The decree was issued half a month ago, and the old blacksmith and carpenter were already on their way here, and they should be able to reach the capital in a few days.

Gu Jinyu didn't know that the old blacksmith and carpenter were coming to the capital, and after she was canonized as the county lord, she first went to Kunning Palace to meet Empress Xiao, received the gold seal and treasure book, and then went to Concubine Shu's Changchun Palace to sit for a while.

All the palace ladies sent congratulatory gifts, even Zhuang Guifei and the crown princess.

These two are the most powerful women in the harem except for the Empress Dowager Zhuang and the queen, and their attitudes largely represent the direction of the harem.

It's rare that this time the wind direction is the same.

"Auntie didn't see the wrong person." Concubine Shu and Yourong took Gu Jinyu's hand, their eyes full of praise.

In this matter, it is not only the emperor who is angry, but also Gu Jinyu.

Whether it is Yao's partiality for Gu Jiao, or Gu Jinyu's neglect in the women's school, at this moment, all the haze seems to have been swept away.

Gu Jinyu returned to the Hou Mansion with great pride.

Inevitably, he was praised by Gu Houye and Old Madam Gu again.

Since the incident of beating Aunt Ling, Mrs. Gu has been on the verge of depression all day long, and when she heard that Gu Jinyu was so promising, she gave the Hou Mansion a big face, and she regained her radiance.

She took Gu Jinyu's hand affectionately: "Your grandfather is out and not in the house, if he is, he will definitely praise you." ”

Grandfather......

The word that was extremely tall in Gu Jinyu's heart, she didn't even dare to scream.

Would grandfather really be proud of her?

I have the impression that my grandfather is an unattainable existence, and the people in the family are very afraid of him.

He never seemed to be satisfied with any child, and even though the eldest brother tried so hard, the grandfather still looked at the eldest brother with a critical look.

If she can really be praised by her grandfather, Gu Jinyu thinks that she can probably show off for a lifetime.

Gu Jinyu came out of Old Madam Gu's courtyard, planning to go to Yao's courtyard and tell Yao that she had made great contributions and was canonized as the county lord, and she wanted her mother to know that she was the smartest daughter in the family, and she was the most worthy of Yao's respect and love.

Halfway through, she unexpectedly bumped into Gu Changqing.

She bent her eyebrows, stepped forward and saluted Gu Changqing: "Big brother." ”

Gu Changqing bowed lightly.

Gu Jinyu looked at the burden he was holding in his hand, smiled and asked, "Is the eldest brother coming back from outside?" What did you take? ”

"A little prey." Gu Changqing said.

Today's hunting in the military camp, he hunted two birds, and planned to send them to Bishui Hutong for Gu Yan and Xiao Jingkong to play in a while.

Gu Jinyu heard his coldness, if she should have left with interest in the past, but today she was extra confident, she smiled and said, "I have grown so big, I haven't hunted yet, is it inconvenient for the eldest brother to take me next time?" ”

"Women can't just go into the barracks." Gu Changqing politely refused.

"Ahh Gu Jinyu was slightly disappointed, but not too disappointed, she took out a jade pendant from her purse, raised her little face, and smiled gently, "Give it to the eldest brother." ”

"What is this?" Gu Changqing asked.

Gu Jinyu smiled and said, "It's a warm jade rewarded by His Majesty." ”

Sending jade pendants is secondary, reminding the eldest brother that it is right to become the county lord.

When Gu Changqing saw the jade pendant, he finally remembered the news he heard in the barracks, Gu Jinyu made a great contribution and was named the county lord of Cong's second grade.

"Congratulations." Gu Changqing said calmly and confiscated the jade pendant, "Since it is a reward from His Majesty, then you can take it yourself and don't lose it." ”

"Hmm...... All right. Gu Jinyu really hoped that Gu Changqing would accept this jade pendant.

Gu Changqing returned to the courtyard.

Gu Changqing's heart didn't have much turmoil, he didn't expect to rely on Gu Jinyu to carry forward the Hou Mansion, so Gu Jinyu didn't have much to do with him if he wasn't the county lord or not.

