Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sir, Don't Be Too Few
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Chen Zhi walked out of the inner room and invited Wang Chuan outside the door to come in.
"I've heard of Mr.'s name for a long time, and I visited him a few days ago, but I didn't see it until today," as soon as Wang Chuan came in, he kept putting a high hat on Chen Zhi, "When I saw it today, I knew that it was better to be famous than to meet, and Mr. has a good demeanor." ”
Such flattery, if it comes out of other people's mouths, it will inevitably give people a feeling of flattery, but Wang Chuan said it neither humbly nor arrogantly, with a sincere appearance, even a few people in the room nodded secretly, thinking that it was good, but after thinking about it, thinking of Chen Zhi's past reputation, they suddenly woke up.
"This person is tall, this level of sycophancy, I can't catch up with the horse." Even Shopkeeper Wu had to secretly admire it, he knew very well that this flattering skill was not easy to refine.
Only Chen Zhi smiled, shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, don't flatter me, what is my reputation, you should know almost everything in the past two days, and I also know your intentions, so don't be verbose, talk about your conditions." ”
Chen Zhi single-handedly made the purpose clear, which made Wang Chuan a little unaccustomed, and the rhythm of the whole conversation was disrupted at once, and before he could create an atmosphere of celebrity conversation, he was faintly led to the initiative by Chen Zhi.
This is also the habit of Chen Zhi's previous life at work, as a military advisor, whether it is going deep into the enemy's position or receiving the envoy, he must confront the other party through words, and he must try to grasp the initiative, and it is a trick to directly identify the purpose.
Obviously, Wang Chuan, who grew up in the peaceful world, did not have much experience in this area, but fortunately, he also had a vision in the end, and quickly calmed down, bowed his hand, and said solemnly: "So that Mr. learned that my lord has Mr. Mobao, and he likes it very much, so he sent me over and wanted to ask Mr. to transcribe a copy, which is my lord's famous post." He took a letter from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.
Chen Zhi took it and took a look, and the first thing that caught his eye was the word Wang Qian.
"It turned out to be Mr. Qinghu."
After Wang Qian returned to his hometown, he called himself "Old Man Qinghu".
Qinghu is outside Wuyuan County, a small lake in the Wang family's manor, because Wang Qian is very famous in Pengcheng County, the people of the scholar clan are called Mr. Qinghu.
"Mr. Qinghu?"
Chen Fu and the others were also taken aback, and then showed expressions of surprise and surprise.
That Wu shopkeeper has grown his mouth even more, last time Wang Chuan didn't show his identity, he just thought he was a servant of the Wang family, but he didn't expect to follow Mr. Qinghu!
"It's actually someone sent by Mr. Qinghu, and even Mr. Qinghu knows my brother's reputation?" Chen Xi's eyes widened even more, flickering, full of longing, obviously that Mr. Qinghu was the idol in his heart.
But the most unexpected thing was that the new little scholar saw Chen Wu's shocked face and doubted his heart.
"Mr. Qinghu? This...... This shouldn't be someone to fake, but who is this for? Is it true? Mr. Qinghu sent someone to find this ridiculous young master to ask for Mobao? I'm afraid I heard it wrong, right? ”
People of his age admired this kind of celebrity the most, and he had imagined that he could intersect with him, but he never expected that he would come into contact with that old man of Qinghu in this situation.
Wang Chuan was quite satisfied with everyone's reaction, which would undoubtedly increase his chances of winning this trip, but when his eyes returned to Chen Zhi's face, he saw a calm and calm face, and he suddenly sobered up.
"This is really not simple!"
Thinking about it, he took the initiative to say: "My lord knows that Mobao can't be easily circulated, out of respect for Mr. Chen, I will prepare a little courtesy, please wait." With that, he turned and made a gesture out of the door, where a quick-witted-looking young man nodded, and then ran away.
This is to go back and report the news, and let the silver and things that have been prepared be brought over.
After doing this, Wang Chuan was a little apprehensive in his heart, he knew very well that under normal circumstances, if someone came to ask for words, he would at least have to come to the door in person, but his own master sent himself, with the intention of buying it with money before the Chen family reacted, this kind of behavior is strictly speaking, it is a little unauthentic.
However, considering Mr. Qinghu's age and status, if he came in person, the impact would be too great, even when Chen Taigong died, Wang Qian did not come in person, after all, in terms of status, Chen Taigong was much worse than Wang Qian, and the relationship between the two was average, just nodding friends.
If his grandfather passed away and did not come, but he personally came to his grandson to ask for words and spread it, not only Wang Qian's reputation would be damaged, but Chen Zhi would also be criticized, and the rules in it were very complicated.
Chen Zhi was reasonable, and did not dwell on this, but took this time to talk with Wang Chuan, and soon talked about Legalism.
After a few words, Wang Chuan changed his opinion of Chen Zhi again.
"I thought that this Chen Zhi had a good hand, but he acted dissolutely and unconventionally, but I didn't expect him to be neither humble nor arrogant, quite generous, and he also studied the knowledge of Legalism, so he really can't believe rumors."
With such thoughts, the two exchanged Legalist knowledge and experience.
This is different from when talking to the three elders, Chen Zhi has no ability to read minds, but he has soaked in the library for a day and a night, and the harvest is not small, you must know that he still has the ability to remember the legacy of his previous life, although it has weakened slightly, but it can be engraved in his heart by repeating it twice, and the books about the Legalists in the Chen family library have made him read it all over, just waiting for him to understand it and understand it.
At this time, compared to later generations, the circulation of books was restricted, even the bookstores and bookstores of the big clans were not necessarily complete, such as the "Book of Shang Jun" that Chen Zhi had read before, there were only five articles in the Chen family's collection, but these five articles were already ranked in the entire Pengcheng County.
This is also a problem for scholars in this era, and the rise of private schools such as Guijing Academy is related to this.
Chen Zhixuan and Wang Chuan exchanged Legalist experience at this time, and the goal was the Wuyuan Wang's book collection in the Legalist lineage.
"It's really rewarding to talk to Brother Wang." After the exchange was completed, Chen Zhi sincerely thanked him.
Wang Chuan shook his head and said: "Brother Wang is ashamed to be called, Mr. Chen, you are a member of the family, I am just a servant, how can I be compared, it is really an honor to be able to help Mr." ”
"Talent is not in the status level," Chen Zhi didn't try to correct Wang Chuan's statement, he had no intention of being an enemy of the values of the world, "It's not a secret, I don't have hometown products now, and in total, it's not much better than Brother Wang, and you have one more family background." ”
As soon as he said this, the relationship between the two was invisibly much closer.
At this point, there was the sound of small footsteps outside the door, and there were two men in Tsing Yi outside, one carrying a tray covered with a piece of cloth, and the other holding a word scroll, following in unison.
When Wang Chuan saw it, he smiled at Chen Zhi and said: "The silver-white thing is a little more vulgar than Mobao, but it can help Mr. to some extent, and it is also a little bit of my master's heart, I hope Mr. will not refuse." ”
"It's a lot of money." Chen Zhi shook his head, in his opinion, money is an important tool for human progress, how can it be said to be vulgar? The more the merrier!
In the lobby, Chen Fu, Chen Zhu, Chen Xi and others had already been attracted by the tray covered with cloth, and they all vaguely guessed something, all of them looked excited, eager to know the specific amount.
Wang Chuan didn't let them wait any longer, walked straight over, lifted the cover, and revealed five silver cakes of different sizes.
"Because I came in a hurry, I only prepared twenty taels, sir, don't be too little."