If this tool called a waterwheel is really implemented, then the grandson-in-law of Zhen Guogong can also be regarded as a credit to Sheji, and he should be rewarded, but what should he be rewarded?

Seeing that Emperor Xia's mood seemed to be better, the middle-aged eunuch's cold face softened, and he stepped forward again and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Highness has come down to believe." ”

"Oh, that kid Shaoling, don't you want to go back to Kyoto again!" Hearing this news, Emperor Xia frowned and said, "Where is the letter, show it to me." ”

The middle-aged eunuch took out a letter from his sleeve, and he didn't know how many things were hidden in his sleeve, and when he poked it out for the second time, he opened his palm to reveal some transparent granular stones, and said, "Your Majesty, this is also sent by His Royal Highness." ”

Emperor Xia was slightly stunned when he saw this, took the particles, looked at them carefully, and looked puzzled.

The eunuch on the side shook his head awkwardly, and when he checked the transparent stone just now, he didn't know what it was.

Emperor Xia opened the envelope, and part of the content of the letter was about the purpose of this stone, and Emperor Xia knew that this stone was called saltpeter, which could be made into ice cubes when thrown in water.

The ice in the palace last year was insufficient, and the ice used in the palace was repeatedly reduced, barely for the daily use of the emperor and several favored concubines.

After that, it was the greeting between father and son, and when he saw the end, the expression on Emperor Xia's face froze, showing a little stunned, and muttered: "Wheel waterwheel...... Gu Bei? ”

Seeing this name, a trace of doubt appeared on his face, and the next moment, as if he remembered something, he opened the piece just now, and after a while, his face showed a sudden look.

Shaoling actually admired this person so much...... I also suggested that I promote the watermill to the whole country, just give it a try. Emperor Xia muttered a few words in his mouth, and suddenly said, "Wen Wu." ”

"The old slave is here." The middle-aged eunuch whispered.

"Intended."

......

"Tomorrow, someone will tell the world about the method of making this waterwheel, and let all prefectures and counties build and install it as soon as possible."

"This decree is sent to Ying Tianfu."

Emperor Xia was in a good mood tonight, and after writing two wills in a row, he looked at the unfinished notes on the table, and waved his hand: "These will be approved tomorrow." ”

The middle-aged eunuch heard the meaning of his words and said, "Where is Your Majesty resting tonight?" ”

Emperor Xia thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to Lingyu Palace." ”

Ling Yu Palace, the residence of Concubine Ling.

Outside Ling Yu Palace, the inner eunuch named Wen Wu looked at the will in his hand, and a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes.

It is extremely strange to make a big wheel and let His Majesty personally order a reward.

Soon, the suspicion on his face disappeared, the sacred heart is unpredictable, he just needs to pass on this will, as a minister of the Son of Heaven, he has accompanied His Majesty since he was a child, and he knows very well what he should do.

Glancing back at the palace in the night, his back disappeared under the palace walls.

......

Gu Cheng has been worried recently, some time ago, he finally solved the troubles of splashing skin, and his business has improved, but he didn't think that he was targeted by someone recently.

"You're the shopkeeper here?"

The person who came was a young man, squinted his eyes and glanced at Gu Cheng, seeing his clothes, a trace of disdain appeared in his eyes, and said lightly.

"Didn't you hear the young master ask you, are you the shopkeeper here?" Seeing that Gu Cheng didn't speak, the two young men behind the young man glared at him and said.

Seeing the disdainful expression on the young man's face and the arrogant appearance of the two people behind him, Gu Cheng's eyes narrowed.

These people are not good......

"Wu Gongzi, I am the shopkeeper."

Gu Cheng knew this young man, this person's name was Wu Yong, no one had heard of him, but when it came to his brother, his brother was Ying Tianfu Zun Wu De, and he happened to meet at the auction.

"Since you know my young master, it's easy to do." Wu Yong still held his head high, and one of the attendants behind him spoke: "Your ice-making recipe, our young master bought it for two hundred taels of silver!"

After the follower finished speaking, Wu Yong showed a faint smile on his face, and he looked confident.

