Chapter Seventy-Nine: Seeing Through
The view during the day is clear. Chu Hao took the telescope given by Ruan Bai, as if he had his own horse for the first time when he was a child, and almost climbed the tall tower of Shunyang Pass in a cheerful way, and then coughed lightly, and after attracting the attention of General Cao, he took out the telescope...... The posture is comparable to a wealthy party who buys a famous watch and looks at the time in front of his head.
Well? What is this?
General Cao was immediately curious: "Brother Ruan did it?" "His brother-in-law likes to tinker with new things, and they are usually very useful. So, this mallet-like thing must not be used to beat people, right? Hey? Put the eyes in front?
"Look?"
Chu Hao lazily responded: "Hmm." His second brother said that he could only achieve this level now, and he couldn't do it for a while if he could see a little farther. But...... It looks so far and clear! The grass and trees in the distance are almost like they are in front of you.
"What can you see?"
Chu Hao turned his perspective, swept over the soldiers standing guard on the city tower one by one, and finally stopped in front of General Cao: "See...... You eat small shortbreads. "There was a little bit of puff pastry on the placket that had fallen off and I didn't puff pastry clean.
General Cao's old face turned red, and he reached out to grab the telescope in Chu Hao's hand.
Chu Hao flashed lightly, and under his lazily raised eyelids, there was incredulity: The old guy wants to snatch something from me?
General Cao's face turned even redder, this time he was angry. Although his background is not as noble as Chu Hao, he has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he climbed to his current position by relying on real military achievements. Even if he is a few years older than Chu Hao in terms of age, he may be inferior in physique, but in terms of experience, several Chu Hao together can't compare to him!
Chu Hao saw that General Cao had moved three points, and he couldn't help but lift a little spirit. In addition to his family tradition, half of his martial arts came from his master who became a general, and there were also some recent martial arts theories from Ruan Bai. It's just that in addition to the half-truths and half-truths on the school field last time, he still lacks enough pressure to be able to integrate his martial arts.
The two quickly made a few moves, and General Cao quickly understood Chu Hao's intentions. Whether it was because of Chu Hao's status or because Chu Hao was now a fierce general under him, he didn't mind giving him some guidance...... Well, by the way, give a little more lesson. He didn't speak, and it didn't mean that he didn't know, what his righteous brother asked Chu Hao to give him, this guy usually deducted a small half, and he was very stingy!
The soldiers standing guard tried their best not to squint, ignoring that the two bosses of Shunyang Pass were beating each other, ignoring the fist wind palm shadow sweeping past their ears, ignoring the โกโก big knife in their hands being snatched away, ignoring the bang bang puff past, ignoring the clattering of the gang......
The soldiers' faces were stiffened by the wind on the city tower, and they didn't move a single hair, and they calculated how long they had left to serve.
And the two people seemed to be completely unaware of the psychological activities of the soldiers, from three points true and seven points false to three points false and seven points true. In the end, when the sun was in the sky and the temperature was hot, the two of them stopped.
Chu Hao also handed the telescope in his hand to General Cao: "This is the telescope that the second brother just made yesterday. This one is not for you, just to lend it to you. โ
Hey, rare! General Cao glanced at him, but he still carefully took the telescope in his hand, and he didn't need Chu Hao to specially guide the usage, he groped for it. He looked left and right, and paced left and right......
Chu Hao snatched the telescope back with a split, and wanted to hide it secretly, no way!
General Cao glared angrily: It's the other way around?!
"This one is mine. Second brother, they will make another one for adults today. "Is it intentional or not, and what does it matter? Anyway, the first one must be his, and the extra ones will be distributed to others.
General Cao didn't understand anything in his heart about this kind of child-like words, and he muttered a few times that his righteous brother's heart was too biased, and he had no other way. He himself knew that compared to him, Ruan Bai and Chu Hao were the real friendship of sharing weal and wor. It's just that......
Chu Hao saw General Cao's slightly strange eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" โ
General Cao shook his head: "It's nothing. I heard that the king of Pingxi intends to come to the border pass to sit in the town? โ
King Pingxi was also a fierce general back then. Don't look at the age difference between King Pingxi and General Cao; But when the King of Pingxi galloped on the battlefield, General Cao was still a small general banner. When General Cao finally mixed up, King Pingxi had already gone home to play.
Chu Hao grinned like a toothache and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know." "What is the border gate? It was he who couldn't wait, and he made a little bit of a tone in the letter. Originally, he planned to take his time and send back the good things that Ruan Bai had made back to his father and mother, so that they would know that he had found them a good daughter-in-law. Then when there is no war in winter, he will take Ruan Bai back.
When the time comes, if it is smooth, then they will be able to settle their names and then logically stay in Xijing to develop. If it doesn't go well, then it's a big deal that he takes Ruan Bai back to Shunyang Pass. The days at the border are a little harder, but the days can always get better when they are slowly operated.
