Zhao Xingde folded Chen Dong's letter and took a long breath. The Science Society is getting bigger and bigger, and Chen Shaoyang gradually has a city government, and his accusations against the imperial court are becoming less, and he is not as full of complaints as before. "Is this maturity or submission?" Zhao Xingde was slightly stunned, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly, shaking off these inappropriate thoughts.

"What did Chen Shaoyang say in his letter?" Li Ruoxue asked softly, with a curious look in her eyes.

Zhao Xingde said with a smile: "When I lived in Bianliang, I was shy in my pocket, and I just sold literature to make a living. ”

Li Ruoxue said angrily: "I haven't been told all the time." She reached out and grabbed Zhao Xingde's right arm, and asked nervously, "After the Jade Rabbit Fairy was knocked off the cliff, should she still be alive, right?" ”

Zhao Xingde was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "I don't know about this." Seeing Li Ruoxue pursed her lips, she quickly changed the subject and said, "How did the lady become a bachelor in this academy of literature?" I heard about this matter from Li Rui's mouth, and I forgot to ask Li Ruoxue about it. The Xia Kingdom was martial and military, and the scribes also needed to be able to open bows and ride horses, so even the bachelor's mansion was very girly.

Li Ruoxue said: "It is said that it is the prime minister's play, just as Meng's mother chooses neighbors and breeds saints, so if you want to make the people of a country have knowledge, you should make women have knowledge, and if you want to make the people of a country still uphold righteousness, you should make women know how to be knowledgeable." The imperial court was preparing to set up a women's school, and the Bachelor's Mansion was in charge of the world's education, so it also hired women as bachelors. After Lingwu and the others came to learn poetry from me, some of the sisters in the boudoir came to talk about poetry and papers, and later, the people from the Academy of Literature and Dictionaries of the Bachelor's Mansion also knew about it, so she ...... talk about it as if it was a trivial matter.

Zhao Xingde doubted: "Why do you want to set up a girls' school? Isn't it enough to let girls go to school? ”

Li Ruoxue looked at Zhao Xingde with strange eyes instead: "The Book of Rites says, 'Men and women do not sit together', the teachings of the sage, has the husband forgotten?" ”

Zhao Xingde was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I was confused for a while, confused." He held Li Ruoxue's soft thorn and said with a smile, "It was really a blessing for three lives to teach with the lady under the seat of Master Chao." "Men and women are not intimate, and the two of them are studying under the seat of Chao Bu, that is, the Li family has the intention of accepting a son-in-law. Li Ruoxue's face was slightly red, and she snorted softly.

The atmosphere between the two has become a little subtle, it has been three years since the summer, and when I think back about Bianliang, it seems like a world away. Li Ruoxue leaned on Xingde's arms, her starry eyes were slightly closed, her pretty face was facing the warm sunshine, as bright as the morning glow, Zhao Xingde's heart was hot, he lowered his head, his lips touched slightly, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard. Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ignore it, but Ruoxue had already sat up, her cheeks were flushed, and pushed him to open the door to see if any guests came.

Zhao Xingde held back his anger, and secretly said that it was easy to take a day off, but it was really not smooth, this time, whether it was Li Rui or Zhu Lingwu, he would not give them a good look, he opened the courtyard door, but he was stunned, only to see an unknown sergeant standing at the door with a horse, and the insignia of the tiger wing military officer on his military robe was there.

Li Ziweng originally thought that Zhao De was a fierce general with scars on his face and a majestic face wearing a military robe, but he didn't expect that the real person seemed to be a scribe, and he also bowed slightly, and then bowed and said: "Is it Zhao De and Zhao's military envoy in person?" ”

"It's despicable." Zhao Xingde's face was still gloomy.

