Royal road

"I have come to the mansion several times, and I can see different weather. Lianghou Shen's management method really impresses the lower officials!" Sitting at the guest table, Guo Jiao smiled attentively.

It was only after the seventh day of the lunar new year, and Guo Jiao came to celebrate the new year, quite beyond Liang Feng's expectations.You must know that there are also group worships in this era. Before the fifteenth, it was basically the time when officials visited each other.Low-level bureaucrats like Guo Jiao had to go to the county town to visit Shangguan, and it took several days to come and go.Being able to rush over at this time obviously put Liang Mansion in a very important position.

People in flowery sedan chairs carried people, Liang Feng naturally wanted to reciprocate this kind of praise, and replied with a smile: "It's all thanks to Dongye who is in charge of Gaodu. If it were someone else, the government might not be able to recuperate like this."

Now Liang Feng is no longer called Minggong, but changed his name to Guo Jiao's character "Dongye" to shorten the relationship between the two.Hearing the other party's praise, Guo Jiao couldn't help showing some color on his face: "Lianghou's words are serious. If Lianghou didn't give advice, we wouldn't have added these hundreds of people this winter. Who would have thought that there would be so many refugees in Luoyang? Haha, it seems that during the spring plowing, we can reclaim a few more acres of wasteland."

Guo Jiao has tasted the sweetness of work-for-relief.In just one winter, the city walls of Gaodu were raised by a few feet, and the damaged parts were repaired.If there are more rebels coming, as long as there is continuous food and fodder in the city, they can hold on for several months.This is a real life-saving contribution, but the money and food spent are half of previous years, and there is no need to rack your brains to conscript labor, causing complaints.

Even the houses of the refugees were built by themselves.After all, there are fields for reclaiming wasteland hanging in front of them, so how could this group of people not take good care of their residences.Going back and forth in this way is equivalent to using the money and food for the victims to accomplish two or three major events.Not only has it achieved benefits, but it has also won a good name, and it does not need to consume too much money and food in the treasury.With the military rations from Wuling on top, it's like getting all kinds of benefits for nothing!

If it weren't for the ingenious skills of the person in front of him, where would these political achievements come from?

This alone is enough for Guo Jiao to come to the door early to pay New Year's greetings.

"If you have acres of land, you have to cultivate it carefully. It happened that there was a heavy snowfall last year, so it should be a sign of a good year." Liang Feng smiled.

"That's right!" Guo Jiao immediately became interested, "I came back early this time because I want to encourage farming in spring. If Marquis Liang is free, why don't you go to the county government to participate in the ceremony of exorcising Nuo in the beginning of spring?"

The so-called "whip spring" is an important ceremony at the beginning of spring.In the farming society, there is nothing more important than farming, so there were corresponding official ceremonies as early as the Zhou Dynasty. "Zhou Li Yue Ling" has a cloud: "Cows are unearthed to send cold air." On the day of Lichun, all officials in the capital must wear green clothes, and county and county officials and small fighting officials wear green capes and set up green banners.Skilled craftsmen were ordered to carve earthen cattle outside the city gate, and officials whipped the earthen cattle with colored sticks to remind the people to start spring plowing.At the same time, perform Nuo to drive away ghosts and cold air.

This is the most serious persuasion ceremony.However, due to the great famine in Bingzhou, the people were displaced, and the government hadn't held such a ceremony for a long time.How could those pure and elegant scholars stand in the fields and beat the cows with hard work, while a group of mud-legged people watched?Only a poor family like Guo Jiao would think about holding the ceremony, and would take the liberty of inviting Liang Feng, a standard gentry, to watch the ceremony.

However, Liang Feng smiled: "Dong Ye can personally persuade the farmers, I should watch the ceremony."

Unexpectedly, the other party answered so simply, Guo Jiao couldn't help but beam with joy: "With Marquis Liang present, this spring plowing will surely go smoothly!"

With such a Buddhist disciple participating in the Nuo exorcism, the people feel at ease, and the refugees can obediently cultivate the wasteland, and maybe they can make up a crop of spring wheat and harvest more food.

Thinking of the full treasury and granary this year, Guo Jiao felt extremely relieved, and sighed leisurely: "It's a pity that Captain Wu went to Jinyang. If he is here, we can participate in the Nuo ceremony together."

Captain Wu went to Jinyang after Zhengdan, probably because he wanted to return to Bingzhou while Dong Yinggong was in charge, and inquire about his promotion.

Liang Feng replied with a smile: "When I come back this time, I'm afraid I will call him General Wu. When that happens, there will be a banquet to celebrate."

"Hahaha, that's right." Guo Jiao also laughed heartily.

After lunch, Guo Jiao left in a hurry, presumably to go back to Fucheng to study the whip spring.Liang Feng came to the inner courtyard to play with Liang Rong.

