"What kind of deal are you talking to me about?" Ye Zhao retracted his feet, it was okay to enjoy it for a while, but after a long time, the matchmaker was impatient, and the little pink fist was gently beaten, afraid that he would be able to break his foot bones.

"I want to go to Shanghai." Su Hongniang's tone was very flat, but Ye Zhao was stunned: "Go to Shanghai?" ”

However, Ye Zhao immediately suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to develop an 'underground party'?" ”

Su Hongniang approvingly: "You guy, you're getting smarter and smarter, what's the matter, come with me?" Introduce people to whom you know. ”

Ye Zhao's heart moved, but he immediately sighed softly, now is not the time for the son's brother to just be obsessed with beauty, although he seems to be a good swimmer, but Guangzhou is in ruins, and the new deal is just open, in fact, all major issues are decided by himself, how can he go away for a while?

Seeing his expression, Su Hongniang chuckled: "Don't be embarrassed, when I come back from Shanghai, I can introduce people to you." ”

Ye Zhao nodded, the leader of the Fairness Party, he really wanted to meet them, but he wouldn't meet them with this face and identity. He said softly: "Pay attention to safety, do you want me to send someone to escort you?" ”

Su Hongniang smiled slightly: "I can still take care of myself." ”

Ye Zhao nodded sneeringly, although the matchmaker said that she was domineering and restrained in front of her, but her arrogance was naturally revealed between her words and deeds.

"Master! The water is good! "In the bathroom, through the door, there was the crisp voice of the little maid. The bathroom also opened the door to the outside, and the first thing the master did every time he went back to the house was to take a bath, which had become a rule, no need to command, a few little girls brought buckets of hot water in, and also prepared toiletries. As for the earth heater in the bathroom, it has long been on fire, although it is in Guangzhou, but in the cold winter when taking a bath, it can be very cold when taking a bath.

"You wash first, I'll wash first?" After Ye Zhao asked, he knew that it was inappropriate, he didn't mean anything else, but he just felt that the matchmaker was dusty, even if she lived in Guangzhou, it was definitely not as good as the washing conditions in her house, and she wanted to make her take a bath comfortably here.

"Go wash yours!" The matchmaker glared at Ye Zhao, although she was not angry, she obviously misunderstood what Ye Zhao meant.

Ye Zhao laughed twice, got up and limped over to push the door open, and the little maids in the bathroom had already retreated.

"Matchmaker, come in and take a look." Ye Zhao beckoned to Su Hongniang, "Come here!" ”

Su Hongniang didn't know what the hell he was doing, so she walked over strangely. Ye Zhao led her to introduce the environment in the bathroom, "Look, how comfortable is this wooden barrel bath, is the petals fragrant?" This is called lotus soup, the recipe handed down from the previous dynasty, the more you wash the skin, the smoother it becomes. Here, toothbrush tooth powder, toothbrush has a new one, brush your teeth here, and go out in the water......" Ye Zhao limped, but chattered endlessly to introduce the "perfect" bathroom that he had built that combined Chinese and Western, modern and classical, Su Hongniang didn't feel funny.

"Here, there are pajamas inside, look, this rose red one is suitable for you to wear, and the slippers are all brand new......" Ye Zhao finally led Su Hongniang to the closet against the north wall, opened the closet, there were all kinds of pajamas inside, one of which was a set of bright red silk pajamas and pajamas that were extremely eye-catching, but it was really made by Ye Zhao with Su Hongniang as an imaginary target, but it was just fun, but he didn't think that one day the matchmaker would come to wear it.

Ye Zhao said seriously: "You take a hot bath comfortably, stay here for one night, and I will accompany you to Guangzhou City." Don't worry, I don't mean anything else, I'll go sleep in the next room. This is Ye Zhao's heart, I really hope that the matchmaker can wash away her fatigue and sleep peacefully.

Su Hongniang stared at Ye Zhao a few times, like Mercury's eyes, she seemed to be able to see through Ye Zhao's heart, fortunately, Ye Zhao had no ghost in her heart, and she was very calm.

"Okay." Su Hongniang bowed her head slightly.

"Then you can wash it." Ye Zhao limped out again, closed the door, and saw that Su Hongniang couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle.

…… Lying on the soft couch, I tried my best not to listen to the faint sound of water in the bathroom, so as not to think wildly, copied the book, "Zizhi Tongjian", and read it randomly.

Flipping through the book, his thoughts gradually drifted to the development of Guangdong, a railway, there were already British engineers from India who began to carry out preliminary work such as surveying and planning, and the establishment of the railway company was discussed by Li Xiaocun and British and French businessmen, and these days, there were not a few businessmen from the United States, Prussia, Portugal and other countries who visited him, all of whom came to "share interests", and he also asked Li Xiaocun to send it.

In fact, in this era, almost all officials and businessmen who interacted with European and American countries were labeled as "traitors", just like Wu Chongyao, when he died of illness, all the people in Guangzhou praised him.

If it weren't for his merit in surveying Guangzhou, and the absolute prestige he had established in the bloody battle with the British and French forces, his current reputation would not be better. Now the people worship themselves indiscriminately, and there are many rumors that they are the reincarnation of the gods and goddesses under this constellation, and even if they do it absurdly, the people are blindly convinced and obedient, so there is a lot less resistance.

However, I believe that with the implementation of Guangdong's new policy and the increase of contacts with the outside world, this extreme xenophobic atmosphere of the people will gradually change.

Extreme xenophobia is often a manifestation of lack of self-confidence, and today's xenophobia in China seems to be overconfident by the people, but in fact it is because of a fear of unknown factors.

