"Your Majesty, what are you thinking?"

"Lone is wondering how to get more copper."

"Isn't it that the Ou Kingdom has been destroyed and a large copper mine has been discovered in the newly built Jiaozhi?"

"Not enough, far from ......"

The newly established Cochin was not the entire area of modern Vietnam, and the Han army had not yet gone that far, and the boots were blocked by a series of mountains.

In modern Vietnam, the mountain range that blocked the way of the Han army is now called the "Chang Son Mountain Range", the total length of this continuous mountain range is almost 400 li, and the area has an unimaginably complex water system, the Han army has conquered the Ou Kingdom for three years and still has not yet figured out the shape.

At present, the copper ore discovered by the prospectors sent by Lu Zhe to Jiaozhi is not even a medium-sized copper mine, and it is a small mine at best in terms of burial volume, but it is an anthracite associated mine.

Why did Lu Zhe focus on a small copper mine? That's not because of the discovery of anthracite! If there were steam warships at sea in the age of steam, what anthracite would mean, right? It's a pity that Lu Zhe has just made a research breakthrough in gunpowder now, such as the steam engine, and he hasn't seen any shadow at all, let alone an internal combustion engine.

"The sisters are having fun over there, can't the king go over?"

"Huh?"

Lu Zhe looked in the direction Zhao Wan pointed, a group of concubines and ladies were playing with the ball and throwing it happily, laughter and twittering ridicule were connected.

Losing the ball? In fact, it is a dodgeball game, draw a fixed area and divide it into two sides, select the players to divide into two teams, and then take turns to throw the ball, and if it is smashed, it will be considered out.

Now it is Lu Pheasant who is losing the ball, she has been making false movements, but the target is Wei Wen, which makes Wei Wen scream again and again without really attacking.

Because it's just starting to play, no one is out yet. Standing next to them were a large number of maids, who were very cooperative and screaming as the scene changed, but they could not hear the cheers, after all, whoever hit anyone was not something they could cheer for, they could only let out exclamations and sighs.

"What do you think, it turned out to be a team of Lu Pheasant and Yang Zi......"

Lu Zhe meant that these two women belonged to the fierce type, and the rest of the women were not so fierce.

The detachment on the field is Lu Pheasant, Yang Zi, Wei Shuang, Han Yan, Ji Dan against Zhao Xin, Xiong Nu, Wei Wen, Tian Lin, Yixiu, the beginning is to guess the winning side as the priority attack, Lu Pheasant grabbed the right to start, and I don't know what the situation Lu Pheasant is alone to scare Wei Wen.

In fact, if you think about it, you can know why Lu Pheasant specifically targeted Wei Wen. Zhao Wan gave birth to the eldest son, Wei Wen gave birth to the eldest son, Yang gave birth to the second son, Han Yan gave birth to the third son, and Lu Pheasant gave birth to the fourth son.

Among Lu Zhe's current children, the eldest is the six-year-old eldest son Lu Qi, followed by the five-year-old eldest son Lu Yi. followed by Lu Shao, the third son of Lu Shao, born to Yang Zi, the third son of Lu Yang, born to Xiong Nu, and the fourth son Lu Bin, born to Han Yan, who was also three years old, but Lu Ying, the fourth son of Lu Pheasant, was less than one year old.

Because Lu Zhe has created a different national system, many heirs are destined to become the king of a certain place after being crowned as adults in the future and recognized by Lu Zhe. In fact, it was determined from this state system. How can it be regarded as excellent, and how can it be recognized by Lu Zhe, a series of factors have caused a phenomenon, that is, in the future, each king will actually have a competitive relationship with each other from the moment he is born. After all, not every heir can become a king. Even if you can become a king, a good fief is limited, isn't it?

Lu Pheasant is an extremely competitive woman, but Wei Wen is a woman with a weak personality. The two have always been Wei Wen's role of being bullied in getting along.

Lu Zhe has been too busy for a long time, and he needs to lead troops to go out from time to time, so he doesn't have enough energy to pay attention to his harem, so that although he heard that there is a competition in the harem, he didn't come up with a good way to understand or deal with it, and this kind of thing is actually not something that can be dealt with, it is far more complicated than imagined.

