At this lunch of the Xiao family, most of the Jiuzhangtang supervisors, except those who came from official families and well-off families, would have had their mouths watering. If it weren't for Lu Sanlang and Ji Jiu who were the seniors and chiefs of the village next to them,
Role model, eat moderately and reservedly, lest some students who have not tasted the taste of meat for a long time may get hiccups.
Of course, the presence of the third prince is also the reason why everyone dare not let go and eat.
After all, since Lu Sanlang has exclusively contracted to print the Ge Yong-Zhang Shou series of books, talented poor students can read in the bookstore or even copy the books and then go back to study, so they can be admitted to Jiuzhangtang. Therefore,
Their number is much greater than that of the well-off and wealthy children who are secretly studying the Sutra, but are more interested in achieving success in the imperial examination and do not want to take the Jiuzhangtang examination.
As for the top wealthy families, the third prince, Lu Sanlang, and Ji Jiulang are the only three remaining representatives.
One is the third prince who has status, money and leisure, but does not care about his future - he has always been well protected by the emperor, and he has never thought about his future status at a young age. Zhang Shou strictly takes care of him whether he is in Banshan Hall or Jiuzhang Hall.
, Ji Jiu was also ordered to take care not to "pollute" others, but rather than saying that he really liked arithmetic, he was more admiring Zhang Shou as a special teacher.
The other one was Lu Sanlang, who was not favored by his father since he was a child, but really liked arithmetic and had a talent for business. Now even the emperor praised Lu Sanlang for turning the prodigal son into a genius. And the last one, Ji Jiu, was not at home.
He is valued, but although he has talent, he is not top-notch. It is entirely due to the attention of Jiuzhangtang, the popularity of Zhang Shou as a teacher, and his future prospects.
The situation of the three of them is still like this. Therefore, among the new first-year supervisors of Jiuzhang Hall, there are only a few students from well-off families. Those are often not the eldest sons and grandchildren of the family who need to inherit the family business.
I like the imperial examinations, and my elders are also open-minded. When getting along with a group of poor classmates, most of them don't show off.
After having a full meal and tea at noon, and thanking a certain Shandong cuisine chef for his exquisite craftsmanship, when he returned to Jiuzhangtang in the afternoon, he saw that Zhu Tingfang stayed at the Xiao family, and Zhang Chen, Zhu Er, Zhang Wu, and Zhang Lu followed them back.
They even occupied the last row and seemed to be slacking off in class. They could not help but gather together with other students in small groups and murmur quietly.
Although the first graders of Jiuzhangtang have only taken the class for a few days, they quickly skipped over the parts they had already mastered according to the textbook. Now they have reached the stage where plane geometry becomes increasingly difficult. In their opinion,
, Zhang Chen and the others can understand?
In the empty seat in the last row, Zhang Chen heard the chatter coming from the front, and his teeth immediately started to itch with hatred.
Seeing Zhu Er's innocent and shameless face, he couldn't help but snorted, and then hooked up with Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu: "Remember to listen carefully for a while. Don't forget that you are running a business outside."
People, don’t let yourself be compared by a group of students.”
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu felt confident after running outside and nodded immediately. However, when Zhang Shou really started to teach, they were really serious about listening attentively at first.
With the little accumulation of Banshantang, I finally managed to maintain the stage where I barely understood, at least I knew what it was talking about.
But when Zhang Shou started to teach quickly as if he was rushing to schedule, and he would only teach once, and would continue as long as there were no objections, they began to get carried away.
When Zhang Shou started talking about geometry, their eyes gradually widened. In the end, they only felt that their ears were buzzing with sounds, their eyes were filled with various shapes, and their brains were in a state of mush. Go to hell!
They came to skip the class to prevent Zhang Shou from interfering with them and asking them what the so-called plan was. But now, there were four people in total, one, two, three and four. Zhu Er lay directly on the table, Zhang Chen was wandering around, and Zhang Wu wrote and drew, but the piece of paper was simply covered with ink. Zhang Lu... Zhang Lu, a slippery and sophisticated man, was deeply reflecting on his life these years.
Because Zhang Lu has been hit by the demonic sound and is doubting his life.
Zhang Chen once went to preside over a text code lock decryption on behalf of Lu Sanlang, and he was relatively familiar with the Jiuzhangtang coursework, but now these still gave him a big impact. He wanted to sleep or not, and wanted to be in a daze, but in fact his mind But he couldn't relax, and he finally waited until the end of the afternoon class. When Zhang Shou came, he was the only one who stood up and greeted Zhang Shou as if nothing had happened.
