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Yang Yaozong, Yin Ruxin and Bruno sat down at the wooden table in front of the house, and the two little girls were still standing on the path of the courtyard whispering and chatting.

Yang Yaozong took a sip of the tea that Bruno had poured for him, frowned, and pursed his lips. The taste of tea is very bad, and there is a lot of tea foam. It's better to drink some plain water.

Yin Ruxin didn't touch the teacup that was already full of tea in front of her, but just smiled and nodded to Bruno, who was pouring tea for her.

Seeing Yang Yaozong's expression drinking tea, Bruno seemed to be a little painful, and said with some embarrassment: "Yang Gongzi and Yin Gongzi, I'm really sorry, the family is strapped for money, and only this tea can be used to entertain the two." “

Yang Yaozong waved his hand indifferently and smiled: "It's okay, I don't know how to taste tea, but this tea foam is a little too much, and the taste is not very good." Actually, you don't have to be so polite, plain water is good. “

Yang Yaozong saw that Yin Ruxin didn't touch the tea, and knew that as an Oiran, she usually made friends with some dignitaries and talented people, and during this period, poetry and songs, drinking wine and tea must be indispensable.

Therefore, Yin Ruxin must have some understanding of tea tasting, and perhaps the "connoisseur" may not be able to say for this.

In fact, Yang Yaozong also knows a lot about tea tasting, in his previous life, in view of the basic quality of the profession, in order to deal with various occasions, he has a certain depth of understanding of "tea ceremony", "wine tasting" and "coffee". It's just that he doesn't care much about eating and drinking, as long as he can get into it, most of them can be accepted by him. This may have something to do with the fact that he grew up living in the countryside.

Yang Yaozong winked at Yin Ruxin and whispered: "Never like a beautiful woman." Turning his head and smiling at Bruno, "Yin Gongzi should know something about this tea art, maybe he is an expert in it." ”

"Never like a beautiful woman"? Yin Ruxin couldn't help blushing after hearing this, glanced at him, and said in his heart, "Almost everyone in the Great Zhou drinks tea, especially those dignitaries, talented and beautiful people, scholars and Confucians, and often meet friends with tea." Tea tasting is also regarded as a very elegant thing. Even if someone doesn't understand this, they won't say it as casually as he is. But if he doesn't understand this tea art? How could he say that this "has always been like a beautiful woman"?

Although Yin Ruxin has only been married to Yang Yaozong for just two days, in her eyes, Yang Yaozong is a knowledgeable and quick-witted reader, but he is incompatible with those readers. With her ability to recognize people, she can't understand Yang Yaozong.

Yin Ruxin held the fan in his right hand and gently tapped the palm of his left hand, and said to Yang Yaozong with a smile: "Tasting tea is broad and profound, although Yang Gongzi said that he doesn't know how to taste tea, but he is 。。。。。。 She realized that Bruno was still around, and hurriedly changed her words, "Hmm。。。。。。 Ben Gongzi still doesn't dare to claim to be one of the experts. I can only say that I know a little bit about it, and there are some treasures there, and I hope to have the opportunity to taste it with Yang Gongzi. “

As soon as this remark came out, it sounded inappropriate to Bruno. But Yang Yaozong was stunned, he knew the identity of Yin Ruxin Oiran.

Just now, Yin Ruxin said that there are some treasured teas, and I want to taste them with him, which is why Oiran is inviting him. can win the favor of the Oiran, if it is known to those who know the identity of Yin Ruxin, he Yang Yaozong is afraid that he will become famous in this Jinling City. Heart: People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong. What's more, he has only been in this dynasty for a short time, and he still doesn't know a lot of things, but as a son-in-law, there are some things that he still has to avoid, such as these lace news.

What's more, now his wife is fighting with the Hu people at the border to protect his family and defend the country. Although he didn't go to the Qinglou but got acquainted with Oiran, how many people would believe it?

Yang Yaozong is now a man of clothes to reach out for food to open his mouth, he enjoys a comfortable life as a son-in-law, he doesn't have to run around for survival, and he doesn't have to work for trivial things.

After coming to this era, Yang Yaozong did not take his ambitions to heart, he just wanted to live an ordinary and stable life. It would be great if he could get along well with his wife Nangong Qingyi and be harmonious.

