It was still the original waterwheel workshop, when Li Xiu came here again, he saw that the scene was very different, only to see that all kinds of wood and tools were neatly stacked together according to different categories and uses, the shavings and sawdust on the ground had also been cleaned, and the garbage generated every day was also cleaned by special people, and the entire waterwheel workshop looked very neat.

The craftsmen are still very busy, and they are also divided into several groups, but each group is no longer independent of the manufacture of waterwheels, but according to the different skills, each team undertakes the task of manufacturing a certain part, and each part has a unified standard, the parts produced have a special person responsible for inspection, and the pass rate is calculated every day, when the pass rate is too low, the members of the group will be punished, the same, so the pass rate is improved, then you will get the corresponding reward.

With the system of punishment and reward, coupled with the introduction of assembly line operations, the whole workshop is full of vitality at once, and the clean and tidy environment also makes people feel comfortable.

"Boy, you really have two boys, I took a look at your charter, where is this to manage a workshop, it is simply to manage the workshop in the way of managing the army, no wonder you kid dared to say that he wanted to make the workshop look new?" Ma Ye and Li Xiu walked side by side in the workshop, looking at the surrounding scenes, they couldn't help but be very shocked.

Originally, Li Xiu just wanted to write a charter for him, but Uncle Ma felt that it was too troublesome, and it may also be that he didn't want Li Xiu to be too lazy, so he forced the workshop to him to take care of it, but he didn't come for ten days, and it was like a change of place.

"It's not all my credit, Uncle Ma, the few stewards you arranged are also very effective, and they will do their best to do everything I order, otherwise it is impossible for me alone to change the workshop so quickly." Li Xiu also said helplessly and modestly at this time, if it weren't for Ma Ye, he wouldn't have taken over this mess, but Ma Ye is his elder and his first friend in the real sense after coming to Datang, so sometimes Li Xiu really can't do anything about him.

"That's right, the stewards in the house are either old people from Taiyuan in the past, or I personally selected them, so they are naturally very competent!" Ma Ye heard Li Xiu's words but boasted proudly, he is sometimes shrewd, but he has a kind of blind confidence in the princess's mansion, he likes others to praise Princess Pingyang the most, and he can't tolerate others to say about the princess's mansion, mainly because Princess Pingyang herself has half a bad word.

Just when Li Xiu took Ma Ye to visit the waterwheel workshop, he suddenly saw a panting girl running outside the gate, which attracted everyone's attention at once, and Li Xiu couldn't help but ask strangely when he saw the other party: "Liu'er, why did you come here, is there something going on at home?" ”

It was Li Xiu's maid Liu Er who came running, and I saw this little girl running in front of him and panting a few times, her little face was also red with tiredness, and her forehead was full of crystal sweat, and then she stumbled and said, "Old ...... Sir, the family ...... A female general came to the house and said it was ...... Said he wanted to see the master! ”

"Female general?" Li Xiu couldn't help but glance at Ma Ye next to him in surprise when he heard this, and asked, "In addition to the princess, do we have any other female generals in Datang?" ”

"This ...... I haven't heard of any other female generals, but don't worry about that, let's go and see, shall we? After Ma Ye finished speaking, he pulled Li Xiu and rushed to his house, which was only a little more than a mile away from Li Xiu's house, and they arrived in a moment, and when they were still some distance away from Li Xiu's door, they had already seen a general riding a horse in front of the door.

At the moment, Li Xiu and Ma Ye walked a few steps closely, and finally saw the appearance of the person on the horse, which also made them stunned, only to see that this general was really a woman, this woman was wearing pure black iron armor all over her body, melon seed face and willow eyebrows, and her appearance was very beautiful, but it was a pity that this woman's age was not young, she looked like she was thirty or forty years old, even if she was wearing armor, her whole body still showed a bit of mature woman's style.

"I wonder if the princess is so heroic after putting on the armor?" After Li Xiu saw the middle-aged female general in front of his house, his first reaction was not to guess the identity of the other party, but to think with some emotion, when he first saw Princess Pingyang, the other party was seriously injured in bed, and he has not been able to go to the battlefield since then, so Li Xiu has not been able to see the demeanor of this legendary princess on the battlefield.

But regret is regret, when Li Xiu saw the female general opposite, the whole person's heart was also suspended, because he had recognized the identity of this middle-aged female general through the memory of Li Xiu, and the other party also saw him at this time, which made Li Xiu too late to hide, so he had no choice but to step forward and salute: "The child meets his mother!" ”

Although Li Xiu's mother died early, Li Xiu also has a mother-in-law, that is, Li Jing's wife, and this wife is also famous in history, that is, the legendary red-haired girl who has a discerning eye and can see at a glance that Li Jing is not a thing in the pool.

