After parting ways with Ma Laoer, Xu Yunyan returned home proudly.
After confirming at several intersections that no one was following him, he quickly changed his clothes.
When he returned to his home again, his attire was completely unrecognizable to outsiders. He was a student from Huainan Road who had gone to the bookstore to buy books. Even if Ma Laoer met him face to face, he would not be able to recognize him. It's Xu Fei.
Just after Xu Yunyan walked in from the door of his house, he looked at Liu Qiang packing the food.
What time is it? It didn't take long just to have lunch, right? Are you preparing lunch again?
Xu Yunyan stepped forward curiously, "Brother Liu. Are you preparing lunch so soon?"
Hearing this, Liu Qiang looked up at Xu Yunyan, feeling a little embarrassed.
"This...how do you say this? I'm afraid that the lady will make things difficult for me at noon. I'll prepare for you first."
Xu Yunyan was very curious about this.
"How could it be? Why would Yue'er make things difficult for Brother Liu? Is Brother Liu thinking too much?"
Xu Yunyan looked at him and said this, while Liu Qiang shook his head.
"This morning, the master went out to buy food and asked them to deliver it. After seeing it, the lady who ate it asked, "Is this food for human beings?" He threw it away without even eating it. Then, in order to appease the lady, I cooked a dish for the young lady, and it barely came into her mouth.
I just thought the taste was bland, so I fried it a second time. Isn’t this because I still felt the taste was not right after frying it for the second time?
Let me fire the third one, the fourth one, this is already the fifth one, look at this..."
"What? Yue'er can't act like this, I'll go take a look."
Xu Yunyan was going to teach Yue'er a lesson, but Liu Qiang hurriedly stopped him.
"My lady is showing her temper here. It's better not to get involved. You should go out and do your business. Don't cause trouble to the lady here. Maybe the lady will be happier."
"Am I here to cause trouble to Yue'er?"
Xu Yunyan was very helpless at this moment.
"This? Then I won't stay here with Brother Liu. I will ask Brother Liu to take care of this family. I will go out first to see what I should do."
After Liu Qiang sent Xu Yunyan out, Xu Yunyan carefully glanced at Yue'er and Mei Jingjing's room from the corner. Yue'er was still taking care of Mei Jingjing there as always.
"It seems that there is no time for Brother Liu to take someone to buy a maid to serve Mei Jingjing today."
But Xu Yunyan was stunned when he thought of this.
"Could it be that Yue'er did it on purpose! Just to prevent Brother Liu from finding the maid, she keeps asking questions about Liu Qiang here."
Not sure what the outcome of the matter was, Xu Yunyan had to go to Zhechong Mansion next door. After arriving at Zhechong Mansion, seeing that Jiang Fangguo was not there, he casually asked the general on duty at Zhechong Mansion, and finally knew the specific person who had gone to the seaside to find Jiang Fangguo. Area.
Xu Yunyan nodded and returned to his courtyard again. The fastest way to get to the beach was to ride a horse.
How can I run without riding a horse or let a horse ride?
By the time Xu Yunyan rode his horse from the side door to the street entrance, the four brothers of the Ding family and Zhang Liang were already ready and waiting on their horses to go out with Xu Yunyan.
Looking at them, Xu Yunyan hugged them and said, "I haven't thanked these brothers for what happened a few days ago, but it's their turn to take a rest. Now I'll say thank you to these brothers here. After I come back from my busy work, Treat these brothers to a nice meal and a drink."
What Xu Yunyan said made Zhang Liang and the Ding brothers extremely moved.
"What did the general say? It is an honor for us to be able to follow the general. How can we let the general spend so much money?"
"We are all brothers, why should we be so open-minded?"
After they finished their courtesy, Xu Yunyan said, "I said I would like to invite you to dinner, so I must invite you to dinner. I hope you will not refuse."
But when Zhang Liang and the four Ding brothers saw Xu Yunyan being so polite, they hugged Xu Yunyan again here and then honestly escorted Xu Yunyan out of the city and never mentioned these things again.
