Li Mu had suffered enough from the loss of food and attached great importance to food. When Li Siwen said that Ma Zhou was sealing the food supply, he stopped saying anything. He stood up and said, "I wanted to take a few days of maternity leave to spend time with my wife and children, but I didn't expect it."
Even this request has become a luxury. When will you losers be able to make progress?"
"Oh, brother, isn't this an urgent matter? If you want to rest, you can rest after this period of work. You have plenty of time anyway."
"Who told you that I have plenty of time?" Li Mu put on his robe and said, "I will be leaving in a few days, and it will take a month and a half to come back after I leave. Your ability to do things is so poor, let me
How can I feel relieved?"
Li Siwen was shocked: "Brother, are you leaving? Where are you going?" Before Li Mu could answer, he figured it out on his own. He approached Li Mu and whispered in a low voice: "Brother, are you going to run away?
You resisted the decree and refused to marry. His Majesty has dealt with you? Where are you going? Take me with you -" Halfway through, he suddenly remembered that he also had a wife, and hurriedly said: "Brother, you and your sister-in-law go first.
, I have to go back to Dingxiang first..."
"What are you thinking about?" Li Mu knocked on Li Siwen and said, "Why are you running? I want to find Sister Ou."
"Oh," Li Siwen was not very impressed by Wang Ou and his reaction was relatively cold. He knew that Wang Ou was also pregnant with Li Mu's child, so he subconsciously looked at Bai Qiaoqiao and saw that Bai Qiaoqiao was not surprised.
I knew in my heart that the couple must have discussed it.
But in Li Siwen's heart, Bai Qiaoqiao is the real sister-in-law, so he is very dissatisfied with Li Mu's behavior of leaving home before Bai Qiaoqiao is even out of confinement. However, as a younger brother, it is difficult to speak out about his elder brother's faults.
, so he had no choice but to remain silent.
Li Mu guessed what Li Siwen was thinking, and he didn't want to interfere with what Li Siwen thought. Although the two were brothers, Li Siwen was also an independent person. Who he wanted to respect and who he didn't want to respect was his own business. As long as he met
If you are good enough, you have to be able to pretend to be stupid if you are the eldest brother.
Li Mu put on his clothes and kissed the two children, which made them cry. After receiving a punch from Bai Qiaoqiao, he took Li Siwen away with satisfaction. As the two brothers walked away, they chatted: "I
I will leave in three days. Before I leave, I will leave a schedule for all matters. You can help me look after it, perform your duties, and act according to the schedule. If there is a letter from Chang'an, there is no need to cover it up, just say that I am going out to do something.
But there is no need to explain anything, Your Majesty knows it well."
Li Siwen remained silent, and Li Mu looked at him and said, "What do you mean? My wife is going to give birth, and I can't even go and see her? Qiaoqiao didn't say anything. How can you be wronged by this?"
"Brother, brothers shouldn't say this."
Li Mu said angrily: "Then don't say it."
"But I still have to say it!" Li Siwen frowned and said, "Brother, do you know why I have special respect for Sister-in-law Qiaoqiao? There is no other reason than that Sister-in-law Qiaoqiao is sincere to you. What about others?"
Li Mu frowned: "You are sincere to me, how can you tell that you are not sincere?"
"Ha!" Li Siwen looked like he was too lazy to argue and turned his head to the side. The two brothers took a few steps, and Li Mu pulled him back. He was a little anxious and said, "Speak clearly, why don't you just
Do you think other people don’t treat me sincerely?”
"I won't mention those around me. Let's just talk about Wang Ou." Although Li Siwen is 'fearful' of Li Mu, he is more of a younger brother and respects his older brother. In fact, there is nothing to be afraid of. If it is true
Generally speaking, he was kind to Li Mu. If he hadn't helped Li Mu out in Dingxiang, and later relied on Li Ji's relationship to come to Chang'an and established a foothold, he might still be hanging around in Mayi now.
When he was in a hurry, the only one who dared to speak in front of Li Mu was Li Siwen. No one else had this qualification.
"Brother, let me ask you. Is Wang Ou married?"
Li Mu was silent.
"She said her husband was dead, and everyone thought he was dead, but was he really dead? I've heard some things!"
Li Mu frowned. Few people should know about Cui Yuzheng's death. How did Li Siwen know about it? Did Dugujiu tell him? That's not right. Dugujiu's mouth was not so loose when it came to himself.
