Ren Saiyuan came alone, Ren He is now as busy as Gu Yao and Chi Rui, and she is also involved in the research and development of the new weapon of the Arsenal Division, so she was sent today. As soon as she entered the door, she praised the old man Tian of the Qiaoqiao Pavilion for his strength, and the set of screws she got came in handy. The new crossbow is much smaller, but more powerful.

Gu Ci was also very happy. Everyone is very protective of her, so that she can safely reveal all kinds of things, and the evaluation of her outside has always been 'love food, love painting', there are no other rumors of precocious wisdom, and Ren Saiyuan doesn't know the inside story. However, Gu Yi's name of 'Xiuwai Huizhong' slowly spread under the popularity of endless patterns and styles.

After eating enough, she told the gossip of the Qiao and Qin families with great interest.

Ren Saiyuan frowned rarely, knocked her little head and said, "I see that you are panicking at home, this kind of parent is short, and you are happy." ”

Can't compare with you, a professional woman, Gu Ci said without discouragement, "You can't say that, you can only know what to do when you encounter this kind of thing." ”

"Makes sense." Ren Saiyuan was as good as a stream, and opened his mind with her, "What if something with a watch on your body is lost and picked up by a man?" ”

"Then don't wear a watch, or prepare two copies of the same."

"Generous!"

“…… Or else? You can't lose something and be relied on again. ”

"Need so much trouble for a thief? If you beat him and talk about anything else, remember to slap his mouth first, and don't let him shout. ”

Gu Ci and Gan Tang and A Yue next to him were empowered, nodding like pounding garlic.

"Besides, there is a woman who is alone with you, and when she sees someone coming, she cries and cries as a grievance, what is the explanation?"

Uh, isn't that what the Eighth Princess is talking about? It seems that Sister Yuan has also been poisoned. Gu Ci shook his head and looked at her with wide eyes of curiosity.

"If I pinch her hand to wipe her tears, I must 'care' about her well, so that she will not dare to provoke me next time. But it's your place," Ren snorted, "you can cry more than her." ”

“……”

"Besides, she was injured, fell, jumped into the lake, and then shouted for help, how could she break?"

Gu Ci continued to shake his head.

"The purpose is to keep her from having a chance to speak on the spot." Ren Saiyuan looked at Ah Yue with appreciation, "If Ah Yue is next to her, she will be knocked unconscious directly, or 'accidentally' tear her clothes, so that she will be more anxious to suppress this matter than you afterwards!" ”

Gu Ci nodded silently to be taught, "Sister Yuan, you are so powerful!" "You can't do it without liking.

"Remember, there are some things that can't be said clearly, it doesn't matter who is justified, you must strike first to disrupt other people's plans. You must not follow the rhythm of others. ”

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Sending Ren Saiyuan away, Gu Ci, who learned new knowledge and increased his house fighting skill points, felt cute!

At this time, Xie Qing asked to see him, and remembered that Ren Saiyuan went to try a new crossbow in the morning, which seemed to be related to this. Sure enough, as soon as Xie Qing opened his mouth, he first talked about the improvement of the new crossbow, and the crossbow body was much stronger and could withstand greater tension. In fact, Gu Ci also tried to recall the introduction of the Divine Arm Bow that she had read, but she remembered that the arrow was light and thin, without clusters, six to eight inches long, and had vertical tail feathers' and a bracket model with springs, "Uncle Qing, I really can't think of anything else, but if you make a record of every test, you will avoid detours." ”

"The trial records are really useful. Okay, I'll talk to Lao Tian in a moment. As for whether the spring can be made, I'm afraid it still depends on the wrought iron. ”

"I asked the Su steward, and he said that the blowers that are now all are cowhide, and they need to be pressed down by two people, do you say can you use a disc waterwheel to drive it?" Gu Ci thought that he had never been to the site after all, and if the terrain was inconvenient, he might not be able to build it, "or the appearance of a grinding plate, pulled and rotated by oxen and donkeys"

She drew a simple diagram, but the key was the use of gears, axles and pistons. Only by liberating manpower to use animal power or water power can we ensure that sufficient fire temperature is used to smelt better iron, copper and glass, especially high temperature quenching to make tempered glass with high safety.

Xie Qing then mentioned another thing, that is, other stewards have taken a lot of work from Xiao Lu or Ming Fang recently, but there has been no movement on the side of the Bright Pavilion, and the Qi family brothers can't sit still, thinking that it is because Duke Yu or the prince think that the jewelry in the shop is too low and unsightly?

To be honest, Gu Ci is not very interested in luxury, she and the people around her use really the best jewelry, which can only be made by hand, and she will not think of buying things in the store. In the same way, the same is true for wealthy families. It is said that there are six or seven high-end jewelry stores in the capital, all of which are ancestral crafts, and they are backed by a certain high gate for exclusive offerings, which is enough to eat and drink. She doesn't plan to grab this kind of list, and it's not bad for Bright Pavilion to continue to target the mid-to-low-end market.

Since she has no intention of changing the current business situation, the advice she can give is to take the gift route. Make more large items that look high-end and valuable to the eye, such as setting a tree with gemstones of average color or making a bonsai. The second is to try to make small things into a series, such as the four sets of head noodles of butterflies and bee cicadas. Again, the focus is on the engraving process, which can well make up for the defects of the material that is not good enough. Finally, it is enough to put a few sets of high-end products in the town store, and there is no need to sell them at more than double the price.

In fact, what she really wants to do is to cultivate pearls and specialize in pearl jewelry. Most of the current inflow of gold and silver from the sea trade side, even if there are gemstones, it is not the current craftsmanship that can be made beautiful, and she didn't even look at Xizhu, she can save it as a collection, and maybe it will be used in the future.

