At the beginning of the eleventh year of Jian'an.

Guan Ping ordered the conscription of soldiers, and the children of Fang Ling responded one after another, plus the children of Fang Ling recruited for the first time, there were as many as 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses.

As the so-called 3,000 Yuejia can swallow Wu.

30,000 Fangling children are naturally promising.

At the same time, the money and food were not sent down as if they were money, and Guan Ping provided for the soldiers, which was extremely rich.

In the blink of an eye, spring plowing is coming, and Guan Ping, as he did last year, symbolically came to the field to plant seedlings and persuade farmers to plant rice. In fact, there is no need to persuade it, last year's autumn harvest was a bumper harvest, which stimulated the people.

There is no need for government supervision, the people are happy to farm, and the family is more diligent than the family.

Training, spring ploughing is the most important thing at present, and many things cannot be seen now, but they will inevitably have a far-reaching impact in the future.

For example, Guan Ping set up a literature museum, with Ma Jie as the owner.

Guan Ping ordered Ma Sheng to study cement and improve papermaking.

Since Ma Sheng, the blacksmith, entered Guan Ping's eyes, he was used by Guan Ping as a universal craftsman, and successively improved the waterwheel, plow, and loom, but in the face of this cement and papermaking, he was at a loss, and there was no progress at present.

On the contrary, it was Ma Jie of the Literature Museum who led the sacrificial wine, and the doctors really gave Guan Ping the pinyin, annotated the Luoyang official dialect of this era, and created a dictionary and textbook.

In June of the eleventh year of Jian'an, Guan Ping summoned the three major officials under his command in the hall of the Taishou Mansion, Changshi Ma Liang, Gong Cao Sun Qian, and the main bookkeeper of Yi.

After the three of them sat down, Guan Ping picked up a roll of bamboo slips on the shore, got up and handed it to Ma Liang. Guan Ping said with a smile: "Look, this is a textbook written by Mr. Ma, the owner of the Literature Museum. It is a story about Sun Shuao of the Chu State. ”

As soon as Ma Liang heard that it was a textbook written by his father, he read it seriously. After reading it, I can only say that it is easy to understand.

This bamboo slip records the story of Sun Shuao, but it is incomplete. This story only records the story of Sun Shuao, who killed the two-headed snake.

It is rumored that whoever sees the two-headed serpent will die.

When Sun Shuao was young, he traveled and saw a two-headed snake, so Sun Shuao killed the snake, and when he came back, Sun Shuao cried incessantly.

Sun Shuao's mother asked why, and Sun Shuao said: "I heard that the person who sees the two-headed snake will definitely die, and I see it today, I am afraid that I will leave my mother and die." ”

The grandmother asked, "Where is the two-headed snake now?" ”

Sun Shuao replied: "I was afraid that someone would see the two-headed snake again, so I killed the snake and buried it." ”

The grandmother was pleased: "I have heard that those who secretly help others will be rewarded, and you will not die." ”

This is a story and a legend, and the meaning of this story is not Sun Shuao as a person, but to persuade people to be good.

Maleonn had read the story before, but the text was obscure. However, this textbook is easy to understand and is very suitable for children to learn.

After Ma Liang saw it, he handed it over to Sun Qian, who was from Iraq. After the two read it, they also had an idea with Ma Liang.

"My purpose in starting the Literature Museum is to unify the accent and make it easier for children to learn. Today things have been done, and I need many people to help me to build a school in Fangling, to educate children with Luoyang accents, and to enlighten them. But it is not enough to do this job with the literate people of Fangling. I still have to summon people from Jingzhou, the purpose of convening three people today is to invite three, if you know a scholar who is interested in teaching and educating people, you can write to invite Fangling, I will treat it as a guest. ”

Guan Ping said.

The so-called gift of the guest is to provide food and lodging, and give Lu rice.

It is also commonly known as please help. At that time, Liu Bei asked for help in Xinye, and also provided official positions, which were generally engaged in by a general Zuo.

However, Guan Ping invited a future school teacher, so he did not provide an official position, but he could consider hanging a position in the Literature Museum, and the number of teachers could be ignored, and the more the merrier.

Thanks to the blessing of the silk cloth business, the Fangling government has an extra 1,000 gold per month, and with the bumper harvest last autumn, the finances of Fangling County are not only improving, but also have a lot of spare space.

Guan Ping had the money to do these seemingly meaningless things.

The princes of this era, whether it is Cao Cao, Sun Qian, Beibei, or other miscellaneous princes, no one wants to teach and educate people.

Even for people like Liu Biao, the reason why they established a school is more to earn a reputation, and they teach scholars, which has nothing to do with the common people.

Guan Ping plans to teach without class, whether it is a common person or a scholar, as long as he is willing to learn, he will accept all of them. This is the first step, and the second step is to force children to learn when the finances are further improved and the power becomes large, so as to increase the literacy rate among the people.

Guan Ping believes that this is a far-reaching thing, and the benefits brought by the future are by no means comparable to spring ploughing and training soldiers.

Spring ploughing and training soldiers are just immediate interests.

In fact, for this matter, the officials under Guan Ping actually don't agree very much, as the so-called attacker first has the right to fight, and the builder is virtuous.

Teaching and educating people is also virtue, which unifies the accent, writes easy-to-understand textbooks, recruits teachers, and establishes schools, which is also a building book.

Of course, the building capital is to be built.

However, the current stage in which Guan Ping is located is a stage of enterprising expansion, and the officials tend to invest resources in supporting the soldiers.

