The husband's son-in-law

It takes a long time to apply the medicine, which is also unavoidable.

When Gu Zhao came out of the bathroom with a new look, Li Zhouzhou was still a little embarrassed, "Master and wife have been waiting for a long time."

"Master treats me kindly, knowing that I must miss you if I haven't come back for a long time, so I will definitely understand." Gu Zhaoli said bluntly.

When the couple went out, Sun Mu and Bai Yin sat and drank tea in the main hall, very leisurely.

Gu Zhao was thick-skinned, and called out affectionately, Master and Madam, I have been waiting for a long time.

Sun Mu said: "Soon, sooner than both of us thought."

"..." Did the master connotate him again?Gu Zhao murmured in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it.

Fortunately, I changed the subject, and the servants came to ask if the food is ready, do you want to use it now.Li Zhouzhou looked at his husband. Gu Zhao was riding on a horse and hadn't eaten well for several days. After washing up, he regained his appetite and said, "Come on, do you have ice? Let's have some iced sour plum soup, not too sweet."

"Come some sour plum soup and mung bean soup, just chill it a little bit, don't put ice in it." Li Zhouzhou told the servants, and said to his husband: "You came back under the sun and took a hot bath again. Don't do this Use too cold."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

After the husband and wife finished talking, Gu Zhao asked the master and wife if they would like to use some together.Sun Mu and Bai Yin came here after lunch, and Tong Li Zhouzhou had something to say, but Gu Zhao came back before he said anything.

"Eat yours." Sun Mu said.

Gu Zhao was really hungry, so he was not polite, so he said: "If master and wife have something to do, if you don't think my food is ugly, let's talk while eating, and I can still listen to master's lecture."

"If I tell you, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat anymore." Sun Mu affirmed.

Gu Zhao just laughed, knowing that the master agreed.

A few people moved to the side hall, and did not go to the dining room, which is the multi-functional side hall, a long and large table, which can be used for chatting, writing, keeping accounts and eating on weekdays, and there are chairs beside it.

Sun Mu and Bai Yin sat on chairs and continued to drink tea. Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou sat at a table ten feet away to eat. Li Zhouzhou also ate, but every time Gu Zhao came back without eating, he sat down and followed suit. Eat some, like drinking a small bowl of mung bean soup right now.

Gu Zhaoxian picked up the bowl and drank the sour plum soup, feeling refreshed now, put down the bowl, and started to eat. He ate very fast, gulping it down, and it looked delicious.

Seeing this, Li Zhouzhou felt a little distressed, he filled a bowl of mung bean soup for his husband, and sent it over.

Gu Zhao stopped his chopsticks and took a sip, and then he ate slowly. He was busy in Xinzhou during this period, and he forgot the time when he was busy. Sometimes he ate quickly without caring whether it was good or not. , It’s not difficult to eat, you can eat as much as you want, and you get used to it.

Zhou Zhou must feel so distressed after seeing him.

"It's not that hard. Xinzhou food is still delicious."

"The sour bamboo shoots over there are very well marinated. I brought a jar back, but it smells a bit bad, but it's delicious when served with rice noodles or fried minced meat."

"By the way, I also brought some dry rice noodles."

Gu Zhao was eating and talking, talking about the customs of Xinzhou, and some official business, "...the road is now repaired in sevens and eighties, at least Tongzhou City in prefectures and counties is in good condition, and the towns and villages below are still being repaired. It should be almost the same by the end of the year. , Xinzhou can be regarded as a land of fish and rice, anyway, the rice harvest must be better than that of Zhaozhou, and the medicinal materials are also abundant."

Although the implementation of the method of fertile land over there is slow, it has been many years, and it is almost the same. Two years ago, the people of Xinzhou can basically fill their stomachs, but they are still poor.

