After autumn, Luyang ushered in the winter of that year.

During this period last year, Luyang and Ye County were the most turbulent because a large number of refugees from Wannan and northern Wan were flooding into the country, catching the two counties off guard. Therefore, there were many conflicts between refugees and locals in both counties at that time, including many casualties and injuries.

This year, Luyang and Ye County have already gained experience in labor-for-relief. Even due to the war, refugees in Nanyang County continue to flee north to the two counties. The county magistrates of the two counties can quickly resettle these refugees at various work sites and give these refugees hope to survive.

If refugees have hope of survival, they will naturally not cause trouble, and the two counties can continue to maintain a stable situation.

Of course, the arrival of a large number of refugees is not entirely a burden. These people are also excellent laborers, greatly strengthening the construction capabilities of Luyang and Ye County. For example, Luyang, led by county magistrate Liu Ying and Luyang Township Hou, Luyang completed the cultivation of the whole county in early April. Then, while digging the Jinggong Canal, they gradually reclaimed thousands of wastelands to plant beans in June and July.

The yield of beans and beans per mu is better than that of rice. More importantly, beans and beans can be planted on barren land and even improve the soil. Under Zhao Yu's persuasion, Liu Qing tried to plant beans and beans on a large scale this year. If the effect is indeed good, I believe that the county magistrate Liu will not refuse to use beans and beans as one of the economic crops in Luyang.

Not to mention the beans and so on, not only can people eat them, but also feed them animals and war horses, which are excellent feed.

In short, Luyang is gradually becoming more and more energetic. Many people believe that in the near future, Luyang will gradually catch up with Ye County and become a prosperous county no less than Ruyang and Yangcheng.

At least that's what Zhao Yu thought: Luyang is missing now, only time.

Given that Luyang doesn’t need to worry about anything at the moment, Zhao Yu began to think about his future.

What to do in the future

To be honest, Zhao Yu has never thought about it since he came to this house.

There are actually three ways out for him at this time.

The best way out at present is naturally to defect to the lone general in Wancheng, Wang Shangde.

Although according to the Luyang County Magistrate Liu Ying, the Wang clan's reputation in the court and the opposition was not very good, and he was a little opposed to Zhao Yu getting too close to the Wang clan, Liu Ying also had to admit that Wang Shangde was indeed one of the best generals in Jin State. If he could reach his level in the country, he could count it with one hand.

Therefore, it is indeed a good way out for Zhao Yu to defect to Wang Shangde, not to mention that Wang Shangde also admires him quite a lot.

But Zhao Yu personally does not like the kind of life of fighting and killing. In contrast, he actually prefers the life of his eldest and second uncles whom he has never met. He is a businessman who travels around the world. When he is tired, he finds a county with a good scenery to live in for a while, and then goes to other county towns after he recovers his energy.

But unfortunately, the merchants had a low status in Jin State, and Zhao Yu did not dare to mention it in front of his parents.

As for the third way out, it was suggested by Liu, that is, to go to the Wangdu to study. The king capital of Jin was in Handan, which was the capital of Zhao in ancient times. High officials and celebrities from Jin gathered there. Liu believed that with Zhao Yu's talent, as long as he went to Handan to study, he would definitely be attracted by those dignitaries.

This suggestion made the Hou of Luyang Township and Zhou quite hesitate.

Compared to joining Wang Shangde and joining the army, the couple naturally tended to be the third suggestion of Liu County Magistrate. After all, the army was too dangerous. Look at Wang Shangde. In early May, he sent troops to attack the rebels in Nanjun. Now it is October. General Wang is still fighting with the rebels. According to rumors, the number of casualties of soldiers on both sides has already exceeded 30,000 to 40,000.

This is really terrible.

As long as parents have a choice, how can they bear to send their son to the battlefield?

But when it comes to studying in Wangdu, Handan is too far from Luyang. Both the Marquis of Luyang and the Zhou family were worried that after sending their son to Handan, their son would be like Zhou Yun and Zhou Fu, who would have been difficult to meet each other for several years. Of course, the Zhou brothers were simply afraid of seeing the old man, and the reasons were different.

Fortunately, the youngest son Zhao Yu is only eleven years old now, even after this year, he is only twelve years old. He still has at least three years to accompany his parents at home.

In mid-October, because the weather gradually became colder, Zhao Yu gradually stopped running to Zhengxiang.

Although the relationship between father and son became closer as the father and son was dissolved, the Marquis of Luyang remained strict with their two sons, especially with their youngest son Zhao Yu.

At about the morning of Mao every day, the Hou of Luyang Township ordered Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng to report to Zhao Yu's house. Then he taught Zhao Yu to practice martial arts. He didn't want his son to practice martial arts and join Wang Shangde, but he felt that his son must at least have the ability to defend himself. After all, what kind of emergencies will happen if he goes out in the future?

So, Zhao Yu was awakened by the quiet girl every day when he was still sleepy. Then, in front of his hut, listening to the chanting of his elder brother Zhao Yin and Lang Lang, while following Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng to practice martial arts.

Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng are the best in the martial arts of the Guardian in the Xianghou Mansion, especially in the two weapons of spear and sword. Strictly speaking, the guards of the Guardian in the Xianghou Mansion are good at these two weapons because they were taught by guard chief Zhang Chun and other military soldiers.

