Chapter 172: Getting Better

On the morning of the next day, Zhu Daolin was teaching arithmetic to 54 disciples of Class B in the large classroom of the martial arts hall, and Yang Dading, who was also an equestrian instructor, came to the door of the classroom and reported: "Report to the mountain chief, Ying Sangongzi accompanied a guest surnamed Ruan to visit!" ”

As soon as Zhu Daolin heard that the scum Ruan Dayue, who he had been waiting for for a long time, came, he immediately instructed Yang Dading to tell the guests that he would go over after class, and asked Ying Changpei to accompany the guests to the official room for a cup of tea, and then continued to raise the whip and explain to the children the two arithmetic problems of addition and subtraction of hundreds on the big blackboard.

After a while, Ying Changpei and Ruan Dayue came to the door of the classroom, Ying Changpei smiled at Zhu Daolin, pulled Ruan Dayue into the classroom to find a seat.

Several young instructors who were sitting against the wall and listening hurriedly gave up their seats, and Ying Changpei was not polite, nodded and sat down with the nervous Ruan Dayue.

Ruan Dacheng is a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli, a disciple of Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party, and the deceased fellow countryman Zuo Guangdou is the leader of the Donglin Party in the Constitutional Division, and he was also a friend of Dacheng who relied on self-respect.

Ruan Dayue was once among the backbone of the Donglin Party, nicknamed "Unblocked". In the spring of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Zuo Guangdou informed Ruan Dayue to go to Beijing to hand over the officials to give him a position in the matter. Gao Panlong, Yang Lian, Zhao Nanxing, and others, the other leaders of the Donglin Party, were ready to use another disciple of Gao Panlong, Wei Dazhong, who was also a general of Donglin, because of infighting with Zuo Guangdou.

After some internal transactions, when Ruan Dayue arrived in Beijing, Zhao Nanxing and his group made him make up for engineering. But among the ministries, the officials are the first, and the workers are the last. At this time, Wei Zhongxian appeared, and he let Ruan Dayue get his wish. However, Ruan Dayue's officials did not work long in the matter, and the huge pressure exerted by the Donglin Party made him abandon his official position and flee back to his hometown before he took office.

When Wei Zhongxian was in power, Ruan Dayue successively served as Taichang Shaoqing and Guangluqing. He knew that he was born in the Donglin Party, and he became an anti-Donglin model. It's hard to please both sides, so you are very careful.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Wei party was defeated, Ruan Dayue was dismissed from office in the reverse case, and took refuge in Nanjing, Anqing and other places, under the persecution of the Donglin party. Growing poverty.

Zhu Daolin nodded slightly to Ruan Dayue, who was looking over, and then explained the arithmetic problems to the children, and only stopped after talking for more than five minutes, and asked aloud to the disciples who were sitting in a proper posture in the audience:

"The above are the two questions with the most mistakes in the homework you handed in, we recalculated it just now, do you remember it?"

"Remember!"

The children's answers in unison startled Ruan Dayue.

Zhu Daolin, who was on the podium, asked again: "Can any of you tell me where you will use it after you master the addition and subtraction method within 100 places?" ”

The children were unable to answer for a while, and some scratched their heads. Some looked around, but the thin child sitting at the first table in the innermost row stood up, looked at Zhu Daolin bravely, and replied loudly in his immature voice:

"Report to the mountain chief, after learning the addition and subtraction of the hundreds, the disciple will teach the righteous father and the righteous mother when he returns from the holiday, and after the righteous father learns it, he will know it when he works in the shipbuilding workshop. How much does it cost to pick up the spikes once a day? How many are left? How much should I get the next day? The stepmother can use a metric ruler to accurately measure how long the hemp rope is rubbed every day. Calculate how many bundles you can make per month! ”

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied: "Very good, Chen Jianxuan listens to the order!" ”

The thin child was stunned for a moment, puffed up his thin chest, and replied loudly: "The disciple is here!" ”

"After class, you can go to the superintendent and get a pass pass for the next month. Every day after dinner, you are allowed to go to my back study with a license to consult the books and picture books you are interested in. "Zhu Daolin has already started a special training program for outstanding disciples.

The children exclaimed in amazement, and looked at Chen Jianxuan, who was trembling slightly with excitement.

Zhu Daolin announced loudly at this time: "Today's class is over, class is over!" ”

Fifty-four children stood up in unison. Straighten your chest and raise your head, raise your hands to salute, and thank Zhu Daolin in unison: "Thank you, Mountain Chief!" ”

The children's neat voices and well-trained movements shocked Ruan Dayue, and he forgot his purpose for a while, and quickly speculated in his mind about Zhu Daolin's talent in mathematics and the far-reaching intention of opening the Ziyang Martial Arts Hall, until Zhu Daolin came to him and saluted politely, Ruan Dayue reacted, and hurriedly stood up and gave Zhu Daolin a deep salute.

"It's time for lunch, Mr. Ruan, if you want, let's have a light meal together." Zhu Daolin politely extended an invitation.

