I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Chapter 249 Marriage

Mu Jinghua became even more angry and embarrassed when he heard this. Xu Shu coaxed him for a whole morning before the matter was barely resolved.

At lunch time, Qiao Er's army evacuated Yuzhou. Xu Shu watched them leave and immediately turned back to find Qiao Wan: "You should also get ready."

Qiao Wan asked Xu Shu again to confirm: "You won't stab me in the back, right?"

Xu Shu nodded: "This is your chance to make amends."

Qiao Wan stuck out her tongue and playfully poked Xuan Er next to her: "Make amends for your mistakes."

Xuan Er hummed softly and looked at Xu Shu: "Xiao Ran and Qiao Er are both going to the capital, why do you insist on letting the young lady and I go to the capital to explore the way?"

"We can't trust them completely." Xu Shu lowered his eyes, reluctantly, "But Qiao Wan is still trustworthy."

Qiao Wan smiled and held out her hand to him: "Happy cooperation, Xu Shu."

Xu Shu didn't shake hands with her, but just told her some details about his arrival in the capital.

Xuan Er is more reliable in this kind of matter: "First, search for people, find out the current situation in the capital, pass the news to you, and then spread the rumor that Qiao Jianhong's achievements are too great to be feared by the emperor."

He glanced at Qiao Wan and didn't notice any displeasure on her face, so he continued, "When the time is right, knock Mu Tonghai unconscious and send him to Yuzhou."

"Smart." Xu Shu offered him tea.

Qiao Wan commented slyly at the side: "Give the Prime Minister a little gangster shock."

Mu Jinghua next to him finally smiled softly. Xu Shu had sharp eyes and saw it, so he asked him, "Little Mujin, are you not angry with me anymore?"

Mu Jinghua pursed his lips and didn't look at him: "What are you going to do after you capture Mu Tonghai?"

Xu Shu shook his head and did not answer, and began to keep the secret: "You will know when the time comes."

After seeing off Qiao Wan, Xuan Er and his group, Xu Shu began to immerse himself in the infrastructure construction of Yuzhou City.

With the help of Zhang Erniu, Xu Shu adjusted some tax terms in Yuzhou City, but because Yuzhou still belonged to Jing Dynasty, many things still needed to be reported to the court.

In addition, Xu Shu has no official title at all and is now just an "acting governor". When the officials sent by the court arrive in Yuzhou, he should give up his position and power.

But Xu Shuke didn't plan so. If he gave it to him, it would be his.

Therefore, he cared very much about the construction of Yuzhou City. After adjusting some taxes, Xu Shu gained the support of the people as he wished.

Next it was time to carry out his grand plan, the first step being to reinforce the city walls and houses with cement.

Although we don’t understand the specific principles, many times, natural disasters in troubled times are much more frequent than in peacetime.

Yuzhou City has a superior geographical location, and Xu Shu has not encountered any natural disasters or man-made disasters in the past few years since he came here.

But just like the flu he planned in Yichun Building, if we fail to prepare for it, the impact of natural disasters will be very deadly.

No one is targeting Yuzhou now, but once the officials sent by the court arrive, Yuzhou will inevitably become the target of public criticism.

So he needs to be clear about all possible threats.

The Xiao Mansion was very large, but Xu Shu was not interested in living such an extravagant life, so he turned the backyard into a place for researching cement.

It is not difficult to figure out the composition of cement, but it is difficult to find the raw materials of cement.

The main raw materials include calcium raw materials, silicon raw materials, aluminum raw materials and iron raw materials.

Although these things are common, to be on the safe side, Xu Shu still personally led people to the top of the mountain to look for them.

Xu Shu picked several craftsmen with rich experience, including those who worked in kilns, ironworkers, and handicrafts.

Considering the possible dangers in the mountains, Xu Shu also brought a few soldiers with good archery skills.

Qi Huairen was also interested and wanted to go to the wild mountains to see if there was any wild ginseng. Ever since the medicinal fields behind Shiqiao Village had a good harvest every year, Qi Huairen began to dream of artificially cultivating ginseng.

But he was old, and it was dangerous to go up and down the mountain, so he asked Mu Jinghua and Qu Xiu to go with him.

Xiao Wuyan also clamored to go, but Xu Shu glared at her and she didn't dare to say anything in the end.

Xu Shu picked a clear day and the group went up the mountain.

Although Xu Shu looked like a nobleman, he was actually very humble no matter who he dealt with. He could deal with aristocratic families without showing any shyness, and he could also mingle among the common people and get along well with the masses.

So the atmosphere along the way was very good. When everyone got familiar with each other, those soldiers even had the courage to tease Xu Shu and Mu Jinghua.

"The young master owns Muyi Tower, has inherited the true teachings of a divine doctor, and is so beautiful. Sir Xu, how can you resist not getting married?"

Xu Shu smiled at the man, not angry at all: "If you have the ability to make tomorrow's almanac a good time for marriage, I will marry him immediately."

Mu Jinghua poked him shyly, and one of the craftsmen said, "Master Xu, you are just bragging. I actually looked at the almanac before I left. Although it says that tomorrow is not a good day for marriage, the 18th of this month and the 5th of next month are both good days."

Xu Shu had indeed never checked the almanac. Although he had taken some time out of his busy schedule to study the rules and preparations for ancient marriages, he had not yet reached the stage of checking the almanac to set a date.

But when he heard that person's words, he shamefully felt moved and immediately looked at Mu Jinghua: "Pick a day?"

Mu Jinghua always knew that Xu Shu was a man of swift action and would always keep his word, but he was still a little caught off guard by this kind of thing: "Really?"

Xu Shu thought seriously: "There are many embroiderers in the mansion now. The wedding dress can be made in three days at the fastest. It won't take much time to prepare other things."

"Even though the house is bigger now, there are also more people. It takes a whole day to hang red silk."

"Then we will send out invitations. Yuzhou covers a large area, but I have already contacted the county magistrates of each subordinate county this month. The farthest county will take five days to travel back and forth, so I will give them some time to prepare gifts. Seven days will be enough."

"What day is today?" he asked the person who had just spoken.

That person was just as stunned as Mu Jinghua. When he met Xu Shu's gaze, he exclaimed, "Today is only the fifth day of the lunar new year."

"There's more than enough time." Xu Shu smiled and looked back at Mu Jinghua. "Although I haven't made you the husband of the top scholar, I think the husband of the governor is also acceptable. Little Mu Jin, are you... willing?"

Mu Jinghua only felt that the horses under him slowed down their pace. He looked at Xu Shu, but his eyes gradually became blurred. Slowly, he could only see the sunlight seeping in from behind Xu Shu, which was not very dazzling against the backdrop of green leaves on the mountains.

But beautiful enough.

He heard his own voice, which was not noticeable in the empty forest, but firm enough, and his tone was full of smiles: "Okay."