It is impossible for him to reveal the matter to the second person.
"It's not what Xiaojiu said." Li Siwen didn't need to hide it in front of Li Mu: "A lot of people in Luoyang know about this matter. That Wang Ou has a close relationship with Mrs. Lu, and he comes to Luoyang every year
After living there for a month or two, someone saw that she always drove two carriages back and forth, so rumors spread that this young lady from the Wang family, the widow of the Cui family, had someone outside."
Li Siwen didn't care how livid Li Mu looked, and continued: "I don't think these rumors are true among the common people in the intellectual market. After all, the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Cui family in Qinghe are both prestigious families. She should not dare to do such a thing.
.Then there is only one possibility, her husband is still alive."
"What happened later further confirmed my suspicion." Li Siwen approached Li Mu and asked, "Brother, have you ever thought about why she disappeared just after she got pregnant? Brother, don't be stupid, they are just asking you to borrow money.
——”
"That's enough!" Li Mu sternly interrupted Li Siwen. It's not that he hadn't thought about this possibility, but he didn't want to admit it. He didn't think that Wang Ou's feelings for him were fake.
"Brother!"
"I will investigate whether you are using me." Li Mu stared into Li Siwen's eyes and said, "But as long as she is my woman, she will be your sister-in-law. You can say whatever you want in front of me.
, but in front of her, if you still have this attitude, you won’t regard me as your elder brother."
These words were quite serious. Seeing that Li Mu was really angry, Li Siwen became anxious: "Brother, when have I ever had such thoughts? You can't misunderstand me like this!"
Li Mu sighed, patted Li Siwen on the shoulder, and said: "You are my best brother, how can I misunderstand you? Your eldest brother, I have been a wild and unrestrained love of freedom in my life, and I only care about love."
Regardless of whether she treats me sincerely or fakely, I treat her sincerely, and that’s enough. No matter what the result is, I have to see her with my own eyes and ask her personally—"
"Brother," Li Siwen didn't know what to say and sighed. The two brothers stopped talking and walked to the front yard in silence.
…
What Li Siwen was hurriedly looking for Li Mu to do was the draft held a few days ago. The selected craftsmen have been arranged where they should go. But the apprentices have not been selected yet.
The problem of water flowing upwards that Li Mu asked has been solved by many people. As Ikkyu thought, most people can think of waterwheels, and they have also made models of waterwheels and given them
Demonstration. After holding it in for three days and almost losing all of his newly grown hair, Yixiu finally came up with a different way.
He made three bowls and stacked them from low to high. Then he found three reed tubes, bent them to a certain arc, connected the three bowls, poured water into the lowest bowl, and the water magically moved upward.
Gone.
When he demonstrated his skills at that time, everyone was astonished by his skills. Ikkyu himself was quite proud of himself, but in Li Mu's eyes, there was nothing surprising. It was just a simple siphon phenomenon. In the future, any junior high school student who had studied physics would be able to do it.
Conducting the exact same experiment. But limited by the vision of people in this era, it is extremely difficult to come up with this method in three days.
When Li Mu set the topic, he had no intention of embarrassment, he just didn't want to accept useless people. Being able to make a waterwheel can at least prove that these people's hands-on ability is not bad, which is enough for apprentices.
Eliminate those who can't do anything, and there aren't many left. Today Li Mu is going to show off something real. He divides all the prospective apprentices into groups of varying sizes. Each group has
He assigned a drawing and asked these groups to complete the content on the drawing within a month and under limited material conditions.
If they can complete it, they can become one of Li Mu's apprentices. If they can't complete it, they will pack up and go home, pretending that nothing happened in the past month or so, which is almost like an 'open book exam'.
Since it is an open book, everyone can see the title. Gongsun Kang is an expert, and after seeing the drawings distributed by Li Mu, he can roughly guess what these drawings are. Although each drawing is not completed.
Judging from the general shape of the parts, these should be parts used on ships.
Thinking of Li Mu's bold statement about building a Ten Thousand Stone Ship, Gongsun Kang thought of a scary possibility. Could it be that the Marquis wanted these people, who were not even craftsmen, to build a Ten Thousand Stone Ship?
Bar?