Gu Jinyu finished showing off on the eldest brother's side, and couldn't wait to let others know, but unfortunately the Yao family was not in the house.

Yao went to Bishui Hutong.

She finished Gu Jiao's clothes and brought them to Gu Jiao to try on, but the result was good, and the sleeves and trouser legs were short.

Is this child just starting to grow now?

Yao couldn't laugh and put down the edges of his sleeves and trouser legs.

After changing her clothes, she took out all the family's clothes to see if there was anything that needed to be mended.

She asked the embroiderer to make the clothes of other people in the family, there are new clothes every month, the clothes of the old lady and Xiao Liulang are durable, the main two people are relatively difficult to move, and the rest are a little miserable.

In the past, it was all made up by Gu Jiao.

When Yao looked at it today, he almost laughed.

She also thought that her daughter was omnipotent in heaven and earth, but she turned out to be a fool.

Gu Jiao had just finished watering the vegetable garden, and when she came to the backyard, she saw Yao holding a pair of clothes and trembling with a smile.

"What's wrong?" She asked, puzzled.

"Ouch~" Yao's tears burst out of his eyes, and he stopped laughing for a long time and asked Gu Jiao, "Jiaojiao, who did you learn from acupuncture?" ”

Gu Jiao thought for a while: "Self-taught? ”

Yao knows.

Otherwise, who would sew like this?

Yao was almost amused to death by his daughter, patted the stool on the side, motioned for Gu Jiao to sit down, and then took the place that Gu Jiao had sewn, and said, "Don't tie a knot with a needle, and don't leave the thread outside." ...... like this"

Yao dismantled it and sewed it again for Gu Jiao to see.

"Hmm." Gu Jiao thought about it seriously, "I thought I sewed well." ”

After all, sewing clothes has really improved her surgical suturing skills, and she can stitch faster than before.

The mother and daughter were talking, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun came back from the academy, and they didn't have to go to Master Lu's side to learn art today.

The two didn't know that Gu Jiao and Yao were at home, and they were making trouble, and they each entered the yard with a chicken feather.

Gu Xiaoshun had a small gang in the countryside, and at that time he was still the No. 1 bully in the township, and the chicken feathers on his head were the symbol of their chicken feather gang.

After that, he was sent to Tianxiang Academy by Gu Jiao, and it seemed that it had changed, but secretly he was still a monkey.

Today, Gu Jiao finally got it right.

"Uh, sister." Gu Xiaoshun took off the chicken feathers on the top of his head, his eyes moved, and he also took off the chicken feathers on Gu Yan's head.

The two of them stood there motionless, waiting for Gu Jiao's hair.

"Jiaojiao!"

Aunt Zhang in the alley came to the door, "The courtyard wall behind my stove house is about to collapse!" ”

"I'll show you." Gu Jiao glanced at the two monkeys at home, put down the bucket for watering flowers, and went to her house with Aunt Zhang.

The first time the neighbors found that Gu Jiao was capable was because the roof of the old sacrificial wine next door was leaking, Gu Jiao climbed up and directly renovated the roof, and then the neighbors knew that the nephews and daughters-in-law of Mrs. Zhuang's family were capable.

The courtyard wall of Aunt Zhang's house was cracked and needed to be repaired with mud.

In ancient times, there was no cement, it was all lime mortar and rammed earth.

The stability of lime mortar is not enough, and it is easy to get damp in rainy days, so rammed earth is a better choice.

The raw materials of rammed earth are red mud, coarse sand and lime blocks, lime blocks and coarse sand aunt grandpa's house still have, red mud is used up by a small clearance, he has recently been obsessed with making houses with his friends, and he really doesn't know where to get it for a while.

Aunt Zhang was anxious: "Today, can't you fix it today?" I don't think it's going to collapse tomorrow! ”

The courtyard wall is connected to the stove house, and if it collapses, the people who cook in the stove house will be in danger.

