Situ Yingsleeve and Situ Chenlei sat on the deck and fished for an afternoon, filling both buckets to the brim.

When the sun sets, the smell of delicious fish soup wafts from the official boat.

Situ Yingsleeve commanded the mother-in-law on their stove to carefully cook steamed anchovies, grilled crucian carp with green onions, and milky white crucian carp soup, which were specially sent to Xie Dongli.

When he came to the door of Xie Dongli's cabin, Situ Yingsleeve coughed and knocked on the door.

Ah Shun opened the hatch from the inside and asked her with a smile, "What is Miss Situ doing?" ”

Situ Yingsleeve said with a smile: "I made a few fish just now, and I gave them to Xie Shilang for tasting." ”

"Great, we adults have just eaten, and the little ones are worried that those dishes have no appetite!"

Situ Yingsleeve walked in with two maids carrying food boxes.

Xie Dongli was not in the outer room, but in another cabin connected to this cabin.

The cabin was clearly furnished as a study and living room.

Xie Dongli sat at the round table, with a bowl of white rice, a plate of rouge goose breast, a plate of green vegetables and tofu, and a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts in front of him, which was very good...... Clean.

"Xie Shilang is really simple. If it weren't for this rouge goose breast, I would have thought that Xie Shilang had eaten fast. Situ Yingsleeve said with a smile, while taking the food box from the maid's hand, opening it and putting a few plates of fish and a bowl of fish soup in front of Xie Dongli.

According to the usual practice, she took a small bowl, took out a little bit of each dish, and ate it in front of Xie Dongli, indicating that these dishes were not poisonous.

Xie Dongli bowed slightly, "Thank you, Miss Situ." ”

"Xie Shilang. You are Murong Shizi's cousin, and you are also related to us. If you don't dislike it, you can call me Yingsleeve. Situ Ying said busily. It's always Miss Situ and Miss Situ, and Te has also seen the outside. ”

Xie Dongli's expression suddenly turned cold, and he raised his eyes to look at Situ Yingsleeve, his gaze was as cold as ice.

Situ Yingsleeve originally wanted to get close to it, so as to improve the relationship with Xie Donglian, but she didn't expect the other party to cool down all of a sudden, and she was embarrassed to stick it with a hot face again. He smiled and said, "You use it slowly, you use it slowly." He turned and walked away.

Xie Dongli looked at his favorite dish. Suddenly I lost my appetite.

Ah Shun didn't dare to come out, tiptoed out, and stood at the door wondering, should they ask their cook to cook a few dishes for adults again in a while?

Thoughts. He heard the sound of cups and bowls moving in the cabin. It's open......

Not long after, he heard Xie Dongli calling him inside: "Ah Shun, clean up." ”

Ah Shun hurriedly walked in and saw that the dishes sent by Miss Situ were all eaten cleanly, so he was relieved and knew that there was no need to cook another dishes.

After Xie Dongli finished dinner, he went to the deck for a walk, and when he came back. instructed Ah Shun: "Go and call Xiao Lei over, I want to check the book." ”

Ah complied. went to Situ Ying's cabin and said what Xie Dongli meant.

Of course, Situ Yingsleeve immediately came with Situ Chenlei, and thanked Xie Dongli for his kindness: "Xie Shilang, my brother rarely sees people, if there is something offended, for the sake of my grandfather, I will bear with me." He has done something badly, and I will compensate you a hundred times! ”

She learned to be obedient this time, and did not mention the relationship between the Marquis of Changxing, but carried her grandfather out.

Xie Dongli was indifferent and lowered his eyes to play with the glazed paperweight on the bookcase, but when he heard Situ Yingsleeve say "a hundred times compensation", he raised his eyes slightly, and his gaze swept over the pink enchanting tangled branches and moon flowers on Situ Yingsleeve's dark blue skirt, and said coldly: "Since you are afraid that he will offend me, you might as well sit next to you." If there is something wrong with him, you can correct it right away. ”

Situ Yingsleeve also thought about accompanying Xiao Lei to study, because Xiao Lei is currently the most comfortable only in front of her, but he was worried that Xie Dongli would not be willing, so he didn't dare to mention it. - This is a proper stealing of teachers in other families, and it is a very taboo practice.

