The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 596 Lighthouse
But it was said that when the evening was approaching the Sanya, Jiao Shun suddenly received a circular from the inner court, saying that he was required to attend the court tomorrow morning to prepare for inquiries.

Although the eunuch who delivered the decree was very tight-lipped, Jiao Shun roughly guessed that he should be looking for him because of the Beijing-West Railway. Having gained the upper hand, this time I asked myself to participate in the morning court, probably because I wanted to make a final decision.

As for the reason why the emperor has the upper hand...

After the yamen, Jiao Shun's carriage went east along the Thousand-step Corridor, and when passing the square outside the Meridian Gate, Jiao Shun lifted the curtain to look outside, and saw the five-foot-tall bamboo lighthouse in the middle of the square, which had been lit up layer by layer. lights.

However, the searchlights at the top showed no signs of being turned on yet.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the lighthouse caused a huge repercussions as soon as it was unveiled, especially the scene of envoys from various countries who were invited to visit on the tower, losing their composure under the special targeting of searchlights, was reported in newspapers one after another. After the report, the popularity of this lighthouse was pushed to a new level.

After setting the tone of "promoting our country's prestige" between the government and the opposition, the emperor lashed out at the remarks of "miracles harming the country", intending to use this to promote the Beijing-West Railway, which has been blocked for a long time, and ambitiously put forward the plan of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway. .

Of course, if the latter wants to start construction, it depends on whether the former can play a practical role.

In other words, although this lighthouse has been on display for more than half a month, it still attracts a lot of people every night. There are officials and people from the capital, as well as businessmen from other places.

Because of the success of the imperial examination, the poems with this lighthouse as the background are enough to publish two or three collections of poems—of course, most of them are at the level of doggerel.

Moreover, reciting poems belongs to reciting poems, and praises belong to praises. If you ask the candidates who are rushing for the exam whether they support the continued vigorous development of engineering, they still do not support it in all likelihood.

Probably because the carriage that Jiao Shun was sitting in was conspicuous enough, and the 36 guards at the front and rear were also prominent enough, before he passed the square, he was stopped by several dragon guards, saying that Lord Jiao should wait a moment , Eunuch Zhou, the head of the inner government, arrived later.

Jiao Shun knew that Zhou Wuyou looked for him probably because of the lighthouse.

Immediately, he ordered the coachman to rush to the side of the road, got out of the car, and called several adjutants of the picket team.

Then he ordered Shuanzhu to take 50 taels of silver, and asked the adjutants to invite everyone to drink on their behalf.

This side is pushing back, the chubby Zhou Wuyou has already walked up to him, and shouted from a long distance: "Brother Jiao, you have made my brother miserable!"

As a result, he was irritated by this cry, and when he ran in front of Jiao Shun, he was speechless, and hurriedly took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead again and again.

"Brother, don't worry."

Jiao Shun smiled and pointed to the lighthouse on the opposite square and asked, "Isn't the emperor planning to demolish it?"

"Isn't it!"

Zhou Wuyou finally regained his composure, and said with a stampede, "Your brother is lucky. After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, he became the shopkeeper of Letting Hands. We are still worried every day, because we are afraid that something will go wrong!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his fat hand like a cattail fan, gesticulating and said: "The first few days were fine, but now our inner mansion has to go up five times a day just for the inspection! Not to mention the big light bulb that was built, If there are three out of ten that can be used, they will burn high incense, and it is uncertain when they will be turned off when they light up, I am worried about this, brother!"

No wonder Zhou Wuyou was full of complaints.

This lighthouse was originally created by Jiao Shun in a flash of inspiration, and because of the limited construction period, it was natural that the radish would not be cleaned.

It would be fine to say that it lasted for three to five days, but the emperor saw that the group of foreign devils were screaming and screaming in fear of the searchlight, and Long Yan was overjoyed, so he extended the exhibition time of the lighthouse indefinitely.

This naturally greatly exceeded the original working hours.

The generator is under daily inspection and maintenance, but it can barely hold it. Those light bulbs are not good, and I don’t know how many times they will be broken in a day.

But under the rush to rush to work, the yield rate is even lower, especially those few searchlights.

"We also mentioned it to the Long Live Lord a few times, but the Long Live Lord..."

As Zhou Wuyou said, he grabbed Jiao Shun's arm and softly whispered to him, "The person who needs to tie the bell to untie the bell, you can't just leave this matter alone!"