Now is the Spring Festival, so it should be the time for children to go on winter vacation.But Liang Rong is very self-disciplined, and even these few days he obediently stayed in the study to practice calligraphy and endorse.Liang Feng couldn't see it, so he played the game with the little guy.In this era, there were no game consoles, and board games such as Shuanglu and Liubo were quite boring, so Liang Feng ordered someone to make a simple military flag.According to the settings of marshal, general, school lieutenant, military marquis, garrison chief, team rate, special chief, corporal chief, and scouts, change the military flag into a commander's flag, change bombs into crossbows, change mines into traps, and follow the rules Played like this.

This thing is so novel, Liang Rong couldn't put it down when he saw it, and would pester Liang Feng for a few games every day.Who didn't indulge in games when they were young?The military flag is much simpler than Go. Liang Rong doesn't cry when he loses, but just thinks about the layout silently.

"Ah!" Liang Rong couldn't help but exclaimed as he watched Luzhu take away the lieutenant from his side, "Father, how could he put the general here!"

"Why not? Qingqi rushing forward is the most unpredictable." Liang Feng pushed another chess piece forward, and Lvzhu hurriedly looked around at the erected chess pieces on both sides, covered his lips with a smile, and drew Liang Rong's that one.

Seeing that the trap was dug up by the scouts, and the powerful crossbow only consumed the opposing corporal, Liang Rong clenched his fists nervously.However, a lot of tricks can't save the decline. After a while, the handsome flag staying in the camp was carried away by the opponent.Liang Rong still couldn't figure it out. There are two places in the camp, so why can my father always guess where his handsome flag is?

"Father, let's play another game!" Liang Rong couldn't help begging.

"You can only play three games a day, but Rong'er forgot the agreement?" Liang Feng raised his eyebrows.

Chess and board games are quite addictive, and Liang Feng also consciously honed Liang Rong's self-control.Sure enough, upon hearing this, Liang Rong's face collapsed, and he said obediently, "Rong'er has not forgotten."

"Sitting too long is bad for your health, go throw a pot." Liang Feng smiled and rubbed the little guy's head.

Liang Rong regained his energy immediately, walked to the corner, took out a long arrow shaft, and threw it at the two-eared bronze pot five feet away.

Touhu is also the most popular game among the gentry, and it is a derivative of "shooting ceremony".In ancient times, if an adult man could not shoot arrows, he would be considered ashamed. Therefore, when the feudal lords entertained guests, they would invite them to shoot arrows as a gift, and no one could refuse.If someone really can't shoot, they will use arrows to throw the pot instead.Later, the shooting ritual evolved into throwing pots, where the arrowheads were removed and only the shafts of the arrows were thrown into the pots.

Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, this was still a ceremonial ceremony, but after the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became an elegant entertainment.Celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties made great use of throwing pots. Every time there was a banquet, they would definitely know the song of throwing pots, and they had to pay attention to their posture and skills when throwing.The nature is probably similar to that of golf in later generations. It is a kind of entertainment that coexists with style and skill.

Liang Feng himself has no strength in his hands, and Liang Rong is small and weak, so throwing pots has become a common fitness activity for the two of them.Anyway, it is quite practical, and there is nothing wrong with practicing more.

When Yiyan entered the room, what he saw was the father and son, each with an arrow, throwing pots in exchange.Liang Feng has big sleeves fluttering and has an elegant figure, while Liang Rong has short hands and calves, childish and cute.However, the biggest commonality between the two is that their accuracy is extremely different.

Seeing Yiyan coming, Liang Feng smiled and said, "Yiyan, give us some pointers."

This thing is not quite the same as a dart. The arrow shaft is too long and it is made of bamboo. If you don't use the strength well, it is easy to hit the spout of the pot and fly out.Liang Feng's hands are still not steady now, it's not bad to hit one out of ten blows, so naturally he needs to find someone to teach him.

Yiyan glanced over the scattered chess pieces on the table, without saying a word, strode to Liang Feng's side, took the arrow shaft, and threw it.I don't know how he used the strength, the arrow fell into the pot with a snap, and spun around, but it just didn't pop out.

"Can you make bamboo arrows pop out, catch them and then throw them in?" Liang Feng became interested. This is an advanced skill of throwing pots. The arrow shaft pops out, catches it and throws it again. It is called "Xiao". Continuous re-voting hundreds of times is very entertaining.

Yi Yan weighed the shaft of the arrow, and threw it again, only to hear a bang, the arrow hit the bottom of the pot, bounced back the same way, and landed in his hand.Repeatedly, the shaft of the arrow flew back and forth, like a weaving frame, which made people dazzled.

"Good!" Liang Feng couldn't help applauding, even Liang Rong's eyes widened with envy.

