Liu Mastiff returned to the East Palace, and now in the East Palace, Sima Yi is still busy, Zhuge Liang is unable to preside over the affairs of the East Palace because the princess has just given birth, or the house takes care of the newborn son, as well as the princess, for this matter, the Son of Heaven is particularly concerned, for Princess Raoyang, the Son of Heaven may be more favored than Princess Changling, Liu Mastiff thought in his heart, if Zhuge Liang dared to leave his aunt and come to work, his father would definitely break his legs.

The aunt gave birth to a healthy son, however, Liu Mastiff is hindered by etiquette, and he can't go to see his cousin, and it will take some time, in the East Palace, there are really not many things that Liu Mastiff needs to do, most of the time, he stays in the study, holding the Spring and Autumn Festival, seriously, only at this time, he will be carefree, will not think about any troubles, and devote himself to reading.

Liu Mastiff was in the middle of it, and suddenly a soldier announced: "Captain Huaxiong of Sili is visiting!" ”

Liu Mastiff was stunned, quickly got up, walked out with the soldiers, came to the gate, saw Cao Pi was talking with Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong seemed to be complaining about something, seeing Liu Mastiff coming, the two hurriedly saluted to meet each other, Liu Mastiff helped them up, and said with a smile: "Two, you don't have to be so...", took Hua Xiong's hand, and cordially pulled him into the palace, Hua Xiong was reluctant to enter the study, and the two sat in the front yard.

"Didn't Uncle Hua follow the old general of Huangfu to the north? When did you come back? ”

"Hey, don't mention it, the old thief said that the classes of the students left behind in the military science are not over yet, and he wants me to come back first to continue teaching, and he is still practicing in the north with the students..." Hua Xiong said helplessly, Liu Mastiff didn't say anything, as for Hua Xiong's disrespect for the old general, he directly didn't hear it, Hua Xiong looked a little distressed, he looked at Liu Mastiff and asked: "Your Highness, do you have that kind of repeating crossbow in your hand?" ”

"It's the kind of big crossbow that is pitch black and can shoot continuously!" Hua Xiong hurriedly asked.

Liu Mastiff was stunned for a moment, ordered the soldiers to call Cao Pi over, looked at Cao Pi, and asked, "Zihuan, can the soldiers in the palace be equipped with repeating crossbows?" Cao Pi shook his head and said: "The sharp weapon that His Highness said has strict restrictions, only the Tai Lieutenant, the Northern and Southern Armies can have it, even if Zhi Jinwu does not have it.... How can we have it here... Why, how many does Your Highness want? ”

Liu Mastiff looked at Hua Xiong, nodded, and said, "Then do you have a way to get it?" ”

"There is no way for the minister, but if His Highness asks His Majesty, he may be able to get a few..."Cao Pi replied.

Hua Xiong said a little helplessly: "Then forget it, don't talk to Your Majesty..", looking at Hua Xiong's worried appearance, Liu Mastiff was also a little curious, Hua Xiong, as the captain of Si Li, two thousand stones, why is he so worried, except for His Majesty and the Third Prince, who can suppress him? Liu Mastiff asked with some doubts: "Uncle Hua, but what's the trouble??" ”

"No, no, recently, I've been entangled by a vicious dog, this vicious dog crouches at my door all day long, baring its teeth, often biting me, therefore, I want a repeating crossbow to defend myself, you know, I can't take the soldiers to fight the dog, this is really detrimental to the majesty...."

"Vicious dogs?? What a vicious dog this is, and it needs a sharp weapon like a repeating crossbow to defend itself??? ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, the vicious dogs in our Liangzhou are all so fierce, ordinary swords and strong crossbows are useless..."

Liu Mastiff thought seriously for a long time, and then said: "By the way, this continuous crossbow is made by the master craftsman, if the uncle goes to the Jiangzuo Mansion, he will definitely be able to take a frame, and the uncle is a lieutenant of the Si Li, it is reasonable to take a frame...", Hua Xiong was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Who is this master craftsman??" ”

"It's the former speaker Ma Jun, the beloved disciple of the public..."

"Alright, alright, I know, then forget it... I don't want it. Hua Xiong's eyes widened, shook his head and said, Liu Mastiff frowned, and asked, "Uncle Hua, but what kind of holiday does Uncle Hua have with him?" ”

"Never, just... I don't have any money, so I'll forget it..."

"Hahaha, uncle don't worry, since Ma Gong arrived in Luoyang, I haven't seen him, this time, I took my uncle there, he must have a few strong crossbows..."

Most of the ministers slandered him, saying that this person flattered the Son of Heaven and used playthings to make the Son of Heaven neglect his government, which was a great crime.

In the mouths of everyone, he is a talentless and virtuous, only a little clever person, always come up with some novelties that the sages disdain and do to please the Son of Heaven, this is these sages are high-spirited and disdainful to do, otherwise, what are the things that Ma Jun made?

However, Liu Mastiff didn't think that his father would use a talented and virtuous villain so much, and he still hoped to get acquainted with Ma Jun.