However, the matter was still good, so the officials did not object. On the contrary, I pondered how to write a letter to my friends to publicize the matter, and find some celebrities or hermits who like to teach and educate people to come to Fangling.

Yi's heart moved, and he thought of his group of friends.

Guan Ping summoned the officials to do the same, and since it was announced that he would go down, he naturally let the officials go down. After leaving the lobby, Yi returned to the main bookkeeper's office.

Like Gongcao Sun Qian and Chang Shi Ma Liang, the main secretary is also a big official, and there are some small officials in the office room, who are responsible for assisting the Yi nationality.

Because of the rapid expansion of Fangling's army and population, Sun Qian and Ma Liang had a lot of affairs and often became dogs. The main book of Yi is only in charge of paperwork, so it is relatively idle in daily life.

After Yi Ji returned, the small officials in the office room saluted him, Yi Ji returned the salute one by one, and then sat on the main seat, and Yan Mo began to write letters.

wrote a letter to Xu Shu and a letter to Zhuge Liang.

After writing these two letters, Yi subconsciously took out another piece of silk cloth and planned to write a letter, but gave up.

Yi Ji put down his pen, sighed, and beckoned a small official and said, "Mr. Jia, please send these two letters to Xiangyang." ”

"No." The little officer said yes and turned to go down.

Yi nationality in and out of Longzhong, and Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Cui Jun, Meng Jian and others are friends. At the beginning, Mi's wine had just come out, and Liu Bei asked Yi and others to publicize it. Yi also went to Longzhong to visit, and it happened that everyone was there, and they had a drink.

It was only later that Shi Tao and Meng Jian led the clan back to the north, and there was no news at this moment. Cui Jun lived in seclusion in the mountains and became a hermit.

Now the only people who are still active in Jingzhou and want to do something are Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang.

"I don't know if Yuan Zhi and Kong Ming will come over." After the Iraqi sent someone to deliver the letter, they were also at a loss.

Yi knew that these two good friends were not trivial, and he had long wanted to invite the two to work together, but he had scruples, first, Guan Yu was too strong, and he was afraid that Guan Yu, Xu Shu, and Zhuge Liang would not get along.

The second is that Guan Ping is still young and has a small rank, so he is despised by Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu.

This worry made Yi afraid to write to his two good friends for a long time.

And now Guan Ping has sat firmly in Fangling and is thriving. Yi took advantage of this incident and invited two good friends to come over, nominally to be a teacher.

But in fact, when Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang come, Yi will recommend them to Guan Ping. Be a guest first and come up with ideas. When Guan Ping attacks Hanzhong, he can come out to be an official.

Izu wasn't sure if the two best friends would come, because they were so unique.

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Xiangyang, Longzhong.

Zhuge Liang ploughs here, but the matter of acres of land is a pleasure for Zhuge Liang, it is an elegant thing, Zhuge Liang only does it occasionally, and it is his house slave who is really responsible for farming.

It's a hot summer day, and the heat is strong. Zhuge Liang was hiding in the grass house to read, and from time to time he used a goose feather fan to fan the wind.

Suddenly, Huang Yueying walked in from outside and said, "Husband, Mr. Yuanzhi has arrived." ”

Zhuge Liang's heart moved, and he put down the goose feather fan and went out of the study to greet Xu Shu. Unexpectedly, Xu Shu was very polite, and he entered the study.

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to give up and sit back again, after Xu Shu entered the study, he saluted Huang Yueying, and then came to the guest seat and sat down.

Huang Yueying slightly, turned around, and soon after, put two bowls of mung bean soup on Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu's case.

Mung bean soup is the best way to relieve the heat, and after the two drank this bowl of mung bean soup, they talked about business.

"Can Kong Ming receive a letter from Yijibo?" As Zhuge Liang expected, after Xu Shu put down the dishes and chopsticks, he said bluntly.

"Yuan Zhi wants to go to Fangling to have a look?" Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically.

"Han Shouhou is arrogant and afraid that it will be difficult to succeed. But his son Guan Ping is a corporal of Lixian, and his operation of Fangling is thriving. My generation studied diligently and learned a skill, but after all, I still have to come out to do things. I'm going to check it out. Xu Shu said bluntly.

Fangling and Xiangyang are adjacent to each other, although the road is not passable, but the Han water navigation is smooth. News kept coming from Fangling, and the name of Guan Ping was already very prosperous in Jingzhou.

But as the saying goes, seeing is believing, and hearing is false. happened to receive a letter from Iraq, and Xu Shu wanted to go and see it.

"Yuan Zhi will go first, and I will arrive later." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"Okay." Xu Shu laughed, bowed to Zhuge Liang, and then the person really left the study.

Xu Shu packed his bags and took his family to Fangling. Zhuge Liang said that he would arrive later, but in fact, he did not follow immediately, but continued to wait, waiting for when the idea was reached, and then went to Fangling.

Zhuge Liang was a little obsessed with Liu Bei.

As Xu Shu said, how can a talent be wasted. Zhuge Liang is going to be a man after all, but if he can, Zhuge Liang still hopes to find a lord surnamed Liu.

At present, it seems that Guan Ping can be assisted, but after all, he is not surnamed Liu.

"The father and son of the Guan family rejected Cao Cao in the north and conquered Jingzhou in the south, and they were by no means condescending to others. None of the princes in the world is a loyal minister of the Han family. After 400 years of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue to live. ”

Zhuge Liang was very sorry, and his thoughts could not be reached.

When he figured it out, he followed Xu Shu's footsteps and went to Fangling to have a look.