When Carpenter Wang heard that the prefect wanted to requisition his son to teach how to make a waterwheel in the palace, he agreed with a smile on his face.

For handing over the drawings, Gu Bei has no regrets, as the old man said, whether it is the improvement of saline-alkali land or the waterwheel, it is a very useful technology for the people of Daxia, with the waterwheel, no matter rain or shine, as long as the river is not exhausted, the fields will never dry up, the crops are harvested, more people can eat enough, Gu Bei has no intention of hiding his secrets.

Bai Batian stood on the river embankment with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the five huge waterwheels in the river.

Thinking that Xia Guo has a "waterwheel" artifact, as long as the river is inexhaustible, the fields will never be dry......

Bai Batian felt that his hands were shaking, his throat was dry, and he swallowed hard and spit hard, but there was no relief in the slightest......

Most of the fields in Xia Guo are by the river, but few fields can be directly watered by the river, so you still have to count on God's face. In a year with abundant rain, the harvest is better, and the people can eat enough to eat in addition to paying taxes; But in the year when the rain is dry, even paying taxes is a problem, where is there food?

If this waterwheel can pass the world, at least 20% of the land in Daxia is not afraid of drought!

How many people will this save in a catastrophic year?

Everyone has enough to eat, how can anyone rebel? If there is no rebellion, there will be no war, and if there is no war, there will be no damage to the soldiers.

The old man glanced back at Gu Bei behind him, and for the first time felt that this grandson-in-law was pleasing to the eye......

"Don't want to ask something?"

"Nope."

"Really?"

"This ......" Gu Bei smiled awkwardly, cautiously looked at the side face of the old man, and said slowly: "That's it...... Can you put my name on this watermill...... Cross out ......"

The old man said angrily: "Nonsense! His Majesty's criterion is that meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who have done so will be punished. Have you ever thought that once the waterwheel is implemented throughout the country, but the person who invented the waterwheel is not rewarded, what do you let the people think of Your Majesty, and what do you let Your Majesty think? ”

Gu Bei's grievance, you are just messing around, there is nothing to say, you still let us talk about it......

At the moment, he stiffened his neck and said, "But I just want to do good deeds without leaving a name!"

The old man smiled angrily: "Do good deeds without leaving a name? Come on, come on, you're saying it again......"

Gu Bei suddenly shrank his head.

Again, I guess you're going to commit domestic violence against us.

"Virtuous nephew, once the fold is submitted, how many people will think of your goodness, and if you solve a major problem of the saint, will the saint treat you badly?

At that time, you can be said to be Jane in the emperor's heart, with a bright future, and it will be beneficial and harmless for you to enter the officialdom in the future, and this kind of good thing cannot be asked for by many people. ”

A loud horn sound exploded in his ears, Gu Bei instantly felt that the sky was gray, and the whole person was shrouded in a big mountain, and the person who spoke was none other than Xia Guocheng Invincible.

Gu Bei glanced at him with contempt, don't come and make trouble, old fox!

Who wants Jane to be in the emperor's heart? Who wants to get into officialdom?

Am I rare?

Ahem, it's still a bit rare!

For the sake of the lady, for the sake of Baifu, for self-preservation, alas, it is still difficult for him to accept this fact!

Cheng Wushu was stunned, this is ...... How can I complain a little in my eyes, I'm speaking for you, alas, forget it, don't worry about getting down to business.

So, he leaned over and wanted to pat Gu Bei on the shoulder, but Gu Bei cleverly dodged him, "Nephew, let's discuss with you?" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Oh, that's right, didn't Shibo sell his ancestral property before? Your aunt knows about it, and now your aunt is clamoring to go back to her mother's house, so Uncle Shi wants to return the money to you and get the land back. After speaking, Cheng Wudi showed a sad expression.

Are you kidding me? When I bought land before, I was as happy as I wanted, but now I want to return, how can there be such a good thing?

However, Gu Bei still had to evaluate Cheng Wudi's acting skills, you said that you were in pain, why don't you squeeze some tears out? It's okay to grin, and show off your white teeth, so it's easy for you to draw people's attention.

Gu Bei glanced at Cheng Invincible, took a few steps back and kept a safe distance, "Don't change!"

It's very simple, the land has been improved, let alone 50,000 taels of silver, even if 100,000 taels of silver is not sold casually.

