Wei Yu obviously underestimated his pivotal position in the Wei family, not to mention that his father did not have concubines in the Acropolis, even if there were many concubines, it was difficult for the defects in the Acropolis to blossom and bear fruit, so that when Wei Yu was born, the Acropolis had already passed its prime. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

You must know that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was normal for men to have children in their twenties, so for the Wei family who "came old and had children", Wei Yu can be said to be very important.

What's even worse is that the Wei family also has an ancestor, and the old lady of the Wei family loves Wei Yu beyond words, as long as it is the old lady Wei who Wei Yu wants, even if it is the stars and moons, she will definitely take it off for Wei Yu.

In October of the fifth year of Guanghe, the land of the Central Plains has completely entered autumn, and the cold autumn wind is a big challenge for some people, and many families who can't even afford to buy some thick clothes naturally hide in their homes, and the crowds on the street are naturally much less.

The carriage of the Wei family drove slowly on the street, and finally stopped in front of a plainly decorated octagonal building, and the signboard of An Juxuan was impressively visible, which was the largest and most famous wine hall in Anyi City.

Xiao Ru put on a cloak for his son, Wei Yu slowly got out of the carriage under the service of the servant, although he was weak and sick, but he didn't care about the dissuasion of the family, Wei Yu had to go out for a walk every day in addition to the exercise he should have, after all, more outdoor activities are a kind of spiritual relaxation for a person who has been sick for a long time.

"Man, the best wine." The servants of the Wei family immediately greeted him.

Wei Yu sat down in the hall, drinking a glass of sake is his habit in the past two months, first, he can use alcohol to refresh himself, and secondly, the so-called wine of the Eastern Han Dynasty...

"It's really the same as rice wine..."

muttered in his heart, Wei Yu put down the wine glass, Xiao Ru immediately spread the chessboard on the wine table, put the chess pieces that had been perfectly made, and fought with Wei Yu.

Now the entire Wei Mansion is already a chess master, even if the father, a well-known figure in Hedong, is full of praise for his son's invention, and has asked someone to send a set of built chessboards to Luoyang, the target is naturally the mansion of Cai Yong.

There are naturally a lot of literati and celebrities who play chess in the wine shop, but they gradually became interested in chess, which is much smaller than their own chessboard, and after a few games, whether it is a rich gentry in gorgeous clothes, or a skinny poor sour literati in two circles, even the little two who send wine and pour tea on the side are also poking their heads to look at the chessboard, for fear of missing some wonderful moves.

Of course, most people learn the rules of chess in the game between Wei Yu and Yu. The two fought for more than half of the time, and the voices of some people had gradually reached Wei Yu's ears.

"This kind of chess is really unheard of, each chess piece has its own specific positioning, and the way of moving is also different."

"The chessboard is much smaller than Go, but this kind of game is not without fun."

Wei Yu smiled and raised his son, a beautiful drawer, even eating Xiaoru a cart and a horse, on the contrary, his horse had already crossed the Chu River, and a clever move directly forced Xiaoru into a dead end.

For so long, even if Wei Yu is not a chess master, but it has also been greatly improved through continuous contact, Xiao Ru is an Eastern Han Dynasty after all, and there is no literary ink to speak of, most of the routines are to learn Wei Yu this modern person, so as long as Wei Yu changes the formation slightly, or has a new move, Xiao Ru is naturally invincible.

Xiao Ru's brows were already furrowed, and after thinking about it again, he decided that there was no way to save the defeat, so he was also defeated.

When the little girl was re-arranging to prepare for the next game, there was a sudden burst of applause from the crowd.

"Good, good."

Wei Yu looked up and saw a middle-aged Confucian man in his thirties who had clapped his hands and walked out of the crowd.

"Childe's chess is very second, and the way of moving is also novel and unheard of, dare to ask Childe what is the name of this chess?"

The person who came was quite personable, and Wei Yu didn't dare to slack off and said directly: "Mr. said that it was funny, this is chess, and I inadvertently came up with it to pass the time, and I can't get into the hall of elegance." ”

When the middle-aged Confucian heard this, he frowned and thought for a while, and then asked with an octagonal mustache on his mouth: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking Gongzi, but this chess "elephant" is taken from the huge creature with a long nose and four legs in the southern barbarians of Shudi?" ”

Wei Yu was taken aback when he heard this, and first admired the breadth of the person's knowledge, most of the people in the middle and distant places did not know the creature elephant, but this person said it casually, which shows the breadth of his knowledge.

Moreover, he only cares about "inventing" the chess, but there is no good explanation for some Chinese characters on the chess pieces, such as this "elephant" and this "cannon".

Mr. has a broad knowledge and admires it, as Mr. said, the word "elephant" in chess comes from the Nanban giant beast. ”

Wei Yu got up and arched his hand, and gave Xiao Ru a look, and the little girl gave up her seat very obediently.

"Sir, please be seated."

The middle-aged man also sat down politely, Xiao Ru gave him a full wine glass, but the man's face was solemn as if he was thinking, and he didn't care about the wine glass at all, and then said again after a long time.

"If this grid is a step, it makes sense that a giant beast like this can walk up four squares at a time."

Wei Yu was a little speechless, and he thought in his heart that the Confucian scholars of the Eastern Han Dynasty were studying the problem in the final analysis, and what ordinary people said about Xiang Feitian made him say why.