A scream brought Lu Zhe back to his senses from some kind of thinking, and what he saw was Wei Wen sitting on the ground covering his chest, and Lu Pheasant jumping up with joy on the other side, and the subsequent scene became a cheering hit on one side, and the four girls on the other side surrounded Wei Wen to care about Wei Wen.

"You're too ruthless, why are you so hard!" Yixiu rubbed Wei Wen's chest and choked directly at Lu Pheasant.

In the past few years, Yixiu has long grown into a slim girl, she is not one of Lu Zhe's women now, the original shy little girl has also become a lively girl because of Lu Zhe's special cultivation, but how to deal with people...... Seems to be missing a bit of a tendon?

"No, it's okay......" The ones just now seemed to be a little fierce, and Wei Wen's anger was a little insufficient: "It's all, it's all playing, and I didn't dodge ......"

Lu Pheasant, on the other side, hurriedly ran over to apologize for a while, and finally promised: "This time you lose the ball, I will stand still and not hide." ”

Before Wei Wen could say anything, Yixiu immediately said, "What you said, you must not hide." I want to avenge Sister Wen! ”

Lu Pheasant smiled directly, repeating "don't hide, don't hide......" in his mouth, and then returned to his own area.

Zhao Wan, who was staying in the pavilion, paid attention to Lu Zhe's expression, what she saw was the smile on Lu Zhe's face at all times, but the eyes under Lu Zhe's firelight were different from the smile on his expression, a little silent?

Yixiu was also doing all kinds of feints with a small leather ball, watching her jump and scurry, while Lu Pheasant on the other side was standing in place with her chest covered, and the scene was indescribably fun.

"Your Majesty," Zhao Wan called softly, waiting for Lu Zhe to answer, "Hmm?" She continued: "On April 28th, the families of the sisters will come to the royal capital? ”

There is such a thing, Lu Zhe invited several existing kings, including Fusu, to come to Nanling, and the relatives of many concubines and wives were also invited, and they would have a banquet in the palace on the 28th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

"No matter what Fusu's reply is tomorrow, the second day of the fifth month will be the day when the nations will merge into an empire." Lu Zhe said that he stopped, and the Yixiu over there had already begun to really attack.

Yixiu scurried around and didn't succeed in scaring Lu Pheasant was probably annoyed, took a few steps back and accelerated forward again, and then threw out the small leather ball in his hand, seeing that the flying speed of the ball did use a lot of force. However, it seems that it was too hard and the angle was not well controlled, and the ball was thrown out and smashed directly to the outside of the field, and a "uh" also came from there.

"Missed, missed!" Lu Pheasant laughed "haha" and jumped up.

The expression on Yixiu's face was very dejected, and she looked innocently at Wei Wen with a wry smile on her face, and then she ran out of the field to pick up the ball in person.

Where the ball flew out just now, but there was a muffled grunt? When she waited for Yixiu to come back, she was not only holding the ball with one hand, but also holding the five-year-old Lu Yi with the other, followed by a large number of men and women who walked by herself or were held by the maids. At the back was a majestic guard.

Lu Yi, who was held in Yixiu's arms, had a red face on the left side, his eyes were red and his lips were pursed, and he looked like he was holding back and not crying, it seemed that he was scared a lot and hurt a lot at the same time.

This group of children is naturally Lu Zhe's many children, they were originally playing on the grass on the other side, who wanted to play Lu Wei was suddenly smashed to the ground by a leather ball, not only frightened many children, the maid who was responsible for taking care of the children was directly frightened and turned pale, and those guards were not only pale but also extremely frightened.

"Haha...... Click? ”

Lu Pheasant, who was laughing, stopped laughing, and the many concubines and ladies who had been following the music also completely calmed down. They all looked at Lu Yi, who was blushing with a small face, and then looked at Yixiu, who had an innocent face, and finally turned to the gazebo with their eyes.

Zhao Wan in the pavilion had already covered her mouth, and her eyes were full of worry and distress. After reacting, he hurriedly got up from the posture of sitting on his knees, and ran quickly to where Lu Yi was.

The maids and guards who followed to take care of and protect the children had already knelt on the ground in unison, especially the two maids who were responsible for taking care of Lu Yi were kneeling on the ground and their bodies were constantly trembling, and the six guards who were protecting Lu Yi were kneeling on one knee and their heads were constantly dripping sweat to the ground.

