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Turning back to the back room, Liang Feng breathed a sigh of relief after drinking the tea soup served by the green bamboo.The results of today's practice were quite good, and thanks to those two idiots, they actually wanted to be lazy under their noses, so it was really effortless to clean them up.Yiyan's performance is also remarkable, not only considering the route setting, but also ruthless and merciless.This is the quality of an instructor he needs most.

Because of this special drill method that is close to modern troops, Liang Feng is not afraid of someone making trouble in the series.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 are the arms he wants.I don't know if I can leave four Wu's seeds this time?

"Lang Jun, Ah Liang asks to see you." Lu Zhu stepped forward to report.

Any news?Liang Feng said: "Bring him in."

After entering the door, A Liang immediately reported: "Master Lang, Tian Bin invited Wu Jiangtou from the weaving workshop and Jiang Jiangtou from the pottery workshop yesterday, and talked for an hour in his room, and seemed to be drinking."

Liang Feng smiled lightly: "How are the two of Wu Jiang treated?"

A Liang hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Carpenter Wu is a bit lustful, and many weavers in the weaving workshop have no clear relationship with him. Carpenter Jiang is not bad, but he is a bit cunning."

After all, they came from the same farm, so A Liang should have chosen a slightly conservative answer.To this answer, Liang Feng was noncommittal, and nodded: "I see."

Now A Liang can't tell the difference, how does the Lord want to deal with it?After thinking about it for a while, he boldly asked: "Does Lang want to invite them over for questioning?"

"No, let's take a look first." Liang Feng really didn't have the idea of ​​liquidating immediately, and now he has no one in his hands. If Tian Chang first turned Sifang upside down, the gain would outweigh the loss.It's better to look at the plans of this group of people first.

What he said was a little hidden, and Ah Liang was sweating a little.He always felt that after returning from Shangdang, the Lord Lang became much more powerful.That's right, his ancestor was one of the high officials of the Nine Ministers, if he really played tricks, how could they, these little people, be able to deal with it?

Noticing that A Liang looked a little nervous, Liang Feng smiled: "You did a good job this time. After counting the things in the warehouse, you should pay attention to the movements of the farm, especially the impact of the drought on the farmers, and report carefully when you come back. Listen to me."

This is trusting him and continuing to entrust him with important tasks.A Liang's mind immediately settled down, and he said loudly: "The little one must do it well."

"Good. You go."

After waving Ah Liang back, Liang Feng felt the boredom in his heart come out again, which made him a little restless, as if there was a fire in his heart.Obviously everything is going smoothly, right?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 poems in his head, there is no useful information at all. He still needs to make up some things.

The study is also in the main courtyard, located on the sunny side, divided into two rooms inside and outside.The outer room can be used for hospitality and office work, while the inner room is full of books on three walls.In this era when the 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 very troublesome.Therefore, every gentry must have its own library. The more books there are, the more it proves its profound heritage.Since the Liang family was able to produce a great farmer, it still maintained the foundation of family heirloom in poetry and books.

After entering the study, Liang Feng looked around. It seemed that someone cleaned the place every day. The table was clean and there was not much dust on the bookshelves. It could be seen that the owner took good care of the books.Liang Feng ordered Green Bamboo to grind ink and lay paper, while he swayed around in front of the bookshelf.

The Liang family has many books, but the most are all kinds of classics and histories.Not to mention the Four Books and Five Classics, there are also countless editions of "Notes" and "Shu", and the bamboo slips from the early years have been polished to a shine, and there are new books copied on paper next to them. The bamboo slips, which are obviously about the Taoist Golden Elixir, are also frequently read, which clearly shows the reading tendency of the previous heads of the Liang family.

Naturally, Liang Feng had no interest in these things.Bypassing the bookshelves in the middle, there are some historical books on the side, a few volumes of "Tai Shi Gong Shu", which looks like "Historical Records" after a rough look, and a few volumes of travel notes or biology-related foreign body records, There is also "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which has long been covered with dust.After walking all the way to the corner, Liang Feng found a volume of "The Grand Duke's Art of War".

This is a book of war!Didn't expect the Liang family to have a military book?Liang Feng was a little overjoyed, and hurriedly searched again on the same floor. There were "Six Secret Teachings", "Three Strategies", and "Sima Law", and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" was still an annotated version.Looking at the weaving thread of the bamboo slips, it is probably an old thing many years ago, and it should have been handed down by Liang Xi, the ancestor of the Liang family.After all, he is a great man who has been an assassin for 20 years, so it is not surprising that he has some military books.

