Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

After Pang Yu and the others left, Taigong Lu asked someone to unpack the birthday gifts. Of course, Pang Yu and the others gave them to him, and he opened them himself. Those jade carvings looked exquisite, but they were not special.

Mr. Lu is old, and he has never seen anything good. When he disassembled a painting, he greatly appreciated the painting on it, and the inscription was very grand.

"Father, this seems to be the painting that those two made by themselves." Lu Fang glanced at the position of the seal, was surprised at first, and then said to his father.

"What? Are you sure?" Taigong Lu followed to look at the inscription carefully, and said without forgetting to ask.

"Of course I'm sure. I don't know the name of the regent, but Ruzhang, it's the name of Mr. Pang Lang, who was the number one scholar in high school and bestowed by the official." At the same time, a marriage was also granted, so Lu Fang didn't continue talking.

"It's a good painting! I don't think there is such a skill." Grandpa Lu said happily.

"Jiangdu still keeps the blueprints of the original plan. It's a miracle." Lu Fang still admires Pang Yu very much. Among the people he knows, he has never seen anyone like Pang Yu.

Not to mention Lu Fang, his wife Min Xiuxiu is simply adored. She also promoted women's colleges in Songjiang Mansion, and built a girls' school with the financial resources of Lu's family. After Pang Yu knew about it, she directly gave it to their school. The funds are allocated, so that the follow-up will not need to be paid by the Lu family.

"Grandpa Lu, so you are here." The guests who stayed overnight came to say goodbye. They happened to see Grandpa Lu holding a painting and kept admiring it. They leaned over and took a look, "Whose masterpiece is this? Hope? It seems that I have never heard of it."

It's not intentional to bury Taigong Lu, the main reason is that he looks so fond of putting it down, and thought it was some great painter's work, but he has never seen the name on it.

"Maybe it's because you haven't heard of it. The world is so big that there are many people who haven't heard of it or seen it." It was none other than Bai Yutang, and he immediately turned back unceremoniously.

Saying that he is a friend is no good!

"Who! So it's Bai Wuye. Indeed, indeed, I'm a little talented and unlearned." When the other party saw that it was Bai Yutang, Lu Fang's brother-in-law, he immediately changed his face.

What he said just now, Mr. Lu would not care about anything with him, but this Erlang Jun of the Bai family is not necessarily the same. Anyone who knows Bai Yutang knows that this kid is very small-minded, and anyone who offends him should not even think about it.

"Bai Wu, don't bully others." Later people didn't hear all of it, but it didn't prevent them from saying something fair.

"Who did I bully? Ding Er." When Bai Yutang saw the person coming, he turned back bluntly. Bai Yutang's name is not for nothing!

The person who came was none other than Ding Zhaohui, who had grown up with Bai Yutang. In the past, Bai Yutang used to play with his stepbrother on the boat, and he was very familiar with the Ding brothers.

It's just that he and Zhan Zhao became friends later, so they saw each other less often.

"Isn't it your small mouth that keeps talking?" Ding Zhaohui said with a smile.

"Hmph, I was trying to fight against injustice, and let some bumpkins understand that I have little knowledge." Bai Yutang said dissatisfied.

"Oh? Who are you fighting for? I'd like to see what it is that can make Fifth Master Bai fight." Ding Zhaohui said immediately.

"It's all my fault. It's the painting in Grandpa Lu's hand. That's all I'm going to say." The other party said with some embarrassment.

"What painting?" Ding Zhaohui asked curiously.

"It's this one." Taigong Lu said helplessly while holding the painting.

"It's a good painting." Ding Zhaohui took a look at it and said in pleasant surprise.

"Can you still recognize a good painting?" Bai Yutang said suspiciously.

"Hey, you're going too far. I also collect calligraphy and paintings on weekdays, okay? Don't tell me I'm like a reckless man." Ding Zhaohui protested unwillingly.

"Is there any difference?" Bai Yutang said with a snort.

"It's so lively, what's the matter?" Ding Zhaolan couldn't help asking when he saw the tense atmosphere here.

"Brother, come and take a look at this painting, is it the best?" Ding Zhaohui called his twin brother to come and have a look.

"Good painting!" Ding Zhaolan glanced at it and said with certainty, "It seems to have been done in one go, it's really amazing."

"That's right, I just said it was a good painting, but Bai Xiaowu said I couldn't understand it." Ding Zhaohui said unwillingly.

"This name...is so familiar." Ding Zhaolan said doubtfully.

"When you say that, I seem to have a little impression." Ding Zhaohui frowned and thought seriously.

"Isn't this from the Book of Songs?" The person who was embarrassed just now said immediately.

"Of course I know the Book of Songs, so I can use this to make characters..." Ding Zhaolan raised his head suddenly and said, "I remembered! Pang Ruzhang!"

