"God, you said you found a barbarian wife for Xiao Biao?" Song Shuang's fur exploded when she heard this, and she seemed to have been hit hard, leaning on the back of the chair, covering her chest, and rolling her eyes.

"What a barbarian, don't talk nonsense. I haven't answered this matter yet, haven't I been discussing it with you? ”

Song Shuang jumped up from the chair again all of a sudden, "I won't agree anyway, my son is a first-class wealthy son, how can I find a wild girl to be a wife, tomorrow I will enter the palace to see if there is a suitable princess, and ask the mother to marry." ”

"You are such a fool, you don't know what kind of life the princess and the colt are living, except for getting a face, but there is no benefit, maybe one day you won't be able to see your grandson!"

Ma Du pressed Song Shuang, "I'm afraid you don't know the origin of the family, this girl's brother is Shuixi Tusi, to put it bluntly, he is the king of the soil, and he is in charge of forty-eight tribesmen, there are millions of people, and he can gather more than 100,000 soldiers with one order." Our family looks glamorous, saying that the strength may not be as good as other people's little fingers. ”

Song Shuang was surprised, "Is it really so powerful?" ”

"You don't know what's going on in the court now!" Ma Du whispered: "What I found for Xiao Biao is not only a daughter-in-law, but also a life talisman!" ”

Shuixi needed a spokesperson to communicate with the imperial court for them to protect their own interests and help them develop. Since Lao Zhu has determined his route, he will not change it easily, and he also needs a bridge to communicate with Shuixi.

For both parties, the Ma family is the best choice, and while being the spokesperson and bridge, the Ma family also tied a life talisman to themselves. In the face of the political situation, Lao Zhu will not hesitate to cut off his son-in-law to make an example of the monkey, but to cut a relative of Tusi, even if he is as strong as Lao Zhu, he must weigh it.

A woman who has no heart is easy to coax, Ma Du fooled Song Shuang and came to a 180-degree turn, and the next day he held a feast and invited the two of them to come to the house as guests to see each other in person.

The two sisters-in-law are dressed in Han costumes, the big ones are beautiful and the small ones are cute and cute, and the first half of the etiquette is not bad.

Shezi is an extremely intelligent woman, and she knows that she should show her advantages at this time, and she praised Guizhou, which has no three miles of land and no three sunny days, into a paradise on earth. Especially her powerful clan, Ma Du was worried about the Ming army when he heard it, let alone Song Shuang.

Two heartless women can easily become friends, a smart woman with a heart and a woman with no heart become intimate friends, and soon Song Shuang took Schetz's hand and called her sister affectionately.

"My sister's head is so plain, I'll give you some jewelry when you come to my room! Bilin, take Doni to the garden to play. ”

Schetz got up and followed Song Shuang to the backyard, and glanced at Ma Du gratefully before leaving, she was thanking Ma Du for not exposing her.

Ma Du prayed in her heart that her bragging words just now were not overheard by the hidden brocade guards at home, otherwise Lao Zhu was likely to change his policy.

In addition, he is more worried that the two plastic sisters, Bi Lin and Doni, will fight in the garden, one is simple and reckless, the other is smart and cunning, both have a certain force value, and neither of them is fuel-efficient.

When Madu arrived in the back garden, he was surprised to see the two of them lying on the edge of the flower bed to observe the blooming moon, and when he walked in, he found that it was not, Bi Lin was holding a small tweezer and putting a small green worm into the clay pot in Doni's hand.

He asked curiously, "What are you doing here?" ”

Doni smiled and asked, "Grandpa Xu, do you have centipedes, scorpions, worms and fire ants here?" ”

"Yes, yes, but you have to wait until the summer to find it, what are you doing with these?"

Doni said seriously: "The younger generation is raising love Gu!" ”

Ma Du's eyes were about to pop out, "Love Gu!" Who is it for? ”

"Of course, it's for your son, my sister-in-law told me before she came, I am willing to marry into your family!"

This girl is really generous, this kind of thing asks any daughter of the Han family to cover her face and turn her head and run, and Bi Lin is no exception.

"Do you really want to?"

Doni nodded and said: "Well, your family has a lot of delicious food and a lot of fun, he doesn't blame me for putting the knife on Ma Gongzi that day, and he also gave me vegetables when I ate, he is a good person!" ”

Belch...... Xiao Biao is really sorry for this good guy card, when he eats, he gives Doni the pine flower egg he doesn't like to eat the most, this kid doesn't have much heart like his mother, and it is his blessing to be able to marry such a simple girl.

