At this time, the number of people in the academy gradually increased.

However, when Master Sima walked in, the crowd was like a river, and automatically made way for this man.

Today's Lord Sima is dressed in civilian clothes, but a person who was born as a military general, even if he is wearing a Confucian shirt with long robes and sleeves, will wear a kind of fierce temperament, not to mention that he is full of silver hair and so handsome that people cannot be mistaken, and the cold aura around him will automatically make people retreat.

Master Sima has actually been a little busy lately. There are things to take care of inside and outside the house. That day, before leaving, he asked the old servant how much the monthly profit was, and after returning from his brother's house, he asked the account room for the account book, which was redeemed, and his face changed suddenly, and the account expenditure was eighty taels of silver per month, but when it came to Chu Wang, there were only eight taels of silver left in his hand. If it is enough for general food and clothing, but Chu Forget is studying in the academy again, the money will be scarce.

Whether he likes it or not, he is his younger brother of Chu Jinfeng, but the shabby in the house that day is too embarrassing for Sima Mansion.

He immediately understood that it was the people below who were doing ghosts. I only called the butler and asked what was going on.

In this kind of mansion, the housekeeper is a fat man, and even if he is a loyal person, he can make a lot of money by combing through the daily accounts a little. As long as you don't go too far, the master is generally a blind eye. But people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, there has never been a hostess in Sima's mansion who is enough to support things, and Sima is a big and small person, where will he check the accounts every day? That is, at the end of each year, look at the approximate number to see if there are any errors or omissions.

As the days went by, the steward's courage grew. On weekdays, there is no money in all kinds of expenses, not to mention the silver, and seeing that Lord Sima does not pay attention to his brother-in-law, he is so bold that he cuts the monthly money. At first, there was not much to gain, but after the death of Chu Wang's mother, he used the excuse of population decline, and half of the plate was gone, and after Sima let go and did not let Chu forget come to the house to ask for peace, he even ate leopard gall, and only left the basic expenses for the young master Chu and swallowed it up.

That Chu forgot that he was also obedient, and he only thought it was his brother's order, so he tightened his clothes and food, and did not dare to complain.

After Sima asked everything, he didn't allow the housekeeper to quibble, so he only ordered someone to drag him to the courtyard and beat him hard in front of all the subordinates in the mansion! After beating the butler half to death, he was thrown out of the mansion. It's time to rectify the family style, so as not to raise a group of rats without knowing it.

At the moment, he promoted a capable person among the deputy stewards in the courtyard, but it was just to say that if something similar happened in the mansion again, he deceived the master and was greedy for money, and he didn't need to be thrown out of the mansion and killed him directly.

The cooking at home is clear, but there are also a lot of worries on official business. It's the height of summer, but it hasn't rained in the Mohe City area for a long time, and the canals have dried up. However, the sun was too scorching, and the water they picked up was also a drop in the bucket, and some frail old men died of heat stroke on the way to carry water.

On that day, he and Ruoyu went on an outing to Mt. Aoba, and along the way, he saw that the crops in the field were rolled up with yellow leaves, and it looked like he couldn't be saved.

Of course, Chu Jinfeng, the lord of a city, has to take precautions, since the grain in his own field this year cannot be counted on, then he must buy grain early and hoard it. It's a pity that now the Bai family is very jealous of Chu Jinfeng in Mobei, and there are many obstacles set up at the checkpoints to and fro, and all the food and materials transported to the north are charged three times the heavy tax, and those who dare to smuggle and trafficker will be decided!

At this time, it means to starve the evil tiger of the north into a thin cat! Chu Jinfeng knew it, but if he wanted to crack the Bai family's poisonous plan, he still needed to plan well.

So in the past few days, he basically hasn't returned home, not deliberately avoiding the lady at home, but really busy a little anxious.

Yesterday was also noon, and I took the time to come back, originally wanting to hug my little girl. When I asked, I realized that the second day was the day when the college was open to relatives and friends, and every student had to hand over decent finished products in each subject.

Chu Jinfeng is a face-saving person, and he looked at Ruoyu's twisted and crooked flowers, grasses, fish and shrimps, but he couldn't see it, so he reached out and took a pen to spend a picture of begonia pressed branches. Such a husband who does his best to cheat and complete his homework for his mother, who else is there in the world?

But the lady still pouted and was not satisfied, not to say that the master had taught, this painting was intended to combine movement and static. Only flowers and no interest are not considered high-quality, so you have to add a beautiful butterfly.

Chu Jinfeng could only raise his eyebrows to see the lady half-kneeling on the chair and holding her breath and concentrating, and carefully painted a "moth" on the begonia map.

He is busy today, but he is here as the parent of his "cousin", and he can't let her be left alone, isn't he lonely?

