In Fanyang County, the ancestral family is a well-known local family, of course, there is the ancestor of the ancestral family, Zu Chongzhi, but hundreds of years have passed, and the ancestral family has gradually declined.

But with the creation of the parabola by Zu Mingjun, the ancestral family gradually had the momentum of Zhongxing, and Zu Mingjun became the hope of the ancestral family.

"Hello young master!" Zu Mingjun walked out of the courtyard, and the descendants of the ancestral family saluted one after another.

Zu Mingjun nodded and asked, "Has this issue of the ink magazine arrived?" ”

The housekeeper of the ancestral mansion hurriedly handed over an ink magazine and said, "Young Master Qiqi, the ink magazine has just been delivered, and the old slave is preparing to send it to the young master?" ”

In Yu County, there is another reason why Zu Mingjun is famous, that is, he is the best friend of the Mo family, and Mo Dun is famous because of Liang Zhu, even in Yu County, it is well known to everyone, and people often ask him about the news of the Mo family.

Zu Mingjun took over the ink periodical, and the ink magazine in Chang'an City was only a penny, but when he arrived in Fanyang County, an ink magazine was full of twenty yuan. Although the price is not cheap, it is in short supply.

Although some restaurants and teahouses do not buy 20 copies per table at once like Panjia Restaurant, they often buy an ink journal and put it in the store to attract customers, but one ink magazine is naturally not enough for people to read, which creates the birth of a profession, that is, reading newspaper doctors.

Some literate people were invited by the restaurant teahouse to read the newspaper in the store, for everyone, in the teahouse to drink tea, listen to newspapers and periodicals, understand the national affairs, it is a great enjoyment, especially after the publication of Liang Zhu, everyone is tired of listening, always overcrowded.

This issue is the finale of Liang Zhu, it can be said that the whole country is looking forward to this ink magazine, this issue of the ink magazine has just arrived in Yu County, and it was immediately coaxed out, and the ancestor Mingjun made a deposit in advance, so he was fortunate to keep a copy.

After watching the finale of Liang Zhu, Zu Mingjun reluctantly put down the ink magazine in his hand, and read all the ink magazines after returning from Chang'an City, from the annual report of Mojia Village, to the night of the Lantern Festival, to the ink technology exhibition, and then to Liang Zhu, he couldn't help sighing.

"It seems that Brother Mo has had a wonderful life in Chang'an City!" Zu Mingjun looked at his boring life in his hometown day after day, and suddenly felt bored.

"Da Da Da!"

A rapid sound of horses' hooves shattered the calm of the county, and a post man rode a tall horse straight to the ancestral family's old house.

"Excuse me, this is the ancestral family's old house!" The postman galloped off the road.

"Exactly! I don't know what's going on! The housekeeper of the ancestral mansion looked at the post man suspiciously, not understanding how the post man could find the ancestral family.

"This is a letter of conscription from Chang'an City, recruiting the ancestral family to enter Chang'an City." The postman said loudly.

"Chang'an City's conscription letter!" The ancestral family's old mansion was soon shocked.

"Could it be a conscription from the imperial court, quickly, invite the young master over." The head of the ancestral family who heard the news hurriedly said loudly.

Soon! Zu Mingjun came over confused, he was not outstanding in the country at that time, except for arithmetic, most of the others were ordinary, he couldn't think of any ability to make the imperial court recruit.

"Xiaosheng is the ancestor of the king!" The ancestor said.

When the post guard saw Zu Mingjun, he stretched out his hand and handed him a letter and said, "This time it is the firearms supervisor who has recruited Young Master Zu. ”

"Firearms supervisor, Brother Mo!" Zu Mingjun was suddenly stunned.

However, the people of the ancestral family couldn't help frowning, they thought that the imperial court had recruited the ancestral monarch to be an official, but who would have thought that it would be the firearms supervisor of the Mo family.

The postman nodded, and said: "Mohou asked the villain to bring a word to Young Master Zu, there is a famous arithmetic knowledge that needs to be studied, and I ask you if you are interested." ”

"Arithmetic knowledge that has been passed down through the ages." The ancestral family's eyes lit up suddenly, their ancestral family started with arithmetic, and a parabola benefited the ancestral family a lot, if they can study a profound arithmetic, they may not be able to reproduce the glory of the ancestors.

