The people recommended by Lu Dai to the potters were He Qi, Quan Rou, and Kan Ze.

These three people, the potter naturally knows.

Now with Lu Dai's recommendation, the potter is naturally more willing to hire him.

Kan Ze was a young man from a poor family, worked as a farmer for generations, and borrowed books and excerpts from others all the year round, which can be described as erudite and knowledgeable.

He Qi is a native of Shanyin, and the current county official of Yan County, is Wang Lang's direct subordinate, and after the pottery merchant took over Huiji County from Wang Lang this time, he was ready to promote and recruit him.

After all, in the history of Eastern Wu, whether it was against Wei or Shanyue, He Qi was experienced in a hundred battles and made countless meritorious contributions, and he was a rare important minister and good general in Wu.

Quan Rou is filial piety during the period of Emperor Xiaoling, and is currently the eastern governor of Huiji in Yangzhou, and he is also a subordinate of Wang Lang, and he also has a son named Quan Cong.

The potters appointed Lü Dai as the governor of Dingnan, and followed him south to subdue the Yangzhou counties.

But before heading south, there are two more people that the potter needs to meet.

Those were his two apprentices, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang.

I haven't seen each other for a long time, and I don't know how the schoolwork of the two children is.

Although the potters are their nominal masters, there is only a limit to what they can teach them, and the time they can teach them is really limited.

However, the potters spared no expense and hired famous teachers of the six arts throughout Jiangnan to educate the two children.

Of course, as a traveler, the potter does not attach great importance to the ancient art industry, and he prefers to let the two children exert their own subjective initiative.

Time flies, in a flash, Zhuge Liang is already fourteen years old, and Sima Yi is fifteen.

I think back then, the two little cubs who were bouncing around are now half a big boy.

By the time I met the two children, their schoolwork had improved to a very high level.

Sure enough, they are all natural school bully seedlings.

But the only thing that made the potter feel that there was no beauty was that when he saw the two children, they did not have a fan in their hands.

This made the potter very unhappy, and he first criticized Zhuge Liang.

"Why don't you bring a fan?"

Zhuge Liang's face turned red all of a sudden, he lowered his head, moved his feet shyly, and said, "Teacher, it's winter, it's not too hot, and the students forget about it." ”

"That's not going to work, go home and get it! Bring the fan and talk to me again...... You don't carry good things with you, remember, those things will be recognized in 2,000 years. ”

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to turn around and go back to get the fan, leaving Sima Yi alone and snickering.

The potter squinted at Sima Yi.

"What are you happy about? Do you think it's okay for you? Go home and get your fan. ”

Sima Yi's face instantly turned green.

"Teacher, my fan is too stumbling, it's the same for the fire, can I not use it?"

"No! You can't use good things! It's just a tyrannical thing, your fan is more expensive than Zhuge Liang's gold, and you can use a pu kui fan after a thousand years, only the living Buddha is good enough! ”

Sima Yi had no choice but to go back.

When they were young, the two of them faced the autumn breeze and shook their fans, like two happy little two B, appeared in front of the potter.

The potter was satisfied.

Zhuge Liang not only brought a fan, but also brought a model object for the potter to observe.

"Teacher, look, this is a repeater that the student just designed recently, please observe it."

The potter was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly picked up the model sent by Zhuge Liang and looked at it carefully.

Zhuge Liang stood aside to explain and analyze for the potter: "I have a crossbow in the previous generation, but there are not many arrows and crossbows, students according to the basis of the previous generation of crossbows, slightly improved, can send ten eight-inch long iron crossbow arrows, its parts are divided into six, in turn is the outer outline, hanging knife, ox, pivot, lookout mountain, tooth, this crossbow can be made as needed large or small, the big can be a crossbow machine, set up in the city, the small can be used for crossbowmen, the formation of a crossbow battalion, land and water warfare, can be operated. ”

The potter fiddled with the model repeater back and forth and asked, "Can you think about this repeater?" How many shots can be fired in a row? ”

Zhuge Liang explained to the potter: "The students think that they have perfected their thoughts, and this crossbow has two advantages, one is that it is powerful and can shoot ten arrows in a row. The second is that the hit is higher, and the operator can wait for the aim before firing, which is stronger than the longbow. However, there are some shortcomings. ”

The potter turned to look at him and said, "What is the shortcoming?" ”

"The iron arrows used in the iron are complicated to make, and they also need to be specially ......"

The potter smiled lightly and said: "For others, this matter may be a difficult matter, but our Jinling iron mine is not lacking, even if it cannot be widely manufactured in large quantities, but it should be barely possible to support a crossbow battalion of five thousand to six thousand." ”

Speaking of this, the potter put the crossbow machine model on the table and said, "I will order Han Hao to start building in the city in the coming day, and let Jiang Qin select soldiers and generals in the navy army to form a crossbow battalion...... Liangliang, do you have drawings in your hand? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded vigorously and said, "The students are almost ready, just waiting for the teacher to make a decision...... However, if there was no teacher's insistence on the student's request, the student might not have thought of this level. ”

The potter nodded with satisfaction, Zhuge Liang's efforts, he saw it.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Sima Yi, and said with a straight face: "Liangliang still has time to make such appliances on the basis of not delaying his schoolwork, Xiaoyi, as a senior brother, you still need to know things, and you have to work hard to keep up with him." ”

Sima Yi's face turned red all of a sudden.

