Chapter 202

The decree was issued half a month ago. The old fellow Smith and the carpenter are on the way. They should arrive at Beijing in a few days.

Gu Jinyu did not know that the old fellow Smith and the carpenter were coming to the capital. After being appointed as the princess, she went to the palace of the palace of Kun Ning to meet Xiao, the gold seal and the treasure book, and then sat down for a while in the Changchun palace of the imperial concubine.

The Empresses of all the palaces sent gifts, including Princess Zhuang and the crown princess.

These two are the most powerful women in the harem, except for Empress Dowager Zhuang and Empress Dowager. Their attitudes largely represent the wind direction of the harem.

It's rare that the wind direction is the same this time.

"Aunt is not mistaken." Shufei and yourong took Gu Jinyu's hand and praised her.

It is not only the emperor but also Gu Jinyu who is proud of this matter.

Whether it's Yao's partiality for Gu Jiao or Gu Jinyu's indifference in women's school, at this moment, all the haze seems to be swept away.

Gu Jinyu went back to Hou's house with great pride.

Inevitably, he was praised by Marquis Gu and old lady Gu.

Since the attack on Aunt Ling, Mrs. Gu has been on the verge of melancholy all day long. After hearing that Gu Jinyu is so promising, she has a big face for the Houfu, and she is radiant again.

She affectionately took Gu Jinyu's hand: "your grandfather is out of the house. If he is, he will praise you."

Grandfather

Gu Jinyu didn't even dare to shout that word which was very tall in her heart.

Is grandfather really proud of her?

In my impression, my grandfather is a distant existence, and everyone in my family is very afraid of him.

He never seems to be satisfied with any child. Even if the elder brother works so hard, his grandfather's eyes are still picky.

If she can be praised by her grandfather, Gu Jinyu thinks that she can show off all her life.

Gu Jinyu comes out of Mrs. Gu's yard and plans to go to Yao's yard to tell Yao that she has made great achievements and has been canonized as a princess. She wants her mother to know that she is the smartest daughter in the family and deserves Yao's respect and love.

On the way, she ran into Gu Changqing by accident.

As soon as her eyebrows were bent, she went forward and saluted Gu Changqing: "big brother."

Gu Changqing nodded lightly.

Gu Jinyu looked at the bundle he was holding in his hand and asked with a smile, "is elder brother coming back from outside? What did you take? "

"A little bit of prey." Gu Changqing said.

Today, he hunted two birds in the military camp. He plans to send them to Bishui Hutong for Gu Yan and Xiao Jingkong to play.

Gu Jinyu recognized his indifference. If she had gone in the past, she would have gone wisely. But today, she is very confident. She smiles and says, "I'm so old. I haven't hunted yet. Isn't it convenient for elder brother to take me next time?"

"Women can't go into Barracks at will." Gu Changqing declined.

"Ah." Gu Jinyu was slightly disappointed, but not too disappointed. She took out a jade pendant from her purse, raised her small face, and gave it to elder brother with a gentle smile

"What is this?" Gu Changqing asked.

Gu Jinyu said with a smile, "it's a warm jade from your majesty."

Send jade pendant is second, remind elder brother she became a princess is just tight.

Gu Changqing saw the jade pendant, and finally remembered the news he heard in the military camp. Gu Jinyu made great contributions and was granted the title of Princess conger pinhui.

"Congratulations." Gu Changqing calmly said, did not accept the jade pendant, "since it is your Majesty's reward, then you put it away, don't lose it."

"Well... OK." Gu Jinyu sincerely hopes that Gu Changqing can accept this jade pendant.

Gu Changqing went back to the yard.

Gu Changqing didn't have much trouble in his heart. He didn't expect to rely on Gu Jinyu to carry forward the Marquis's residence. Therefore, it doesn't have much to do with him whether Gu Jinyu should be a princess or not.

Gu Jinyu shows off on his elder brother's side, but he can't wait to let others know. It's a pity that Yao is not at home.

Yao went to Bishui Hutong.

She made the clothes for Gu Jiao and tried them on for her. It turned out that the sleeves and trouser legs were short again.

Is the child growing up now?

Unable to laugh or cry, Yao put down his sleeve and the upper edge of his trouser leg.

After changing her clothes, she took out all the clothes of the family to see if there was anything to mend.

She asked xiuniang to make clothes for the rest of the family. She had new clothes every month. The clothes of the old lady and Xiao LIULANG were durable. The main reason was that they were not easy to move, and the others were miserable.

