Chapter 42: A Time of Tenderness
Gao Ye asked Zhang Liao to take the army and go to the barracks to camp first, and he took a few guards and returned to his mansion outside the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and since there are no women's clothes in the army, Cai Yan is still wearing a red wedding dress, and she wants to swagger through the market with Gao Ye like this, and she is ashamed to death. Therefore, Gao Ye proposed that it would be better to go back to his mansion outside the city first, so that he would not have to pass through Yingyin City and attract the attention of the whole city; It can also let Cai Yan see the difference between his house. The letter said so much, Cai Yan had long been eager to see him, so he naturally nodded frequently at Gao Ye's proposal.
If the magnificence of Yingyin City made Cai Yan a little stunned, then the high mansion of Gao Ye really surprised Cai Yan a lot. Not only because of the area of the High Night Mansion, but also because of the countless strange things in the High Night Mansion. For a sixteen-year-old girl, these novelties all stimulate her curiosity.
"Yan'er, look, this is my library, how about it, isn't it spectacular!" Gao Ye all showed off. The library building here is a small two-story building, full of books, and the shelves on each floor are as high as the floor-to-ceiling, and they are full of books. In fact, this place is already a bit like a library in the memory of the high night in later generations. The most important thing is that Gao Ye built him into a so-called European-style building in later generations, and the main exterior and interior room distribution are still a reference to the later Emperor's Court in Brighton, England. This palace was built in the 19th century by King George IV of England, and Gao Ye was very impressed by it when he first visited it. Unlike the churches that are all over the streets of the UK, this building has its own unique beauty.
Cai Yan saw the library building in the high night, and the whole person was stunned. Because of the influence of her father Cai Yong, she loved reading since she was a child, but when she was young, most of the books were engraved on bamboo slips. When she was a child, she wasted a few pieces of paper, and was severely criticized by Cai Yong, letting her know how precious paper is. It wasn't until I went to Wuyuan and met Gao Ye that they had enough paper at home. However, his father's collection of 3,000 volumes of books is still engraved on bamboo slips, because Cai Yong said that only in this way can he feel the painstaking work of Confucius Sage Wei to compile the three uniques.
But how many things can there be in 3,000 bamboo slips, where can they compare to the house full of books in Gao Ye, each of which is a paper book, and from a subset of scriptures and histories, to some strange things that I can't understand, and even some books, which are specifically for storytelling. I just don't know where this Alibaba is from, and there is still a surname in this world?
However, when Cai Yan thought of this, he naturally thought of his father. Now that he has been taken away by Gao Ye and returned to Yingchuan together, he can be said to have gotten what he wanted. But his father is still in Luoyang, and he doesn't know how to be scolded by the Wei family. When I thought of my father's fame, which was ruined in my own hands, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
A pair of arms wrapped around his waist, and Gao Ye was behind him, holding himself tightly in his arms. Originally, Gao Ye brought Cai Yan to show off for a greater purpose, but as soon as he saw Cai Yan jump into a sad atmosphere from the initial joy, Gao Ye knew that he was afraid that it was this little girl, and he began to worry about his escape from marriage again. For a woman at this time, it is useless to say anything, and giving her a warm hug is the fastest way for her to find a sense of security.
"Yan'er, don't worry, Uncle Cai is now in Luoyang, and the Wei family can't find it even if they want to trouble him. What's more, my uncle hid me so hard in order to let him take you away smoothly, and I was sad for a long time after I knew, so what reason did they have to criticize my uncle? ”
"Yes...... But I came to Yingchuan with you, what should I do if the Wei family refuses to give up? ”
"Haha, you don't have to worry about such a thing. With me here, his Wei family can't afford to make any waves. Now I am most worried about Uncle Cai, who is an official in Luoyang and does not want to come to Yingchuan with me. When the time comes, Dong Zhuo will be defeated, and the army will be in chaos......"
"Ahh Luoyang, how can Luoyang be chaotic? ”
"That Dong Zhuo did the opposite, and even killed my Uncle Ding Yuan, I was about to prepare a strong army and fight him to the death. When the time comes, I'm afraid that not only me, but also many feudal officials will be with me, so how can Dong Zhuo be undefeated? ”
"Isn't my father in danger? How, is this good? ”
Gao Yeyan looked at Cai Yan's big watery eyes, turned his head to look at his anxious appearance, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, I'll arrange Xunzhi there to ensure Uncle Cai's safety." As he spoke, he gently kissed Cai Yan's forehead, and then smiled: "It's a good thing that Uncle Cai didn't go with me, otherwise I would have to send you back when I snatched you back!" ”
"You, if you get cheap, you're still good!"
