Royal Road

Chapter 22 Surprise

Turning back to the back room, Liang Feng drank the tea soup served by the green bamboo and let out a sigh of relief. The results of today’s exercises were pretty good, and thanks to those two idiots, they wanted to be lazy under the nose, and it was really effortless to clean them up. Yi Yan’s performance is also remarkable, not only considering the route setting, but also being vicious and merciless. This is the quality of an instructor he needs most.

Because of this special training method that is close to the modern army, Liang Feng is not afraid that someone will make trouble in the part. As long as you persist for a few days, those who are stubborn, lazy, and timid will naturally be eliminated from the team. The rest is the unit he wants. I don’t know if we can leave four seeds of five this time?

“Langjun, Aliang, please see me.” Luzhu reported.

Is there any news? Liang Feng said: “Call him in.”

After entering the door, A Liang immediately reported: “Lord, the guest Tian made an appointment yesterday with Wu Jiantou from Zhifang and Jiang Jiantou from Taofang. They said something for an hour in his room and seemed to have drunk.”

Liang Feng smiled faintly: “How are the two of Wu Jiang?”

A Liang hesitated, and replied: “Wu Jiantou is a bit lustful, and many of the weavers in the weaving workshop are unclear about him. Jiang Jiantou is okay, but a little cunning.”

After all, they came from the same farm. A Liang’s answer should be slightly conservative. To this answer, Liang Feng was noncommittal and nodded: “I know.”

Now A Liang can’t tell the difference, how does the host want to deal with it? After thinking about it, he dared to ask: “Does the Lang master invite them to come over for questioning?”

“No, let’s take a look first.” Liang Feng did not have the idea of ​​liquidating immediately, and now he has no one in his hands. If Tian Chang upset Sifang first, the gain would not be worth the loss. It’s better to look at the plans of this group first.

Some of these words are hidden, and Aliang is also a little bit sweaty. He always felt that after returning from the Shangdang, the host became much better. Also, the ancestors of his family were one of the great officials of the Nine Qings. If they really played their minds, how could they deal with these little people?

Finding that A Liang looked a little nervous, Liang Feng smiled: “You did a good job on this errand. After you have checked the contents of the warehouse, you should pay attention to the movement of the farm, especially the impact of the drought on the farmers, and come back and report carefully. Listen to me.”

This is to trust him and continue to entrust him with important tasks. A Liang’s mind was immediately settled, and he said loudly, “Small ones must do it well.”

“Good. Go ahead.”

After shaking off A Liang, Liang Feng felt that the boredom in his heart came out again, making him a little restless, and there seemed to be a fire in his heart. Obviously everything is going well? After hesitating for a moment, he said: “Luzhu, help me to the study.”

It would be better to find something to do. The original owner of this shell seems to have only studied the four books and five classics. Apart from the messy verses in his head, there is no useful information at all, so he has to make up some evil things.

The study is also inside the main courtyard, on the side of the sun, divided into two rooms inside and outside. The outside room can be used for hospitality and office, while the inside room is full of books with three walls. In this era when bamboo slips have not completely disappeared, books are also a symbol of wealth. Not to mention collecting, even if you want to copy a few copies, it will be troublesome. Therefore, every gentry must have its own library. The more books there are, the more it proves its profound background. Since the Liang family can produce a big farmer, it still maintains the foundation of poetry heirlooms.

After entering the study, Liang Feng looked around. It seems that there are people cleaning it every day, the desk is tidy, and the dust on the bookshelf is not too much. It can be seen that the owner is quite attentive to the care of the books. Liang Feng told Green Bamboo to grind the ink and spread the paper, while he shook around in front of the bookshelf.

The Liang family has many books, but most of them are all kinds of classics and histories. I won’t talk about the Four Books and the Five Classics, and there are countless versions of “Notes” and “Sparse”. The slips and slips of the early years have been polished brightly, and there are new paper copied books on the side, next to “Laozi”, “Zhuangzi” and several volumes. Obviously, the bamboo slips describing the Taoist golden core are also frequently read, clearly showing the reading tendencies of the previous heads of the Liang family.

Naturally, Liang Feng has no interest in these things. Bypassing the bookshelf in the middle, there are some historical books, a few volumes of “Tai Shi Gong Shu”, which look like “Historical Records”, and a few volumes of travel notes or biological foreign objects. “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic” also has it, and it has long been covered with dust. After walking to the corner, Liang Feng found a volume of Taigong Art of War.

This is a military book! Didn’t expect the Liang family to have a military book? Liang Feng was overjoyed, so he quickly searched on the same floor for “Six Secret Teachings”, “Three Strategies”, and “Sima Law”, and “Sun Tzu’s Art of War” is still annotated version. Look at the weaving of bamboo slips. This is probably an old thing many years ago. It should be passed down by Liang Xi, the ancestor of the Liang family. After all, he was a man who had been a governor for twenty years, and it was not surprising that he had hidden some military books.

