Travel)

Chapter 70

 Rao Wei Yan knew that there would be surprises on this trip, but he did not expect that when eating breakfast, instead of the previous high-spirited appearance, Lu's mother showed a smile that could barely be called gentle, and gave him a warm smile. With the dish in between, he said, "You, try it, the cook cooks this dish well."

Wei Yan glanced at the fresh bamboo shoots in the bowl, if it wasn't for Lu, he would be here, knowing that she wouldn't do stupid things, he would doubt it Is there any poison in this dish?

Seeing that Wei Yan didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, Mother Lu gritted her teeth, met her son's urging eyes, took a deep breath, and finally said word by word: "What happened before... was for my mother's sake. You You and Ze'er have only been married for a few months, how can you be so eager to take a concubine... You must not take what you say as a mother to your heart."

Wei Yan frowned, never expecting to hear this sentence. Subconsciously looking sideways at Lu Ze, he saw him raise his eyebrows at him, and then remembered the tougher attitude he had confessed to him before, and his eyes were unconsciously stained with a little smile. But the expression on his face was still indifferent, he picked up the dishes in the bowl with his chopsticks, but did not import them.

Mother Lu was still not satisfied with this attitude. She almost gritted her teeth, but she still had to swallow her anger and say: "This is my mother's mistake, and I will apologize to you for being here. You are the same Husband and wife, you should get along well in the future, and don't hold any grudges." After

Lu's mother's words had reached this point, Wei Yan thought that was enough, so he responded with a serious tone, and then turned away. Mentioned Xu Yun who was not here: "That cousin girl..."

Mother Lu laughed quickly: "I brought her to the capital over there, and I also consulted her parents. I wanted to come to the capital to choose her. From a good husband's family. My mother is not familiar with the place here, I'm afraid that this matter will require a lot of trouble from Lord Hou..."

Wei Yan glanced at Lu Ze, but he knew it in his heart, and he didn't change his face: "Since it is My cousin's marriage, this Marquis should take care of himself."

The smile on Lu's mother's face became stronger, and she said: "My niece has suffered a lot since she was a child, and she likes scholars. I don't know if Lord Hou knows unmarried adults..." Wei Yan

moved Suddenly, seeing that Lu Ze shook his head at him in a subtle way, he said, "Most people in high positions already have wives, but this Marquis knows a man who lost his wife. Stepwife. If my cousin is interested, I can recommend it for you."

Mother Lu hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, no, forty is too big..."

Hearing this, Wei Yan didn't say anything else. Several people had a meal in harmony. After leaving the door, Wei Yan couldn't help but grabbed his sleeve, and asked him curiously: "How did you do it?"

Lu Ze turned his head to look at him: "Want to know?"

Wei Yan nodded.

Lu Ze took his hand and walked out, said with a smile: "I just told her that the rich clothes and fine food she can enjoy now are all thanks to Lord Marquis. If you still want to live like this, you will be old Be honest, don't provoke disputes."

Wei Yan frowned: "Why do I think your original words are not like this?"

"Ah." Lu Ze pretended to exclaim: "You saw it. "

Well, Lu Ze!" Wei Yan jumped forward with a smile on his face, "Say, you're talking bad about me!" Lu Ze took

him on his back and said with a smile, "The conscience of heaven and earth, I'm telling the truth!"

Wei Yan put his arms around his neck and said threateningly, "Will you tell me..."

"Don't tell me." Lu Ze turned the person on his back upside down, He smiled and said, "What can you do with me?"

"I..." Wei Yan looked around, and was startled to realize that many maids and servants were passing by, each of them was looking at their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, and they walked over silently but at a faster pace.

Wei Yan blushed immediately, and whispered in his ear, "Let me down!"

"Don't let me go," Lu Ze said.

Wei Yan patted him on the shoulder: "The servants are all watching!"

"Just let them watch." Lu Ze didn't care: "I'll carry my husband, don't care what they think."

Wei Yan turned around Turning away, there is always a smile on his face...

The

people from the Ministry of Industry returned to Beijing from Huainan, and the flood control was quite effective, so the emperor naturally rewarded them for their merits.