Gu Jiao thought for a while and said to her, "Wait a minute." ”

Gu Jiao went back to her house, went to the stove house to find glutinous rice, cooked a pot of glutinous rice soup, and then poured the thick glutinous rice dough into the well-stirred lime mortar.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Gu Xiaoshun asked curiously.

Gu Yan also squatted over and looked at her baba childly: "Why did you pour the rice soup into it?" ”

Gu Jiao handed a stick to each of them and motioned for the two to keep stirring: "This is glutinous rice mortar, which is better than rammed earth, and it is more suitable than it to paste the wall." ”

Moreover, doing it is less labor-intensive than making rammed earth.

The process of ramming earth is very hard, after mixing the three raw materials together, it is necessary to beat it again and again with tools, and the more times it is beaten, the stronger the rammed earth will be.

The glutinous rice mortar is not so complicated, but it is much more firm, because the cooked glutinous rice soup contains amylopectin, which is equivalent to a natural binder, and the strength of the lime mortar bonded through it is comparable to that of the concrete of the previous life.

"Be careful, don't get it on you." Gu Jiao said.

"Oh!" The two nodded in unison.

When Gu Jinyu came to Bishui Hutong, what she saw was the scene of the three sisters and brothers mixing mortar together.

Gu Jinyu's eyebrows were frowned.

Gu Yan has always been a sick man who has to breathe when she walks, she didn't expect him to do things and do such rough work.

Yao sat on the side, sewing and mending clothes gracefully, not feeling that there was anything wrong with Gu Yan's work.

Gu Jinyu settled down, walked into the courtyard and said, "Mother, sister, brother, what are you doing?" ”

Gu Yan glanced at her and ignored her.

Gu Yan hated her.

I hate it when I don't know my life experience, and I hate it even more when I know it.

Gu Jiao ignored her and continued to make her own glutinous rice mortar.

She didn't even talk to Gu Xiaoshun, and of course Gu Xiaoshun wouldn't ignore her.

Yao Shi looked back at her: "It's Jinyu, why are you here?" ”

Gu Jinyu said softly: "I didn't see my mother in the house, I guess my mother must have come here, I brought something for my sister and brother." ”

Gu Yan rolled his eyes: "Who is rare?" ”

The mortar was quickly ready, Gu Jiao found a bucket and filled a large bucket.

"I'm coming!" Gu Xiaoshun carried the bucket to Aunt Zhang's house.

Gu Yan also wanted to mention it, but unfortunately he couldn't lift it, so he hugged a small shovel.

The three sisters and brothers went to repair the wall at Aunt Zhang's house.

Yao sighed.

Gu Jinyu looked at the dirty mortar on the ground and the pot of glutinous rice soup that had not been used up, frowned in disgust, and turned her head to look at Yao: "Mother, how can my sister let my brother do rough work?" My brother's body is so weak. ”

"It's just that you have to work more because you're weak, don't you see that your brother is more energetic than before?" It's not that Gu Yan is still taking medicine every day, Yao is just afraid that he will think that his son is already a normal person.

Gu Jinyu pouted: "But the imperial doctors all said that my younger brother can't work too hard and should recuperate more." ”

Yao said: "Your sister is a doctor, she knows what to do best for Yan'er!" ”

Gu Jinyu opened her mouth, just a medicine boy, where is the doctor?

Gu Jinyu's eyes fell on the glutinous rice soup and mortar, it was just nonsense, the glutinous rice soup was eaten, but Gu Jiao took it and the mud.

Otherwise, I grew up in the countryside and have no common sense at all.

Gu Jinyu couldn't see it, but she couldn't bear it and didn't say, "Mother." ”

"What's wrong?" Yao asked.

Gu Jinyu smiled, took out a gold seal and a treasure book from his wide sleeve and handed them to the Yao family.

Yao was slightly stunned: "This is ......"

"Open it and take a look." Gu Jinyu said proudly.

Yao opened the box of the gold seal, turned it over and saw that it was the seal of the county lord.

Gu Jinyu waited for Yao's appreciation.

