Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

Zhuge Liang couldn't figure out where the mysterious destination Cao Zi was talking about was.

The sky dimmed again, and the howling air gathered dark clouds, forming a huge gray-black vortex above the city.The branches on both sides of the road shook crazily, making crackling sounds as if joints were snapping.Compared with the ruthless natural environment, the hard and silent city walls are more humane, and even the iron armor and sharp arrows on the wall stacks give people an indescribable sense of security.

"We're home." Ah Sheng said to the children, and then directed the ox cart to follow the long procession into the city.

Lu Meng was surprised: "Isn't it Cao Zi's Xu County? Why are you still waiting in line?" After passing this way, he gradually got close to A Sheng and was able to speak freely. Seeing that A Sheng didn't answer immediately, he added: "I have never seen grandson. The general still needs to queue up to enter Jiangling."

A Sheng raised his left hand and pointed forward: "There is a low stele at the base of the city wall, go and see it—Ah Liang will go too."

Lu Meng didn't know why, but he still pulled the little brother out of the car.

The short stele is really just a short stele, without even a grass roof to shelter from the rain, and it is exposed to the side of the road.The stone is blue and almost black, with moss crawling on the bottom, it is as hard as a city wall, and it is as silent as a city wall.Even the above fonts are ancient and clumsy:

"In the fifth year of Chuping, the city was rebuilt under the order of Er Gong to welcome Emperor Han. The outer wall is 540 feet from east to west, 960 feet from north to south, 25 acres of school palace, 1 long streets, and government offices, granaries, residential buildings, wine bars, etc. She, etc., will be completed in six years, only ten and three months. This unparalleled feat is only due to the common people's achievements: carrying water and controlling the soil, laying stones and picking wood, staying up all night, welcoming the summer and sending the cold. There are 10 people, and there are twenty and seven victims. Therefore, the book of Le Shi is published by the unknown and admonishes those who eat meat. The hearts of the people are like water, and water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it."

Below are densely packed names, most of which contain words such as "chicken", "dog", and "pig", or they are surnames with rankings, such as "Chen San" and "Wang Da", and even the surnames cannot be verified. Only words describing the origin such as "Nan Lai X", "X X Village X", "X X X Jiang" were written.

The grass-root-like name seems to sprout from the ground and pass through countless dark gravel clods before it can grow to the surface of the stele and be seen by future generations.

Lu Meng's eyes fell on the bouquet of flowers in front of the stele in a daze, and he asked after a while, "What does Cao Zi mean by this?"

Zhuge Liang yawned on the spot, with two tears streaming from the corners of his eyes. "Let's go." He lazily turned around, kicking his feet twice.

Lu Meng was dragged back by his junior brother, but reluctantly turned to look at the city gate.There was a lively scene, the convoy of collecting military rations blocked the door, and a brand new iron-clad gate was slowly hoisted and installed on the door hinge amidst the sound of neat horns.The people onlookers applauded, as if it was the new gate of their own adobe house, and they were proud.

"It turns out that the city gate is being replaced. No wonder the old team hasn't moved for a long time." Lu Meng said to himself, and then continued to carry forward his spirit of holding on to a problem, "I seem to understand a little bit, but I said Can’t come out. Brother, you are smart, tell me. What does Cao Zi mean?”

"Look at those people." Xiao Liang imitated Ah Sheng, pointing with his left hand, "The reason why they are so happy to change the city gate is because they think this is their Xu County. Only under the rule of Cao Zi, this is theirs. Xu County, not Cao Zi, is someone's Xu County."

"Oh! So if the flames of war burn here—"

The two said in unison: "The hearts of the people are available!"

When the children returned to the car, they were smiling. The feeling of many people standing with you is very empowering.However, they dragged a little tail over - Mi Zhu, Zhuge Liang's old friend.

"Zhu pays homage to Lord Zhonghua." The ruddy man in brocade robe greeted A Sheng in front of the bullock cart, "I just saw Mr. Zhuge at the gate of the city. Mr. Zhuge has grown so much taller that I dare not recognize him anymore. Luckily, I came over to take a look, so I didn't lose my manners to Duke Zhonghua."

