after being kidnapped by the general

Chu Hechao ran out of the manor directly.

As if there were wolves, tigers and leopards chasing after him, Chu Hechao didn't dare to stop. When he stopped, he had already reached the frozen river next to the field.

It was freezing cold, and the hot air exhaled turned into white mist.Chu Hechao stood there for a while, then went to the river and squatted down, staring at the frozen water absently.

His shadow was reflected on the surface of the water, panicked and frightened.But the shadow changed and changed into another face with red lips and white teeth.

Chu Hechao's face changed suddenly in fright, and he stretched out his hand suddenly to shatter the shadow in the pool.

The figure swayed, the ice water shattered into several pieces, and the reflection disappeared.

Chu Hechao's complexion did not improve, and he glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to realize that his hands were shaking.

It's ridiculous that the hands of the God of War in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were shaking because of a young boy.

The sky gradually darkened, Chu Hechao didn't move, his thighs seemed to be frozen in place.He seemed to think a lot, but he didn't seem to think about anything.His mind went blank, and his forehead even broke out in a cold sweat in the winter.

Under the night, the river in front of him was no longer a river, but a dark abyss of incest.

Ethics of family affection, propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame, everything turned into demons and ghosts to surround and torture Chu Hechao.

"You actually fell in love with your sister-in-law?"

"What are you thinking!"

"—that's your brother's wife."

"It's the daughter-in-law that your parents married Chu Mingfeng!"

The words that Xiongnu Shanyu once tried to provoke Chu Hechao echoed in his ears over and over again.

Chu Hechao had no expression on his face, his eyes were floating and sinking.

Even if he wanted to deny it, he also recognized the fact that he really...has thoughts about Yuanli beyond his uncle and sister-in-law.

His heart was beating, and he wanted to devour and lick Yuanli away like a fire.The thought of being ready to move came out of his bones, and Chu Hechao crossed that line both mentally and physically when facing Yuanli.

That's not what a brother-in-law should think about his sister-in-law, but a man fervently teasing someone who wants to take it for himself.

This kind of dirty mind is obviously not visible.

What's more, Yuanli and Chu Mingfeng also agree with each other.

Chu Hechao was breathing heavily, revealing some traces of pain.For a moment, it seemed that Chu Mingfeng was looking at him coldly.

Chu Mingfeng said sarcastically: "Ci Ye, I asked you to take care of my wife more, did you ask you to take care of me?"

Chu Hechao said, "Get lost."

The voice disappeared, and Chu Hechao closed his eyes.

In a few days, the wind and cold in Yuanli disappeared.

The disease doctor was surprised that he could recover so quickly, and Yuan Li thought it might have something to do with his daily soaking of feet in salt water with peppercorns to keep out the cold.He also told Liu Jixin about this method, and asked Liu Jixin to follow this method. As expected, Liu Jixin's condition improved a lot.

Yuanli found time to visit Liu Jixin and the injured soldiers who fought the fire for him.

After Yuanli left, Mrs. Zheng, Liu Jixin's wife, arranged the medicinal materials he sent and put them in the warehouse, and said to her husband anxiously: "Young master sent a lot of precious medicinal materials. I'm afraid you can use them when you recover from the cold." It's not over. Some of these medicinal materials are really valuable, isn't it good for us to accept them like this?"

The old god Liu Jixin was lying on the bed and blowing his nose with a handkerchief, "You can keep it at ease. Since the lord has sent it, there is no reason to take it back."

Seeing that his wife was still anxious, Liu Jixin patted her hand reassuringly, "Don't worry, my lord has always taken good care of my own people, and I am courteous and virtuous, and generous. You see, since I came under the lord's door, my family has been in trouble again." Why is there less food and clothing?"

Zheng smiled and said yes.

Liu Jixin said again: "Besides, these medicinal materials are not useless. I have written to my friend and your brother. I remember that Zheng Rong is thin and weak, so I can just give him a supplement."

Mrs. Zheng asked in surprise, "Is my brother coming to Youzhou?"

