Then thinking of the New Year's Festival just mentioned, Zheng Sheng thought of the New Year's Day.

The New Year's flavor of the Western Jin Dynasty is not very strong. The most important thing on the first day is to hold sacrificial activities, pay tribute to the gods of heaven and earth, thank ancestors, pray for good weather in the new year, and so on.

However, for Zheng Sheng, it is not necessary to participate in ancestor worship. The Zheng family was already in decline, Zheng Tan and Zheng Qing were guest officials in Youzhou, and Zheng Han was also far away as officials in Yizhou, and they did not return during the New Year. Zheng Sheng's mother and daughter also moved to Shunyang.

Therefore, the Zheng family in Nanyang is really miserable and miserable, and there are few people.

In addition to worshipping ancestors, there are also New Year's Eve and New Year's gifts - Zheng Sheng feels that this is the origin of the New Year's money red envelope, the meaning of family reunion, and the gathering of the old and the young, these customs, Zheng Sheng is very familiar with.

Zheng Sheng felt that this year was really lacking in fun, and in the past few years, activities such as sticking Spring Festival couplets, making dumplings, greeting the New Year, and pressing New Year's money have been implemented in Qingzhuling. This year, there are new fireworks, and the flavor of the New Year will be even stronger.

Thinking of this, Zheng Sheng suddenly thought of an idea that he could give Zheng Miao another small trip.

So, he went to the secret room again. found Liu Wei'er, who was busy non-stop.

"How many fireworks have been made in the past two days? Did you put the copper I had you find? ”

"Thirteen have been made, and they are getting more and more proficient and will do it even faster in the future. Also, copper is used. ”

Zheng Sheng calculated, there are still three days to go, which means that he can make about thirty or forty before the New Year's Festival, which is almost enough. "Sniff, take out seven fireworks. I'm going to use it. ”

Liu Wei'er silently went to pick out the fireworks.

Zheng Sheng came out of the secret room.

At this time, the Tiger Guard Battalion competition began again. Today, in addition to the eight-in-four duel of the two competitions, there are also fixed target archery and five-mile cross-country races.

It's been another busy day! Zheng Sheng lamented.

At the same time, Ma Hongshu, who returned to his residence, was also thinking back to his first meeting with Zheng Sheng. Although he is now a guest and is at Zheng Sheng's house, in the face of Zheng Sheng, this person who he already has great curiosity, seems to be a little too out of line in tone, and uses too many questioning tones.

Ma Hongshu thinks that he himself is not like this on weekdays. It was probably the two days of unhappiness that affected his state of mind.

He began to slowly relieve the emotions he had accumulated in the past two days. Sit quietly for a long time.

Ma Hongshu began to summarize his impression of Zheng Sheng.

First of all, he is indeed a smart teenager. There is no doubt about that. The talent of the thousand-character text is also admired by celebrities like Wang Yan and Pei Yan.

Although he has a good way of making money, he is not a person who likes money and wastes luxury. This is very good, and his family also advocates frugality. Ma Hongshu wanted to be in that small courtyard, Zheng Sheng would not act in front of a desperate person like "him". Therefore, Zheng Sheng only had one or two small slaves around him to accompany him, and the food was ...... He thought that the food he had eaten in the past two days was no different from the style Zheng Sheng had eaten. Although the gentleman never gets tired of eating fine and fine, Zheng Sheng's food is really very fashionable, and it is worthy of being the queen of the gate! And this crude meal is delicious!

Moreover, Zheng Sheng is not a general. Ma Hongshu insisted on this view. Although Zheng Sheng is now ten years old, his character can be reshaped. But now, he feels he's right.

Zheng Sheng recruited hundreds of companions to practice martial arts, probably because after listening to his father's deeds, he admired and imitated Zheng Tan, and it can be seen from his insistence on practicing martial arts that he wanted to join the army.

But Zheng Sheng lives in an era of peace and has lost Zheng Tan's bravery. Practicing martial arts, actually practicing "running away" every day?

He had also heard about Zheng Tan's deeds a few years ago. Zheng Tan is the vanguard general that Tang Shangyong relied on, beheading the Xiling general Cheng Shu, capturing the Yidaoya gate generals Lu Zhen and Zhu Ze, which is Zheng Tan's great military exploits.

In the Battle of Ping Wu, Tang Bin, as the vanguard of the whole army, fought the most difficult part - Xiling and Yidao, where the original subordinates of Wu's late general Lu Kang were stationed.

And Tang Bin's subordinates can fight the most Zheng Tan, conquering the battles of Xiling and Yidao, Tang Bin's vanguard officer Zheng Tan has made great achievements. This is also the reason why Zheng Tanneng, who was a pawn of Wu State, was exceptionally named the Pavilion Marquis when he rewarded the generals.

His father had lamented several of their brothers before, a brave soldier like Zheng Tan, Wu Guo wanted to kill his entire clan, not to entrap him. How can the state of Wu not die?

Zheng Tan is a fierce general. But his sister-in-law, Ma Hongshu, thought that Zheng Sheng was probably led astray by the little slaves around him, and before he went to the battlefield, he was thinking about how to save his life.

Therefore, for the time being, Zheng Sheng must not be left to his own devices.

Perhaps, it is still very suitable to recruit him as a subordinate official, such as Sima, Changshi, and counselor. After all, he is a rising talent, take it with him, cultivate it well, and it may not be impossible to become a tool in the future.