"Is this possible?" Doubts popped up in Gongsun Kang's head, and he wanted to go to Li Mu to talk about this matter. But then he thought, what does this matter have to do with him. He is currently responsible for Xiu Chi Road
, only the issue of Chi Dao is relevant to him. What the Marquis dislikes most is being too lenient. If he speaks for himself, he will only make the Marquis unhappy.
Besides, compared with the Hou Ye, what I am capable of, isn’t it just like Lu Ban is getting a big ax in front of the door? Can the Hou Ye not think of the things that he has thought of?
It's somewhat redundant.
…
After finishing the matter of the apprentice, Li Mu asked someone to bring the horse over, planning to ask Li Siwen to go out for a walk together. He found Dugujiu in Xicheng, and the three brothers found a place to have a drink. But Li Siwen didn't get over it yet and said
He was going to the construction site to supervise the work, but he didn't give Li Mu the honor, so he had no choice but to go out for a walk by himself.
It has been a while since I came to Luoyang, but Li Mu has never really appreciated the exquisiteness of Luoyang City. Today I have some free time and took a leisurely ride on horseback. Li Mu found that Luoyang City is indeed unique.
As a city, its design ideas are much better than those of Chang'an City. This excellence is not reflected in the craftsmanship of the construction, but in the ideas and ideas. In terms of whether it is strong or not, generally speaking, the city walls of Chang'an City should be stronger.
of.
The patrols of Jin Yiwei have become normal. In every square, there will be at least one team of Jin Yiwei at the same time. For example, in the two cities in the north and south, there are at least two teams of Jin Yiwei in case of emergency. I saw Li Mu coming over.
When they arrived, the royal guards saluted from afar. Li Mu also raised his hand to gesture, which was regarded as a return salute.
Each team of Jinyiwei has ten people, two of whom hold repeating crossbows, and the other eight are equipped with crossbow arrows that have the same appearance as a repeating crossbow and can only be fired single-shot. This is because only Li Mu can master the repeating crossbow.
Yes, the 'production capacity' is extremely limited. It is impossible to equip every Jinyiwei with one, so we have to resort to this strategy. In addition, one repeating crossbow for every five people is actually enough. After all, as long as the distance is enough, a repeating crossbow
Being able to withstand dozens of people, regardless of whether you have the skill or not, is definitely not a boast.
As for why the other four people carry a single-shot crossbow, the reason is simple - you can't be empty-handed, right? The crossbow is very powerful. Even if it cannot hold ten arrows in one breath like a repeating crossbow, it is faster than a bow and arrow.
, the damage produced is not low. The crossbow arrows with multiple backs can also be used as supplementary magazines for the repeating crossbow. This setting is very reasonable.
Repeating crossbows are difficult to make, but crossbow arrows are not difficult, as long as you have money. The blacksmiths selected by Li Mu through auditions have a special group of people responsible for making crossbow arrows. The current production and stock are used in Luoyang City.
Still more than enough.
This has made Li Mu very satisfied. With these crossbows, even if someone comes to the city, they can at least hold on to Chang'an for reinforcements. Each team of Jin Yiwei has ten people, two of whom hold repeating crossbows, and the other eight are
It is equipped with crossbow arrows that have the same appearance as the repeating crossbow, but can only be fired single-shot. This is because only Li Mu can make the repeating crossbow, and the 'production capacity' is extremely limited. It is impossible to equip every Jinyiwei with one, so we have to make this decision.
In addition, one repeating crossbow for every five people is actually enough. After all, as long as the distance is enough, a repeating crossbow can withstand dozens of people. Regardless of whether there is skill or not, this is definitely not a lie.
As for why the other four people carry a single-shot crossbow, the reason is simple - you can't be empty-handed, right? The crossbow is very powerful. Even if it cannot hold ten arrows in one breath like a repeating crossbow, it is faster than a bow and arrow.
, the damage produced is not low. The crossbow arrows with multiple backs can also be used as supplementary magazines for the repeating crossbow. This setting is very reasonable.
Repeating crossbows are difficult to make, but crossbow arrows are not difficult, as long as you have money. The blacksmiths selected by Li Mu through auditions have a special group of people responsible for making crossbow arrows. The current production and stock are used in Luoyang City.
Still more than enough.
This has made Li Mu very satisfied. With these crossbows and arrows, even if there are troops approaching the city, they can at least hold on until Chang'an comes for reinforcements. Arrows, even if there are troops approaching the city, they can at least hold on until Chang'an comes for reinforcements. Ahhhhhhhhhh