Above the court hall, the accompanying doctor of the Ministry of Industry came out and reported: "Your Majesty, this time the water control has been quite effective, thanks to Mr. Lu's timely proposal to dredge the river, level the hills, and divert it to the sea, otherwise there may be endless troubles. "

The emperor was at the top, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the words: "Oh? In this way, Lu Qing has contributed a lot? I will be well rewarded!

" I don't dare to eat the king's salary and be loyal to the emperor. The minister is just doing his duty."

The emperor laughed and said: "If you are effective in doing things, you are meritorious and should be rewarded! Come, pass on my will, and give Lu Qing silver. One hundred taels, a pair of jade ruyi..."

Lu Ze thanked respectfully, and the emperor didn't forget the other meritorious officials in water control, and they all rewarded something.

After the court was over, Lu Ze thanked the superior for this trip, and after receiving his encouragement, he looked at the ministers vaguely and waited for Wei Yan, who came out from behind, to walk with him.

Don't care what others think.

Time flies, and it is two months in the blink of an eye.

The Hanlin Academy is still idle, but the Ministry of Industry is also relaxed after the Huainan incident is over. But there was no fighting at the border, Wei Yan stayed in Beijing, and also took an officer in command of the army and battalion. In his spare time, Lu Ze begged Wei Yan to take him to the military camp. He went and didn't watch the training of the soldiers, but ran into the armory camp.

Wei Yan originally thought he was interested in these things, so he didn't think much about it. Until he came in, Lu Ze was busy every day, writing and drawing in the study, often until midnight, Wei Yan couldn't help being curious.

It was late at night, and the summer was hot, Wei Yan only wore a thin coat after washing. He pushed open the door of the study and saw Lu Ze sitting at the desk writing and drawing. He couldn't help but feel a little unhappy because of his addiction during this period.

He took two steps forward, lying on Lu Ze's back with his head resting on his shoulder, muttering: "What are you busy with?"

He glanced down casually as he spoke, and was startled for a moment.

On the paper in the middle, there was a structural diagram of a crossbow, which was densely marked with characters, and Wei Yan couldn't understand it for a while.

Lu Ze patted him on the head with his backhand, and asked, "Haven't slept yet?"

Wei Yan shook his head, his gaze completely focused on the piece of paper: "What is this?"

He reached out to touch it unconsciously, and Lu Ze He didn't stop him, but presented the paper in front of Wei Yan better.

The more Wei Yan watched, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help raising his eyes and asked eagerly: "Is what you wrote on it true? Can it really reach more than double the range of the current crossbow?"

Lu Ze nodded gently: "If you can It's made, so it's true?"

Wei Yan looked at the piece of paper, and couldn't put it down: "This, this is simply..."

As a soldier, no one understands the lethality that a powerful weapon can bring better than Wei Yan. a crossbow. Arrows don't seem like much, but if they can be used on the battlefield, they can take the head of the enemy hundreds of steps away without anyone noticing.

He couldn't help asking: "If this thing is going to be made, how sure are you?"

Lu Ze said: "80%."

Wei Yan's pupils shrank, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words. Lu Ze pulled him to sit on his lap, pointed to the densely packed small characters on the drawing and said to him slowly: "I have studied the weapons in the military and guard camps, and I have a general understanding of the range of the crossbow bolts currently stored. Although it is not bad, But there are still some flaws. During this period of time, I diligently read ancient books, and discussed with the soldiers of the military camp and some old craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, and made this blueprint." "If it can be as I imagined, then

this The shooting range of the Zhang Nu arrow can not only be doubled at least, but also..."

Wei Yan became more and more frightened when he heard it, and at the same time, it was also complicated. He looked at Lu Ze and said softly: "Why do you suddenly think of developing these things? ?"

Lu Ze laughed and said, "Although the world is relatively peaceful today, wars will break out sooner or later. You are a general, and going to the battlefield is inevitable. I can't accompany you, but I want to help you as much as possible. "

He rubbed his hair: "I just hope this thing can increase your chances of survival a little bit."