"Pang Ruzhang?" The other party was stunned for a moment, obviously not remembering the name of this person.

"That's right, absolutely right, Ruzhang Lingwang, it turned out to be them!" Ding Zhaolan said happily.

"Who is it?" The other party asked, looking very curious.

"Pang Yu, Pang Ruzhang, the new No. [-] scholar in the fifth year of Tianxi Palace!" Ding Zhaolan said loudly.

"It's him?" The other party opened his eyes wide in surprise, apparently a little shocked by the news. Most people may not be familiar with Pang Yu's name, but those who live near Jiangdu know the contribution that Pang Yu made to Jiangdu. It is still erected on the river.

"That's right, I believe that the characters of Lingwang should belong to the regent." Ding Zhaolan said in amazement, "I have heard that Ruzhang is good at painting, but I didn't expect it to be so good."

That person was speechless at the moment, just now he was mocking him for not being famous, but boy, if it is called not being famous, he is that unknown junior!

However, Taigong Lu received the painting and passed it on. Fortunately, no one dared to go to the empty island to borrow the painting, but it also made Taigong Lu's prestige in the local area much higher.

Pang Yu and Zhao Jue didn't know all this, they had already left the place.

In winter, the boat will be slower if there is no wind, so the question is, why Pang Yu and his boat can still run fast.

Take a look at the steam engine in the belly of the ship. The propeller in the sea water rotates fast. In the cab, you only need to control the direction. If you need anything, just use the correct signal. Tap it, and the people below will understand the meaning.

When the wind blows, of course, we still use sails to save energy. After all, coal is not in unlimited supply, especially if we are not sure whether the next city will be able to replenish coal, so we can save as much as we can, and we must maintain good quality. tradition of.

With the blessing of the steam engine, the boat's journey of more than ten days was shortened by half, which is a miracle.

When they arrived in Laizhou, both the crew and the guards still had an unbelievable feeling. The speed was too fast. They had gone to Dengzhou to replenish the supplies before, but the rest of the time had been chug-chug. .

On this big ship, there are fresh chickens and ducks, which are specially raised, enough to provide fresh eggs and duck eggs every day. If it is not for the short time, you even want to raise pigs and cows, don’t even think about it. Such a good appetite, How much pasture should be stored? Maybe in the kind of ship that is loaded with cargo, you can consider raising cattle. After all, it can be packed with enough rations, so that their princes can drink fresh and healthy drinks.

If the kind of foreigner who had nearly died at sea saw it, he might vomit blood, because he had never seen a ship that could grow vegetables, raise chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle.

The moment he disembarked, Pang Yu was so cold that the cabin was warm enough. According to the heating of the building, when building the ship, he also made it up. In such a cold winter, as long as the boiler is fired, together.

It can also save some energy, and the point of prohibiting waste is engraved in the bone.

"I told you to wear more." Zhao Jue stretched out his hand, and immediately a palace official handed over a thick cloak. Unlike the south where it is a magical attack, which is cold to the bone, when the cloak in the north is put on, Pang Yu has a kind of The feeling of coming alive.

"I didn't know it was so cold. It wasn't cold when I came last time." Pang Yu muttered.

Zhao Jue knew the coldness here, he had experienced it when he was fighting, and it was even colder at night, much colder than during the day.

He is not afraid of the cold, even if it is unlined clothes, he won't feel much, but ordinary soldiers can't do it, but fortunately, he has Pang Yu's supplies, let alone the big cotton jacket and thick cotton trousers, Pang Yu even made people wear it The wool purchased in the frontier is made into woolen trousers. The real material is absolutely warm.

They wear all kinds of thick hats on their heads. I don't know, I think they are bears, they are so thick.

Those who practice martial arts all the year round, especially those with internal strength, don't need to wear so thick clothes.

It can be said that those who were in the guard at that time, the less they wore, the better their martial arts.

Zhao Jue naturally did his part, but when Pang Yu sent it to him, he still wore honest clothes. Just kidding, he could tell at a glance that it was made for him by his own cubs. Would it be okay if he didn't wear it?

Pang Yu honestly wore a cloak. Because it was daytime, the sun was still ok, and it wasn’t snowing. After getting off the boat, he got into a warm carriage. He knew that he was about to land, and the carriage on the boat had already been prepared. Well, it's also warmed up in advance.

Just kidding, how can they freeze until their princess!

Who doesn't know that the princess of their family is delicate and expensive, and the main reason is that the prince loves her, and a group of sisters love her.

Who in this group of maids didn't watch Pang Yu grow up, Pang Yu was also very careful with his sisters on weekdays, and would give them all the things they needed, and he would give them in a calm manner.