There are many kinds of poverty. There are those who sell rice and the price is lowered by the grain merchants. The government does not collect excess grain except for grain tax. The answer given is that the government government has no money. Or the government colluded with the grain merchants to deliberately lower the price of grain and sell it at a high price to make a profit.

Gu Zhao has a mirror in his heart.

The road is difficult to walk, and the people are trapped at the top of Tiantou Mountain and cannot get out. They can't run to the prefectures, counties and prefectures with heavy rice grains on their backs?It's not worth it if you're exhausted, and it's easy to be robbed and stolen.

In short, poverty is the reason for all aspects.In addition to natural disasters, there are also factors such as diseases, marriages, and building houses.

"If you want to get rich, build the road first, and then take your time after the road is built." Gu Zhao said.

Hearing this, Sun Mu repeated the saying that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads, and nodded while stroking his beard. When he was traveling and giving lectures, he went to prefectures and counties, and the roads in some prefectures and counties were also difficult, let alone in the mountains in the village .

"How long will Xianggong stay at home this time?"

Gu Zhao smiled and said: "The road is repaired, and they will send any official documents. I have dealt with all the important documents. Now I work at home, but I have to go to see them from time to time. It's not so urgent. At least wait until Li Zhaoxi goes to school. .”

Then it's been a long time, Li Zhaoxi didn't go to school until early September.

With a smile on his face, Li Zhouzhou brought food for his husband.Gu Zhao ate about [-]% to [-]% full, then slowed down, ate another bowl of mung bean soup, and then waved his hands to finish eating. He went to rinse his mouth, walked around, and [-]% to [-]% full became [-]% full.

Fortunately, I didn't eat too much.

When the servants served tea, Li Zhouzhou said first, "Just mung bean soup."

"Yes, I'm drinking this slowly." Gu Zhao said to the teacher with a happy face, "I don't drink much tea after the meal. In summer, I prefer mung bean soup that is chilled and best."

Zhou Zhou understands him so well!

Sun Mu glanced at this apprentice, and ran up to him to show off?

Gu Ziqing straightened himself up immediately, and didn't dare to swear, and said solemnly: "Teacher, are you and your wife used to living in the mansion? The backyard is so quiet, otherwise I'd better move back to the backyard. There is also a more serious yard here."

"No, the front is good." Sun Mu refused, "Your teacher wants to teach students to draw in the school, so it's more convenient to live in the front."

Sun Mubaiyin came here today because of this matter.

"That's naturally good. Students at school are lucky and blessed to be taught by their mistress." Gu Zhao is not considered a flatterer. As far as he knows, the mistress' surname is Bai, and the Bai family in Chuzhou is also a family of literati.

It is really rare for the students in the school to have a master to teach painting.

"Teacher, why don't you go to the official school to give lectures? Commuting together with my teacher's wife, I don't want to make my teacher tired." Gu Zhao smiled and asked the teacher to learn calligraphy for the official school for benefits.

Sun Mu first glanced at Gu Ziqing, but there was no anger in his eyes, and he even smiled, "Let me go and take a look first, and see how the official school run by Gu Ziqing is going."

"That must be powerful." Gu Ziqing was confident.

Sun Mu laughed, "You."

At the beginning of August, Zhaozhou merchants shipped goods, and the weather was still hot. This time the shipment was divided into three shares. One was the ships from Jiting to Zhejiang Province, the other was the carriage convoy led by Su Shiyi to Tangzhou, and the other Small stocks went to Mozhou, Xinzhou, and Rongzhou.

Don't look at the three destinations in the end, but the goods left behind are not as much as what Su Shiyi brought, about half of them.And Gu Zhao came back this time because Zhaozhou officially sold the rubber tires to Xinzhou.

Things are ready, and sooner or later there will be something to buy.

"The price will increase at that time." Mr. Gu said to Liang Jiang.

Liang Jiang groaned, his face froze, isn't this bad?