Hua Xiong heard that Liu Mastiff was going to take him, thought for a moment, and suddenly laughed, Your Highness has a lot of money, you don't need me to come out, wonderful!

The two of them didn't talk nonsense, they went out directly, all the way to the general house, fortunately, the full pet was not in Luoyang, he went to Yanzhou for important things, accompanied by Zhou Yu and Lu Su and several other people, there were some problems in the East School Mansion set up in Yanzhou, the Son of Heaven ordered the full favor to go, the advantage of the full favor is that Liu Mastiff can take a relatively simple and secret carriage and horse, and go to all parts of Luoyang at will, if the full pet is there, he will never allow it.

It takes a long time to set up a mansion and a military academy in general, and it takes a long time to set it up outside the city, of course, this is also a huge place, when he arrived here, Hua Xiong found out this problem, the scale here is already on par with the military academy, he can't understand, why do a few craftsmen need such a huge mansion, and they don't have to practice??

Approaching the Jiangzuo Mansion, you can hear the noise from the inside, all kinds of sounds, very messy, Liu Mastiff got out of the car, Cao Pi has already rushed to knock on the door, the sound from the inside is very loud, so that the knock sound is drowned out, Cao Pi simply punched the door directly with his fist, after a while, the craftsman opened the door, not fully open the door, just opened a gap, stretched out a head.

Some rudely asked, "Which one are you looking for??" ”

Cao Pi's eyes widened, some speechless, before he could speak, the person who opened the door said something inexplicable, and closed the door casually, Cao Pi shouted angrily, Liu Mastiff hurriedly walked up and said: "Most of the people in the house are craftsmen, they don't know how to be polite, you don't have to care...", after appeasing Cao Pi, he personally knocked on the door again, knocked twice, and the man poked his head out again and asked, "What's the matter??" ”

"I'm Liu Mastiff, the prince of the Han Dynasty, and I'm here to meet Ma Gong...."

In that moment, the middle-aged craftsman's expression changed from confused, to suspicious, to frightened, and then to collapse, it only took a moment, his eyes were full of confusion, helpless, suddenly shouted, and disappeared at the door, many soldiers at the door looked at each other, the door was suddenly opened, when Liu Mastiff looked again, but he saw a group of people at the door, most of these are craftsmen.

They knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, did not dare to raise their heads to look at Liu Mastiff, it didn't take long for Liu Mastiff to kneel in front of him, including many middle-aged craftsmen, these people, dark faces, sweating, burly, trembling with excitement, and the rest of the people, let Liu Mastiff a little puzzled, the rest turned out to be children, these children, not very old, only teenagers, are also dressed like craftsmen.

And in the crowd, there were several gray-haired old men kneeling.

How does this make ?!?!

Liu Mastiff walked up quickly, hurriedly helped up these old men, and said, "Don't dare to make a big gift from the old man, please get up, please get up!" He glanced back at Cao Pi, Cao Pi also hurriedly took the soldiers, and helped the rest of the old men up, the old man still looked a little afraid, except for Ma Jun, the biggest official he had ever seen in his life was just the local pavilion chief, and suddenly heard that the prince was coming, these people were frightened, and they didn't know how to use etiquette and greetings, so it could only be so.

"Everyone, please get up, it doesn't have to be like this!!" Liu Mastiff asked everyone to stand up again.

"Uncle, longevity!"

The old man barely squeezed out a smile, but he didn't dare to speak, his hands were unnatural, and his heart was still extremely excited. He looked at everyone again and said: "Everyone is like this, whether it is a spinning machine or a crossbow machine, it is a sharp weapon of the country, and the great achievements of the monarchs make me admire!" ”

He looked at Cao Pi on the side and shouted, "Zihuan! Cao Pi raised his head and looked at him, Liu Mastiff looked at everyone and signaled, Cao Pi immediately understood, and ordered the soldiers to take out some money from the carriage and give it to everyone respectively, Liu Mastiff looked at it with a smile on the side, Hua Xiong looked at everyone excited, and didn't dare to ask for the money, but under the urging of the soldiers, he took the money, tears flowed, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you have to bring so much money when you travel??" ”

"Uncle... When the prince travels, he has to sprinkle money along the road... So I have some copper coins on the frame in case I need them... It is prepared for such a situation, not only here, but when I went to the official school before, when I went to the place, it was like this...", Liu Mastiff explained, and thought that it was fortunate that the full favor was not there, but where the full favor was there, that is, all the way, all the way to throw money, Liu Mastiff has always felt that this rule was set to prevent the Son of Heaven and the prince from running around.

Want to get out of the palace and go around?? Yes, as long as you have enough money!!

Many craftsmen took the money, hurriedly thanked Liu Mastiff, Liu Mastiff only smiled, at this time, Ma Jun appeared, but, speaking of which, his dress is not very decent, his clothes are a little black, looks as if he has been scorched, in addition, his face is also dusty, he looked at the Liu Mastiff in front of him, when Liu Mastiff was young, he had seen Liu Mastiff, but it was difficult for him to put the current handsome and upright, heroic teenager into the former submissive children.