"I want to take care of it."

Jiao Shun spread his hands, and said helplessly: "But the emperor values ​​the Tian family's dignity the most, so you must not force me to persuade you about such a thing. You have to let me find a suitable opportunity to talk about it."

"It's hard to live with you, brother?"

When Zhou Wuyou heard this, he immediately clenched his hands together: "Anyway, I'm going to blame you, brother!"

Just as he was talking, suddenly the square was brightly lit, but the searchlights around the top of the tower suddenly turned on, and the onlookers were waiting for this to come out, and cheers and praise immediately sounded like a tide.

Zhou Wuyou didn't have any joy on his face, counted from a distance, and muttered bitterly: "It's less than [-]% bright..."

Saying that, he looked at Jiao Shun eagerly.

Jiao Shun promised again and again that he would help him dismantle this 'spectacle' when he found a chance, so that he could finally escape.

Who would have imagined that as soon as he got rid of Fatty Zhou on his front foot, he was blocked by a group of people on his back foot.

The leader is none other than Shaozu, the grandson of Zhongshan wolf.

At the beginning, Sun Shaozu was secretly annoyed because Jiao Shun refuted his face, but when we saw each other again today, his face was full of spring and enthusiasm, and there was no trace of malice.

This is also normal.

After all, Jiao has been on the rise in the past year. Not only has his authority and authority improved, but he has also won the support of nobles and imperial merchants. He even took the initiative to make friends with Prince Zhongshun and Prince Nan'an.

He is a foreign martial artist, how can he have the qualifications, how can he have the courage to compete with Jiao Shun to be jealous again?
Therefore, instead of daring to show the slightest grievance, he tried his best to be humble in front of Jiao Shun, and in the name of getting married on the same day, he tried his best to invite Jiao Shun to have a drink.

It's a pity that Jiao Shun really didn't have a good impression of this guy, not to mention Yingchun, although he finally chose to stand by and watch, but if he didn't have any sympathy, it was definitely impossible.

So he rejected Sun Shaozu very coldly.

Sun Shaozu didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction, he slanted his shoulders obsequiously and watched Jiao Shun's carriage go away, then he restrained his smile and gradually straightened his back.

"General."

Seeing the fierceness in his eyes, Zuo Yin leaned over to show his loyalty and said, "What is this fellow doing, that he dares to disrespect you, General? Do you want me to take the brothers..."

In the middle of the talk, Sun Shaozu turned to him with a pair of bull's eyes, and he was a big-ear post without saying anything, and cursed: "Idiot! He is also something you can provoke?!"

As he said, he pointed to the middle of the square: "See that glowing bamboo archway? That's the auspicious auspiciousness he made by himself! What does the emperor think of him as a treasure now? How dare you dare to provoke him?" ?”

The general actually guessed Jiao Shun's identity long ago, but at this moment he still covered his face for fun, and said in shock: "So he is Jiao Shun who studied engineering?!"

As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up and praised: "General, you really have a lot of friends, you even know such a hand-eye figure!"

At this time, he forgot about Jiao Shun's embarrassment.

"Humph~"

Sun Shaozu snorted softly, and said disdainfully: "It's not just that I know each other, I will be brother-in-law with him in a few days."

Shi Xiangyun and Yingchun are cousins, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are brother-in-law.

Hearing the words, the general flattered him again: "With such a brother-in-law helping the court, the position of Admiral of Jinmen will be yours sooner or later!"

"Humph~"

Sun Shaozu snorted again, and his two bull's eyes rolled around in his eye sockets.

He naturally thought so too, otherwise, why would he rush to put his hot face on his cold butt?

Just looking at Jiao Shun's attitude, he obviously doesn't approve of the brother-in-law's relationship.

but……

What if it is changed to another brother-in-law?

In the past, he heard that Jiao Shun was having an affair with the second girl of Rongguo Mansion, and Sun Shaozu was angry and jealous because of it, but now he wished that it was true.

At that time, I might be able to rely on the second girl to become a comrade with him...

…………

Jiao Shun didn't know that there were people who wanted to be like-minded with him.

After getting rid of that Sun Shaozu, he went home for a while, dismissed a group of guards, and explained a few words to Xing Xiuyan, then drove out of the back door and drove all the way to You's house.

Because of the imminent marriage, his confidante [girlfriends] were more or less emotionally fluctuating, so Jiao had to rush around these few days to prevent the backyard from catching fire.