Seeing him coming, the prince didn't come over to say hello, after all, the bruises on the faces of the two had just disappeared, and the kung fu on the face always had to be done.

But Princess Pingyao came over and exchanged a few words with him. Chu Jinfeng took advantage of the situation to greet the prince and the four young people without saltiness.

At this moment, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded on the high platform of the academy, and it was time for the students to show off their piano and music talents. Ruoyu was the first to come to power...... Chu Jinfeng couldn't help but touch his nose.

Anyone who has had experience in the academy should know that the finale is the heaviest and the opening is light. Generally, the more wonderful and outstanding the student performance, the lower the position, creating a sense that a mountain is higher than a mountain and there are many talents.

And Li Ruoyu is now the first to come out, you can imagine how tragic her performance is, and she will be ranked first.

Because there was a performance today, Ruoyu did not wear a student's Confucian costume. Instead, she was dressed in a long white gauze dress with silver silk threads, with tulle half-sleeves tightly fitting two slender and beautiful arms, and a silver ribbon pink printed shawl wrapped around the waist and half of the chest, and then the two ends of the long shawl were placed at the elbows and dragged to the ground with the long skirt. During the small walk, a pair of embroidered shoes decorated with pearls were revealed.

Look at her full head of green silk today with a flying bun, and the decoration on her body is just a pair of bracelets with mutton fat and jade on her wrists, when the pair of jade wrists is gently suspended on the guqin, it only makes the parents sigh - beauty should be like this......

But when everyone was intoxicated with the outstanding temperament of this Miss Ruoyu, Master Sima was expressionless, and his mind uncontrollably recalled over and over again his mother's "dragging brother" who destroyed his ears.

I think it's this children's song today, right? That Su Xiu too, since she knew that Mrs. was going to play nursery rhymes, why did she make this kind of fairy-like dress, although she was beautiful, but once she opened her mouth for a while, it would be even more nondescript, it was better to wear a student outfit with a flat bun, and have a childlike innocence......

At this moment, Ruoyu's fingertips gently plucked the strings, and the musicians behind him also played one after another, and the unusually clear music suddenly lingered in everyone's ears, and the people of the entire academy suddenly quieted down, listening attentively to the sound of the euphemistic piano.

Chu Jinfeng was unfamiliar when he listened to the strings, and it was not the famous song of the lady. Although the sound of the song is melodious, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that the woman on the high platform plays a simple and monotonous chord from beginning to end, and as for the other changes in the tune, it is actually the work of the musician behind her.

Princess Pingyao, who is well versed in music and rhythm, naturally heard it, and immediately smiled lightly beside Chu Jinfeng, and deliberately said to her brother on the other side: "It seems that Miss Ruoyu is not good at calligraphy and painting, and she is not very familiar with music and rhythm......"

Chu Jinfeng has always been short-sighted, although Princess Pingyao said everything is true, but when others mentioned it, she was immediately displeased!

At that moment, the woman on the high platform began to sing. Ruoyu's voice is really rare and beautiful, and what she sings is not the lyrics of popular literati and inkmen, but like a meaningless shallow whisper when she is bored, she simply babbles in her throat, but the change of the voice closely follows the rhythm of the performance, sometimes euphemistic, sometimes whirling high, like a light feather swirling and echoing in the beautiful timbre, and the heart flutters gently......

Especially Lord Sima, he uncontrollably remembered that wonderful night, the beautiful cherry lips were delicate, and she exhaled in a trilling voice next to her ear...... I really want to pull the little fairy on the high platform into my arms immediately, so as not to make people listen......

At this time, the breeze blew, so that the shawl skirt floated slightly, with the euphemistic voice like a heavenly sound, the stunning girl on the high platform was really a fairy who broke into the mortal world by mistake, and only listened to the people in the audience as if she was fascinated, and secretly praised in her heart: The sound is like its people, and it is not vulgar. This refreshing singing has long been intoxicating, where is there still anyone who pays attention to her playing has changed!

In fact, although Ruoyu's voice is very beautiful, if it is on an ordinary high platform, her sweet voice is only afraid that it will be covered by the performance of the band, and it will not show such an effect at all.

However, this high platform is the design of Meng Qianji, so it is very different. The earth tanks used for resonance under this high platform are of different sizes, arranged and distributed with ingenuity. And the position of Ruoyu is exactly where the resonance effect is best, so the beautiful and sweet voice is not covered by the music, so there will be this amazing performance.

When the music and singing gradually stopped, everyone did not even come back to their senses, until Master Sima slowly applauded, and everyone suddenly realized that they also applauded vigorously.

