"Li Xijiu, thank you for your guidance today, if the old man does not die, he will definitely come to visit again!" Du Fuwei turned over and got on his horse, clasped his hands into fists and saluted Li Xiu, with a complicated look on his old face, which was both relaxed and a little lonely. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Uncle Du take care, when you come again, Li will definitely prepare good wine, and then Uncle Du will not get drunk and not return!" At this time, Li Xiu also bowed his hand to Du Fuwei on the horse.

"Farewell!" Du Fuwei nodded heavily at this point, and then rode away. Looking at the back of the other party leaving, the look on Li Xiu's face slowly became heavy, for the current Du Fuwei, the most correct choice is to immediately hand over the military power of the Jianghuai Army to show that he has no second heart, but even so, it is still unknown whether he can dispel Li Yuan's suspicions, so Du Fuwei is actually gambling with his own net worth.

Of course, Du Fuwei also has another choice, that is, he would rather bend than bend and vigorously raise troops to resist, but this has to overcome a huge problem, that is, he is now in Chang'an, even if he is protected by a thousand Mo swordsmen, it is still impossible to escape back to Jianghuai, and even if he can escape to Jianghuai, he will succeed in raising troops, but in the face of the Tang Dynasty, which is stable in the country, he will still not do much, and in the end he will either die in battle, or he can only flee overseas like a bearded guest.

Du Fuwei is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of letting down his brothers, raising troops to resist must be a dead end, and he has never even thought about escaping overseas, after all, their roots are in the Central Plains, where is it said that they can escape?

It is precisely because of this that he chose to surrender completely, there is still a glimmer of life in doing so, if he succeeds in dispelling Li Yuan's suspicions, although he has lost his military power, he can also be a peaceful duke, as for those old Jianghuai troops, they will also be incorporated into the Tang army, and there is no need to follow him to death.

Seeing Du Fuwei leave, Li Xiu finally returned to the living room, and as soon as Ma Ye saw him, he immediately said: "How is it, have you already broken off the relationship with Du Fuwei?" ”

"Nope." Li Xiu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Why are you so confused, Du Fuwei is a stinky ****, whoever sticks to him is unlucky, why are you ...... kid"

"Uncle Ma, Uncle Du has been persuaded by me to hand over the military power of the Jianghuai Army." Without waiting for Ma Ye to finish speaking, Li Xiu interrupted him.

"What, Du Fuwei really plans to hand over the military power?" Ma Ye couldn't help but stand up in surprise when he heard this, and even the princess Pingyang next to him showed a surprised expression, and she didn't speak for a while, it is estimated that they didn't expect that a person like Du Fuwei would listen to the persuasion of a young man like Li Xiu, and the two had only met once, which was also incredible.

"Boy, you heard me right, since Du Fuwei entered the court, the imperial court has taken back the Jianghuai military power in his hands several times openly and secretly, but he has all been blocked back by pretending to be deaf and dumb, why does he listen to you, are you his own son?" Ma Ye asked with an expression of disbelief at this time.

"Uncle Ma, in fact, it can't be said that I persuaded Uncle Du, in fact, he probably had this idea for a long time, but he has not been able to make up his mind, and this time I just found some reasons from me to support his choice!" Li Xiu opened his mouth again to explain, of course, he can't deny his role in it, don't look at him and Du Fuwei have only known each other for less than three days, but sometimes the trust between people is not only determined by time, fate is also a very important factor.

"I understand, when Captain Li said goodbye to Du Fuwei yesterday, he kindly reminded the other party, and it was this sentence that made Du Fuwei have a lot of trust in Captain Li, after all, there was no relationship between them, and there was no conflict of interest, so Li Xiu's words may be the most fair to him, which will also make Du Fuwei seriously consider it, plus he was already hesitant about whether to delegate power, Captain Li's words finally became the key to his decision." Princess Pingyang also spoke at this time.

"Princess, with your Majesty's understanding, if Uncle Du hands over the military power, what will Your Majesty do with him and the Jianghuai Army?" Li Xiu asked with concern at this time, Princess Pingyang is Li Yuan's favorite daughter, and she usually has frequent contact with some information within the Tang Dynasty that ordinary people can't reach, so her views probably also represent the views of the imperial court.

Hearing Li Xiu ask, Princess Pingyang smiled calmly and said, "I have to say that Du Fuwei's luck is really good, Captain Li, you not only persuaded him, but also saved the lives of him and everyone in the Jianghuai Army!" ”

"Huh? Do I have so much credit? Li Xiu was also very surprised when he heard this, he could barely recognize the credit for convincing Du Fuwei, but he was still a little uncertain about saving the lives of everyone in the Jianghuai Army, right?

"Hehe, boy, why did you forget, wasn't King Qin transferred to Tuyuhun by your words, and when the Tuyuhun war was in chaos, for the domestic situation, the imperial court must be based on stability, at this time Du Fuwei took the initiative to hand over the military power, I am afraid that His Majesty will also laugh happily, and in order to prevent accidents, the imperial court will definitely appease the Jianghuai army, so you don't have to worry about Du Fuwei's safety!" Ma Ye explained with a smile at this time that these two things were related to Li Xiu, so it was not an exaggeration for Princess Pingyang to say that he saved the lives of the Jianghuai army.