Zhang Shou glanced at the Zhang brothers and his future second uncle, who were obviously worse off than Zhang Chen. Seeing them slumped there motionless, he couldn't help but smile and directly motioned for Zhang Chen to follow him out. After a while, he didn't come back. , and Zhang Chen turned back with dignity, and then slapped Zhu Er and Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu each on the back of the head.
"I'm not promising, and I'm not afraid of letting my juniors see the joke!" Zhang Chen naturally looked at the juniors who had just entered the Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial College, including Ji Jiu, based on their years of study in the Imperial College. Seeing that Zhu Er finally came back. After a moment of confusion, he glared at him with some annoyance, and then he stepped forward and dragged Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu away.
"Having come all the way back to see the emperor with such miraculous colored cotton seeds, where is the time to waste? Let's go back and discuss it. As for this guy who just now was shouting about Zhu Gong being a good farmer, but now he is listless, don't go Ignore him!"
Zhu Er suddenly came back to his senses and jumped up, shouting: "If you dare to leave me, I am not done with you! Let's share the good things. Besides, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, don't be heartless. Outer City As for the donation to the public school, Zhang Chen and I added a share to each of you, and you must return the money to me, otherwise I will come to your house every day to earn a living!"
Seeing these four people leaving noisily, Ji Jiu couldn't help but feel a little envious. Although he was also the chief of the restaurant now, he was not as good as these four people. Some of them had a natural uncle relationship with Zhang Shou, but some of them had a natural relationship with Zhang Shou. We met in Rongshui Village and experienced life and death.
But the next moment, he felt his sleeve being pulled by someone. When he saw it was the third prince, he quickly suppressed the emotion in his heart.
"Chief Ji Zhai, do you know what the magical colored cotton seeds Zhang Chen and the others were talking about just now?"
When the third prince asked, he saw that Ji Jiu was in a daze immediately, and he said sheepishly: "After all, the teacher told my father before that in fact, the varieties of cotton have changed a lot since it was introduced to our country. .If the cotton brought back from overseas can be planted successfully, the output will increase greatly. But isn’t the cotton white?”
At this point, he saw all the other supervisors staring at him. According to his previous personality, he would have timidly shut up at this time. But at this time, he didn't know where the impulse came from, and he continued to explain seriously.
Got up.
"There was no cotton in the Han Dynasty. Although cotton was introduced from foreign countries in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the output could not increase. It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that Huang Daopo brought back the best textile technology from Qiongzhou, and the south of the Yangtze River developed from silk weaving to cotton spinning.
developed……"
The third prince tried his best to retell the history that the emperor told him. Seeing that most of the people listened carefully, he didn't even think about whether it was because he was in awe of his identity, the so-called father, or because he really treated cotton like this.
Interested in growing the best cash crop... Anyway, he is trying his best to tell everyone that cotton seeds are very important.
When Zhang Shouzhong, who had finished explaining to Zhang Chen and then went back to the doctor's hall, returned to Jiuzhang Hall, he saw the scene of the third prince gathering to talk about cotton. He could clearly feel that the shy man who once was so shy in everything
The children who seemed a little timid now look positive and cheerful.
Not only that, but the third prince's cotton theory was really playing into his heart.
Therefore, when the third prince finally came to an end, he suddenly clapped his hands and praised: "The third prince is right, you will know the honor and disgrace after you have enough food and clothing. If you want the common people to be able to have enough food and clothing, you must follow the ancestral precepts of Emperor Taizu and provide a variety of
Cotton. However, the land in the world is limited. If you want to have enough cotton cloth to make clothes for people in the world to wear, then it is important to improve varieties and increase production."
He just paused and said nonchalantly: "Speaking of which, this time, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu brought back some very special colored cotton seeds from Xingtai. It is said that the cotton they collected is brown."
"I also heard them say that in the past, some private farmers even grew green cotton. It was a very natural green color that would not fade easily... It was just that the farmers were ignorant and thought it was a sign from heaven, so they later abandoned it.
That cotton field..."
Anyway, this is nonsense and there is no proof. Zhang Shou said it seriously, but in the end he sighed: "But from hearsay, I can't say exactly what happened. However, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu collected the seeds in order to present them to the emperor.
Yes, this time I saw it with my own eyes, and what I brought back was even all the brown cotton harvested in that cotton field."
After the third prince and Zhang Shou had two calls one after another, when they saw the third prince excitedly holding Zhang Shou's hand and asking questions non-stop, the rest of the people who were originally not interested but pretended to be interested, naturally
They were all pushed to the back by people like Ji Jiu who were enthusiastic about fame and wealth, but when it came to retreating and leaving, that was not enough, most people were happy to pretend.
