Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ordinary Life

Before anyone could send it over, Wei Juan came.

"Lieutenant Wei, did the assassins find out a few days ago?"

"A subordinate is incompetent, and he has not been able to get it so far, so I came to inquire about the details today." Before he finished speaking, the door official reported that Chen Tingwei had come to visit on business. Ouyang Xuan glanced at Zhu Shan, who was standing behind him, and made a killing gesture with his fingers behind Wei Xuan's back. He nodded knowingly and took the order.

As soon as he went out, Chen Jia was already shouting outside the door of the reception room: "I heard that the thief who is waiting to be arrested has come to be arraigned."

Ouyang Xuan hurriedly got up to greet him, "There is Captain Lao Ting, a few thieves are already dying when they are caught, and I am afraid that they are already dead at this time." For Chen Jia, the short-lived court lieutenant, Ouyang Xuan was very resentful. In history, he only served as a court lieutenant for a short period of three months, but because of the trouble of finding Zhou Yafu, he was demoted to a commoner by Liu Qi, and later defected to King Liang with Sima Xiangru, but this time he was looking for his own trouble.

Chen Jia came to the living room and saw that Wei Juan was also there, and that domineering posture disappeared immediately. The lieutenant manages the affairs of the princes, the court lieutenant manages the security and prison, although Chen Jia is not a marquis, but after all, the assassination of Ouyang Xuan is under the management of Wei Xuan.

"I didn't know the lieutenant was here, and I made a certain mistake. This matter involves the matter of the rangers, and I ask Lieutenant Wei to be accommodating."

"Since you're here, sit down and taste the tea art." As he spoke, he invited the two of them to sit down in front of his tea table and boil water to make tea. "Ben Hou's assassination is a trivial matter, and these thieves can't hurt Ben Hou for half a point. It's just a few hundred rangers, even if it's a military formation, it's not like I haven't experienced it." Come, come, drink tea". After speaking, he handed each of them a purple sand cup and filled it with tea. Now Ouyang Xuan's tea sets are basically a full set of purple sand. Porcelain was limited to trays, and glass was used in jars and bowls for tea leaves.

"The last time I came here, I was in a hurry, and I hadn't tasted this tea ceremony yet. Hu Hou Wuwen opera painting art is really a must in my Han Dynasty." "Tingwei has won the award, carved insects and small skills, drinking tea". Zhu Shan appeared at the door of the living room and nodded lightly to Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang Xuan smiled, "Ting Wei is here to mention human traffickers, why don't you go now, I'm afraid there will be changes later."

"What does the lieutenant think?" Haha, please take it easy, that is, what you wait to take, and you will be in charge." Wei Wan pushed it clean, maybe he knew something.

Of course, people are already dead, and it would be strange if they didn't die under such serious injuries. Chen Jia returned lonely, while Wei Juan returned happily with a lot of glassware and wild things, and by the way, he also brought Ouyang Xuan's good wine, a 53-degree liquor named Zhongnanshan Liquor by Ouyang Xuan. The fermentation is made of cellar mud purchased by Nie Ping from wine ponds all over the country at a high price, and after several months of repeated ratio tests, it is made into liquor. There is also a kind of alcohol, which Ouyang Xuan uses for disinfection.

The villa returned to calm, Ouyang Xuan's life was very regular, he got up in the morning and took the guards and specially trained Yulin soldiers to conduct various trainings, and after eating, he went to the hospital to sit in the hall until the afternoon. Then go to the fields to serve, then come back for dinner, and then take the guards and the Yulin army to continue training in the evening. Such days have passed for a few days, and with the arrival of the main father Hong's family and Gong Lianghui, it has been completely broken. The main father Yan and the concubine are of the same age, riding Buick and Guli every day, and under the leadership of Gong Lianghui, they circle around Ouyang Xuan. The white wolf brothers and sisters didn't know when they started to eat what these three people fed, they used to be annoyed by Ouyang Xuan every day, but now when they are hungry, they go directly to Gonglianghui and the righteous concubine. The main father Yan has watched these two guys grow up since he was a child, and his feelings are not ordinary, and he also talks to them in Wusun from time to time. With Gong Lianghui with her, the righteous concubine and the main father Yan's homework has never been left behind, drinking tea in Ouyang Xuan's spacious side room every day, carrying a book and writing. Seeing that Ouyang Xuan was fine, Concubine Yi and the main father Yan pestered Ouyang Xuan to play a few songs under the pinch of Gong Lianghui. Ouyang Xuan couldn't stand their entanglement, so he simply taught the three girls to play the piano when he had time, and adapted some later songs by the way.