Wei Yan looked at him for a long time before curling himself into his arms, his heart was as sweet as if someone had poured honey on it. Yes, but a little sour and unspeakable.

Lu Ze kissed his forehead, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?"

Wei Yan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and finally said in a low voice: "I will definitely come back alive from the battlefield every time in the future. Yes."

They will surely grow old forever.

Lu Ze's hand rubbing his hair paused, and his eyes were filled with tenderness: "You must come back alive."

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The development of weapons must naturally be reported to the emperor. Looking at the blueprint and hearing the expected effect, the emperor felt a burst of enthusiasm in his heart.

He looked at Wei Yan for a long time, and finally came down and patted him on the shoulder and said, "You really found a treasure!"

Wei Yan said with a smile on his face, "Then the emperor agreed?"

"Naturally." The emperor With a wave of his hand, his brows were full of enthusiasm: "Let him go and do it. If he can really develop this thing, I will open a military inspection for him in the future!" Wei Yan said: "This is the emperor's words, I

remember It's gone."

The emperor couldn't help laughing and cursing: "Go away, go back quickly, and I can see things sooner!"

With the emperor's words, the whole Ministry of Industry also obeyed the order, and Lu Ze naturally did it boldly and confidently.

In the end, the level of ancient craftsmanship does not have to be backward, and the slightest mistake can lead to mistakes. Lu Ze led a group of people to record and record the research. After repeated failures, he finally successfully developed the first perfect crossbow on a certain day a month later.

Everyone in the Ministry of Industry hurriedly presented it to the palace. The emperor was discussing matters with the ministers at this time, and he was delighted to receive the news. He didn't care about those matters anymore, and took the courtiers to the martial arts training ground in the palace.

Together with Lu Ze and Wei Yan, Xiao Lingrui also joined in the fun. The emperor summoned the best marksman in the palace and asked him to shoot at the target hundreds of paces away. Everyone raised their breath and saw the crossbow. The arrow shot with an unstoppable force, straight through the bull's-eye, and when it hit a tree farther away, there was silence all around.

It wasn't until a moment later that the emperor shouted loudly: "Good!"

All the ministers were also shocked by the power, and kowtowed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, with this weapon, our Great Zhou's national power can be improved to another level!" Lu Ze and

Wei Yan looked at each other with smiles.

The weapon was created, and Lu was the first to do it. The emperor wanted to reward him for his merits, and wanted to give him an official position, but Lu Ze politely declined, saying that he only likes to study those weapons, and if he is really in a high position, he doesn't know what to do. If your majesty wants to reward, please ask the emperor to reward more money.

The emperor was surprised when he heard the words, but after thinking about it, he understood that he didn't force anything, but did what he wanted, and exchanged all the rewards for rare gold, silver and jewels, which filled a warehouse in the Hou's mansion.

At that time, Lu Ze held Wei Yan's hand and said, "Look, you can support your family as a husband."

Wei Yan rarely saw him like this, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, your husband is the most powerful."

Flowers fall and flowers bloom again, spring is gone and spring is coming again, two years have passed quietly, the examinations of the Hanlin Academy have also ended, the emperor has officially arranged for him to the Ministry of Industry, and appointed him as a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, and he is a fifth-rank official .

In fact, in the past two years, Lu Ze has repeatedly achieved results, ranging from farm tools that are conducive to farmland reclamation and irrigation, to equipment that speeds up the hulling of rice and wheat, to various military weapons, each of which is listed is enough for him. Promoted, instead of letting him sit in Yuanwailang's position all the time. But Lu said that if he didn't ask for an official title, he really didn't ask for it. The emperor repeatedly wanted to give him a promotion, but he always refused, and at most asked for more rewards. This time he was promoted to Langzhong, because someone from the Ministry of Industry happened to be missing, and the emperor felt that it would be unjustifiable not to give him a promotion, so he forced it to him.