Since the general regarded them as brothers, they had to go out of their way to protect Xu Yunyan. No matter what happened, Xu Yunyan had to get through them first.
Along the way, under the protection of Zhang Liang and the four brothers of the Ding family, there were no accidents, and they did not enjoy the scenery along the way. The wind was fast, and soon everyone drove their horses to the specific area drawn by Zhe Chong Mansion.
After passing various checks and verifications, Zhang Liang and his group entered the internal area. Zhang Liang kept complaining along the way.
"How can this be so? Are they blind? Don't they know the general? It's unbearable to have to interrogate like this. The general asked me to go back and teach them a lesson, so that they know what the difference between superiority and inferiority is."
Xu Yunyan heard what Zhang Liang said and hurriedly waved his hand to stop him.
"Zhang Captain, what you said is a bit too much. I am very happy that they are so dedicated to their duties. If they let people in when they see an acquaintance without strict interrogation, I would be a little worried. If someone wears makeup, If I am like this, I can enter the core area smoothly in one step. If I let them know that this is something that cannot be seen on the surface, there will be trouble."
Xu Yunyan was very polite to the others, Zhang Liang nodded helplessly, "Okay, you are the general, you have the final say, how you arrange it, I can't do anything about it."
After arriving at the core area, Zhang Liang motioned to the four Ding brothers to watch here while he accompanied Xu Yunyan forward.
Although everyone knows what's going on here, things must be done rigorously in terms of face.
When Zhang Liang and Xu Yunyan walked into the core area, they had different expressions when they saw that the keel of the huge sea ship was almost erected.
Looking at the huge ship skeleton in front of him, Zhang Liang was a little stunned.
"Such a big ship may not necessarily be so majestic in the sea."
Xu Yunyan nodded after Zhang Liang complimented the ship.
"This is what I, the Tang Dynasty, must have to expand overseas. When this ship is actually launched, you will see that everything the sun and the moon of our Tang Dynasty touch is Tang soil, and all the people in the world are the king's ministers."
Xu Yunyan spoke to them proudly here, and soon after receiving the news, Jiang Fangguo led his younger brothers to surround them.
"General, fortunately you have fulfilled your mission. The keel has been laid and the planks can be installed tomorrow. When all the planks are spliced, the ship will be completed."
"Yes. With such ability, I should show my merit to you."
When Xu Yunyan said he wanted to show his merit to them, he made them happy.
Isn't this what they think?
They have always wanted to be able to make their due contribution to the Tang Dynasty and not be inactive. What's more, they can now receive a reward for this matter, and maybe they can have a better future for future generations.
Since there was nothing going on at the sea ship, Xu Yunyan nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the sea ship production site and the rigorous inspections outside.
"That's how secrets should be."
After saying a few polite words to them again and encouraging them to keep up their efforts. Xu Yunyan also began to imagine what it would be like in the future when numerous naval warships would dominate the world.
Wait until Xu Yunyan leaves the shipyard and returns to Qiongzhou City. In a tavern in Qiongzhou City, Ma Youcai, who was taking a break, was drinking.
There wasn't even a flattering boy next to him, which made the waiters in the shop who were used to seeing Ma Youcai shouting at him pointed at him.
Ma Youcai was drinking here and didn't notice this at all, but he didn't notice it, but some thoughtful people still noticed him.
For some reason, Ma Laoer, who also appeared here, sat opposite him.
"It's been a long time since we met Brigadier Ma. I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances."
This Ma Youcai was drinking wine here and looked up at Ma Lao Er.
"Is it you? Mr. Qian doesn't read classics and history books well to prepare for the imperial examination. What are you doing here? Can you become the number one scholar by drinking?"
Ma Laoer didn't care about Ma Youcai's ridicule to him. Instead, he said to Ma Youcai here.
"Why is Brigadier Ma doing this? Why is he here alone? Why are all the heroes who have been following Brigadier Ma missing?
Wouldn't it be nice to drink alone here? How about Qian having a few drinks with Ma Lushuai? This drink money also happens to belong to someone, what do you think of Ma Lvshuai? "
