When Liu Yi came to Liu Bei's general's mansion, the sky began to darken, and the lights were brightly lit. Even though Liu Bei was now the weakest among the three princes, there was still a pomp. Many scholars were already waiting in the banquet hall, greeting people who were familiar with each other in groups. When they saw Zhao Yun, people would come to say hello from time to time. However, Liu Yi knew not many people here.

"This is Mr. Liu Yi, the prefect of Changsha." Zhao Yun and a young man with white hair on his eyebrows smiled and said a few words, took him to Liu Yi and introduced: "Boyuan, this is Ma Liang in Yicheng. Ma Jichang is now under the lord's command, and he is very trustworthy."

Zhao Yun's solemn recommendation was obvious that Ma Liang had a great position under Liu Bei's command, or he had a great weight in Liu Bei's mind.

"The five common people of the Ma family are the most beautiful, and they have long been famous." Liu Yi bowed to Ma Liang with a smile and said, "It is a blessing to be able to meet him today!"

Ma Liang smiled gently and said, "Brother Bo Yuan praised it, and some little name is not worth mentioning. Brother Bo Yuan's name is now widely circulated in this Jingxiang area."

He did not mention the name of Tiangongfang. Today, Liu Bei invited all kinds of famous scholars. Although Tiangongfang and fishing town are famous, they are mostly related to interests. When mentioned on such occasions, it will give others the feeling that they cannot be on the table. He just told publicly that Liu Bei weaving mats and selling shoes is generally disrespectful. Although Liu Bei has never denied it, he understands that people will not mention it on this occasion. If you discuss with Liu Yi about Tiangongfang or fishing town at this time, it will be a problem.

The two of them exchanged a few greetings and saw Liu Bei, one of them, bowed to everyone, and then said to Liu Yi: "Mr. Bo Yuan, the lord has been waiting for a long time. Please ask Mr. Bo Yuan to come in and talk."

Liu Yi nodded and headed to the main hall of the mansion with Zhao Yun and Ma Liang.

The General's Mansion is not luxurious, with extremely simple furnishings, but it is better than spaciousness. According to the closeness and distantness, low tables are lined up on the left and right, with about forty or fifty tables, and most of them have already sat down. Liu Bei sat at the top of the head, with Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and other groups of civil officials sitting on the left, and Guan Yu, Chen Dao, Liu Feng, Guan Ping and other military generals, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were also on the list. When they saw Liu Yi, the two hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Boyuan is finally here." Seeing Liu Yi, Liu Bei smiled kindly and said, "Sit down!"

Liu Yi's position was arranged between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. This ranking is a symbol of identity and status to some extent. Now that Liu Yi is arranged here, although it represents Liu Bei's attitude, it also aroused the dissatisfaction of many people here.

"Thank you, lord." Liu Yi didn't say much, and greeted Liu Bei. It would be better to be low-key at this time, and maybe you can get away with it.

Liu Bei was slightly stunned. If I remember correctly, this was the first time Liu Yi called his lord. He looked at Liu Yi with a strange look and wondered if he was stimulated?

"Boyuan, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I'm much more energetic than before." Zhuge Liang smiled when he saw Liu Yi sitting on the table beside him.

"Where do you have to thank Brother Kong Ming for your care!" Liu Yi hummed and bit the word "care" very seriously.

Zhuge Liang seemed to not understand, and waved his hand with a smile: "Light is just a little bit hard, why bother to thank you?"

"Haha~" Liu Yi didn't want to talk to him anymore.

In the hall, with the arrival of Liu Yi and others, there were once again and again with very famous scholars. The people who were invited to the banquet today were basically here. A maid came in like water and arranged meals for everyone. Liu Bei had kitchen utensils specially created by Tiangongfang here, and it was the latest batch of them. The food plates were just brought in, and the fragrance was already coming, making people feel loud.

Another dancer came in to perform the dance. Liu Yi was relished. Although there were differences between ancient and modern times, compared with the dances I used to watching in my previous lives, the dances in this era were less noisy and more precipitated. They didn’t realize it at first, but after watching it for a long time, combined with the clear bell ringing, people would indulge in it unconsciously. It was a kind of artistic beauty, which was indescribable, and it was two different realms from the modern ones.

Of course, although Liu Yi in his previous life was doing well, he could only be considered a petty bourgeoisie. He had never been to many truly high-end places. This kind of thing has not been lost after two thousand years of inheritance. However, in the society at that time, fewer and fewer people could appreciate it.

Liu Yi couldn't appreciate it before, but now, I feel a little bit as I look at it.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes, the atmosphere of the banquet began to become warmer. Liu Yi and Zhuge Liang asked some things like Qimen Dunjia. Although he has been studying it recently, he felt it was quite obscure. He has not yet understood the mystery of mathematics. He has no knowledge of human education. If he wants to learn by himself, only the legendary genius can do it. Obviously, Liu Yi is not that kind of genius, so he can only turn to people for help.