Although not as practical as "Ji Xiao's New Book", the more books of war, the better.By the way, Liang Xi also worked as a chief minister of agriculture, so he must have collected a lot of agricultural books.Liang Feng carefully checked the few books that he didn't read very much, and found two books that seemed to be about agriculture.

It's also because there is really no one at hand, otherwise he is a criminal investigator, why should he look at these things?

With a wry smile in his heart, Liang Feng walked back to the desk, and besides the "Diamond Sutra", other things that can be remembered should also be written down, so as not to forget them all later.Just thinking about something worth recording, there was a sound of brisk footsteps outside the door, and Green Bamboo walked in: "Mr., Mr. Mr. Xiao is here to greet you."

Since yesterday's incident, Liang Feng asked Liang Rong to change it to say hello at eight or nine o'clock. Children should sleep more, wake up and have a meal to clear up their food, and then deal with such vain rituals.

"Father!" Liang Rong was much more energetic today, and his gait was still pretending to be calm, but the pace was a little faster, almost catching up with trotting.

Looking at the little red face, Liang Feng smiled and said, "Has Rong'er eaten?"

"My son has eaten, and practiced three big characters!" Liang Rong replied hastily.

"You're so good. Sit here and tell me how your studies are going?" Liang Feng asked casually, talking about studies with children is a topic that never goes out of fashion.

Liang Rong really came to his senses: "My lord father, the child has just memorized the "Book of Filial Piety"!"

Looking at Liang Rong's expectant eyes of "Test me, test me", Liang Feng swallowed his saliva.As far as the memories left by his predecessor, he can barely remember the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics, but he read the "Book of Filial Piety" too early, and he has no overall impression at all. How can he test others?And after memorizing 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 on his face, Liang Feng nodded and said, "That's right, have you started learning "Nine Chapters"?"

Liang Rong's small face immediately collapsed: "I haven't learned poetry yet..."

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

Seemingly seeing the momentary embarrassment between father and son, Zhao Yu, who was kneeling behind Liang Rong, said softly, "I'm afraid the Lord Lang is not talking about "Chu Ci Chapters", but "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic."

"Nine Chapters" generally refers to the nine works written by Qu Yuan in "Chu Ci Zhang Ju", which are not textbooks at all.On the contrary, "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" is one of the classic works for young children's enlightenment. "Book of Rites Nei Ze" says that at the age of six, it is taught in the name of numbers and squares.Therefore, Chapter 1 "Fang Tian" 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 still early to learn "Fang Tian", but it is not too strange to ask this question.

Unexpectedly, Liang Rong's wet nurse would help out. Liang Feng looked curiously at this [-]-year-old, plain-looking woman, and asked, "You taught Liang Rong's basic education?"

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

"It's the servant." Zhao Yu bowed and replied softly.

"Have you studied "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"?"

"Know a thing or two." Zhao Yu replied cautiously, but there was no panic or complacency on his face, and his education was quite good.

Liang Feng didn't ask any further questions, he casually picked up a roll of bamboo slips and handed it over: "Calculate this scroll and see the number, right?"

Unable to understand what the Lord Lang meant, Zhao Yu took the bamboo slip with both hands, opened it and felt a little surprised, it turned out to be the account book of the village.Not daring to neglect, she quickly scanned the rows of numbers, her lips moved lightly, and she saw the last row after a while.After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Zhao Yu opened his eyes and said, "My lord, there is no mistake in the number of this volume, but there seem to be two changes."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and stroked lightly under the two numbers.Liang Feng took a closer look, and as Zhao Yu said, the above seems to have changed from "one" to "three".They are all lowercase numbers, and it is extremely simple to interfere with the account.However, a wet nurse can see something is wrong and is proficient in mental arithmetic, which is not something ordinary people can do.Liang Feng couldn't help being curious, and asked, "Who did you learn your math from?"

"My lord, my servant's grandfather was fond of counting, so this servant has learned a little bit. However, what I have learned is not perfect. "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" only read "Equations", and "Pythagorean" did not fully read, "Decrement" ' Also a little ignorant." Chao Yu seemed a little shy, and replied in a low voice.

Liang Feng: "..."