The hearts of a group of sisters have been captured, if the prince dares to treat them badly, Mr. Xiaolang!

After getting into the carriage, Pang Yu took off his cloak, it was too hot!

Zhao Jue didn't care too much, and put the cloak aside, mainly because it stood between him and Aifei, it couldn't be tolerated!

"?" Pang Yu saw his movements, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What are you doing so far away?"

"Aren't you too hot?" Zhao Jue said calmly, "I'll take it farther away for you."

"Oh, yes." Pang Yu nodded, and then slumped on the sofa of the carriage like a big cake. This big sofa can be pulled out when sleeping and turned into a bed for sleeping.

No one would have imagined that the princes and grand masters who could fight wits and courage with those old foxes in Bianjing would be so faceless in private.

It's just him and his prince, what to do with his image, is there anything his prince can't see?

No!

He and Zhao Jue have no secrets!

Oh, no, his biggest secret has never been told to Zhao Jue, mainly because no one will believe him.

The prince of his family believed in everything, and Pang Yu always felt that Zhao Jue was not serious, as if he was joking.

This is also the main reason why he never told Zhao Jue any secrets. Of course, he didn't think that Zhao Jue had no secrets.

He had seen the original body's memory, but King Xiangyang was not like that.

As for the appearance, I really don't know, but the style is completely different, the Xiangyang King in Yuanshen's memory is a womanizer.

Oh, and now too!

He wants to sleep in a separate room!

It's a pity that Zhao Jue can't agree, hehe, it's impossible to agree, don't even think about it in this life!

The princess who finally married back, let him stay alone in the vacant room?

Know how he lived in the South?

Fifteen thousand captives who built the railway knew!It was because he was so angry that he ran to beat someone and beat him back.

Although those Zhu people touched the back, but most of them are still his fault.

Finally arrived at the place, Pang Yu was wrapped like a gun, and was carried out of the carriage by his prince, looking around curiously, "Is this the Zhejin Mansion?"

It's not that he doesn't want to go by himself, it's just that he is idle and bored on the road... that's all, it's a shame!

So when he got out of the car, he changed the subject in order to save his respect, mainly because he couldn't afford to lose that person...

In fact, what can be done in the Prince Regent's Mansion is the most professional, what?Embarrassed princess?

As long as the princess doesn't admit it, nothing will happen!

"That's right, go live in our palace first, and I'll take you to see it tomorrow." What Zhao Jue said was the Forbidden City painted by Pang Yu.

It is only half built at present, because there is sufficient funds, there is no difficulty in building it. After all, the nobles of the grassland country did not take much treasure with them when they fled.

Most of them were rounded up by Zhao Jue, part of it was divided into rewards for the soldiers, part of it was sent to his brother for a look, and the rest was put into construction.

It is estimated that those aristocrats of the steppe country who ran away would be pissed to death when they saw the buildings in this city.

Oh, I almost forgot, and the ransom of those nobles who were captured alive, I can only say that they are really rich.

It is precisely because of this that the housing that the people of Zejin Prefecture obtained is free of charge.

There is no one who is more proficient in buying people's hearts than him. What ordinary people want is very simple, to have enough food, live in their own house, marry a wife and have children.

So Zhao Jue satisfied them and gave them jobs, whether it was a factory or the construction of the palace, it made them energetic.

Look, I haven't been here for a few years. This is a big change. It's just that Pang Yu was too tired before, and fell asleep when he entered the city. When he got off the carriage, he had already arrived at the place.

He didn't see any scenery on the road, and it was nothing. It was getting dark, and even if he did, he couldn't see anything.

Pang Yu had been there once in his previous life, and his only regret was that he didn't go to see the flag-raising ceremony. The main reason was that he didn't get up. Whether it's winter or summer, it really takes steely willpower to get out of bed.

Obviously, steel cannot be made of steel, and it is not bad to be able to wake up at noon.

Waking up in this life is also forced to be helpless. Who made him so rich, he still needs to go to work!

In terms of sleeping late, I feel that I am not as good as my previous life, how can I describe it as miserable.

Rest well, and sleep until the sun rises, you can't be too happy, but it's bad for your health, you can't do anything without eating breakfast!

In the north, of course, he would serve a bowl of millet porridge according to the northern breakfast. Fortunately, there was no soy juice at this time. No matter what, he couldn't accept that, absolutely!

After enjoying a sumptuous breakfast...or maybe lunch, Pang Yu put on his coat and went out for a walk. The design of this palace is very interesting, that is, the corridors are all windows.

"My lord said that you are afraid of the cold, so you let the heater go outside, and simply installed windows in the corridor. When the winter is over, these windows can be removed." Seeing Pang Yu's expression, the maid immediately explained.