As for the love Gu or something, Ma Du doesn't believe it, and it is mostly a psychological hint that local women use to restrain their men. But someone really believed it, Bi Lin didn't know where to clip a big spider and put it in the jar, "I love Xiao Biao the most for him, hehe......"

Since there was a steamer, Ma Du has been looking forward to the appearance of the train, and he has long handed over this matter to Bo Qi, and when he heard that there was a sample, he hurriedly ran to the academy to see it, and when he saw the so-called sample, he began to jump to his feet and scold his mother.

"You've been working up such a thing for so long, where is this sample and it's obviously a model, but I also provided you with a method idea, and I took great pains to draw a pattern for you!"

Bo Qi nested on the recliner and reached out to take the tea handed by Xiao Guo, "The old man admits that you have spent a lot of thought, but you didn't spend any money, just a little money, it's good to be able to make such a thing." ”

Xiao Guo handed Ma Du another cup of tea, "Mr. Ma's academy funds are indeed less, and Mr. Bo has paid dozens of taels of silver himself." ”

"It's impossible, just after the New Year, I also approved this season's research funding, it seems to be three thousand taels!"

Bo Qi said hatefully: "You have approved, but by the time the old man applied, there were only more than a hundred taels left, and it was good to be able to make such a model." ”

Madu slapped the table vigorously, "Where did all the money go?" Could it be that the account room is corrupted, and this bastard will see that I don't skin him! ”

Hey? At this moment, Ma Du suddenly understood Lao Zhu a little, but he was just talking about it, and Lao Zhu dared to think and do.

"What nonsense, which account office dares to be greedy for the academy's silver, it has been looted by your good nephew." Bo Qi said and pointed to the biochemistry laboratory opposite.

"Isn't King Zhou's usual research expenses all paid by himself, and he can't eat up his 50,000 stone a year!"

"Who knows, anyway, if you want to be big, pay for it early, the old man won't let your money go in vain, so I'll show you the old man's means?"

Ma Du pointed to the model in surprise and said, "Can you really run?" ”

"That's natural, otherwise what would the old man do with it, Guo Mu come on and add water!"

The locomotive was about three feet long, and there were three slightly smaller wooden carriages at the back, Guo Mu stepped forward and opened the two lids on the front of the locomotive, added some kerosene and some boiling water to it, and then polished a match and threw it into a small compartment that was ventilated.

It wasn't long before steam came out of the small pipe, and with a thudding sound, the train actually moved, moving along the closed wooden track.

Bo Qi hugged his arms and said proudly: "How is the old man's ability?" ”

"It's okay, I didn't expect you to be able to drum up such a small steam engine, the research funds in the future will only be a lot more, hurry up and drum out the train, and I will prepare to build a railway from Fangshan to Jiangkou Wharf."

"God, you're really going to do this, you thought you were only going to let this train go around Fangshan, how much iron would it take!"

The railway that is only a few dozen miles away will shout God, and the more than 100,000 kilometers of railways in later generations will not allow Bo Qi to shout the gods and Buddhas one by one, guarding the Taiping Iron Mine, are you still afraid that there will be no iron?

"Guo Mu, stop this model and unpack it, I want to take it home and use it as a toy for my youngest son!"

After some clever snatching, Ma Du took the big burden out of Bo Qi's territory and hung the burden directly on the hook on the left arm of the deflated head.

He shook his head, "Grandpa, what kind of thing is this, it's very heavy!" ”

"It's only a few dozen catties, you shouted heavy, I heard that you recently ran to the city, this is kidney deficiency, go back to the warehouse and lead a pound of codonopsis to the meat seller to buy two kidneys and stew them together."

"Grandpa, don't look down on people, the small body is great, it's not a matter to feed three or five girls in one night!"

"Just blow it! I advise you to be more modest, and when you get older, don't blame me for not being able to cure it. By the way, you seem to be a year older than me. ”

"Yes, the little one is Chinese New Year's Eve three today."

Ma Du patted him on the shoulder and said: "Save some money to beg for a mother-in-law, I don't want to see you old and lonely, and when you are gone, you won't even have a person wearing linen and filial piety and paper flags." ”

The deflated head nodded and said, "What Grandpa said is that the little one who sees the sky and runs to the city is Zhang Luo's matter." ”

"You can do it yourself, and I will drink your wedding wine when the time comes!"