"In Shangyanshang, you are now the parent official of Zhaozhou. Rubber tires are a product of Zhaozhou. If you sell them for profit, you will have money in Zhaozhou's treasury. If there is any disaster and relief for the people when you build bridges and roads, These are all from Zhaozhou." Mr. Gu said bluntly: "You are not a corrupt official, nor are you making profits with the common people. If Yanzhou dares to suppress you, I'm still here."

"Furthermore, for so many years, the big brothers in Wuzhou have searched for money, and now they have leaked some money, which is nothing more than superficial to them."

Gu Zhao had an idea in mind, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Wuzhou opened his mouth to buy tires, just to clean up the official circles in Wuzhou, and it was impossible to really pick up the officials—he didn't have such great power, and the envoy above him was not Chen Weng who didn't care about things. .

But taking the opportunity to beat, it is still possible to hurt the muscles and bones.

The political envoy will not fight against him just because he is a pawn.At present, according to the news in Wuzhou, there is no one behind Gu Zhao.Which is more important, they are old oily, so they understand.

Liang Jiang heard that, his face was ashamed and then he became serious, respectful, and said: "Everything is obeyed by the adults."

"There is nothing to doubt your ability. You are from an orthodox family and I am Yeluzi. Maybe one day we will disagree. It's nothing, as long as it is good for the common people." Gu Zhao stood up and took a picture. Pat Liang Jiang on the shoulder, "Ben Gu, don't be too tight. Zhaozhou is not a perfect place. People always make mistakes and make mistakes. Today's Zhaozhou can be regarded as room for error. If you can change it, you will be successful." .”

Since Liang Jiang took office, he has always warned himself to be a good official and live up to Mr. Gu's support and arrangements. Most importantly, he knows how important Zhaozhou is to Mr. Gu, so he entrusted Zhaozhou to him. Mr. Gu trusted him.

It is possible to return with death.

Naturally, Liang Jiang was under a lot of pressure. After taking office, he mostly imitated Mr. Gu and tried his best to maintain Zhaozhou as it was when Mr. Gu was governing. Now that Mr. Gu said this to him, Liang Jiang's hanging heart gradually stabilized. Some.

The things that Gu Zhao brought back arrived in Zhaozhou City two days late - he rode a horse and led the team one step ahead, and the carts pulling native products would go slower, and they were not worth much, they were all pickled sour bamboo shoots , dry rice noodles and the like.

It was driven by Zhong Qi. On the road, I met some thoughtful people. When I looked at the tires of their wheels, I stopped those thoughts of cheating—robbing is not the case.It's really a robbery, and the nature is different, so I will go to jail.Some small tricks among the people can be tricked.

"Why are the wheels black?"

"Look at the direction, it's going to Zhaozhou."

"Are you from Zhaozhou? I think it looks like the wheel is rare except in Zhaozhou, and there is no place around it."

Zhongqi drove his carriage to a roadside shed, spent three pennies to buy a pot of herbal tea to fill his water bag, and a bag of edamame boiled by the shopkeeper. He sat in the hut for a rest, and the horses also drank water. , it's too hot.

After the things were moved, the store owner was an elderly man. When moving, he failed to hold a jar properly and rolled it down, but it was not cracked at all. He hurriedly fixed it and apologized, fearing that the guests would ask him to lose money.

"Some Xinzhou pickled sour bamboo shoots that my family bought, they are good if they are not broken, and they are not expensive." Zhongqi said.

When the people resting in the hut heard this, their hearts tightened immediately, and they all thought, luckily, they rested their minds after looking at the tires, otherwise this would have been terrible.Besides, this little brother is not very old, he is sixteen or seventeen years old, he is dressed in ordinary clothes, and he is a little bit disheveled.

Such servants, from Xinzhou to Zhaozhou, still call for your lord.

Everyone guessed it quickly, could it be Mr. Gu?That is to say, Lord Gu doesn't talk about ostentation every time he goes out of the city, and I heard that he doesn't pay much attention to food and clothing, and most of the servants below are dressed as peasants.Looking at it now, it's really true that she didn't bully others at all.