Li Ziweng secretly wondered, and still said with a pleasant face: "Li Ziweng of the Tiger Wing Army, on the order of General Zhang Shanfu, asked the envoy of Zhao Jun to come over to the mansion. ”

Zhang Shanfu is a general in the marching division, a high and powerful position, and has nothing to do with himself, suddenly invited, Zhao Xingde was slightly taken aback, and had to give his hand and said: "Brother Li, go in and wait for a while, wait for me to talk to my family." Li Ziweng nodded, then stood in the courtyard to wait, he looked around, only to see the yard green grass, a few flowers and trees scattered, begonia flowers are blooming, the swing in front of the corridor is tied with daylilies, and a few red carp in the big tank are swimming leisurely. Li Ziweng is the eldest grandson of the Korean father-in-law, and nodded secretly: "This courtyard is exquisitely arranged, and Zhao Junenvoy is so leisurely." ”

Zhao Xingde entered and said to Ruoxue: "The general of the military government, Zhang Shanfu, is in love, I will go back when I go." "Put on a military robe, wear a horizontal sword at your waist, and prepare your horse to go out.

Zhang's Mansion was built in Dunhuang City, covering a wide area, it is said that it was built in the Tang Dynasty, there are more than 200 years, there are two mighty stone lions standing at the door. Li Ziweng and the Tiger Wing Army guards at the door arrived to say hello, and then took Zhao Xingde through the hall and through the room, came to the backyard study, and after whispering a report, he signaled Zhao Xingde to enter. Zhao Xingde arched his hand at Li Ziweng and thanked him for his guidance and friendliness.

Zhao Xingde walked into the room, did not dare to slack off, and bowed down and said: "The last general Zhao De, see General Zhang." "I can hear the old man's deep voice," Zhao Jun, so he didn't have to be polite. Fang straightened up, and then saw the square clearly. Zhang Shanfu is tall and burly, his hair is already a little gray, his cheeks and chin are blue, his beard is cleanly shaved, his face is kind, and his eyes are clear, which makes people feel close. Behind the desk hangs a huge picture scroll, which is the ancestor of the Zhang family, Zhang Yichao, who was originally a mural of the Mogao Grottoes, which was specially copied by a famous craftsman.

In a short time, a servant would serve tea, and put a lamp on the desk and a lamp next to the seat of the guest next to him. However, meetings in the military do not require the permission of the superiors, and the subordinates cannot sit down. Zhao Xingde smelled the fragrance of tea all over the house, so he could only stand upright. Zhang Shanfu didn't speak, he gently picked up the teacup and took a sip, Zhao Xingde was a little uneasy, I don't know what kind of advice the first person in the Xia State Army recruited him, could it be that the matter of Chun Yuzhen's cannon casting and iron smelting was known by the Ordnance Division?

Zhang Shanfu put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The talented man who wrote the 'Anxi Ce' and the orders of the artillery battalion, the old man thought about it for a long time, and it happened that he was on a ten-day holiday, so he invited him to come over to the house to talk about it." Zhao Xingde arched his hand and said: "The general praises falsely, and the last general is ashamed." ”

Zhao Xingde has long hands and feet, and his body is straightened in a military robe, which is extremely inconsistent with the furnishings in the study, and the roof is low, Zhang Shanfu smiled slightly: "I'm old, it's too tiring to talk with my neck up, so I'd better sit down." ”

Zhao Xingde sat down at the desk, still looking solemn and sitting upright. Zhang Shanfu said with a smile: "Xingzhi single-handedly suppressed those gunners, it seems that he is not such a restrained person." Hearing what he said, Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, and said: "The last general is also a last resort." ”

"As a last resort?" Zhang Shanfu playfully repeated his words, and suddenly said, "Master Chun Yuzhen highly respects Xingzhi's artillery skills, if Xingzhi wants to subdue his subordinates, why not rely on the power of Master Chun, as long as he accompanies you to patrol the artillery camp a few times, and declares in public that your artillery skills are excellent, the sergeants will naturally obey you." He looked Zhao Xingde up and down, as if he wanted to see what he really thought.

