Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety-Seven: Saying but not doing?
In the end, Zhu Er and Lao Xianyu still failed to achieve what Ah Liu told them. They had no choice but to take the piece of paper handed over by Ah Liu, and both went to Zhu Er's room next door to discuss how to intercrop.
It's law.
One is responsible for providing seeds, and may go overseas in the future, while the other is responsible for instructing planting methods, and plans to become a good farmer in the future. How can he not know all the questions?
Ah Liu dismissed these two people and immediately returned to Zhang Shou's house. He jumped up to the big tree next to the house, and landed on the trunk of the tree safely in two or two, and sat down with his feet down as usual.
When he came down, he suddenly found a peach in his hand. He peeled it easily and threw the peel on the tree. He turned a small knife in his right hand and cut off the peach flesh piece by piece and put it into his mouth.
As Ah Liu ate, he thought, there used to be a peach tree on the mountain behind the village, and the fruit it produced was hairy peaches, not honey peaches. It was crispy in the mouth, and the people in the village already thought it was a delicacy... Zhang Shou didn't like it, because it was the only one he ate when he was a child.
Once, when Zhao Guogong's palace sent him peaches, he claimed that he would never eat raw peaches. Later, Zhang Shou's health gradually improved, and he also claimed that he preferred peaches that were wrapped in water and melted in his mouth.
However, when there was no other fruit except peaches, Zhang Shou had to reluctantly agree to eat two bites of peaches, but the prerequisite was... he peeled and sliced them.
To be honest, Zhang Shou doesn't pick anything, but that mouth is really picky! But once raw and twice ripe, he has become accustomed to peeling the skins and slicing from oranges to pears, from grapes to lychees.
Because Zhang Shou found it uncomfortable to touch his hands with juice. Even later in the greasy kitchen, he never saw Zhang Shou so picky...
However, after slicing a lot, once raw and twice cooked, his knife skills are getting better and better, and he can occasionally help Zhang Shou cut cucumbers and the like... I wonder why Zhang Shou doesn't practice martial arts very much, so why does he cut vegetables?
But it’s quite uncanny…
However, he didn't even mention to Zhu Ying that Zhang Shou liked peaches. He didn't know what kind of luck this guest had today to be able to like him!
In the room, a plate of peaches layered on a large porcelain plate was placed on a high cabinet in the corner. Each one was as big as a bowl, round and smooth, as red as charcoal, and fragrant, bringing a sense of fragrance to this unscented room.
A natural fragrance.
However, this kind of treatment of directly taking out the gifts brought by the guests and placing them in a conspicuous place made the guest a little nervous. At least from the moment he entered the room, he never stopped wiping his sweat.
At this moment, he once again wiped the beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, glanced enviously at Zhang Shou's smooth and sweat-free forehead, and then said with a smile: "I am just a fat person. I love to sweat. I can't compare to him."
Dr. Zhang, your mind will naturally cool down..."
It’s not like I’m gifted. It’s so hot that I feel calm and cool naturally. I’m staying in a room with blue bricks on the floor and well water splashed on the ground to dissipate heat early in the morning. Plus, you just drank the well water before you came here.
The sizzling watermelon cools the whole body, how can it compare with you, a guest who comes in from outside under the bright sun?
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but he had no intention of making fun of the fat man like Shopkeeper Hua. He sat calmly and calmly, nodded slightly and said: "Shopkeeper Hua, you didn't even have time to take a breath when you came in. If you talk so much right now,
The heat is unbearable, why don't I ask Ah Liu to ask the kitchen to bring a bowl of iced mung bean soup?"
"No, no, no, I don't want to take it." Shopkeeper Hua quickly shook his head like a rattle, then wiped his sweat again, and then asked flatteringly, "I don't know what I just said, what do you think of Dr. Zhang? This Cangzhou
There are too many dilapidated places inside and outside the city. The owner of the family happens to be in Huai'an these days, and he has already replied to the letter, saying that he is willing to contact Suzhou businessmen to try his best to help!"
Even if he is not a local official, if he can bring a new look to the land, the people of Cangzhou will definitely raise their respect for Zhang Shou to a new level. As long as Zhang Shou coerces public opinion and proposes to build a port, and exerts more efforts in the government, there will be no need to worry about building a port.
Not successful?
Raising his hand to indicate that Shopkeeper Hua did not need to continue, Zhang Shou said calmly: "Shopkeeper Hua, I understand what you are thinking. But now General Zhu and I are being attacked in the court, and any suggestions we make are subject to malicious speculation.
This matter is not that easy. I have already sent the businessman from Luzhou back, and I don’t want to be poked in the back by someone saying that I am seeking fame through this."
"Dr. Zhang, that's not what you said! Such a big thing should really be dealt with slowly. But with all due respect, the DPRK and China are already procrastinating in doing things. If you add those people with ulterior motives who share the same party and oppose different people, then it would be a good thing
It can drag on for ten or eight years, or even become obsolete, that’s okay!”