"Patriarch Mi, are you safe?"

"Everything is fine. I came out from Xuzhou this time, and I brought [-] carts of kombu kelp and ten carts of refined salt. Thirty percent was collected by the school palace and medical hall, thirty percent was collected by the government along the road, and the last forty percent went to the military supplies from Juancheng. Official, the business is over in a blink of an eye." Mi Zhu smiled, "Our business is still at the bottom of making money. One is to be honest, and the other is to be useful to the country. Now this is very good."

Providing military supplies to Cao's army will also be said to have contributed to the Yuan campaign in the future. This is political capital.

"That can't make Patriarch Mi engage in loss-making business," Ah Sheng said with a smile, "The boys have lowered the price indiscriminately, and I will make up for them."

"No, no, nothing." Mi Zhu repeatedly denied, and invited A Sheng to dinner at night, but A Sheng declined:

"I just came back to Xu County, and I'm going to visit my old teacher. And the situation is urgent. My brother is waiting for me in Juancheng, and I can only stay here for three days at most."

Mi Zhu lamented loudly, and did not leave until Ah Sheng promised to go with him when he went north to Juancheng.As soon as Mi Zhu left, Ah Sheng's expression darkened, and he called a guard and said, "Go to the servants of Mi's family to inquire about the purchase price of seaweed and salt. Someone lowered the price on Mi Zhu."

Just as the guard nodded to leave, he was stopped by Ah Shi next to him: "Take off, uniform."

The elder brother of the guard looked embarrassed when he was called by the head teacher: "Instructor Shi, you have to change clothes before inquiring about the news, I understand."

"Take off, now." The woman in black was ruthless.

Brother guard: ...you are the instructor and you have the final say.

In the end, the poor guard walked away wearing a ragged singlet, and his back was bleak in the strong wind, which was extremely pitiful.But Ah Shi was still sullen: "I want to go." Ever since she met Ah Sheng in Xiangyang, she has been completely free.

Ah Sheng was speechless.

"He is not as good as me." A Shi continued to murmur.He is an older man, but his personality is still the same as when he was a child.

Ah Sheng could only pat her on the back: "Let's go, it's our turn to enter the city gate."

So Ashi swung his whip, the wheels of the bullock cart creaked and turned, crossed the moat, passed through the doorway under the city wall where the echo could be heard, and walked north along the spacious Xuegong Road.Probably because the weather is too gloomy, but Weishi seems to have set the sun.This season, all the flowers withered, and the lotus, which was supposed to be the number one, was also dejected because of the cloudy weather and cold current. Instead, the Lycoris [Note 2] planted by the only monk and lecturer in Xu County bloomed. The brightest colors in this dark season.

The convoy turned a corner on a small path on the west side of the school palace, gradually left the school district with many shops, and finally arrived at the gate of a mansion in the west of the city.Tall ginkgo trees stand in the dark sky.Under the tree was a handsome middle-aged man with a restrained and dignified smile, which reminded Ah Sheng of Xun Jing he met when he first arrived in Yingyin.

"Brother Ah Yue, it's been a long time." She should have called Xun Yue "Zhong Yu", but she blurted out what she called him when she was a child.

Xun Yue didn't show any panic, and still smiled gently: "I just received the news that Zhonghua is coming, so I let the children go to school early." He pushed open the half-open door, tied two small Zhuzhu, who was struggling, couldn't wait to run out, and threw himself into A Sheng's arms: "Second Uncle, Second Uncle, you are back. Zhuzhu misses you."

Her interruption in this way dispelled Ah Sheng's sudden surge of sadness.A Sheng touched his little niece's hair, and when he looked up, he saw a bunch of bumpy radish heads standing behind the door. The oldest, Sun Quan, had reached the minimum age for recruiting students in the school, and the youngest, Cao Zhang, couldn't reach the door with his hands. Lock.Cao Pi is an old fritter, but there are also new faces, the little Sun Yi who was forcibly sent to Xu County by his mother.