A mere recipe can be sold for two hundred taels of silver, Wu Yong waited for the shopkeeper of the ice shop to be grateful to him, and then respectfully offered this ice-making formula, and the purpose of this trip was achieved.

Recently, a rumor called the instant ice of the stone has spread in Yingtianfu, and everyone is rushing to buy ice, and after the third prince heard about it, he thought of the matter mentioned in a letter written by the mother, which mentioned that the palace ice cubes were not in stock, and the father reduced the amount of ice cubes in each palace.

The third prince realized that this was a good opportunity, maybe he could return to Kyoto, if he could get the method of ice making and present it to his father, his father would not be impressed with him, so that the mother would not have to endure the heat...... So, the third prince asked Wu Yong to handle the matter.

This is a matter personally explained by His Royal Highness, how dare Wu Yong not take it seriously, if he can't even do this well, then how does His Highness think of him?

Of course, the premise of all this is that he can successfully get the method of making ice.

However, for this, he was not worried in his heart, before coming, he had already investigated, the owner of this shop is the cousin of the Bai family's aunt, a commoner, if the other party is unwilling, he also has a way to achieve his own goals, and if he wants to come, the Bai family's aunt will not turn his face against him for a cousin.

"Not for sale."

Although Gu Cheng knew that this was the younger brother of Fuzun, he was not cowardly, after all, he also had a background, and his self-confidence came from his cousin Gu Bei, who came from Baifu.

If they don't sell it, will they still dare to rob it?

Want to buy the recipe for ice making for 200 taels?

Even if this number was increased tenfold, he would not agree, he wouldn't ......

The change happened too quickly, Wu Yong didn't have time to react, and his smile froze on his face.

Things are a little bit different from what he thought.

In his previous opinion, since this shopkeeper knew him, he should know who his brother was, and he would not refuse to come to this shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper Gu, since you know my son-in-law, you should understand what the consequences will be if you offend my son-in-law."

The attendant beside Wu Yong showed an angry face and opened his mouth to threaten.

"Wu Gongzi, I'm really sorry." Gu Cheng was furious in his heart, so he had to force it down, bowed down and apologized.

This fact is not something that his identity can solve, the status of the two is not equal, Gu Cheng made up his mind, and when they were sent away, he would go to Baifu and ask his cousin to come forward to solve the matter.

Seeing that Gu Cheng didn't speak, another attendant behind Wu Yong said coldly: "In this city, you still have to know how to be a man, otherwise when the time comes, you won't even know how to die." ”

“......”

Before the attendant could say anything, he was stopped by Wu Yong beside him, "Young Master Ben knows that you are Gu Bei's cousin, do you want to wait for us to go to Gu Bei after we leave?" ”

Noncommittal, Gu Cheng had this plan in mind.

"Okay, Young Master Ben won't embarrass you, you know what to do after reading this?" Wu Yong raised his head in motion, and immediately one of the attendants took out a sign and threw it on the counter, making a snapping sound.

Gu Cheng picked up the black lacquer brand with some doubts, and started cold, and he didn't know what material it was made of, only to see a dragon-shaped pattern engraved on the front of the brand, Gu Cheng knew, this was the dragon totem of the royal family of the Xia Kingdom, and there was a capital "three" on the back.

Gu Cheng didn't understand it at this time, the royal dragon totem, three, thought about it a little, this token was a token of the prince of the Xia Kingdom, thinking that there was a third prince in Yingtian now, he knew that this Wu Yong was doing things for the third highness.

One Wu Yong has already made him breathless, plus a third prince, can this ice-making method still be preserved? Will the Northern Brother offend the Third Prince for this formula that he doesn't value much?

Wu Yong admired the rich facial expression on Gu Cheng's face on the side, and did not urge. The one who knows the times is Junjie, and he knows that this Gu Cheng will make the right choice.

After a while, Gu Cheng made a decision and promised to hand over the ice-making method.

"It would be nice to hand it over early!" One of the attendants scoffed.

......

Luobei Port, with Chen Jinwang alone, Gu Bei is also happy to be idle, if you want to go to the store, go to the store to see, if you don't want to go, you stay in the house, tell stories to the little guy in the belly, and cultivate feelings with Bai Luoshi.