Zheng Rong is Liu Jixin's brother-in-law. Zheng's family is a merchant with a bad background.But Liu Jixin's brother-in-law is very smart. Liu Jixin has met this brother-in-law several times and knows that he has great ambitions.

This brother-in-law was also very motivated before, and worked as a servant of many officials, but because he had no chance to show his talents, he was not favored by the master. He was depressed, and finally returned home to relax. Today, I no longer think about what big things I can do.

"That depends on whether he will come or not," Liu Jixin stroked his beard and smiled, "Zheng Rong is smart in his work, but the lord lacks talents under his command. If he wants to make his mark, he will come naturally."

Mrs. Zheng didn't think so. Her younger brother always liked to have fun, so why did he come to Youzhou?Zheng said euphemistically: "But Youzhou is located in a remote place, thousands of miles away, far inferior to the prosperity of Luoyang... I'm afraid this kid is unwilling to come."

Liu Jixin smiled and said nothing, "Then just wait and see, ma'am."

After Yuanli visited people, he went to see piglets and potatoes.

The kang in the potato experiment base has been burned, and the potatoes buried in the ground have begun to germinate. Green shoots emerge from the mud, and the growth is particularly gratifying.

Yuan Li was in a good mood after reading it, and when he returned to the manor, he found a lot of wooden blocks piled up in the yard of the manor.

These logs were not burnt out but blackened by the fire in the Chu Palace. They can no longer be used in the Chu Palace, but the wood is good wood, so it is a pity to throw it away.Guo Lin remembered that the lord wanted to make something out of wood, so he sent it to the manor.

When Yuanli saw the wood, he thought of the vertical windmill and waterwheel he was going to make. Now that he had nothing to do, he found tools and tried to make a smaller version of the windmill and waterwheel according to the drawings. Take a look at the effect of these two farming tools.

If the effect is good, he will ask carpenters to make large vertical windmills and waterwheels.

Yuanli planned to build a vertical windmill first, because a vertical windmill is much simpler than a waterwheel. He found a similar piece of wood and started to work after measuring the size.

The process of chipping wood is a lot like playing with building blocks, which is fun and passes the time.Yuan Li quickly put his full attention into it, and the time passed quickly unknowingly.Almost on the third day, the vertical windmill produced by Yuanli had already taken shape.

From the appearance, the vertical windmill is something similar to the revolving door of later generations. It has eight sails, which can receive the wind blowing from all directions, and the rotating shaft is driven by the wind, and the mill or waterwheel is driven under the rotating shaft. To achieve the purpose of grinding grain or fetching water for irrigation. *

The most important components in a windmill are spur gears, vertical shafts and sails.The most difficult thing to make is the meshing of the flat gear and a small vertical gear. Needless to say, the fineness needs to be said if the wood is repaired to a degree that can be completely fitted.

Yuanli was stuck on the gear for a day or two, and he was not in the mood for eating, so he hurriedly continued to study the gear after half of the meal.

On this day, he was continuing to grind the gears when he saw Chu Hechao walking from outside the door.

Yuanli hadn't seen him for six or seven days, so he couldn't help waving at him, "General?"

Chu Hechao paused, walked over calmly, looked down at Yuan Li who was sitting among the debris on the floor, "What are you doing?"

The young man was covered in sawdust, and his hair was covered with a layer of snow, just like a carpenter.

"It's been a long time since I saw you," Yuan Li looked up at the man curiously, "Are you busy recently?"

Chu Hechao responded lightly.

Yuan Li let out an "oh", feeling that he seemed a little indifferent today, and asked again: "The general arrested a lot of people for torture last time, did you find out anything?"

"Some of them got some answers, some of them didn't, but their doubts couldn't be explained," Chu Hechao said indifferently, "Just in case, I have ordered all these people to be killed."

These people had more or less contact with Xiao Ce, even if Xiao Ce died, he couldn't keep them by his side.

Yuan Li had no objection to Chu Hechao's handling, he nodded and continued to deal with the wood in his hand.

Chu Hechao wanted to leave, but he couldn't move his feet.He looked down for a while and asked casually, "What are you doing?"

"Vertical windmill."