It used to be Gu Jiao.

Today, Yao almost laughed when he saw it.

She thought her daughter was omnipotent. She turned out to be naive.

Gu Jiao just finished watering the vegetable garden. When she came to the backyard, she saw Yao holding a pair of clothes and shaking with laughter.

"What's the matter?" She asked, puzzled.

"Ouch ~" Yao's tears all burst out laughing. Half a day later, he stopped laughing and asked Gu Jiao, "Jiao Jiao, who did you learn your needlework from?"

Gu Jiao thought: "no teacher, no teacher?"

Yao knew that.

Who else would sew like this?

Yao's daughter was about to be amused to death. He patted the stool on one side and motioned Gu Jiao to sit down. Then he took the place where Gu Jiao had sewed and said, "don't tie a knot with one needle, and don't leave the thread outside. Like this... "

Yao opened it and sewed it again for Gu Jiao to see.

"Well." Gu Jiao thought seriously, "I thought I sewed very well."

After all, sewing clothes did improve her surgical skills, and her stitches were faster than before.

As the mother and daughter talk, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun come back from the Academy. Today, they don't have to go to master Lu to learn arts.

Two people don't know Gu Jiao and Yao are at home, fighting, each carrying a chicken feather into the yard.

Gu Xiaoshun had a small Gang in the countryside. At that time, he was the first bully in all the villages. The chicken feather on his head was the symbol of their chicken feather gang.

Later, Gu Jiao sent him to Tianxiang Academy. It seemed that he had changed. In fact, he was still a monkey in the sky.

Today, Gu Jiao finally caught him.

"Er, sister." Gu Xiaoshun Shua took off the chicken feather on his head, moved his eyes, and took off the chicken feather on Gu Yan's head.

They stood there motionless, waiting for Gu Jiao's hair.

"Jiao Jiao!"

Aunt Zhang in the alley came to the door, "the courtyard wall behind my kitchen is going to collapse!"

"I'll show you." Gu Jiao looks at the two monkeys at home, puts down the watering bucket and goes to her house with Aunt Zhang.

For the first time, the neighbors found that Gu Jiao was able to do it because the roof of the old sacrificial wine next door leaked rain. Gu Jiao climbed up and renovated the roof directly. Later, the neighbors knew that Mrs. Zhuang's nephew and granddaughter-in-law were able to do it.

Aunt Zhang's courtyard wall is cracked and needs to be repaired with mud.

In ancient times, there was no cement, but lime mortar and rammed earth.

The stability of lime mortar is not enough, and it is easy to get damp in rainy days. Rammed earth is a better choice.

The raw materials of rammed earth are red mud, coarse sand and lime blocks. There are also lime blocks and coarse sand in my grandfather's house. The red mud is used up by little clearance. Recently, he is obsessed with building houses with his little friends. For a while, he really doesn't know where to get them.

Aunt Zhang was very anxious: "can't you repair it today? I don't think it will last till tomorrow, it will collapse

The courtyard wall is connected to the kitchen. Once it collapses, people cooking in the kitchen will be in danger.

Gu Jiao thought about it and said to her, "just a moment."

Gu Jiao went back to her house, went to the kitchen to find out the glutinous rice, cooked a pot of glutinous rice soup, and then poured the thick glutinous rice ball into the well mixed lime mortar.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Gu Xiaoshun asked curiously.

Gu Yan also squatted over, Baba looked at her: "why pour the rice soup in?"

Gu Jiao handed them a stick and motioned them to keep stirring: "this is glutinous rice mortar. It's better than rammed earth. It's more suitable than it to paste the wall."

Moreover, it is easier to make it than rammed earth.

The process of ramming earth is very hard. After mixing the three kinds of raw materials together, you need to use tools to hammer again and again. The more times you hammer, the stronger the rammed earth is.

Glutinous rice mortar is not so complicated, but its firmness is much higher. This is because the cooked glutinous rice soup contains amylopectin, which is equivalent to natural adhesive. The strength of lime slurry bonded by it is comparable to that of concrete in previous generations.

"Be careful, don't get it on you." Gu Jiao said.

"Oh They nodded together.

When Gu Jinyu came to Bishui Hutong, what he saw was the scene of sister and brother mixing mortar together.

Gu Jinyu frowned.

Gu Yan has always been a diseased person who has to pant when walking in her mind. She didn't expect that he would do things or do such rough work.