Gu Cheng had also come to the house before, and he told him about the method of making ice, and Gu Bei didn't care, using saltpeter to make ice cubes was just for the use of the house, and he didn't think about making money from this.

As for the need of the three princes, Gu Bei was only stunned for a moment, and then he understood, there are so many people in the palace, and there are many places to use ice, it is estimated that these three princes also dedicate ice to the emperor!

Ying Tianfu Ya, back hall, Wu Zhifu sat on the Taishi chair, leisurely sipping tea.

Wu Zhifu does not have many hobbies, and drinking tea is one of his hobbies.

The tea is good tea, but it was given to him by his younger brother Wu Yong a few days ago, and he didn't know if there was something to ask him, so he didn't say anything when he asked him, and Wu De didn't ask more.

For this younger brother who can be his son, he is very spoiled, his father and mother went early, his younger brother was raised by him, what his brother wants, as long as it is not too much, he will try his best to satisfy him.

In the past few days, my younger brother is like a different person, not only sending rare things, but also frequently coming to say hello, which made Wu Dehao inexplicable for a while, and after getting used to it, he only grew up as a younger brother and knew how to honor his brother and sister-in-law.

At this moment, he was half-squinting his eyes and tasting fragrant tea, and suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and a servant broke in in a hurry.

Wu De's eyebrows jumped, every time something big happened, this thing would break in in a hurry, this time looking at his panicked appearance, didn't something big happen again?

didn't care about the fact that he didn't knock on the door, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Lord Fuzun!" The official snorted and gasped, and said, "The former yasa is from Kyoto!"

"Kyoto!"

Governor Wu exclaimed, people from Kyoto didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked towards the front hall.

A quarter of an hour later, Wu De changed into official clothes and followed the two eunuchs from the palace out of the yamen.

The two of them are indeed from the capital, and the holy decree cannot be faked.

How could the decree reach him? Shouldn't you go directly to Baifu to deliver the message?

Perhaps, Gu Bei under his jurisdiction made a waterwheel, and His Majesty thinks that he also has merit.

It is also possible that these two eunuchs are road idiots! Wu De's evil taste conjecture.

"Lead the way ahead, go to Baifu!"

Bad taste is bad taste, Wu De didn't dare to slack off, and at this time, he took a group of officials and led the two of them to Baifu to pass the decree.

Baifu,

Gu Bei was lazy today and didn't go anywhere, mainly because the temperature was too high, and he wanted to blow the fan more at home.

At this time, in a room, Gu Bei sat on a rocking chair to go to the meeting of Zhou Gong, the cold wind blew down from time to time on the beams, the indoor temperature was very cool, and in the intermittent dream, Gu Bei was doing indescribable things with the girl in the dream......

"Uncle Bai, Your Majesty has a will, kneel down quickly!"

Suddenly, a shrill voice woke Gu Bei up from his dream, his body trembled, where did the dream go......

"This is that girl's voice, and it's so ugly?"

The dream was awakened, Gu Bei opened his eyes in a daze, and he didn't see anyone clearly, so he said it with his head and face.

“......”

The faces of the two white-faced and beardless men sank, and their faces twitched regularly.

As a eunuch who passed the decree, he was fine in the palace, but when he left the palace, who saw that they were not respectful and respectful, and greeted each other with a smile, uh, the Guogong Mansion still had to bow his head.

It's just what this Bai family uncle just said?

The voice of the girl, too ugly?

It's heart-wrenching when you think about it, our voice is so ugly, wasn't it respectful to listen to the fairy sound in the past?

Wu De, who was following the two of them, his eyelids jumped, the corners of his mouth twitched, he wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, and it was very hard to hold back.

"Gu Gongzi, these two are sent by His Majesty today to deliver the decree, hurry up and accept the decree!"

"Order?"

Gu Bei looked at Wu De, who was wearing official robes, and then looked at the two eunuchs, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"There is a decree from the saint, and you still don't kneel to accept it?" The eunuch shouted again, he just wanted to read the decree as soon as possible, leave this place that made them sad, and make up his mind that he would never come to answer the decree of heaven again.