Today, because he wanted to see Xu Ying, Ouyang Xuan got up in the morning and just drank tea and painted in the side room after exercising. Gong Lianghui watched silently there with her cheeks on the side, the tea was empty, quickly poured it, what color was needed and handed it over quickly, and the concubine and the master Yan practiced calligraphy on another table. "Aren't you tired of looking like this? Hurry up and find a pier to sit down and watch", Ouyang Xuan said jokingly. "Don't be tired, the prince and the marquis make a painting brush, and Hui has not learned yet, so how can he be lazy", Gongliang Hui said with a red face. "When you're done with today's affairs, I'll teach you some fists and feet to defend yourself." "Hui thanked the prince, and my father said that when it comes to today's attack of fists and swords, the prince should be the first, and he can't go on the two sides with his father's attack for decades." "Haha, Gongliang Gong lifted Ben Houer. Don't believe it, as the saying goes, there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world. I don't know how many capable hermits there are in this world." Ouyang Xuan put down his pen, picked up the teacup and took a sip and said.

"Daddy is naturally not wrong, oh, by the way, Daddy's body has recovered most of his body, I don't know when he will recover?"

"It's fast, take the medicine on time, and it will recover in less than the next month. After a while, I will go back and tell your father that you will live in this Hou Mansion first, and don't go out yet. I'm afraid that's going to change."

"Well, Hui made a note of it. Also, Uncle Nie came here when the prince and the marquis did not rise, and it seems that something happened."

"Why don't you say it earlier, go find it quickly". "Hui is going", after saying this, he turned to leave with a red face.

"Wait a minute, take these two slackers to play together, and set up breakfast in the pavilion for a while." Ouyang Xuan pointed to the sleepy concubine and the master father Yan opposite. Gong Lianghui smiled slightly, turned around and walked to the table, one of them played a brain melon jump, and led the white wolf out of the side room with two people, and three guards hurriedly followed. Everyone in the mansion knew that these three people were favored by Ouyang Xuan, and their status was the same as that of the white wolf brothers and sisters. Looking at the three people, two small ones riding white wolves, and one big one leading the whole house, they are all serving diligently, and they dare not slack off. All three of them were from poor backgrounds, and they were also very polite to the servants, never treated them slowly, and were deeply loved by everyone.

When the three of them had just left, Nie Ping hurriedly came over. Shi Li said: "The red glue that the virtuous brother wanted to buy a year ago just arrived yesterday evening, with a total of 1,000 catties. I brought a sample for my brother and asked him to take a look." After speaking, he took out a purple object from his sleeve pocket.

Ouyang Xuan took it and looked at it carefully, it belonged to the kind of lac that had not been processed, it was very hard and had a lot of impurities. After removing impurities and decolorizing, the hardness should be higher, and Ouyang Xuan has long had an idea about softening shellac, that is, soybean oil. "How much copper wire is being produced now?" According to the size required by the virtuous brother, it is now nearly 10,000 catties." "That's good, find some skilled craftsmen, according to the drawings given to my brother some time ago, build them with magnets, dig a ditch according to the drawings of the stream on one side of the valley and lead them to the edge of the workshop, and find some clever apprentices for backup, which is useful for themselves. These red gums are being purchased more, but they can't go to sea now, and there is a similar thing in the East thousands of miles overseas, which is very useful. Prepare more money and food, and plan to build a huge ship, go far overseas, and find some things in other places. In addition, click this order to purchase goods". After speaking, he handed a written list to Nie Ping. To make sealing materials, Ouyang Xuan doesn't know if these shellacs can be competent, and it is not difficult to make a simple steam engine in this era.