"Oh~" he just said, this is too strange, but there is a little naturalness in the strangeness, but he soon let go of it.

In this way, he doesn't have to wrap himself into a ball, and those who don't know it from a distance think he is a polar bear.

Basically, wherever he went, it was warm as spring, and the places where he wanted to enjoy the garden were also equipped with detachable glass windows.

In this way, Pang Yu can walk into the garden and look up at the glass, as if he is in a glass conservatory, but this can be dismantled.

He can only say that the creativity of the ancients is amazing!

The premise is rich, very rich.

"How is it? Do you like it?" Seeing Pang Yu in a daze in the garden, Zhao Jue stepped forward to put his arm around his shoulder and asked with a kiss.

"I like it, I can still fish here, it's amazing." Pang Yu was in a daze just now, it was a pond, and the koi in it were swimming very happily, and they were vying for Pang Yu's fish food.

"Fishing?" Zhao Jue hesitated for a moment. He obviously didn't expect Pang Yu to have such a brain. He nodded immediately and said, "Yes, you can still fish. Do you want to fish? I'll have someone prepare a pole."

There is nothing the princess can't do without him!

"No, no, it's not fat enough. If you catch it, you can only release it." Pang Yu glanced at the koi regretfully and said.

"That's fine, we'll go fishing again when we're fattened up." Zhao Jue agreed with affirmation.

Pang Yu almost died laughing, "I'm just kidding."

He is not stupid, how can he not know that the koi is an ornamental fish?

"As long as you think about it, there is nothing wrong with it." Zhao Jue said seriously without smiling.

"I know." Pang Yu raised his hand and touched Zhao Jue's eyebrows and said, "Are you done with your work today?"

"Well, finish it quickly, and go out to play with you." Zhao Jue nodded. He got up to work early in the morning, and he didn't know if the people below were stupid, leaving so many official duties unfinished!

It's rubbish!

In order to go out with Pang Yu, don't even think about getting rid of him and going out by himself, he is crazy about those messy things.

Finally finished it before Pang Yu was about to go out, it was too difficult...

"Why don't you ask me to get up and help you?" Pang Yu thought, with his help, wouldn't he be able to follow faster?

"I was the one who went too far yesterday." Zhao Jue said with a smile, remembering yesterday in the carriage.

"Shut up!" Pang Yu hurriedly covered a certain open mouth, and caught a glimpse of several court ladies and sisters who were already blushing, and their heads were almost lowered to Yuexiong's mouth!

"Okay, okay, I'll shut up." Zhao Jue grabbed Pang Yu's wrist with a smile, but said to the palace man with a cold look, "What are you still looking at, go prepare the carriage."

"Here!" The palace people all ran away, leaving only Zhao Jue and Pang Yu.

"You did it on purpose, right?" Pang Yu asked, narrowing his eyes and staring at the other party.

"How could it be? I just slipped my tongue." Zhao Jue is a fool to admit. As for the relationship between the king and the concubine, of course, these people need to publicize it. Look at the princess.

But this was not Zhao Jue's imagination. He was good-looking himself, but Pang Yu was not bad. He was easy to see when he was young, and many people were waiting for him to grow up. In the end, Zhao Jue was taken advantage of.

The nickname of the King of Vinegar is not in vain, he is so jealous that he eats his own jealousy.

Pang Yu also has nothing to do with him, as long as he doesn't go too far, just turn a blind eye and close one eye, what's wrong with him?

Zhao Jue's possessiveness is not something ordinary people can bear.

As far as he has been used to it for more than ten years, he has long been used to it, so the subtle influence of more than ten years is very scary.

But just looking at Zhao Jue's face, he just... I can!

The carriage was soon ready, and the two went out together. In fact, there is not much green in Orijin Prefecture in winter, and the bare ones are not very attractive. This is a city that is still under construction. Some factories are still working, and snacks on the road are all over the place.

This is a good thing in the north. Winter is a purely natural freezer. Even if the refrigerator has not been invented, there are still several months here. You don’t have to worry about the food going bad. After all, the meat can be frozen hard when it is hung out.

"Candied haws!" Pang Yu became interested instantly, he hadn't eaten this in the north yet.

"Go buy it." Zhao Jue originally asked people to buy it for Pang Yu, but Pang Yu disliked that others bought it without that atmosphere. Did he eat candied haws?What you eat is an atmosphere!

"I want to pick it myself." Pang Yu got out of the carriage enthusiastically, and walked quickly to the stall selling candied haws. Every stall here is fixed.

Seeing that Pang Yu got off the carriage, the boss hurriedly greeted him. This is not northern food, but it is said to have come from the south.

Who would have known that candied gourds should not even appear in this dynasty, and they seem to be only available in the Southern Song Dynasty.