Although the form in hand felt a little strange, Pei Xiu still filled it out seriously, reviewed it carefully, and then handed it in.
The young clerk took the form, glanced at it, seemed to pause for a moment, and then raised his head:
"Pei Xiu?"
"Ah? It's me."
"The Pei Xiu of Hedong's backward leader?"
When Pei Xiu was asked this question, his expression was startled and a little surprised.
At the beginning, when he and his mother entered the unmarried camp, he thought that the other party was because of his reputation.
Who knows how things will develop later, it seems that I am overthinking.
Because in the Unaffiliated Camp, my mother and son did not receive any preferential treatment.
Grandma has to wash clothes, sew clothes, cook, and sometimes even when the staff is too busy, she has to go to the wounded barracks to prepare medicine, deliver medicine, and take care of the wounded...
As for himself, he helped handle trivial matters in the military, maintained order in the shantytown, and sometimes organized refugees in a certain area to clean up the shantytown, etc.
There is no such excitement as people coming to ask for advice after hearing his name.
Fourteen-year-old Pei Xiu used to be able to chat with local celebrities without falling behind.
Now he can tell how many households there are and how many people live in the shantytown he is responsible for, and when the garbage in the shantytown should be cleaned up.
After months of being forced or semi-forced to work at the grassroots level, Pei Xiu not only began to become down-to-earth, but also very down-to-earth.
There is no way, the Han army does not support idle people.
You can't let your mother earn enough food for two people by herself, right?
Food rations were already tight.
Refugees in shantytowns, apart from having to go out to work, basically have only half-full meals to eat.
Compared to the refugees, the treatment in the Unaffiliated Camp is already very good. If you work harder, you can even get salted fish for extra meals.
After months of hard work, Pei Xiu has almost accepted the reality that she is invisible to everyone.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone would suddenly mention his previous title.
For some reason, he felt excited for no reason, and then nodded fiercely subconsciously:
"Yes, yes, it's me, it's me!"
The young scribe was not a famous person, but facing this "Hedong leader", he had arrogant self-confidence.
The reason is also very simple.
First, the big man is the winner.
Second, he was born in the Royal Academy of Han Dynasty.
The young clerk's eyes stayed on Pei Xiu for a long time.
Pei Xiu couldn't help but look down at her body, thinking there was something wrong with her.
The clothes are a bit old, but still neat.
"Go this way and go all the way to the end. Do you see that house?"
Before Pei Xiu could see anything, the young clerk raised his hand and pointed him in a direction.
"Ah? Where?"
Pei Xiu looked in the direction he pointed and saw the guard at the end.
Then he subconsciously turned his head and looked in the other direction, which was the direction that others were walking.
He now somewhat understood why the young scribe in front of him looked at him that way just now.
Although I often had contact with the Han army these days, I basically gave him some information or documents and asked him to compile statistics.
Who is qualified to enter a heavily guarded place?
The exquisite armor, shining weapons, and uncontrollable murderous aura made Pei Xiu a little trembling.
"I, my name is Pei Xiu, I am..."
Pei Xiu is a fourteen-year-old boy after all.
He dared to stand up in front of the rebels. Apart from his momentary bravery, the most important reason was because of his mother.
Now that his mother is fine, he certainly doesn't want to be hacked to death for no apparent reason.
If you don't want to die, you don't have the courage.
So facing the guards who seemed to be exuding a murderous aura that smelled faintly of blood, he actually hesitated to move forward.
The guards were like wooden figures, motionless.
"It was over there that asked me to come."
Still no movement.
"Well, then I go in?"
Pei Xiu pointed inside and asked cautiously.
As if he couldn't stand his mother-in-law, someone finally gave him a cold look.
Pei Xiu was so frightened that she quickly shut up, and then tentatively took a step forward.
The guard didn't move.
Only then did he realize that he was like a frightened rabbit, and he immediately lowered his head and trotted past.
When I opened the door, I was greeted by a burst of noise.
"Has Dongcheng been drawn yet?"
"OK OK!"
"Bring it here quickly! I'm just sending you."
"Are Nancheng's proportions correct? Why don't they match up? Take it and compare it again!"