Later, after Zhongqi left, there was a lot of chatting in the hut, and they drank herbal tea as a drink. Those who had been to Zhaozhou or not, all began to brag and boast about what Zhaozhou said.

"Is it really that good? Is it richer than Mozhou?"

"Just this concrete road, isn't that good enough?"

This is true.

The old man in the hut heard people say how Zhaozhou is. He has never been to it, but he believes that if Mr. Gu in Zhaozhou hadn’t wanted to build a concrete road, his hut would not have been able to open. The place used to be barren, and no one was seen every month. Where is it? What kind of tea does the open Qiliao shed sell?

Now half a month later, it is enough to earn salt and sugar money for the family.

Li Fu ate the noodles sent by Xinzhou today, because there is no chili, but there are ginger, cornus and garlic, and the pickled bamboo shoots in Xinzhou are hot and sour.

Gu Zhaoke likes this flavor, although it is still a bit inferior to chili, but it is already great!On the day he came back, facing Li Zhaoxi circling around him, he said directly: "The gift is still on the way, I'm homesick, I'll come back first."

"Father, I miss you too." Li Zhaoxi smiled, he wasn't just thinking about the gift either.

Gu Zhao snorted a handful of Li Zhaoxi's head and hair, and said, "I believe you." Then he said, "It's delicious, and the taste is quite exciting. After eating, I'm sweating all over. When you turn around, you should put a little less, don't be spicy. gone."

Li Zhaoxi knew whether the gift was food or spicy, and was immediately curious. After two days, he didn't go out of the house to play, and he had to have dinner with his father at noon every day.

In this anticipation, a carload of local products from Xinzhou finally arrived.

At that time, I had just woken up from a nap, and it was only more than an hour after lunch. Faced with Li Zhaoxi's curiosity, Gu Zhao whetted the appetite of the family members, and naturally said: "Then make some noodles, and eat less for each person first." Some, for toppings, cut the pork belly thicker, put it in the pan and stir fry for a while, and the oil will come out..."

That way you won't be fat.

"There's also marinated offal, and I want to eat fat intestines." Gu Zhao thought that his father also liked it, so he asked him to buy more.

So the kitchen started to get busy, and I went out to buy lo-mei.

Li Zhaoxi was eagerly looking forward to it, Li Zhouzhou saw it and said: "Is Wang Wang awake? You play with it for a while, the last two days have neglected Wang Wang."

"Then I'm going to see Wang Wang, if you become a fan, remember to call me~"

Li Zhouzhou coaxed Fu Bao to play with Wang Wang for a while, because he was afraid that he would not eat until noon, and he would eat in such a short time, and he was afraid of food accumulation, so he couldn't help but let him run more to consume.

"If there are a lot of things, send some to each courtyard, and try them all." Li Zhouzhou asked.

Gu Zhao said: "I bought a big cart, the rice noodles are dry, and there will be more after soaking, you can figure it out, but the pickled bamboo shoots are a bit spicy, let them pay attention, don't eat them and spoil their stomachs." A gastroenteritis or something would be bad.

Li Zhouzhou then ordered the butler to deliver things, the first one was naturally the teacher's wife's, and Rong Ye——

"This person is hurt, don't eat if it's irritating." Gu Zhao said naturally from the side.

Li Zhouzhou: "Then come a little less and let him taste something new. Since he is a guest at our house, he can't wait too long." Life under the fence is hard, and Li Zhouzhou can't do the thing of watching people order food.

Gu Zhao thought about it and said, "Zhou Zhou, what you said is true."

Since the teacher doesn't care anymore, why should he hold on to the past.

"How is his injury?" Mr. Gu asked seemingly justly and honestly, "Do you want to settle down in our Zhaozhou? Or do you have to leave in the future? If you settle down, you can help to contact him, and we will always give him a comfortable house to live in."

