Xiaolian was a little uneasy, after Yu Guozhen left, she had been like this, that heart was always hanging in the air, not up or down.

She clasped her palms, knelt in front of the tablet of Sanqing Daozun, and prayed silently for a while, and Song Siyi, the Taoist aunt next to her, looked at her with a sideways face, and her heart moved slightly.

Xiaolian has followed Yu Guozhen since she was a child, and it has been eight years since she counted, and she has also changed from a six-year-old girl to a slim girl. Following Yu Guozhen's side, she will naturally not be treated badly, she has a small face that is plump, with a goose-egg-shaped face, a pink complexion, and long eyelashes that make Song Siyi jealous.

Her little mouth is perfectly diamond-shaped, and when she closes her eyes and prays silently, her red lips move lightly, giving people the urge to go up and peck at her.

This Taoist temple is a promise from Yu Guozhen to Gui Quanzi, and Gui Quanzi came to Xinxiang with him, so Yu Guozhen built a Taoist temple for him. The Taoist temple was built in the southeast corner of Xinxiangzhai, just under a hill, cement and red bricks, so that the construction speed of the Taoist temple is extremely fast, and the lime powder wall, red roof tiles, make the Taoist temple appear refreshing and beautiful.

The first brick and stone red tile cement building in Xinxiangzhai is this Taoist temple, and Lei Wangcheng, who was originally responsible for designing the Taoist temple, is also ready to show his strength and build it very atmospheric, but Yu Guozhen quietly revealed only one requirement: this is a test product, which is used for testing Xinxiang private school.

The Taoist temple was built only three times, and even the statues of the three Qing Daozun were not molded, but only replaced by tablets. Rao is like this, Gui Quanzi is still dancing with joy, holding the little hand of his female apprentice, and said very domineeringly: "For me, this is only a small step, for my Taoism, this is a big step, and there will be a day when I will carry forward the avenue, expound the teachings, and sow ......."

At that time, Song Siyi gave the division commander a fierce look: "That's what the petty officials said, Xinxiang is only a small step for me, and for my China, this is a big step. ”

Gui Quanzi did not feel any apology for his plagiarism, but looked up into the distance very sincerely, and his expression was as pure as a child: "What Yu Gongzi said is what he said, but what he expressed was the heart of a teacher...... However, Siyi, how can you also call Yu Gongzi a petty official, that is a personal girl like Xiaolian, right? ”

So Song Siyi's cheeks suddenly turned red and she retreated, but after thinking about it, she was full of resentment towards the people who ruined her family, and she never let go of the slightest bit after becoming a monk for many years, but after following Yu Guozhen, she was busy learning all kinds of new things every day, and she was busy doing all kinds of things that seemed to have no purpose every day, and the hatred that entangled her was put down a lot.

"It's still Xiaolian who is pious, that is, the master recites the scriptures to the Daozun tablet during the morning class, and there is no such ...... as Xiaolian" Siyi thought to himself.

Then a sound outside broke the peace in the Taoist temple: "It's back, the little official is back!" ”

Xiaolian, who was originally silently praying for holiness, immediately jumped up, because she jumped in a hurry, the kneeling futon also flew up, and directly knocked down the Daozun tablet, Xiaolian just bent down with one hand, and quickly said "Daozun is not strange", and the person had already rushed out.

Song Siyi, who only felt cold sweat, was stunned for a moment, and then went to pick up the tablet, but she couldn't take care of it, and then ran out.

The original gravel road has been replaced by a cement road in the new Xiangzhai Village, at least on the main road. From the Taoist temple to the front of the walled gate, you can take the cement road. But Xiaolian was anxious, took a shortcut, and ran directly from the construction site that was still excavating.

She learned good medical skills from Gui Quanzi, and she often treated injuries and diseases to everyone, and she was beautiful and kind, so everyone she met saluted her one by one. She is not like Xiaolian, who said "hey" when others saluted, and then ran away with a refreshing smile, so she returned the salute all the way and gradually fell behind.

Although Xiaolian also trains every day, she is a woman after all, and when she arrived at the gate of the village, she was already a little out of breath, and then she saw that on the pier, the fleet with the flaming red flag had docked, and the group walked over from the dock.

Xiaolian took a few breaths, and then ran forward again, halfway through, Yu Guozhen had already walked over with a smile, she saw that Yu Guozhen had nothing else to do except for being a little darker and thinner, and her hanging heart was completely let go, and then she crossed her waist and stomped her feet, and said angrily: "Little official! ”

"Huh." Yu Guozhen looked at Qi Niu beside him, and then at Xiaolian: "Look, I knew I was going to be trained." ”

"You promised me that you would never take risks, but when you ran to Longmen, you changed your mind, and you went for more than ten days!" When Xiaolian twisted her waist and stomped her feet, she had a special charm, but the young man in the house guard turned his face and didn't dare to look at it, and only Yu Guozhen could appreciate the girl's delicate beauty. Yu Guozhen stepped forward and grabbed Xiaolian's hand: "What are you talking about...... Haha, without Xiaolian's approval in the future, I will never break in. ”

Even Xiaolian herself knew that he was perfunctory, but she was held by Yu Guozhen in front of everyone, and her heart was confused first, and after preparing a few words, she was thrown out of the clouds at once.