After explaining the matter, he took the half-finished painting and Nie Ping to the living room and waited for Xu Cheng. In the process of waiting, the painting just now has been painted, "Canyon Landscape Map", taken from the scenery of Jinlong Gorge. The inscription poem is what Ouyang Xuan did when he was hunting in the valley: the side drapery of the steep wall in the mountains. The dragon roared and the tiger roared for nine days. Jin Shui murmurs and sings, and dares to compete for the top of the mountain. Payment: Hu Hou Ouyang Xuan inscription to the female Pavilion Hou Xu's negative Wuzi year in April Bingzi Day. Ouyang Xuan explained some things to Nie Ping while painting, especially the iron mine. Ouyang Xuan, the place where the iron ore is produced, produces a large number of cast iron in a short period of time, and the rest is trained by Ouyang Xuan as an apprentice, and he also has to write a note and a license for the transportation and sale of iron tools.

At noon, Xu Cheng arrived with her nephew. After the two sides gave their respects, the guests and hosts took their seats. Now Ouyang Xuan's living room is all backrested chairs, covered with sheepskin cushions, and the square table is filled with fruit refreshments. The impeachment of Ouyang Xuan's disrespectful system was almost full of Liu Qi's case, and in the end they were all burned by Liu Qi. Because now Liu Qi and the Queen Mother are using this kind of table and chair, and even the court has begun to use backrest chairs, these changes are all the credit of Nie Ping, the experienced Nie Ping is familiar with the changes in the etiquette system must be from top to bottom, Ouyang Xuan is now just responsible for making new things, and Nie Ping will take care of and sell them. Ouyang Xuan would never be able to do this, so he would leave it to Nie Ping to take care of.

Ouyang Xuan checked Xu Cheng's nephew again. I asked a few questions to make sure I was healed before returning to my seat. "Female Pavilion Marquis, the last time we met, King Liang was furious." "Haha, don't worry, Liang Wang has calculated it when he was the emperor, but the emperor didn't let him talk about it. There is a rich and noble appearance, and there is no danger and no obstacles. Rest assured".

"Haha, Sheng Female Pavilion Marquis's words. This painting is dedicated to the king", said and handed the painting to Xu Cheng with both hands. A beautiful landscape painting in the style of splashed ink realism. Xu Cheng opened it and looked closely, and could see her liking for this landscape painting from her eyes. "The female pavilion can be framed in the town. I heard that the prince lived in seclusion in Shangshan, and I don't know if I could hear some strange news."

"It's all old things, where is the wonder of waiting. Hidden in the middle of the court, the number of feudal towns is the largest, and there is no ancient. Even if it is the founder of the country, it may be difficult to wait for one or two. Ten thousand households, with pro-soldiers and fiefdoms, are enough to cover the capital of the kingdom."

"Haha, the female pavilion marquis laughed, a certain is an idle person, occasionally teaching some skills and widows, Shi Qihuang and fiefdoms, there is no other thought."

"It is a blessing for eternity to be a prince, but it is a pity that future generations are not virtuous. After that, the nephew and grandson were unharmed and retired. In addition, if King Liang does not come to the court in the near future, there will be changes, and the prince will definitely speak out."

"So-and-so wrote it down. Thank you again for the female pavilion marquis", bowed down and bowed deeply.

Seeing off the female pavilion marquis, Ouyang Xuan returned to the side room. Arrange for Nie Ping to build a school on the edge of the villa to recruit some intelligent poor children and orphans. Ouyang Xuan plans to train his own technical talents, starting with basic mathematics, chemistry, and physics. In the evening, Huangmen came to inform and ordered Ouyang Xuan to lead the Yulin army to line up with the Anmen Sect Temple five days later to welcome King Liang back to Beijing.

