Li Mu had enough of the loss of no food, and he attached great importance to food, and when he heard Li Siwen say that Ma Zhou was sealing grain, he didn't say anything anymore. got up and said: "I wanted to take a few days of maternity leave to accompany my wife and children, but I didn't expect that even this request has become a luxury. ”

"Oh, big brother, isn't this an emergency? If you want to rest, you can rest after this period, and you have time anyway. ”

"Who told you I had time?" Li Mu put on his robe and said, "I'm going out in a few days, and it will take a month and a half to come back." Your ability to do things is so poor, how can I rest assured? ”

Li Siwen was shocked: "Big brother, are you leaving?" Where to? Without waiting for Li Mu to answer, he thought about 'understanding' by himself, approached Li Mu, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, are you going to run away?" Resist the decree and refuse to marry, Your Majesty has cleaned you up? Where are you going? Take me with you-" Halfway through speaking, he suddenly remembered that he was also a person with a wife, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, you and your sister-in-law take the first step, I have to go back to Dingxiang to ...... first"

"What's going on in your head!" Li Mu knocked Li Siwen and said, "What kind of way to run, I'm going to find Sister Ou."

"Oh," Li Siwen didn't have a very deep impression of Wang Ou, and his reaction was relatively cold. He knew that Wang Ou was also pregnant with Li Mu's child, and subconsciously looked at Bai Qiaoqiao, and saw that Bai Qiaoqiao was not surprised, so he knew in his heart that the couple must have discussed it.

But in Li Siwen's heart, Bai Qiaoqiao is the real sister-in-law, so he is very dissatisfied with Li Mu's behavior of leaving home before Bai Qiaoqiao is confined. But as a younger brother, it is not good to speak out about his brother's mistakes, so he has no choice but to remain silent.

Li Mu guessed Li Siwen's thoughts, and he didn't want to interfere with what Li Siwen thought. Although the two are brothers, Li Siwen is also an independent person, who he wants to respect and who he doesn't want to respect is his own business. As long as you can get by on the face, you have to be a big brother to be confused.

Li Mu got dressed and kissed the two children, causing the two babies to cry, and after receiving a pink fist from Bai Qiaoqiao, he left with Li Siwen satisfied. As the brothers walked, they chatted: "I will leave in three days, and before I leave, I will leave a charter for all things." You can help me watch, do your job, and act according to the charter. If it's a letter from Chang'an, you don't have to hide it, just say that I'm going out to do something. There is no need to explain anything, Your Majesty knows it. ”

Before Li Siwen could speak, Li Mu looked at him and said, "What do you mean?" My wife is going to give birth, can't I go and see it? Qiaoqiao didn't say anything, where did you come from to be wronged? ”

"Big brother, you shouldn't say this as a brother."

Li Mu said angrily: "Then don't say it." ”

"But I still have to say!" Li Siwen stiffened his neck and said, "Big brother, do you know why I have special respect for Qiaoqiao's sister-in-law?" There is no other reason, it is because Qiaoqiao's sister-in-law is sincere to you. What about others? ”

Li Mu frowned: "It's also true to me, how can you see that it's not sincere?" ”

"Huh!" Li Siwen looked too lazy to argue, twisted his head to the side, the brothers walked a few steps, Li Mu pulled him back, a little anxious, and said: "You said it clearly, why do you think that other people treat me sincerely?" ”

"I won't mention it. Let's just say that Wang Ou, "Although Li Siwen is 'afraid' of Li Mu, he is more of a younger brother and respects his brother." In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of. If it is really discussed, he is kind to Li Mu. If he hadn't pulled Li Mu out of Dingxiang, and later relied on Li Ji's relationship to come to Chang'an to gain a foothold, maybe he would still be messing around in Mayi.

When he was in a hurry, the one who dared to speak in front of Li Mu really had to be Li Siwen, and no one else had this qualification.

"Big brother, I'll ask you. Is Wang Ou a married woman? ”

Li Mu was silent.

She said that her husband was dead, and the world thought he was dead, but was he really dead? I've heard something! ”

Li Mu frowned, that Cui Yuzheng didn't die, few people should know about it, how did Li Siwen know? Could it be that Dugu Jiu told him? It's not right, Dugu Jiu's mouth is not so loose, when it comes to his own affairs, it is impossible for him to reveal it to the second person.