Professor Zhao Yu, Wu Yi Qian, Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng played a trick in front of the hut. Whether it was a sword or a spear, they waved it and opened their arms, making Zhao Yu, Jing Nu and Cao An stunned.

However, the first lesson Zhang Ji and Professor Ma Cheng taught Zhao Yu was Ma Step.

Zhao Yu understood that the most important thing for any fancy martial arts is horse stance, that is, to put it in a steady state. Otherwise, if you cut it with a knife, others will not do anything, but you stagger and fall down by yourself, that is simply a waste of your head.

After practicing steadily in the lower plate, the second step is to use waist strength. Those powerful generals who have always been legendary have mastered how to flexibly use waist strength, which is much stronger than simple arm strength.

I have to say that practicing martial arts is indeed a very boring thing. Even with Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng, two good teachers, even if Cao An volunteers to practice with him, even if there is Jingniao wiping sweat and handing water, it is very boring.

Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng were very helpless about this.

They commented on this matter privately.

"The second young master is too lazy"

"There is no way, the second young master is too smart. Most intelligent people like to find shortcuts, but there is no shortcut to learn martial arts."

"The second young master knows that there is no shortcut to practicing martial arts, but as you said, the second young master is too smart, unable to withstand loneliness, and too active. If we follow what Uncle Chun had asked us at the beginning, would we have too low requirements?"

"Okay, okay, just like this, the second young master can't hold on. What else should I raise the requirements? I think I'll let the second young master master master master some self-defense skills first, so as not to be too late to protect you and I will talk about the rest later."

"Um."

It has to be said that with the contact between Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng, they did not regret following Zhao Yu, but the second young master was really lacking patience in martial arts practice, which still made them a little distressed.

After an hour of practice in the morning, Zhao Yu went back to the house to sleep and went back to sleep. He slept until he woke up naturally in the afternoon, got some food and then read books in the house.

These books were taken out by Zhao Yu from his father, Luyang Township Hou. Most of them were incomplete miscellaneous books from a hundred schools of thought. Zhao Yu just read them and understood them. After all, he really couldn't find anything to do.

Although Zhao Yu took the people around him out hunting for a while, he didn't want to go again since they chased a deer for several miles of mountain road and finally returned empty-handed.

Think about it carefully, it is not that easy to hunt in the mountains

Unless, like the hunting of ancient emperors, sent many troops to drive their prey into an area and block it, hunting would never be a horse or a bow, and you could easily get prey while chatting and laughing with others.

Hunting is actually very hard, and people who like it are happy, but people like Zhao Yu cannot hold on for a long time because of their curiosity.

In the evening, according to custom, it is time for the whole family to have a meal together, and the Township Marquis' Mansion is no exception, unless there is any special situation.

Just like today, when Zhao Yu brought Jingniao to the north house, he waited no longer and saw his father, the Marquis of Luyang Township, coming.

He turned to ask his brother Zhao Yin: "Where is Dad?"

Zhao Yin shook his head.

From the side, Zhou was looking through a stack of portraits of a woman who said she was sent by a matchmaker. It was obvious that the mother had not given up trying to find a marriage for her youngest son, and was still looking for a candidate for this.

To be honest, Zhao Yu has also seen those portraits. He is face-blind and feels that no matter which one looks the same, it is even more excessive than the photos in his previous life. However, Zhou seems to be very interested in this. Recently, he has been reading these portraits to pass the time.

Perhaps hearing his son's inquiry, Zhou explained casually: "Wait a minute, your father is receiving guests."

"Who is the guest?" Zhao Yu asked curiously.

"I don't know this, my mother." Zhou shook her head.

The mother and the mother were talking when the Marquis of Luyang Township stepped in from outside the house.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu asked curiously: "Dad, mother said who are you here just now?"

The Marquis of Luyang Township did not hide it. After sitting down, he explained: "A man named Tong Yan. This man claimed to be from Liang County. He did not say anything, but said that he was from the court and was ordered to search for a man named Zhao Yu. This time he came to visit my house and wanted to know if my family had anything to do with Zhao Yu."

"Zhao Yu" Zhou asked in confusion: "Does there be this person in our family?"

The Marquis of Luyang Township shook his head and said, "No. From the beginning, I pushed forward three generations, I don't have them at home."

Zhou nodded and asked curiously: "Is there any possibility that it is those two?"

Hearing this, the face of the Luyang Township Marquis suddenly fell, and he said for a while: "No. Although the relationship between the three families is bad, the ancestral genealogy is mine. If someone from the two families gets married and have children, even if they are reluctant, they will tell me and let me add the ancestral genealogy. I have no impression of Zhao Yu. I should not be from my Zhao family in Luyang. I will go and read the genealogy tonight."

Zhou nodded slightly.

From the side, Zhao Yu asked curiously: "Dad, what did he do this Zhao Yu?"

The Hou of Luyang Township frowned and said, "According to the child's proverb, Zhao Yu seemed to be a rebellion and was extremely guilty."

"Rebellion and rebellion"

The Zhou family, Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu brothers looked at each other.

After all, no matter which dynasty is in, rebellion and rebellion must be the most serious crime, and the kind that is immediately killed.

"It's really annoying."

Zhou frowned and said, "I committed such a serious crime under the surname Zhao."

"yes."

The Hou of Luyang Township nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!