The middle-aged man touched the chess pieces and asked: "The elephant is so big, but it makes sense to walk four squares, but when I watched the son play chess, I have never seen the elephant in the Chu River Han realm, I don't know why?" ”

Wei Yu replied with a quick move: "Sir, I don't know, elephants, the southern barbarian giant beasts, naturally rampage on land, but the water nature is average, and it is naturally natural to not be able to cross the Chu River and the Han Realm. ”

The middle-aged man nodded in acquiescence, and moved his hand to the "pawn" in front of him, thinking about it as if he was talking to himself.

"Since ancient times, the soldiers have taken the lead, and these five pawns have borne the brunt, and this deployment is reasonable!"

He raised the wine glass that Xiao Ru had just poured and took a sip, "This pawn in chess can only move forward and not retreat, it symbolizes the courage of the pawn on the battlefield, and the intention of the son is really everyone's demeanor!" ”

Wei Yu's intuition was hot on his face, he always stole the wisdom of later generations in chess, and he was really embarrassed to be praised like this.

"Sir, I praised it..."

These two strategists are separated on either side of the commander, and these four squares are like a camp, and the strategists can walk freely, which is to praise the surprise of the strategists' stratagems, which lead in all directions. But the strategists are always just literati and can't get out of the camp, and this time their advantages and disadvantages are shown on a small chessboard, which is really eye-opening! ”

The man was a little happy when he said it, and he didn't look up at Wei Yu, but just analyzed it himself.

"The cavalry is so fast, as we all know, this horse can go two blocks in a row, which is really wonderful!

The chariot is extremely sharp and unimpeded on the battlefield, so it is very reasonable to be able to move freely horizontally and vertically..."

The man continued to analyze, and Wei Yu and everyone could only listen attentively, and when the man put his hand on the word "cannon", his face showed embarrassment.

Wei Yu breathed a sigh of relief, what should come is always coming, gunpowder originated in the Song Dynasty, the word "cannon" was naturally developed in the Song Dynasty, how can people in the Eastern Han Dynasty recognize it?

"This word is pronounced pao, which is also a clumsy work."

The man picked up the "cannon", pinched it twice in his hand, and opened his mouth to ask: "Dare to ask Childe, where did this "cannon" come from?" ”

Wei Yu was not in a hurry to explain, filled his wine glass, poured a glass for the middle-aged man, and praised a good wine before slowly speaking.

"On the battlefield, if it is said that it can take people's lives in a hundred steps, there is only a bow and arrow, and this 'cannon' can be said to be a reinforcement of the bow and arrow...

Whenever there is a siege battle, there are always soldiers on the city wall who use stones and fire oil as throws to stop the soldiers who climb the city. In the future, these projectiles can be called 'cannons' issued by manpower. ”

Seeing that the man was a little confused, Wei Yu continued: "The real cannon refers to the objects that need to be thrown with a hundred times the strength of human beings, of course, these objects can be stones or fire oil.

And in this chess, the cannon's move is also used in the truth, if it wants to eat the opposite piece, there must be a reliance in the middle, there is a reliance, I call it a spaced piece! ”

Wei Yu's statement is not very clear, but if it really gives way to explain the origin of the cannonball, Wei Yu can't say that he is a person in the future, and then show him an experiment with a gun and cannon, so he can only cover up the past with such vague language.

But when Wei Yu thought that the man would prevaricate because of face, he saw that the man who was still thinking about what he was saying suddenly laughed, clapped his hands and said, "Okay! What a 'cannon'! Childe's explanation made the mouth of the mouth suddenly open, thinking that the boulder fired by the siege vehicle in the Warring States period can not be summed up by the word "cannon"? ”

Wei Yu now threw himself to the ground for the five bodies admired by the person in front of him, and the catapults of the Warring States period were also all the rage, and then disappeared. For hundreds of years, ordinary people have long known its name, not to mention that the current catapult sketch is being monopolized by Liu Ye, a descendant of Liu Yan, the king of Fuling.

"Mr. Gaocai, I admire it, this Warring States period catapult fired by the 'cannon', I didn't expect that hundreds of years have passed, and now there are people like Mr. who are so talented and knowledgeable can know, please accept the next gift!"

Wei Yu immediately got up, gathered his fingers, bowed his body, and was about to salute, the servants of the Wei family and the little maid were as small as seeing the son, how dare not bow down with the son.

Seeing this, the man hurriedly got up, and was about to return the salute, "Childe can't help it, I've only read it occasionally, compared to Childe's gathering of the world's wars on a small chessboard, it's really dwarfed, it's deserved, it's deserved..."

Wei Yu's salute is not pretentious, first, I really admire the talent and breadth of the person in front of me, and secondly, this is the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Yu has an intuition that this person must be a strategist who has been passed down through the ages, if he can make friends...

After half a tour of wine and three moves, the sun gradually set, and the people watching the chess gradually retreated.

Xiao Ru muttered a few words in Wei Yu's ear, probably if he went back later, Mrs. would be worried.

The middle-aged man was also a little aware, and when this game was over, he got up: "Childe's hospitality is grateful, and it is really a great pleasure in life to be able to study this chess with Childe today, but I don't know Childe's name and I regret it slightly..."

Wei Yu got up and said with a smile: "Mr. can call me Zhongdao, and I am a child of the Wei family in Hedong." I have admired Mr. for a long time, and I have the courage to ask for his name. ”

When the man heard this, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Brother Zhongdao turned out to be a disciple of the Hedong Wei family, and he was really a famous family...

In Xia Li Ru, the character is excellent, and he is currently the chief bookkeeper of Dong Zhongying in Xiliang. ”