…………
There were many tables and chairs in the originally very large room, and a group of gentlemen were either sitting or standing, or simply lying on the tables, or even sitting directly on the ground.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the drawings in their hands, and they were mumbling some strange words that Pei Xiu didn't understand.
In the inner room blocked by a screen, shouts could be heard from time to time, and then someone would trot in with a large piece of paper in his hand.
Everyone was busy and didn't even bother to take a look at Pei Xiu who walked in through the door.
"Pei Xiu?"
A voice came from behind.
Pei Xiu quickly turned around and found that there was an inner door on the other side, and a man in his twenties was standing at the door.
"it's me."
Pei Xiu stepped forward quickly and was about to salute.
"Pei Langjun, there is no need to be formal, please come with me."
The young man has narrow sleeves, long trousers, a belt around his waist, and a straight waist, exuding a crisp look.
He waved his hand, turned around and led Pei Xiu through a corridor and into another room.
"Please take a seat."
Then he made Pei Xiu another cup of hot tea:
"Pei Langjun, please take a seat first. Mr. Shan is busy and won't be here for a while."
"Ah? Oh, okay, okay..."
Pei Xiu was still a little confused until the young man went out.
In other words, Pei Xiu has been confused from the beginning to now.
It seems that the other party's mountain leader wants to see him.
But who is the other party’s mountain leader?
It seems that his status is not low.
Why do you want to see yourself?
…
The room Pei Xiu was in was smaller than the one outside, but it was also much larger than an ordinary room.
There is a huge map hanging on the wall opposite the door.
Pei Xiu did not dare to take a closer look, because he knew that the map must be a military secret and not accessible to ordinary people.
It was the sand table placed in the middle of the room that caught his attention.
He has never seen this thing before.
I took a few curious glances, it was high and low, ups and downs, it was a bit weird.
Because he only remembered the map on the wall, it seemed that this room was confidential, so he forcibly took his eyes back from the sand table.
But after I turned away, I couldn't help but feel curious.
Take another look, just take a look.
He quietly turned his head again, glanced at it, and then looked away.
Then……
The curiosity in my heart became even greater.
"That's... that's..."
Pei Xiu swallowed, looked at the quiet door, and finally couldn't help but look at the sand table. This time, she stretched her neck.
"this is not?"
Pei Xiu's eyes showed horror, "No wonder, no wonder, no wonder the Han army..."
As he spoke, he stretched his hand toward the sand table as if possessed, as if to confirm whether he was in a dream.
In this state, he did not hear the footsteps at the door.
"Does it look good?"
"nice!"
"Do you know where it is?"
"Hedong! Look, this must be a big river, this is the Yan River..."
Pei Xiu, who was almost lying on the top, was frightened when he said this, and stood up in a panic.
The visitor pressed his shoulder with his hand: "Don't be nervous, sit down."
Probably because of the panic on his face, as well as the small movement of subconsciously glancing at the sand table and then forcibly looking back, the visitor could tell what he was thinking:
"Don't panic. Just letting you come here means that it's okay for you to look at these things."
Governor Feng comforted Pei Xiu to sit down, and then sat across from the sand table himself.
It took more than ten years of hard work to train students who are capable of drawing maps and making fine sand tables.
Even if Wei knew that he had these two things in his army, so what?
Are they capable of stealing lessons?
Give them ten years, can they train enough mapping students?
"Thank you... thank you..."
"My name is Feng Yong."
Pei Xiu, who had just sat down, was shocked and quickly stood up again:
"Xiu has met the king."
"No need to be polite, sit down."
Governor Feng, who was sitting opposite, signaled.
"Yes Yes."
This time, Pei Xiu didn't dare to be careless anymore and sat down on half of her buttocks with some trepidation.
"The Difficulties of the Road to Shu" had just been published, and the world only thought that it was a masterpiece of excellence.
Who would have expected that when I read it more than ten years later, the words "wolves, jackals and tigers, grinding their teeth to suck blood and killing people like hemp" in the article turned out to be Feng's self-narration.
Not to mention those clever words, cruelty, foresight, and revenge...