He wiped his nose lightly and said in a low voice: "Teacher, although the students are not as talented as the junior brothers, they have never fallen behind in their homework...... And I've come up with a lot of good things. ”

The potter raised his eyebrows, and the light in his eyes was very sharp.

"Dare to quibble? Take a look at what you've studied with a teacher. ”

Sima Yi glanced at Zhuge Liang cautiously, and then escaped from his sleeve a cloth scroll and carefully handed it over to the potter.

The potter opened it casually, and his eyes suddenly straightened.

"It's Spring ......"

"Shh Sima Yi vigorously gestured his fingers to his lips: "Teacher, don't raise your voice!" ”

The potter glanced at Zhuge Liang who was dazed, then stretched out his hand to summon Sima Yi to the front, and said in a low voice:

"The copying is heartfelt, the voice is full of emotion, the content is informative, and it is of great research and reference value...... It's just that I don't understand, how did you, an untrained teenager, come up with this? ”

Sima Yi said respectfully: "Although the students have not been in person, they have many secretly observed......

"Smack!"

The potter slapped Sima Yi's head hard with the leather scroll, and said angrily: "If you don't learn well at a young age, you should really be beaten for doing the voyeuristic thing of the rooster and the dog thief...... Like you, how will you be a gentleman in the future? After a while, go home and reflect on the wall, and the things will be confiscated! ”

Sima Yi was criticized and stood aside with a frown.

Zhuge Liang suddenly made a deep gesture to the potter, and said, "The student has one more thing to ask for, and I want to ask the teacher to agree." ”

Zhuge Liang's move was already within the expectations of the potter.

"The division is about to send troops to pacify the south, are you going to go to Yuzhang County with me? Also, after all, your uncle, brother, and younger brother are all in Nanchang...... You're fourteen years old, so you can go out with me to practice...... Anyway, this time to pacify Yangzhou, I will take you with me and fulfill your brother's dream of reunion. ”

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and showed a sincere smile.

"Thank you, teacher."

Sima Yi was a little panicked when he heard this.

"I, I'm going too!"

The potter turned his head to look at him: "Liangliang is going to Nanchang to see his uncle and brother, and your brother is in Jinling City, what are you going to do?" ”

Sima Yi's face was a little red, and he said in a low voice: "I, I am reluctant to shine." ”

Zhuge Liang's whole body suddenly shook and chilled, and his stomach was full of sour water.

He turned his head to look at Sima Yi and sighed, "Senior brother, if you want to go, just tell the teacher directly, why use me as an excuse?" You know, I almost didn't throw up. ”

Sima Yi glanced at him: "I just can't bear you, what?" ”

"Alright, alright! Xiaoyi is also older, and it is good to go through the experience together, and there are no decent opponents on the left and right, and there is nothing big about it. ”

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi bowed and thanked each other.

Zhuge Liang straightened up, sighed with emotion, and said: "Teacher, to tell the truth, although the students are young, they are not afraid of swords and guns. ”

Sima Yi also laughed and said, "That's not it!" The student still hopes to touch a little more powerful, so that Liang Liang and I can clean him up. ”

……

Jiujiang County, Shouchun City.

"Ahh

Zhou Yu sneezed vigorously, then gently rubbed his nose, and said suspiciously: "It's really strange, it's not cold in this room, how can I sneeze...... Or is there anyone who cares about me? ”

Yuan Shu sat on the main seat, squinted at Zhou Yu who was sneezing, ignored him, and continued to talk to everyone about the topic just now: "The spies are coming to report, Jinling City is preparing soldiers and horses, dispatching grain, and I want to come to the potter's child to make a big move...... Could it be that he wants to attack my Shouchun? ”

Yan Xiang said: "Ming Gong is not doubtful, although the pottery merchant is now strong, but Xuzhou has Cao Cao in the west, Yuan Shao in the north, if he drives troops to Jiujiang, he can't go down for a while, Xuzhou will be chaotic, according to the next degree, the pottery merchant this time, the intention should be to subdue the Yangzhou counties, Ming Gong can not worry." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shu's spirit was immediately lifted.

"In this way, Yuan Mou this time, or can he take advantage of the gap to attack Jinling City?"

Zhou Yu stood up and said to Yuan Shu: "Although the potters want to go south, there are a lot of elite soldiers in Jinling City, and the potters are wary of the Ming Gong, they may not be defenseless...... Yuyi, please Ming Gong mobilize all kinds of elite soldiers, go to the land of the Lujiang River, first conquer Yuzhang, and fight with the pottery thief in the south of the Yangtze River, which is the best policy. ”