Yin Ruxin blurted out the invitation not only to scare Yang Yaozong, but also to himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at his recklessness just now. But there are some small expectations。。。。。。

Seeing Yang Yaozong looking at him stunned, his face suddenly turned pink, and he unfolded the fan and fanned it lightly as if nothing happened. In fact, a heart seemed to want to jump out of her throat, and she wanted to take a sip of tea to suppress this annoying feeling. glanced at the teacup in front of him, frowned, avoided Yang Yaozong's gaze, and pretended to be casual as if nothing had happened.

Moment. , Yang Yaozong seemed to be a little helpless and gently shook his head and refused: "Gongzi Xie Yin is gracious, just for personal reasons, um... Not very convenient to get to the appointment. ”

After Yin Ruxin heard what Yang Yaozong said, his annoying and troubled mood was soothed and relaxed, but then there was a small loss.

Yin Ruxin knew that what Yang Yaozong was referring to was that "son-in-law", and it was inconvenient to make an appointment with him. Xindao: Since you won't be invited, why don't I be more sincere and see how you are?

There was such a little naughty and naughty thought in her heart, and after a trace of cunning crossed her eyes, she looked at Yang Yaozong, who was a little embarrassed, and said, "Actually, there is a quiet and elegant courtyard below. ”

Yang Yaozong heard of the "other courtyard", so it should not be a green building. And looking at the sincere expression of the voice, even if it is favored by the Oiran, it is not good to brush the face of the beautiful woman again. It is not in the Qinglou kind of right and wrong, and it is indispensable to go to this tea tasting appointment. After all, Yin Ruxin is the first person she talks to in this world.

Yang Yaozong nodded "um": "Okay, then I'll go to visit Yin Gongzi when I'm free." Try the good tea of Otokomi's treasured collection. ”

This time, it was Yin Ruxin's turn to be stunned, and he said in his heart that this person agreed to go to the appointment, not because of his identity as an oiran, but because of the place of the meeting, which was really annoying.

But people couldn't help but laugh out loud. Then he closed the fan and said solemnly: "Then wait for Yang Gongzi below!" ”

"Mmmm, okay" Yang Yaozong nodded in confirmation.

Seeing that Bruno was just sitting on the side with a smile and listening to the conversation between the two of them, he said to Bruno with a smile: "Bruno, in fact, in addition to buying some flowers and plants from you today, there is one more thing I want to take home, if you agree, I think you will also have some security in Da Zhou's life." At least it won't be as hard as it is now. “

Bruno was very excited when he heard what Yang Yaozong said, leaned forward, and said busily: "Young Master Yang, please speak, as long as Bruno can do it, he will definitely go all out." ”

Yang Yaozong looked at Bruno's excited expression and nodded: "I see that you are very good at cooking flowers and plants, and I want to ask you to come to my house to help take care of this piece, as for the moon!" Ten taels of silver! What do you think? ”

At present, the average long-term worker or hawker earns two or three taels of silver per month, which is enough to cope with various expenses on weekdays, and if there is a thrifty family, he will save a little savings.

But because Bruno is a fan, the language of Da Zhou is not very clear. The flowers and plants raised in Da Zhou's family are generally cultivated by themselves. Some high-ranking families will also have special personnel to manage the cultivation. Very few people go to buy some well-cultivated plants. But he made a living by selling flowers and plants. I don't make much money every month, and my life is hard to imagine.

Hearing that Yang Yaozong hired him to take care of the plants professionally in the house with Gao Yulu, he immediately nodded happily and said (in French): "Young Master Yang, Bruno was a very good gardener before coming to Da Zhou. He is very good at the cultivation and management of plants, and Bruno will not disappoint Yang Gongzi's expectations. Your kindness cannot be repaid, but it is a sign of sincerity。。。。。。 Young Master Yang, wait a minute. Then he got up and ran into the house.