The prince couldn't help but show a little admiration, and then bowed his head and said to his sister: "Since you have such a talent, to have that complicated sound of the piano has added a burden, do you think this is the truth?" ”

Pingyao didn't speak, just pursed his lips tightly, but his heart was still angry. No matter how beautiful the singing is, it's not an Israeli? Why is Chu Jinfeng, like his brother, only looking for such a foxy color and empty pleasure for women? , Could it be that his true feelings can't withstand the charm of a country woman?

When Ruoyu stepped off the stage, Chu Jinfeng walked to the stage and smiled at his little cousin who had not seen him for three days.

Ruoyu originally looked at Brother Chu with a smile, but after catching a glimpse of the prince on the side, his face immediately changed slightly, and after glaring at him fiercely, he turned around and went backstage to find his classmates who were preparing to perform.

Lu Xiaoliang and Zhao Qing'er were hiding in the corner and looking through a booklet, when they saw Ruoyu coming, they immediately put it away nervously, Ruoyu was unhappy, and their beloved whispered: "I'll show you later, okay?" ”

So the three of them were next to each other, eating melon seeds while watching the performance.

The next performance is also wonderful, but compared with Ruo Yucai's good arrangement and unique performance, it has lost some flavor, and this opening performance is really unexpected.

After the talent show, it's time to show the female celebrity and the skills of the machine. Most of the female students show their female talents. Only Li Ruoyu and Lu Xiaoliang and Zhao Qing'er brought out the finished products in the organ class.

Lu Xiaoliang and Zhao Qing'er showed the introductory operation of the mechanism-the trap rat.

When the mouse ran back and forth, some of the children brought by relatives and friends also giggled and shouted that it was fun! It's a pity that Miss Yuan Rong, a distinguished guest of the Su family, saw that her face was black. Miss Zhao Er couldn't help but glare at her sister fiercely.

When the two children finished showing, Li Ruoyu stood next to a well in the academy, pressing the handle of the well device with her hand.

Suddenly, everyone was in an uproar, and they all sighed that it was really ingenious, there was such an exquisite and practical mechanism, this cousin of Sima Mansion was really wonderful!

But Princess Pingyao and Yuan Rong looked at Ruoyu's display, but they looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces were very subtle.

Finally, after taking a closer look at the self-water supply device on the well, Yuan Rong couldn't help laughing out loud, and said to the princess in a small but definitely not small volume: "This poor and remote little people are interesting, and I also said that the talented girl taught in this organ class is so intelligent, and what kind of ingenuity do you want to show!"

If I'm not mistaken, isn't this the well pressure device of Uncle Bai Guo's protégé, the new Nangong Lord of the Ministry of Industry? Now that the wells in this palace are equipped with this instrument, as long as it is a nobleman in the capital, who has not seen it? How can anyone be so shameless, and even quietly take Lord Nangong's hard work to show off in this small township, and regard it as his own work? ”

In fact, the structure of this water pressure is very complicated, even if there is a ready-made appearance to find a craftsman to imitate it for a while, but Ruoyu only looked at it for a while, and then figured out the trick, which is really rare for a young girl.

After all, all the girls in this academy are just girls, so what kind of inventions will they have?

But being ridiculed by Yuan Rong, a noble girl with a strong Beijing accent, made everyone feel that Miss Ruoyu of Sima Mansion was too strong, and she didn't know what to do, and she used the things used by the Ouchi Emperor to make up the numbers.

The admiration that arose when he saw the magic of this water pressure was suddenly annihilated.

It's a pity that there is another more fatal figure who is the new master of Qinxu Academy, in addition to protecting the short Sima, there is another more fatal figure, that is, the new master of Qinxu Academy, Meng Qianji.

Although Meng Qianji thinks that he is the number one genius in ancient times. For that, Li Ruoyu also picked his nose and eyes. But if someone really slandered his students in front of him, Meng Madman suddenly stopped!

He sat on the master's chair next to him and tilted his neck slightly, looked Yuan Rong up and down contemptuously, and returned unceremoniously: "It's just a short-sighted woman in the courtyard of the capital!" There is no tutor at all! It's easy to talk if you don't even know the fur of the mechanism! This water pressure was originally a skill of agriculture under the ghost hand, although it was cumbersome, but it was not remarkable. He Nangong Yun was just an outcast under the ghost hand, so he took some carving insect skills and took it to become an official and a knight! How did it become his Nangong Yun's hard work!