"It's not Xiao Jiu who said it." Li Siwen didn't need to hide it in front of Li Mu: "People in Luoyang know a lot about this matter. That Wang Ou, who has a good relationship with Mrs. Lu, lives in Luoyang for a month or two every year, and some people see that she has always been two carriages back and forth, so rumors spread that this Miss Wang and the widow of the Cui family have someone outside. ”

Li Siwen didn't care how blue Li Mu's face was, and continued: "These rumors of the people in the knowledge market, but I don't think that's the case. After all, the Taiyuan Wang family and the Qinghe Cui family are both gate valves with heads and faces, and she should not dare to do this kind of thing. Then there is only one possibility, her husband is still alive. ”

"What happened later confirmed my conjecture even more." Li Siwen approached Li Mu and asked, "Big brother, have you ever thought about why she disappeared just after she became pregnant?" Big brother, don't be stupid, people are just looking for you to borrow—"

"Enough!" Li Mu sharply interrupted Li Siwen's words, he hadn't thought about this possibility, but he didn't want to admit it. He didn't think that Wang Ou's feelings for him were fake.

"Big brother!"

"I'll investigate if it's using me." Li Mu stared at Li Siwen's eyes and said, "However, as long as she is my woman for a day, she will be your sister-in-law." In front of me, you can say whatever you want, but in front of her, if you still have this attitude, you don't treat me as a big brother. ”

That's quite a weight. Li Siwen saw that Li Mu was really angry, and he was anxious: "Big brother, when did I ever have such a thought, you can't misunderstand me like this!" ”

Li Mu sighed, patted Li Siwen's shoulder, and said, "You are my best brother, what can I misunderstand about you?" Your eldest brother and I have been in this life, debauchery and freedom, only one word, and I am concerned about it. It doesn't matter if she treats me sincerely or not, I treat her with sincerity, and that's enough. Whatever the outcome, I'm going to have to see her with my own eyes and ask her personally—"

"Big brother," Li Siwen didn't know what to say, and sighed. The brothers stopped talking, and went to the front yard in silence.

……

Li Siwen hurriedly looked for Li Mu to do what he wanted to do, which was the draft he did a few days ago. The selected craftsmen have been arranged to where they should go. But the apprentice has not yet been chosen.

The problem of water flowing upwards that Li Mu asked has been solved by many people. As Yixiu thought about it, most people could think of the waterwheel, and they all made a model of the waterwheel and gave a demonstration. After three days of rest, he almost suffocated his newly grown hair, and finally thought of a different way for him.

He made three bowls and stacked them from low to high. Then he found three reed pipes, bent them in a certain arc, connected the three bowls, poured the water into the lowest bowl, and the water magically went upward.

At that time, when he demonstrated, he was amazed. Yixiu himself is quite proud, but in Li Mu's eyes, there is nothing unusual. A simple siphon phenomenon can be done by any junior high school student who has studied physics in later generations. However, limited to the vision of people in this era, it is not easy for a rest to think of this method in three days.

Li Mu set the topic, and he didn't want to be embarrassed, but he didn't want to collect people in. Being able to make a waterwheel at least proves that these people are not bad at hands-on, which is enough as an apprentice.

Eliminate those who can't do anything, and there aren't many people left. Today, Li Mu is going to come up with something real, he divided all the prospective apprentices into groups of different people, each group, divided into a drawing, he asked these groups to complete the content of the drawings within a month, under limited material conditions.

If they can complete it, they can become one of Li Mu's apprentices. If it can't be completed, the paper will be covered and go home, and it will be as if nothing has happened for more than a month, which is about equivalent to an 'open-book exam'.

Since it is an open book, everyone can see the title. Gongsun Kang is an insider, and when he sees the drawings distributed by Li Mu, he can roughly guess what these drawings are. Although every drawing, is not finished. But looking at the general shape of the parts, these should all be parts used on the ship.

is reminded of Li Mu's bold statement to build a 10,000-stone ship. Gongsun Kang thought of a terrifying possibility, could Hou Ye want these people, who were not even craftsmen, to build a 10,000-stone ship?

