"Senior brother, junior brother, come down quickly, the teacher is looking for you. Yu Wenli's voice came from downstairs.

"Hey, here we are. Dugu Ming hurriedly put away the dishes. "You go down first, and I'll come in a moment. ”

Hu Fashun stood in the study of **, feeling uncomfortable.

It wasn't just the books that made him feel uncomfortable that made the study nowhere to stay, but also Princess Nayu, who was writing the subject selection list. Tang Wanyuan equipped Nayu with first-class servants in the two subjects of scripture and history to guide her, but Princess Nayu did not major in any of them, and actually chose the study of mythology and history as her major.

Hu Fashun couldn't help but ask, what do you little goblin want to do?

"I take the liberty of asking, why did you choose my subject?" Facing the fairy princess, ** was quite complicated. He tried hard to make his expression look formal, but because he had been casual for too long, he showed a hideous bitter face.

"Liu Fushu, didn't you still praise Gu in Taiweiyuan today? Isn't Gu qualified to apply for your subjects?" Nayu smiled, showing her girl-like temperament next door. But the humility in her words made her words impossible to ignore.

"That's not what I meant. "Seriously. "Tang Taichang has assigned you three servants, they are all masters of the Economic Department and the History Department, and their knowledge will be of great benefit to you when you ascend the throne and rule Goulong in the future. But I'm not going to be useful for this study of mythology, is there?"

Nayu still had a smile on her face: "It doesn't matter, Lone can study the three subjects of scripture, history and law at the same time." After coming to Feng Ho, Lone has been doing this all the time, never delaying the progress. Besides, the exam questions you gave Lone were too simple, and the classmates didn't dare to discuss with Lone because of Lone's identity. I heard that Liu Fushu is very strict, so he applied for your subject, which is also the motivation for Lone to improve. ”

"Hehe, is it?" ** smiled awkwardly, the bitter image on his face even more ugly.

Nonsense, who dares to really test you, ** belly slander.

"Teacher, I brought them here. Yuwen Li jumped into the study happily.

As soon as Shi Yuanji entered the door, he saw the irritable Hu Fashun, and Hu Fashun looked back, and just wanted to speak, he was interrupted by Nayu.

"Brother Yuanji. ”

"Huh?" Shi Yuanji snorted, turned around and saw Nayu pounce in front of him.

"Hello Princess. Shi Yuanji dared to be lazy, and hurriedly gave a salute.

Ever since he saw the mastery of the big man, Shi Yuanji no longer dared to slack off. In his eyes, even if these guys showed a smile, they were like murderous knives unsheathed.

"I thought you didn't remember me. Nayu's forward action stopped, and the two leopard ears stood up excitedly.

For a while, the eyes in the study stayed on Shi Yuanji's body, which made him embarrassed.

** Said solemnly: "Shi Yuanji, Dugu Ming, you and Hu Gongzi go to find Yuan Rang first, Yu Wenli, take Princess Nayu to look around and familiarize yourself with the environment." ”

Hu Fashun patted Shi Yuanji on the shoulder and walked out on his own.

Shi Yuanji was very grateful in his heart, and inexplicably relieved him of the siege. And Hu Fashun's attitude made him quite frightened, and the dignified eldest son of the Hu family patted him on the shoulder without considering the current situation.

"Shouldn't I be a stranger to you now?" Shi Yuanji scolded.

Dugu Ming was familiar with the road, and took Hu Fashun to the basement and saw Yuan Rang, who was meditating on a pile of steel.

"I don't talk nonsense much either. Hu Fashun turned to look at them. "The combustion pump had to be retrofitted a year ago, and a stable sample by next summer at the latest. ”

"Yuan Rang, your idea is good, but you haven't made any progress since you worked on this prototype. I don't want to know why, as long as you make what I want in the time. ”

"Dugu Ming, I heard that you are a good hand in mana theory, you better cheer up and don't touch the fish. This research is very useful, and it may even make you a sacrificial drink. ”

Dugu Ming smiled slightly and did not speak.

