Cub Nursery

Little You'er always likes to squat around Honglu Temple these days. He likes to see the square houses popping out of it. There are several floors, but they are not at all the same as the wooden buildings on the street. Lusi's looks more fierce and domineering.

The square and square stone houses that popped up suddenly startled the surrounding residents, and they all came out to see it.

"What is the painting on the stone?" Someone stared at it for a long time but couldn't understand what it was.

"You have never used soap, and you don't know how to make tofu, right? Isn't that painting exactly the same as the pattern on the soap? But I don't recognize those three characters."

"It's the nursery school." Little Yuer said without looking back.

The buildings emerging from Honglu Temple have big patterns of pudgy and pudgy cubs, and they are inlaid and outlined with small colored gravels. The three big characters of "conservation hall" are particularly conspicuous, and anyone who can read can recognize them. come out.

Many people know that the building that popped up here is the Conservation Hall, but they don't know that this is the Honglu Temple.

The emperor kept secret about Honglu Temple. It has not been regarded as a serious yamen for a long time, and naturally there is no plaque. At this time, Yan Xun wrote the words "conservation hall", and the ministers who knew about it didn't say anything What.

But because the building looked weird, many people came to watch.

A few days ago, it was still a square stone building, but now it is covered with a lot of wood, which looks similar to the wooden buildings on the street, only bigger.

Carved, papered wooden windows, large window sills, with small clay pots and flower pots, filled with green grass in cold weather.

From the outside, it seems that there is nothing special, but the number of people who come to see it every day continues unabated.

Some people were curious and asked.

"Do you think we are looking at the stone building? Of course not, we want to see the inside! Inside the nursery hall, that's the real thing..."

"what?"

"You ask me, how do I know?" It turned out that he hadn't seen it either.

What about the people you met?

Once the windows of the stone building were opened for ventilation, and people could see the inside.The inside of the house is square and square, all painted white, and so is the roof.The room is clean and spotless, and there are carved wooden beds covered with thick fur, so clean that people can't bear to go in.

Who doesn't love to be clean since soap was all the rage?

But when you think about your own home, and then look at other people's house, there is really no comparison.

Since the second floor was built and the towering walls came out, the little cubs began to worry, and asked Yan Xun anxiously, "Will the outer walls become higher?"

When they came, the main house was not repaired, and the side house was rotten and not repaired, but the wall was twice as high.

This time the building they built was higher than the fence, and the cubs were worried.

"No." Yan Xun said calmly, "Our Honglu Temple can open for an hour every day, it doesn't matter if the wall is short."

When the little cubs thought, yes, they felt relieved and bold.

There are kangs on both sides of the first floor, and the stove is also in the house. This is used when cooking, and there is no need to go to the yard to cook.One side of the kang is specially used for sleeping, and the other side is used for eating, studying, receiving guests and so on.

There are many rooms upstairs, a total of three floors, each of the cubs has a room, Yan Xun and Jing Fengye also have one, plus Qin Shisan's, so there are still several rooms left.

The buildings of Honglu Temple can be seen more clearly from the cement workshop. Du Qinsheng was sad, "Why can't I live in it?"

"Master, don't you hate Honglu Temple the most?" the servant whispered.

If this had been changed before, Du Qin would never have come to Honglu Temple for life or death.

"Can it be the same now?" Du Qinsheng said with a stern face, "That little Youer doesn't go there every day, I see that I have gained a lot of weight, and I know more words than this young master, can this be tolerated?"

Living in the cement workshop these days, Du Qinsheng has to admit that Honglu Temple is actually not scary at all, and it is even very comfortable inside. If you don’t see Zhang Temple, you will come here every day. As long as you can go in, you will be happy for several days.

"But young master, there are monsters in there." The servant's face turned pale, "Didn't the young master say that the monsters not only can eat people, but if they look at us, we will die."

What Du Qinsheng said at the beginning was exaggerated. Getting close to monsters is more terrifying than entering the palace.

"Are those tricks of yours a display?" Du Qinsheng felt that the servant was too stupid, "The one who often comes here to spread the word is a monster!!"

