It was February 15th when Zhou Jia took three exams in a row. As soon as Zhou Jia, who was exhausted, left the examination room, he was taken home by Li Yu and others.

After recuperating at home for two days, the two of them were preparing to go out for fun. As soon as they went out, they met the tall young man named Shen Zhong at the door.

When Shen Zhong saw Li Yu, he bowed and said, "Mrs. Li, thank you for your generous help."

Li Yu turned sideways and smiled politely: "Brother Shen, there is no need to be polite. Please come in and sit down."

Shen Zhong saw that the carriage had been hitched at the door, and Li Yu and his wife looked like they were about to go out. He smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Li, you are welcome. I am here to invite you two to Guiyun on the order of the young master." Stay for a while."

Zhou Jia cupped his hands and said, "Okay, brother Shen, please lead the way."

Shen Zhong pointed to the carriage he came from and said with a smile: "You two please." The two of them smiled politely and followed Shen Zhong into the carriage, and went to Dongcheng to return to Guiyunju.

When he arrived in front of Guiyunju, Li Yu realized that Guiyunju was not an ordinary restaurant, but a garden with excellent scenery.

After entering Guiyunju, I walked through clumps of green bamboo groves and entered a small courtyard with the word "Anning Garden" on the lintel. In the middle of the small courtyard, a bluestone path leads directly to the hall. The door of the hall is open, and there is also a small courtyard in the corner. There are green bamboos, and there are rattan tables and chairs in front of the eaves.

A few people walked to the main hall, Shen Zhong turned sideways and said: "Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Li, you two please, the young master will be here immediately."

Zhou Jia smiled at Shen Zhong and said, "Thank you, Brother Shen." The couple entered the hall and sat down on the chairs at the bottom.

After a while, a man who looked like a servant brought some refreshments and bowed before retreating.

Li Yu turned around and saw the young master wearing a dark brocade robe with dark patterns and walking in from the entrance of the courtyard. He saw him walking in a majestic manner and carrying the aura of a king in his movements.

Li Yu thought to himself: Sure enough, after three days of separation, he saw with admiration that this young master already had the aura of a king.

Zhou Jia pulled Li Yu to stand up, knelt down and kowtowed: "Greetings to Your Majesty."

"Mr. Zhou, no courtesy." Chu Yuhao stepped forward, helped the two of them up, and smiled at Li Yu: "Mrs. Li, I would like to lend you your good words. It won't be thrilling to see each other again."

Li Yu smiled and said, "You still remember it!"

Chu Yuhao nodded and smiled, looked at the two of them and said, "Sit down, don't be restrained. I didn't invite you to the palace to meet me, just because I don't want you to restrain yourself."

Zhou Jia bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."

The couple sat down, and Chu Yuhao said to Zhou Jia in an approachable manner: "I have received the receipt you handed over. I also received the drawings of the threshing machine from Sihai a few days ago, as well as Mrs. Li's choice. There are many ways to plant, soak seeds and fertilize the land. I didn’t expect that there are so many ways to farm. I heard that you and your wife offered to sell rice seeds for 10% less, hoping to sell more grain seeds at a cheaper price. Sell ​​some to the poor people. If the people of Dayong are all like you and your wife, why worry about Dayong not being able to usher in a day of prosperity."

Zhou Jia stood up and bowed and said: "Your Majesty, these are the responsibilities that a citizen of Dayong should perform. You are wise, powerful, diligent and caring for the people. The day when Dayong will prosper is just around the corner."

Seeing Zhou Jia's restrained look, Chu Yuhao waved his hand and said: "Mr. Zhou, you don't need to be so restrained. The movable type printing technique you handed over has been made by the supervisor, and the threshing machine made by Mrs. Li has also been made. Now, during the spring sowing, I will ask Chu Fu, the general manager of Huangzhuang, to ask Mrs. Li to go to Huangzhuang to teach them about breeding and seed selection, and strive to plant high-yielding grain seeds all over the country as soon as possible."

