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There was just a hint of bright color on the horizon.

Jiao Shun was in a daze when he heard Xiangling's rustling clothes and stood up. He closed his eyes and asked, "What time is it?"

Xiangling covered her lapel with one hand and took off the pocket watch hanging on the bedside with the other hand. After carefully examining it, she changed her mind again and said: "It's already Yin Zheng San quarter [four forty-five], but I want to

rise?"

Jiao Shun climbed in through the gap in the lapel, felt his conscience and said: "Wake me up again at two quarters [5:30]."

Xiangling obediently agreed, and allowed him to have enough of his hand, then stood up and put on her shoes.

Not long after, Yuchai'er in the south room also got up. The two of them chatted and washed up. Then they took tooth powder and toothbrushes and went to the corridor outside. They didn't want to see Wu'erchai coming out of the main room with his lapels slanted and yawning.

"Hmph~"

Yu Chuan'er sneered, and said to Wu'er, "You are indeed a pampered child. Look, how does this look like you are serving your master?"

Xiang Ling defended Wu'er and said, "After all, she has just arrived. She will get used to it after a few days."

Yu Chuan'er glanced at Xiang Ling, secretly wondering if this stupid girl really didn't understand, or was she just pretending?

After a moment of hesitation, he couldn't help but remind him: "Although she hasn't grown yet, in terms of color, I'm afraid she won't be inferior to my sister. The uncle had been sizing her up for a long time - if the uncle asked his wife to bring her over..."

Halfway through, she stopped her reaction and looked carefully at Xiang Ling's reaction.

Xiangling, on the other hand, had a cute expression on her face, rinsed her mouth, and simply applied cold water on her face, showing no intention of responding to her.

Yu Chuan'er was a little annoyed for a moment, and pushed Xiang Ling with her elbow, and said angrily: "Why are you pretending to be stupid?! This person given by the lady herself is very different from the ordinary ones. Don't you be afraid that she will be there when the time comes?"

Are you using your status to suppress and make things difficult for us?"

"How could this be?"

Xiangling's beautiful eyes widened and she said in confusion: "If we are in the same place, we are naturally sisters. Why does she want to make things difficult for us when she is so good?"

"you!"

Yu Chuan'er stamped her foot angrily: "I'm too lazy to tell you more!"

He stood up and opened the curtain and entered the east chamber.

Xiangling looked inside inexplicably, and honestly helped her put away the cup for mouthwash.

Just as he was about to follow into the main room, he suddenly saw Yu Chuan'er turning back and saying with a dark face: "Don't stupidly expose what we just said to the uncle!"

Not long after, it was the second quarter of Mao hour.

The two of them entered the north room and waited on Jiao Shun to get up and wash up. When they were almost done, Jiao Shun remembered what he had forgotten to explain yesterday when he was drunk. He hurriedly took out two poetry collections from the desk and gave them to Xiang Ling: "I

I borrowed it from Mr. Zheng yesterday, saying it was a rare book on the market. Remember to return it after you copy it."

Xiangling seemed to be overjoyed and held the two books with great care and refused to let go.

Yuchuan'er was pouting next to her, and Jiao Shun said to her again: "That woman from Ningguo Mansion should be here in the next half day. You first have someone carry a small bed in, and then you can lead her to get familiar with the environment of our home.

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Yuchuan'er also responded quickly, and took advantage of the opportunity to pick up a post from the coffee table and asked Jiao Shundao: "What are you going to do with the post you sent yesterday?"

Jiao Shun vaguely remembered that there was a post yesterday.

However, because he had a drink at Jia Zheng's place, his head was heavy when he came back, but he couldn't remember what the post was about.

When he took it over and scanned it, he realized that Feng Ziying had invited him to go hunting outside the city on the 24th of this month.

Tsk~

I can't even ride a horse, let alone bend a bow and place an arrow.

So he asked Yuchuan'er again: "Have the people here said who they invited?"

"They said they invited Mr. Xue family, and Mr. Wei."

Since Xue Pan was invited, I guess there was no program arranged for him to ride a horse and bend his bow in person. It was probably just a camping and barbecue framework.

Thinking that Feng Ziying was someone he could get along with, Jiao said by the way: "Take a few coins and ask people in the government to send a message, saying that I will definitely go to the appointment if nothing happens."

After handling these trivial household chores, I exercised for less than two quarters of an hour.

Jiao took the opportunity to have breakfast with his father and mother in the main room, then hurriedly got in the car and left the house.

When passing by the back gate of Rong Mansion, he stopped the carriage again, picked up the curtain and looked into the concierge.