"Will this work?" Doubts popped up in Gongsun Kang's head, so he wanted to go to Li Mu to talk about it. But on second thought, what does this have to do with him? He is now in charge of repairing Chi Dao, and only the problem of Chi Dao is relevant to him. Hou Ye's least favorite thing is to be too lenient, and if you say it yourself, it will only make Hou Ye unhappy.

Besides, compared with Hou Ye, isn't that a big axe in front of Lu Ban's door? What he thinks of, can Master Hou not think of?

It's a bit redundant.

……

After dealing with the apprentice's affairs, Li Mu asked people to lead the horse over, planning to call Li Siwen to go out with him, find Dugu Jiu in Xicheng, and the three brothers find a place to drink two cups. But Li Siwen didn't stop coming, saying that he was going to the construction site to supervise the work, but he didn't give Li Mu this face, so Li Mu had to come out and walk around by himself.

It's been a while since I came to Luoyang, but Li Mu really hasn't seriously appreciated the delicacy of Luoyang City. Today, I have leisure, riding a horse slowly, and Li Mu found that Luoyang City is indeed unique.

As a city, its design ideas are far better than those of Chang'an City. This kind of goodness is not reflected in the craftsmanship of architecture, but in the ideas and ideas. In terms of whether it is strong or not, the walls of Chang'an City should generally be stronger.

The patrol of Jinyiwei has become normalized. In every square, there will be at least one team of brocade guards at the same time, such as the two cities in the north and south, and there are at least two teams of brocade guards, just in case of emergency. Seeing Li Mu coming, the brocade guards saluted from afar. Li Mu also raised his hand and gestured, even if it was a return gift.

Each team of brocade guards has ten people, two of whom hold repeaters, and the other eight are equipped with crossbow arrows that look the same as those of repeaters, and can only fire a single shot. This is done because as long as Li Mu can do the crossbow alone, the 'production capacity' is extremely limited. I can't equip every brocade guard, so I have to make this decision. In addition, a repeater for every five people is actually enough, after all, as long as the distance is enough, a repeater can withstand dozens of people, regardless of whether there is kung fu or not, this is by no means blown.

As for why the other four people had to carry a single-shot crossbow arrow, the reason was also simple - they couldn't be empty-handed, right? The power of crossbow arrows is huge, even if it can't breathe ten arrows like a crossbow, it is faster than a bow and arrow, and if it hits, the damage produced is not low. The multi-backed crossbow arrows can also be used as a supplementary magazine for the repeater, which is a very reasonable setting.

It's hard to make a crossbow, but it's not difficult to make a crossbow arrow, as long as you have money. The blacksmiths selected by Li Mu are specially responsible for making crossbow arrows. The current production and stock are more than enough for use in Luoyang City.

This has made Li Mu very satisfied, with these crossbow arrows, even if there are soldiers coming to the city, at least they can hold out to Chang'an to help. Each team of brocade guards has ten people, two of whom hold repeaters, and the other eight are equipped with crossbow arrows that look the same as those of repeaters, and can only fire a single shot. This is done because as long as Li Mu can do the crossbow alone, the 'production capacity' is extremely limited. I can't equip every brocade guard, so I have to make this decision. In addition, a repeater for every five people is actually enough, after all, as long as the distance is enough, a repeater can withstand dozens of people, regardless of whether there is kung fu or not, this is by no means blown.

As for why the other four people had to carry a single-shot crossbow arrow, the reason was also simple - they couldn't be empty-handed, right? The power of crossbow arrows is huge, even if it can't breathe ten arrows like a crossbow, it is faster than a bow and arrow, and if it hits, the damage produced is not low. The multi-backed crossbow arrows can also be used as a supplementary magazine for the repeater, which is a very reasonable setting.

It's hard to make a crossbow, but it's not difficult to make a crossbow arrow, as long as you have money. The blacksmiths selected by Li Mu are specially responsible for making crossbow arrows. The current production and stock are more than enough for use in Luoyang City.

This has made Li Mu very satisfied, with these crossbow arrows, even if there are soldiers coming to the city, at least they can hold out to Chang'an to help. Arrows, even if there are soldiers coming to the city, at least they can hold out to Chang'an to help. Ahh