"Yes, yes, yes." The servant naturally knew, but the current person must obey the master, he must not say the opposite to the master, unless he is impatient with life.

After washing his hands, Du Qinsheng took out the small wooden box and carefully dug out a little rouge to apply on his hands, feeling uncomfortable again.He had to buy the rouge with silver money, and the money was not cheap, it seemed that the rouge used by the cubs in Honglu Temple was better and had a fragrance.

The rouge that Qin Shisan used also had a fragrance, a kind of sweetness like snacks. Several times, Qin Shisan almost thought that the rouge in the small wooden box was delicious.

"When General Yang comes, tell him to take you into the palace." Yan Xun took a bundle and put it on the table.

In the baggage are the things given by the cubs, as well as the soap and tofu that Yan Xun put in.

Taking out a memorial and putting it next to the baggage, Yan Xun said, "Come back if you want to."

"Really?" Qin Shisan raised his head abruptly, saw Yan Xun nodding with a smile, then wiped his eyes, and whispered, "I will tell my father."

"Good boy." Yan Xun touched Qin Shisan's head, and took his hand out.

During these days at Honglu Temple, Yan Xun has never treated Qin Shisan specially, just like feeding the cubs, he has his share of food, drink, and work.

Now that it was time to leave, Qin Shisan originally thought he should be elated, but he was very depressed and couldn't get up all morning. It wasn't until Yan Xun asked him to come again that he regained some energy.

"The movement is loud enough." Yang Shuning looked up at the tall building and laughed.

Yan Xun came out with a smile, "General Yang."

"Master Yan." Yang Shuning cupped his hands, turned and left.

Qin Shisan took a few steps, looked back at Yan Xun, and saw the cubs hiding behind, with a smile on his face, he turned and followed Yang Shuning.

This time, Yang Shuning sat on the horse casually, but Qin Shisan didn't feel cold at all.He wore thick fur clothes, thick gloves, and a thick hat that could cover the entire head with only one pair of eyes exposed. The shoes on his feet were also thick, and the wind could not blow through them.

All the way into the palace, Qin Shisan looked at the majestic palace again, entered the imperial study, knelt on the ground and looked at the bright yellow, suddenly he was not as longing as before.

"The emperor doesn't need to be too polite." The emperor said majesticly, "These days, what did the emperor see and hear?"

"Going back to my father, I saw with my own eyes that Honglu Temple burned soap, made tofu, burned cement, and made iron bars." Qin Shisan said in detail, "The soap recipe is not difficult, but the flowers are made of monsters. The brine used for tofu can only be produced by monsters; the cement is heated by monsters; such a long iron rod is even more..."

The emperor frowned, although he was mentally prepared, there are recipes for tofu, and anyone outside can make it, but the soap is so troublesome.

Sensing the coercion of the emperor, Qin Shisan hurriedly said, "Master Yan specially taught my son and minister two kinds of recipes, which ordinary people can make. They are soap, but they can't be made transparent, there are petals in it, and there is no fragrance. The cement formula is not that hard..."

Without the help of monsters, relying on manpower alone, the things made are certainly good, but I have seen better ones, and even use them every day, so I naturally look down on the last ones.

"Those cubs?" The emperor frowned again.

Back then when the Tiger Demon King sent the cubs as hostages, Yang Shuning took those cubs back and naturally checked them carefully.The only adult monster is just a piece of dragon scale, which is quite weak, and the cubs are not strong. Some of them can hurt people, but as long as they hurt one person, the Taoist soldiers guarding outside can kill the cubs with a flick of their fingers. die.

Either the cubs were weak and useless to the demon kingdom, or the cubs were weak and harmful to people, so the emperor used a small yard to enclose them and let these cubs fend for themselves.

Was the original decision wrong?How talented are these cubs?

No, if this is the case, it is impossible for the Tiger Demon King to send it.

"Yan Aiqing has a great talent." The emperor said something, and seemed to be talking to himself, as if telling others to listen, "If Yan Aiqing was asked to go to another yamen, would she also have such a great talent?"

"Father Emperor." Qin Shisan hastily took out the brochure given by Yan Xun.

Seeing Yan Xun's booklet, the emperor immediately became interested and opened it immediately.