Tomorrow, my job as a patrol police officer is to post some new notices handed down by the Great Marshal's Mansion, mainly to help the people break these fears, such as the custom of using human eyeballs to make medicine for the Western Yi people, and the Western Yi people are not devil warlocks, but the people of our Shenzhou are different from the same face, etc.

It's just a very simple explanation, but the officials have never done this, and many officials are ignorant and don't understand what Western science and technology are, so they can only explain it with the magic of gods and ghosts; Second, these rumors are disdainful and unexplained by officials as long as they do not threaten their local rule or even be used to assert their authority.

In fact, in this era, the best way to quell rumors is the official proclamation, Ye Zhao remembered the hazy period when he thought the lead words on the book were all the truth when he was a child, and vaguely felt that the people now are similar to children in their own time, and they only rely on others to indoctrinate their understanding of the outside world.

However, the majority of the illiterate people in this era, especially in the countryside, have the right to speak, and it is the squires from all walks of life who have the right to speak.

He has ordered Guo Jingzhi, the prefect of Guangzhou, to convene a "meeting" of the landlords of Guangzhou Prefecture, so that they are not allowed to spread rumors in the countryside, and has even demarcated areas of responsibility and assumed the responsibility of eliminating rumors. Other provincial governments should also be ordered by Baigui in turn.

In fact, this is only a temporary measure, and when the rural enlightenment primary schools continue to be run in the future, those teachers will be the main force to really break the ignorance.

The first secondary school that I was preparing for was naturally a teacher training college for the most junior teachers.

"What do you think?" The fragrance hit people, Ye Zhao turned his head, and there was a light in front of him, red and smooth, lining the red lady's skin than snow, delicate and incomparable, with a beautiful complexion, which could not be forced to look at.

"Ah, I, I'll wash too, you sleep." Ye Zhao hurriedly turned his gaze away, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the pair of small and enchanting red embroidered slippers moving a few steps gently, thinking that it was to make way for himself, but that small step was so tempting, every step seemed to step on his heart, making his heart skip a beat.

Embroidered shoes and snow feet, facing the beauty of the temptation of this true classical charm, I am afraid that any modern man will be impulsive to become a beast, Ye Zhao recited Amitabha Buddha in his heart, and he was dying, and he fled as if he had entered the bathroom.

When Ye Zhao brushed his teeth, the little maids changed into lotus soup, and when Ye Zhao undressed and put it into the bucket, soon, the clothes on the mountain and river screen that covered the wooden barrel were taken away by the little maids.

Leaning on the leather cushion wrapped in a natural sponge, it is extremely comfortable, but thinking of the naked body of the matchmaker who has just sat in this bucket, leaning on this same cushion, Ye Zhao couldn't help but have a dry mouth, shook his head, tried not to think about her, thinking about Guangzhou political affairs, but there were always beautiful pictures flashing in his mind, Ye Zhao closed his eyes dejectedly, and let his thoughts wander.

Climbed out of the bucket, washed down with the hot water from the small wooden barrel next to him, wiped it clean, went to the closet to get pajamas and put them on, I wanted to go directly out of the south door of the bathroom, looking for a place to sleep, but looking at the bulge under him, Ye Zhao was a little helpless, was seen by the little maids, what kind of system?

Pacing in the bathroom, counting the sheep, ready to wait for the ** to dissipate before going out, but after pacing a few steps, his feet suddenly slipped and fell on the floor, "bang", and the movement was very loud.

"Master, what's wrong?" The little maid who had been waiting outside the south gate hurriedly asked through the door.

"It's fine." Ye Zhao wanted to get up, but who knew that as soon as his right foot was supported by force, he felt a pain in his heart and fell on the floor again.

"Master?" The little maid asked anxiously.

"What's wrong?" The sound of footsteps, the crisp and delicate voice of the matchmaker also arrived in front of the east door.

"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Zhao said repeatedly, this is too embarrassing.

But maybe she heard Ye Zhao's voice was wrong, and the matchmaker, who had always been alert, kicked the door open with a snap, and the red shadow flashed and she had already entered the bathroom.

Seeing Ye Zhao struggling to get up in embarrassment, Su Hongniang was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "You, when will you be a little bit of a general?" Walking over, Ye Zhao stood up.

As soon as Ye Zhao's right foot touched the ground, he frowned, Su Hongniang saw this, hesitated slightly, stretched out her hands to Ye Zhao's armpits, lifted Ye Zhao up, and walked out of the bathroom quickly and into the bedroom.

Soaring clouds and mist, Ye Zhao woke up for a while, wanted to speak, people have been gently placed in front of the exquisite and complex cloud bed, to say that Ye Zhao is most satisfied with his own bed, the antique cloud bed is extremely well-made, fences, bedposts, tooth boards, four-legged and upper frieze boards and other all carved patterns, the front hanging flower door is exquisite, magnificent.

"What are you talking about?" was carried around by a girl like a baby, Ye Zhao couldn't cry or laugh.

Su Hongniang went to the bathroom like a gust of wind to get a set of pajamas and threw them on the bed, saying, "Change them." He turned around and went to the hall.

Waiting for Ye Zhao to change into dry new pajamas, Su Hongniang entered the bedroom again, but she was obviously holding back a smile on her pretty face, Ye Zhao was so depressed in her heart, how could she be so embarrassed in front of her?

Sullen said: "I'm leaving, you have a good rest." ”

"Just sleep here, just rest your feet for the night, and then walk around, don't aggravate the injury, I'll go to sleep in the hall." When the matchmaker saw Ye Zhao's appearance, she didn't laugh at him anymore.

(To be continued)