But he couldn't sleep well either.

At about five o'clock [three o'clock], I had to get up from the bed to change clothes and wash up. I simply had breakfast at You's house, and then drove straight to Donghuamen.

After passing the sign into the palace, Jiao Shun originally thought that he would be taken to the place where the ministers were on duty, waiting for the emperor to summon him, but the little eunuch who didn't want to lead the way took him directly to the Imperial Study Room of the Wenhua Palace.

Needless to say, it must be that the emperor wanted to meet with himself first, to discuss the countermeasures against the Confucianism in the early dynasty.

However, when he was brought to the imperial study room, there was still no one there. After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the yawning Emperor Longyuan led Dai Quan in from the outside.

"My minister sees..."

Just as Jiao Shun swept the sleeves of his court clothes to get his luggage, Emperor Longyuan rushed to wave his hands and said, "Okay, Aiqing, let's get down without courtesy."

As he said that, he walked around behind the imperial case, and said straight to the point: "I asked you to participate in the morning court today because of the construction of the Beijing-West Railway—those rotten scholars really don't understand the past, and now even the common people in the streets and alleys, We all know that today's world is an era of industrial powers, but they still have one ancestor at a time."

He sat heavily on the throne, and said contemptuously: "Hmph~ How much did the Taizu attach great importance to industry when he was alive? It's really fortunate that they have the face to talk about the success of the ancestors!"

Jiao Shun also thinks these people are a little bit funny. In other dynasties, it’s okay to talk about ancestors’ success, but Xia Taizu, as a time traveler, was the largest and most steadfast industrial party. Is it equivalent to endorsing Emperor Longyuan?

Just as he was slandering, he heard the emperor say again: "Anyway, this matter must be settled today—anyway, you know the things here best, and I don't need to tell you what to say or what not to say." right?"

Jiao Shun hurriedly bowed and said, "I will do my best to live up to His Majesty's trust!"

"Ah."

The emperor vented his emotions for a while, and felt a faint pain in his head. He couldn't help raising his hand to rub his temples, and he lost his words for a while.

In the past six months, he has had headaches from time to time, and he has taken a lot of medicine, but it has not worked. Fortunately, he has not vomited blood like he did when he ran at night.

Jiao Shun bowed and waited for a long time before hearing Emperor Longyuan say again: "By the way, are you going to get married in half a month? Do you have any rewards you want? Just say it."

Jiao Shun didn't expect that he would suddenly turn to his own marriage, and immediately put on a look of fear and fear: "Your Majesty is busy with everything, but you can still think about your personal affairs. I am grateful to you, how dare you expect extravagant..."

"Don't do such nonsense!"

Emperor Longyuan frowned, and wanted to rub his temples again, but finally endured it, waved his hands and said: "You and my monarch and ministers get along well, if you want anything, just say it, if you don't want to say it, wait until I reward you." , don’t blame me for not thinking of you.”

Seeing that the emperor sincerely wants to reward himself.

Jiao Shun hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered what he had promised Zhou Wuyou yesterday, and said awkwardly: "Since His Majesty insists on rewarding him, then I really have a merciless request."

Emperor Longyuan raised his chin: "Speak."

Jiao Shun pretended to be embarrassed and said: "That's... after the lighthouse outside the Meridian Gate is demolished, can you use a generator and a few searchlights so that I can act like a tiger on the wedding day?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Emperor Longyuan couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, and said, "It has to be Aiqing, why didn't I think of this method earlier? In the future, if there are royal relatives and relatives who get married, I will reward them as well. It can save a lot of money for the internal treasury.”

Jiao Shun thought to himself, the cost of the searchlight bulbs is probably not much cheaper at the moment—but as long as the emperor is happy, he, Jiao, doesn't have to be responsible for the finances of the internal treasury anyway.

After the emperor laughed, he seemed to think of something again, and immediately ordered Dai Quan who was at the side: "After two days to demolish the lighthouse, you remember to ask the inner government to prepare two copies, one to Jiao Aiqing's house, and one to Jiao Aiqing's house." Go to the Rongguo Mansion—isn’t Baoyu also going to get married on the same day? I will reward him with dignity, and by the way, those officials will not criticize you for this.”

The last sentence was said by Jiao Shun, and Jiao Shun immediately made a gesture of gratitude, kowtowed to the ground and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your compassion!"

(End of this chapter)