After a while, he held an item 60 cm high and 40 cm wide covered with a coarse cloth and gently placed it on the table, and carefully lifted the coarse cloth. When the coarse cloth was lifted, without waiting for Bruno to speak, Yang Yaozong stood up with wide eyes and stared intently at the objects on the table, his excited and surprised expression was self-evident, and he said excitedly (in French): "Clock!" It's the clock! ”

Yin Ruxin didn't know what was on the table, and he couldn't understand the communication between Yang Yaozong and Bruno, and he was confused. But seeing Yang Yaozong's excited and surprised demeanor and expression, he guessed that this thing must be unusual. He carefully observed the thing on the table in front of him.

The two little girls standing in the courtyard were also startled by Yang Yaozong's surprise. He also looked at Yang Yaozong and the three of them and the things on the table with some curiosity.

Yang Yaozong carefully observed this bell with burning eyes, and the surface of the gold-plated metal shell had some hollow patterns, which were bright and clean by Bruno's maintenance. The top is in the shape of a crown, and on each side of the base is a statue of a boy holding a tall bottle in both hands, and the dial of the table clock is marked with Roman numerals. Yang Yaozong stared carefully at the dial, which was covered by transparent glass, through which the hour hand rotated evenly and powerfully, and the pendulum also swung evenly and powerfully. Bending down and moving his head close to the "tick-tock" hands of the clock, the crisp sound of the hands came to my ears. The voice was not loud, but it shook Yang Yaozong's heart.

Yang Yaozong saw Yin Ruxin looking at the clock with a confused expression, and knew that he must have never seen it, and with Yin Ruxin's knowledge, I am afraid that there is no treasure in Da Zhou that she does not know.

Yang Yaozong also knew that on the weekdays of the current Great Zhou Dynasty, ordinary people estimated the time by the sun, and if it was cloudy, they would calculate the time by relying on some common sense of life. Of course, there is also a drum tower in the city, and the hour is announced by striking the clock during the day, and the time is still reported by the husband at night. And there is no clock in Nangong Mansion, and the time is estimated by relying on some daily common sense and water leaks. Because of this matter, Yang Yaozong was depressed for a long time.

Therefore, Yang Yaozong deduced that the Great Zhou of this era should not have developed a clock, but Bruno's country had already made such a beautiful clock, which shows that the industry and precision industry in Europe at this time were far superior to the Great Zhou. What's more, Bruno was able to cross the ocean to come to Dazhou, indicating that the development of Europe's maritime industry has also reached a certain level.

Yang Yaozong learned from the classics that the Great Zhou at this time began to implement the closure of the country from the founding of the country, and did not interact with other countries such as Dongying and Ryukyu in the coastal generation. And the control of the coastal generation of the Great Zhou is still very strict. However, the inland shipping of the Great Zhou is still very developed. The shipbuilding industry may not be as good as that of Europe today, but it has not stopped developing research at all. The ships were built mainly to fight pirates and pirates, but not for ocean voyages.

Yang Yaozong calmed down his indescribably complicated emotions, slowly sat back at the table, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea that had been precipitated, moistening the dryness in his throat caused by the excitement just now. Smiling and glancing at Yin Ruxin, who was still confused, he turned to Bruno (French), who was staring at him: "This clock is for me?" ”

Bruno hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, Young Master Yang, there is not only a clock but also this." He took out a cylindrical item and handed it to Yang Yaozong with both hands. Yang Yaozong took the object and looked up at Bruno, and saw the sound Ruxin next to him frowning, staring at the object in his hand with even more confusion in his eyes.

Yang Yaozong smiled at her and said, "I'll explain to you what the two things are." ”

Yin Ruxin nodded to Yang Yaozong a little shyly, and said "um" lightly.

Yang Yaozong lowered his head and gently groped for the cylinder with a diameter of inches with both hands, and opened the closed round lid at both ends. The corners of Yang Yaozong's slightly upturned mouth rose a little more and said: "Compared with the heavy and inconvenient clock, this telescope is more light and practical. ”

Yin Ruxin paid attention to Yang Yaozong's every move from beginning to end. When Yin Ruxin's eyes showed the corners of Yang Yaozong's mouth curled up because of self-confidence, he said in his heart: This person, is it possible that he knows what this object is?

