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After dinner was put in place, the Lu family found that Mr. Lu and Aunt Liu were gone. The whole family had a meal and found him, and soon found the master who was sleeping soundly in the study, but he could not find him.

Mrs. Lu sent a group of maids and slaves to turn the house upside down. They had searched everywhere except the lady of the West Courtyard, but they didn't find anyone. In the end, when the family was so anxious, Liu Jun suddenly appeared. Mr. Lu, who woke up and asked him where he had gone, and Liu Jun replied guiltily that he had just gone out for a walk.

The dinner was very lively.

The Liu and Lu families became acquainted with Qin and Jin, and the marriage ceremony was given, and the Lu family accepted it. A matchmaker made a certificate and issued a marriage letter. Even if Liu Jun and Lu Xueqi were engaged, the wedding date was chosen, and the date was set in August and the month of Guixiang. The time is not long since now, about a month later.

This time not only ensures that Lu Xueqi will marry into the Liu family as soon as possible, but also leaves enough time to prepare for the marriage. The Lu family originally wanted to set the wedding date in December, but Li Chunjiang firmly opposed it, saying that the Liu family hoped to marry a newcomer as soon as possible. In fact, Liu Jun told Li Chunjiang that Xueqi might be pregnant, so she must get married early, and she can't wait until her belly gets bigger before getting married.

Although it is normal to get married with a child in the later generations, if you get married with a big belly in the Ming Dynasty, it would be a fatal matter.

Qiqi didn't dare to tell her family about this, and she didn't even tell her mother. When she got home, she kept telling her parents that when Liu Jun placed her in the county, Liu Jun did not live there.

Lu’s father and mother actually believed it, maybe they just made their daughter think they really believed it.

The Lu family mansion was decorated with lights and joy, and laughter floated out of the house from time to time. Passers-by couldn't help but look at it enviously. Everyone in Xiwan knew that today, Liu Jun, the second son of the Liu family in Xiwan, was the new inspector of Hutouguan, Taiping Township, and went to the Lu family to take a look.

One is the newly promoted inspector, and the other is the famous rich and sen Lu family in Xiwan. These two families have gotten married into Qin and Jin's love, which is really a match. Many young men are envious of Liu Jun, especially those who are not married.

Who doesn’t know that the Lu family has only one daughter? Mr. Lu has prepared a thick dowry for his daughter.

"Have you heard that? It is said that the dowry gift from Inspection Liu to the Lu family today was less than 5,000 taels of silver. It was such a big deal." One exclaimed.

Another one who immediately despised the man was behind.

"Is Liu Erlangzi's 5,000 taels of bride price worth a lot? Don't you see whose daughter he is going to marry? Lu Yuanwai's daughter. Wanguan's family only has one daughter. If you marry Miss Lu, won't the property belong to him in the future?"

"Yes, I heard that Mr. Lu was paying his daughter a hundred thousand taels of silver for marriage." He came over and squatted on the side of the street opposite the Lu family's gate.

"go!"

A group of people sneered at him, although the Lu family was rich, they could get a dowry of 100,000 taels of silver, which was too much. Mr. Lu was not Mr. Mei or Mr. Li.

At this time, a man walked past the street with a haggard face, hungry, messy beard, and bloodshot eyes. He was wearing a shabby robe with many patches, and he could not tell the color of the original fabric after washing it, only the white color was left.

The man was holding a long cloth bag in his arms, holding it like a treasure. He watched in front of the Lu family's gate, hesitating.

Lai Fu, the servant of the Lu family guarding the door, had noticed this person. Today, the Lu family was very happy. The wife was happy. Every servant gave a reward. He was guarding the door outside and received a reward of one or two silver dollars. And today, he held a big banquet, and there would definitely be leftover fish and meat in the kitchen tonight.

Just as he was happy, he looked at the middle-aged man looking at him, and walked over, "Give you a piece of sesame cake, don't sway here." Lai Fu handed his supper to the man. Anyway, there is meat to eat tonight, so he can keep his stomach first. Seeing that this man looks like a refugee who is fleeing, he will give him the pancake.

The middle-aged man looked at the Shaobing for a moment and then realized that the servant in front of him regarded him as a beggar, and his heart couldn't help but feel pain.

"Thank you, but I'm not begging for food."

Lai Fu was a little surprised, but he handed the cake over again, "It doesn't matter if it's all. It's just a cake I invited."

The middle-aged man hesitated for a while, but in the end he didn't take the cake. "Thank you, brother, I'm not hungry. I just wanted to ask, are Captain Li Gongji and Captain Liu Jiye of the Nine-Headed Birds in Lu Mansion tonight?"

Lai Fu nodded, "That's right, Mr. Jiye is the son-in-law of our lady, and Mr. Chunjiang is the big matchmaker of our lady and son-in-law. Do you know them?"

The middle-aged man shook his head. How could he know these two young people who are so popular in Qihuang? But he has heard of it. "I don't know them, but I want to see them for some things. Brother, can you help me inform me?"

"Brother, I'm afraid it won't work today. The banquet is busy inside. How can I get in and report it? Besides, our son-in-law and Mr. Chunjiang got high at noon. I'm afraid that we will have to drink more this night. Even if I inform you, they won't be able to see you today. Otherwise, you'd better come back tomorrow."

"But I have something urgent."