Yiyan held the arrow shaft in his hand again, but this time he didn't throw it, but made a gesture with his left hand: "My lord, when throwing the arrow, don't move your wrist, swing it with the strength of your arm, press down the arrow, and you will be able to shoot." into the pot."

It seems that the technique of playing darts is not suitable, Liang Feng took the arrow shaft, thought about Yiyan's previous movement, and waved again.This time it was much stronger than before, the arrow shaft hit the mouth of the pot, turned half a circle, and landed in the pot.

"It seems useful!" Liang Feng smiled and touched Liang Rong's head, "Does Rong'er want to learn too?"

Liang Rong looked at the tall and big Jie man, then at the mouth of the pot in the distance, and asked, "If archery is accurate, can throwing pot be accurate?"

"That's natural." Liang Feng said.

"I want to learn archery first!" Liang Rong grabbed Liang Feng's clothes.

"Then you should seek a teacher. This Yiying is a master of archery, with excellent archery skills." Liang Feng smiled and nodded at the people around him.

Liang Rong hesitated this time, and asked Yi Yan after a long while, "When did you start practicing archery?"

Seeing the little thing pulling the lord's sleeve, Yi Yan frowned, and replied coldly: "After ten years old."

"Then if I practice archery now, can I surpass you?" Liang Rong asked again.

"No." Yi Yan answered more simply.

Choked hard, Liang Rong turned his head and complained: "Father, I don't want to learn archery from him!"

"Hahaha!" Liang Feng couldn't help laughing, "You practice arrows, and others practice. No matter how you learn, you will lose ten years of hard work, so it will be difficult to catch up. Be good, let's start with the soft bow first. .”

After being interrupted like this, Liang Rong was not so angry anymore, and nodded depressedly.Seeing that it was getting late, Liang Feng asked the maid to take the little guy to wash and rest, and he sat back at the desk: "The next day, Lichun, I promised Guo County Magistrate, to go to Gaodu to participate in the exorcism ceremony. You bring Let some people go with you."

Yiyan nodded, hesitated for a while, and pointed to the broken chess set on the table: "Why doesn't my lord teach me this?"

Liang Feng raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You want to play Lu Xingqi?"

"Think!" Yi Yan immediately sat down on the other side of the table.

The military flag is originally a game of marching formations, so it is not wrong to ask Yiyan to learn it, but Liang Feng did not immediately agree, but instead smiled: "This is a game. It's okay for Ronger to play, do you want to play too?"

Does this compare him to a child?Yiyan didn't want to give in at all, and said loudly: "I want to play!"

This is a new game that the lord came up with, how can I miss it!And this chess is obviously used for marching formations, shouldn't it be taught to him?

Seeing Yiyan's stubborn expression, Liang Feng said, "Then I won't play Go today, just play this."

Seeing Yiyan nod his head, Liang Feng turned over the chess pieces and began to explain carefully.Military flags are simple, and they are all terms for marching and fighting. Yiyan mastered the rules in a short time.

"Then let's set up an array of vertical chess pieces." Liang Feng said after choosing a black chess piece at random.

This is a game of dark chess, and someone needs to act as a referee, so Luzhu made it to the side of the two.Yiyan didn't even look at her, and quickly set up the chess pieces, and took the lead to start the game. However, as soon as they confronted each other, he was immediately eaten by several pieces.Watching Luzhu take away his pieces every time he checks the chess board is even more disappointing than playing Go.

But Yiyan was quite calm, he guessed the layout of Liang Feng's formation in just a moment, and fought back.Back and forth, the number of chess pieces on both sides was greatly reduced. However, during the fierce battle, Liang Feng suddenly scored a piece and walked to the camp on the opposite side: "Pull the chess pieces."

"My lord, how did you guess that this is where Shuai Qi is?" Yi Yan couldn't help frowning.

"Your layout is too dense on this side, so it's not difficult to guess." Liang Feng pushed down the chess piece in the circle, and it turned out to be a red handsome flag. It is a game about the evolution of the battlefield, and it should include all kinds of tactics."

Yi Yan seemed to realize something: "One more game!"

Liang Feng couldn't help smiling, and joked, "Is it fun to play Luxing or Go?"

"Everyone has their own strengths!" Yi Yan replied seriously, not taking the bait.

This is also what Liang Feng likes most about him.In order to be able to take the lead, Qingqi rushed forward.Being handsome can't be hasty and reckless. Only by judging the situation and making a decision before making a move can you win a thousand miles decisively.

"Then let's play another game." Liang Feng picked up the chess pieces and started to set up the formation, his expression was much more serious than before.

Seeing the man withdraw his joking expression, Yi Yan felt his heart tremble, as if something had scratched his heart.The lord treats him differently than he treats Xiao Langjun!The unspeakable irritability before was immediately thrown out of the sky, and Yiyan also picked up the chess pieces and set up a formation seriously.