The emperor postponed his departure for Chunnan City to August 18th, and stayed two days to discuss matters with Gu Shouxin.
On the sixteenth, Gu Shouxin, along with Gu Nian, Gu Xin, Gu Si, and Huo Yanyu, met with the emperor in the yamen's office.
The emperor saw the girls and laughed: "The four of you have become Gu Er's helpers! Huo Xiaoyu, you've even named yourself 'Silly,' so why don't I bestow upon you the title of Princess?"
Huo Yanyu stepped forward and bowed in the student's salute: "This humble woman thanks Your Majesty for your kindness. Long live Your Majesty!"
The Emperor: "...Hahahaha, as expected of Old Master Huo's granddaughter and the younger sister of the youngest third-ranked scholar, her shamelessness has truly surpassed that of her master!"
Huo Yanyu: "Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty!"
The emperor waved his hand: "I haven't agreed to your request yet! Come on, show me, let me see if you're worthy of being a princess!"
Huo Yanyu's eyes flickered as she looked at Gu Shouxin.
Gu Shouxin nodded to her.
Huo Yanyu took a small wooden stick and began to talk on the Kunzhou topographic map that Gu Shouxin had prepared beforehand.
She was referring to the area near Kuncheng. Since Gu Nian's laboratory was outside the city, Huo Yanyu had been following Gu Nian since the beginning of last year and had a certain understanding of the area near Kuncheng. In addition, based on her own insights, she chose places and divided them into towns and villages according to the characteristics of the area.
Apart from the women and underage men, the rest of the Huo family members were officials. Huo Yanyu had been with Old Master Huo since she was a child, and she understood officialdom better than the Gu sisters. By being with the Gu family, she also learned a lot about people's lives.
After hearing this, the emperor exclaimed, "Women are just as capable as men, and that applies to you too, Huo Xiaoyu! If you were a man, your achievements would not be inferior to your brother's."
Huo Yanyu was naturally very happy. As a young girl, she had her pride. The Emperor praised her, saying she was no worse than her brother!
So what if she's a daughter? A daughter can still do things for the people.
Then Gu Nian spoke, followed by Gu Xin and Gu Si.
The four girls described completely different areas.
Gu Nian was talking about the area next to the Gu Family Academy. The Gu Family Academy occupied a mountain. When the academy was being built, Gu Nian often went to help. At the foot of that mountain, there was a place that was very suitable for building a village and town. There was a river there, and the land was fertile. After the academy was built, there were fewer wild beasts coming and going in the surrounding area.
Gu Xin was talking about the place next to the cave where she had seen people before. There was a stream there, and the terrain was relatively flat. They even went there to play in the snow last year. It could be developed into a town. Gu Xin had even planned the town's layout. She also drew up the various paths from the town to Kuncheng, to Baiyucheng, and to the pipeline.
As for Gu Si, she chose a spot beside the small river that flows into the Kun River outside the city, the same place where Xue Qianyu proposed to Gu Nian last month. It takes an hour to walk from there to Kun City, and only half an hour by carriage, just like the distance between their Sanchakou Village and Zhoujia Town. They can build a village on the other side of the stream, a village that belongs only to Kun City, and then further downstream.
After they finished speaking, Gu Shouxin began marking on the prepared map.
He had already planned how to divide the area of Kunzhou into villages, towns, and the county seat to which they belong.
Bringing these girls over was merely a way to present them to the emperor, to show that these girls had always been so clever.
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