Although it is not as practical as “The New Book of Ji Xiao”, there are still more things like military books, the better. By the way, Liang Xi also worked as a large farmer, and he will certainly collect a lot of agricultural books. Liang Feng carefully checked the few books that he didn’t read very much, and found out two volumes that seemed to be about agriculture. When he got better, he still had to read them one by one.

There is really no one available at hand, otherwise he is a criminal investigator, so why bother to look at these things?

With a wry smile from the bottom of his heart, Liang Feng walked back to the book table. In addition to the “Diamond Sutra”, other things that can be remembered should also be written out, so that they can be forgotten after saving. Thinking about what is worth recording, there was a brisk footstep outside the door, and Luzhu came in: “Lang Jun, Xiao Lang please come to please peace.”

Since yesterday’s stall, Liang Feng has asked Liang Rong to change his greetings at 8 or 9 o’clock. The children should sleep more, eat a meal, digest food when they wake up, and then deal with this kind of gift.

“Father!” Today Liang Rong is more energetic, and his gait is still so pretending to be calm, but the pace is slightly faster, he is almost catching up with the trot.

Looking at the red face, Liang Feng smiled and said, “Have Rong’er eaten?”

“My child has eaten, and I have practiced three big characters!” Liang Rong replied hurriedly.

“Really good. Sit here and tell my father, how is your schoolwork?” Liang Feng asked casually, talking about learning with children, which is a topic that will never go out of fashion.

Liang Rong really came to the spirit: “Enlighten my father, the child has just memorized the “Book of Filial Piety”!”

Seeing Liang Rong flashing expectant eyes of “test me, test me”, Liang Feng swallowed his saliva. Regarding the memories of his predecessor, he can barely remember the contents of the Four Books and the Five Classics, but the “Book of Filial Piety” was really read too early, and there is no impression of fullness at all. How to test others? And when I recite the “Book of Filial Piety” at the age of four, is the academic progress fast or slow? There is no concept at all!

With some gentle smiles, Liang Feng nodded and said: “Yes, have you started learning “Nine Chapters”?”

Liang Rong’s face collapsed immediately: “I haven’t learned poetry yet…”

Wait, what does “Nine Chapters” have to do with poetry?

As if seeing the moment of embarrassment between father and son, Chao Yu, who was kneeling behind Liang Rong, said softly: “I am afraid that what the lord said is not “Chu Ci Zhangju”, but “Nine Chapters Arithmetic.”

“Nine Chapters” generally refers to the nine works written by Qu Yuan in “Chu Ci Chapters”, which is not a teaching material for education at all. On the contrary, “Nine Chapters Arithmetic” is one of the classic works of children’s enlightenment. In the Book of Rites, Nei Ze, it is said that at the age of six, he teaches the name of number and square. Therefore, “Fang Tian”, the first chapter of “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic”, often starts learning at the age of five or six. Liang Rong is only four years old now, and it is a bit early to learn “Fang Tian”, but it is not too strange to ask.

Unexpectedly, Liang Rong’s nurse would help out. Liang Feng took a curious look at this two-year-old, plain-looking woman, and asked: “You taught Liang Rong’s education?”

Liang Feng’s wife passed away long ago, and now there are no other female relatives in the backyard. Liang Rong’s options for enlightenment education are naturally limited.

“It’s just a servant girl.” Chao Yu leaned back and replied softly.

“Have you studied “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic”?”

“A little knowledge of one or two.” Chao Yu answered cautiously, but there was no panic or complacency on the face, and his education was quite good.

Liang Feng didn’t ask much, he picked up a roll of bamboo slips and handed it over: “Calculate this roll, can you see the number right?”

Not knowing the meaning of the lord, Chao Yu took the bamboo slip with both hands, and when he opened it, he felt a little surprised. This was actually the account book of the village. Not dare to neglect, she quickly scanned the rows of numbers, her lips moved lightly, and she saw the last row in a short while. After closing his eyes for a moment, Chao Yu opened his eyes and said, “Lord Qi, the number of this volume is correct, but there seem to be two changes.”

As she said, she reached out her hand and swiped under the two numbers. Liang Feng glanced at it, and, as Chao Yu said, it seemed to change from “one” to “three”. They are all lowercase numbers, so it’s really simple to make a stalk on the account. However, a nursing mother can see that it is wrong, and she is also proficient in mental arithmetic, which is not something ordinary people can do. Liang Feng couldn’t help being a little curious, and asked, “Who did you learn your numbers from?”

