"Little Ma Liang, see the king!"

"Hehe, get up."

Raising his hand slightly, Li Yuanjia made the honest young man in front of him stand up, and at the same time said to the maid: "Chunyan, move a chair for him." ”

"Huh?"

After listening to his words, Chunyan was stunned for a moment.

Ma Liang was shocked, and hurriedly shook his head desperately: "No, no, never!" Where is my seat before the king? Never! It's good to stand on the small ones. ”

If it is a subordinate official of the Han Palace, it is natural for the king to give the throne, just sit casually. But Ma Liang is not an official, but a subordinate of the Han Palace, although he has read some books with Mr. Chen in the past two years and learned mathematics from Li Yuanjia, if he dares to sit down in front of the king......

The stick in the housekeeper Han Shan is not a vegetarian!

Seeing his panicked appearance, Li Yuanjia suddenly felt bored, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Okay, then you can stand." ”

"Goo-dong!"

Seeing that the king's attitude suddenly became a little unpleasant, Ma Liang was shocked and subconsciously swallowed his saliva. He didn't know that Li Yuanjia was a little irritable because he didn't dare to sit, after all, an ordinary subordinate in these years, where was there any reason to sit down in front of the king? Even Han Shan, the big housekeeper in the palace, doesn't have this qualification!

Fortunately, Li Yuanjia also knew that his irritability was very nonsensical, so after rolling his eyes, he asked as calmly as possible: "Ma Liang, I asked the five of you to learn how to make paper from Wang Pu, but have you all learned?" ”

"Back to the king's words, I learned."

After settling down, Ma Liang hurriedly bowed down and replied.

He, Li Zhong and other five people, since they finished the "supervisor" of the sewer project in Luzhou City, they have been following Wang Pu in the papermaking workshop with all their hearts. According to Master Wang Pu, they not only have to learn how to make paper, but also how to improve papermaking technology, and how to control a papermaking workshop with dozens of people at most!

However, for Ma Liang's confident answer, Li Yuanjia just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

Learned?

How can it be?!

A little kid who is only seventeen years old this year, really thinks that after following Wang Pu and them for a few months, watching the papermaking process a few times, and doing a few tricks, he can make paper by himself? Or has he mastered the "scientific research method" that surpasses this era?

Don't be funny!

Not to mention a few of them, it is Wang Pu himself, the current director of the papermaking workshop, if Li Yuanjia is not on the side all the time and has to give him advice almost every day, what can he do? And it is this Ma Liang and their master, at most, they have learned to replace things in the form given by Li Yuanjia......

But......

Seriously, that's enough.

After all, they don't need to do too complicated things these days, basically just follow a fixed process to make things, or constantly replace the materials of one of the steps, such as wood for papermaking and alloys for making movable type; Either they just follow Li Yuanjia's drawings or ideas, such as simple tables and chairs and slightly more complex coal stoves.

As long as you know one or two thousand words and know the simple four arithmetic, it is actually enough......

raised his head and glanced at Li Yuanjia, and found that the king seemed to be thinking about something seriously, Ma Liang quickly lowered his head again, and at the same time, his heart was pounding......

The reason why the king came to him today, in fact, he already knew.

For in the past few days, all four of his companions had been summoned by the king, and they had been entrusted with important tasks: the eldest of the five, and the best of all, Li Zhong, had been sent by the king to prefect movable type printing, mainly the blacksmiths and the inksmiths; Zhang Wan, who performed best in Luzhou and this new palace sewer renovation, was appointed by the king as the construction supervisor of the Han Wangfu, and was mainly responsible for construction affairs in the future; Han Cheng, who has the strongest hands-on ability and is most liked by Wang Pu, has become the head of glassmakers since yesterday; And Sun Zhan, who is relatively mediocre in all aspects, but has the most honest and tenacious temperament, has also become a party steward, and began to have his own subordinates - that is, the farmer of Gaochangguo.

In the end, the rest is Ma Liang himself.

So in the past two nights, the young man has been unable to sleep almost all night long, and he has been wondering what errand the king will give him! This feeling of being very expectant and a little worried at the same time is about to toss him crazy!

In his heart, Ma Liang heard the king chuckle and said, "Hehe, I heard that you like to teach students, and students also like to let you teach...... Yes, you're doing a good job! ”

"Uh......"

Hearing the king's sudden question, Ma Liang was stunned for a moment.

The so-called teaching students refers to the fact that after he and Li Zhong and the other four were taught by Mr. Chen and Mr. Huang, Li Yuanjia gave them a task, that is, to teach the children of the six to eight years old in the school to read and write.

Among the five, Ma Liang is indeed the most popular among the children.

Because he has the most gentle temperament, he is very patient with children. And Li Zhong, although they are better in other aspects, they are very irritable when they get along with children, and they are far less good than Ma Liang.

So after listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Ma Liang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said modestly: "King Xie!" The little ones just obeyed the king's orders and tried their best to share the king's worries, which is not worth mentioning. ”

“…… Ha ha! ”

After a pause, Li Yuanjia was suddenly happy.

Think about the first time I saw this kid...... No, it should be said that when there were five of them, almost all of them were as docile as domestic rabbits, and timid as rats in a hole, and their own voices were a little louder to make them tremble. But look at it now, and dare to be humble in the face of your own praise!

Yes, there is progress!

With a little relief in his heart, Li Yuanjia stopped talking nonsense, and nodded directly: "Okay!" So if I asked you to teach those children to the palace full-time, would you be willing? ”

"Huh? Teach them to read full-time? ”

After hearing the king's words, Ma Liang's eyes instantly widened.

"Hehe, that's good."

Nodding, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly: "Don't worry about other people, just teach those children to read!" And not only to teach them to read and write, but also to teach them math, to teach them everything you know...... How can you be confident that you can do this job well? ”

"Goo-dong!"

When he heard half of it, Ma Liang's throat couldn't help but surge, and his heartbeat was like a drum in an instant.

Feelings of excitement and apprehension came to my heart almost at the same time.

Naturally, the excitement is that the king trusts himself so much that he allows himself to teach full-time, which is equivalent to the general thing of a teacher in a private school! And the apprehension is naturally my own ability - I have only studied with Mr. Chen and Mr. Huang for two years, can I do such an important thing well?

However, after a few thoughts swirled in his heart, excitement finally prevailed, and Ma Liang's still slightly immature face gradually climbed into a blush of excitement......