Besides, my apprentice Meng Qianji, how can I be a toddler in Handan? Picking up people's teeth? Show these idiots! ”

After Meng Qianji finished his mouth poison, he called his eldest disciple Li Ruoyu, who really realized the coolness of being a master, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of pride. I only saw that the relatives and friends were not out of the boudoir, and there were young ladies who didn't know the truth blushing and heartbeating, and said in their hearts: This master is really handsome! ”

At this moment, Ruoyu obediently obeyed the words of Meng Fuzi, summoned two handymen, and brought two hollow Luoyang shovels that were like those used for tomb robbery and digging holes, and tamped them into the ground one by one, and after finding out the moist water source underground, he pulled out the long shovel, probed into the special bamboo pipe, and then dismantled the water pressor on the well.

Ruoyu took off the shawl at this time, and also untied the detachable swing tail long skirt at the waist, only wore the long skirt inside, full of capable and lightweight, took the wrench and hammer and other tools, opened the wooden box, and disassembled the gear mechanism inside. This device uses less effort, but the structure inside is extremely complex.

If you don't disassemble it, you don't feel it, but when you open it, you will be dazzled. At this time, everyone immediately cleared Fang Cai's contempt, obediently! It's so cumbersome, even if you can assemble it according to the drawing, it's all a smart woman with a blue heart, not to mention like Miss Ruoyu, who doesn't have half a drawing, but just disassembles and assembles it with memory rewriting!

Ruoyu's hand speed is not too fast, but every assembly does not hesitate.

Chu Jinfeng sat on the main seat, half-squinting at the woman with slight sweat stains on her cheeks in front of her, and was extremely focused, vaguely as if she had seen the female ship king in her memory...... At this moment, he suddenly regretted a little, regretting letting her study the art of mechanism, always feeling that she would one day break out of his control......"

At this moment, Li Ruoyu exhaled lightly, looked at the water pressor he had renovated in front of him with a little excitement, and then ordered the servants to use a bracket to erect it on the bamboo pipe embedded in the soil.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoliang and Zhao Qing'er respectively held two large oil umbrellas, one on the top of Li Ruoyu's head, and the other on the top of the head of his mentor Meng Qianji. At this time, the sun is shining, where do you need an umbrella?

Just when everyone didn't know why, Li Ruoyu began to press the modified water press. However, it did not immediately gush out of the cool water, as Fang had just done, but made a hollow sound of tearing and pulling.

Everyone held their breath and waited for a long time, but they saw that the young lady had pressed for more than 20 times and there was no change...... There were already impatient sighs from the crowd.

The smug look on Yuan Rong's face also became more and more intense, and she couldn't help laughing loudly: "Dong Shi Xiaofeng!" ”

But just as she could finish speaking, the water presser suddenly made a suppressed sound of water, and then a stream of water rushed out, and splashed everywhere in the air like scattered flowers, as if pouring rain, and everyone was caught off guard and let out exclamations of amazement.

If you have a bad heart, you deliberately swing the water outlet in the direction of the prince and Yuan Rong, and the flowery Miss Yuan was unfortunately hit again, and the carefully depicted makeup flowed down one by one under the impact of the strong water current, and she opened her mouth to shout, but she was filled with water, and her body was crooked on one side, and she actually rolled down from the chair.

The prince was also completely drenched, and Rao was agile and rushed, so he was embarrassed to dodge the past.

Even Lord Sima was not spared, and his face and body were covered with water droplets, until he was slightly angry and said loudly: "Cousin! Enough of the show! ”

Ruoyu took it when he saw it, and stopped pressing unsatisfied.

Under the umbrella of his beloved disciple Lu Xiaoliang, Meng Fuzi was still well-dressed, handsome and chic, stood up with his hands behind his back and said proudly to everyone: "Miss Ruoyu has the people in mind, and when she went on an outing with Lord Sima a few days ago, she saw the drought of the fertile land, and she was anxious, and at the same time, she accidentally saw this device for pressing water, so she had a whim, transformed it, and became an irrigation organ that can easily pump underground water, which is used to solve the urgent needs of the fathers and elders of Mohe City.

Originally, this agricultural technique was the most inferior skill, and she always disdained it, but Miss Ruoyu said that the level of skill depends on how many people she helped, so how could it be divided by rigid regulations? In fact, I still haven't understood the subtlety of this technique......"

As he spoke, Master Meng went down the side path, still stating his skills with a twinkle in his eyes. But where did the people in the academy still have the heart to listen to his chatter, and they had already exploded to admire Miss Ruoyu's initiative.

The drought in Mohe City has a lot to do with everyone here. There are even rumors that there are people who have been rumored for a long time, maybe this winter, there will be countless displaced people in the city, and they will starve all over the wilderness.

But with such artifacts. As long as the underground water source is not exhausted, the underground water can be easily pumped for irrigation. The disaster was greatly alleviated, so although most of the people present were drenched, it was as if the heavens had just rained nectar in time, and their faces were happy! 166 Reading Network