Hongfu girl's surname is Zhang, her name is dusty, she was originally a singer in Yang Su's family, although she was from a humble background, but she has extraordinary knowledge, not only can see Li Jing's extraordinary, but also has a lot of research on Wen Taowu's strategy, plus she is influenced by Li Jing, and her attainments in the art of war are not lower than Li Jing, otherwise she would not be included in the three heroes of wind and dust.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Jing goes on an expedition, he often takes his wife with him to help him give advice, so she, like Li Jing, is not at home all year round. Li Xiu naturally knows this mother-in-law, speaking of which, the Red Whisk Girl treats him well, when his mother was alive, she was also very taken care of by the other party, so Li Xiu was also very polite to the Red Whisk Girl, but the Red Whisk Girl is here, Li Jing should probably come back too, right?

The red whisk girl saw Li Xiu and Ma Sanbao coming together, she was also a little surprised at the moment, she had seen Ma Sanbao in the army before, so the two sides were not strangers, and she turned over and dismounted at the moment, and first said to Li Xiu: "No need to be polite!" Then he turned his head and saluted Ma Sanbao, "Why did General Ma come with Xiao'er?" ”

"Hehe, Mrs. Li doesn't know, there is the princess's fiefdom nearby, it just so happened that I fell in love with Li Xiu, and I was also talking about things together just now, and I heard that a female general in his family came, so I was curious to follow, but I didn't expect it to be Mrs. Li!" Ma Ye looked at the appearance of the Red Whisk Girl in armor, and said with a smile at the moment, although the Red Whisk Girl often accompanied Li Jing on expeditions, she did not accept the official reward from the imperial court, so when he heard about the female general just now, he didn't expect her.

"General Ma is too polite, the concubine can't afford to be a general!" Hearing Ma Ye's words, the red-whisked girl hurriedly said modestly.

Ma Ye and the Red Whisk Girl said a few polite words, and Li Xiu couldn't interject, in fact, he was very curious about what his mother-in-law was doing when she came to find him, and looking at her appearance with a helmet and armor, could it be that she was going to cut herself? But it doesn't look like it, does it?

Ma Ye also saw that the red whisk girl had something to do with Li Xiu, and this was also a reunion of mother and son, so it was really inconvenient for him, an outsider, to stay any longer, so he had no choice but to leave first. After Ma Ye left, the red whisk girl suddenly changed into a serious expression and said to Li Xiu: "Come in with me, I have something important to ask you!" ”

Li Xiu had no choice but to follow the red whisk girl into the courtyard, as soon as she entered the courtyard gate, Yuechan followed up from the side and whispered to Li Xiu: "Master, I asked the old lady to come in just now, but she insisted on waiting for you outside the door, and she looked anxious, it seems that there is something important?" ”

"Well, I know, it's almost noon soon, you go and prepare a few special side dishes, and I'll accompany the old lady to eat and chat in a while!" After listening to this, Li Xiu nodded and ordered, Yuechan, this little girl is quite clever, and she even inquired about the identity of the red whisk girl in advance.

The red whisk girl took Li Xiu in and then sat down, and she was not polite to him, she directly took the kettle on the table and drank it in a big gulp, judging from the dust on her body, it is estimated that she was in a hurry all the way.

"Hugh, tell me honestly, what have you done during this time?" After drinking the water, the red whisk girl suddenly turned to stare at Li Xiu and asked, she broke away from the army and hurried overnight, and finally arrived in Chang'an a day ahead of schedule, in order to figure out some things.

"Huh? What did you do? Li Xiu was stunned when he heard this.

"Still pretending to be confused, if you didn't do anything, why did your father and I only go halfway when we met the people sent by the prince and the king of Qin, who were talking to you inside and out, Pei Ju also deliberately went to Jinzhou to intercept us, I have to settle the marriage between you and his daughter, don't tell me that these have nothing to do with you?" The red-whisked woman stared at Li Xiu with blazing eyes and asked.

If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and these things are also related to Li Xiu, with the wisdom of their couple, they can naturally guess something, in order to find out the reason for these things, so she returned to Chang'an one step ahead of schedule, and ran to Li Xiu without even returning home.

"Their movements are too fast, and there is an old man Pei Ju, who runs so far at such an age, and is not afraid of dying halfway?" Li Xiu couldn't help but muttered to himself in shock when he heard this, what he didn't expect was that even the crown prince began to pay attention to him.

"Don't be big or small, Pei Ju may still be your father-in-law, besides, tell me quickly, what did you do, why did the prince and the king of Qin compete to recruit you?" The red-whisked girl first reprimanded Li Xiu, and then said anxiously, in fact, after seeing Li Xiu this time, she found that Li Xiu had changed a lot, but now is not the time to care about these things.

"Alas, it's nothing, it's just that I offered something, and by the way saved the princess's life, and I also wrote a poem, and I was thrown homeless by a group of people, and the rest is really nothing." Li Xiu sighed at this time and said, Huaicai really seems to be pregnant, he is now like an eight-month pregnant woman, and he can't hide the talent in his belly no matter what.