But Shopkeeper Hua's expression suddenly changed. The fat man suddenly stood up. This time, he could no longer care about the sweat on his face. He waved his arms and expressed the greatest anger.
"Dr. Zhang, you and General Zhu came to Cangzhou this time to eliminate corrupt officials, punish bullies, punish corrupt officials, and heal the good people. They have done a good enough job. There are still people in the court making irresponsible remarks. What are they other than traitors?"
Shopkeeper Hua doesn’t care that he has swept in the biggest boss of the current dynasty. Anyway, those who are delaying the Suzhou businessmen’s revival plan are the traitors! Mr. Jiangge has always helped those Fujian businessmen in the past and gave them a lot of money.
An official from Suzhou is a stumbling block!
Seeing Zhang Shou's brows furrowed, he took a deep breath and said, "Dr. Zhang, don't worry, we will never cause any trouble to you! Although the owner of the family sent me a letter at great speed, he said he fully supports it, and Suzhou
My family’s reply is not so fast, but our Hua family has always been vigorous and resolute in doing things, the head of the family has the same thoughts as the several deacons, and no one will hold back!”
"As for the capital city, I will go there myself. To be honest, I am not in charge of the Huashi Silk and Satin Store in Cangzhou. This store in Cangzhou only sells goods to Hejian Mansion. In the past, just any shopkeeper would be enough.
.I was passing through Cangzhou and heard about the names of General Zhu and Dr. Zhang, so I stayed for a few days to pay homage to them. Originally, I was going to the capital, Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, to take up the post of president."
That day, Xiao Huahua came in a panic to report that shopkeeper Hua had sent Mr. Bi to the county government. Zhang Shou felt that the shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop was not as simple as he thought. Now I heard that he was just passing through Cangzhou and was going to
After taking office at the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce in the capital, he felt that this logic made sense and immediately laughed.
"Shopkeeper Hua is so bold and courageous. It turns out that he is the new head of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce in the capital. It's disrespectful. I was thinking before, how can a talent like you be limited to Cangzhou?"
"I don't dare to be praised like this by Dr. Zhang. With a middle-class figure like me, I can catch a lot of people in Suzhou, how can I dare to talk about talents?" He said modestly, but everyone carried the sedan chair, and was praised by Zhang Shou like this.
Naturally, the shopkeeper still felt a little proud.
He seemed to be carried away with joy and said murderously: "Whoever has trouble with the emperor or Dr. Zhang and General Zhu will be the mortal enemy of us Suzhou people!"
"It's time for those guys in the capital who talk but don't act, to step down and get out!"
Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment - speaking without doing? It seems wrong to use this saying here, right? Is this the meaning of "statement without doing" in the Analects? Wait, doesn't the person in front of me regard this ancient saying as just talking but not doing anything?
Is it a pronoun?
But shopkeeper Hua didn't seem to notice his slip of the tongue at all, and solemnly said to Zhang Shouyi: "Dr. Zhang has worked hard for the long-term stability of Cangzhou. As a businessman, I can only run errands and do some chores. I just disguised myself as a cross-dresser.
I came here because I was afraid that the news would get out and cause trouble for you, so I pretended to be a citizen of Cangzhou and sent you a few peaches from Linyi as an inappropriate tribute."
Seeing Zhang Shou smiling and waving his hand to indicate that he didn't need to explain any more, he bowed again in embarrassment and said: "Anyway, I'm going to the capital first, and I ask Dr. Zhang to relax, even if I'm waiting for my good news in Cangzhou. Humanity is incompetent.
You can't be a traitor without being a businessman, you can't be a traitor without being a businessman, and you can say that you can't do anything without profit, but since our interests are the same, we naturally won't be like those old masters who say it but don't do it."
Until Shopkeeper Hua left, Zhang Shou once again thought about the four words "statement without making", still a little bit dumbfounded. But after he took a sip of tea thoughtfully, he tasted the conditions proposed by Shopkeeper Hua for the Suzhou merchants to help build Cangzhou.
As well as his initial determination regarding Master Bi, he couldn't help but rub his chin thoughtfully.
Although he did not participate in the imperial examination, he also knew that places like Nanzhili were important places for the imperial examination, and Suzhou was an important place among the important places. Even if the Hua family was the richest businessman, it would not be that important children in the family did not study, right?
Even if you haven’t read all the Four Books and Five Classics, you should have read the Analects, right? Even if you can’t memorize the entire Analects, you should still understand the meaning of stating without writing, right?
Is this shopkeeper Hua so shallow that he uses this idiom incorrectly?
"Telling without writing, trusting but loving the past..."
Zhang Shou murmured to himself the original sentence in the Analects of Confucius and suddenly laughed.