The first time Zhao Wan ran over was to hug Lu Yi. His mouth kept whispering something to comfort him, and sometimes he raised his head and glanced at the two maids and the six guards with unusually stern eyes, and his gaze was a little complicated when he looked at Yixiu with an innocent face.

Lu Yi, who was hugged by Zhao Wan, finally couldn't hold back his crying. Wow Wow Crying while also choking up and saying things like "Mother, the child's face hurts".

Lu Yi's crying was like a guide, the young children were already a little confused by the sudden change of strict atmosphere, Lu Yi cried, and the young dolls also cried, and the same six-year-old Lu Qi and Lu Yi stood stunned, looking a little hesitant whether they should cry or not?

"The maid resigned and returned to her hometown, and the guards were sent to the expedition of the Southern Naval Army." Lu Zhe said to Yan Bi next to him.

Yan Bi wanted to say something but held back. He just felt that the king he was loyal to was too merciful, after all, Lu Yi was the eldest son! This matter can be big or small, even if it is ordered to pull those people out and behead them, it is nothing.

The plot is a little wrong? According to the rules of the royal family, it should be that all the maids and guards who didn't take care of Lu Yi should be killed? In fact, the rules of the ancient pre-Qin were not like this, and neither was the country under the rule of Lu Zhe.

In the pre-Qin period of ancient times, the maids of the palace city were divided into slaves or free people. Slaves could be killed at will, because slaves themselves were a class without any human rights. Free people have human rights, they are considered to perform a job in Miyagi, unless the ruler is so good that he ignores his reputation, otherwise he can only be punished according to the corresponding rules, the circumstances are not strict zhòng is generally beaten or dismissed, the strictest case is until the judgment according to the law or rules after the beheading. Of course, whether it is strict or not is actually the upper one's final say, it depends on whether the superior can restrain it.

The maids in the palace of Lu Zhe are all free people, that is, the so-called "national people" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they apply for jobs in the royal family, and receive monthly wages according to the different things they do and the level of their positions, generally at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and work for the royal family for at least six years. During these six years, if they are favored by the ruler, they are very likely to change their future destiny and become the ruler's woman, which is one of the so-called harem beauties. If they are not favored by the rulers, they will stay at the end of their six-year work contract, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and unless there are special circumstances, they will leave their jobs in Miyagi and return to their hometowns.

In the kingdom under Lu Zhe's rule, the nobles had the right to have their own guards, and these guards were recruited by each nobleman himself, generally the strong men who had retired or had the courage to join the army but did not join the army, and they were used as personal companions when they went out on the expedition, and they were also the bodyguards and caretakers of the family in peacetime.

There is a difference between the royal family and the nobles, the difference is that the guards of the royal family members are not recruited by the people, they are all from the elite of the army, the noble guards eat private wages, but the royal guards eat military salaries.

At present, there is no civil and military imperial examination system in the Han Kingdom, so there is no so-called fast shortcut, and the new period of the country must be the rule of the officials, and the talented and willing to climb up step by step is always possible, so it does not mean that there is no place for them to play. It should be put another way, that is, many people think that their talents are outstanding and are not willing to join the army to start as a small soldier, so the other way has become popular.

Generally speaking, a large number of people, they are willing or will strive to become the guardian of the nobility, and cultivate after being valued by the nobility, the cultivation here can be recommended, or it can be tilted on certain connections and resources, so as to obtain better and faster development.

The guards of the nobility can still have a better development because they are valued, and the guards of the royal family members are even more so, after all, people are emotional animals, and there will always be all kinds of preferential treatment for those who are closer, right?

Lu Zhe is not a cold-blooded animal, he can't raise a butcher's knife because of an accident because of his child, but the dignity of the royal family must also be maintained, so dismissing the maid and transferring the six guards to the current dangerous naval expedition is the best way to deal with it.

Then again, although the current expedition of the navy is dangerous, how can it be absolutely safe to be paid as a soldier? Therefore, it is not that Lu Zhe wants six guards to die, and maybe he will get a good future because of the meritorious deeds of the expedition of the navy.

After giving instructions to deal with the maids and guards, Yan Bi naturally did things according to the arrangement, while Lu Zhe sat in place and waved to the many children...... (To be continued......)