The Yao family heard about the bellows, and the Yao family did not understand the canonization rules of the imperial court, but it was an honor to be the lord of the county.

Yao nodded with satisfaction: "Mother's Jinyu is really amazing." ”

Receiving Yao's affirmation, Gu Jinyu was very happy.

After a while, the three siblings returned, and the three of them were covered in dirt and dirt on the wall, and their hair was covered with dust.

Aunt Zhang walked in with a jar of pickles and said to Yao: "A-Yao, your child is really capable!" Get it ready for me in no time! ”

The joy and pride in Yao's eyes almost overflowed, and he was even happier than seeing Gu Jinyu's county lord Jin Yin: "Yes, they are all quite capable. ”

What can you do to paste a wall?

Gu Jinyu pouted.

Gu Jinyu brought a lot of imperial gifts to show everyone the good news that he had become the county lord, but except for the meager appreciation of the Yao family at the beginning, Gu Jiao and the three of them simply used Gu Jinyu and her valuables as air.

Gu Jinyu didn't feel the joy of showing off at all.

The gold, silver, and jewels she brought were no match for a jar of worthless pickles.

Sure enough, it's from the countryside, and I don't know the goods!

At night, Gu Jinyu returned to the Hou Mansion.

The little maid told her that in the two hours she went out, many daughters came to visit her and left congratulatory gifts, all to celebrate her being crowned the lord of the county.

Gu Jinyu's heart felt better.

When Gu Houye returned home, Gu Jinyu told her about going to Bishui Hutong, and when she mentioned that Gu Jiao pasted the wall for her neighbors, she specially praised: "Actually, my sister is also quite capable." ”

If Gu Hou Ye was present at the time, I was afraid that he would also think that the three sisters and brothers were very capable, but Gu Jinyu, who invented the bellows, was alone and said, there was a stark contrast.

Gu Houye snorted: "What can you do to paste the wall?" That's all she can do! Day by day, let her go to school, she doesn't read! I have to do these things that don't make it to the table! Can't learn from you? Study hard, play the piano well, and be the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion well! ”

Gu Jinyu said softly: "The most important thing is that my sister is happy. ”

Gu Houye snorted coldly: "She's happy!" ”

Abducted his son!

It is said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and I am really worried that Yan'er will be with that girl all day long, and she will become a small dirt bun.

Gu Yan, who was worried that he would become a little soil bun, was playing checkers with Xiao Jingkong, the first prodigy of Zhaoguo, at the moment, and successfully lost the eighteenth game tonight.

He went to the study of the young man on the first day of Zhaoguo with a black face, and asked his brother-in-law to play backgammon for comfort, but he was killed five games in a row.

Yan Baobao, who was full of heart, went to the old lady's house, rubbed the leaf cards with the old lady and her two card friends for a while, and was checked by the old sacrificial wine, and completed his round (frustrated) full (defeated) and full (bitter) solid (forced) day.

The first batch of gold sore medicine for the barracks received a good response, and the barracks soon placed a second batch of orders.

Gu Jiao was busy making money every day.

Gu Jinyu was not idle.

The invention of the bellows stimulated her to a great extent, she was very clever, she didn't believe what others could come up with, and her head couldn't think of it.

What's more, bellows are just like that.

Subtlety is subtle, but the principle is very simple.

Isn't it just #vinegar yo erwen - the fastest learning # is to increase the wind and make the fire burn more vigorously?

What's so hard about that?

Gu Jinyu had an idea, took out a pen and paper, and improved the ratio of the stove to the bellows.

She doubled the bellows, which would make the firepower more powerful and the iron smelting more effective.

Gu Jinyu took the drawings and went to the palace, and told Concubine Shu her thoughts: "...... What could have been done in a month can be completed in half a month after improvement! ”

"Oh my God, is it so fast?" Concubine Shu was surprised.

"Hmm!" Gu Jinyu nodded firmly, "This is like the water drain used by the imperial court earlier, because the wind is not strong enough, the effect is not high enough." ”

Concubine Shu doesn't know much about this, but I heard that it can be used better than the current stove, which is naturally a great credit.