Hu Fashun looked at Shi Yuanji with deep eyes, took out two documents from his arms and held them in front of Shi Yuanji: "My father admires you very much, and he hopes that you can participate in this study." This is a contract, and if you are not satisfied, you can negotiate again. ”

Shi Yuanji glanced at it roughly, and the conditions above were very attractive. Five taels of silver per month, and after the research is successful, it will also participate in the commission according to the contribution of the research. Anyway, this thing is going to be used in the army, and it will definitely make a lot of money.

When he thought that when he was in Xiaoyu Village, the annual expenses with his master were only two or three taels of silver a year, and this money really made him so excited that his mouth was dry.

Of course, there are also some confidential contents, what should be said and what should not be said, and what penalties will be imposed if the results cannot be achieved by the appointed time.

"Master Hu, your conditions are very tempting, I signed it. Shi Yuanji's voice became hoarse due to being too excited.

He condensed his mana at his fingertips and wanted to write his name on the contract, but the two contracts flew back to Hu Fashun's side.

"Have you always been so confident, not afraid that you will fail?" Hu Fashun took the hand of the contract back and asked a little provocatively.

"Your father knows, I have almost nothing now, what else can I not lose?" Shi Yuanji pointed in the air, carving his name into the contract.

Is it necessary for you to reveal the fact that we are acquaintances?" Shi Yuanji said viciously in his heart.

Hu Fashun laughed, put away the contract, and patted Shi Yuanji on the shoulder: "Come to my house tonight, my father wants to see you, and some acquaintances will also be there, haha." ”

Shi Yuanji's eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, but when he realized that Dugu Ming and Yuan Rang were also looking at him, he regained his composure.

Yuan Rang picked up a piece of steel and smiled bitterly: "It seems that we are all guys from unknown sources." ”

"Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about?" Dugu Ming took out the posture of a senior brother and said a little sternly. "We all have our own secrets, but aren't we still like brothers and love each other?"

"Just like you never ask me why my surname is Dugu, but I entered the Chengyun Pavilion in the exam, and I never ask why you, as the eldest son of the Yuan family, the Eight Pillars National Clan, always stay with the poor, and we don't ask Yu Wenli why she and Yu Wentai are brothers and sisters, but they are strangers. ”

"Time is also fate, luck is also lucky, and many times one's fate is not in one's own hands at all, and there is no way to change it. Since you can't change it, it's better to live happily. I always say you're too depressed, and you don't listen. Why do you think about this? The most important thing in being a human being is to be happy!"

Yuan Rang took a deep breath, and the bitter smile on his face dissipated a lot: "Senior brother is right, I'm too narrow." ”

Dugu Ming took Yuan Rang and Shi Yuanji's hands, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that from now on, we will have a gap between each other, and we won't be able to eat happily together, read books, and appreciate the new little junior sister, that is not a good thing." ”

The joke worked, the haze on Yuanrang's face completely dissipated, Shi Yuanji showed a sincere smile, and the somewhat gloomy basement was suddenly filled with warmth.

"Appreciating this kind of thing, I won't do it. Xiao Shi, let me tell you, the last time Senior Brother was beaten was because he took a few more glances at the senior sister of the Spirit Weapon Department. Yuan Jean joked unskillfully.

"And there's this thing. Shi Yuanji imagined Dugu Ming being beaten, and couldn't help laughing.

"You guys, you know what I'm laughing at. Dugu Ming pretended to be angry and shook off their hands. "Okay, stop laughing and get to work. Second, tell me what difficulties you encountered, and let's solve it together. ”

Yuan Rang's face gathered sadness again, but the despair in his eyes disappeared: "What else can be difficult? The prototype machine outputs two baht of mana per breath, and a quarter of seed is twenty baht, which is enough to propel a thousand catties of grain ships to sail five miles in a quarter of an hour." Senior brother, you have also seen how happy Hu Dan was to see the prototype machine last year. ”

But for some reason, Hu Dan suddenly said that the mana of this combustion pump is still not enough, and he hopes to raise the combustion pump to the standard of two thousand catties, and it is best to drive it from Yuanjiapu in Hanoi to Branded Yuan Bay within four days. ”