"Uncle help me!" Just after passing Zhu Hu's laboratory, he ran out of the room and grabbed Ma Du's arm.

"What's the matter, is there a little girl with a knife in the house?"

Zhu Lu said with a bitter face: "When is my uncle still laughing, let's talk about it in the house." ”

He brought Madu closer to the house, closed the doors and windows, and drew the curtains, just when Madu suspected that something was wrong with the guy's sexual orientation and wanted to mistreat him.

Zhu Hu took a deep look, "Uncle help me!" That day, the matter of helping Xiao Biao pretend to be his father still spread out, and today a bunch of people in the court want to impeach me and let me go to the fiefdom to become a feudal lord. ”

"It's the subordinate officials of the East Palace who take the lead."

"But no, my uncle was clever, and I lost my eldest brother to help me intercede, but my father didn't make a decision on the spot."

Ma Du found a chair and sat down, "When you were a child, you were quite clever, why did the bigger your head became, the less brilliant you became, this happened secretly until now, it has only been three or four days, you don't want to think about how the courtiers know?" ”

Zhu Hu scratched his scalp and said, "Could it be that my father released the news, he wants me to become a vassal as soon as possible." ”

"Probably, you have become an adult and become a parent, and you usually don't ask about political affairs and don't interact with courtiers, and you are dedicated to studying. Originally, it was not a problem for you to stay in Beijing for a few more years, but when such a thing happened, the emperor was also worried that unnecessary trouble would arise and make your brother a wall. ”

"Uncle, you don't know who I am, if I have that mind, let me thunder five times in the sky!"

Thundered......

As soon as Zhu Hu raised his hand and swore that a spring thunder rolled over his head, he was so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew his hand and shrank his neck, and said with a wry smile: "God is also playing tricks on me!" ”

"It's going to rain, and spring rain is as expensive as oil! In the future, if there is a drought somewhere, I will send you over to swear and swear, haha......"

"Uncle, don't make fun of me again, give me an idea."

"You still don't know the emperor, he has made up his mind who can change it, unless you can do something beneficial to the court, no one can keep you." Ma Du took the beaker and sniffed it casually, "You have been doing studies for many years, but you have not produced any results, and you are too lazy to bring students, I also think that it is not necessary to leave you in Beijing, it is better to go to Kaifeng to be a free prince." ”

"I'm willing to take the students, but I won't be able to get the results for a while, unless my uncle is willing to help me!"

"I'm afraid that the general results will not impress the emperor, if you can develop a more powerful explosive than the gunpowder used now, it should help you stay. I can give you the method, but you have to practice it yourself, but I have to tell you in advance that this is dangerous, and that a mistake may cost you your life. ”

Zhu Hu said with a smile: "My nephew is not afraid of danger, but I also asked my uncle to give my father a fold, saying that now is the critical time to develop explosives." ”

"Well, if you can really drum out this explosive, it will be enough for you to leave a name in history, and it will not be in vain that the court spends so much money to support you every year. Speaking of which, I want to ask you, your research funds are not your own, how can you suddenly take the funds of the academy, not to mention the income of so many fiefdoms. ”

Zhu Lu sighed and said: "I was borrowed by the princess for most of it to the Yue family, saying that I wanted to build a ship and go to sea to dig gold mines, and after all, there were still expenses in the palace, so I had to borrow the academy for first use." What's even more unfortunate is that my father didn't know why he suddenly lowered the king's fortune, from 50,000 stone to 10,000 stone at once! ”

Why else, of course, he was fooled by Ma Du, Lao Zhu seems to be planning to tighten his waist and accumulate family business for countless children and grandchildren in the future.

Why can't Lao Zhu think about opening up a little bit, and allow those side branches of the royal family to work, farm, do business, and engage in politics like ordinary people, is it that the poor can't even eat and can't afford to take their names, and Lao Zhu's family will have face?

"Uncle doesn't believe it? There are also documents from the household department waiting for me to sign and print. Zhu Hu took a piece of paper from the desk and showed it to Ma Du.

"Yes, of course I do. 10,000 stone is already a lot, and saving a little flower is enough. Wait, show me again! Ma Du snatched the document from Zhu Hu's hand, and stared at the big red seal on it with dead eyes, and the words on it were clearly "Guo Huan, the head of the household".