In the past two years, the territory of Dazhou was generally peaceful. The five princes of West Qin successfully ascended the throne and signed an agreement with Dazhou that they would not invade each other for a hundred years. The frontier mutual market is also gradually on the right track, and the people in the frontier finally don't have to worry about it, and they can slowly live a good life. In addition, although there were occasional turmoil during the Great Zhou Dynasty, such as drought and floods, they were resolved without any danger. In addition, there was a wise king, and the whole country showed a prosperous situation.

But the eyes and ears of the emperor cannot reach all directions, even if he is under a wise emperor, he cannot escape corruption.

Three hundred miles away from the capital, a place in Yingzhou was infested with mountain bandits, who robbed the people in the past, and finally moved on the heads of officials and businessmen. The emperor was furious and ordered Wei Yan to lead his troops to pay them.

Lu Ze didn't pay much attention at first, thinking that he would be back soon, but when Wei Yan left, he found out that there was another reason why those bandits became bandits. After several investigations, he discovered that the local magistrate exploited the lives of the people, colluded secretly with the local tyrants, and accepted bribes, which made the people impoverished, but he dared not speak out.

The reason why I couldn't bear to become a bandit this time was also because of the severe drought a few days ago, and the people's crops withered. Although the imperial court sent relief food, half of it was embezzled by Nazhi Prefecture. Not only that, but he also increased taxes and exploited layers upon layers. The people really couldn't survive, so they had no choice but to become bandits.

As soon as this incident happened, the emperor was furious and ordered Wei Yan to find out the truth before returning.

For more than half a month, the evidence of Yingzhou Zhizhou's greed for ink was conclusive. Wei Yan was ordered by the emperor to behead the dog official on the spot, leaving his deputy to deal with the funeral. He returned to Beijing first. Return to life.

It was already the climax of the moon, and the night was thick. Lu Ze lay on the bed, his consciousness was drowsy, but he did not sleep well.

Until there was a small movement next to his ear, as if someone stretched out his finger and wanted to touch him, Lu Ze grabbed his hand hard, turned over and pressed down, and saw the face of the visitor clearly through the moonlight outside the window.

Wei Yan was obviously surprised: "You haven't slept yet?"

His face was tired from the long journey, and there was still a faint smell of blood on his body. Lu Ze moved his nose and said in a low voice, "Are you injured?"

Wei Yan shook his head : "No, it was accidentally stained during the murder."

Only then did Lu Ze feel relieved, turned over, put the person on his body, and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry to come back?"

Wei Yan pursed his lips, and whispered, "I miss you."

Lu Ze Looking at him, he raised his head and wanted to kiss him, but Wei Yan covered his mouth, with bright eyes, shook his head and said, "No, your body is dirty." Lu Ze said hoarsely, "I don't dislike it."

Wei

Yan But Yan still refused: "I think it's dirty, it smells so bad."

Wei Yan felt uncomfortable smelling the dust all over his body and the vague smell of blood.

He nodded his nose and said, "Wait until I finish washing."

He said, got up and lit a candle. Lu Zeban straightened up, watched him walk towards the back of the cleaning room, with gentle eyes, took a book by the bed and slowly read it.

At first, the two of them kept talking without saying a word, Wei Yan talked about what he did in Yingzhou, and Lu Ze echoed from time to time. It wasn't until Wei Yan's voice gradually disappeared from behind that Lu Ze called him twice, but there was no response, then he felt something was wrong, got up and went over, but saw that he had fallen asleep lying on the edge of the tub at some point.

Lu Ze paused, then felt helpless, took him out of the tub, wrapped him in a cloth towel, put him on the bed, and wiped the water marks on his body carefully.

Wei Yan woke up for a moment on the way, half-opened his eyes, and said sleepily: "Why did I fall asleep..."

Lu Ze said helplessly: "I still want to ask you. It's been a few days since I slept, why bother to be in such a hurry Hurry back?"

"No." Wei Yan got into his arms, pressed his face against his lower abdomen, and said in a vague voice, "I slept for several hours, but I don't know why, I've always felt sleepy during this time ..."

His voice slowly lowered, and Lu Ze looked down, and he had already fallen into a deep sleep again.

Feeling distressed and helpless in his heart, he settled him down and covered him with the quilt, and then hugged him and fell asleep very peacefully.

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