It's just that even though there are poor students among the people, there are none who have actually farmed and studied, or have grown cotton... Unfortunately, there are none! Therefore, no one found anything wrong with what Zhang Shou said.
So, when Zhang Shou told about his experiences of going to the fields in Rongshui Village, except for Ji Jiu, who had been pulled by Zhang Shou to participate in the autumn harvest, and the third prince, who rode an ox with the fourth prince, most of the others showed disbelief.
expression.
Although Zhang Shou came from the countryside and had a humble background, this story has long been spread among the outside world, but there are also people who are truly from the countryside, and they all know how valuable a true scholar is in the countryside.
Often out of a simple desire to help, or to repay a favor, he would do a lot of farm work and housework for others. Why did Zhang Shou go to the fields himself?
Zhang Shou knew what kind of misunderstanding others would have, but he was happy for others to have such misunderstandings, so instead of stopping everyone from thinking about it, he even laughed and talked about growing rice and raising fish... until he saw and listened to it with great interest. The third prince looked at him eagerly. As if he suddenly remembered it, he reached out and touched the third prince's head as usual.
"Speaking of excitement, I have forgotten the time... It is almost evening, you should go back to the palace! I probably won't be so busy next time, you go back to the palace every afternoon to take other classes, don't Wasteful!"
Seeing the resistance on the third prince's face, he smiled and said, "Just think about how lonely your fourth brother is when you spend time in Jiuzhang Hall every day?"
Facing Zhang Shou's most powerful reason, the third prince's thoughts of resistance suddenly disappeared. He bowed his head in embarrassment and saluted, said seriously, "Teacher, I'm going back," and then hurriedly walked out. Looking at his back, Ji Jiu couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart: "The relationship between the third prince and the fourth prince is really good."
He was called Zheng Rong in front of him, and he was called the Third Prince in queen. This strange situation was only seen in Jiuzhang Hall. However, at this time, Ji Jiu's sentiments attracted a lot of echoes, especially those who had many brothers in the family. , even if there are brothers with whom he has a bad relationship, there are always one or two brothers who are good friends, and he also showed a knowing smile for a while.
And Zhang Shou, who had no brothers and sisters before and has no brothers and sisters now, couldn't help but smile at this time. He didn't have a younger brother, but didn't he have an elusive Ah Liu?
Just for a moment, he thought of Ah Liu, who had never seen the dragon every day. So now that he had finished speaking, he smiled and said hello to the students, turned around and walked out. After leaving the Imperial College, he came to the bottom of the university archway. , he saw Ah Liu waiting there holding the horse that Zhu Ying said was docile, Fei Bai, and he immediately stepped forward and teased her a few words.
"Yingying said that Xiaohong, another royal horse with a somewhat irritable temper, will be given to you later, but she wants to go back and help you train the horse first."
Ah Liu was obviously stunned. After a long while, Zhang Shou took over the reins, and then he said thoughtfully: "Then what should I give the eldest lady as a return gift?"
Zhang Shou was immediately amused by Ah Liu's natural tone. The emperor rewarded two horses, and Zhu Ying gave them to Ah Liu as a favor. As a result... the truly generous emperor was completely forgotten by Ah Liu. But there was nothing wrong with it. After all, even if Ah Liu turned around and took back the horse, he would have gotten it from Zhu Ying. So, he raised his eyebrows with a smile and patted the kid on the shoulder.
"You have to think carefully about what gift you want to give in return. I won't give you any random ideas."
Seeing that Zhang Shou was now able to jump on the horse in a relatively elegant posture, Ah Liu scratched his head in distress. After getting on his horse, he was a little worried along the way. Zhang Shou knew Zhu Ying's preferences, and he also You know, she likes gorgeous clothes and those beautiful but not necessarily valuable gadgets.
Among the trophies from his childhood that Hua Qi handed over to him, there seemed to be a lot of such things, but most of them were stained with blood. Therefore, on the birthdays of Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, he knew that Zhang Shou had no taboos , I gave him a seal, but instead of picking something to give to Zhu Ying, I asked Wu for money, and went to the famous silver building in the capital to get a gold longevity lock.
It was only later that he realized under Hua Qi's ridicule that the seal he gave to Zhang Shou was too poorly carved, and the gold lock piece he gave to Zhu Ying was too crude... So, now that Zhu Ying has left a thousand-mile horse for him, he is incompetent as a gift.