"Ah Sheng. You said last time that compensation..."

When Cao Cao finished reassembling the Sanguan, Ah Sheng was squatting next to the campsite, chatting happily with the nearby old farmers about water conservancy, and opened his eyes to Cao Cao, pretending to be stupid: "Brother, what are you talking about, I can't understand." Some words Only when the atmosphere is good can you say it, and you won’t admit it when it’s overdue.

Xun You and Xun Chen sat upright beside Xun Jing. They were going on the same journey to congratulate the eldest son of the prefect who had married his wife.

Cao Cao had nothing to do, he took people around the campsite, and found no safety hazards, so he got off his horse and came to salute in the direction of Xun's family. "Does Master Xun have anything short?" He had never met Xun Shuang, but he had read the book for a month under Xun Jing's teaching, so he called "Xun Jing" "Master Xun".

"You are very polite." Xun Jing raised his hand gently, "The servants and maidservants are used to it, there is nothing inconsiderate."

Cao Cao smiled and patted his head: "Then I'll bring some barbecue over here. Among the people I'm taking are people from Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and they are very good at barbecue."

Xun You was watching his heart, while Xun Chen was already secretly swallowing.

Xun Jing naturally noticed the movement of the two children, and smiled slightly: "Then I will trouble Da Lang."

As soon as Cao Cao turned around, Xun Chen said happily: "It's true that elite soldiers eat more meat. Cao Dalang has grown by more than six inches after being there for two years. It can be seen that the food at Duke Ming's is good."

Xun Jing sighed: "Did our family treat Ah Chen badly? Are you even greedy for a piece of barbecue?"

Xun Chen: "...Third Uncle, you can't say that..."

"Forget it, I'm not blaming you for that when you are greedy for meat. It's just that you should be careful in front of the Cao family. Ayou is young and your junior. Did you say anything?"

"Nephew Ayou has always been a gentleman, I don't compare with him." Xun Chen looked around, "If you talk about etiquette, doesn't Asheng squat on the mud and talk to the old farmer in slang?"

Xun Jing tapped lightly on Xun Chen's forehead: "She is different."

"What's the difference?"

Xun You, who had been silent all this time, said at this time: "Ah Sheng and Ah Cao are people who make people feel kind. When they don't stick to etiquette, they can make people feel that friendship is better than ceremonies. This is something we can't learn from. of."

Xun Jing clapped his hands: "Ayou is really good at thinking. Ah Chen, it just so happens that Ah Sheng is here, why don't you ask her yourself."

Ah Sheng came here with Cao Cao.Cao Cao is holding a barbecue wrapped in reed leaves, while A Sheng is holding a handful of roasted ears of wheat.Her hands still had dirt and fire marks on them, but she looked happy. "I exchanged a horse of coarse hemp with the old farmer for half a catty of wheat, which just saved him the trouble of going to the city, and I was able to use roasted ears of wheat as an extra meal for my teachers and classmates. There are no delicacies in the wild, but an occasional meal of coarse grains is also a good year. taste."

Xun Chen resisted the urge to reach out and eat, and asked with a straight face: "Can people who have studied etiquette and poetry since childhood sit on the mud with their sleeves rolled up and legs crossed?"

Asheng blinked. "If I make people burn incense and lay mats, and then sit on the seats after weeding out all the weeds, it is naturally clean and ceremonial, but old farmers will not dare to talk to me because they are ashamed. Those who spend their lives farming on the fields are because It is not arrogant or condescending to get your hands dirty because of the needs of work. If so, why use clean clothes and cumbersome language to make people feel sad?" Asheng bowed to Xun Jing: "It is Uncle Cigong who thinks that I am Is there anything wrong with doing this?"

Xun Jing was the first to take the ears of wheat with his hands, knead them, break them apart, and put them in his mouth.Seeing the four and a half older children, they also began to eat the roasted ears of wheat.

After the meal was over, Xun Jing wiped his hands and mouth, and preached to Xun Chen: "Li Yun Li Yun, jade silk cloud! Music cloud, music cloud, bell drum cloud! [1] The form of ritual and music is only external, Its inner meaning is to let you know benevolence, loyalty, reverence, and what people do and what they don’t do. If you only use etiquette to show off or persecute others, it is hypocrisy that loses the inner benevolence and righteousness, and it is better to have no etiquette.”

The children of the Xun family and the Cao family all bowed their hands: "I would like to be taught."

"A hermit with a high moral character, people will not despise him because he personally farms; a general who is honest and brave, people will not criticize him because he eats and drinks with soldiers; a saint is not ashamed to ask his subordinates, a sage king and a corporal, you want to understand these principles , can be regarded as mastering the connotation of etiquette.”

"Please be taught."

Xun Jing smiled slightly, but secretly sighed inwardly.When Cao Chi's wedding was over, Xun Jing returned home and said to Xun Shuang, "The Cao family is about to rise. It's like a bird spitting flames and a river rushing eastward. It's unstoppable."

As if to verify his words, Tang Heng and Xu Huang among the four princes died one after another within the next year, and then the 33-year-old emperor questioned Zuo Bin and Gu Yuan, and even stepped on Empress Liang. The famous Deng Meng and Deng Meiren were also sent to Yeting.The direction of the court in the harem became very fast. Before the scholars could celebrate the victory against the five princes, a new generation of eunuchs represented by Hou Lan and Cao Jie appeared on the stage.

Then, the rehabilitation of the old members of the Liang Party began quietly.