Unexpectedly, just a little bit of tone could make his father and mother come directly, and he also issued an official document very officially, saying that he was coming to oversee the army. The Overseers are ghosts, did any of the Overseers come with their wives?
The big war was imminent, and Chu Hao suddenly had an anxiety about internal and external attacks.
General Cao glanced at him, and it seemed that he knew, and it seemed that most of the reason was a private matter. Then he will not mix. Or is the telescope important......
it! Grab the money!
At noon, General Cao consciously went to the post station to eat and discuss business. Ruan Bai had expected everything from pre-dinner tea to after-dinner snacks, and after the quotation was readily, he was not surprised to look at General Cao with the expression of a robber with the common people.
"Big brother, if the younger brother wants to say that this price is not worth a penny, he must be lying to you." Ruan Bai put on a professional deceptive expression, and said with a straight face, "But the telescope is ...... Alas, why don't you take your little brother to the workshop. โ
He's here to talk about business, not to be deceived! After getting along for a period of time, although General Cao was satisfied with his righteous brother everywhere, he knew a little bit of Ruan Bai's temperament, and the kid was like a little fox at some point, such as now!
On the one hand, he told him in his heart that he must not follow Ruan Bai's rhythm, and on the other hand, he couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and he wanted to know how this telescope was made, and even had a kind of luck mentality, similar to what is so difficult about this thing, Lao Tzu will be careful when he sees it.
The so-called workshop is located in the former deserted post and now the market. It is separated from the post station by an official road.
Today is not the day to catch the market, there are only one or two teams of merchants in the market, and there are a few stalls that are not big or small. Under the scorching midday sun, they all fell asleep.
Seeing Ruan Bai passing by with General Cao and Chu Hao, the merchants all cheered up and saluted one by one.
After a few brief questions, General Cao still followed Ruan Bai to the workshop. There were two guards under Chu Hao at the door, and two guards who were a little eye-catching. He had doubts in his heart, and then was invited into the door by Ruan Bai.
Almost as soon as the gate opened, a wave of heat hit me. General Cao, who was unprepared, sweated on his forehead. And then......
"Minister Cao Xu visits the prince, the prince is a thousand years old." Why is this King of Yue Ze, who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures, to be here?! The Huns are coming, hey, why don't you run?!
King Yue Ze calmed down a little at this time: "General Cao is exempt from courtesy, come and sit." He was quickly assembling a telescope in his hands.
Immediately afterwards, he saw that several officials of Tang Yan who were highly regarded in the Ministry of Industry were turning into craftsmen at this moment, sweating like rain in front of the stove bare-chested.
Ruan Bai closed the door and said with a serious face: "As the eldest brother has seen, the telescope is a matter of importance, and we have done it ourselves under the leadership of the prince, and we have been working day and night to make it...... "The cost of materials is not counted, do you dare to pay less for labor costs?"
General Cao's heart is like a group of fat dogs running wildly, and the whole person is not good. The hot sweat on his forehead gradually turned into cold sweat, and the words that came out of his mouth were fluttering: "Just do as you say." "Large-scale configuration, don't even think about it. All he can fight for now is to rely on the geographical advantage and give priority to allocation.
There was no silver in the army, so he went to ask the Huns for it! Every year, like the wild dogs that scatter joy, they come to Dazhou and run around, and they pollute the environment by urinating after they are finished. Is it really like he's muddy?!
General Cao pushed open the door and walked out, he was already full of anger, and said with great momentum: "Go, call someone to have a meeting!" Kill those bitches! "Why did he wait for the Huns to call? He wants to take the initiative to go out, and take advantage of the fact that the Huns have not yet finished assembling to get a vote first, at least to get back the money for the medical kit and binoculars! No, a little more. There are so many things that his righteous brother can organize, and everything is so expensive, the big brother can't live without money......
Ruan Ergou followed behind, looking at Chu Dagou innocently: Isn't the dog talking about me?
Chu Dagou stroked the dog's head, but smiled silently.
Ruan Ergou lowered his head and pondered the matter of increasing the price of armaments.
General Cao enthusiastically beckoned Shang Chu Hao to leave.
Ruan Bai was fine in the afternoon, he made a bucket of chilled sweet soup as usual, carried it to comfort his good friends and good apprentices, and walked through the market when he suddenly stopped and asked in front of a stall that had just been set up, "How do you sell eggs?" โ
The stall owner opened his mouth honestly, and finally poked the woman sitting next to her.
The woman was carrying a cage of chickens, and when she saw Ruan Bai and smiled: "Two cents for one, if the adults buy more, count you for three cents and two." โ
"Okay, I'll do all of that. You count the money, I'll call someone to move it. Ruan Bai put the bucket of sweet soup on the stall, took out two bowls from it, filled two bowls, put a spoon on it, and handed it to the stall owner and his wife, "Drink a bowl of chilled mung bean and lily soup, the sun is big at noon, and the princess and princess should go back to the post house to settle down first." โ
Mr. and Mrs. stall owners: ......