Without saying a word, Concubine Shu led Gu Jinyu to the imperial study to meet His Majesty.

The border pass has been restless recently, His Majesty is discussing important matters with the ministers of military aircraft, if ordinary people come, the eunuchs will not rashly spread the word, but who made this Hui County Lord now a big celebrity in front of His Majesty?

Gonggong Wei smiled and said: "Please wait a minute, Lord Hui, the old slave will go and spread the word." ”

Old slave?

In the past, Father-in-law Wei called himself a miscellaneous family in front of Gu Jinyu.

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Shufei said.

Gu Jinyu also bowed his head.

Father-in-law Wei stepped into the house with a small step, and whispered a few words in front of His Majesty.

His Majesty was almost annoyed by the problem at the border gate, and it happened that he also needed some exciting news, so he first asked the ministers of military aircraft to step back and called Gu Jinyu and Concubine Shu in.

And Gu Jinyu really didn't disappoint him.

His Majesty is actually a layman, but he trusted Gu Jinyu and immediately sent the drawings to the Ministry of Engineering.

The supervision department of the Ministry of Industry looked at Gu Jinyu's drawings and showed a suspicious look: "There are so many bellows, is it okay?" ”

A colleague on the side said, "It's Miss Gu's drawings, what's the problem?" His Majesty personally sent it, hurry up! ”

His Majesty's order, then there is no way.

The Superintendent immediately instructed his subordinates to improve the ratio of the furnace and bellows according to Gu Jinyu's drawings.

As it turned out, the efficiency did go up, and it was almost possible to produce two days a day.

His Majesty Long Yan Dayue rewarded Gu Jinyu, and also rewarded Gu Houye and the Ministry of Industry.

Gu Jinyu was in the limelight in the capital for a while.

Everyone praised her as another strange woman after the crown princess, and even faintly gave her a tendency to be on par with the crown princess.

In the East Palace, a little palace maid was upset for the crown princess: "Niangniang, a wild girl from the countryside is also worthy of being compared to you?" ”

Gu Jinyu's life experience can't be hidden from the East Palace, and now that she is the county lord, there is no need to hide it from the people of the world.

The common people not only did not discriminate against her, but valued her more because of this, thinking that she was the county lord of the people, not only did she have no shelf, but also showed the world a truth, that is, the pheasant can become a phoenix when it flies on the branches.

The crown princess knelt on the mat, practicing calligraphy quietly and indifferently, as if no matter how many storms she experienced, she was always as indifferent as a chrysanthemum.

"The scenery is nothing for a while, but she has the ability to be beautiful for a lifetime."

In and out of the words, there was not the slightest dissatisfaction with Gu Jinyu's limelight.

The crown princess has seen too many people who have been in the limelight for a while, fleeting like meteors, and the celebrities in front of His Majesty have come and gone, but how many have been there for a long time?

She would never be jealous of a woman who stole her limelight, because she knew that it was all temporary.

On a sunny afternoon, the old blacksmith and carpenter finally arrived in the capital after a long journey of more than a month.

Escorted by people from the government along the way, it was not too difficult, but the old blacksmith was too old to bear it.

Because it was summoned by His Majesty, the officials did not dare to delay, and after entering Beijing, they took the two of them to the post house to bathe and change their clothes, and then immediately entered the palace to face the saint.

The two of them have never even been to the capital, let alone the palace.

Walking on the white marble floor, the two of them didn't dare to come out.

They are humble craftsmen, they never dreamed that they would be able to see today's saints, they are really glorious ancestors!

The old blacksmith was nervous and excited, and his old legs were trembling: "To see Your Majesty, it's worth it for me, me, and me to die here!" ”

They were received by His Majesty's father-in-law, who was beside him.

Gonggong Wei smiled and said, "On the Jinluan Palace, you can't say this word, it's taboo. ”

The old blacksmith hurriedly covered his mouth.

Of course, he didn't forget to glance at Gonggong Wei, obviously he was a man, how could he talk yin and yang?