At this time, Ah Sheng was 12 years old, Cao Song finally bid farewell to the fate of being a transparent person, and was promoted to Shangshu.With a letter, Ah Sheng called Kong Mo and the female doctor Fang to Yingchuan.

"Hey, Ah Feng, Fang Feng, Fang the great doctor..."

Fang's footsteps paused: "What?"

"Hoo hoo, you... walk slowly."

Fang Shi still looked at him coldly: "Master Kong has been pampered in the other courtyard these years, and his belly has three layers of fat."

Kong Mo had a tough expression on his face: "I'm no better than you, I can let it out. Alas, I also want to take a trip to the South Island. I heard that the South Island is already fragrant with rice flowers, and there are strange things everywhere. It worked."

Fang shook his head: "That's how it is around Haikou Port. The mountains in the center are still the territory of the barbarians. For a few pieces of iron and stone, you have to buy colorful cloth from them. The population of Han people is not enough. The master said it is not enough." time for massive expansion."

When Fang said this, he looked up at the sun in the sky, seeing that it was almost noon, he ordered to find a shelter to light a fire for lunch.And she herself set up a straight standard measuring ruler under the sun, and used the length of the shadow to measure the elevation angle of the sun at noon.

Two second-term students, named Mia and Xiangjian, came up to help Fang draw the moving lines of the shadows.The other children took the initiative to collect firewood to boil water, feed the cattle and horses, and some even built simple defensive fences to serve as guards. Everything was in order.Kong Mo wandered around, but there was nothing to do.

This time, all the top students from the first and second phases came, and their discipline was unquestionable. Some of them had been working as stewards in other courtyards for two or three years.

"Oh, Ah Feng is actually very favored by the lord." Kong Mo muttered in a low voice while drinking miscellaneous grain porridge, "I can hold the map ruler." Although he said so, Kong Mo also knew Fang's loyalty, It's impossible not to be a henchman.

"Because Fang's medical treatment is very reassuring." Xiang Xian said, he was also a child rescued by Fang's family from Qingzhou during the epidemic.

"Extreme, extreme!" Miya also said, although she was the one who gave birth to the Cao family, she had been an apprentice of the Fang family for six years.

Fang Shi was flattered by the two leading children, but he didn't show any emotion on his face. "Even if you say that, today's homework will not be reduced."

The rest of the kids burst out laughing.

Mi Ya touched his flushed face and changed the subject: "Doctor Fang, after we meet the master this time, we will be transferred to the south, right?"

Fang first distributed the jerky to the children, and then replied under the expectant eyes of everyone: "The master never made it clear, even if you have guesses in your mind, you should not delay work and study because of it, understand?"

"No." The children said in unison, eager to try.The always unsmiling female doctor did not deny it, which means that she is [-]% to [-]% sure about this matter.

"Oh." Kong Mo pointed at himself in surprise, "Can I also go to the South Island? Yes, the 200 people who were transferred to Yingchuan for training before were all sent to the South Island one after another. Speaking of which, we are already in the fourth batch."

Fang knocked off Kong Mo's finger: "Master Kong, please be more cautious. Don't yell about things in the south."

Kong Mo touched his nose embarrassingly: "I have memorized all the blueprints and documents that the master left in the other courtyard by heart, and I am almost sick of making models. Now it is finally useful, so why not let people lose their temper?"

Fang sighed: "If you can't get rid of your outspokenness, you will never be in charge, you can only be a master craftsman."

"It's fine if I can only be a great craftsman." Kong Mo looked indifferent, "It's fine to have Ah Feng in charge." If I can be alone, wouldn't I be able to partner with you?He said secretly in his heart.

It is about [-] miles from Qiao County to Yingyin, and it takes one day to ride a fast horse, but it takes more than a week to walk by ox cart and on foot.In general, because of discipline, team songs and lectures, the journey reached the end very smoothly.

"My lord!" Kong Mo couldn't hide his excitement when he met A Sheng in Cao Bao's other courtyard.He looked at the door closed by his personal servants Luo Chi and Tian Xiaoma, and became even more excited, lowering his voice: "My lord wants to have a secret talk with Mo? Is there a major mission? But it's for shipbuilding?"

Fang Shi was next to him, clutching his forehead weakly.

Ah Sheng first covered his mouth and smiled: "Seeing that Mr. Kong is still so energetic, I am relieved. I thought the long journey would make you tired."

"Ah, what is such a small way? I am determined to be a Mohist, and I will travel all over the world barefoot." Kong Mo smiled and looked at A Sheng, "My lord seems to be more elegant, and I have grown up and become more refined. Even if it is placed in front of Runan Yuan, it is not inferior."

Ah Sheng shook his finger: "No. I am a natural beauty, and I am not afraid of the reputation of aristocratic family."

"Yes!" Kong Mo laughed, "My lord is still the same lord."

After exchanging greetings, Fang bowed down and bowed: "Feng has seen the master. The master left us, but do you have something important to order?"

A Sheng also sternly said: "My father has already become a minister. Now that the east wind of power is in place, it is time for Mr. Kong's phoenix to take off. I want A Feng and Mr. Kong to go to Qingzhou, but not when we already have Pingyuan County where the women's medical hall is located, but continue eastward to Donglai, and a new women's medical hall and a shipyard will be established by the sea."

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Note [1]: The words come from "The Analects of Confucius·Yanghuo".The translation is roughly: etiquette etiquette, are you talking about jade and silk?Playing music, playing music, are you talking about musical instruments like bells and drums?

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