She told Xie Qing about this idea, because Gu Yao would go to Beiguan in the middle of the year, and he could start trying to raise Dongzhu, which produced the most beautiful Nanzhu and Hepu, which also had the most dead people, and sent someone to explore the way when the time came, but that place didn't seem to be in the territory of Dayu at present.

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Xie Qing took the order and left without mentioning it, and began to practice calligraphy in a bored manner, and Yuyi suddenly sent someone to call her over.

Gu Ci, who was trotting all the way without the image of a lady, happily crashed into the arms of the beautiful mother, "Mother, but suddenly I have a heart? I was thinking about my mother, and Mama Xie came. ”

Yuyi, who had been tired for several days, suddenly drank ice like a summer, her fatigue melted like snow, and her whole body was comfortable, "What a good mother!" ”

The mother and daughter played and kissed, and Yuyi said to her: "On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, our family is going to hold a flower viewing banquet in the garden, and many girls will be invited to come, and Luan Ke has to help!" ”

Gu Ci patted his small chest and vowed frankly, "No problem!" Then he froze, covered his mouth and looked at Yuyi shyly, "The teeth are only half ...... long."

"Aluan is the cutest and most beautiful! You are the youngest, and you are the master's family, no one will dare to laugh. ”

"It's all sisters?" Gu Ci tilted his head and thought, "My mother wants to help choose a daughter-in-law for Brother Yuan?" ”

"I just miss your brother Yuan, and forget your second brother?"

"Hey, didn't my mother say that you only chose eighteen?"

"Your father wants to settle your third brother's marriage before going to Beiguan this time, so your second brother can't be late."

"Why don't you wait for the spring to come?" This will affect the candidates will not be very good.

"It's as simple as you should be married? This will be the two families optimistic about each other first, and after finishing the previous things, it will be next year to get married.

"Who were the families that day? Do you have to pick two brothers? After Sui Zhangzhu's incident, Gu Ci was quite nervous about the marriage of his two elder brothers.

"It's all for your second brother to see, and your third brother is almost settled."

"Huh! How could I not know about such a big thing!? Gu Ci glared at his mother accusingly.

"I see that you like people very much." Yuyi poked her daughter's fingers, "I just finished lunch with someone today, and I don't remember my mother!" ”

"Huh? It's Sister Yuan! Gu Ci felt that this was very suitable for CP, but the key question was, "Is the third brother willing?" ”

"He has been running to talk to others when he has nothing to do recently, do you think he is willing?"

"Really? How did I not know ......"

"You haven't been out for almost two months with your little broken teeth, what can you know?!"

“…… Let's talk about which girl you like. Gu Ci, whose face was pinched, quickly changed the topic.

"You don't care which one, here's the list of the girls you entertained, look."

The first page is the royal family, the seven princesses and eight princesses, the three sisters of the Chongyi family, Sui Zhangzhu, Yuan Jin of the Zhongshan Wang family, Yuan Yu, the only daughter of the Wang family of Runan County, and Qin Xiuyong, the only niece of the princess, Yuan Minhe, the only daughter of the Wang family of Hejian County, Yuan Chuan and Yuan Yuchai, the two unmarried Yuan Chuan and Yuan Yuchai of the Wang family of Huainan County, Yuan Zhen, the youngest daughter of the Wang family of Hengshan County, Ke Fangsi, the youngest daughter of Chunyi, Niu Tan, the daughter of Changyi, and Liu Chuchu and Liu Mengmeng, the daughters of Qingyi.

The second page is my own in-laws, the four sisters and Qiao Juan in the fourth room, the two sisters in the fifth room, and the two sisters in the third room.

"Mother, can the fourth sister and the eighth sister catch up?"

"I said it would be in two days."

The third page begins with a list of girls in each family by official position, and the focus is on.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department, concubine;

Hubu Shangshu, the second daughter;

Dali Temple Zhengqing, the eldest daughter and other three;

Jingzhao Mansion Yin, the third daughter;

……

The fourth page is the girl from the Gongqing's house, in addition to the three sisters of the Ren family, Chi Ai and her three sisters-in-law, there are also many people.

Ji Jihou, the eldest daughter of the third room, and four others;

Wen Lihou, the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the long house, and other two;

Uncle Yu, the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the long house, and other three;

Yingdubo, the second daughter of the second room;

……

"Mother, what do you want?"

"Ah Luan just looks good." Yuyi avoids the important and takes it lightly.

Gu Ci returned to the room with high morale, took out the seriousness of reviewing the knowledge points of the college entrance examination, and began to study the great cause of choosing a sister-in-law.

She first made a table, and wrote down her family background, ranking, height, temperament, words and deeds, appearance, appearance, hobbies, talents, riding and archery, etc., and asked Gan Ming to help her fill in her name and background according to the post.

She also sent a little maid to find Gu Ao's little maid to dye ink and take a few poems and an unfinished painting, she copied it by herself, and prepared to let the girls write a poem on this topic that day, to see if the talent was good, and then try to complete the painting to see which one could draw the second brother's mind.

Then he instructed Ganquan to let the kitchen prepare all kinds of petal syrup that day, that is, after soaking the dried flowers such as plum blossoms, jasmine, and pear blossoms, carefully pouring sugar syrup, and completely solidifying the flowers in the syrup, which is both elegant and clear, and easy to get on your hands and clothes. Hey, let's see how the girls handle this situation.

Finally, and most importantly, let Mingxiu and Gu Yi find a way to quietly pay attention to the old character of these relatives. No matter how good the girl is, she can't bear the weight of marrying with a bunch of superlatives.