Raising his hand slightly, Li Yuanjia asked the honest and honest young man in front of him to stand up, and at the same time said to the maid: "Chun Yan, move a chair for him."
"ah?"
After hearing his words, Chunyan was stunned.
Ma Liang, on the other hand, was shocked. He shook his head desperately and said, "No, no, absolutely not! Where can I have a seat in front of the king? Never! You can just stand."
If you are an official of Prince Han's Palace, it is natural for the king to grant you a seat, and you can sit wherever you want. But Ma Liang is not an official, but a servant of Prince Han's Palace, although he has read some books with Mr. Chen in the past two years.
, and also learned mathematics from Li Yuanjia, but if you dare to sit down in front of the king...
The sticks served by Butler Han Shan are not vegetarian!
Seeing his frightened look, Li Yuanjia felt bored and waved his hands impatiently: "Okay, then just stand."
"Gudong!"
Seeing that the king's attitude suddenly became a little unfavorable, Ma Liang was startled and swallowed subconsciously. He didn't know that Li Yuanjia was a little irritated because he didn't dare to sit down. After all, how could an ordinary servant these days?
Is there any reason to sit down in front of the king? Even Han Shan, the chief steward in the palace, does not have this qualification!
Fortunately, Li Yuanjia also knew that his annoyance was unreasonable, so after rolling his eyes, he tried his best to calmly ask: "Ma Liang, I asked the five of you to learn how to make paper from Wang Pu, but you all learned it?
"
"I'll tell you, Your Majesty, I've learned it."
After calming down, Ma Liang quickly bowed and answered.
There were a total of five people including him, Li Zhong, and since they finished working as "supervisors" of the sewer project in Luzhou City, they followed Wang Pu in the papermaking workshop. And according to the master Wang Pu, they not only had to learn how to
In papermaking, you also need to learn how to improve papermaking technology and how to control a papermaking workshop that sometimes has dozens of people!
However, in response to Ma Liang's confident answer, Li Yuanjia just smiled and said nothing more.
Learned?
How can it be?!
A kid who is only seventeen years old this year, really thinks that after following Wang Pu and the others for a few months, watching the papermaking process several times, and doing a few tricks, he can make paper by himself? In other words, he has already mastered it.
A "scientific research method" that transcends this era?
Give me a break!
Not to mention a few of them, Wang Pu himself, the current supervisor of the papermaking workshop, what would he have done if Li Yuanjia hadn't been watching him all the time and giving him suggestions almost every day? And this is Ma Liang and the others.
Master, at most you have learned to replace things in the form given by Li Yuanjia...
but……
Seriously speaking, this is actually enough.
After all, they don’t need to do anything too complicated these days. They basically just follow a fixed process to make things, or constantly replace materials in certain steps, such as wood for papermaking and alloys for making movable type;
Or just make things according to Li Yuanjia's drawings or ideas, such as simple tables and chairs and slightly more complicated coal stoves.
As long as you know one or two thousand words and understand the four simple arithmetic operations, it is actually enough...
He raised his head and glanced at Li Yuanjia, and found that the king seemed to be thinking seriously about something. Ma Liang quickly lowered his head again, and at the same time his heart started beating...
In fact, he already knew the reason why the king came to him today.
Because in the past few days, all four of his companions were called by the king, and they were entrusted with important tasks: the eldest among the five, and also the best Li Zhong, was sent by the king.
The chief's movable type printing mainly involves the blacksmith shop and ink craftsmen; Zhang Wan, who performed best in Luzhou and in the renovation of the new palace's sewers, was appointed by the king as the construction supervisor of the Han Palace, and will be mainly responsible for construction affairs in the future; the most hands-on ability
Han Cheng, who is strong and favored by Wang Pu the most, became the leader of the glass craftsmen yesterday; and Sun Zhan, who is relatively mediocre in all aspects, but has the most honest and tenacious temperament, also became a manager and began to have his own subordinates.
He was the farmer from Gaochang State.
The last one left was Ma Liang himself.
So these two nights, the young man couldn't sleep almost all night long. He kept wondering what kind of errand the king would give him! This feeling of great expectation and worry at the same time was almost torturing him.
crazy!
In his heart, Ma Liang heard the king chuckle and said: "Haha, I heard that you like to teach students, and students also like to have you teach... Yes, you do a good job in this regard!"
"Well……"
After hearing the king's sudden question, Ma Liang was stunned.
The so-called teaching students refers to the fact that he and Li Zhong and the other four were taught by Mr. Chen and Mr. Huang. Li Yuanjia gave them a task, which was to teach the six to eight-year-old family children in the family to read and read.
Among the five, Ma Liang is indeed the most popular among the children.
Because he has the gentlest temperament and is very patient with children. Although Li Zhong and the others are better in other aspects, they are very irritable when dealing with children and are far less good than Ma Liang.
So after listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Ma Liang was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately said humbly: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I just obeyed Your Majesty's instructions and tried my best to relieve Your Majesty's worries. It's not worth mentioning."
"……Ha ha!"
After being stunned for a moment, Li Yuanjia suddenly became happy.
Think about the first time I met this kid... no, I should say that when there were five of them, almost all of them were as docile as domesticated rabbits, and as timid as mice in a hole. Even if their voices were slightly louder,
It can make them tremble with fear. But look at now, they dare to be humble in the face of their own praise!
Good, there is progress!
Feeling a little relieved, Li Yuanjia stopped talking nonsense and nodded directly: "Okay! So if I let you be responsible for teaching those children to read in the palace full-time, will you be willing?"
"Ah? Full-time teaching them how to read?"
After hearing the king's words, Ma Liang's eyes suddenly widened.
"hehe, not bad."
Nodding, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry about other people, just teach those children to read! And not only teach them to read and read, but also teach them to learn mathematics, teach them everything you know... How?
, are you confident that you can do this job well?"
"Gudong!"
Halfway through listening, Ma Liang's throat couldn't help but surge, and his heart beat like a drum.
Feelings of excitement and anxiety came to my mind almost at the same time.
Naturally, I was excited because the king trusted me so much that he allowed me to teach full-time. This was equivalent to being a teacher in a private school! But naturally, I was worried because I had only learned my skills from Mr. Chen and Mr. Huang for two years.
Can you do such an important thing?
However, after running through a few thoughts in his mind, excitement finally took over, causing Ma Liang's still slightly immature face to gradually blush with excitement...