Now that Xie Dongli has taken the initiative, of course it is very good.

Situ Ying was overjoyed, nodded hurriedly, and said, "Won't it be too troublesome Xie Shilang?" ”

"It doesn't matter. You just don't talk and don't bother us. Xie Dongli said casually, but a finger involuntarily tapped lightly on the table.

Ah Shun has followed Xie Dongli for so many years, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he knew that this was Xie Dongli's habitual action when he was nervous. - What are you nervous about? It's incomprehensible......

"Okay, I'll go get my needlework, and I'll do the needlework next to it, and I won't bother you." Situ Yingsleeve hurriedly pulled Situ Chenlei to kneel down in front of Xie Dongli's bookcase, and went back to his cabin to get a sewing basket.

She has nothing to do these days, and she follows Cai Qin to learn how to do needlework, planning to embroider a shoe for Xiao Lei first.

Xie Dongli called Situ Chenlei to sit down next to his bookcase, took out a map, and said to him: "Have you seen this?" ”

Situ Chenlei shook his head and said, "I've only seen the map near the capital. ”

And what Xie Dongli put in front of him was a map of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom.

"This is the map of the entire Eastern Yuan Kingdom. You look carefully, there are a total of four states and eight counties in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom. Xingzhou in the north, Leizhou in the south, Chenzhou in the east, and a small island in the west hangs overseas, which is Yuezhou. The city of Jinling that we are going to is in Chenzhou to the east, and it is also the location of the Jiangnan Gongyuan. Xie Dongli pointed to the geographical location on the map and told Situ Chenlei about the study of geography.

Situ Chenlei didn't blink his eyes when he heard this, and he looked very interested.

“…… Compared with Northern Qi and Southern Zheng, our Eastern Yuan Kingdom has a thin land and few people, and in fact, it can't compete with the other two countries, but do you know why our Eastern Yuan Kingdom can be one of the three kingdoms of the Zhongzhou Continent and have been standing for so many years? Xie Donglian's voice was low and melodious, as pleasant as a good Xun.

Situ Chenlei didn't understand what Xie Dongli was talking about at all, his eyes widened, and he listened to him quietly.

"Dongyuan Kingdom, one relies on the best iron mines in the entire Zhongzhou Continent, and the other relies on the citizens of Dongyuan Kingdom." Xie Dongli saw that Situ Chenlei had not learned this aspect at all, so he explained in detail.

Situ Ying sat next to him. I couldn't help but listen to some of it, and I couldn't help but feel very guilty.

She used to teach Situ Chenlei and could only teach him to read. It's just a sentence of literacy, these things in the world, she doesn't know much about a woman.

Now that Xie Dongli has taken over, her little brother should be able to go to the next level.

Situ Yingsleeve smiled slightly while thinking, and concentrated more on embroidering shoes for his younger brother.

Xie Dongli and Situ Chenlei sat facing each other, with a map spread out on the bookcase.

Situ Yingsleeve sat behind the bookcase next to him and did needlework.

In the cabin there are two octagonal wisteria white gauze palace lamps. The cabin was bright, but not dazzling.

When Ah Shun came in to deliver supper, he saw such a harmonious and warm scene.

He was stunned. Take a few quick steps, lower your head and put the food box on the bookcase, open the lid, and bring out three bowls of wine-stuffed balls sprinkled with osmanthus crumbs from inside. sent them to Situ Yingsleeve, Situ Chenlei, and Xie Dongli respectively.

Situ Yingsleeve's favorite is to eat wine-stuffed balls sprinkled with osmanthus crumbs. The smell of that fragrance is already salivating.

After eating supper, Ah Shun put away all the dishes and chopsticks.

Xie Dongli has finished talking about the map and started to talk about history books.

The more Situ Chenlei listened, the more energetic he became, his eyes shimmered, and he didn't blink when he listened.

Situ Yingsleeve thought that she was full just now, or maybe Xie Dongli's voice was too good, just like a lullaby, she listened to it. While shaking his neck, he began to nap.

On several occasions, the needle in her hand accidentally pierced her finger. The pain made her feel excited, but it was useless, and after a while, she still tilted her head and fell asleep on the bookcase in front of her.

