Jiang Dulou sat down opposite him, "Brother Huang has a reputation. The master can't afford the four words of otherworldliness, he is an ordinary person, and his brother is also an ordinary person. Jiang Yong sighed repeatedly, "If your father is still alive, Da Shao may not be able to go today." ”

Jiang Yong's father, that is, when the first emperor was in power, Da Shao was in constant war, as the so-called "all the dead countries are not achieved overnight, they are all the accumulation of generations of hard work", at that time, it was completely supported by the old Ling Wang and the Li family Yi family, and it was only until now that it has survived.

Jiang Dulou poured a cup of tea for him, "I heard that Major General Yan has returned to Beijing, and the front-line war should be a lot easier." ”

When people are old, especially when they are seriously ill, they are easy to miss their relatives, Jiang Yong has a little meaning like this, so he stopped talking in time.

As soon as the topic changed, Jiang Yong remembered that he had a serious matter to find him, "King Xiang's case has been closed, but how to deal with it is still a problem, and it is not easy to take care of the southern Xinjiang side, they are all his henchmen, and if it is not good, it will have to fight, but Da Shao is not suitable for another war now, and the matter in the northwest must be cultivated for a period of time after it is over." ”

Jiang Dulou guessed what he was going to say on the way here, and nodded, "It's time to recuperate......

"Huh?" Jiang Yong leaned over to him and pointed to his chin, "Imperial brother's chin ......"

He smiled, "It's okay, I accidentally poked it on the comb." ”

Jiang Yong is not stupid, there is only one row of combs, how can he knock out two rows of prints? He remembered some rumors, "Brother Huang has been very close to Miss Liu Jiasan, that is, the granddaughter of General Li?" ”

Jiang Dulou thought for a moment, "There are some contacts. ”

"You are not young, Miss Tian has already passed the age of the hand, if you are ......"

"Since General Yan is back, tomorrow morning, the court will ask him to report what the Li family has done on the front line during this time, how can the imperial brother be regarded as wronging the Li family, and he should always be whitewashed."

Jiang Yong is actually reluctant to let him marry Liu Yu, the Li family has made great contributions to the country, but at the same time, one-third of Da Shao's military power has been passed on to the Li family from generation to generation since the founding of the country, which has been hundreds of years, how can he not worry about the Li family's mercenaries becoming self-respecting and self-reliant?

It's not that he doesn't trust his younger brother, but that his younger brother doesn't suppress the talent of the king of a country, if he follows the Li family and the Liu family, he is just a "famous teacher"!

But Jiang Dulou was reluctant to continue this topic, and Jiang Yong was not easy to use, so he had to turn the topic to the Northwest Frontier.

This chat talked about it until sunset, and Jiang Dulou returned to the door of King Ling's mansion only to learn that Liu Yu had been waiting in the front hall for a long time.

On the way, Leng Xian reported in a low voice: "Before she came, she went to Huali Lane, and took a bag out of a loquat forest at the foot of Xiaoqingshan, and after she left, my people went in to take a look, there was a fence courtyard in the woods, and there were three thatched houses in it, and an old man and a young man lived. ”

"Keep watching." A shrewd glint flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.

Let's just say how could she have predicted so many things so accurately, accurate to every detail, and sure enough, someone provided her with information.

As he spoke, he had already arrived in the front hall, and Liu Yu was tasting the pastries of King Ling's Mansion, these things were all palace style, but Liu Mansion did not have them, and she could eat a few bites when the Li family was still there.

Seeing him come back, Liu Yu asked while eating, "What did the emperor say to you?" What news did Major General Yan bring back? ”

Jiang Dulou took off his robe and sat down on the couch, "Since you can predict the future, you must already know it." ”

Originally, she didn't know, but after going back and thinking about it for a long time, she found that the general trend of this matter was here, even if there were any differences in small matters, it would not hurt, and she did figure out the purpose of Yan Chicheng's return.

"It's the front line asking for reinforcements, right?"

Her grandfather is a good hand at fighting, in the previous life, Da Shao really couldn't afford to fight, the Li family fought against the water and won the triumph of the fate, in this life she found Jing Yiguangting to support, the front line should be a lot more relaxed, the Li family will repay, so that the Western Regions Alliance Army fought so badly that there is no reason not to retaliate, it must be to fight back with profits, all the way to kill their lair.

The soldier Li Jiajun is enough, and he almost has weapons and horses.

Jiang Dulou raised money before, everyone donated a lot, it was enough to buy war horses, and weapons should also be being manufactured, but the power of these spears and short crossbows was too small, and Liu Yu sent him a big one this time.

Stuffing the cake into her mouth, she wiped her hands indiscriminately, picked up the burden and pulled him out, "Let's go, I'll show you something fun!" ”

Jiang Dulou curiously followed her to the Yudai River on the outskirts of Huajing, which was near the garden where the camellia party was held before, where people were inaccessible and the area was empty.

She opened the bag and took out the contents of three bamboo-like things, tied together with ropes, with a lead at the bottom, like a cannonball.

She lit the fuse and threw it into the Yudai River, pulling him away for more than ten zhang, only to hear a loud noise behind her, the eardrum buzzed, and the river behind her exploded two feet high, the water splashed, and several dead fish turned ashore. If you look closer, you can see a layer of white belly floating on the surface of the river.

Jiang Dulou nodded, "It's kind of interesting." What is it? ”

Liu Yu explained: "This is called the fish fried artifact, which evolved from fireworks and cannons, and the main material is sulfur, which is very powerful. This is just a small test piece, and the real power is about several times that of this. ”

"This is what you researched?" Or the old man in the loquat forest?

Liu Yu smiled, "Why do you care about this? It's not over if it's easy to use. She pulled out a piece of paper from her bosom and handed it to him, "Here's the recipe, including the raw materials and the proportional configuration." All the money you have raised with great difficulty is wasted on swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and the same cost is made dozens or hundreds of times more powerful than bows and crossbows. ”

He had long known that she couldn't tell the old man directly, but he was not in a hurry, and nodded slightly when he saw the two big characters on the top of the list, "Gunpowder? Okay, I'll ask someone to make it in batches, and let Yan Chicheng take it to the northwest together. ”

At the same time, he also had an idea: the status of the Li family will inevitably rise to a higher level when he returns to Beijing this time, and if a figure like Liu Yu is released from himself and given to other miscellaneous forces, it will be a disaster for Da Shao.

It is better to harm others than to yourself, but you should dedicate yourself to the people, and you should be reluctant to do it yourself...... Marry her.

But now is not the time to say that.

Jiang Dulou was just about to take someone away, when he saw her break a branch, roll up her trouser legs and roll up her skirt to go down to the river.

"What are you going to do?"

She said as a matter of course: "The fried are all blown up, of course they can't be wasted, take the two forks back and roast them." She wore a string on the branch, "You can pack a few too, open meat at night, and save some expenses for the palace." ”

"You're virtuous."