"I see, I forgot about it!" Li Xiu also patted his head when he heard this, Du Fuwei didn't know about Tuyuhun in advance, so he also left with the intention of taking a gamble, but he knew but didn't connect the two things, it seems that his political sensitivity is still not enough.

"Okay, today is your housewarming, don't talk about these things, it just so happens that I have eaten almost, you are here for the first time, how about taking me to visit the yard?" Ma Ye suddenly stood up at this time and said, in fact, he had long wanted to come to Li Xiu to take a look, but Princess Pingyang also came often, and he was afraid that she would be embarrassed by colliding with Princess Pingyang, so he never came.

"Okay, I'll take you around Uncle Ma, so it's convenient to find me later!" Li Xiu immediately stood up and said.

"I'm going too, Uncle Ma must take a look at me and the little three's laurel tree, it has already grown leaves!" Qi Niang immediately jumped up and said excitedly when she heard Uncle Ma's words, she has always been proud of the crooked laurel tree she planted, and she has to introduce it excitedly no matter who comes.

"Haha~, okay, Qi Niang will sit on Uncle Ma's shoulder, let's take a turn together!" Ma Ye also laughed when he heard Qi Niang's words, and then picked up Qi Niang and put it on his broad shoulders, speaking of which there are many women around Ma Ye, but he has never given birth to a son and a half daughter, which also makes him particularly fond of children, and is very kind to Qi Niang, Qi Niang used to be a little scared when he saw him, but now he is riding on his shoulder "giggling" and laughing.

At the moment, Li Xiu and the four of them went out of the living room, Liu Boss and others in the front yard were on the rise, the men were drinking one by one, and the women were chattering non-stop, while constantly giving the children vegetables, who dared not to eat it was a slap on the buttocks, and from time to time they would pick up the dishes that the children dropped on the table and eat them, after all, in this era of scarcity of materials, wasting food is to be punished by God.

Li Xiu greeted Boss Liu, and then took Ma Ye to visit the front yard first, the front yard is mainly where the servants live, and the kitchen is also here, Li Xiu designed the drainage pipe in the kitchen, and the used sewage can be discharged directly along the pipe, after Ma Ye entered the kitchen, he soon saw something that surprised him, and immediately picked it up and said: "Boy, you put this thing in the kitchen for the next person to use?" ”

Ma Ye was holding a piece of soap in his hand, and Li Xiu said with a smile: "The work in the kitchen is greasy, and it is not easy to wash off if it is stained, so it is also necessary to prepare soap. ”

"You kid is really extravagant!" Ma Ye couldn't help but shake his head when he heard it and said, now Li Xiu makes soap once a month, and there are only four pieces at a time, and Ma Ye and Princess Pingyang each share a piece, and sometimes they are reluctant to keep it and give it away, so that the name of the soap has finally spread, and the price is even more hyped.

However, although the soap is famous, but because Ma Ye and Princess Pingyang only sent it out to talk about a few pieces, few people saw its true face, and the nobles of Chang'an City were willing to ask for a thousand dollars but could not get it, and they only knew that the soap came from Princess Pingyang's mansion, but they didn't know who made the soap? If they knew that Li Xiu actually took soap for his subordinates, I am afraid that they would be mad.

After visiting the kitchen, Li Xiu took Ma Ye to other places for a turn, on the way Ma Ye said that he wanted to go to the toilet, but Li Xiu took him into a room, the room was very clean, and the ground was also paved with floor tiles, but there was a squatting pit against the wall, which was still carved from a whole stone, and there was a wooden barrel hanging on the wall, and there was a pipe made of bamboo to communicate, which looked very peculiar.

"What is this?" As soon as Ma Ye entered the toilet, he asked in surprise.

"This is called a squatting toilet, which can pump water, originally I designed a toilet, but the craftsman said that it was difficult to manufacture, so I can only use this for the time being!" Li Xiu explained with a smile, and also stepped forward to demonstrate the use of the method, the toilets of later generations are all fired porcelain, but the Tang Dynasty is young, the porcelain industry is not developed, the process is not up to it at all, as for the stone carving, it is even more troublesome, in desperation, Li Xiu can only use this simpler squatting toilet.

Ma Ye was also very interested in this toilet that could pump water, and after using it, he quarreled to ask Li Xiu to help them install it in the house, Li Xiu naturally agreed, and then he took Ma Ye around the inner house, when he saw the crooked laurel tree planted by Qi Niang, and learned Qi Niang's thoughts, Ma Ye couldn't help laughing.

At night, Li Xiu's family lived in the new courtyard, but even if two maids were added, there were only four people in the family, which made Li Xiu always think about finding a few more servants at night, such as Qi Niang needs a little maid playmate by her side, and a few male servants who do heavy work in the front yard and so on.

Just when Li Xiu was thinking about things in his mind and was about to fall asleep in a daze, he suddenly heard a strange noise in the courtyard outside, and Xiao San only screamed, and then became silent, which made Li Xiu wake up suddenly! (To be continued.) )