"It's not okay to be urgent. I'll do it tomorrow. I will definitely inform you when the time comes." Lai Fu advised.

The middle-aged man couldn't help feeling silent when he heard the bursts of laughter inside and the aroma of wine and meat emitted from the house. Finally, he had to take off his cloth bag and open it. There were two long cloth bags inside.

"Brother, why don't you do me a favor? I'll give you this. You'll help me to give Chunjiang and Jiye the two young masters, so that they can see. I'll come to visit them tomorrow, how about it?"

The middle-aged man looked down at the two cloth bags in his hands with some reluctance.

"What is this? It's so tight and mysterious."

"There are two firearms." said the middle-aged man, "These are two extremely sharp firearms, much stronger than the bird guns that are usually used now. This one is a Lumi gun, and this one is a lightning gun. I have built them by myself. I just want to recommend these bird guns to the two captains of the Jiutou. I will leave this Lumi gun first, and you can help me transfer it to the two young masters later?"

Lai Fu thought it was a treasure, but in the end he had two muskets, he was a little disappointed. He was not familiar with muskets, so he didn't know what the Lumi gun was, the difference between the lightning gun and the bird gun. However, he nodded and took the Lumi gun, expressing his willingness to hand it over.

"Brother, I must hand it over to the two young masters for me." The middle-aged man was a little reluctant, and finally cruelly wrapped the Lumi gun in cloth again and handed it over to Lai Fu.

After reluctantly turning back, the middle-aged man finally left.

Lai Fu held the Lumi gun and felt it weighed about seven or eight pounds, about six or seven feet long, and it was heavy in his hand. It was much longer than the muskets he had seen before. He held it in his hand and pretended to behave for a while.

The housekeeper happened to go out to see the guests and found Lai Fu holding a long gun and aiming around there. He was shocked.

After seeing off the guest, the butler came back and slapped Lai Fu's head. The melon-skinned hat was slapped to the ground. Lai Fu was shocked and looked back and saw that it was Butler Lu. He couldn't help but turn his face off on the spot, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to pick it up.

The butler grabbed the gun and looked at it a few times, "Where did this come from?"

Lai Fu said it truthfully, but at this time the middle-aged man had already left without a trace.

"You dare to answer anything, and you dare to talk to anyone. Your damn is getting more and more courageous. Do you know what this is? This is a bird gun, a killing weapon! You damn keep aiming, you are going to rebel!"

In the future, Fu was scolded, and the housekeeper took the gun away and took it away.

At the banquet, the banquet had already dispersed, and Liu Jun really drank a lot, but Li Chunjiang, the big media, drank more, and everyone took turns to persuade him to drink. Li Chunjiang was drunk and slapped under the table and was helped to the guest room.

With the Lumi gun in, Liu Jun saw it at a glance. This musket is obviously different from the bird gun that the Jiutou Bird is now equipped with. It is longer than the bird gun, and the gun holder is more bent and wider. Judging from the appearance, this musket is closer to the rifles of later generations, and is as long as the 38th large cover.

"Uncle Lu, is this?" Liu Jun reached out to greet Uncle Lu, pointed at the musket and asked.

"Son-in-law, you are here, looking for you." Uncle Lu came over with a gun, "This was taken by a stranger just now and handed it to the gatekeeper. He originally wanted to see you and Mr. Chunjiang, but the gatekeeper stopped him. He left the musket and said he wanted to show it to you, and said he would come to visit and ask for a meeting tomorrow."

Liu Jun was a little surprised. Could it be that he was a musket seller?

He took the musket from Lu Bo's hand, which was really unique. At this time, Lu Bo said again, "Laifu said that the man had brought two guns. According to the man himself, this gun was called the Lumi gun, and the other one he took away was called the Dingling Gun. He also said that this was a very sharp and advanced musket, which was much stronger than the bird-beak gun. I guess he was a firearm craftsman. I heard that the man dressed like a refugee who fled. At first, he thought he was a beggar beggar. But he handed someone a piece of cake, but the man didn't want it." The housekeeper kept talking.

However, Liu Jun heard clearly the names of the Lumi Gun and the Lightning Gun.

Although Liu Jun did not know much about backward firearms in the Ming Dynasty, he knew a rough idea. Especially now, he has a better understanding of this aspect after leading a team.

He is not unfamiliar with the two types of muskets, Lumi gun and the electric gun.

When he ordered firearms for the first time, he had seen two types of muskets, Lumi and Duckling guns, on Mr. Zhao's list of firearms, and knew that both of these muskets were stronger than bird guns.

Among them, he was particularly impressed by the Lumi gun because there was a sentence above that introduced the Lumi gun. Among the fire guns, the Lumi gun was the farthest and most poisonous!

The impression left by the electric light gun was that it was a musket that used a rear-mounted sub-gun, and it seemed that it was not a comb-rope gun, but an impact flintlock gun that ignites the flintlock method to flint fire.

At that time, Liu Jun also thought that the Lumi gun and the electric gun were very awesome, but when he saw the price above, he directly returned, which was several times more expensive than the bird gun, and there was no stock in stock, so he needed to place an order temporarily. He heard that the operation was more complicated than the bird gun, so he gave up these two types of muskets, which were said to be very powerful.

Unexpectedly, he saw these two types of muskets again today.
Chapter completed!