"Blacksmith Han?"

"Here, what do you command?"

Hearing Yuan Mai's call, Blacksmith Han took a step forward with a smile, and suddenly found that Yuan Mai's gaze became cold, with a faint hint of murderous intent, and he couldn't help but tremble.

"How many people do you have in your family?"

Yuan Mai put away his kind face, sat down on the tiger skin seat behind the handsome case, picked up the tea bowl on the table, took a sip, and asked.

Blacksmith Han sweated on his forehead: "Back to ...... If you go back to your son, the villain has a wife and a concubine, as well as a seventy-year-old father, and three sons and two daughters. In addition, he ran a blacksmith shop with six or seven apprentices. ”

"Well, that's good!"

Yuan Mai nodded, tried his best to make himself a little unfathomable, and turned back to Hao Zhao and said, "Bodao, give Mr. Han ten taels of silver, and pay another 10,000 yuan as a reward......

"No!"

Hao Zhao agreed. What Yuan Mai was thinking in his heart was also what Hao Zhao was thinking in his heart at the moment, tacitly.

Blacksmith Han waved his hand again and again: "Where do you need so much money, it's just a small job, including the cost and wages, three thousand yuan is enough!" ”

Yuan Mai shook his head: "Mr. Han is wrong, I gave you money to let you go home and settle your family, settle your apprentices well, and then move your blacksmith shop to the barracks, we need talents like you......"

After a pause, he said word by word: "Of course, if Mr. feels that he can't be placed, I will help you settle it!" ”

Blacksmith Han's back was already soaked, "The villain understands, the villain understands, I will go home and settle in a while." All the apprentices followed me into the army, and none of them remained. ”

Yuan Mai laughed and nodded, "Okay...... Mr. Han really understands current affairs. ”

Blacksmith Han has the heart to cry, if I don't know the times, can I do it, the household registration book has been reported.

Yuan Mai drew a horseshoe again, but this is not as good as a stirrup, Yuan Mai can only paint while explaining to the blacksmith Han that it is used to protect the horseshoe, and the blacksmith Han has been a blacksmith for most of his life, of course, he understands when he hears it.

After the order, Yuan Mai asked Hao Zhao to send someone to follow the blacksmith Han to help him "move" the blacksmith shop to the barracks, and start work overnight, to build twenty-two pairs of stirrups and twenty-two pairs of horseshoes before the early hours of tomorrow morning, and fully arm his own horses.

Hao Zhao agreed, selected more than a dozen competent soldiers, and followed Han Blacksmith into the city.

After arranging everything, Yuan Mai planned to sneak out of the barracks and go to the Zhen family's ancestral house to chat with Zhen Mi about life and increase each other's feelings, which is essential.

Yuan Mai originally planned to enter the city alone, but Hao Zhao disagreed. In the end, after negotiation, Yuan Mai left the barracks under the escort of Fan Hu and Fan Bao brothers, and appeared outside the Zhen family's mansion without much effort.

"Your brother is waiting for Gongzi outside, and you will not be allowed to enter without my call."

Yuan Mai handed the reins to Fan Hu and gave an order to the brothers.

"No!"

The two brothers agreed in unison, took the horses that Yuan bought, and stood guard at the door.

A pair of eight-foot-tall big men guarded the door, which made Yuan Mai feel very secure. Although they are not as fierce as Dian Wei and Xu Chu, Yuan Mai felt that these two brothers should not be under Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang in hand-to-hand combat. Maybe they are not as good as the Lu brothers, but they are just talented in commanding troops to fight. It doesn't matter, you don't need them to command your troops, you just need to protect yourself.

As soon as he entered the door, Yuan Mai heard the sound of "Huo Huo" coming from the backyard, as if someone was practicing swords.

Luzhu saw Yuan Mai first, and Shi Li said: "Meet the buyer, my lady and the second master are in the backyard, let the maid go and report." ”

Yuan Mai stopped Luzhu, and walked straight to the backyard by himself, once he was born and twice matured, and now he should be qualified to walk freely in this yard.

I saw that Zhen Yao was instructing a young man to practice swords, and there were several disciples next to him who were watching, and Zhen Mi was sitting on a stone bench with a smile, watching his brother teach the young man to practice swords.

This young man is none other than Zhu Ling-Zhu Xiaoqi!

Belch...... The kid is so fast, I haven't left yet, and you actually ran to the door.

Yuan Mai muttered in his heart and was about to speak, but was seen by Xiao Qi in advance, hurriedly put away his sword, and ran over to salute and greet him.