The corners of Cheng Wudi's mouth twitched, and he knew that this little fox was not easy to deal with, so he immediately decided: "Then, eighty thousand taels, eighty thousand taels of tens of thousands of acres of wasteland are recycled."

Virtuous nephew, it's only been a few days, and I've earned 30,000 yuan from side to side, and this price is already very fair!"

Gu Bei shook his head: "No." ”

If it's just land, for the sake of the two worldly friends, the key is that he has taken a fancy to the location of this land, and he doesn't want to waste time buying land.

Cheng Wudi's face darkened, and his brows furrowed, this stinky boy was really toasting and not eating and drinking, and was about to loosen his muscles and bones.

"Ahem, invincible ......"

A voice sounded, Cheng Wushu looked over, and when he saw that it was the old boss, he lost his temper in an instant, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his dark face.

At the critical moment, the most optimistic general did not ignore his majesty, the old man nodded with satisfaction, he was really afraid that the first hob of the Xia Kingdom would slap him and let him step down, "Gu boy, don't be rude, after all, it's your uncle." After finishing speaking, the old man led the guards to the carriage.

Uh, what do you mean by that? Don't be rude? Isn't it understood as a polite refusal? Thinking about how to refuse politely, Gu Bei glanced at Cheng Wuving, and it happened that Cheng Wuving also looked over, their eyes met, and they parted at a touch, and the two looked at each other and smiled, quite smiling and hateful.

Hmph, little fox, with the old ...... Old man fight, you are still a little tender. I didn't expect the old boss to be a temperamental, so he didn't help his relatives.

The phrase 'After all, it's you Shibo' is already obvious, that is, let Gu Xiaozi respect the old and love the young, and don't bully Shibo.

"Gu boy, how is it? The old man is the most trustworthy, and what he said just now is counted!"

Cheng Wudi walked over, subconsciously raised his big fan-like hand and slapped it, Gu Bei didn't wipe it for a while, grinning in pain.

Talking about credit? Counting?

Phew, that's an insult to these words!

Why don't you grab it! Horizontal and vertical are all you take advantage of, worthless wasteland 50,000 taels of silver to sell, now after the wasteland is improved, you are red again, but is that a matter of 80,000 taels of silver?

That's the earth's business!

Cheng Wushu saw that the improved wasteland was worth the money and wanted to return it!

Gu Bei wants to use this land to build high-rise buildings and build his own commercial base.

At the beginning, there were differences in the ideas of the two, Cheng Wushu said that Gu Bei gritted his teeth and did not let go, it was just two words, "no retreat." ”

As a hob meat, Cheng Wushu has always believed in being able to move his hands as much as possible, but in the face of this golden rooster that lays eggs for him, there is a feeling that there is nowhere to start. In terms of eloquence, he is not Gu Bei's opponent; In terms of skill, one finger of his hand is enough to level Gu Bei.

said that he couldn't fight, Cheng Wushu wanted to threaten, but found that one was not good but was threatened. The black face was purple, black and purple, as if it had been smeared with rouge, Cheng Wushu took a deep breath, pointed at him with a radish thick index finger, flicked his sleeves, and passed by him angrily.

"Hmph, I don't know the old little fox at all......"

Gu Bei looked at the back of the distant and couldn't cry or laugh, what does this have to do with the elder? I don't see the old fox, you love the young, such a big person, and pretend to cry and act, this is not a big knife in front of Guan Gong - now (dedicated) ugly.

With your exaggerated acting skills, a modern random elementary school student will compare you to you every minute.

In the carriage, Cheng Wushu sat in the car and pondered, and the rouge on his black face had disappeared at this time. Whether the wasteland can be returned or not is not important to him, he just wants to see what Gu Bei is doing when he buys land? If there is a good deal and you don't take Shibo to play with, then it's really time to criticize and educate him.

Is it the construction of high-rise buildings, as mentioned before? Or is this little fox really a slippery loach?

Before, the housekeeper said that Gu Bei bought a firing kiln and worked day and night to produce a kind of red bricks. The kind of red bricks, he had seen, were ordinary bricks for building walls, but slightly smaller than green bricks.

Some time ago, "Aunt Bai changed the bedroom next door to a thatched house" became an after-dinner joke among the people of Yingtianfu. Cheng Wudi couldn't laugh when he heard about it.