“…… Looking at the trend of the world, there are three kingdoms, each with its own strengths. Northern Qi and Southern Zheng are all relied on, but the Eastern Yuan Kingdom has nothing to rely on. But things are man-made, and you can't be presumptuous. Xie Dongli slowly and methodically told Situ Chenlei a book, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Situ Ying's head slowly hanging down, and finally fell asleep on the bookcase.

His voice paused, put down the book and stood up, picked up the robe he put on the back of the chair, and said as he walked: "As long as the national strength of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom is strong and the internal worries are relieved, there is no need to be afraid of external troubles." Nowadays, there are three internal worries in the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, one is natural disasters, drought in the north, floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and a lot of grain loss every year. The second is man-made disasters, some Dongyuan people are not proud to be Dongyuan people, but to be proud to be Northern Qi and Southern Zheng people, while taking refuge in Northern Qi or Southern Zheng, while being an official in Dongyuan State, it has reached the end of the big difficulty. Three, that is, the royal family is small, and the royal heirs are scarce. ”

His voice did not pause, he walked over to Situ Yingsleeve, bent down and gently covered the robe over her.

Situ Chenlei didn't speak, and kept staring at Xie Dongli nervously.

It wasn't until he saw him put on his sister's robe that he was obviously relieved, turned his head and waited for Xie Dongli to come back.

A prosperous country needs to have enough food to feed its people, it needs its citizens who love it to be proud of it, and of course, it needs the country's royal family to thrive.

“…… Throughout the dynasties, at the beginning of the founding of the country, when the prosperous era came, the heirs of the royal family were outstanding. At the end of the dynasty, there were very few royal people, and sometimes they couldn't even give birth to daughters, let alone sons. Xie Dongli returned to his place, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Situ Chenlei listened attentively, thought about it after hearing the words, and said: "I heard my sister say that now the royal families of Northern Qi and Southern Zheng have given birth to too many sons, and they are killing each other, and it is not a prosperous state. ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Xie Dongli listened to Situ Chenlei's words, coughed violently, and after a long time, he put down the teacup and said with a smile: "What your sister said is not unreasonable. However, on the other hand, because they have many sons and can kill each other, then the one left in the end must be the most powerful and powerful. So the threat to us is also the greatest. ”

Situ Chenlei didn't understand, and tilted his head to look at Xie Dongli.

"It's like raising Gu, put all kinds of poisonous insects together, let them kill each other, and the last one to survive is the king of Gu." Xie Dongli said meaningfully.

This night, Situ Chenlei listened to the lecture until dawn.

What Xie Dongli told him was like opening the door to a new world, and he listened attentively and happily.

Situ Yingsleeve woke up the next day and found that his arms were numb. - It turned out that I slept on my desk all night.

"Alright, that's all for today, you can go back and rest." Xie Dongli closed the book and let Situ Chenlei and Situ Yingsleeve go back.

Situ Yingsleeve was so tired that she couldn't speak, she got up with her, returned to her cabin, fell asleep, and slept until she woke up the next morning, sleeping for a day and a night.

At this time, their big ship had already crossed the boundary of the capital and entered the waters of Chenzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

Another day later, the big ship anchored and went to shore to buy supplies.

Every three or four days, they have to stop to go ashore to buy supplies and fresh vegetables.

The place where the official ship docked was a county called Xitang in Chenzhou, Jiangnan.

……

"Hurry, hurry! The minister's ship docked. Qiu Wan, hurry up and go to the ship with your father to meet the minister! ”

The county official in Xitang is surnamed Tan, whose name is Jiuling, and he received a letter from the flying pigeon in the capital early, and calculated that the official ship of the minister of the Qin mission will stop in Xitang for a while to buy supplies, so he is as witty as he is, and made a plan early, and as soon as the official ship of the Qin mission docked, he brought his family to visit together.

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The third more is delivered. There are also recommended tickets for guaranteed monthly passes.

I don't know if you still have a guaranteed monthly pass to send me into the top ten? Competition is fierce...... ╮(╯_╰)╭。

Tomorrow is more likely to be the first to be late...... (To be continued......)