On the tenth day of August, Zhao Yu, who had been away from his home for nearly ten days, finally returned to his hometown in Luyang Township.

After receiving the news, Zhou led the servants and guards in the mansion to greet each other outside the mansion gate.

For this reason, Zhang Chun, the head of the guard in the mansion, was also ready to drive out some refugees who were still lying outside the mansion, but in the end they were stopped by the Zhou family.

At that time, Zhou said to Zhang Chun: "My township can't help these refugees, but don't persecute them." ”

In fact, Zhang Chun didn't agree with the words of this townsman's wife, because he knew best that these damned refugees had stolen and robbed the crops in many fields in his township's mansion, and thanks to these refugees, there were thousands of acres of land in his township's mansion, and he didn't expect to have any harvest left this year.

But Zhou said so, and he could only hold back the dissatisfaction with those refugees in his heart.

About noon, Zhao Yu's father and son and Jingnu, Liu Wei, Liu County, County Lieutenant Ding Wu and others, as well as the county officials, returned to their mansions.

When they went, Zhao Yu's father and son plus Jingnu, plus ten guards, a total of thirteen people, and when they returned, there were many of them.

Zhao Yu's worries were too much - he remembered that before leaving, he heard Zhang Chun, the head of the guard in the palace, mention the bandits in the Lushan area, so he was worried about whether he would encounter these bandits on the way.

But it turned out that this group of thieves, as he Luyang Township Marquis said, did not dare to harass their team with the banner of the government, oh, this is talking about the Liu Xian Liu County Order who was traveling with them.

All in all, an official flag embroidered with the word "Jin" is enough to scare away the group of thieves in Lushan, and it is not a big deal.

"Mother, we're back."

"Eh, let my mother take a look."

Stepping out of the carriage outside the gate of the mansion, Zhao Yu saw his mother Zhou standing outside with the servants and guards of the mansion, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward.

He had not seen him for many days, and he missed his doting mother, although he felt a little ashamed to feel a little ashamed of the fact that he had taken her in her arms in front of everyone else and rubbed her cheek against him affectionately.

After him, Jingnu also quickly came to Zhou's face, and said to Zhou's with a bit of invitation: "Madam, Jingnu has never forgotten Madame's instructions when she is outside, and she has taken good care of the young master. ”

"Good, good, really good boy."

Hearing Jingnu's words, Zhou happily rubbed Jingnu's hair, which made this cute little girl look satisfied.

Looking at Jing Nu's cute appearance with a satisfied and even somewhat intoxicated face, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of a cat he had raised in his previous life - the two looked really similar.

At this time, the Luyang townsman had also gotten out of the carriage, and while listening to Zhang Chunyou's announcement about the granary at home, he walked to Zhou's side.

Seeing this, Zhou let go of the young son in his arms and saluted her returning husband Yingying: "The concubine is here to welcome the townsman back to the house, husband, is everything going well?" ”

In front of the people in the house, the Zhou family gave her husband a lot of face, and the etiquette was also thorough, and the Marquis of Luyang did not show his intimacy with his wife at this time, nodded, and said calmly and casually: "Well, everything is going well." ”

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Zhou's face, and he said: "The husband has worked hard, and the concubine has ordered the soup and meals to be prepared in the house, and the husband is invited to enjoy the soup after bathing." ”

"I'm tired." The Marquis of Luyang nodded.

Seeing the couple respecting each other, Zhao Yu wanted to laugh a little, because as far as he knew, the couple didn't get along like this on weekdays.

After entering the mansion, Zhao Yu planned to say goodbye to his parents and go back to his house to wash, but the Luyang townsman stopped him: "Where are you going?" ”

Zhao Yu was a little puzzled, and replied: "The child went back to the house to bathe." ”

The Marquis of Luyang thought for a while and said, "Come with me to the North House to bathe, my father has something to ask you." ”

Hearing this, the people around him were surprised.

I have to say that this is really a very rare scene, and Zhao Yu immediately felt sensitively that several eyes fell on him.

In addition to his mother Zhou and the guard chief Zhang Chun, there was also Mr. Ram who came to greet him with his brother Zhao Yin in the crowd, and another middle-aged man who seemed to be dressed as a housekeeper.

Among them, Zhou's gaze was purely surprised and surprised, but the eyes of the rest of the people looking at Zhao Yu were more or less different.

Probably sensing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Zhou said: "In that case, Jingnu, you should also go to the north house with the concubine, and the concubine also has something to ask you." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

In this way, the Marquis of Luyang took his young son Zhao Yu to the soup house in the north house.

The so-called soup house, as the name suggests, is a bathing room, which is somewhat similar to Zhao Yu's impression, that is, the kind of structure that stuffs firewood and boils water in the furnace hole outside the house, which can make the bath pool in the house maintain a constant temperature.

As his father walked into the soup house, Zhao Yu looked around, although the water vapor in the house was very serious, he could still see clearly that there was only one soup pool surrounded by wood in the house, and there was only a table, a few stools and so on.

And when Zhao Yu looked inside the house, the townsman of Luyang had already taken off his clothes and soaked in the soup pool, and then a sound of exhalation representing comfort sounded in the house.

Suddenly, the Marquis of Luyang saw his young son who was still standing by the soup pond stupidly, raised his eyebrows and said with a little displeasure: "What are you waiting for, waiting for your father to take off your clothes for you?" ”

"It's not."