This kind of face-saving article, Ouyang Xuan will still do it, and he will do it better. In the villa, the specially trained royal forest officers were gathered together with Lang Wei and Zhang Jian for a review ceremony rehearsal. Gun forest, knife mountain, horse marching, queue interactive exercises, etc., were all taught. I've trained before, but it's all done to increase coordination with each other. This time it was a special training for honor guards, and of course it had to have the coercion and momentum of the cold weapon era. After a night of training, I went back to train the team according to Ouyang Xuan's requirements and methods, all of them were killed on the battlefield, and they would not be bad in terms of momentum.

The army was handed over to Lang Shou and Zhang Jian, plus the grassroots officers of special training, Ouyang Xuan was still very relieved. didn't go to the barracks, and took Gonglianghui, Yifei and the main father Yan to study pea cultivation in the villa. The two little ones were very naughty, running around on white wolves, just playing for work. Gong Lianghui is very serious, and he is very attentive to each plant. The guards wanted to come up to help, but they were generally driven away by the two small ones, delaying their own play, which was absolutely not okay. In the past, a pepper field would be inspected every day, but now there is an extra pea field, how can someone else get involved. After finishing the things in the pea field, he took three female dolls and two white wolves and went fishing in the river outside the village. The fish hook is made of fine iron by Ouyang Xuan, and the fish float and counterweight are readily available. The bait was secretly made by Ouyang Xuan, and this was learned from the old dean. Mash the wet earthworms, add a little mutton fat, mix with bean noodles and mix with honey. The fishing rods are all carefully made by Ouyang Xuan himself with bamboo, which are retractable, and it is no problem to catch a ten-pound fish.

I made five of them together, lined up in a row, and counted the most attractive style that Ouyang Xuan used himself. Not to mention long and thick, there is also a wire wheel. The two little ones were the most curious to wait for the fish to catch them, while Gong Lianghui was quietly sitting on the mazha next to Ouyang Xuan, watching the fish float. It's still water, and the water is deep. Fish is also plentiful. After beating the nest, within a quarter of an hour, a fish had already been hooked, watching Ouyang Xuan walking the fish there, the two little guys excitedly took the net, shouting, completely ignoring the fishing rod in front of them. Waiting for the fish to be pulled to the shore and copied the net, the two little guys and the white wolf screamed excitedly, and copied it up with the net, it was a perch weighing about ten catties, the ecology of this era is really good, Ouyang Xuan loves this era now. Naturally, the fish came up and the cook cleaned up and grilled, under the supervision of the two guys and the white wolf, of course.

On the other side of the river, the Yulin Army is carrying out a large-scale * exercise, with uniform movements, marching in formation, cavalry crossing the infantry formation, and the sound of tapping shields, which is very majestic. "Prince, is that your army?". Gong Lianghui looked at it for a long time before saying. "It's not mine, it's Your Majesty's, I'm just Dai Xun'er, and my soldiers are only 600 soldiers. Later, when there are enough horses and iron tools, we will add some soldiers."

After an afternoon of fishing, I caught more than 40 big fish of more than five catties. Everyone ate all over the ditch, and the two little ones even lay in the arms of the white wolf and didn't want to move. Gong Lianghui is very interested in chili peppers, and all she gives her is a lot of chili peppers, and the cook is taught by Ouyang Xuan, and her skills are better than Ouyang Xuan. There are also two elk that are not long-eyed, and two elk broke into Ouyang Xuan's attack range, and they were both mercilessly shot by crossbow arrows. The grilled fish turned into barbecue again, and the day was too happy.

In the evening, Ouyang Xuan carried Gong Lianghui, who had eaten on his back, and the white wolf carried two small ones, and a group of people returned to the villa from the side door. Supervise the two little ones to complete the day's homework before they are about to return to the room, the doorman comes to report, and His Majesty's chamberlain asks to see him.