Looking at the entire Hedong, who dares to relax at all in front of the notorious Governor Feng?
Pei Xiu has a reputation as the "backward leader of Hedong", but he is just a young man, and I don't know how much of this reputation was brought about by the Pei family.
Seeing Pei Xiu's nervousness, Governor Feng smiled slightly and motioned to the sand table between the two:
"Like this?"
Pei Xiu could finally look at it openly again: "A little, a little curious."
"Just curious? Don't like it?"
How could Pei Xiu dare to say she didn't like it? She waved her hands repeatedly:
"No, no, Xiu has never seen such an exquisite thing."
"I like it very much? Do you want to know how it is made? I will teach you!"
"Ah?" Pei Xiu's eyes were a little dull, "What?"
Governor Feng looked at Pei Xiu and said seriously: "I mean, you become my disciple and I will teach you how to draw maps."
As he said that, he pointed to the huge and detailed map on the wall, "Anyone in the world who can make such a map is from my family."
"no……"
Pei Xiu was a little anxious.
Why doesn't this Ghost King Feng speak human language?
No, what I mean is, why can’t I understand what King Feng Gui said?
If I like it, I have to become your disciple?
"Oh? No?" King Feng Gui narrowed his eyes slightly, "Could it be that Mr. Pei has seen better maps than this one?"
impossible?
Even if you are the founder of Chinese cartography, there is no reason to come up with map drawing standards in your teens... right?
As a professional civil engineer, Governor Feng naturally had some knowledge of cartography.
So of course he knew that Pei Xiu was called the father of Chinese scientific cartography by later generations, and the highest award in China's cartography community was called the "Pei Xiu Award."
In order to commemorate his outstanding contribution, the United Nations Astronomical Organization named a crater on the front side of the moon "Peixiu Crater".
For those who have studied cartography, Pei Xiu is half the ancestor.
Now someone Feng traveled through time and actually captured the founder.
And then the teenage Patriarch dismissed the map he drew?
Looking at King Feng Gui's solemn expression, Pei Xiu only felt pressured.
"No, no, Feng Junhou's map is naturally the best, but show, show..."
"Oh, wouldn't that be great? Since Mr. Pei Lang likes these sand tables and maps, and my maps are the best, then wouldn't it make sense for Mr. Pei Lang to join me and learn from me?"
The solemnity on Governor Feng's face disappeared, and he regained his cheerfulness.
But for Pei Xiu, he felt that he had been struggling in confusion today.
I just took a few more glances at your map and what kind of sandbox it is?
I want to become your disciple and learn this?
How can anyone recruit disciples like this?
People say no?
Not a son of man?
Pei Xiu refused in her heart, but when she saw the famous ghost king in front of her, he was looking at her meaningfully.
The words of rejection came to my lips and I swallowed them back.
A heavily guarded secret place, next door to where the map is being drawn, where military secrets are placed.
Wait, have I watched too many things that I shouldn't have?
Pei Xiu reacted belatedly.
Governor Feng stood up and said:
"I won't force you, but you'd better think about this matter first. It will be of great benefit to you."
Tens of thousands of Huqi were massacred in the Jiuyuan area, as well as the wealthy families in Hedong who were bleeding like rivers.
This is enough to prove that after so many years of growth, Governor Feng has become a decisive and decisive figure.
He is now under the control of the military and political affairs, and there are many things waiting for him to make decisions. He does not have much time to waste words with a young man.
Before leaving, he left a message to Pei Xiu:
"Since you have decided to participate in the recommendation, you must have made a judgment on the current situation."
"The world is turbulent, and today is very different from the past. The Han Dynasty and the pseudo-Wei Dynasty are in a fight to the death, and their methods of selecting officials are completely opposite."
"I know you are from a noble family, but you have to understand that the way a wealthy family used to behave will not work in the Han Dynasty. It is not an easy task to gain a foothold in the Han Dynasty."
"Not to mention, if I remember correctly, your lord is highly valued by Cao Rui and is now the minister of the puppet Wei Dynasty?"
After the fall of Hedong, Xue Ti, who had only been serving as Minister of Wei for less than a year, was urgently replaced by Pei Qian, the father of Pei Xiu. The reason is unknown.
