"Loyal but cunning, seemingly wooden but actually smart. Hehe! Zhou Zhi boy, the old man never misjudged you, right? Wang Shu said.

After this short observation just now, Wang Shu made an evaluation of Zhou Zhi. Zhou Zhi didn't want to say anything about such an evaluation. Maybe this old and refined character is very accurate in seeing people. As for what kind of person he wants to become, Zhou Zhi has never thought about it, and he will not think about it.

I do my own people and things, and as for the evaluation of others, it has no effect on myself in the slightest. But there is one thing that must be done, that is, to be a person and do things without losing one's heart.

"Zhou Zhi boy, come and sit!" Wang Shu said with a pleasant face, pointing to the seat next to him.

At this time, Liu Xu, a student of Wang Shu, although he was over the age of sixteen, was still like a very obedient child, standing respectfully. He didn't have a seat, and Zhou Zhi naturally couldn't sit down.

Wang Shu smiled, "Hehe! If you are told to sit, you will sit! Come, tell the old man about Peng Ze's little rabbit cub that day, how did you come up with a way to solve it. ”

Wang Shu is a scholar, naturally familiar with the scriptures and history, and he is also a talented person, so it is not surprising that he is interested in Zhou Zhi's five ways to solve problems.

Zhou Zhi simply sat next to Wang Shu, but his body was straight, and he made a very respectful attitude towards Wang Shu, and Wang Shu was naturally more satisfied.

He waved his hand slightly, and Liu Yi immediately sat down at the bottom of the position.

Zhou Zhi smiled awkwardly, and very humbly explained the five broken questions. Every time he said a broken question, Wang Shu frowned slightly and repeated, and then his eyes lit up, obviously surprised and satisfied that Zhou Zhineng had such an open mind.

Talking to Wang Shu, Zhou Zhi felt more and more that this great man who had created brilliance in the history of the Ming Dynasty was actually extremely easy-going and approachable. The more casual Zhou Zhi behaved, the more Wang Shu seemed to show his affection for him, which made Zhou Zhi secretly happy in his heart.

Although Wang Shu has already sent a letter to the official and no longer cares about the affairs of the imperial court, in terms of Wang Shu's connections and his prestige in the imperial court, Zhou Zhi's acquaintance with such a person will still be of great help to him in the future.

After talking to Wang Shu for a long time, the relationship between the two has become much closer. After Zhou Zhi learned that Wang Shu Zhishi, he was still in good health, mentally strong, and he was always idle at home, so he simply walked around, and he came to this Boye County on this day.

And because Liu Ji had offended Liu Ji, if it weren't for Wang Shu when he was the prefect of Shouzhou, it is estimated that Liu Ji would have stepped down long ago. After his mentor Wang Shu gave his respect, he immediately resigned from his official position, and simply surrounded Wang Shu all day long, serving Wang Shu.

Wang Shu has dealt with Liu Ji many times in his years of official career, and he looks down on Liu Ji's style very much, and Liu Ji also has a very grudge against an old Geng like Wang Shu, and the two of them have become mortal enemies.

Although Liu Ji is already dead, the Boye Liu family seems to be still thriving, and Wang Shu is not holding a grudge, and he insists on bringing down the Liu family. But today, he suddenly heard Liu Long shouting in the inn, and he was extremely arrogant, Wang Shu was disgusted in his heart, so he had the idea of punishing Liu Long a little.

Zhou Zhi is upright and does not gamble with other people's reputation, which makes Wang Shu very satisfied. But since he decided to punish Liu Long, he let Liu Yi out, and simply agreed to the gambling contract for Liu Yu.

It is not so much that Wang Shu and Liu Yu are close friends, but that Wang Shu is Liu Yu's lifelong admirer. Wang Shu's words are very effective in Liu Yu, no matter when it comes, Liu Yu will listen.

Wang Shu finally said, "Zhou Zhi boy, the old man saw you very much today, hehe!" The old man naturally wants to fulfill you and ask Liu Yu to accept you as a student. But! Don't let your old man down, you must pass the little three yuan in the future.

Alas, 1, speaking of which, the old man is still a good bet! ”

Although his words were very encouraging to Zhou Zhi, it was not difficult to hear that Wang Shu was still worried.

Zhou Zhi hurriedly said, "The kid keeps in mind Lord Wang's teachings today, and the kid will definitely study hard in the future and do his best to take the exam for a small three yuan." ”

"Good!" Wang Shu immediately rejoiced.

Then Wang Shu wrote a letter of recommendation to Zhou Zhi, asking Zhou Zhi to write to Liu Yu after meeting Liu Yu.

By now, Zhou Zhi seems to have two letters of recommendation in his hand, one was written by Peng Ze to Liu Yu, and the other was written by Wang Shu to Liu Yu. With these two letters of recommendation, no matter how eccentric Liu Yu's temperament is and how much he attaches importance to the foundation, in Zhou Zhi's mind, Liu Yu will also accept himself as a student.

Before I knew it, it was the second watch, and Zhou Zhicai, Wang Shu, and Liu Yi said goodbye and returned to their rooms.

Qi Yanwu had been quietly waiting for Zhou Zhi, and when he saw Zhou Zhi coming back, his heart naturally settled down.

I didn't say anything all night, and got up early the next day, I wanted to go to the door to say hello to Wang Shu and Liu Yi, but I didn't expect to lock the door yet. After asking the store, I found out that the two of them had left on the fourth watch day and did not know where to go.

Shenlong sees the head but does not see the tail, Wang Shu, the behavior of this old man is really strange!

Zhou Zhizhi only shook his head and smiled bitterly.

After a simple breakfast, Zhou Zhi and Qi Yanwu set off and went directly to Li County.

There were no more twists and turns on the road, and two days later I arrived at Beizhongwei Village in Li County.

From entering the territory of Li County, Zhou Zhi found that the style of Li County was richer than that of other places. Almost all the villages have social studies, and many of the people do not simply depend on farming for a living, but most of them do small business. Selling vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish, and all kinds of snacks. ……。 In a word, the people of this place are simple and simple, and they are still the world of peddlers and pawns.

There are no merchants and no wealth, and the land in the north of the Ming Dynasty is already barren, and it is obviously difficult to live a good life by farming alone. A little bit of buying and selling can improve the lives of the poorest.

Of course, this is only the situation of the majority of the people, at this time it was the Ming Dynasty, and there were also many tenants and people who lived by being slaves and servants.

Beizhongwei Village is a big village in Li County, although there are adobe houses in the village, but there are more blue brick and tile houses. In many people's yards, piles of animal skins are piled up, including foxes, hares, wolves and tigers, and even rare minks. Although there are many animal skins, the air in the village is not dirty, and it is clear that the furs have been dried and processed.

Apparently most of the people in this village are in the fur business.

In later generations, Zhou Zhi heard that Lixian County was the "hometown of fur", and he didn't think that there was a prototype as early as the Ming Dynasty at this time.

Liu Yu's residence is in the north of the village, and as a family of scholars in Lixian County, the Liu family is naturally a wealthy family.

The entire Liu Mansion occupies almost half of Beizhongwei Village.

At this time, it was past noon, because they had already heard that Liu Yu was teaching in the school hall every afternoon, Zhou Zhi and Qi Yanwu bypassed Liu's house and went directly to the school hall on the east side of Liu's house.