Qu Lao knew that the potter, who was the lord of Jinling, was rich, but he didn't expect him to be so open.

Today, most of the princes are now building cities, building villages, stockpiling grain, recruiting troops, raising horses, smelting iron, competing for political interests, and using them to dominate the world.

Who cares about the private education career that is gradually withering and losing because of the troubled times? It's not that I don't want to, but that's what I should do in the Qing Dynasty, and now it's a troubled time, and it's a problem for most people to eat and live.

Engage in culture? No effort!

But it is clear that the potter has this kung fu, and he not only has to do it, but he is also very bold in his actions, obviously to do his best.

"Is Taifu serious? You're not lying to me, are you? Qu Lao's tone was choked, and he seemed very excited.

Years of war disasters have had a great impact on the private school industry, and many of Qu Lao's private school peers have changed their livelihoods, and they are only surviving and half-dead to continue to persevere.

Speaking of conscience, if there is no Guo Jia's help, Qu Lao probably won't be able to hold on.

As far as the general trend of Yingchuan is concerned, if it weren't for Xun Yu and others in the Yingchuan clan who were reused by Cao Cao, Yingchuan's private doctrine might be like those private schools in other states and counties, and it would have existed in name only.

Of course, not all private learning will be finished, and those private learning with a family or gate valve as a background is still standing tall and stable like Mount Tai.

Qu Lao stood up and said excitedly to the Tao Shang: "With the words of Taifu, the old man should be diligent and strive to be the first, and say a few more people for Taifu to go to the southeast together." ”

The pottery merchant nodded as if promised: "Qu Lao rest assured, Tao guarantees this matter with his personality and will never fail." The major event of revitalizing private learning in the south of my country will fall on your old man! ”

The old man excitedly picked up the wine cup and said, "Since this is the case, after the old man drank this wine, he immediately returned to Yangzhai and went to help the Taifu talk to the people." ”

Hearing this, the potter hurriedly said: "Why is Qu Lao in a hurry at this time, can't he have a meal and then leave?" ”

Qu Lao shook his head vigorously and said: "It's about the inheritance of Confucianism, students all over the world, the old man is not in a hurry, this meal is not in a hurry, it is important to do the right thing." ”

After that, the old man took the wine cup and drank it all, and then walked tremblingly towards the entrance of the tent.

Guo Jia also hurriedly got up, followed behind Qu Lao, and said to him, "Qu Gong, I'll send you." ”

Qu Lao waved his hand at him and said, "Don't send it, don't ...... it."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Qu Lao's eyes narrowed, and his cloudy old eyes stared at Guo Jia's face suspiciously, and said strangely: "Who are you?" ”

Guo Jia and the potter both rolled their eyes helplessly.

Okay! The old man couldn't see clearly again.

Qu Lao himself couldn't react to what was going on, but said to Guo Jia softly: "The old man will leave first, young man, you go back and help me inform Feng Xiao, so that he has time to come back and have a look." ”

Guo Jia: "......"

……

A few days later, the Tao Shang army's actions were brought back to Cao Cao by the Eagle Snake Warriors of the Eagle Snake Mansion.

When Cao Cao learned of the potter's actions, he couldn't help but be furious.

He slapped the table and said angrily: "Potter thief, dare to be like this, he actually dares to act wantonly on Cao's territory, it is really daring." ”

Cheng Yu persuaded Cao Cao: "There is no need to be like this, although the thief's behavior is arrogant, but it is just looking for some corrupt Confucians who have dropped out of school in Yingchuan to return to Wu to run a school, and what he is looking for is not our famous family in Yingchuan, there is no need to be nervous at all, besides, the Tao family's behavior is also a good deed for the world." ”

Xi Zhicai listened to Cheng Yu's words, and his heart was not very comfortable...... How come people who are not from famous families can not do anything if they are found by potters?

Guy is not from a famous family, so he is quite insightful about this.

However, he still understands the overall situation after all, and he agrees with Cheng Yu's words.