"Ballistics!" Zu Mingjun opened the letter and showed it to his grandparents.

"Isn't this a slinger?" The second room of the ancestral family said with disdain.

"No, Mingjun is the hope of my ancestral family, and my ancestor is ready to let Mingjun go through a few years of training and find an official and a half-position for him, how can he enter the army as a big soldier." Many people in the ancestral family shook their heads and said.

Zu Mingjun explained: "This is not to join the military, but to assist the Firearms Superintendent in the study of trebuchets so that the trebuchet can accurately hit the target. After the development was successful, the younger generation naturally left the firearms prison, and my grandfather's family could obtain a completely new arithmetic. ”

The third room of the ancestral family shook his head and said: "The good intentions of the Mo Hou are understood by the ancestral family, but now the situation of the Mo family is not clear, how can my ancestral family rashly stand in line." ”

Now that the controversy between Confucianism and Mo is rising again, their ancestors naturally don't want to participate in it, if they rashly stand on the side of the Mo family, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the ancestral family!

Thinking of the dispute between Confucianism and Mo, many people from the ancestral family suddenly retreated.

"Okay, don't argue anymore, this is a matter of Mingjun's future, first ask him what he thinks!" The head of the ancestral family looked at the ancestral monarch.

The ancestor Mingjun bowed down and said: "Elders, my ancestral family has gradually declined since the ancestors, and the ancestors' embellishment skills are extremely profound, but there are very few people who will do it. ”

The grandparents suddenly looked stupid, although they usually looked above the top, thinking that the ancestral family was a master of arithmetic, but it was undeniable that the ancestral family had declined.

"Because no matter how advanced the arithmetic of the ancestral family is, it is not practical. The child once witnessed the rise of the Mo family in Chang'an City, why not? Because what the Mohists promote is useful learning. Only when it is useful will it not be forgotten or abandoned. The ancestral name Jun was deaf and deaf.

The ancestors of the ancestral family were suddenly thoughtful.

"But is it useless to do arithmetic? The child heard that Brother Mo was above the court, and used arithmetic to calculate the population in a hundred years, so as to change the marriage law of the court households, isn't this the use of arithmetic? Doesn't this ballistics have to be my ancestor's name? Dr. Shen of Chang'an City, and even Brother Mo as long as they are willing to put in the effort, how can they not be counted. Ancestor Mingjun said proudly.

Everyone in the ancestral family nodded gloomily, it is undeniable that at least in terms of arithmetic, Shen Hongcai and Mo Jiazi have won a lot over the ancestral family.

"What Brother Mo said is true, this is the arithmetic knowledge that has been passed down through the ages, as long as it is useful to the trebuchet for a day, it will be used to ballistics, this is the usefulness of arithmetic, and now it is the Mo family that has given our ancestors an opportunity to show the usefulness of arithmetic, not to ask my ancestors, and what qualifications do we have to pick and choose here." Zu Mingjun shouted.

"Well said!" The head of the ancestral family nodded and said: "The foundation of the ancestral family is arithmetic, and now under the drive of the Mo family, the hundred schools of thought are gradually rising, if arithmetic is not separated and chasing, I am afraid that it will sink again, and now there is an arithmetic knowledge in front of us, how can the ancestral family miss it, and the heavens will not take it, but suffer from it." ”

"The head of the family is wise!" Zu Mingjun said happily.

"The dispute between Confucianism and Mo, the ancestral family does not participate, but it is a matter of arithmetic, the ancestral family can't miss it no matter what, immediately prepare a horse and send the ancestor to Chang'an City." The ancestral family is the main road,

Zu Mingjun shook his head and said: "No need, Brother Mo has already arranged, Brother Mo is recruiting children with the help of the imperial court, and the children can take a stagecoach and go straight to Luoyang. ”

Really! When Zu Mingjun simply cleaned up and walked out of the gate of his ancestral house, he saw that the post guard was already waiting here.

"Brother Mo, who knows me!" Zu Mingjun laughed, turned on his horse, and went straight to Chang'an City.