Crash!

Gu Bei was still sitting on the rocking chair, and Wu De and those officials knelt first.

When the decree is announced, it is as if the Son of Heaven himself is coming, and not only the person receiving the decree needs to bow down, but also the people around him must kneel together.

There was another "bang", and the maids outside the door also knelt down.

Receiving orders is already commonplace for them, and the Guogong Mansion does not receive a few holy decrees in a year.

Even Bai Luoshi, who was in Xiaotian, was disturbed by the noise outside the door, and after hearing that it was a holy decree, she knelt down with Qing'er's support.

In this Xia Kingdom, the emperor is the most noble person, and this concept has penetrated into their blood.

For a while, except for the two eunuchs in the field, only Gu Bei was sitting.

After looking around, a trace of helplessness appeared on his face, he walked up to the two people, bent down and knelt down, and said, "The grass people take the order." ”

Because he has no official status, he can only call himself a grass citizen, although he doesn't want to kneel, but he doesn't want to be accused of disrespecting the Son of Heaven.

"The invention of a waterwheel actually attracted a holy decree, when did the holy decree become so worthless?" After kneeling, he muttered in a low voice, and the first thing that came to mind was that the holy decree mentioned by the old man a few days ago was on the way.

He really couldn't think of any other reason than the waterwheel.

When the eunuch heard him whispering, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he almost went crazy, thinking of where he was, he held back his anger and read it according to the decree.

Listening to the eunuch read a big push, Gu Bei probably heard a reason, which meant that the waterwheel was dedicated to the people's livelihood and benefited the society, and then it was a compliment, and before he finished listening, Gu Bei already had a bottom in his heart.

It's nothing more than a reward for some gold and silver, and TV dramas are all played like this.

When he thought this in his heart, the eunuch had already read to the end: "...... Merit should be rewarded, there is a deserved punishment, the male of Luobei County, the fief Luobei Port, the reward of ten thousand gold, the eternal favor of heaven, Qinzai. ”

"County, county man......" Gu Bei raised his head suddenly, looking incredulous.

Because of his meritorious service in helping the victims of disasters and offering waterwheels to benefit mankind, he was named a ...... County man?

What the fuck is okay?

This turn is too fast, isn't it?

However, this bend is very much to my liking, and Luobei Port will really belong to his territory in the future.

"Shhhh

There was a gasp in the room, Wu De was a little dumbfounded, this is the county man?

Now is not the time when the country was unstable and swept away the heroes, the official position was casually high, but the reward for the title was extremely cautious, and most of the ordinary rewards were just honors.

And now, His Majesty actually took out the title of a county boy at once!

The title level of Great Xia, the title is divided into nine grades, one is called the king, and the other is a product; The second is called the king of the county, from the first product; The third is said to be the prince of the country, from a product; Fourth, it is said that the founding county is the second product; Five said the founding of the county, from the second grade; Sixth, it is said that the founding county marquis, from the three products; Seven said the founding county uncle, is on the fourth grade; Eight said to be the founding county, is on the fifth grade; Nine said that the founding county male, from the five grades.

The ninth-class founding county male, although he is only from the fifth grade, the title can be hereditary.

Wu De's eyes are red!

Even if this waterwheel is very good and powerful, it won't get the title of a founding county man, right?

You must know that most of the generals who have made great achievements have not caught the founding county man until now!

"Husband, take the order quickly!" Bai Luoshi on the side looked at him stunned, and couldn't help but urge.

"Can you not pick it up?"

Gu Bei felt that he couldn't accept it directly, at least he had to be reserved, and looked at the eunuch and asked tentatively.

"You want to resist?"

The eunuch looked at him and asked with an unkind look, how dare you call our girls......

Why don't you play according to the routine? I refused, can you persuade me again, there was Liu Bei in ancient times, only the eunuch persuaded him again and again, maybe there will be beautiful talk in the future? Gu Bei felt that it was better to fight for a good name for this eggless eunuch, "Since ancient times, there have been many people who have resigned from the official position, right?" ”

Hurry up and persuade me......

"So...... They're all dead! ”

The eunuch looked at him with a sneer on his face.