On the way back to Lujiazhuang, he rode the white fox in the lead, followed by Liu Jing. As for Feng Huai, he was sitting on the carriage. It wasn't that he didn't want to ride a horse. It was because of his physique and the equipment. The average horse can't handle it.
Lu Chen was also scratching his head about Feng Huai's mount. Because of this matter, he asked all the nobles and officials who had good relations with him, even Prince Li Jiancheng and Third Princess Li Xiuning to say hello and send them over. There were several horses, but Feng Huai rode them for less than three days, and all of them lay down.
Lu Chen also thought about letting Feng Huai ride a bull, but when Lu Chen imagined that scene in his mind, he couldn't accept it. Ordinary cows can only be ridden by a shepherd boy. If there is a real confrontation between the two armies, Feng Huai rides When a great guy comes out, does that image sound like "Huang Feihu and Changan Dividing Tigers"?
Besides, the ox's mobility is really slow. If this were a confrontation, Feng Huai's ox hadn't turned around yet, and the opponent would probably be able to chop around Feng Huai several times.
"What did you mean by what you just said?" Meng Ji, who was riding side by side behind Liu Jing, looked at Lian Xiude and asked.
"You still call yourself a 'wise general'. Can't you tell it's so obvious?" Lian Xiude did not answer Meng Ji's words, but teased Meng Ji.
"Okay, stop taking advantage and act like a good boy. Speak quickly!" Meng Ji glared at Lian Xiude and urged in a low voice.
"Why did our father-in-law bring these books and salt here today? Think about it carefully!" Lian Xiude rolled his eyes at Meng Ji and continued to guide Meng Ji.
Meng Ji followed Lian Xiude's words and pondered for a while, "I understand!" After a long time, Meng Ji seemed to have figured something out and said directly.
"What do you understand?" Seeing Meng Ji's somewhat excited expression, Lian Xiude couldn't help but ask.
"Our father-in-law used a delaying strategy today!" Meng Jitong Lian Xiude said in a low voice, "It seems that our father-in-law is currently busy with affairs and has no time to deal with them for the time being. Unfortunately, we can't help him solve his problems! "Meng Ji's expression was quite unwilling.
"We are not causing trouble for you, but we are helping you. I am afraid that the whole world can understand the things that our father-in-law has come up with!" Looking at the back of Lu Chen, who was riding a white fox in front of him, he said Lian Xiude said somewhat helplessly.
After Lian Xiude finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other and seemed to see the meaning in each other's eyes. They nodded, then raised their chests and raised their heads, and followed Lu Chen to Lujiazhuang.
Back in Lujiazhuang, Lu Chen sat down in the front hall to drink tea and warm up. Lu Chen arranged for Liu Jing to put away those things. During the Chinese New Year, these books were to be used by the school in Lujiazhuang.
"Master!" While Lu Chen was drinking tea, Su Chang walked into the front hall from outside and rushed to Lu Chen to salute.
"You're back?" Seeing Su Chang, Lu Chen said with a smile, "Has everything been done?" Lu Chen put down the teacup and looked at Su Chang.
"Yes!" Su Chang nodded, "Princess has been very worried about the father-in-law these past two days!" Su Chang said to Lu Chen, with a worried look on his face. After all, Lu Chen ruined Zheng Shanguo's family. The news spread throughout Chang'an City, and Li Yanjun, who didn't know about it at first, also knew about it.
Originally, Li Yanjun wanted to ask Li Yuan about Lu Chen's matter, but he never thought that before she could ask, the court was also quarreling over Lu Chen's matter. In the end, Lu Chen's treatment was... Li Yanjun also heard the news. Since Lu Chen did not receive any severe punishment, Li Yanjun felt a little relieved.
Just at this time, Su Chang came to the palace to visit Li Yanjun, which made Li Yanjun secretly happy. After all, Su Chang knew more about Lu Chen's every move than she did. In fact, she had summoned Su Chang long ago. I had the idea of going to the palace to ask, but I felt that being so eager would be a bit unreserved, so I kept hesitating about it. Unexpectedly, Su Chang actually entered the palace at this time.
When the two met, they naturally retreated. Only the two of them talked. Su Chang naturally reported everything Lu Chen had done to Li Yanjun. In the end, the two naturally talked about Lu Chen, but Su Chang Chang obviously didn't know that Li Yuan had already dealt with Lu Chen's matter, so when she asked Li Yanjun, her face was full of worry.
Li Yanjun directly inquired about himself and told Su Chang about Lu Chen's punishment. Su Chang felt relieved after hearing this.
Just as the two were talking, the palace maid Chun'e came again to report Lu Chen's banquet with officials from aristocratic families today. The two women began to wonder again what the Duke of Lu County was going to do.
