The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"No, let's not talk about this..." Cai Yan's face was really red, "Don't you want to read a book? No one has borrowed "Grandson", so you just read it if you want."

"Hey, there is no one to borrow "Grandson" today!" Liu Tao was not polite when he heard that, he went over to have a look, and found that it was really there on the shelf, so he took it and began to recite.

"Yesterday, you seemed to be looking for Mozi... Are you also interested in the theory of Mohism?" Cai Yan asked when he memorized the book and put it back.

"There are too many theories of the Mohist school that are out of date, and in my opinion, there are only three remaining, namely, universal love, festival burial, and eminence..." Liu Tao thought for a while, "Except for these political ideas, the other theories are quite interesting. ..."

After a pause, he continued: "Of course, what I'm more curious about is the legendary Mohism mechanism."

"Many people say that mechanism art is Mohism, but in fact it is the theory of the public loser." Cai Yan explained, "The public loser class was originally just a craftsman, and the works handed down from generation to generation have not been handed down. Most of them are passed on by word of mouth. The method of transmission is inheritance..."

"So that's how it is..." Liu Tao was a little disappointed, of course only a little bit, after all the technology in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period might not be as advanced as it is now.

In terms of craftsmanship, what he admires the most is "Tiangong Kaiwu", some of the techniques recorded in it are still in use in modern times.It's a pity that he only knew about this book, but he hadn't really read it.

"The question is, aren't you Habayashi Zhonglang? Why, are you so interested in these?" Cai Yan couldn't figure it out. If it was about academic books, such as Gongyang or Xunzi, she could still understand, but in terms of ingenuity Yes, it is difficult to understand.

"Hey, don't you know?" Liu Tao looked at Cai Yan with a look of surprise, "I improved the equipment, and then I improved the siege equipment. In fact, this time, I can be named Habayashi Zhonglang , and part of the credit goes to this.”

"So the general is still an all-rounder?" Cai Yan replied, of course, the meaning of ridicule was stronger.

"Thanks for the compliment." Liu Tao immediately replied with an open-minded attitude, "I still need to continue to learn and accumulate."

"..." Cai Yan was speechless for a moment. Is it too late to pretend to be modest at this time?

"Aside from "Grandson", is there any other good recommendation? For example, state governance, economy, skills, etc..." Liu Tao didn't intend to wait for her reply, and asked further questions directly.

Generally speaking, modern people really don't know much about ancient classics.At this time, an ancient guide is very important.

"Why don't you give it a try and get to know "Zuoshi Chunqiu" first?" Cai Yan asked, "Maybe after you read it, you can have a deeper understanding, and then realize that 'so I misunderstood it'."

"Then...how much have you read "Gongyang" and "Xunzi?" Liu Tao asked back.

"...How can anyone read it so quickly..." Cai Yan was a little speechless. She tried to read it yesterday, but she could only read it after work, and she didn't see much.

"Hey, that means you've started watching it?" Liu Tao looked at Cai Yan with great interest.

"Are you trying to trick me?" Cai Yan looked at Liu Tao with a dissatisfied tone.

"Just thinking, since you've already started watching it, it seems unreasonable for me not to watch it..." Liu Tao clapped his hands lightly, "Alright then, I'll watch "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" next!"

After finishing speaking, I really went to find "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" and started to read it.

"..." Cai Yan just looked at him flipping through the pages, and there were thousands of words in his heart, but he couldn't say them.This feeling is really uncomfortable, "Really, inexplicable guy..."

Simply ignore him and do your own thing.But I thought that the other party had already started to read it, but I didn't. It didn't seem right, so I could only continue to find "Xunzi" while I was free, and started to read it.

Chapter 172

Cai Yan didn't know why he had to read "Xunzi" so seriously.When she came to her senses, she had almost memorized most of the content of "Xunzi".

Close your eyes, and those contents will emerge in your mind.Then, as a professional habit of school books, she will slowly proofread and annotate, and then understand the content more and more deeply.

"It seems that you like it very much?" Liu Tao's voice came, which startled Cai Yan who was reading carefully.

"You..." Cai Yan looked at Liu Tao, who seemed to be putting Zuo Shi Chunqiu back, "Have you finished reading it?"

"Reluctantly memorized it, but in fact it is based on the "Spring and Autumn Classics". No matter it is the Gongyang and the Spring and Autumn Period, the events are actually similar." Liu Tao said casually.

It’s like reading two Three Kingdoms novels at the same time. The historical events are actually the same. It’s just that the author wants to show something different, so there are differences in the focus of historical events and the author’s own views on this matter. .