"This?" Zhao Xingde was speechless, he knew that most of the elite gunners who operated this new type of artillery had received Chun Yuzhen's guidance, and could even be regarded as apprentices, if according to what Zhang Shanfu said, it would be much easier for the gunners to obey, and it would be even less likely to provoke themselves like Guo Zidong.

"The Admiral didn't expect that." He was a little insincere.

"Didn't expect that?" The corners of Zhang Shanfu's mouth curled up slightly with a mocking smile, "Battle, queue, and internal affairs, the three regulations are sprinkled with enthusiasm, covering every detail of the combat routine of the artillery battalion. I didn't expect this, it seems that the wise man must make a mistake. ”

Zhao Xingde only felt that it was like a man's back, and said in a deep voice: "The last general really didn't expect it." ”

"It's just a blind eye." Zhang Shanfu tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, and said in a deep voice, "You are a blind man, and you want to subdue the sergeant by your own ability." Do you think that if you subdue your subordinates under the pretense of external force and the prestige of the master, you will not be a hero? ”

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, and the sentence "If you have to do anything, you will seek yourself, and your body will return to the world". He looked at Zhang Shanfu, didn't know what he meant, and didn't refute it immediately, which was regarded as acquiescence.

Zhang Shanfu sighed and said in a deep voice: "Do you still think that everyone should only rely on their ability to win or lose, and rely on who they know and who they don't know to subdue others, and they are not heroes?" ”

Zhao Xingde nodded silently. Zhang Shanfu said in a deep voice: "The old man was born in the hereditary Chu State Mansion, and the fame of this life, I dare not say that I did not rely on the remnants of the ancestors, according to what you think, the old man is not a hero?" A trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and when he saw that Zhao Xingde was about to confess, he stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, and said with a smile, "Xingzhi is a friend of the second prince, the old master of Chunyu, and now he is the old man's guest, I'm afraid he can't be considered a good man?" ”

"This?" Zhao Xingde was a little embarrassed, was ridiculed by Zhang Shanfu, and a hard anger rushed to the top of his head, and pleaded: "The general forgives the sin, the last general just feels that it is unfair to do so, because although he knows Master Chun Yuzhen, he does not dare to use his prestige." ”

"Fair?" Zhang Shanfu smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice, "You are gifted, you can shoot a three-stone bow and shoot arrows, so you can become a Chengying just after coming from Kanto, and then because of fate, you have to be a centurion." Do you know how many sergeants can't do it in their lifetime? They don't necessarily work as hard as you, they just do it with more strength than them, do you think it's fair to them? He paused and said, "Or is it fair to be born with great strength, and it is not fair to rely on external forces?" He said in a mocking tone, "Then you don't need a bow and arrow, the best wrestler in naked sumo wrestling is the most heroic." ”

Zhao Xingde blocked his chest in one breath, his neck was red, and he didn't know how to answer, Zhang Shanfu stared at his eyes and shouted in a deep voice: "If you keep thinking so, you really don't deserve to be a captain, you can only be a centurion, otherwise you don't know how many robes will be killed by your vanity." He raised his hand to ask Zhao Xingde not to speak for a while, and continued, "On the battlefield, I am afraid that it is not enough to go all out, and I can't take care of these personal honors and disgraces." ”

"But this is not a battlefield!" Zhao Xingde stubbornly argued.

"For officers, everywhere is a battlefield!" Zhang Shanfu's eyes were as sharp as knives, and he interrupted his words, "If you can't take advantage of all its favorable circumstances to protect yourself and defeat a strong enemy, you are stupid and cowardly!" ”

Zhao Xingde felt that Zhang Shanfu's words pierced into his heart like a steel needle, and he couldn't accept it for a while, but he couldn't refute it. Seeing that he was silent, Zhang Shanfu was no longer strong, sighed, and said in a deep voice: "The Firearms Department did not appoint you as a captain, but promoted an incompetent person instead, Wang Tongdeng and the sergeants under your command are indignant, you are so willing, what's going on?" ”