Yao sat by and mended his clothes leisurely. He didn't feel anything wrong with Gu Yan's work.

Gu Jinyu calmed down and went into the yard and said, "mother, sister, brother, what are you doing?"

Gu Yan took a look at her and ignored her.

Gu Yan hates her.

I hate it when I don't know my life experience, but I hate it even more when I know it.

Gu Jiao ignored her and continued to make her own sticky rice mortar.

She didn't speak to Gu Xiaoshun, and Gu Xiaoshun certainly won't ignore her.

Yao looked back at her and said, "it's Jinyu. How did you come here?"

Gu Jinyu said softly, "I didn't see my mother in the house. I guess my mother must have come here. I brought something for my sister and brother."

Gu Yan rolled his eyes: "who is rare?"

The mortar was quickly made. Gu Jiao found a bucket and filled it with a big bucket.

"I'll do it!" Gu Xiaoshun took the bucket to Aunt Zhang's house.

Gu Yan also wanted to mention it, but he couldn't, so he took a small shovel.

Sister and brother went to mend the wall for Aunt Zhang's house.

Yao sighed.

Gu Jinyu looked at the dirty mortar on the ground and a pot of unused glutinous rice soup. She frowned in disgust and turned her head to Yao: "mother, how can my sister let my brother do rough work? My brother is so weak. "

"I have to work more because I'm weak. Don't you see that your brother is more energetic than before?" It's not that Gu Yan is still taking medicine every day. Yao is afraid to think that his son is a normal person.

Gu Jinyu said: "but the imperial doctors say that my younger brother should not work too hard, but should have more rest."

Yao said, "your sister is a doctor. She knows how to do the best for Yan'er!"

Gu Jinyu opened his mouth, just a medicine boy, where is the doctor?

Gu Jinyu's eyes fall on the glutinous rice soup and mortar. She is just fooling around. Glutinous rice soup is food, but Gu Jiao takes it to make up the mud.

Otherwise, I grew up in the countryside. I don't have any common sense.

Gu Jinyu couldn't see it, but he couldn't bear to say, "Niang."

"What's the matter?" Yao asked.

Gu Jinyu smiles, takes out a gold seal and a treasure book from the wide sleeve and hands it to Yao.

Yao's tiny amazement: "this is..."

"Open it and have a look." Gu Jinyu said with pride.

Yao opened the gold seal box and turned it over. It turned out to be the seal of the princess.

Gu Jinyu is waiting for Yao's appreciation.

Yao heard about the bellows. Yao didn't understand the imperial canonization rules, but it was an honor to be a princess.

Yao nodded happily: "mother's Jinyu is really powerful."

Gu Jinyu was very happy to get Yao's affirmation.

After a while, the three brothers and sisters came back. They covered themselves with dirt and dust on their hair.

Aunt Zhang came in with a jar of pickles and said to Yao, "ah Yao, your children are really capable! It's ready for me in a hurry

Yao's eyes almost overflowed with joy and pride. He was more happy than seeing Gu Jinyu's Princess Jinyin: "yes, they are very capable."

What can you do with a wall?

Gu Jinyu turned her lips.

Gu Jinyu brought a lot of Royal gifts to show everyone the good news of becoming a princess. However, in addition to Yao's humble praise at the beginning, Gu Jiao and her valuables were regarded as the air.

Gu Jinyu didn't feel the joy of showing off at all.

The gold, silver and jewels she brought were not worth a jar of pickles.

It's really from the countryside. I don't know the goods!

At night, Gu Jinyu went back to Hou's house.

The little servant girl told her that in the two hours when she went out, many thousands of gold came to visit her and left gifts to celebrate her becoming a princess.

Gu Jinyu felt better.

When Marquis Gu returns to the mansion, Gu Jinyu tells her about going to Bishui Hutong. When it comes to Gu Jiao's building walls for her neighbors, she praises her: "in fact, my sister is quite capable."

If Marquis Gu had been present at that time, I'm afraid he would have thought that his sister and brother were very capable, but Gu Jinyu, who invented the bellows, brought them out alone and said that there was a sharp contrast.

Marquis Gu sneered: "what can you do to build a wall? That's all she can do! Day by day, let her go to school, she does not read! You have to do these things that are not on the table! Can't we just learn from you? Study hard, play the piano well, and be the first lady of Hou's mansion! "

Gu Jinyu said in a warm voice: "sister happy is the most important."