"Xiao Qi has seen Childe...... I haven't seen you for a day, and I miss me. I didn't expect to meet Childe here, I was so happy! ”

Zhen Yao and Zhen Mi brothers and sisters also came to visit Yuan Mai, and the disciples left with interest. When Zhen Mi and Yuan Mai were talking, their faces were flushed, as charming as they were, if it weren't for the presence of his eldest brother, Yuan Mai really couldn't help but want to kiss on this pink carved face.

It turned out that after Yuan Mai left, Xiao Qi had nothing to do at home alone, and remembered that Gongzi let him practice martial arts to defend himself, so he found an excuse to go out of the State Pastoral Mansion, and according to the map drawn by Yuan Mai, he really found the Zhen family.

After reporting his name, Xiao Qi pestered Zhen Yao to practice swords. Of course, Zhen Yao is very busy, but it hinders Yuan Mai's face. I had to casually instruct Xiao Qi a few tricks, let him go to the backyard to practice swords, and go out to do errands by himself.

To Zhen Yao's surprise, this Xiao Qi was very hardworking, and after he left, he practiced his sword moves meticulously in the afternoon. Zhen Yao couldn't help but be impressed, only to understand that this kid seemed to be serious, not on a whim and joking. At that moment, he decided to teach his swordsmanship to Zhu Xiaoqi - Zhu Ling.

After listening to Zhen Yao's story, Yuan Mai was very happy in his heart, stroked Xiao Qi's head and said, "The child can be taught!" Give me a good practice with Zhen Erye, and in the future, Gongzi will make you a general. ”

"Childe rest assured, when Childe returns, I will definitely impress you."

Xiao Qi patted his chest and said with an oath. The heart said, I just won't tell you, not only did I come to learn swords from Zhen Erye, but I also went to Yuan Shangsangongzi's former study and stole a few copies of "The Art of War", I must be an all-round general in civil and military affairs.

Seeing that it was already dinner time, Zhen Yao asked Yuan Mai to eat at home and instructed the servants to prepare the dinner. What is Yuan Mai here for, just to see the "goddess" a few more times, of course he agreed.

Hearing that Yuan Mai was going to eat at home, Zhen Mi couldn't help but be happy, happy like a bird, leading Luzhu to cook in person, and Zhang Luo went to dinner.

"I didn't expect Ah Mi to go up to the hall and down to the kitchen, it's really unexpected!"

Yuan Mai looked at Zhen Mi's busy back, and praised with some pity, such a talented and beautiful woman, it is really a bit of a tyrannical thing to let her cook herself.

Zhen Yao laughed when he heard this: "Haha...... I have been cooking all year round, but I can't eat a few meals cooked by Mi'er, and now I am a little jealous of you. ”

Yuan Mai laughed a few times after hearing this, and didn't say anything, feeling happy in his heart.

Who knows, Zhu Xiaoqi, the little rabbit cub, actually took the opportunity to make trouble, "I'll tell you, son...... Mi Niangzi is really good, she is not only handsome, but also kind in her heart, and her hands are also skillful. All the women in our state pastoral mansion can't catch up with one of her, if you don't marry her home as a wife, you will be the biggest fool in the world! ”

Yuan Mai grabbed Xiao Qi's ears and threw him out of the door: "Son, I'm only nine and a half years old, and I still need you to teach?" Hurry back home, it's going to close when it's too late. ”

When he walked to the door, he whispered into Xiao Qi's ear: "You also know that Childe's daughter-in-law is the best in the world?" Then it's okay to help me keep an eye on it, especially Yuan Xi and Mrs. Liu, if there is something going on, notify me quickly, otherwise I will marry a tigress and go back, and you will be there to serve you. ”

Xiao Qi grimaced, carried his sword, and quickly left the Zhen family.

When the night was dark, Zhen Mi took the green bamboo and the servants in the kitchen to arrange a sumptuous meal.

Seeing Zhen Mi's busy forehead sweating, Yuan Mai's heart was full of gratitude, and he really wanted to take her away desperately, follow him to Yanmen, and live a life of getting along day and night.

It's just that Yuan Mai knows that if he really brings it up, it will make Zhen Mi embarrassed. Yuan Shao has already intervened in this marriage, if Zhen Mi disappears for no reason, then who in the Zhen family can get out of it? In this land in the north, Yuan Shao is the master here, as long as he says a word, the Zhen family will be wiped out!

If she selfishly asks Zhen Mi to elope with her, she is a lover with affection on one end, and a relative of a big family on the other, how can she choose? The end result is just to put her in the middle!

A real man should not let his woman face such a problem, so Yuan Mai does not plan to propose to let Zhen Mi leave with him, that is what a selfish and cowardly man would do!

A real man should rely on his own efforts to create a piece of the world, and then marry Zhen Mi into the family.

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