Li Cang, who was in charge at the back door, hurriedly came out to greet him. He was about to ask Uncle Jiao, but he had something to tell him.

Jiao pulled out two and a half large pieces of leather and threw them into Li Cang's arms. He said: "The second wife gave me good materials. I have some left over from making big clothes at home. I heard my father say that you have Lao Han's leg problem, and

Let’s make two knee pads.”

"Ouch!"

Li Cang held the leather material in his hands and said in fear: "How can this happen? The things that my wife rewarded, people like me..."

"What are you being pretentious about!"

Jiao Shun smiled and said: "When I come back late one day, why don't you have better legs and feet when opening the door? Let's go!"

Without waiting for Li Cang to reply, he gave instructions to the coachman, and the majestic draft horse galloped out.

Li Cang watched the carriage run away, and then returned to the concierge with grinning from ear to ear.

"Li Tou! What benefits have you gained from Uncle Jiao?"

As soon as he entered the house, all his concierges surrounded him.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Li Cang turned sideways to avoid the outstretched paw, raised his chin and said: "This is given to the wife by the palace, and the wife gave it to Uncle Jiao, and Uncle Jiao gave it to me - a gold and precious thing with a royal air.

Did you touch it?"

Seeing how proud he was, all the concierges also joined in the fun.

One said, ‘It’s incredible’, and the other said, ‘It’s really good material’.

Others praised Jiao Shun for being "benevolent and righteous and never forgetting his roots." He had received more benefits in just two months than the Zhou family had received in half a lifetime.

Comparing the two, everyone became more and more eager.

From then on, the back door served the Jiao family more actively than serving a serious master.

Let’s go back and talk about Jiao Shun.

When he arrived at the Yamen, he found out that officials from the Ministry of Rites would not arrive until ten o'clock, so he went to the miscellaneous office first.

I originally wanted to see how Jia Yun is adapting to it - although he took a bath yesterday, Jia Yun and Zhang Cheng were both watching in the Yamen.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the office, Zhao Yan, Liu Changyou, Xu Dabao, and Zhao Jijin, all those with responsibilities, all came over to look for them.

Jiao Shun knew that something important must have happened, so he was busy discussing matters in the hall.

However, Zhao Yan reported with a sad face: "Sir, the Ordnance Department sent someone here yesterday, saying that a random inspection found that the gun belts we produced were unqualified, and we asked our handyman office to give an explanation, otherwise they will be reported to the ministry."

This gun belt refers to the sling on the rifle.

It is convenient to carry the gun when marching, and it can also help stabilize the gun body when shooting. Although it looks very inconspicuous, it is one of the indispensable accessories for mass-produced rifles.

Jiao Shun frowned and asked: "Why didn't you send someone to my house to report it earlier? Is the gun belt we produced really defective, or..."

Zhao Yan said sarcastically: "Because we are already approaching the official office, and we know that your Excellency must be on duty today, I am not in a hurry to report it."

Liu Changyou added: "Actually, this batch of gun belts is no different from the previous ones, but the Ordnance Department happened to find out the regulations from Taizu's time, so..."

Jiao Shun didn't wait for him to finish, and asked again: "Have the regulations from Taizu's time been explicitly abandoned?"

"This, this is not true."

Liu Changyou also hesitated immediately.

When his apprentice Zhao Jijin saw his master like this, he frowned and said, "You don't know something, sir. The cost of the workshop has been rising steadily in recent years. If we really follow the regulations of Taizu's reign, the money allocated may not be enough to buy materials."

of."

"presumptuous!"

It wasn't until he finished speaking that Liu Changyou scolded him and sang a double act with a straight face: "Your Majesty's instruction, there is no room for you to interrupt randomly!"

Then Zhao Jijin wanted to accuse him immediately.

But Jiao Shun stopped him and said, "Let him continue speaking!"

Perhaps the tone was a little harsh, so Zhao Jiujin shrank his neck, losing the strength he had just stood up for his master, and murmured: "In fact, the regulations during the Taizu years were originally set too high, even if the current output is

The gun belt is good enough for use."

Zhao Yan couldn't help but interjected at this time: "Sir, it's not three or five years since we cut down on work and materials for this gun belt. The Ordnance Department suddenly revealed it at this time. I'm afraid it's a drunkard's intention and not the wine!"

The only serious scholar in this handyman's office is Zhao Yan, but this guy is also the most upright and careless.

In comparison, Liu Changyou is even more cunning.

This shows that it is not entirely unreasonable for the ministry to be wary of craftsmen and officials rising to positions of power.
To be continued...