Marquis Gu hummed coldly: "she is happy!"

Take his son away!

It's said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to Mo are black. I'm really worried that Yan'er will become a little bumpkin with that girl all day long.

Gu Yan, who was worried that he would become a little bumpkin, was playing checkers with xiaojingkong, the first child prodigy of Zhaoguo. He successfully lost the first 18 games tonight.

With a black face, he went to the study of Zhao Guo's first gifted boy and played Gobang with his brother-in-law for comfort. As a result, he was killed five times in a row.

Yan Baobao went to the old lady's house, rubbed the leaf cards with the old lady and her two card friends for a while, and was checked by the old sacrificial wine. He finished his round (frustrated) and full (bitter) day.

The first batch of Jinchuang medicine for the barracks had a good response, and the barracks soon placed the second batch of orders.

Gu Jiao is busy fighting for money every day.

Gu Jinyu is not idle.

The invention of bellows stimulated her to a great extent. She was very clever. She didn't believe what others could think of. She couldn't think of anything in her head.

Besides, the bellows is the same thing.

Subtlety is subtlety, but the principle is very simple.

Isn't it to increase the wind power and make the fire more vigorous?

What's so hard about that?

Gu Jinyu had an idea. He took out a pen and paper and improved the ratio of stove and bellows.

She doubled the bellows, which will make the firepower bigger and the effect of smelting iron higher.

Gu Jinyu took the drawing and went to the palace. She told the lady what she thought: "what could have been finished in one month could have been finished in half a month after the improvement!"

"My God, is it so fast?" Shufei was surprised.

"Well!" Gu Jinyu nodded firmly, "this is like the water drainage system used by the imperial court earlier. Because the wind is not strong enough, the effect is not high enough."

Shufei doesn't know much about this, but it's said that it's better than the present stove. Naturally, it's a great credit.

Without saying a word, she led Gu Jinyu to the imperial study to meet her majesty.

The frontier has been restless recently. Your majesty is discussing important matters with the military aircraft ministers. If ordinary people come, the eunuch will not rush to pass on the news. But who can make Princess Hui the most popular person in front of your majesty now?

Duke Wei said with a smile: "please wait a moment, Princess Hui. I'll go to pass it on."

Old slave?

Once upon a time, Duke Wei called himself a miscellaneous family in front of Gu Jinyu.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Shufei said.

Gu Jinyu also nodded.

Duke Wei stepped into the room and whispered a few words to his majesty.

Your Majesty was bored to death by the border problems, and it happened that he also needed some exciting news. He asked the military aircraft ministers to step down and called Gu Jinyu and Shufei in.

Gu Jinyu did not disappoint him.

Your majesty is actually a layman, but he trusted Gu Jinyu and immediately sent the drawings to the work department.

The supervisor of the Ministry of work looked at Gu Jinyu's drawing and showed a suspicious look: "so many bellows, no problem?"

A colleague said: "it's Miss Gu's drawing. What's the problem? Your majesty sent it in person. Hurry up

Your Majesty's order, there's no way.

The supervisor immediately ordered his men to improve the ratio of stove and bellows according to Gu Jinyu's drawings.

The results show that the efficiency has indeed been improved, and it can produce almost two days of production in one day.

Your majesty Longyan Dayue rewarded Gu Jinyu as well as Marquis Gu and the Ministry of work.

Gu Jinyu was in the limelight all the time in Beijing.

Everyone praised her as another strange woman after the crown princess, and even made her have a tendency to compete with the crown princess.

In the East Palace, a little maid in waiting for the crown princess to fight against injustice: "Niang Niang, a wild girl from the countryside deserves to be compared with you?"

Gu Jinyu's life experience can't be hidden from the east palace. Now that she is a princess, she doesn't have to hide the need of people in the world.

The common people not only don't discriminate against her, but also value her more. They think that she is a folk princess. Not only does she have no airs, but also shows the world a truth, that is, a pheasant can become a phoenix even if it flies on the branch.

The Crown Princess knelt down on the mat and practiced writing quietly, as if no matter how many storms she experienced, she was always as indifferent as a chrysanthemum.

"Scenery is nothing for a time. It's her ability to be beautiful for a lifetime."

In and out of the story, I have no dissatisfaction with Gu Jinyu's popularity.

The crown princess has seen too many people who are just like meteors. How many red people are there in front of her majesty?