Yuan Li handed him the blueprint on the side, and while carefully grinding the gears with his head down, he explained to him the working principle of the vertical windmill.

The principle of the vertical windmill is not difficult to understand. After listening to it, Chu Hechao looked at the picture and knew what he was going to build.He looked at it for a while, "You're doing it wrong."

Yuan Li had a headache, "I always feel like I'm doing something wrong. The gears don't mesh together."

Chu Hechao suddenly stretched out his hand, "Give me the things."

Yuan Li handed the things to him suspiciously, "General, can you do it? No, don't mess around."

Chu Hechao sat on the ground, "Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?"

"..." Yuan Li suddenly chuckled, waiting for him, waiting for him, a "smart man", to make a joke.

But I didn't expect Chu Hechao to be quite handsome once he got started.He compared the gap between the two gears, and took a dagger to modify the details on the flat gear. He looked serious, his jaw tensed, and he looked very handsome.

It didn't take long for the concentrated sweat to condense into beads and slide down Chu Hechao's chin, full of masculinity.

But in Yuan Li's eyes, gears are more attractive than Chu Hechao's hue.Yuan Li looked at it, and suddenly remembered something, "General, He Lang and I are asking to marry the elder sister of the two beauties of the Yu family. I have asked this beauty of the Yu family, and she is willing to leave with He Lang. You Turn around and ask He Lang, when will he bring people home?"

Chu Hechao stopped what was in his hand and thought for a while, then asked, "When will Wu Kai get married?"

"On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, two days before the Chinese New Year," Yuan Li said with a smile, "it's almost there, just seven days later."

Before I knew it, there were still nine days before the Chinese New Year.

This year has passed so quickly, but looking back at it in a hurry, it is extraordinarily exciting.

Yuan Li sighed, and began to think about whether he had prepared all the things for the New Year.

Rice, grain, meat, new clothes, drinks, everything you should have.

The New Year's gift to Luoyang's King Chu and his wife, Ruyang's own parents and Ouyang Ting had been sent out a few months ago.

After thinking about it, there was nothing wrong, Yuan Li felt relieved.

Chu Hechao made a final decision, "Then let He Langming come back in the next two days, and let him pick up the person on the same day as Wu Kai."

Yuan Li said: "Okay."

"What about the other one?" Chu Hechao asked abruptly, "I'll let you keep it?"

Yuan Li said: "Her sister wants to take her away, but she thinks it's good to stay in the palace, and hopes to stay here, and wants to repay me for doing things for me in the future."

"Doing things for you?" Chu Hechao tasted these four words with the tip of his tongue, and smiled, not knowing what it meant.

After saying this, Chu Hechao stopped talking.He was so silent today, Yuan Li was not used to it, "General, you really don't talk much today."

Chu Hechao responded lightly again.

Not only did he talk less, Chu Hechao didn't seem to even glance at Yuanli.

Yuan Li glanced at Chu Hechao suspiciously, and Chu Hechao said lazily, "Don't look at me, look at the guy in my hand."

Yuan Li looked down, and the gears in Chu Hechao's hand became more and more clear. His attention was attracted, and he got closer and closer, wanting to have a closer look at the gears.Without paying attention, his hair hit Chu Hechao's face, and Chu Hechao's hand trembled, almost breaking the gear.At the critical moment, he took the dagger away in time, so as not to damage the thing in his hand.

The veins on the back of Chu Hechao's hands popped up, and his forehead popped out. He was extremely sensitive to Yuanli's every move, and whispered, "Stay away from me!"

Yuan Li turned to look at him blankly, lowered his head and smelled his shoulder, "Does it smell bad on me?"

Yuanli's breath floated on Chu Hechao's nose, full of soap and wood smells.It was nothing special, but it made Chu Hechao feel itchy.

He took a deep breath, turned Yuanli's head to one side, looked down at the gears, and said impatiently, "You're blocking me."

Yuan Li said obediently, "Oh."

For the next time, the two of them didn't speak much.Yuanli is also working on other parts of the vertical windmill.Chu Hechao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he couldn't help but look at Yuanli several times from the corner of his eye.

When he realized what he had done, he quickly looked away expressionlessly.