Compared to Li Yanjun, Su Chang, who has been living in Lujiazhuang, naturally knows her father-in-law's temper better. When his father-in-law invites people from these aristocratic families to dinner, he will definitely not be submissive, but will definitely be calculating. People, not to mention that Su Chang was a female official. She obviously knew more about the twists and turns here than Li Yanjun, so she analyzed it for Li Yanjun. Li Yanjun was completely relieved until Li Yanjun Completely relieved, Su Chang returned to Lujiazhuang. When she returned to Lujiazhuang, she came to see Lu Chen as soon as possible.
"Steward Su, thank you for your hard work!" Hearing what Su Chang said, Lu Chen smiled and thanked Su Chang for his hard work.
"Don't dare! It's your job as a servant to serve the father-in-law!" Su Chang hurriedly saluted Lu Chen and said.
"You can come in and out of the harem at any time now?" Lu Chen looked at Su Chang and asked curiously.
"Young Master is joking! No one can enter and leave the harem without permission except Your Majesty!" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Su Chang smiled directly and said to herself: "My Young Master may not be full of knowledge, but for this palace I really don’t know anything about the rules here!”
But Su Chang also understood that Lu Chen was not from the palace, so how could he understand the rules in the palace?
"If your maid wants to see the princess, you need to report in advance. First, Governor Chang must report the matter to Concubine Wan Gui. After Concubine Wan Gui knows about it, she will inform Her Highness the Princess. Her Highness will set a time before the maid can Entering the palace to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Su Chang briefly explained to Lu Chen the procedure for meeting Princess Langya Li Yanjun.
"It's really troublesome!" After hearing what Su Chang said, Lu Chen couldn't help but complain.
"However, Su Chang, you did a good job on this matter! Although this matter is a little troublesome, since you can enter the harem, it is a worry for me!" Lu Chen said thank you to Su Chang and directly This made Su Chang salute again.
"By the way, how is the progress of the warehouse that I asked the craftsmen to build?" Lu Chen suddenly remembered that after developing cement, Lu Chen taught the masons how to construct concrete and foundations. Lu Chen was planning to build a new building in this mansion. A warehouse was built directly across the courtyard to place the coins.
Thinking of those copper coins, Lu Chen had a headache. In this era, copper coins were still used for settlement. There were no banknotes or silver coins at all. If it was only one or two coins, it would be okay to say that it was just a small wooden box. That's basically it.
But if it was like the last time he cheated Du Fuwei for a hundred coins, the copper coins had pulled a cart. When he thought about the colored glazes that Qian Junnan was going to auction later, Lu Chen felt a headache when he thought about it. Those things, cheating those aristocratic families , If you don’t cheat tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of coins, can you be worthy of yourself?
But by then, the copper coins would really pile up like a mountain. When thinking about this, Lu Chen particularly missed the paper money and mobile phone payment in later generations.
"The weather is cold and the progress is a bit slow!" Su Chang would go to the construction site every day, and there was also a special person to guard it. Most of these masons were from Lujiazhuang farmers, so there would be no laziness or cutting corners. The progress was slow. Simply because of the freezing weather.
"If the weather gets colder, let them stop working! And the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so we can't miss out on wages and rewards! Do you understand?" Lu Chen warned Su Chang, he has been out for a long time now , It’s a bit cold even wearing brocade fur, not to mention those villagers who don’t have cotton-padded clothes yet. “Now that it’s Yuanzheng Day, even if someone makes a mistake, don’t be too harsh. As long as it’s not a principled mistake, you can wait until the end of the New Year. Punishment!" Lu Chen thought for a while and added another sentence.
"My lord, you are really kind-hearted!" Su Chang was moved when she heard Lu Chen's words. She had never seen such a master. Although she was a female official, there were many concubines and princesses in the harem. She has seen and heard what happened to her servants. No master would be so considerate of his servants.
Some masters even take pleasure in punishing their servants.
"What a kindhearted person you are. You have all been busy for a year. Wouldn't it be nice to have a happy New Year together?" Lu Chen said with a smile, "Go and do your work. I have other things to do." Tell Liu Jing to do it!"
"Yes! Maid, please leave!" Su Chang saluted Lu Chen and exited the front hall. When Su Chang left, Lu Chen waved directly to Liu Jing.
"Sir!" Liu Jing came to Lu Chen and saluted.
"Go and tell Su Dingfang and the others to take more soldiers for a walk in the back mountains and bring back more meat. It's the Chinese New Year. At the very least, each villager will be given a few kilograms of meat, a few kilograms of ribs, etc. If you work hard these two days When you enter the mountain, you will be protected by flintlock guns and grenades. It's okay if you are a little further away, just use it as a training exercise!" Lu Chen looked at Liu Jing and ordered.
"Yes!" Liu Jing took the order and turned around to inform Su Dingfang and several other commanders.
Originally, Lu Chen wanted to kill a pig during the Chinese New Year, but the black pig had only been chopped for a short time. Niu Er reported a few days ago that after the black pig was chopped, he ate and slept, and was obviously fatter than before. It gained a lot, but it was only about a hundred pounds, which was obviously not enough to eat. Moreover, this was the first pig to be chopped in Lujiazhuang. Lu Chen still wanted to observe how much it could grow.