She would never envy a woman who stole her limelight, because she knew that it was all temporary.

After a sunny afternoon, the old fellow Smith and carpenter went through a long journey for more than a month and finally arrived in Beijing.

The old fellow was not old enough to be escorted by the officials.

Because it was his Majesty's call, the officials did not dare to delay. After entering the capital, they took them to the post house to bathe and change clothes, and immediately entered the palace to face the saint.

They have never been to the capital, let alone the palace.

Walking on the bright white marble floor, they dare not come out.

They are such humble craftsmen. They never expected to see the present saint. They are really glorious!

Old fellow blacksmith was nervous and excited, and his old legs were shaking: "to see your majesty, I, I, I am dead here!"

It was Duke Wei who received them.

Duke Wei laughed and said, "on the Jinluan hall, you can't say this word. It's taboo."

Old fellow Smith quickly covered his mouth.

Of course, he did not forget to glance at Duke Wei. He was clearly a man. How could he talk so weird?

The carpenter is a young man in his early thirties. He is quick to adapt, but he is too excited to take care of himself. After two steps, he almost falls.

The little eunuchs chuckled.

Wei Gonggong's eyes swept past, and the eunuchs looked solemnly.

Duke Wei led people to the side hall.

He respectfully reported at the door: "Your Majesty, the craftsman of the county has arrived."

"Come in." Your majesty is in a good mood.

Their clothes were changed in the post house, and the officials also taught them the kowtow etiquette on the way. It's another matter whether they can learn or not.

Before they saw the emperor, they just heard the voice of Long Wei and felt their legs softened.

"Please." Wei Gonggong smiles to remind.

They stride over the threshold with fear.

The palace is magnificent and spotless. They don't seem to have come to the palace. They seem to have entered the fairy palace.

"Kneel --" Duke Wei sang.

Two people kneel down.

They forgot all the proprieties they had learned earlier. They kowtowed to their ancestors at the head of the tomb, and they kowtowed to the emperor three times.

When it's over, they still want some incense, but they don't.

Your majesty is very generous in his respect for his people, and will not put on the sacred and dignified airs in front of his courtiers.

"Flat out." He said.

Two people: how to still have this? The official didn't say it!

Two people looked at each other, suddenly lying on the ground, the body spread flat.

Your majesty: --

Duke Wei

Your majesty almost laughed and said: "help up

"Yes Wei Gong Gong also painstakingly suppressed laughter, and personally helped the old fellow Smith and carpenter.

They were two honest people, otherwise they would not have imparted the blowing technology to the imperial court and local craftsmen.

That's why your majesty decided to reward them.

However, to his Majesty's surprise, they refused his Majesty's reward.

"Old fellow Smith said," neither was we either. The girl, your majesty, will reward and admire the girl. We have enough benefits. My iron shop is famous, and ah Cheng's shop has endless business. We have never earned so much money in our life! Now that we can see your majesty again, we are both happy to die! "

When they get back to the county, they will be the people who have seen the emperor. They can boast about the eighteen dynasties!

Death is always taboo in front of the emperor, but from a common people's mouth with such sincere emotion, your majesty only feel happy.

When you are happy, you will enjoy more.

Your majesty said with a smile, "if you have any further requests, please do not hesitate to ask."

They discussed on their way here.

Old fellow Smith said, "we... Want to see the girl, and thank her in person."

That girl is the most important person in their life. This thanks is to be said in any case.

Your majesty is in a good mood today. He has granted their request.

Gu Jinyu was brought into the palace.

Duke Wei wanted to give her a surprise. He didn't know who it was. He just said that he was two old friends of the county.

Gu Jinyu also thought about what old friends she had in the county. Were they two servant girls in Chuang Tzu? Is Yuru back?

As a result, she saw two strange men.

Two strange men also looked at her.

Gu Jinyu had an ominous premonition in her heart. She frowned, gathered her thoughts and gave a salute: "Your Majesty."

His majesty raised her hand to show her to the flat, and looked at the carpenter and the old fellow Smith: "do you remember them?"

"Well?" Gu Jinyu was stunned.

Do these two... Do she know each other?

Old fellow Smith and carpenter's heart flashed the same doubts. Yes, do they know this girl?

"What's the matter? After more than half a year, I don't know my little benefactor? He also said that he would thank humanity in person. "

Gu Jinyu's heart clapped!

The old fellow Smith frowned, "Your Majesty, you are mistaken. She is not that girl!"