Zheng Ying was actually puzzled and worried. What I don't understand is that I heard Sister Manwen say that my brother hasn't read for a few days, and he doesn't know anything about arithmetic, so why does he have to get a question to show to Mr., isn't this a humiliation? I'm worried that my brother will scribble and punish him when he sees it. Liu He and others probably have this idea.

To everyone's surprise, Mr. not only did not punish Zheng Yu, but also caught himself in the topic, and after a while, a pile of crumpled straw paper was thrown on the ground, and there was no sign of stopping. Everyone looked at each other in confusion and chased out with Zheng Yu's footsteps. Zheng Ying couldn't help but ask Zheng Yu first, everyone pricked up their ears to hear how Zheng Yu explained, but they didn't expect Zheng Yu to pretend to be mysterious and say: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed", if the occasion is suitable, everyone may kill him.

Liu Yun came back after dinner, and he was a little drunk, and it seemed that he had invited someone to dinner and ran away. After explaining that Zheng Yu could go directly to the yamen to go through the formalities tomorrow, and instructed him to bring some meeting gifts appropriately, but not to send the silver directly, he dragged his tired body to rest.

Zheng Yu saw it in his eyes, and at the same time he was grateful and a little emotional. The hierarchical division of Shinong industry and commerce made the status of merchants in this era too low. Even if you have wealth that most people can't reach, you can't change the label of a businessman that is imprinted on you. Others approach you and help you just to get more money from you, not to treat you sincerely. When you are in trouble, these people will even fall into the ground, hoping to kill you. Zheng Yu didn't want this to happen to him, so he silently decided to find a way to become a taxi in the future, so that he could reduce or reduce taxes while not being bullied, so why not.

Liu Manwen was a little entangled at this time, and the poetry meeting was about to start the day after tomorrow. It stands to reason that Zheng Yu, as one of the patrons, should be invited, but he probably knows what kind of knowledge he has. Because of his father's relationship, no matter what, he has the label of the Liu family, and if he wants to show some foreign appearance, the Liu family will also be embarrassed. However, in previous years, the sponsor would be invited to the scene to accept the thanks, and he could not refuse for him in private. Let's go and inform him tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Zheng Yu was boxing in his small courtyard when Liu Manwen and Liu Hongguo walked in from the door. Zheng Yu thought that the two of them were looking for Zheng Ying, so he raised his chin at Zheng Ying's room, and then continued to punch himself. Seeing that the second daughter was standing in place and not moving, she stopped her movements and asked curiously, "Looking for me?" Something? ”

Liu Manwen nodded and said, "Well, I have something to discuss with my brother today." ”

Zheng Yu was a little surprised, the sun came out in the west, Liu Manwen usually avoided himself like a plague, and he would never look at himself more if he was fine, and he basically conveyed it through Zheng Ying if he had something. What's going on today? actually took the initiative to come to the door. While thinking about it, he took the face towel handed by Liu Bao, wiped his hands and face, threw it back to Liu Bao, and said to him: "Go and tell the young lady that the eldest lady of the Liu family is coming, and then make a pot of tea." Liu Bao nodded yes and turned to leave. Zheng Yu made a gesture of please, and said to Liu Manwen and the others: "Let's go, say it in the house."

As soon as she sat down in the living room, Zheng Ying came in, followed by Liu Bao who was carrying a teapot.

"Ah, Sister Wen, Sister Guo'er, why did you come here so early" As he spoke, he took the teapot in Liu Bao's hand and poured tea for the two.

"Sister, I really have something to discuss with Brother Zheng Shi at this time, I'm afraid that Brother Zheng Shi will be busy for a while, so I came a little early and bothered"

"Wherever Sister Wen goes, it's all a family."

After the two of them finished politely, Zheng Yu asked directly: "I don't know what Sister Manwen is doing here?" ”

Liu Manwen pondered for a moment and replied: "Brother Shi, do you remember that some time ago, I gave my little sister a hundred taels of silver for the expenses of the poetry meeting?" ”

Zheng Yu had forgotten all about this a long time ago, but now after Liu Manwen mentioned it, he suddenly remembered that there was such a thing, so he nodded and said that he remembered, and Liu Manwen continued.

"That's right, tomorrow is the day of the poetry meeting, and the location is set in the Star Pavilion in the south of the city. Most of the students who are now in Beijing will be there. A rule of the poetry club is that sponsors will be invited to participate, and the students will thank them on the spot. So the little sister came this time to ask the world brother, there will be time tomorrow. Before Zheng Yu could say anything, Liu Manwen hurriedly added: "If the world brother has something to do tomorrow, the little sister can refuse on her behalf, this is also a common thing, it doesn't matter." ”

After listening to this, Zheng Yu didn't care about the meaning of Liu Manwen's words, he had already forgotten about this stubble, and he didn't want to go, so it didn't matter what Liu Manwen said. In fact, it means to inform yourself and hope that you will not participate. I also know what my former self is in other people's hearts, so I think it is normal and understandable for Liu Manwen to have this idea. But with yesterday's doubts about the identity of Shangjia, he still wants to see what level the talents of the Ming Dynasty are now, and whether he can obtain a fame through the imperial examination and other means to get rid of the identity of Shangjia. Out of this consideration, Zheng Yu spoke.

"Sister Manwen, I will still attend this poetry meeting tomorrow. But don't worry, I'm just going to see the literary style of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never participate in any improvisational poems, talent competitions and the like. I know my own affairs, even if I am not afraid of being embarrassed, I have to think about Uncle Liu's face. ”

Liu Manwen said in his heart, it's not bad, he is a little self-aware, and he also knows how to measure himself, since he said so, there is no need for him to stop it. This time I went to let him see the gap between himself and the talents, and he was stimulated, and maybe he would study hard in the future, which was not bad.

"Since the younger brother has this plan, then the little sister won't say much, tomorrow at the right time, I will come to the house to pick up the younger brother."

"That's very good." After saying the matter, Liu Manwen and the two followed Zheng Ying to her boudoir. Zheng Yu also packed up and went to the yamen to go through the formalities.

A few small glass bottles were used as stepping stones, and with Liu Yun's foreshadowing yesterday, things went very smoothly. With a stroke of the pen, the officer in charge also approved the use of ten additional crossbows. Armor doesn't have to be thought about, it's absolutely impossible to equip it. Unless you're a state-made army.

The formalities of the dart game have been down, and it can be officially opened. The maximum number of armed bodyguards is 150. It can be equipped with swords, guns, shields, bows and arrows up to six buckets, and crossbows with an additional order of no more than 10 pieces. Zheng Yu also embezzled the name of the Tianxiong Army, which was not available in the Ming Dynasty in this time and space, as the name of the dart game. Since then, the Tianxiong Dart Bureau has been officially established, and the site is in the small courtyard in the south of the city. Because the courtyard still needs some renovation work, it is temporarily closed to the public. At the same time, the farm was renamed Tianxiong Villa, and was ready to be listed together when the dart board officially opened.

Tell Liu Bao to ride a fast horse back to Zhuangzi and inform Master Liu that he can start producing a batch of overused pulley crossbows, as well as steel-clad shields and an extended version of "Eighteen Chops" as planned. In fact, these things have been sampled earlier, and there is nothing to say about the performance after the experiment. Just wait for the dart game formalities to come down. It's just that I didn't expect that the pulley crossbow could be allowed to be equipped.

Zheng Yu himself returned to the small courtyard, closed the door and took out his tablet, and began to review Tang and Song poems and famous poems after the Ming Dynasty, in case there would be any accidents in the poems tomorrow, so as not to be caught off guard.