On the tenth day of August, Zhao Yu, who had been away from his residence for nearly ten days, finally returned to his Luyang Township Marquis' Mansion.

After receiving the news, Zhou led the servants and guards in the mansion to greet him outside the mansion.

For this reason, Zhang Chun, the head of the palace, was preparing to drive away some refugees who were still staying outside the palace, but was eventually stopped by Zhou.

At that time, Zhou said to Zhang Chun: "My hometown marquis's mansion cannot help these refugees, but don't persecute them."

In fact, Zhang Chun did not agree with the words of the village maid, because he knew best that these damn refugees stole and robbed crops from the fields of the marquis’ mansion in foreign land. Thanks to these refugees, there are thousands of acres of land in foreign land, so don’t expect any harvest to be left this year.

But Zhou said so, and he could only resist his dissatisfaction with the refugees in his heart.

About noon, Zhao Yu and his son, Jingnu, Liu Yu, Liu County Magistrate, Ding Wu and others, and soldiers from various counties returned to their residences.

When they went there, Zhao Yu and his son, plus Jing Nu, plus ten guards, a total of thirteen people, and when they returned, they were a lot.

Zhao Yu was worried and worried. I remember that before leaving, he heard Zhang Chun, the guard commander in the mansion, mentioned the bandits in the Lushan area, so he was worried about whether he would encounter these bandits on the way.

But the facts proved that, as the marquis of Luyang Township said, these bandits did not dare to harass their team with the banner of the government. Oh, this is about the Liu County Magistrate Liu who was walking with them.

In short, the official flag embroidered with the word "Jin" is enough to scare away the bandits in Lushan, and it is no big deal.

"Mom, we're back."

"Hey, let my mother take a look."

Walking out of the carriage outside the mansion, Zhao Yu saw his mother Zhou and his servants standing outside with the guards in the mansion, and hurriedly walked forward a few steps.

After not seeing him for many days, he missed the mother who doted on him. Although the mother held him in her arms despite the presence of others, she touched him in her arms in front of everyone and rubbed his cheeks intimately on his face, which really made him feel a little ashamed.

After him, Jingnu also quickly came to Zhou and said to Zhou with a bit of seeking credit: "Madam, Jingnu never forgot her wife's instructions when she was away, so she should take good care of the young master."

"Okay, okay, what a good boy."

After hearing Jingnu's words, Zhou happily rubbed Jingnu's hair, which made the cute little girl look satisfied.

Looking at Jingnv's face full of satisfaction and even a little intoxicated and cute, Zhao Yu suddenly thought that a cat he raised in his previous life looked very similar.

At this time, the Marquis of Luyang Township had already got off the carriage. While listening to Zhang Chun's report about the granary at home, he walked towards Zhou's side.

Seeing this, Zhou then let go of his youngest son who was hugging him in his arms and bowed to his return husband Yingying: "I am here to welcome the village marquis back to the mansion. Husband, is everything going well?"

In front of the servants in the mansion, Zhou gave her husband very much face and was well-polite. The Marquis of Luyang Township did not show any intimacy with his wife at this time. He nodded and said calmly and casually: "Well, everything goes well."

Hearing this, Zhou smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. I have ordered the people to prepare soup and food in the mansion. Please ask your husband to enjoy the soup after bathing the soup."

"I'm working hard." The Hou of Luyang Township nodded.

Seeing the couple's respectful appearance, Zhao Yu wanted to laugh a little, because according to his understanding, this couple did not get along like this on weekdays.

After entering the mansion, Zhao Yu originally planned to say goodbye to his parents and go back to his house to wash, but the Marquis of Luyang Township called him: "Where are you going?"

Zhao Yu was a little puzzled and bowed and replied, "The child went back to the house to take a shower."

The Marquis of Luyang Township thought for a while and said, "Follow me to take a bath in the north room. I have something to ask you for my father."

Hearing this, everyone around him looked surprised.

I have to say that this was really a very rare scene, and Zhao Yu immediately felt sensitively that several gazes fell on him.

In addition to his mother Zhou and the guard Zhang Chun, there were also Mr. Gongyang who came to greet him with his brother Zhao Yin in the crowd, and another middle-aged man who seemed to be dressed as a manager in the house.

Among them, Zhou's eyes were purely surprised and surprised, but the other people looked at Zhao Yu with more or less a bit of strange colors.

Maybe he noticed that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Zhou said, "Since that's the case, Jingniao, you should go to the north room with me, and I have something to ask you."

"Yes, madam."

In this way, the Marquis of Luyang Township brought his youngest son Zhao Yu to Tangwu in the north house.

The so-called soup house, as the name suggests, is a bathing house. It is somewhat similar to Zhao Yu's impression. It is a structure that can fill firewood and water in the furnace cave outside the house to maintain a constant temperature. Since Zhao Yu came to this family, he has not yet enjoyed this convenience.

As his father walked into the soup house, Zhao Yu looked around. Although the water vapor in the house was very serious, he could still see clearly that there was only a pond made of wood in the house, and there was only one table, a few stools, etc.

Just as Zhao Yu looked inside the house, the Marquis of Luyang Township had taken off his clothes and soaked in the pond. Then a sound of breath representing comfort appeared in the house.