Ruan Dayue hurriedly thanked: "It's a student's luck to be able to dine with Master Zhu!" ”

Zhu Daolin took his hand cordially, walked to the large cafeteria located in the northwest corner of the playground, and talked to Ying Changpei who was following him as he walked:

"Third brother, you came just in time, it is estimated that in three hours, Mr. Sayid's four cargo ships will arrive at Shangyuan Wharf, this time he not only transported more than 300 tons of refined iron, copper ingots, tin ingots, Western canvas and Arabian myrrh and other precious medicinal materials for us, but also sent us two ships of iron wood and two new 500-ton Galen ships that we urgently need, if you need anything, you will take it back after unloading."

"I want some myrrh, do you have any frankincense?" Ying Changpei asked happily.

(Note: Myrrh, a traditional Chinese medicine, is produced in Somalia, Ethiopia and the southern Arabian Peninsula.) )

Zhu Daolin's memory is very good: "Yes, the list sent by Mr. Feng in the morning indicates 80 bags, but it is not written how many catties per bag, it is estimated that it is an ordinary 100 catties of sacks, this thing is the juice of olive plants, the harvesting method is similar to the rosin we are familiar with, it is a good medicine for the treatment of visceral diseases and rheumatic paralysis, after refining and compatible, it has a miraculous effect on the treatment of carbuncle and sores, Ziyang Guannei Pharmacy is very much in need of this medicine, as well as the blood exhaustion produced on the islands occupied by the Spaniards and Luzon and the Dutch, It's all good things that I don't have. ”

Ruan Dayue asked curiously: "How much does the 300 tons you said weigh?" ”

"It's about 500,000 catties of the Ming Dynasty, I'll send you a conversion table when I go back, and you'll understand after reading it, but you have to learn Arabic numerals first." Zhu Daolin reminded.

The smart Ruan Dayue would not measure a strange person like Zhu Daolin with ordinary eyes, and knew very well that if he wanted to have a relationship with Zhu Daolin, he had to act according to the order: "Master Xie, the student will definitely learn Arabic numerals as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Daolin nodded with satisfaction: "In the future, there is no need to be polite between us, any ideas and requirements of Mr. can be put forward, there is no need to stick to cumbersome etiquette, it is easier to be casual, I will call Mr. Brother Yuanhai." ”

"It couldn't be better, haha!"

Ruan Dayue smiled happily, and the sound of "Brother Yuanhai" seemed to be ordinary, but when it came out of Zhu Daolin's mouth, it meant that he would accept him from now on.

Ying Changpei was disdainful in his heart, but he couldn't lose the face of Zhu Daolin and Ruan Dayue, so he had to close his mouth and follow the two into the spacious canteen.

Who knew that before he entered the door, he was startled by a high-pitched password, and the sound of the "stand up" password had not disappeared, and nearly 400 instructors and disciples of various disciplines around dozens of large round tables stood up together and saluted Zhu Dao, who strode in.

Zhu Daolin nodded slightly and continued to move forward, and the star officer standing in the gate shouted "Rest a little" again, and the whole hall sat down together, looking at each other's noses and noses, and no one dared to move the chopsticks first.

Zhu Daolin invited Ruan Dayue and Ying Changpei to sit at the half-vacated round table, and several young instructors quickly brought three meals on a tray and placed them neatly in front of Zhu Daolin, Ying Changpei, and the stunned Ruan Dayue.

"Let's go."

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks, and all the instructors and students relaxed and began to eat, Zhu Daolin said a few words to Yulong, the junior brother who was sitting opposite, and turned to Ruan Dayue, who was staring at the tray motionless: "Brother Yuanhai is not used to these meals?" ”

Ruan Dayue looked at him embarrassedly: "It is indeed the first time to experience such a way of dining, the meals in the tray are very rich, there are meat and fish, and there are shiny green vegetables, I am afraid that ordinary well-off families will not be able to eat such a good meal in five days, and everyone has the same meal on the tray, which is really unexpected!" ”

In the past two months, Ying Changpei has been eating here a lot, and after listening to Ruan Dayue's words, he showed off disdainfully:

"How can the Ziyang Martial Arts Pavilion be comparable to an ordinary academy? Since its inception, three meals a day have been the same, breakfast has steamed buns, steamed buns, pancakes, rice porridge and soy milk, each child must also eat a boiled egg, lunch and dinner are two meat and two vegetarian, chicken, duck and fish meat come in turn, and there is a mandatory rule: all disciples must scoop another bowl of fragrant broth and drink it all after eating, Brother Yuanhai knows why he did this? ”

Ruan Dayue vaguely felt something, but he couldn't say it for a while.

Ying Changpei smiled proudly: "There are two reasons: first, children are growing up, and if they want to have a strong body, they must have enough food and nutrition; Second, every day, regardless of the wind or rain, the children have to get up before dawn, run eight miles in a row under the leadership of the instructor, and must run within the specified time to avoid punishment, read and study in the morning, and conduct military training for two hours in the afternoon, so they must be well fed! ”

Ruan Dayue was shocked, looked at Ying Changpei who was beaming, then looked at Zhu Daolin who was immersed in eating, and finally looked at the steaming and fragrant food on the tray in front of him, and couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva.

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