Xi Zhicai suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and said: "Zhong Degong's words are very good, the current general trend of the world is in the money and grain, soldiers and horses, taxes, household registration and other affairs, as for the repair and rectification of private learning, it is really not an important matter that needs to be worried about at the moment, if the pottery merchant has the heart to let him do these trivial things, Sikong quietly waits for changes, what does it matter?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said solemnly: "What you say is not right, the so-called learning without thinking is reckless, thinking without learning is doomed, the way of learning since ancient times is not to be done by one person, and the way of official and private learning is not the case...... And the land of Yingchuan, since ancient times is the place where students from all over the world gather, to get this reputation, many private learning contributions, if the pottery merchants take advantage of this troubled era to get the surname Tao to the southeast, Cao is not guilty. ”

When all the ministers heard this, they said together: "It is commonplace. ”

"Wenruo, Gongda." Cao Cao turned his head to Xun Yu and Xun Yu and said: "Xun is a famous family in Yingchuan, by no means comparable to other scholars, and its influence is not beyond the reach of others, Cao wants to ask Xun to come forward, settle students in Yingchuan, comfort the school, especially those dilapidated private schools, and ask you to convey Cao's meaning on behalf of you, just wait for the time to come, Cao will revive the style of study, repair the official and private schools, vigorously support, and reshape the style of study in Yingchuan." ”

Cao Cao's words are very popular, and Xun Yu and Xun Yu naturally have nothing to do.

As a result, Cao Tao's two armies launched a battle without gunpowder in the land of Yingchuan for private talents.

The attention of both sides was all focused on this, and no one paid attention to the side affairs, as for Li Dao and Guo Yan, no one would pay attention to it, so it gave the potters a chance.

……

After Li Dao and Guo Yan met Zhong Xuan and Jia Xu in Luoyang, they went straight to Zhongmu County through the Yongdao in Xingyang according to the prior arrangement.

Zhongmu County is very close to the Guandu battlefield, and Cao Cao's army was originally displayed in Guandu, close to Zhongmu, but now in order to Tuntian and deal with the pottery merchants, all have been evacuated from Guandu.

It's a pity that everyone never expected that not long after Cao Cao's army left the battlefield of Guandu, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Zang Ba, and Li Tong's soldiers and horses arrived here.

These four generals were all sent back to Peiguo by the potters for various reasons before, but they didn't live in Peiguo for long at all, so they immediately led their troops back to the Guandu battlefield.

And when Xu Chu left the pottery merchant's camp and pretended to return to Peiguo to urge grain, he took two other people from the pottery merchant's army.

These two people are Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.

At present, these people who were quietly sent out by the potters all took advantage of the fact that Cao Cao and the potters were in full swing in the land of southern Henan, and quickly returned to the Guandu battlefield.

Their goal was also only one, that is, the horses of the Second Army of Li and Guo Yan in Zhongmu County.

The battle of Guandu has ended, Li Dao and Guo Yan have returned from Bingzhou, and at this moment the potters are raising a high profile in Yingchuan, Cao Cao's all his energy is on him, and he can't care about anything else at all, it can be said that Zhongmu County at this time is the most relaxed and the most lax, they never imagined that the goal of the potters at the beginning was actually them.

And after Tao Shang's instructions to everyone in advance, the main general who is responsible for commanding all these people this time is his second brother Zhao Yun.

Before leaving, the potter once held Zhao Yun's hand and carefully advised: "Send you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end, the second brother will take care of this expedition, the potter must tightly contain Cao Cao, and ensure your safety, so that he will not notice the second brother!" ”

Zhao Yun pursed his lips when he heard this.

After living to this age, Zhao Yun never imagined that one day, he would become a robber who robbed the road and robbed horses.

If it were the original, he must have deeply despised his behavior, blushed for his own practice, and did not "reflect on my body three times a day" for a month, it is estimated that he would not be able to sleep.

But as he became friends with the potter, the longer he spent together, Zhao Yun found that his heart was affected by this third brother, and the change was also very huge.

Especially when he was a robber this time, not only did he not have any sense of self-blame in his heart, but he actually had a faint ...... Sensations of irritation.