Although Yan Xun didn't treat Qin Shisan specially these days, he noticed everything he did.Qin Shisan is bold and careful, especially good at counting and arithmetic, and will not be bought by money, and indifferent to fame and wealth, so he is suitable to go to the household department to practice.

As for Honglu Temple, although soap and tofu are selling well, cement still has a greater use.

Yan Xun wanted to build roads.

Even in the capital city, except for a few streets that are paved with blue stones, the rest of the roads are also dirt roads, not to mention clean, anyway, it is not very smooth, and the carriage runs on it, and the bumps are so uncomfortable.

This is a big event, and I am afraid that only Yan Xun has the cement to write it so easily in the booklet.

The emperor immediately gave instructions with a red pen, "Yes. Thirteen, you go to the household department tomorrow."

"Father, Ke Erchen doesn't understand anything." Qin Shisan was at a loss, he understood his own difficulties, and hurriedly said.

"I said you can do what you want, so go." The emperor thought of what was written in the booklet, and said, "If you don't understand, you can go to Honglu Temple and ask Lord Yan."

That being said, as long as Qin Shisan made any mistakes, he would be abandoned just like Honglu Temple.At this time, the emperor thought so, and also thought that if something went wrong in Honglu Temple, he would never forgive him lightly.

But even though he thought so, the emperor had to ask the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with Yan Xun in building roads.

When the imperial decree arrived at the Ministry of Industry, everyone, including the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was stunned and gave a lot of money to the eunuch who passed the decree. Only then did they know that the road construction was actually true.

The imperial decree also arrived at Honglu Temple, this time it wasn't Yan Xun who came out alone, Jing Fengye and ten cubs all knelt on the ground imitating Yan Xun.

After the imperial decree was sung, we continued to give thanks, and the cubs followed suit.

The Cub Claw hurried into the house and took out an oiled paper package to the eunuch. It didn't contain silver, but silver was even rarer. It was all beautiful flower soap.

"Okay, our family has to go back and report to the order." The eunuch who passed the order smiled at the claw cub before leaving.

Yan Xun patted the dirt on his body, exhaled and said, "Ask Du Qinsheng to send a message to the Ministry of Industry to come to our Honglu Temple to discuss road construction."

"I'll go." The long-haired cub said hastily.

After hearing what the little cub had said, Du Qinsheng immediately had a bitter face.

It's nothing more than doing business, the big deal is that he doesn't do business with others, and things can always be sold, and he is not afraid of offending others. Anyway, his father Du Xuanfeng will support him.

But when dealing with the yamen, Du Qinsheng felt that his calves were weak before he even took two steps, so he dared not go at all.

"Hey." Du Qin sighed and told him to go to Yan Xun, but he never dared, "Just go, isn't it the Yamen!"

Heartbroken, he went with a stiff neck, entered the Yamen and finished speaking, Du Qinsheng was directly kicked out by the people from the Ministry of Industry, if he hadn't run fast, he would have almost been beaten.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry went straight back to the house without saying a word, and the assistant minister, doctor, and Yuanwai Lang all went back to the house, pretending that this incident had never happened.

There is a monster cub imprisoned as a hostage in Honglu Temple. I heard that there is only one person now, and he is the young minister of Honglu Temple. He is not as big as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who is a third-rank official, right?

After a long time, Yuanwailang from the sixth grade came out, pointed at Si Ping and said, "Go for a while."

"Yes, my lord." Si Ping hastily agreed.

He is the head of the Ministry of Industry, a low-ranking official from the ninth rank, not through the imperial examination, but because he is a good old man who accidentally saved the Ministry of Industry employee Wailang.

Later that Yuanwailang retired when he got older, and it happened that there was no suitable man or elder brother at home, so he called Si Ping to come over and take over as the master.

Si Ping was not dissatisfied when the meeting was pushed out, he tidied up a bit and came to Honglu Temple.

Ordinary people may not know where the Honglu Temple is, but Si Ping does, because he happened to hear Master Shangshu say during a chat that there is a tall building built by the Honglu Temple, and the monsters are locked inside, no matter who Go and see, anyway, he won't go to see.