“Enjoy the landlord, the maidservant’s grandfather is fond of math, so the maidservant only learned a bit. But what he learned is not good enough. “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic” only reads the’Equation’, and the’Pythagorean’ has not been thoroughly read. ‘It’s also a bit ignorant.’ She looked a little embarrassed on Yu’s face, and replied in a low voice.

Liang Feng: “…”

He can’t remember which nine chapters are in “Nine Chapters of Arithmetic”, but “Equation”, “Pythagorean”, and “Decline” can still be understood. This is almost the content of middle and high school, right?

“Is your grandfather still built? Is there anyone who is good at counting?” Liang Feng suddenly became interested. In this era, knowledge is monopolized by a small number of people, so it is also dependent on family traditions. Without the personal rumors and teachings of relatives, it is difficult to self-taught. A person who “has a hobby” in mathematics has a very high probability that his children and grandchildren will understand this knowledge.

“My ancestor went away five years ago.” Chao Yu also discovered Liang Feng’s intentions, paused, and added, “It’s just a matter of counting, and the two uncles also got the true story, but they are slightly less talented. Other than that. In addition, my grandfather also had a few direct disciples, but unfortunately the slaves and maids had been away from home for a long time, and I don’t know how these people are.”

This is clearly a family of mathematics, and Chao Yu is going to come to Liang Mansion to be a nurse. It is probably not a rich family. Liang Feng immediately ignited hope and asked: “I wonder if your two uncles are officials? Can you invite them to Liang Mansion as guests?”

At this moment, Chao Yu couldn’t see how the host wanted to recruit people who were proficient in mathematics. Her family is indeed not rich. Grandfather is obsessed with counting and is not good at making a living. The two uncles are weak in character, and even the brothers have no future. She entered Liang’s Mansion as a nurse, which was already one of the most errands in the family. We must know that the status of the nursing mother is not low. If Liang Rong inherits the Liang Mansion, she can also “the mother is expensive with the child.”

However, after all, this is also a slave and maidservant, if it can be a guest, it will be different. Before the Liang Mansion still showed signs of decadence, but after the lord of the Lang was seriously ill, he suddenly had the intention to revive the Liang Mansion, and his wrists did not look bad. If you can restore the status of the former Liang Gong, I am afraid it will be the top grade. Whether coming to Liang Mansion as a guest or teaching Xiaolangjun to count, it is much better than being a flat-headed citizen.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Yu’s face: “Neither of my uncles have been appointed officials, the servants and maids can write to and ask.”

“Write as soon as possible, and I will send it.” Liang Feng replied simply.

Liang Rong blinked his eyes in confusion, wondering how the topic turned to this. Only then did Liang Feng think of his son, and stretched out his hand to caress the horns on his head: “Rong’er also has to learn some skills in counting, riding and shooting. The six arts of a gentleman, don’t be too bad.”

In this **** age, no matter how well you read poetry and books, it would be useless. It is better to exercise your body and learn the art of war and economics. That is the capital of your life.

Liang Rong didn’t know what Liang Feng was thinking, but his father’s and Yan Yue color still made his excited body tremble. After a few more small talks, Liang Feng let Chao Yu bring the little guy down.

Rubbing his groggy head, Liang Feng still wanted to read a few more copies of bamboo slips. Lu Zhu was already eye-conscious and quickly put on a wooden plate, and whispered: “Lang Jun, it’s time to order some porridge.”

Is it time for dinner? However, Liang Feng found that he couldn’t eat anything, his stomach was like a weight, heavy and cold, and it made people lose appetite. Lv Zhu’s ardent eyes really couldn’t be refused, Liang Feng reluctantly drank a small bowl of bean porridge, then put down the bowl of chopsticks.

“Only use these?” The unwillingness on Luzhu’s face was beyond words.

Liang Feng wiped the corners of his lips with a silk cloth, and asked, “Is the responsibility for the stick outside?”

This is a change of topic, but it works for the little girl. Lu Zhu bitterly said: “It’s been dragged on. These two diao slaves are so deceptive! Fortunately, Yi Yan’s sharp eyes didn’t let them escape…”

“In the past, they were negligent in discipline, which made them forget their form. From now on, they will need to be disciplined.” Liang Feng said lightly, “Green Bamboo, go get two volumes of slips, take them back and read them slowly.”

Is this going back to the house to rest? Lu Zhu immediately picked up the scroll pointed by Liang Feng, and said earnestly: “Lang Jun, go back soon. It’s easier to read while lying down.”

Liang Feng smiled, suppressing the constant pain in his chest and abdomen, moving one step at a time, and slowly walked to the bedroom.

The author has something to say: The historical record was originally called Taishi Gongshu, and it began to circulate outside the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the popularity was still in the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, not everyone could read the books of war. Shao Liang took advantage of his family.