The original meaning of "statement without writing" is to only describe and clarify the ancient doctrines without adding one's own thoughts. It can be seen that poetry, calligraphy, rituals, Yi, Yue, Chunqiu, Confucius revised it, not his works, and the Analects was only compiled by his disciples
, it seems that Confucius is indeed expounding the doctrines of the sages. Without his own works, it is impossible to say that he is carrying personal goods, but anyone who can think about it knows that this is not the case at all!
Where did the Spring and Autumn writing style come from? How come there are only 300 poems left in the Book of Songs? Confucius’s deleted classics, does anyone still know what they deleted? What if the book was destroyed according to the "Sikuquanshu" that was criticized by everyone in later generations?
Judging from the standards, in fact, the so-called classics had been destroyed once by Confucius and others in the Spring and Autumn Period...
I'm afraid Shopkeeper Hua's implication is that those in the court who cling to the ancient system are just using the ghost of the ancient system to force others to accept it with their endless private goods!
Thinking this in his mind, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh, and didn't bother to think about whether he had overcomplicated things. In fact, shopkeeper Hua didn't study. He yawned and shouted: "Ah Liu,
Everyone has left, so don’t stay outside. Come in quickly and let’s share the peaches, half for you and half for me!”
After a while, he saw the door curtain lifted, and it was Ah Liu who came in with a smooth peach stone in his hand. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned: "When did you get it?" This boy,
He actually ate it without saying a word!
"I just took it when they were putting it on the plate." Ah Liu didn't feel conscious about eating it at all. Instead, he showed the knife in his hand and said seriously, "I'll eat one first to test the poison."
Zhang Shou was almost amused by this kid's serious joke. He glared at him and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense. It's the same old rules. I don't want to get a hand full of peach juice. You go wash some peaches and slice them first."
We add two to one to make five, you take one piece and I take one piece, and I won’t take advantage of you!”
You said you don't take advantage of me, you have one piece and I have one piece. When did you not cheat until the end of the meal and insist on getting an extra piece? Ah Liu thought so in his heart, but the corners of his mouth gradually turned up. He arrived in front of the porcelain plate and casually
After pinching and weighing, I selected a few of the softest and ripest peaches, and took a white porcelain plate to hold them. I went outside to scoop out well water to wash them, but I was much more serious about eating peaches than I had been before.
After the fuzz on that layer of peel was roughly washed away, he washed his hands again, then peeled off the peels one by one, threw the peels aside, and used a knife to cut into pieces one by one as before and put them on the plate.
sign.
However, when he washed his hands again and was about to take the huge porcelain plate in, Zhu Er and Lao Xianyu left and came back again. The two of them saw the tempting peach flesh in the porcelain plate with sharp eyes.
Zhu Er immediately opened his eyes and shouted: "Brother Six, how did you know that my throat is about to smoke? Great, I have wanted to eat peaches for a long time!"
Ah Liuyi ducked out of the way and Zhu Er was thrown away. However, he ignored the stunned Zhu Er after he stood still and turned straight into the room. Zhu Er didn't bother to look at the old Xianyu's expression of trying to suppress a smile, and took three steps.
He pushed open the door curtain and rushed into the house, only to see Ah Liu standing in front of Zhang Shou. Zhang Shou took a piece of soft, juicy peach flesh with a bamboo skewer and put it into his mouth.
At that moment, he could even hear the sound of his own swallowing saliva - even though he had never been short of all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables in the capital, and he had just said a few half-truths, but now he was really thirsty.
So hungry.
Sensing his gaze, Zhang Shou saw that Ah Liu didn't even look at Zhu Er, but was taking care of himself. He pointed at the few peaches left on the porcelain plate next to him and said, "This is a gift from the guest who just arrived."
, If you want to eat it, you can take the peach out, wash it, peel it, and eat it yourself. Ah Liu and I will have a plate, so don’t make any plans!"
When Old Xianyu saw Zhu Er, he immediately rushed over with joy, grabbed two peaches and scurried out. He looked like a ghost who had starved to death for three hundred years. Zhang Shou and Ah Liu each had a piece and ate a plate of peach slices in a moment.
It had to be done cleanly, as if he knew how to rob it. He just felt that he had really opened his eyes today.
It turns out that Ah Liu really does all the chores around Zhang Shou... No wonder Little Peanut said last time that Ah Liu can even comb his hair! He has always been curious about why Ah Liu followed Zhang Shou. Now it seems that this boy is just like Zhang Shou's
Hand-like.
Zhang Shou saw the surprised look in Old Xianyu's eyes, but he just pretended not to see it and said calmly: "Prepare all the seeds that need to be prepared, and then hand over some of them to Brother Zhu. Brother Zhu
I have been told that the final punishment regarding Xian Yunhe will probably be handed down in the capital within a few days. At that time, I will inevitably send the teacher back to the capital, so you should go with me."