Li Yu and Zhou Jia quickly stood up and bowed in response: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Chu Yuhao looked at Zhou Jia and Li Yu: "Mrs. Li, you have cultivated such high-yielding grain seeds for Dayong and developed such a time-saving and labor-saving threshing machine. I have not awarded you a reward yet. Today I will replace those who Poor people thank you.”

Seeing that Li Yu was standing still, Zhou Jia quickly pulled Li Yu to kneel down, kowtowed to Li Yu and said, "Your Majesty, these are all things I should do. Thank you for your reward."

Seeing this, Chu Yuhao smiled and gestured outside. Shen Zhong walked in with the imperial edict and said to Li Yu: "Mr. Zhou Li, Yu takes the edict."

"Li Yu, a civilian woman, accepted the order." Li Yu said while kneeling.

Shen Zhong thought: "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict to confer the title of Li family of Zhou Dynasty. Yu... conferred the title of first-class national protector wife, a house in Dongcheng, and a hundred taels of gold. I admire this."

Li Yu listened to Shen Zhong reciting Taoism that was pure, quiet, virtuous, and Hui Zhilan had a good heart, and thought to himself: Let's get something affordable! What's the use of these!

Before the resentment in Li Yu's heart had passed, he heard Shen Zhong say, a first-class Protector of the Country Lady, a house, this is possible, Li Yu smiled so hard that his eyebrows were crooked.

"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty." Li Yu took the imperial edict with both hands and kowtowed to thank the emperor.

Chu Yuhao looked at Li Yu's smile with crooked eyebrows and thought: Mrs. Li is still honest, unlike those mature old guys in the court.

Chu Yuhao stood up, smiled happily and said, "Mrs. Li, no need to be polite, I have to go back to the palace."

Husband Zhou Jia quickly pulled Li Yu to kneel down and shouted respectfully: "Send off to Your Majesty." The couple sent the emperor off respectfully.

Shen Zhong protected Chu Yuhao and walked out: "Your Majesty, have you really made Mrs. Li the Protector of the Country? This is the first wife you have awarded, and she is also a first-class Protector of the Country."

Chu Yuhao looked at Shen Zhong and smiled slightly: "Zhong, you also know that if it hadn't been for Mrs. Li's rescue twice, you and I would have been buried in the soil long ago, as well as the high-yielding rice seeds and movable type printing technology. They are all good deeds that benefit the country and the people. I think they are both loyal and righteous people, and they deserve to be rewarded."

Shen Zhong saluted with admiration and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Chu Yuhao patted Shen Zhong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, you and I have grown up together, so let's not talk about these scenes. I am tired of listening to those stupid and incompetent old guys every day."

Chu Qing, the shopkeeper of Sihai Qianzhuang's Kyoto shop, walked in and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Mrs. Protector, Mr. Zhou, and His Majesty sent her down to discuss the printing workshop with Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Jia cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Shopkeeper Chu."

After the three of them sat down separately, Chu Qing said with a smile: "We have a house and a shop for running workshops. I just want to discuss the allocation of shares with you two. I wonder if Mr. Zhou has any requirements?"

Zhou Jia glanced at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Chu, we only provided a recipe. We did not participate in the rest. The emperor has already awarded us a reward, so we can no longer ask for shares in the printing workshop."

Shopkeeper Chu thought after hearing this: People are eager to get money into their pockets, so the couple pushed the money they got out. No wonder the shopkeeper commented that the couple are open-minded and worth making friends with.

Shopkeeper Chu stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty has ordered me to come down and discuss it with Mr. and Madam. If you two don't want it, it won't be easy for me to explain!"

Seeing that Shopkeeper Chu was in trouble, Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu and said, "Madam, we can't let Shopkeeper Chu be in trouble. I think that's it! We can just shamelessly own half of one share."

Li Yu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, in this case we and our husbands are shameless."

Shopkeeper Chu sighed after hearing this: "This is the first time I, Chu Qing, have seen my wife and husband being so careless about fame and fortune. Chu Qing is so ashamed!"

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