He sort of understood that those who edited "Spring and Autumn" were all excellent novelists, seniors worthy of admiration.

After all, writing a fan-travel article in future generations can make some money at most.They are also colleagues, and those seniors who wrote "Spring and Autumn" are basically mixed up with official jobs.

"Having said that, the length of "Zuoshi Chunqiu"..." Cai Yan couldn't believe how long it took.

"You can pick out a year's content at will and ask me, how about I recite it?" Liu Tao intends to satisfy her curiosity.

"Forget it, your reading time is limited... wait a minute, what time is it?" Cai Yan shook her head, Lantai's chance to read is very rare, and she didn't intend to delay Liu Tao's time too much, but then she realized a serious problem .

"It's less than an hour, and it's still more than an hour before Xiaya." Liu Tao replied.

"Hey, I still have things to do..." Cai Yan hurriedly put down the book in her hand and hurried to work.

"In this case..." Liu Tao looked at the bookshelf, "I have to make up for the time wasted on "Zuo Shi" with other books quickly, or I will lose today."

An hour later, Liu Tao challenged himself, and in the end he could memorize four books.But I can be sure, four is already the limit, after all, the memory is a little fuzzy, not as sure as yesterday.

Shorthand, that's all...give him enough time to read and memorize slowly, let alone ten, one hundred can be memorized.

When I left Lantai, I didn't meet Cai Yan, and I don't know if her work was completed.In this era, there should be no such thing as working overtime, at least it’s not good to stay in the palace all the time, and Wei Wei’s imperial guards are not easy to provoke.

When he returned to the barracks again, Liu Tao had already seen that Lu Yan had bought a lot of wooden trunks.

"A corner of our camp is almost filled with wooden piles." Liu Tao said with emotion, a tent was specially set up to hold these wooden piles, which shows the large number.

"There are a lot of books to be transcribed, there is no way, how many books have you memorized?" Lu Yan stepped forward and asked.

"Six Secret Teachings, Grandson, Three Strategies, and Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals." Liu Tao immediately replied.

"There are actually four volumes, so we have to hurry up and copy them... By the way, doesn't my brother dislike "Zuo Shi"?" Lu Yan was a little puzzled. Could it be that his brother has changed his sex?

"It's just compared to "Ram". To be honest, I really admire Zuo." Liu Tao said with emotion.

The "Spring and Autumn Classics" has 0.18 words, and the "Zuo Shi Chunqiu" has more than 25 words. I didn't know it if I didn't read it carefully before.It is probably like expanding "Three Kingdoms" into "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", expanding 35 characters into 64 characters.

Luo Guanzhong expanded the famous battles of the Three Kingdoms and added some private goods at the same time, adding 29 characters. "Zuoshi Chunqiu" also expands the classic events in "Spring and Autumn Classics", also adds private goods, and then expands 24 characters.

Compared with "Zuoshi Chunqiu" with 30 volumes, "Gongyang Chunqiu" with only 11 volumes is far inferior in terms of readability and excitement.

It's no wonder that in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu reads the Spring and Autumn Period in his spare time, and really savors it as a novel.

"Why do I think that brother's admiration... and my impression of admiration shouldn't mean the same thing?" Lu Yan looked at Liu Tao suspiciously, and then complained unceremoniously.

"Because your guess is correct..." Liu Tao smiled, "Okay, I'll go to eat, wash up and start copying! Tonight I will also do a little bit of work to copy out "Six Secret Teachings."

Just looking at the pinyin, Liu Tao is the same as Liu Tao, probably because of a predestined relationship with him, he simply copied it himself.Of course, the most important thing is that the "Wen Tao" chapter was transcribed yesterday.

"Forget it. As far as my brother's words are concerned, I'm afraid I will have to re-transcribe them again." Lu Yan refused.

"Anyway, I have to change something to copy in the future. Ugly is ugly. If I don't practice calligraphy, the problem will be even bigger." Liu Tao shook his head, and signed an official document in the future, but the officials below thought the calligraphy was ugly. That's too bad.

"That's it...the elder brother can do whatever he wants." Lu Yan thought for a while, and felt that his elder brother's words were quite reasonable.Besides, it was indeed too tiring for a few of them to copy the four books. It would be nice if more people helped to copy them.

"Wait a minute, brother, there is no need to copy "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu", right?" Lu Yan suddenly thought of something, "Father sent a set of "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu", we don't need to copy this."

"Okay, I've recited the book for nothing..." Liu Tao immediately expressed regret.