Suddenly, the Marquis of Luyang Township saw his youngest son who was still standing by the Tangchi. He raised his eyebrows and said with a little displeasure: "What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for your father to take off your clothes for you?"

"no."

Zhao Yu scratched his head and quickly took off his clothes. After testing the water temperature, he also entered the Tangchi and sat in the face of the Hou of Luyang Township.

I have to say that it seemed like a warm scene of father and son bathing together, but Zhao Yu was really embarrassed. He looked around to avoid his father's intent on looking at him.

I don’t know how long it took, the Marquis of Luyang Township suddenly spoke: “Yu’er, this time you went out, your performance... is very good, and you don’t deny it. You helped County Magistrate Liu this time and helped a lot of fathers. But you should not be proud. You should know that there are mountains outside the mountain and people outside. There are smart people like you in the past, but most of them are finally destroyed by pride and complacent."

『…A person like me? There have been one in the past?』

Zhao Yu glanced at his father and didn't believe it.

It’s not that he is complacent and proud, but he simply doesn’t believe that there are people in this world who are in the same situation as him.

The Marquis of Luyang Township seemed to have seen something from his son's eyes and snorted: "Don't you believe it?... Humph, I still remember it ten years ago, and there was a sudden rumor in the world that it is said that there was a man named 'Yang Ding' who could read the book at the age of eight, and no one could debate with him. He was then accepted as a disciple by the Grand Master of the dynasty... Can you compare to it?"

Seeing his father's tone of admonition, Zhao Yu naturally would not talk back and said honestly: "The child is not as good as that."

This answer seems to surprise the Hou of Luyang Township.

"Am I overspeaking it?"

After a little hesitation, the Hou of Luyang Township coughed and said, "The person I have just said that he is just hearing about his father. I don't know whether there is a genius named Yang Ding in the world. I just want to warn you that the world is very big. Don't be complacent because of a little achievement... Do you understand?"

"I understand." Zhao Yu nodded.

Seeing that his youngest son, who had always been naughty, was so obedient, the Luyang Township Hou was really happy even though he didn't say it.

Yes, how many fathers do not expect their son to be outstanding?

Any father will look for his childhood shadow in his children. If the child is like his childhood, or is more outstanding in his intelligence and certain aspects, then as fathers will be happy and closer to their children; on the contrary, they will be disappointed, although they will not be alienated, but they will not be too close to them.

The naughty Zhao Yu in the past is an excellent example.

However, since Zhao Yu fell from a tree a few days ago, the Hou of Luyang Township also felt that the youngest son had undergone earth-shaking changes. Although he did not believe in any absurd and evil sayings, he could not explain why the youngest son suddenly became so smart.

It's just a little worse than him...well, it's only a little worse than him.

Based on this point, the Luyang Township Hou had patiently admonished him.

After the admonition, the Hou of Luyang Township leaned against Tangchi and closed his eyes and said, "This trip successfully convinced the Rushui counties that all the money, grain and manpower problems have been solved. In about ten days, the money, grain and manpower of Ruyang, Yang and other counties will arrive in Luyang County one after another. In the meantime, our Luyang County can also implement what you call "work-for-relief"..."

After hearing that his father seemed to have the intention to talk to him in detail about this matter, Zhao Yu asked, "Dad, I heard from Mr. Liu, are you planning to dig a canal?"

"Um."

The Hou of Luyang Township explained with his eyes closed: "In Luyang County, there is actually a river passing by. This river is called Shahe. It comes from the southwest and goes to the northeast. The farmland in the county and the farmland in my village are all relying on this river to avoid drought. However, on the northwest side of the county town, more than half of the land in Luyang County cannot be used to dig this river, which is also the place with the most severe drought. Therefore, Liu Gong discussed with his father and prepared to dig a river channel to connect the Rushui River in the north and the Shahe River in the south of the county, divert it from the Rushui River, and finally let it flow into the Shahe River. This canal will pass directly from the center of Luyang County. As long as this canal is built, Luyang County can completely get rid of drought and there is no need to worry about it again."

"Digging from Rushui to my Luyang?"

Zhao Yu opened his eyes wide in surprise.

You should know that he had just followed Liu Ying and the Marquis of Luyang Township to Rushui counties a few days ago. Of course, he knew how far Rushui was from Luyang County. It is no exaggeration to say that this canal is really a big project. No wonder Liu Ying and the Marquis of Luyang Township did not dare to ask anyone to start construction.

However, through the description of the Marquis of Luyang Township, Zhao Yu also understood how the completion of this canal would help Luyang County.

That was a drastic change!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu sincerely praised: "This is really amazing. This canal... By the way, Dad, have you and Mr. Liu come up with a name for this canal?"

"Well……"

For some reason, when asked about this, the Marquis of Luyang Township suddenly seemed a little unnatural. It was not until Zhao Yu repeatedly asked that he impatiently revealed the truth: "Jing Gongqu."

"Jing Gongqu? Why is it called Jing...oh."

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

When he looked at his father again, a few malicious smirks appeared on his face.

He pretended to be confident and said, "For the sake of this canal name, I will help you no matter what I say, and help Liu Gong with help!"

"Do you think being a father is just a greedy fame? Hum!"

Looking at his son who was smirking secretly, the Marquis of Luyang Township could not maintain his father's majesty in front of his son for the first time. He stood up in anger and walked out of the Tangchi.
Chapter completed!