These days, all the questions came out to ask Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang answered questions and answered them all. Every time he said a few words, Liu Yi felt a sudden enlightenment.

"Boyuan's insights on mathematics are quite unique." After asking, Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yi and smiled. He found that Liu Yi was quite sensitive to the rules of some numbers, but he knew nothing about how to use these and how to deduce formations with mathematics. This was the first time Zhuge Liang saw such a serious bias in science and technology, and it seemed that he had pulled out some things in mathematics alone.

It was also at this time that Liu Yi realized that mathematics is not mathematics, or mathematics is mathematics, but mathematics is not entirely mathematics. Mathematics is a science that explores the laws of all things in the universe and nature through numbers, including formations, etc., which are part of it.

Of course, Liu Yi's math level in his previous life was just like that. He asked someone to take the advanced mathematics in college to take the exam and did not study it in depth, but he was sure that university mathematics did not study gossip.

"We usually design tools are useful, but they are not systematic, but they make Kong Ming laugh." He smiled bitterly. It was difficult to find superiority in knowledge in front of people like Zhuge Liang.

"It's not entirely true. What Bo Yuan said is indeed quite practical." Zhuge Liang shook his head. Most of the time, what Liu Yi said was enough. Going deeper is a more profound discussion, and there is no need for universality.

"If you want to go further, I think there may be great potential after you can verify what you said before." Liu Yi said thinking. He felt that mathematics is much more valuable than poetry, songs, etc. Of course, poetry, songs, and essays are not really useless. It is a spiritual realm. Material and spiritual pursuits are 90% of life. Unfortunately, in today's popular thoughts, spiritual pursuits are higher than material pursuits, so research on mathematics is not as popular as classics.

Zhuge Liang agreed with Liu Yi's view, and in this era with war as the theme, it is actually more suitable for the development of these things. Whether it is the Central Plains or the Jiangdong, starting from the separatist rule of the princes, there are more or less progress and innovations in industry.

"Dare you ask if this is Mr. Liu Yi and Liu Boyuan?" The two of them were discussing some topics of excessive practicality in mathematics. A scholar suddenly stood up, bowed to Liu Yi, and said with a smile.

"That's right!" Liu Yi looked around and found that the singing and dancing had stopped. Now many people came in the hall, either presenting poems to Liu Bei or expounding some of his views on government orders.

"In Xiangyang Fan Yu, I have heard that Mr. Bo Yuan has extraordinary civil and military strategies. Today I would like to ask you what you think about the world's situation?" Fan Yu asked with a smile.

"What did you say?" Liu Yi was stunned and asked.

"Fan Yu in Xiangyang, I heard it for a long time..." Fan Yu frowned and wanted to repeat it, but was interrupted by Liu Yi.

"No, the previous sentence!"

"Previous sentence?" Fan Yu was stunned and said with some uncertainty: "Dare you ask, Mr. Liu Yi and Liu Boyuan?"

"No, I've found the wrong person." Liu Yi shook his head and said politely.

Guan Yu, who was about to leave with a wine cup, happened to pass by here. Hearing the wine cup in his hand swayed, he glanced at Liu Yi with a strange look, turned around and walked away.

Fan Yu's face darkened and frowned and said, "Sir, this is a shameless way."

If you don’t want to say it, then don’t say it. What does this mean?

"Boyuan!" Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Yi with a slightly serious expression. This was a bit insulting.

All right.

Liu Yi looked at Fan Yu and said, "Fan Yu in Xiangyang, should the name "大子" be Zizhou?"

"Not bad." Fan Yu took a deep breath and nodded.

"If the situation is in general today, the lord and Sun Quan unite, and Cao Cao is unable to look south, and he already has the power to stand in a staggering position. Maybe it's obvious?" Liu Yi asked.

This is a basic premise. After the Battle of Chibi, although the Sun-Liu alliance was dominated by Jiangdong in name, Liu Bei won Nanjun and obtained the four counties of Jingnan. His wings gradually grew, and he was not afraid of Sun Quan. However, if both sides really had a fight, the final result would be a loss-win situation, so the two families could only unite and resist the strong. If this could not be seen, Liu Yi would not want to talk to the other party.

Zhuge Liang's Longzhong has actually made it clear that Sun Quan has a choice, but Liu Bei actually has not many choices except for joining Sun Quan, at least before he got Yizhou.

Fan Yu nodded. Zhuge Liang's third-party strategy is not a secret in the circle of scholars now.

"That is to say, in the short term, it is best for the three families to develop their own development. No matter which side starts a war, it will be of no benefit to the three families, and even more so with the lord! Do not compete with either side!" Liu Yi said: "This is the general trend I see. Is Zizhou still satisfied with this?"
Chapter completed!