Zhao Yu scratched his head, quickly took off his clothes, and after testing the water temperature, he also entered the soup pool and sat opposite the Luyang Xianghou.

I have to say that it seems to be a warm scene of father and son bathing together, but Zhao Yu really felt a little embarrassed, and he looked around to avoid his father's gaze looking at him intently.

I don't know how long it took, the Luyang Township Marquis suddenly spoke: "Yu'er, when you go out this time, your performance ...... Very good, I don't deny it for my father, you helped Liu Xianling and helped your father a lot this time, but you can't be proud, you must know that there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people, like you, who are young and intelligent, it is not without them in the past, but most of them are complacent because of pride, and eventually destroy everyone. ”

『…… Like me? There have been before?'

Zhao Yu glanced at his father and didn't believe it in his heart.

It's not that he's complacent, it's just that he simply doesn't believe that there are people in the same situation as him in this world.

The Marquis of Luyang seemed to see something from his son's gaze, and snorted lightly: "You don't believe it? …… Hmph, my father still remembers ten years ago, there was a rumor in the world that there was a man named 'Yang Ding', who could read the whole book at the age of eight, and no one could debate with him, and then he was accepted as a disciple by the imperial master...... Are you comparable? ”

Seeing his father's admonishing tone, Zhao Yu naturally didn't talk back, and said honestly: "The child can't compare." ”

This answer seems to have surprised the Luyang townspeople.

"Am I overstating?"

After a little hesitation, the Luyang Township Marquis coughed and said: "The person Fang Cai said is just hearsay for his father, whether there is this genius named Yang Ding in the world, my father doesn't know, my father just wants to warn you, this world is very big, don't be complacent because of a little achievement...... Got it? ”

"The child understands." Zhao Yu nodded.

Seeing that the young son who had always been stubborn was so obedient, although the Luyang townsman didn't say it, he was really happy in his heart.

Also, how many fathers don't expect their sons to excel?

But every father will look for the shadow of his youth in his children, and if the children are like themselves when they were young, or if they are better in intelligence and in some respects, then the father will be happy and closer to his children; On the contrary, they will be disappointed, although they will not be distant, but they will not be too close.

Zhao Yu, who was stubborn in the past, is an excellent example.

However, since Zhao Yu fell from the tree a few days ago, the Luyang Township Marquis also felt that this young son had undergone earth-shaking changes, although he didn't believe in any absurd heresies, but he couldn't explain how this young son suddenly became so smart.

Than him...... Well, it's only slightly worse than him.

Based on this, there was a patient admonition from the Marquis of Luyang Township.

After the admonition, the Marquis of Luyang Township leaned back to the soup pool, closed his eyes and said: "This trip, successfully persuaded the Rushui counties, the problem of money, grain, and manpower has been solved, almost ten days later, the money, grain, manpower of Ruyang, Yangren and other counties will arrive in my Luyang County one after another, and in time, my Luyang County will also be able to implement what you call 'work for relief'......"

Hearing that his father seemed to have the intention of talking to him about this matter in detail, Zhao Yu asked, "Dad, listen to Liu Gong, are you going to dig a canal?" ”

"Hmm."

Luyang Xianghou closed his eyes and explained: "I Luyang County, in fact, there is a river passing by, this river is called Shahe, from the southwest, to the northeast, the farmland around the county, the farmland in my township, thanks to this river, to avoid drought, however, in the northwest side of the county, more than half of the land in my Luyang County can not use this river to irrigate, there is also the most serious drought." Therefore, Liu Gong discussed with his father that he was going to dig a canal to connect Rushui in the north and the Shahe River in the south of the county, divert it from Rushui, and finally make it flow into the Shahe River, which will pass directly through the center of my Luyang County, as long as this canal is completed, my Luyang County can completely get rid of the drought, and there is no need to worry about it again. ”

"Dig from Rushui to my Luyang?"

Zhao Yu's eyes widened in surprise.

You must know that he only followed Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou to Rushui County a few days ago, of course, he knows how far Rushui is from Luyang County, it is no exaggeration to say that this river canal is really a big project, and it is no wonder that Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou did not dare to ask someone to start construction before.

But through the description of the Luyang townspeople, Zhao Yu also understood how the completion of this canal would help Luyang County.

That's a sea change!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu praised from the bottom of his heart: "This is really amazing, this canal ...... By the way, Dad, have you and Liu Gong thought about naming this canal? ”

"Uh......"

I don't know why, when he asked about this, the townsman of Luyang suddenly seemed a little unnatural, and it wasn't until Zhao Yu asked repeatedly that he impatiently told the truth: "Jinggongqu." ”

"Jinggongqu? Why is it called Jing...... Oooh. ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, and then suddenly realized.

When he looked at his father again, a slight snickering appeared on his face.

He pretended to swear and said: "For the sake of this canal name, the child will help you and Liu Gong no matter what!" ”

"Do you think that being a father is just a covetous? Hum! ”

Looking at his son who was secretly smiling, the Marquis of Luyang couldn't maintain his father's majesty in front of his son for the first time, and got up and stepped out of the soup pool in annoyance.

Yes, the surname of the Marquis of Luyang Township is Zhao Mingjing, and this canal will be named after him.