A few days later, after hearing that the old boss also followed by the change of the vacant house into a thatched house, Cheng Wudi became more and more curious, if Gu Bei was stupid to change it into a thatched house next door, then what about the old man?

If someone says that Gu Bei is stupid, Cheng Wushu will definitely scoff at it!

What's more, Gu Bei is not stupid, if he is stupid, he can make Tianxiang Dew?

Thinking of this, he lifted the curtain and said, "Go to Bai's house!" He also wanted to see the magical 'thatched hut'.

The old man was sitting in the hall drinking tea, thinking about whether to play a twist and turn to give the lazy boy a future. Suddenly there was a noise at the door of the house, and the old man just wanted to call the housekeeper, but he saw a person hurriedly rolling towards the hall, and when he saw the size, the old man knew that it was Cheng Wuving.

"Invincible, why are you here?" The old man asked curiously, not long after they separated, he entered the door with his front foot, and he came with his back foot.

"Haha, old man, the last general came to visit you in the house." Cheng Wudi said hehe.

The visit is fake, but the visit is real! The old man looked at Cheng Wushu with a smile on his face, and he was grinding Cheng Wuving's intentions in his heart.

Don't blame the old man for thinking so, if this henchman doesn't have something to ask for, he rarely comes to the door.

"If you have something to say, get out of here!" The old man scolded angrily.

Cheng Wushu was not annoyed, he smiled facelessly, he knew that the old man didn't really scold him, the old man would only be in this tone when he talked to an absolute henchman, and he could make the old man use this tone, there were only three or two in the army, and he happened to be one of them, only to hear Cheng Wushu hehe: "The old man is worthy of being the old man, and sure enough, things are like gods......

"Don't be a sycophant, just say it!"

Before Cheng Wuxian's fart could be filmed, he was interrupted by Bai Batian's wave, so he had to say his intention again.

"Your own thatched house is not enough for you to see, and you came to Baifu on purpose? Invincible! When did you have this hobby? ”

"I ......" the old man's ridicule made Cheng Wushu panic, his black face turned red, and he said: "The last general is curious and wants to see the thatched house that Gu Xiaozi has rebuilt." ”

Since the thatched houses in the house have not yet been fully rebuilt, and only two have been rebuilt, the old man had to let the housekeeper lead Cheng Wudi to his yard.

When the housekeeper Huang Zhong took Cheng Wudi to a side room in Bai Batian's courtyard, if it weren't for the prior understanding, Cheng Wushu thought that the housekeeper was dizzy and had gone the wrong way.

Just when Cheng Wudi looked at this beautiful room curiously, he heard the housekeeper say calmly: "Cheng Hou, this is the bathroom rebuilt by my uncle." ”

What is a bathroom, Cheng Wudi didn't understand, but after the housekeeper Huang Zhong introduced him to the use of the bathroom and the ceramic toilet, Cheng Wudi almost thought that he had auditory hallucinations.

'Such a beautiful room is a thatched house?' It's more luxurious than the bedroom I live in'

What's in the house?

Cheng Wudi's eyes widened, he was sure that it was all ceramic, but he didn't know how to make it like this, and it was still attached to the wall and the ground, it was really unimaginable.

And the ceramic toilet made him grind it for a long time before he realized that this was the toilet.

The housekeeper Huang Zhong had to give him a science popularization on how to use the toilet and how to pull the rope on it to get into the water.

Cheng Wudi began to think seriously, he was still not Xia Guoxun after all, how did he come to the thatched house of Baifu before he found that he had become a laughing stock.

Reflecting on his embarrassing performance just now, for the sake of the Cheng family's face, Cheng Wushu felt that no matter what surprising things he encountered, he had to maintain the demeanor of a nobleman and looked at it indifferently.

The invincible calmness did not last long, and when the butler politely led him to an empty room covered with tiles, he was a turtle again. I looked left and right and didn't understand where this was?

The butler led him underneath the round brass object and pointed to the wooden valve to introduce him.

So that's what you're used for bathing! Wooden barrels are not used yet. ’

Cheng Wushu was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and went to see the bathing pool and the Narauszi sauna, and he was dumbfounded, he was a big increase in knowledge, but he didn't expect the thatched house to be so luxurious.

