It turned out that Liu Yiyi's worries were unnecessary, and after sending the cattle back to Xia Dezhang, Xia Dezhang felt pain in his flesh, but he still paid off the rest of the money. In black and white, he cannot be allowed to regret it.

After the efforts of the past few days, Liu Yiyi has accumulated a lot of silver in his hands, and the total has been nearly 30 yuan, according to the current market price of 1,000 wen per mu of fertile land, he can buy another 30 acres of fertile land. If I buy Susukita, I will buy more.

The Liu family made a living from farming, and Liu Yiyi used to study agriculture and animal husbandry, so after having spare money in his hand, Liu Yiyi already had a plan to buy a field in his heart. However, all this will not be put on the agenda until the disease has passed and he has more money to spare.

Moreover, after the New Year, Liu Yiyi will be eighteen years old, and according to the average field system of the Tang Dynasty, he can be granted 80 acres of mouth field, 20 acres of Yongye field, and a total of 100 acres of land. Together with Lao Liu's more than 100 acres, they also have a total of 200 acres of fields.

Two hundred acres sounds like a lot, but in fact, according to the land grant system is one step wider, 240 steps long is one acre, two hundred acres is not a lot, even the modern twenty acres are not enough. Twenty acres is still very little for Liu Yiyi.

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Liu Yiyi led Liu Ertiao out of the door, today is Liu Ertiao's official worship of Wang Zhihong's big day, they have to arrive early, it is a very rude thing to let Mr. wait for a long time.

Originally, according to Liliu, he should have gone honestly, but there were cattle at home that needed to be taken care of, and Lao Liu couldn't do without it, and Lao Liu was not used to dealing with people who were officials. As soon as he saw the people in the yamen, he felt uncomfortable, so he took the initiative to stay. In his opinion, it is enough to have Liu Yi to accompany Liu Erjo. Renwang County Cheng is willing to accept Liu Ertiao as a protégé, and it is not all about Liu Yi's face.

When Liu Yiyi and the others arrived at the county seat, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Because it is the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, it will be the New Year in five days, and there is not much official business in the yamen. So Liu Yiyi and the two waited at the yamen for a while before they were invited in.

Wang Zhihong sat in the main hall, not wearing an official uniform, but wearing a cyan cotton robe, with tea next to him and subordinates on both sides.

Liu Yiyi and the two brothers walked in, bowed to Wang Zhihong, and said, "I've seen Wang Xiancheng!" ”

Wang Zhihong nodded with a smile and said, "Little Brother Liu, Liu Ertiao, your brother came so early. Hehe, sit down, today is a private meeting, don't be too tight. And after today, we are no longer outsiders. It's good to be natural with me. ”

"In this way, we will cross the hairpin, thank you for the seat!" Yanagichi thanked him and sat down on the chair next to him with Yanagi Nijo.

At this time, Wang Zhihong said: "Today is the day when I get married to the master and apprentice of Erjo," waving his hand to the maid on the side, and the maid stood in the main hall with a celadon tea bowl. Wang Zhihong continued: "Respect the ancient ceremony, the two must be teaed and kowtowed before the ceremony can be completed." It's not noon, it's an auspicious time, so let's get started. ”

It's as simple as that? Liu Yiyi was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart. He used to think that during the apprenticeship ceremony, he would gather with high friends and put on a feast. I didn't expect that just a cup of tea would be over.

Liu Ertiao stood up, walked in front of Wang Zhihong, and knelt down on his knees. Gong Sheng said: "Student Liu Ertiao, meet the teacher." ”

After speaking, Liu Ertiao kowtowed loudly on the ground three times, and only after Wang Zhihong nodded in response did he raise his head, pick up the tea handed over by the maid, hold it high above the top, and hand it to Wang Zhihong, saying, "Please use the tea with the teacher." ”

"Well," Wang Zhihong took the tea with both hands, took a symbolic sip on his lips, and nodded: "Okay, get up." ”

"Thank you!" Only then did Liu Erjo stand up. Bow down and listen to the teachings.

Wang Zhihong put the tea bowl on the table and said, "From today on, you will be my Wang Zhihong's protégé." As a teacher, I can't help you much. If you want to enter the industry in the future, you have to rely on yourself. The first to enter the apprenticeship, and then to enter the imperial examination, you must know that the imperial examination is the right way to enter the office. I can find a way out for you, but that's a foreign way after all. As a last resort, you can't do it. ”

"Yes, listen to the teachings of the teacher. Students should do their best to live up to their mentors. Liu Nijo replied respectfully.

"Well, sit down. In the future, you don't have to be so restrained in front of me, if you have any difficult questions, you can come and ask me. ”

"The students know, thank you for your kindness." Liu Erjo bent down again to salute, took out the gift he had prepared earlier, and said: "A pair of words, give it to the teacher, to show the student's heart of fist." Please look at it. ”

"Oh?" Wang Zhihong motioned for the maid to take it, unfolded it, and was immediately attracted by the strange glyphs on the rice paper. I couldn't help but get up from my chair, walk slowly to the words, and savor them carefully.

After a long time, Wang Zhihong came back to his senses from between the words, looked at Liu Ertiao and said, "I'm afraid this pair of words is not from your handwriting, right?" ”

"Sir, this is my eldest brother's doing." Yanagi admitted calmly.

"Willow Ichichi?" Wang Zhihong moved his gaze to Liu Yiyi again, and saw that he was leisurely drinking tea there, so he asked: "Brother Liu, I don't know who your calligraphy master is?" If there is a chance, Wang wants to pay a visit. ”

Wang Zhihong is also a person who loves calligraphy, as soon as the word of Liu Yi is revealed, he found its differences, horizontal and vertical, horizontal and vertical, the pen has edges and corners, the character shape is square, the strokes are stiff, and it is a knife carving. It has the roots of regular script, but it is more square than regular script. It looks strong and powerful, but it is extraordinary, if this font is used to engrave seals and print ancient books, the words between the lines will be clearer and clearer than italics. This kind of character is simply born to exist for engraving and printing.

The second time he was asked like this, Yanagi gave the same answer, he stood up and replied: "This font was created by Xiaomin when he was playing for a while, and then I thought it was interesting and kept it." It's not a big deal. ”

"You created it?" Wang Zhihong walked to Liu Yiyi's side and looked at him with a little softness in his eyes. "Brother Liu is really talented, Wang admires! I look at your zigzag, like a knife carving, and there is the style of regular script, I don't know if it is from the carved tablet, the art of mold strangulation evolved? ”

This Wang Zhihong's insight is not extraordinary, and he can see the origin of Song characters at a glance. Song characters are indeed specially created by Qin Hui's predecessors and specially created for engraving printing. Now the engraving printing in the Tang Dynasty is not yet developed, and there are very few places to use it, Wang Zhihong can see the origin of the Song characters, which shows that he knows a lot about engraving printing.

Liu Yiyi said: "Lord Wang's discernment, this glyph is inspired by stone carvings. Therefore, between the glyphs, there are still traces of knife carving. ”

Sure enough, Wang Zhihong knows it, but being able to understand a new font from the stone carvings also shows Liu Yiyi's talent.

Thinking of the large-scale cultivation of cattle intestines that has been giving him a headache in the past few days, and hearing that Liu Yiyi seems to have a cure, and watching Liu Yiyi's performance today, Wang Zhihong asked with some hope: "I heard that Brother Liu has a good cure for cultivating cattle intestines, I don't know if it is true?" ”

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