Coming out of the palace, Yan Yan asked about Lu You's harvest from his trip to Liao, mainly his views on Zhou Lu and the shortage of grain and grass in Liao.

According to Lu You, Zhou Lu still has a lot of brains, and he knows that the power of artillery has been greatly discounted on the grassland, so he transferred all the fifty artillery pieces to the cities close to the Jurchens, and recovered the two cities that fell into the hands of the Jurchens, but unfortunately the grassland near the border was not recovered.

For this reason, Zhou Lu also began to order people to study landmines, saying that he wanted to use mines to ambush, but the outcome is still unpredictable.

In contrast, the situation on the Western Xia side was even worse, because the Western Xia did not have artillery or gunpowder at present, and they fought a few tough battles with the Mongols, and the results were a bit miserable.

After all, in the past few years, Western Xia and Great Zhou have also fought a tug-of-war for several years, and the damage to the national strength and military strength is not small, and it is indeed difficult to compete with Mongolia in such a short time.

There is another problem, because most of the grain in the Liao State was cultivated by the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun before, and now the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have returned to the hands of the Great Zhou, so the food gap in the Liao State cannot be filled in a short period of time.

Fortunately, they still have a large area of fertile land in eastern and western Liaoning, and they should be able to completely reclaim it in three or two years.

Therefore, Zhou Lu hoped that Yan Yan could help him for another year or two.

While talking, the two entered the house, Lu Jin Lu saw Lu You for the first time, both of them pounced on him, Lu You still picked up the two children one by one, Yan Yan smiled and shook his head when he saw this, and then ordered someone to prepare a few dishes that Lu You likes to eat, and ordered someone to prepare hot water for bathing.

While Lu You was playing with the children, Yan Yan checked the things sent by Qingyu Qingyun, there were grass seeds and a few seeds that Yan Yan wanted, as well as a box of Helan stones, these Helan stones have a uniform and fine texture, the color is purple with green or green with purple, it looks elegant and moist, it can be made into inkstones or seals, and it can also be carved into ornaments, no, Lu You knew that Yan Yan liked these things, so he brought some of each, and also brought two original stones.

When Yan Yan was playing with an inkstone engraved with a picture of a peony lady, Lu You hugged her from behind, "Do you like it?" ”

"I like it." After speaking, Yan Yan put down the inkstone and picked up another seal.

Lu You took the seal from her hand, "Lady, these are all yours, have time to look at them." ”

"That's right, let's go, let's go take a bath first." Yan Yan ignored the desire in Lu You's eyes and pushed him into the clean room.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the clean room, Yan Yan asked Zhou Luke what he had to say to bring it over.

"Really, he said, if one day he really can't stand it, I hope you can ask the emperor for a favor based on the friendship between the two, he is willing to be a vassal of Da Zhou, on the condition that Da Zhou help him take back the lost land." Lu You said as she touched his wife's face.

He also had questions in his heart, and he was also curious about what kind of friendship these two people had, and why Zhou Lu was so sure that Yan Yan would help him.

"Husband, do you believe me?" Yan Yan saw the struggle in her husband's eyes.

"Faith." Lu You nodded without hesitation.

If there is anything else in this world that he can completely unguard, it is Yan Yan and their three children.

"Just believe it, I don't have any personal relationship or personal relationship with Zhou Lu, I really don't want to see the lives of people ruined, you look at these emperors and generals in history, which one is not a belly of ambition, how many of them are really at ease with the lives of ordinary people? But Zhou Lu is different, as soon as he ascended the throne, he asked for a truce on the grounds of mourning, and then offered to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, which shows that he is not a warlike and ambitious emperor, and he values the lives of these people more than the integrity of the country. ”

"That being said, why didn't he directly propose to be a vassal state of the Great Zhou, and why did he have to fight with the Jurchens?" Lu You did not agree with Yan Yan's views.

"This is different, this war with the Great Zhou was provoked by the Liao State, they invaded the Great Zhou, but it is different from the Jurchen, it is to defend their own land, one is aggression, the other is self-defense, there is an essential difference between the two."

Lu You thought for a moment, understood what Yan Yan meant, and figured out why Yan Yan wanted to help Zhou Lu, for this reason, he also let go of his knot and asked about what happened at home during the time he left.

Yan Yan knew that what he wanted to ask about Lu Duan's relatives, so he told him everything she knew, this kind of thing, they as juniors can't put their beaks, they can only accept it, for this reason, Yan Yan enlightened him again.

Coming out of the clean room, Yi Yanyan meant to let Lu You go back to Lu's house, but Lu You refused, "I'm tired, let's go together tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay." Yan Yan knew that his journey was really hard, not to mention the ice and snow, people were also very cautious, for fear of some accidents, plus Fang Cainan's study, he must also be highly nervous, for fear of making mistakes, so this will relax, naturally exhausted, how can he have the heart to go back to the Lu family?

So, Yan Yan was busy ordering someone to set the meal, and after the meal, the husband and wife talked to the children again, Yan Yan ordered someone to take Lu Jin and the three of them down, and she accompanied Lu You to rest early.

The next morning, the two slept until they woke up naturally, after dinner, Yan Yan accompanied Lu You to Lu's house, Lu Duan really found Lu Jing and Lu Han, you can't use needlework in the first month, but you can still do things like painting walls, painting, building furniture, and decorating new houses, so many outsiders in the Lu family are busy.

In this case, Yan Yan and Lu You couldn't stay for long, so they talked to Mrs. Lu, and Lu Duan called Lu You to the study to ask some questions, and the two came back from Lu's house.

After entering the door, Qing Glaze told Yan Yan a news he heard from the Lu family, saying that Lu Ming's family affairs also had eyebrows, and it was Xu Liangxing's daughter Xu Ruyu, this family matter seemed to be finalized by Lu Duan, but later Lu Ming politely refused on the grounds that Yan Yu was seriously ill, and it was not clear what the final result was Qing Glaze, she heard the news from the maid next to the old lady.

Xu Ruyu of Xu Liangxing's family, this result shocked Yan Yan more than Lu Duan marrying the daughter of the Wang family, the daughter of the Wang family is a concubine, but Xu Xiang's daughter is not worried about marrying, it is necessary for her to wade into the troubled waters of the Lu family?

"What else could it be? The title of the Lu family. Lu You pursed his lips disdainfully.

These words reminded Yan Yan, no, Lu Yuan has become a fool, and Zhou Wan's child is a concubine, so the son born by Xu Ruyu who married in must be able to inherit the title of the Lu family, presumably this is also a condition offered by Lu Duan.

Therefore, even if Lu Ming was once infamous, even if he was more than ten years older than Xu Ruyu, there were still people who were willing to moths to the fire, not to mention that Lu Ming had dominated the title of the first son of the capital for more than ten years, how could there not be a few admirers?

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