Qi'er moved out of the palace, thinking that she could let the birds fly in the sky, but found that it was still a cage, and she was very depressed.

Liu Yue wanted to leave, Qi'er was reluctant, and Xiao Nizi stood at the door, as if she was sent by a ten-mile long pavilion, and her lover would not return. Get rid of a small deep resentment woman. Liu Yu looked back at Qi'er and sighed slightly, now Qi'er's love for him is entering a period of love, but he still has too little time, and his feelings for the women around him are also diluted, and he doesn't have much time to accompany her.

Three wives and four concubines can indeed let me go freely, but they just can't enjoy pure love.

It was already past lunch time, Liu Yu went home, but saw that the door of the house was very lively, and a person knelt at the door in rags as if pleading. Xu Xuanzhu stood at the door and was trying to persuade him, but the man was unmoved. Liu Yu stepped forward and saw that it was Liu Ting, the second brother who was supposed to be with Su Zhe, the king of Chu, when he was eating inside and outside when he was receiving grain.

"Second brother, what are you staging?" Liu Yu walked over and looked at Liu Ting, who looked like a fleeing beggar.

In the past, Liu Ting gave Liu Yu the impression that he had a bad stomach, and he paid special attention to his appearance, which belonged to the kind of love and cleanliness. can endure hardships to this extent, just like Su Wu herding sheep, he must have suffered a lot.

Seeing Liu Yu, Liu Ting cried and pounced, crying with tears in his eyes, crying heartbreakingly.

"Twelfth brother, being an elder brother can be regarded as seeing you!"

This is a bit turbulent, Liu Ting painfully recounted his mistakes, Liu Yue listened for a long time before he understood, it turned out that Liu Ting followed the King of Chu back to the capital, thinking that he could be added to the rank and knight, but he didn't expect to start running for his life halfway. And Liu Ting had a special relationship with Liu Yu, and he was abandoned by the king of Chu on the way, and he could have returned to the capital. On the way, he encountered robbery by disaster victims. He was very sad to be a refugee for more than half a month. Forced back to Chang'an City.

Liu Yudeng was speechless to this brother.

At the beginning, Liu Ting was going to shoot the horses of the King of Chu with a dead face, and he didn't even talk about basic morality. Now that he has returned to Chang'an City after hardships, he will come to his house to plead if he doesn't go home, the purpose is not for family affection, but obviously to reap the benefits through his relationship. Now that the Marquis of Dingguo is not in the capital, Liu Yu doesn't want to give this brother any face, so he sent him home directly under the pretext of letting him go home first to recuperate.

"Husband. Why don't you invite your brother in and sit down? Xu Xuanzhu had already entered the door after Liu Yu came back, and when he saw Liu Yu entering the courtyard alone, he came over and asked.

"The people in the family are too powerful, and if you come again, you will excuse me not to be there, and I will not see it." Liu Yudao.

Xu Xuanzhu has no relatives around her since she was a child, and she doesn't understand the estrangement between Liu Yu and the people in her family, but as the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, she can also feel the cold reception of Liu Yu by the Liu family before. As a wife, she still stood by her husband's side and nodded.

See Liu Ting today. It also made Liu Yu think that he hadn't gone back to see his sister Liu Jue for many days. Since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has not had much time, and it is rare that he should go over to see it if he has time today. By the way, he informed her of Qi Fang's situation. In the future, after the relationship between the imperial court and the Huai King is completely broken, he will have less free time.

In the afternoon, Liu Yu went back to the Dingguo Marquis' Mansion.

When he came back this time, Liu Yue clearly felt the enthusiasm of the people at home, and it could even be said to be grand. Everyone rushed out to greet him, the minister in front of the new emperor, and Liu Ting had just finished washing and eating, and came out in good spirits, thinking that Liu Yu had gone home to arrange a new errand for him.

Before the new emperor ascended the throne, the eldest brother Liu Heping, who was dismissed at home, retired his second brother Liu Ting and said a few words to Liu Yu alone. The main thing is to ask about my father's situation at the border gate, because the soldiers are not allowed to write letters to their families easily, and the family does not know the news of the old man. Liu Yu said a few words roughly, and Liu Yu did not say much about whether to go to war or not. But Liu He was still silent for a while and said: "The war at the border pass may not be fought. ”

Liu He does have the ability to take charge of the overall situation at home, and after his leisure, the management of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion is also in order. The two brothers didn't have much to say, Liu Yu came out quickly, and after a few words with these relatives, he went to the small courtyard where his sister lived, and he mainly brought the news of Qi Fang over today.

Liu Jue is still a woman in plain clothes, very elegant and quiet, restrained and reserved. I haven't seen her for some days, and the sister in front of Liu Yu has also lost a lot, probably suffering from lovesickness, and her sister has a little more charm of a mature woman in her gestures.

"Little brother, you are really capable, you helped him get a job as a general so quickly. Is he alright? ”

"Everything's fine." Liu Yu drank the tea handed over by Cao Zhan, "Actually, my brother-in-law's errand was also earned by my own ability, and I didn't help much." Now he is still recruiting soldiers, and he estimates that he will be able to come back and get married before winter. ”

Zhilu Dao Qi Fang is okay and put her mind at ease, she still doesn't dare to ask for extravagance about marriage, after all, she knows her father's temperament and temperament. If my father is not used to it, he will not accept anything.

Liu Yu wanted to leave some money, but Liu Jue resolutely refused to give it, and said: "Little brother, you are also married now, and there are too many places to use silver to live at home, so you should keep it." Because of your ability, my little brother, and my sister's monthly money has also risen a lot. ”

Liu Yue saw that Liu Jue was resolute, so he was not reluctant. After all, he was busy with errands right now, and he couldn't stay here for long. Parting, Cao Zhan had to shout to go to his uncle's house to play, he was not happy with the last day he played at Liu Yu's house.

"Want to go?" Liu Yu asked.

"Hmm." Cao Zhan nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, learn to write twenty words with your mother, and when you learn it, your uncle will come to pick you up."

"Really?" Cao Zhan's face was very happy, "I have learned to write three." Three is from twenty, it's going to be soon, and my uncle must not be fooled. ”

Seeing Cao Zhan's eager appearance, Liu Yu couldn't help but think of the scene when Qi'er and Wu Shuo spent the night at his house on the first day, and they were also as nostalgic as Cao Zhan. In this era of scarcity, it is really precious to have someone to be with you.

When he returned to the palace, Liu Yu received news from the Ministry of Industry that the research on muskets had progressed.

Although the musket may seem flashy, the current army of the imperial court is at a disadvantage compared to the Huai king, and it must be compensated for by other aspects.

Liu Yu took the newly developed musket and looked at it, the musket is not only more smooth and beautiful in shape, but also the bolt is more reasonable, so that the breech can be better formed and closed after loading ammunition, but part of the structure is made of copper, and it is still too difficult to forge pig iron to create accessories.

"That's right, it's better to change it to iron." Liu Yu said, "The rifling is also good, but I don't know how effective it is." ”

Zhou Lin, who was in charge of the general design, explained: "After adding, it does increase the accuracy, but it is ...... There are still a lot of cases of stuck lead heads, and basically a gun is scrapped after it is stuck. ”

"Then try more muzzle and rifling distances, adjust them, and good things will stand up to a thousand trials." Liu Yu pointed to the position of the barrel of the musket, "You can add a piece of iron in the front and a groove in the back." I'll look back and show you. ”

Zhou Lin was puzzled: "Commander Liu, what is the use of those two things you said?" ”

"For aiming. You add it and then show it to you! (To be continued......)