Who would have thought that someone would have to go to Honglu Temple now.

While thinking about it, Si Ping walked towards Honglu Temple.

This is not a yamen office area, and there are some poor people living in the surrounding area. Si Ping has been here before, and the impression is very deep.

Sun Yuanbao opened the door and came out. He changed into clothes of excellent fabric, and his face was full of red.

"You guys rest, I'll go over there to have a look first, and I'm going to buy some meat." Sun Yuanbao said happily.

Si Ping was walking all the way, and he happened to be on the way with Sun Yuanbao.

"Are you going there too?" Sun Yuanbao took the initiative to talk, "Hey, I'll also ask the adults to see if there is any work to help. Did you see that tall building? It's the man from our village, My brother came to help make it."

At that time, people from Sunjia Village did not enter the Honghe Temple, but they could still help outside, and they were paid afterward. Yan Xun was so generous, everyone was very happy.

After enjoying the sweetness, Sun Family Village simply bought a house not far from Honglu Temple with Sun Yuanbao's money, and tidied up a house that was usually used for living and resting.

This time when Sun Yuanbao came out of the house, it was the day before yesterday that he and the villagers came to deliver loess to Yan Xun. He didn't go back that day, rested in the house, and was only going back to the village today.

When I arrived at the gate of Honglu Temple, I saw that the towering wall was not pleasing to the eye, but now it matches the building inside.

Sun Yuanbao stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while the door opened, Yan Xun saw that it was Sun Yuanbao, and said with a smile: "It just so happens that I need some small broken stones, and send them as much as you can." .”

"Sure, I'll tell the village chief when I get back today." Sun Yuanbao hurriedly agreed.

Afterwards, Si Ping followed Sun Yuanbao to leave, and then stepped forward to salute, "My lord, the next official is the head of the Ministry of Industry, this time, this time..." The imperial edict arrived, but no one came. Si Ping didn't know what to say.

"Come in." Yan Xun stepped aside before Si Ping finished speaking.

Si Ping hurriedly shut up and entered the door.

The inside is clean, the yard is not big, and there is a flower garden. The rest of the place is flat, like a whole big rock, which should be cement.

The building is very tall, the door on the first floor is open, and the furnishings inside are different from what Si Ping saw.

Before entering the door, there is also a place dedicated to changing shoes.Fortunately, there was no Kang in Si Ping's house, water was boiled every night, and Si Ping also washed his feet every night, so it was not so embarrassing to change shoes now.

There is also a small door inside, and the small room behind the door is entirely a kang, which is so big that a dozen or twenty strong men may roll around while lying down.

"Hurry up and get ready." The little cub saw Si Ping entering the house and hurried to work.

Soon the long table on the kang was cleaned up, and there were snacks, noodles, fruits, and tea with a flower floating on it.The cubs were sitting in a row on the other side, looking at Si Ping eagerly.

Jing Fengye was sitting in the far corner, writing and drawing with a charcoal pencil, the dragon scales on his face didn't look scary.

"Come in." Yan Xun smiled and got on the kang, looked at the fruits on the table and said, "Why are you willing to take out these fruits, aren't you usually reluctant to eat them?"

"For the guests." The flower tree cub said softly.

The little cub looked very small, similar to a cub who was just born and stumbling around. His eyes were round and bright, his body was clean, and he was still wearing clothes.

Si Ping suddenly felt that these monsters were not so scary. He thought, if it was like a mountain, the kind of monsters whose breathing smelled like blood and had poisonous mucus dripping from their mouths would probably be the scariest ones.

After entering the small room, Si Ping imitated Yan Xun and sat on the kang, took a sip of tea, and felt his whole body warmed up.

The room was clean, the windows were big and bright, and the kang was hot, which was much warmer than Si Ping's room in the Ministry of Industry.

"I want to build roads, you know that?" Yan Xun said with a smile.

"I know, it's just..." Si Ping hesitated. Although he came, he was just a low-level official and could not represent the Ministry of Industry.

Yan Xun seemed to know what Si Ping was going to say, and interrupted: "Since someone is here, let's start. I have a preliminary plan here, you can see if it is suitable."