Li Zhouzhou could tell at a glance, "Doesn't Mr. Xiang like Rong Ye living in our house?"

"...Not really." Master Gu was exposed to his small thoughts, and then he became serious, "Zhou Zhou, do you like this friend?"

Li Zhouzhou said: "It's hard to talk about liking, but being a human being doesn't mean that it's just icing on the cake."

"I understand you. Now it's time to send charcoal in a timely manner. I know you don't want Rong Ye to take the opportunity to remember your kindness." Gu Zhao answered, Zhou Zhou must have never thought about it. The unused yard is nothing to Rong Ye's master and servant.

Li Zhouzhou nodded, and looked at his husband again, "You always have jealousy, even if Rong Ye is a man, he doesn't like me—"

"That's nonsense. Zhou Zhou is the best in my family. Naturally, Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao are a natural couple."

Li Zhouzhou laughed, "Yes." Finally he said, "Actually, Rong Ye's injury has stabilized now, and he can walk around, but others don't seem to be angry anymore."

"That's too idle." Gu Zhao said.

It's easy to think too much when you're shut up in one place.

After finishing speaking, Gu Zhao thought about it seriously again. He took down his prejudice against Rong Ye, and then thought about what happened to Rong Ye. There is nowhere to go after death, and he has become a lonely ghost with no one to worship. For him, death is death.

"He's in a daze right now, he's just running out of life, why don't you find him something to do?"

Li Zhouzhou: "I thought about it too, but Rong Ye is not a businessman, he doesn't like it. Forget it, I'll talk to him later."

"Okay." Gu Zhao stopped talking.

Powder ready!

The whole family sat together to eat noodles. Li Da asked for noodles topped with stewed sausage. He picked them up with chopsticks and said first, "Looks like noodles."

It tastes different, the noodles are slippery.

The family’s first bowl of pickled bamboo shoots was less, slightly spicy and sour, and the pork belly was crispy, not too greasy. Li Zhaoxi took the first bite, and he stuck out his tongue , Said Dad is so spicy.

"Take a sip of water."

In fact, these levels of spiciness are nothing to Li Da who eats garlic and ginger in the northern Central Plains.But Fubao moved to Zhaozhou when he was young. Zhaozhou has a light taste and eats more seafood, fish, shrimp and crab, mainly steamed. Fubao loves seafood and has a light taste for many years. He will eat sour powder at first, but Do not stick out your tongue hotly.

"It's fine if you can't eat it." Gu Zhao said.

Who knew that Li Zhaoxi said with tongue out, "Yes."

"...You are quite strong." Gu Zhao was amused, and Li Zhouzhou patted his husband's arm, and said to Fu Bao: "Father hasn't eaten such a strong food for a long time, and I still feel a little spicy. If I eat all of it, I will turn around." I'm going to have a stomachache at night."

Fu Bao saw that both grandpa and dad could eat it, but now he heard that dad also thinks it is spicy, so he stopped trying and said happily, "Then I look like dad." Happy!

Gu Zhao: "..." Sucking on the noodles, after finishing eating, he looked at the bowl in front of Li Zhaoxi.

Fu Bao hurriedly said: "I can eat, eat slowly, the more you eat, the better it tastes."

"What are you talking about, your father and I can steal your food?" Master Gu snorted.

Zhaozhou is bustling with eating noodles, and at the same time, Beijing is also bustling.The battle report came from Fengzhou, and it was rushed all the way to Jingli in eight hundred miles——

The German army won a great victory in Huiguo, and it still won twice.

The imperial court was naturally full of joy. Over the past few years, they were oppressed and beaten by the Hui Kingdom. At one time, several cities were retreated. The people in Dali were killed and injured countless times, and even a prince died. All the ministers who knew about it said that the first emperor was pissed off.