"Haha, okay, I've seen my study, and I'll take you to see some good things!" Gao Ye smiled, took Cai Yan's hand and left, Cai Yan's little face was flushed, and he couldn't let go of his hand, so he had to obediently follow Gao Ye. came to a conservatory with Gao Ye, and suddenly Cai Yan was so shocked that he couldn't even speak. Without him, because it is really warm here, although it is already early winter, there is no cold feeling at all, but it is as warm as spring. Here, there are countless vegetables that have grown to the point where they can be eaten.
Just like this, Cai Yan's body was shocked and his body was incomplete, and he looked at Gao Ye with a ghost-like expression. Gao Ye smiled lightly: "How is it, shocked? ”
"Brother Mingxi, how did you do it? This, this, in such a cold season, you can also grow vegetables? ”
"Haha, do you think it's cold in this room?"
"It's not cold, it's warm, I feel a little sweaty when I'm wearing so much."
"That's it, these vegetables, as long as the temperature is right, there is nothing difficult to grow them. My tutor had already studied this, and I couldn't stand the fact that I couldn't even eat fresh food in winter, so I built a big conservatory here to satisfy my appetite. ”
"But there's not a brazier in this room, so why is it so warm?"
"This one is called heating. There are pipes like this in every room. Gao Ye pointed to a set of radiators and said to Cai Yan, "After the hot water is boiled, it flows in from the pipe, which naturally brings the heat in, so that the whole house is warm." In my house, except for those rooms that no one lives in at all, no one uses them, the heating in every room is turned on, so it is much warmer. ”
Under Cai Yan's admiring gaze, Gao Ye recommended a book on basic physics to her, suggesting that she could read it when she had time. is very different from those storybooks, physics talks about the natural principles between heaven and earth, but it is quite in line with Huang Lao's way.
After Cai Yan happily agreed, Gao Ye took her to visit her paper workshop and experimental fields of potatoes and corn. It is said to be an experimental field, but it is just because Gao Ye really can't promote these two crops, because his Yingchuan can be said to be a place of four wars, and when the princes compete for hegemony, it can be said that there are enemies on all sides. When the time comes, if they have these two crops, they are afraid that the troubled times will be prolonged for another few decades before they end. Therefore, Gao Ye can only hide them tightly, and the potatoes and corn that are planted every year are all eaten by his own family, except for those who are left as seeds in the second year.
After Cai Yan saw Gao Ye's bathroom, the whole person fell in love with Gao Ye's mansion completely, and soon after, it was the mansion that she and Gao Ye shared. Especially the flush toilet, it's really good, not only can you sit conveniently, but even those filthy things, as long as you pull the rope, it will be discharged, I really don't know how convenient it is. There is also that big bathtub, and Gao Ye said that we can take a bath together in it in the future. As long as Cai Yan thought of this, his face turned red.
Cai Yan was temporarily left in the mansion, and Gao Ye even instructed Ying'er to take her to familiarize herself with her mansion. After all, as the hostess of the future, it is the minimum to know in your heart. Cai Yan has no rejection of Ying'er, especially after listening to Gao Ye talk about her tragic life experience, he is even more sympathetic to her. Na Ying'er is also very knowledgeable, and she greets Cai Yan thoughtfully in all aspects, so Gao Ye can be regarded as relieved of the two of them.
As for Gao Ye, after staying at home for three days, he got up and went to Yingyin City, his own Taishou Mansion. Although this place is not big, before Cai Yan came, this was the place where he lived most often on weekdays. There's no way, although it's not as good as your own house outside the city, but you can't let everyone go outside the city every day to order it. Therefore, after the construction of Gao Ye's house was completed, he asked people to re-take care of his Taishou Mansion, and the most important thing was to press the modern toilet and heating system according to Gao Ye's wishes. A person who grew up in the north still can't stand the wet and cold feeling of the south. The entire Yingchuan City, after five years of development in the high night, is no longer the Yingchuan of the year, the underground pipe network of the whole city is dense, and the Taishou Mansion of the high night and many wealthy families already have complete sewer pipes. This trend is slowly spreading to the homes of ordinary people. First, it saves them the trivial task of pouring swill every day, and secondly, the excrement can also be used as fertilizer, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.
The reason why Gao Ye came back here in a hurry, and he didn't even care about Cai Yan, was because he really needed to know the current situation in Yingchuan. Although he also felt that with Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others, Yingchuan would not be able to make any big mess, but it was always good to know more. Especially at such a sensitive moment now, he is about to set out with his whole army, and if he does not have a detailed and specific understanding of Yingchuan under his rule, he will not be able to give any orders in any way.
"Your Excellency, you're back!" Xun Yu saw Gao Ye, and the first sentence he said made Gao Ye a little surprised, listening to his tone, could it be that something happened?
"Wen Ruo, what's wrong? What happened to Yingchuan? ”
"Yingchuan is fine, do you know that King Chen Liu has ascended the throne?"