Yang Yaozong gently rotated and stretched the cylinder, placed it in front of his right eye, and squinted his left eye to look out of the fence. At this time, Yang Yaozong saw the family at the turn of the path, a woman in gray coarse linen clothes in the courtyard was bending down to carry water by the well, and when a man quietly walked into the courtyard from the outside and passed by the well, a big hand "snapped" on the woman's fat buttocks. The woman was so frightened that the bucket fell back into the well, frowned and turned around like a frightened old hug, and when she saw the person behind her, her fist fell lightly on her, and her expression seemed to be angry. But the frowning brows had already been stretched, and he looked at the man in front of him with spring in his eyes.

The turning point of the dirt road should be about 100 meters away from Bruno's house, and the expression of a person can be seen so clearly from such a distance, if this telescope only looks at people and things, it may be able to see farther. She should find an opportunity to give it to Nangong Qingyi, she needs this telescope more than herself, and in this era of cold weapons, she also relies on marching formations to win, and it is very advantageous to understand and master the form of the battlefield in advance, so as to make a clear judgment and issue correct combat orders. Yang Yaozong thought in his heart.

Yang Yaozong gently closed the telescope and placed it on the table in front of him, and said with a smile to Bruno, who was still standing by (in French): "This is the telescope."

When Bruno heard Yang Yaozong once again accurately say the name of the object he originally wanted to surprise him, he couldn't help but be even more amazed in his heart: Could it be that the Great Zhou Dynasty had already developed these two things? The telescope was fine, but the exquisite clock was developed in its own country, and only a few were made, and only the royal family and nobles could own it. And the one he was about to give to Yang Yaozong was given by his captain by His Majesty the King in order to accurately calculate the time in the ocean.

Yang Yaozong asked Bruno (French) with a mysterious smile: "Are clocks and telescopes already mass-produced in your country?" ”

Bruno shook his head (in French): "This clock and telescope are only worthy of royalty in our country. And there aren't many people who can have it. ”

Yang Yaozong frowned (in French): "What about you?" “

Bruno knew what Yang Yaozong was going to ask, and hurriedly replied with a respectful face (in French): "There are still some things in the clock and telescope" He pointed to the plants in the yard and said: "With the seeds, they were all washed ashore with me." They were all packed into closed boxes. “

Yang Yaozong frowned and continued to ask (in French): "Oh? Was it just you and a couple of boxes that were washed ashore? You must have a lot of people on the sea, and how many people are in your fleet? “

Bruno replied (in French): "Our fleet of more than 2,000 people, encountered a storm at sea, I was fortunate enough to hold on to a big log to drift to the coast of Dazhou, and was rescued by the kind fishermen of Dazhou. When I woke up, I saw two boxes by my side, and when I came to Tianjing, I took them with me. “

Yang Yaozong said in his heart: No matter what era, my Chinese people will always be so simple and kind.

Yang Yaozong nodded and smiled and raised his right hand, pulling his palm up and down to signal him to sit down. Bruno nodded and sat down in a proper manner.

"Bruno, you don't know who I am, do you? Since I asked you to do things for me, I must make it clear to you。。。。。。。 ”

Later, Bruno learned that Yang Yaozong was the son-in-law of Nangong Zhan, the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he didn't care whether Yang Yaozong was a son-in-law, but he admired Yang Yaozong even more in his heart. can be selected by Yang Yaozong and work for him, and he can be relied on in the Great Zhou Dynasty! Therefore, he was even more respectful to Yang Yaozong.

Yang Yaozong's happy heart said, "The purpose of this trip has not only been achieved, but also harvested. Not to mention how important this clock and telescope are to me, if those seeds are cultivated well in the future and then promoted, they can benefit the people of Dazhou a lot. Even if it can't be promoted, you can still satisfy your appetite. “

Yang Yaozong was intoxicated with the upcoming tomato scrambled eggs, chili fried meat, and spicy hot pot and secretly kept his saliva...

Regarding Bruno's employment, go back and talk to Xiaohua, and it should be easy to properly arrange Bruno with Xiaohua's status in the mansion.

As for the high monthly salary of ten taels of silver, Nangong Qingyi should have left a lot of silver for himself before the expedition, and he basically had no way to spend it. Ten taels of money per month will be paid by yourself! Otherwise, if others knew that Bruno's monthly income was so high, they would definitely be dissatisfied, so as not to get into trouble.

Yang Yaozong had already calculated everything in his heart.