Lu Ziyan came in high spirits and left dejected. He couldn't even last three rounds at the hands of his elder brother.
Looking at Lu Ziyan's dejected back, Lu Zifeng raised his eyebrows. I have to hit you like this, otherwise when will I let you grow up?
Lu Mingyuan read his sons' books for a while and went out for a walk to change his mood. He saw that the second son was almost devastated by the blow given to him by the eldest son, and he found it interesting.
The mischievous second child was now completely subdued by his eldest brother. "Well, that's good. I don't have to worry about it anymore. It seems that the second child has been looking for books like military manuals recently, but these books are not easy to find! These books are usually in the hands of aristocratic families."
Lu Zifeng turned around and looked at his father standing there in deep thought, then walked over.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Mingyuan came back to his senses.
"Brother Feng, you know the second son's ambition, but if he wants to be a general, he still needs to read more military books, but I'm afraid our family can't give him these things."
Lu Zifeng laughed when he heard this.
"Dad, don't worry about this. Leave this matter to me!"
Lu Zifeng was not bragging. He had many military books in his space, all written by many famous generals throughout the dynasties. It was just that he could not show them to Lu Ziyan for the time being. These books were collected when he passed by a library in his previous life and he went in and put all the books into his space.
Lu Zifeng was afraid that this kid would be too ambitious and not know his place. He was still young now, only thirteen years old, so he should wait until he had mastered martial arts.
Lu Mingyuan looked at Lu Zifeng.
"Feng'er, you're not looking for the Prince of Jing, are you? Feng'er! We are very far from the Prince in status, so we must remember not to rush to get close to him. It's better to let things take their course. This favor will be used less and less."
Lu Zifeng naturally knew Lu Mingyuan's concerns. He knew what to do, so he nodded.
"Dad, don't worry, I know what's going on."
On this day, at the Luzhou Prefecture Wharf, today was the day when Prince Jing and his family of three would board the ship to return to Beijing. Lu Zifeng had been informed yesterday, and he was here to see them off today. Because Prince Jing's family had been constantly attacked by assassinations, they kept a low profile this time. Nan Qingyun, the Luzhou prefect, secretly sent thirty of the Nan family's secret guards, plus more than a hundred guards, to escort Prince Jing and his family of three back to Beijing.
"Brother Feng, I'm waiting for you in the capital. I have a feeling that you will come to the capital one day."
Lu Zifeng almost rolled his eyes, but fortunately he knew that he shouldn't do that in this situation.
"Well, I will go to the capital sooner or later. Just don't turn me away then."
Situ Hao hit Lu Zifeng on the shoulder.
"Okay, I'm leaving now. I'll wait for you in the capital!"
Lu Zifeng nodded. To be honest, he sometimes felt that his friend Situ Hao was not real and always seemed very vague.
Lu Zifeng also thought about why he had this feeling, but he really couldn't figure it out. Later, he thought that it was probably because he was not from this era. Although he had been here for a few months, he always had the feeling of being an outsider looking at ordinary people.
Lu Zifeng has realized this, so he is now trying his best to integrate into this world. However, it still takes time to fully integrate into this world.
After seeing off Prince Jing and his family, Lu Zifeng returned to his peaceful life. When he had nothing to do, he would read a book, or go to the mountains to find Yin Guang, and go hunting with Yin Guang's family.
Feng Qing and his companions are developing very smoothly. Yu Rou's fruit wine has been a success, and now the farm has begun to brew fruit wine in large quantities. Lu Zifeng has also discussed the cooperation intention with Nan Qingyun and signed a contract. Before the New Year, he can launch Lu's fruit wine in the Nan family caravan.
Moreover, all Nan family restaurants sell Lu family fruit wine.
The children trained by Feng Qing have made great progress during this period. In two to three years, the oldest ones should be able to become successful.
Lei Ting's business outside is also booming. He has opened five shops in succession and established the Lei's Trading Company. He recruited a group of people to start traveling for business. The so-called traveling for business means selling goods from the north to the south, which is also a channel for providing information to Lu Zifeng!
Now the ten guards of the Lu family have become third-rate masters under Lei Yun's training. Don't underestimate third-rate masters. Masters like Feng Qing are actually very rare. Feng Qing and his five companions are all first-rate masters. For an ordinary family to have ten third-rate masters is already an extraordinary existence.
Second-rate masters are generally from powerful and noble families in the capital, and in Luzhou Prefecture, third-rate masters are already very powerful.
In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth month of the year. In two days, it would be the eighth day of the twelfth month. Lu Zifeng had never expected that on this day he would receive a New Year gift from Prince Jing's Mansion in the capital.
This was really beyond the Lu family's expectations. They had thought that a noble place like Prince Jing's Mansion would send a New Year gift to the Lu family, but now that they had sent it, the Lu family couldn't refuse a gift in return.
Tan Yunniang was busy for three days before she arranged the return gifts. The Lu family's return gifts naturally could not be compared with those from Prince Jing's Mansion, but they were also pretty good. Just the two live deer, three roe deer, and two bear skins hunted by Lu Zifeng were not easy to come by.
There were also ten jars of Lu family fruit wine. However, I think the Nan family also gave a lot of these fruit wines to Princess Jing. After all, the Nan family is Princess Jing's family, right? However, the meaning is different after all. This fruit wine is produced by the Lu family after all.
The carriage was so full that it didn't seem to lose any points, so the coachman from Prince Jing's mansion was allowed to drive the carriage back to Beijing.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Lu family went to visit the prefect's house. There was no other way. Nan Qingyun remembered that Nan Shaoqing had learned martial arts and spearmanship from Lu Zifeng, and was very grateful to Lu Zifeng, so he invited the whole Lu family to visit this time.
The reason why Nan Qingyun was so grateful to the Lu family was because Nan Shaoqing had returned to his grandfather's home in the capital with the Jingwang family some time ago. There, Nan Shaoqing relied on the spear skills taught by Lu Zifeng to challenge all his cousins, which made the old man of the Nan family very happy.
Speaking of which, the Nan family’s affairs do have their roots.
The Nan family also made their fortune through military merit. The old man of the Nan family who has passed away was also a good brother who followed the great-grandfather to conquer the world.
Until now, the old man of the Nan family and several brothers of Nan Qingyun have practiced martial arts since childhood. However, Nan Qingyun insisted on taking the civilian career route and was unwilling to practice martial arts. This angered the old man, and the relationship between father and son reached a freezing point.
Helpless, Nan Qingyun had to ask the emperor for help and got him the position of prefect of Luzhou Prefecture. He seldom returned to Beijing in recent years. This time, his son Nan Shaoqing came to Beijing and used the Seven-Probe Coiled Snake Spear Technique taught by Lu Zifeng to defeat everyone in a duel with his brothers. This allowed Nan Qingyun to find a way to warm up his relationship with his father.
What Nan Qingyun meant was that I, your son, did not learn martial arts, but I gave you a good grandson who was willing to learn martial arts, and he learned such advanced martial arts.
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