Later, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he lost two more games there. Some civil servants reported that the Zhao family of the Tiande army was incompetent, and that the general should be punished, and then the court broke out.The general swears foul words first, and points at the civil servant to scold and fart, otherwise you will go to the field to fight, and you will be scared to death.

When the civil servant was humiliated, he naturally fought back. Later, the military commander made a move and beat him with an old fist.

Emperor Tianshun sat on the dragon chair in a daze, shouting: "Everyone, don't be angry.", "Don't do anything, Aiqing."

Unable to suppress it, the military general took advantage of the chaos and punched the civil servant a few more times. Later, Taifu Lin suppressed the scene with a loud voice, and then the farce could not be punished. In other words, there was no severe punishment, but some salary was fined.

what is this?

The civil servant was beaten black and blue.

All the ministers came out of the court and walked out of the palace, all of them knew it well.

Today's sage is afraid that the Zhao family will not be able to move for a while.But let it go on, half of the generals in the Dali will have the surname Zhao, isn't the Holy One afraid?

If the first-class co-government king wins, will the Holy Majesty give any appeasement or reward?

The unsealable day...

When the news of victory came back to the imperial court, there were naturally joys, and then there were people who were worried. Taifu Lin sat in the study for a long time, and the Zhao family needed to be suppressed. In the hearts of soldiers outside, wait a little longer.

How could Emperor Tianshun be unafraid? After the court generals beat people, Emperor Tianshun became furious when he returned to Zichen Palace, smashed the memorial pen, ink, paper and inkstone all over the floor, and the eunuchs and maids knelt down on the ground.

"If you dare to attack the court today, who else will he want to beat up for the Zhao family tomorrow?"

"His heart can be punished, his heart can be punished!"

After cursing, Emperor Tianshun was angry, but looked at the maidservants and eunuchs all over the floor, frowned slightly, thinking that he was so angry that he didn't know what to say, and he was a little afraid, afraid that it would reach the ears of the assistant king, so he threatened it.The eunuch and maidservant repeatedly begged for mercy, but was waved back.

Emperor Tianshun didn't know that what happened in Zichen Palace today was spread everywhere before dark.In a few days, the brother of Emperor Tianshun, who had a broken arm, entered the palace to pay his respects to the queen mother, and entered the Zichen Palace first.

The sixth younger brother who was not as good as him in everything in the past, now sits on the throne, and the fifth prince respectfully bows his head to greet him, hiding all the jealousy and viciousness in his eyes, and when he looks up again, he is gentle and respectful like a brother .

After chatting for a while, after Prince Cheng left, Emperor Tianshun, who had just been a brother and brother, became happy. He was obviously a brother of the same mother, but he, the fifth brother, dominated him everywhere. He used to be a younger brother or a follower is looked down upon, now...

It's not about living on his breath.

After the victory in the battle, Prince Cheng entered the palace to congratulate the Holy Majesty on the victory. Emperor Tianshun was upset, so Prince Cheng raised a few points and talked about the strategy of balance.Emperor Tianshun seemed to have listened to it, but after Prince Cheng left, his face turned cold.

He broke his arm and ran to him to teach him how to be an emperor?

But Emperor Tianshun didn't want it any more, so he made many inferences in the harem - the Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager, including the current empress, are all members of the Rong family, if possible, they would naturally want to profit for the Rong family.

He wants to support the Rong family's power and let the Rong family produce a general.

"Your Majesty, be careful, the military generals in the north of the court are probably all related to the Zhao family..."

To the south is the intervention of the Rong family. If you intervene early, you can get a balance.

In addition to promoting the young son of the Rong family to fight in the war, Emperor Tianshun also promoted the official positions of the sons of several aristocratic families who are now officials, including Liang Zizhi of the Liang family.

Liang Zizhi was not very happy when he was promoted. As expected, Emperor Tianshun wanted them to balance the Zhao family and the rights of the first-class auxiliary king, but...

is that useful.