Before coming to the academy, Lin Xiu looked around for a moment, did not find anyone, looked around, the school at this time had already changed, the earthen walls were low, some places had been washed down by the rain, the doors and windows were dilapidated, and it was completely impossible to block the wind and rain, just when Lin Xiu was surprised why the school had become like this, a word came: "Lin Xiu? ”

Hearing this, Lin Xiu hurriedly turned around and looked, an old man happened to come back from outside, he was thin, dressed in gray cloth, it was the master of the school, and Lin Xiu's former master Cheng Huai. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Master Jian'an, disciple Lin Xiu meets Master!"

Lin Xiu immediately leaned over and bowed to Cheng Huai, and Cheng Huai's old and cracked skin leaked a trace of relief: "Talented, talented!" Lin Xiu, enter the house! ”

Inside the school, the dilapidated desks and straw mats are covered with dust, and the leaky papier-mâché windows are full of rain stains, making people wonder how long it has been unattended.

"Master, how did this school become like this?"

"Alas..."Cheng Huai sighed: "The style of writing is declining, if it's not like this, how can it be?" "It's also the truth when Lin Xiu was studying here, but there were only seven or eight students, and now it seems that there is probably no one left.

Cheng Huai chatted with Lin Xiu for a while, and suddenly Cheng Huai asked with concern: "Lin Xiu, you are already weak today, can you take words?" ”

"Lao Fuzi is worried that the student won the first place in the county examination, and after entering the Shengde Academy, the dean's master, Master Yang Mao, took it for the student!"

"Yang Mao? But Yang Xuexue, who has the title of Yunhai Library? ”

"Exactly, Master Yang gave the word Zhongyi to the students!"

"Zhong Yi... Cheng Huai savored it for a moment and said: "Lin Xiu, this word is deep and harmonious, you have to work hard, don't live up to Yang Xuexue's expectations for you..."

"Students remember the teachings of the Master!"

In the evening of the same day, a husband and a son talked a lot, until late at night, Lin Xiu left the school and went home, in which Cheng Huai asked Lin Xiu a question, the situation of the barbarians outside the northern Xinjiang is becoming more and more confused, if something happens to make Lin Xiu's dream of a small official shattered, how will he choose at that time.

This simple question was first spoken, Lin Xiu didn't care, how could a bachelor of the country, a famous disciple of the academy, be bothered by this matter? But after a while, Lin Xiu suddenly realized the potential romance - the decline of the martial arts in Northern Xinjiang, once the Northern Barbarians are different, the military disaster will inevitably arise, and the Northern Xinjiang will be conscripted on a large scale, how can he, a student with a white body as a businessman, avoid this romantic disaster? Faced with such a fundamental reason, Cheng Huai indifferently told Lin Xiu: "How to do it is all in his Zhongyi." ”

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Since the beginning of spring, a lot of news from the north has come, I heard that last year's winter was very cold, a large number of livestock froze to death in the cold, even if this spring arrived, the barren pasture, the thin livestock are not enough to support life, so those barbarians for the fertile pasture and livestock are chaotic, which in the eyes of the Xia people, that is, dog eats dog, the more deaths, the better, of course, this also affected merchants like Lin Mao who went north to sell goods and skins.

Due to the unstable trade route and the chaotic business market, Lin Mao also temporarily dispersed the horse team and rested at home, which has been half a year, and when he was free, he went to the village entrance to sit and talk, and showed off his talents by the way.

It's just that today he hasn't eaten a glass of wine yet, and a thick voice came from outside the door, Lin Mao didn't get up to look back, and immediately scolded with a smile: "Lu Heizi, what kind of wind is it today?" I'm blowing you here! ”

As the words fell, a black-faced man strode in, bypassing Lin Mao and moving a small horse to sit down.

The black-faced man named Lu Zhen is Lin Mao's partner who runs the tribal business together, and in a smooth way, running a business is a hard job, one person can do it, but the risk is also large, so some people will find a person who can be trusted to do a hand, which can not only solve the problem of money and silver turnover, but also share the problem and take care of each other, so as not to make a freight problem go bankrupt.

After Lu Zhen sat down, he grinned and showed a mouth full of yellow teeth: "Old brother, I'm here to send you money!" ”

Lin Mao smacked his wine and responded with a smile: "Yo, I said Lu Heizi, the two of us have been in business for decades, and you have always taken advantage of Lao Tzu, but I have never seen you give Lao Tzu anything good..."

"Brother, you can't say that, this time my brother really sent wealth to my brother." Lu Zhen smiled, took a sip of the wine bowl in front of him, wiped his mouth and said, "Wild Fox Department, do you remember my brother?" ”

"Wild Fox?" Lin Mao thought for a while, and then remembered that this wild fox tribe was a small barbarian tribe near the puddle grassland in the east of Biansai, and the entire tribe was about 30,000 people.

However, Lin Mao has been a businessman for so many years, although he has no great ability, but he can be regarded as half a person, he secretly pondered, and issued an eviction order: "There is something to say, there is a fart, if you come to rub the wine and drink, get out of the house after drinking this bowl, I have to go to the village head to listen to the book at the party!" ”

Lin Mao laughed and scolded, Lu Zhen no longer inked, and said bluntly: "Last year's cold snap was more serious than in previous years, and the grassland and livestock were greatly affected. ”

Seeing Lu Zhen stretch out a slap, Lin Mao was slightly stunned, a slap, five fingers, that means five thousand taels, that is, when he is winning in business, he has not earned this number a few times, not to mention that when his leather business is at a low point in recent years, this temptation is too great, but the Xiaman border has very strict control over the outflow of iron weapons, a small amount of severe punishment, and a large amount of direct murder for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

Just as Lin Mao was pondering, a shout came from outside the door.

"Dad, I'm back, my mother said that she was at Aunt Six's house, and she would come back later!"

When the words fell, Lin Xiu came back from outside, Lin Mao withdrew his thoughts, put on his usual face and said, "Xiu, this is your Uncle Lu, do you remember?" ”

Lin Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked up to Lu Zhen, and said with a respectful smile: "Dad, look at what you said, Uncle Lu was kind to me back then, and my pair of cowhide boots and belt were given by Uncle Lu." After that, Lin Xiu bowed to Lu Zhen.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen hurriedly got up: "Don't dare, don't dare, Lin Wazi, how many years have we been in the water to get out of a university like you, go to a high place, our Lin Wazi is Wenqu Xing!" I said, Brother Lin, you have designated your ancestors to accumulate virtue, so that you can have such a good son in your life! ”