Tiled huts, smellless huts, toilets that flush automatically, huts that can be bathed, can ...... All the displays are so pleasing to the eye, so atmospheric, and the most ...... It's just no smell!

This is a multi-purpose thatched house! I don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, Cheng Wudi felt that after seeing this multi-functional toilet in Baifu, he could no longer bear the smell of his own thatched house. After thinking of this, he greeted and strode towards the door of the mansion without saying hello.

Looking at Cheng Wuving, who was devastated, the housekeeper Huang Zhong secretly shook his head and went straight to the hall to report.

"Go to the wasteland with the waterwheel!"

After Cheng Wudi got into the carriage, he secretly thought about how to let Gu Bei install this multi-functional toilet for his family.

The land can't be returned, so let's go and get some benefits, and then reluctantly let Gu Bei install this kind of multi-functional thatched house on his house!

Gu Beizheng helped guide everyone to dig a ditch to release water, and was soaked in river water for two days, digging a ditch and releasing water and waiting for the saline-alkali water to drain dry, then re-plug the outlet, and soak the water again, this operation must be repeated three or four times to wash out the alkali contained in the soil.

When Gu Bei stood on the river embankment and watched everyone work, he heard that Cheng Wushu was here again, so Gu Bei had no choice but to go to greet him.

Looking at Cheng Wu's mountain-like body, Gu Beigang wanted to go up to help, but saw his body jumping off the wheel lightly, and arched his hand and said, "Hello Shibo!" ”

Although I can't figure out the purpose of Cheng Wudi's return again, there should be no less etiquette.

The old man said that he should respect the elderly.

Facing Gu Bei's smile, Cheng Wushu made a straight face, and said in an urn voice: "Gu boy, I just went to Baifu!"

Uh, I went to Baifu and turned back, Gu Bei was still thinking about the deep meaning of his words.

I only heard Cheng Wushu continue: "Your multi-functional thatched house is good!" ”

Gu Bei blinked, understood, it turned out that he also wanted to rebuild the bathroom, so he nodded, "No problem!"

"Look, nephew! I will not retreat from the land...... What, you're agreeing? ”

Shrimp, so agreed? made Cheng Wudi, who was about to show his old face, feel that his IQ was once again rubbed on the ground by Gu Bei.

"That's right!"

How can you agree so quickly? I haven't asked yet, Cheng Wudi really wants him to take it back, so it's better to forget it.

"What else does Shibo want to say?"

Cheng Wudi thought for a moment, "At least five ...... should be installed in the house No, seven or eight bathrooms. ”

"......" Gu Bei stretched out ten white tender fingers and counted them.

"Virtuous nephew, why are you showing me your hands?"

"Oh, calculate how much it costs to build a thatched house."

"Still want money?"

"Isn't this nonsense? A thatched house counts the cost of labor, red bricks, and tiles...... About five hundred taels, seven or eight? That's eight for that, thank you! A total of four thousand taels ......"

"Why don't you grab it?"

When Cheng Wushu heard that it cost five hundred taels to build a multi-functional thatched house, he immediately jumped up, making Gu Bei think that there had been an earthquake, "I'm just robbing ...... Uh, no, Shibo! You see that the little one is about to be born, and as a first-time father, I am not allowed to prepare milk powder fees, beautiful clothes fees, and bubble ...... for my children in advance Toy fees, school fees, and tuition fees...... These are already very cheap, alas, the virtuous nephew is also pinching the shriveled money bag to live a miserable life, life is not easy, Shi Boduo understands......"

What milk powder, what toys, what tuition, although Cheng Wudi is not incomprehensible, he is also the father of ten children, and understands the hardships, but he didn't expect Gu Bei to be the same person as him! Save the best for the kids.

Just when he wanted to agree, he remembered that something was wrong, he asked Gu Bei to build a bathroom for him, why did he suddenly talk to him about business, and he actually sympathized.

"Virtuous nephew! It's not easy to be a father, and there is no silver tael in Shibo's family! You see that there are eleven children in the family who are waiting to be fed, and the family is supported by Shibo alone, and Shibo is not easy to alas. ”

No silver taels? Who just said that an extra 30,000 taels were redeemed for the wasteland? Eleven children waiting to be fed? Whose child is the same size as an adult?

I don't blush at all when I speak! Sure enough, it is worthy of the first hob meat in Xia Kingdom.