He couldn't remember exactly which nine chapters there were in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", but he could still understand "Equations", "Pythagoras", and "Decrement".This is almost the content of junior high school, right?

"Is your grandfather still building it? Is there anyone in the family who is good at counting?" Liang Feng suddenly became interested.In this era, knowledge is monopolized by a few people, so it is also dependent on family traditions. Without the teachings of relatives, it is difficult to learn by yourself.A person who "loves" mathematics has a very high probability that his descendants will understand this knowledge.

"The family ancestor passed away five years ago." Zhao Yu also discovered Liang Feng's intentions, paused, and added, "It's just a matter of counting skills, and the two uncles have also obtained the true inheritance, but they are a little less talented. Other than that In addition, grandfather has a few direct disciples, but unfortunately the slaves have been away from home for a long time, so they don't know the current situation of these people."

This is clearly a family of mathematics, and Zhao Yu will come to Liang's mansion to be a nurse, so it is probably not a wealthy family.Liang Feng immediately became hopeful, and asked: "I wonder if your two uncles are officials? Can you invite them to come to Liang's residence as guests?"

At this moment, how could Zhao Yu fail to see that the master wanted to recruit people who were proficient in numbers.Her family was indeed not wealthy, her grandfather was obsessed with counting and was not good at making a living, the two uncles were weak in character, and even the elder brother had no future.She entered the Liang Mansion as a wet nurse, which was already one of the most important jobs in the family.You must know that the status of a wet nurse is not low. If Liang Rong inherits the Liang family, she will also be able to "mother is more expensive than her son".

However, no matter what, this is also a slave girl, if she can be a guest, it will be different.There were still signs of decline in the Liang Mansion before, but after the Lord's serious illness, he suddenly had the intention of revitalizing the Liang Mansion, and his skills didn't look bad.If he can restore the status of Duke Liang in the previous dynasty, he may be a top-ranking family.Whether it is to be a guest in the Liang Mansion or to teach Xiao Lang to count, it is much better than being a commoner.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu brought a smile on his face: "The two uncles are not officials, so you can write and ask."

"Write the letter as soon as possible, and I'll send someone to deliver it." With the final word, Liang Feng replied simply.

Liang Rong blinked his eyes in confusion, unable to figure out how the topic turned to this.Only then did Liang Feng think of his son, and reached out to caress the horns on his head: "Rong'er also needs to learn some counting, riding and shooting skills, the six skills of a gentleman, don't neglect them."

In this damn age, no matter how good the reading of poetry and books is, it is probably useless. It is better to exercise well and learn the art of war and economics well, which is the capital of survival.

Liang Rong didn't know what Liang Feng was thinking, but his father's amiable face still made his excited little body tremble.After chatting for a few more words, Liang Feng let Chao Yu take the little guy down.

Rubbing his drowsy head, Liang Feng wanted to read a few more bamboo slips.Green Bamboo had already brought a wooden tray with sharp eyes and hands, and whispered to persuade: "Lang Jun, it's time to order some porridge."

Is it time to eat?However, Liang Feng found that he really couldn't eat anything, as if a weight was blocked in his stomach, it was heavy and cold, which made people lose their appetite.It was true that Lu Zhu's earnest eyes could not be refused, Liang Feng reluctantly drank half a bowl of bean porridge, and then put down the bowl of chopsticks.

"Only use these?" The dissatisfaction on Lu Zhu's face was beyond words.

Liang Feng wiped the corners of his lips with a silk cloth, and asked, "Have you finished using the staff outside?"

This is to change the subject, but it is very effective for the little girl, Lu Zhu said angrily: "It has been delayed. These two scumbags are simply deceiving people too much! Fortunately, Yiyan has sharp eyes and did not let them escape..."

"In the past, they were negligent in discipline, which made them forget their appearance. In the future, they must be disciplined well." Liang Feng said lightly, "Luzhu, go and get the two volumes of letters, take them back and read them slowly."

Is this going to go back to the house to rest?Green Bamboo immediately picked up the scroll pointed by Liang Feng, and said earnestly: "Mr. Hurry up, it's easier to read while lying down."

Liang Feng smiled, suppressing the constant pain in his chest and abdomen, he moved slowly towards the bedroom step by step.

The author has something to say: Historical Records was originally called Taishi Gongshu, and it began to be circulated to the outside world during the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was still very popular in the Tang Dynasty.Not everyone can read military books in ancient times, and Young Master Liang took advantage of his family background.