In Feng's opinion, it was possible that Cao Rui wanted to win over the people in Hedong, stabilize the people in Hedong, and prepare for the counterattack in Hedong.
With Pei Xiu's talent, even if he doesn't rely on himself, he might one day be able to make his mark.
But whether that date will be ten years from now, twenty years from now, or even thirty years from now, it’s hard to say.
The greater possibility is that because of Pei Qian's status, Pei Xiu has no chance to stand out in the Han Dynasty.
Since Hedong is a place where aristocratic families gather, it will definitely be a key surveillance target of the Han Dynasty in the future.
Coupled with the surrender, the political status of the Hedong family in the Han Dynasty was inherently much lower than that of the Shu family.
Although the aristocratic families in Shu were suppressed during the era of Old Demon Zhuge, when Liu Bei entered Shu, at least a group of people had already lined up in advance.
Even the aristocratic families in Shu can't compare, let alone the Liangzhou wealthy families who support the Han Dynasty.
If the Pei family wants to break the situation, being a disciple of Feng Junhou is the best way.
Cang Tou Qian could suddenly become the leading arithmetic expert in the Han Dynasty. Can the issue of Pei Xiu's identity still be considered a problem?
And Feng Jishishi wanted to take Pei Xiu into his sect, and historical sentiments were one aspect.
But this is not the most important thing, because he is now the founder of Chinese cartography on this historical line, so there is no need to be pretentious.
More importantly, he still considers the overall situation.
The conflict between Han and Wei has entered a fever pitch.
The conflict between the two countries is all-round and never-ending.
A great man once said: "After the political line is determined, cadres are the deciding factor."
What Governor Feng is doing now with Pei Xiu is to discover and cultivate Han talents as quickly as possible.
No matter how Pei Xiu felt about Feng Jishi, these last words were enough to show his sincerity.
As for the third reason, that is:
The beating of the stick on the rich and powerful families in Hedong is over, now it’s time to stuff some sweet dates.
Pulling Pei Xiu out to set an example can calm the panic of the Hedong family.
If possible, it is also a good thing to take out some more money and food from some people to help you survive this cold winter better.
This is a win-win, no, it should be called a win-win story.
As for why it must be Pei Xiu, of course it is because of Pei Qian, the minister of Wei, and whether the Pei family in Hedong chose Han or Wei?
The emperor of the Han family was certainly magnanimous. As long as Feng Jishi dared to guarantee Pei Xiu, the little fat man would definitely dare to use Pei Xiu.
Let alone Pei Xiu, even the whole of Hedong cannot affect the overall situation of the Han Dynasty.
But Wei is different.
After all, when Cao Rui's long-term illness caused him to lose energy, Shangshutai and Zhongshutai were the two centers for handling government affairs in Wei.
At the same time, it was also Cao Rui's means to maintain the political balance of Wei.
The fact that Pei Xiu took the lead to defect to the Han and became a disciple of Feng Thief may not have been a big problem for Cao Rui in the past.
But under the current fierce situation, and he may die at any time, whether Cao Rui dares to continue to reuse Shangshu Ling Pei Qian, as well as part of the Hedong family behind him, is a very critical question.
If you continue to reuse it, it may explode.
It takes time to adjust personnel and from breaking the balance to recovering.
What Cao Rui lacks most now is time.
Therefore, this operation of Ghost King Feng is very subtle.
Killing two birds with one stone, taking into account both public and private matters, it can be said that it is indeed the foresight and foresight of Feng Gui Wang Zhang Xiaosi who has personally taught him in these years, and he has contributed a lot.
Naturally, the "backward leader of Hedong" didn't know that King Feng Gui had dug so many big holes after just meeting him once.
So Pei Xiu came here in a daze, and then went back in a daze.
ps:
During this period, the epidemic has recurred and shown signs of worsening, so updates may be unstable.
In addition, I received a booster shot a few days ago, and the reaction was stronger than the second shot. I fell asleep for more than ten hours after returning, and my arm hurt for three or four days.
The weather is getting colder, so everyone should pay more attention.