Zheng Sheng didn't expect that when he was fighting Ma Hongshu's idea, Ma Hongshu was also ready to raise him as a reserve cadre.

Ma Hongshu got up, he felt that he needed to know more about Qingzhuling and Zheng Sheng.

So, he went out again.

When he came to the river, he noticed that the crowd had gathered again at the place where he had shot the arrows yesterday. Another arrow test? Ma Hongshu took two quick steps and found that it was still yesterday's position, and the four teenagers were standing on the target position and trying. He looked at the four people, and there were no two people he saw yesterday, Song Zhi and Zheng Qian.

Ma Hongshu looked at the position of the target again, and found that the position of the target was closer and fixed on the ice.

He looked at the target over there, and felt that today's target was different from yesterday's. There are no colors, just a white background and a circle of thin lines and black rings.

The four teenagers shot the arrows in their hands towards the target, put down their bows, and waited.

It was still the boy who presided over the arrow test yesterday, and he stood up, "No. 1 position, eight rings, total twenty-five rings; No. 2, seven rings, total twenty-one rings; No. 3, No. 9 rings, total 27 rings, No. 4 position, 8 rings, total 22 rings. The fourth arrow, ready, begins. ”

Ma Hongshu frowned, wondering what this ring number meant. He could see the rings on the target, but he was confused as to how the numbers and rings were combined.

The four teenagers raised their hands and shot the arrows in their hands.

Soon, the teenager reported the results again: "No. 1 position, seven rings, total thirty-two rings; No. 2, nine rings, total thirty rings; No. 3 position, eight rings, total thirty-five rings, number four position, eight rings, total thirty rings. The fifth arrow, prepare, begin. ”

Ma Hongshu recalled that when he took off the arrow target on the ice just now, those people carefully checked the movement of the arrow target. He seems to understand, it seems that the closer to the center, the higher the number of rings?

"Brother Ma, are you here?" A voice sounded behind Ma Hongshu, and he turned around to find that it was Zheng Sheng, who had dinner with him in the morning.

Ma Hongshu arched his hand and said: "Zheng Shizi, it's really boring to be here, so come out and take a look." Where did you come from? ”

Zheng Sheng waved his hand to the young man who was presiding over the arrow test, asked him to continue working, turned to Ma Hongshu and said, "I'm from the cross-country running side." ”

"Trail running?"

"Just don't run along the road, over the mountains and mountains."

Ma Hongshu nodded, but what he thought about was whether he ran on the road, on the water, or in the wild mountains, wouldn't he still run away?

"Brother Ma, are you interested in the arrow test?" Zheng Sheng continued to ask.

Ma Hongshu nodded, "Indeed." On the battlefield, an archer is highly valuable. But training archers doesn't happen overnight. ”

Zheng Sheng nodded, it was indeed so.

"Zheng Shizi, however, I didn't understand the rules of this arrow test, and I asked Zheng Shizi for guidance."

"Oh, this. In fact, it is very simple, look at the arrow target over there, the most central circle of the shot, is ten rings, and each outward ring minus one, that's it. Zheng Sheng is modeled after the Olympic sports of later generations.

Ma Hongshu listened to Zheng Sheng's explanation and understood the rules clearly. At this time, the fifth arrow results also came out, and I listened to it. Ma Hongshu continued to ask: "Today and yesterday, the rules of the archery test are very good, but why are the rules of the two archery tests different?" ”

"Because it's so difficult to float the target. Today's target is fixed, so the number of target rings should be set more finely, and yesterday it was more difficult, so the rules were simpler. ”

Ma Hongshu suddenly said, "In that case, but if you use today's target in both competitions, right?" ”

Zheng Sheng shook his head: "It's not good." There are too many grades in this way, and those with bad grades will be shocked to doubt their lives, and even if they have good grades, hitting a floating target will inevitably shoot a score below the sixth ring, and they will also be disheartened. ”

Ma Hongshu was amazed, he didn't take into account such details, but Zheng Sheng thought of it, "Zheng Shizi thought thoughtfully. ”

Zheng Sheng smiled, he was not thoughtful, but experienced.

In the previous period of arrow test, the Tiger Guard Battalion used all the later ring number targets made by Zheng Sheng, and the results of the floating targets fluttered too much, so Zheng Sheng and everyone redesigned a three-point color target.

Zheng Sheng continued to talk to Ma Hongshu: "In addition, I think that making the racers have similar results can also stimulate everyone's competitiveness. Especially in this kind of competition in the same field, the results are not much different, more intense, and more confrontational. ”

While speaking, the results of the sixth and seventh arrows on the field also came out, and the sixth arrow of the young man in the third position made some mistakes and only got six rings. Ma Hongshu obviously felt that the other three were even more excited.

"I still have a question, why is the format of these two archery tests different?"

"The only factor that can affect the flight of an arrow is wind. Therefore, it is fairest for four people to shoot each other's targets together. However, floating targets, each target is in a different position, and it is not fair to shoot together due to the impact of the current. Therefore, everyone should take turns shooting the entire target position. ”

"The river doesn't flow as fast all the time, does it? And, the same goes for the wind, right? That's not a small impact, right? ”

"This is because, among all the factors that affect the path of the arrow, the difference in target position is the most influential factor, so it is necessary to eliminate this biggest factor. As for the rest, no way. However, in fact, everyone will find the most suitable time to make a move, that is, when it is least affected by water and wind. ”