"Mr. Hu, what do you think of my village...... Huh, Shi Weng? ”

Yu Guozhen was beckoning Hu Jingshui to visit Xinxiangzhai, but found a person's figure, which made him stunned for a moment, and then greeted enthusiastically: "Shi Weng actually came here too!" It's not easy, it's not easy! ”

Coming out of the stockade with Song Siyi was Shi Jingyan, the old martial artist frowned, obviously worried, he stepped forward and immediately knelt down for Yu Guozhen: "Little official!" ”

Yu Guozhen pulled him up and motioned, "I'm going back and saying that there are guests here...... Who is this? ”

Beside Shi Jingyan, there was also a man, who was in his forties, and he was a scholar who looked at the clothes, but his muscles and bones were thick and weathered. Yu Guozhen had never seen this person in his impression, he followed Shi Jingyan and saluted Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked politely.

"This is Mr. Xu Hongzu." Stone Jingyan Road.

"Jiangyin Xu Hongzu, I have seen Yu Gongzi." The man bowed.

"Mr. Xu and Shi Weng arrived three days ago, and they have been waiting for the little official for several days!" Xiaolian said on the side: "The slave said that the petty officials should not run around, the petty officials do not listen, and the guests will wait for a long time!" ”

She seized every opportunity to criticize Yu Guozhen for not taking risks, everyone knew that she was the protector, not only did no one think she was rude to say this, but they were moved by her coquettishness, and they all smiled. Yu Guozhen patted her hand lightly, and at the same time it was very strange in his mind, this Xu Hongzu's name was a little familiar, but he couldn't think of his specific identity for a while.

Hu Jingshui's eyes rolled to look at Yu Guozhen, he was completely shocked when he came to Xinxiang. It is difficult to get an exact impression of many things based on hearsay alone, but when you see it with your own eyes and the rumors are confirmed, it is completely different.

"This concrete road...... Is it really artificially built, isn't it obtained from the stones hewn out of the mountains? Seeing that everyone had finished saluting, he jumped on the cement road and asked Yu Guozhen.

"You stay here for a few days and see for yourself how the craftsmen pave the roads with cement." Yu Guozhen said.

That Xu Hongzu nodded again and again: "When the old man first arrived, he was also taken aback by this cement road, if this is made by opening the mountain and cutting stones, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of laborers!" Later, I saw the craftsmen paving the road, and then I realized that there is indeed a time when manpower is ingenious. ”

"Tsk, Yu Gongzi is really amazing, it is rumored that Yu Gongzi has obtained Luban's magic skill......" Hu Jingshui began to pat again.

He sent a steward to Canton with Yu Guozhen's envoys, and prepared to invite several prospectors, who would have to stay in Xinxiang for at least five or six days. After filming a round of sycophants, he thought about it, this cement is really a good thing, it is good for building cities, houses, bridges and paving roads, even so, he seems to be able to really make a fortune on this, so he couldn't help asking: "What Yu Gongzi said is pointing the villain to a way to make money, is it this cement?" ”

"Cement is not good now, packaging and transportation are difficult, I use bamboo baskets, the waste is huge, I have to wait until I build a paper workshop before considering selling." Yu Guozhen shook his head, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Hu doesn't have to worry, come with me." ”

Everyone went directly into the village, came to the back village, and was quite far away, and heard the rumbling sound of machinery, Yu Guozhen pointed and said: "Now that my manpower is finally a little solved, after a while, I will move a piece of bamboo and wood here, so that the noise will be smaller." ”

"Over there?" This voice is very familiar, but it is so loud, its scale must not be small, so Hu Jingshui asked curiously.

"Textile Workshop." Yu Guozhen said with a smile.

Before he came to Xinxiang, he dismantled half of the textile workshop in Xiang'an, and prepared a large number of accessories, and after the successful development of cement, the construction of a new textile workshop was on the agenda. The invasion of the pirates did not delay the construction of the workshop, on the contrary, as many as nearly 2,000 captives gave him an abundant and free labor force, these people could not survive in their skills, but they could still dig ditches, move sand and stones, they could still do it.

Therefore, before leaving, the waterway connected from the back mountain Huangniuling has been built, and an artificial stream waterfall directly from the Huangniuling mountain stream to this place, driving a row of six water wheels, and then driving the loom in the shed to operate.

However, because these crafts are not exquisite, and a discerning person will see it, so Yu Guozhen led everyone here and paused, and gave an order, and after a while, someone came out with a roll of cloth.

"Cotton?" It was not Hu Jingshui who was surprised, but Xu Hongzu.

"It's cotton, look, how is this cotton?" Yu Guozhen asked the cotton cloth to be spread out on a table.

Hu Jingshui knew that this was the business that Yu Guozhen wanted him to do, so he stepped forward and twisted it carefully, his face becoming more and more surprised. The other Xu Hongzu touched the cotton cloth, and suddenly showed a sad look on his face.

"This cloth is fine and silky, light and thin like cicada wings, not inferior to silk...... When it can be sold at a good price, especially when it is sold in Quang Nam, there is no such muslin cloth for the Japanese and the Tibetans! Hu Jingshui took a breath: "Young Master Yu...... Do you want to sell this cloth bag to me? ”

"Exactly." Yu Guozhen laughed, of course he was conditional: "However, the cloth can be sold by Mr. Hu, but Mr. Hu has to lead me in Hoi An!" ”

(To be continued)