"Did you cause trouble to Lord Ciming?"

The children said in unison: "We don't, we are very good."

Even Xun Yue was amused by this skilled look. "Zhonghua, go into the house first, and then slowly talk about the old days. Sixth Uncle prepared a dinner for you, and invited Cai Jijiu to accompany everyone in Cai, you can't refuse."

Ah Sheng got out of the car and asked the two disciples to greet Xun Yue before going in surrounded by the children.

"Cai Yan returned to Xu County? I knew that the Hedong epidemic area was unsealed, but I didn't expect her to be so decisive. The Wei family didn't trouble her, did they?"

"The husband has passed away, he has no children, and the old man has his brother to take care of him. Can the Wei family find a reason to keep him? Even if the Wei family wants to keep him, it is only natural for her to go home and honor her father. And Cao Gong sent a team The tiger and leopard rider went to pick it up..."

……

This visit to Xun's family was of special significance to Zhuge Liang and Lu Meng. They offered tea to their ancestor Xun Shuang, discussed seniority rankings with the Cao family's children, and kowtowed to Xun Jing's tablet.

"This is my brother's and I's mentor." A Sheng introduced to his disciples, "There was no school in the past, and we couldn't find a suitable school. When we were eight years old, we went to Yingchuan to study after paying filial piety to our grandfather. .Because after being an eunuch, he was despised by the family and bumped into walls everywhere. Only Master Xun took us in. I will remember this kindness for the rest of my life. It is a pity that I was not around when he passed away."

Zhuge Liang looked at Xun Jing's tablet with awe. "If only I had the ability to know people like this—what happened to those aristocratic families that used to look down on you?"

Ah Sheng pondered for two seconds: "Most of them are holding knives and pens." Those aristocratic families who looked down on us in the past are now either working for my brother or me.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing out loud: "So if only I had the ability to know people like this."

Xun Jing has passed away, but Xun Shuang is the living master.Although he is already very old, he is 65 years old, his beard and hair are all white, and he may leave in his dream at any time.At the banquet, other people's plates were full of grilled sea bass, and Xun Shuang was fish minced tofu soup.According to him, he has gotten a little angry in the past few days, and his teeth are so painful that he can't bite the meat.

In contrast, Cai Yong is much tougher, eating meat and drinking to his heart's content, it is not obvious at all that he has just passed his 60th birthday.

Xiao Liang and Xiao Meng also met Cai Zhaoji, who has long been famous.Not as beautiful as imagined, but in terms of temperament, it is indeed well-deserved.Dressed in blue and white regular clothes with a white background, she looks like a lotus flower.

"After going around for a while, I returned to the academy to teach." She sighed when she toasted A Sheng.

Ah Sheng laughed: "How does it compare to before?"

"It's more comfortable than before. When I was not out of the cabinet, I didn't dare to talk too much with the older students, for fear of being suspected of melon fields and plums. Now I look at them, they all look like juniors."

Ah Sheng frowned unobtrusively, but immediately stretched it out, and asked in a joking tone: "Zhaoji is at home now, the matchmaker is about to break through the threshold, right?"

Cai Yan hesitated for a while before replying: "I don't want to remarry. It's good to be in the academy. At least for the past few years, I want to spend more time with my father."

Cai Yong was already a little drunk at this time, and when he heard his daughter talk about remarriage, he patted the table and said, "Zhong Hua, tell Meng De to let Zhao Ji die with me, I won't live for a few more years .”

Does this involve Cao Cao again?

Ah Sheng didn't show it on his face, but he already sensed something was wrong in his heart.The water in Xu County is very deep. Some people lowered the price on Mi Zhu, and some forced Cai Zhaoji to remarry. I don't know which brat wants to turn the world upside down!

Note 1: Diligent forward, vigorous appearance.

Note 2: Lycoris safflower, manjusawa; white lycoris, mandala.It is the one commonly known as the flower of the other shore.Introduced as a Buddhist flower, it likes shade.