The carpenter was a young man in his early thirties, and the young man adapted quickly, but he was also so excited that he could not take care of himself, and after walking two steps, he stumbled and almost fell.

The little eunuchs on the side pursed their lips and snickered.

Grandpa Wei swept over with a glance, and the little eunuchs looked solemn in unison.

Gonggong Wei led the people to the side hall.

He respectfully reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, the craftsman from the county seat has arrived." ”

"Come in." His Majesty is in a good mood.

The clothes of the two were changed in the post house, and the etiquette of kowtowing was also taught by the officials on the way to come, as for whether they can learn or not is another matter.

The two of them hadn't seen the emperor yet, but they felt their legs and stomachs go weak just by listening to the dragon's mighty voice.

"Please." Grandpa Wei reminded with a smile.

The two of them trembled and crossed the threshold.

The palace is magnificent and dusty, and the two of them don't look like they came to the palace, it's like they have entered the fairy palace.

"Kneel-" Wei Gonggong saluted.

The two of them knelt down normally.

The etiquette learned earlier was completely forgotten, and the two of them took out the strength to kowtow to their ancestors at the grave, and kowtowed to the emperor three times.

After finishing the matter, the two of them still wanted to order incense, but unfortunately they didn't.

His Majesty is very lenient in reverence for his people in such a way that he would not put the kind of sacred majesty in front of his courtiers.

"Let's be flat." He said.

Duo: Why is there still this? The official didn't say anything!

The two of them glanced at each other, and suddenly fell to the ground, flattening their bodies.

Your Majesty: "......"

Father-in-law Wei: "......"

His Majesty almost laughed: "...... Pick it up! ”

"Yes!" Father-in-law Wei also struggled to hold back his laughter, and personally helped the old blacksmith and carpenter up.

are two honest people, otherwise they would not have taught the blower technique to the imperial court and local craftsmen without concealment.

That's why His Majesty decided to reward them.

However, to His Majesty's surprise, they refused His Majesty's reward.

The old blacksmith said: "It wasn't the two of us who did it, it was the girl, Your Majesty wants to reward the girl, reward the girl, we have gained enough benefits!" My iron shop is famous, Ah Cheng's shop also has endless business, and we have never earned so much silver in our lives! Now that we can see Your Majesty again, we will both die without regrets! ”

When they return to the county seat, they are the ones who have seen the emperor, and they can boast of the eighteenth generation!

The word dead has always been taboo in front of the emperor, but from the mouth of a common man with such sincere emotions, His Majesty only feels happy.

When you are happy, you will be rewarded even more.

His Majesty smiled and said, "If you have any other requirements, just mention them." ”

The two of them discussed it on the way here.

The old blacksmith said, "We ...... I want to meet that girl and thank her in person. ”

That girl is the noble person in their life, and this thank you must be said no matter what.

Your Majesty was in a good mood today, and granted the request of the two.

Gu Jinyu was brought into the palace.

Grandpa Wei wanted to surprise her, but he didn't say who came, but he said that it was two old people from the county.

Gu Jinyu was still thinking about what kind of old people she had in the county, could it be the maids in the two Zhuangzi? Is Yuru back?

As a result, she saw two strange men.

Two strange men also looked at her.

Gu Jinyu's heart swelled with a layer of ominous premonition, she frowned, gathered her thoughts, and bowed: "Your Majesty." ”

His Majesty raised his hand to signal her to straighten out, and looked at the carpenter and the old blacksmith on the side: "Do you remember them?" ”

"Huh?" Gu Jinyu was stunned.

These two ...... Does she know each other?

The old blacksmith and the carpenter had the same doubts in their hearts, yes, this girl, do they know each other?

His Majesty teased the two: "What's the matter? It's only been more than half a year, and I don't recognize my little father-in-law? He also kept saying that he wanted to thank people in person. ”

Gu Jinyu's heart chuckled!

The old blacksmith frowned and said, "Your Majesty, you are mistaken, she is not that girl!" ”

------Off topic------

Is there a commuter pass?

The kind that continues to slap your face?