readx;

Sun Shao was full of emotion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if it's really a good gene, Xiahou Yuan's sons and nephews are talented, Xiahou Shang is his subordinate, he is shrewd and capable, his son Xiahou Xuan is very smart, and Xiahou Hui is also a heroine among women, but compared with Xiahou Yuan's sons, they are still a little inferior.

Xiahou Xun has seven sons, except for the eldest son Xiahou Heng because he married the daughter of Cao De, the younger brother who died early, and was particularly favored by Cao Ying, so he didn't need to worry about the future early, became a rich idler, and did not show any talent, the other sons are very good, the second son Xiahou Ba and the third son Xiahou are called good soldiers, the fourth son Xiahou Wei is righteous and likes to be a ranger, although the sixth son Xiahou Hui and the seventh son Xiahou are still young, but they show the same signs of early wisdom as Xiahou Xuan's brothers and sisters. However, to say that the smartest is the Xiahou Rong in front of him, who is talking about geometry in front of everyone.

Xiahou Rong, the word Youquan, is Xiahou Yuan's fifth son, nineteen years old this year, he showed an unforgettable perverted memory when he was young, and he was most loved by Xiahou Yuan and always took it with him. This time the East China Sea Alliance, the four kings agreed to truce, Cao Zhi's think tank Yang Xiu was recalled by the Son of Heaven to Luoyang for funeral, and then was sent to Yue as an official, Cao Zhi felt uneasy, so he sent Xiahou Rong, who had always had a good relationship with him, to the East China Sea.

Sun Shao had no impression of Xiahou Rong, he couldn't remember that there was such a person in the Three Kingdoms, but Xiahou Hui reminded him in time, Xiahou Hui said that if there is anyone in this world who can be compared with Xiahou Rong, only that prodigy Cao Chong and Zhou Budo beside him, although their brothers and sisters are smart, but in front of Xiahou Rong, they are all smart.

Yang Xiu, who had just arrived at Sun Shao's side, also said that Xiahou Rong was very smart, although he was still young, he had already shown considerable talent, although there were many talents in the Xiahou Yuan family, but in terms of the highest achievement, it should be this Xiahou Rong, Zhu Jianping, who was good at physiognomy, once said that Xiahou Rong was too smart, he might be jealous of heaven and have the possibility of early death. Zhu Jianping is a famous iron mouth in Yecheng, he once accurately predicted the early death of Xiahou Rong's third brother Xiahou, and swore that Xiahou Rong would not live to be thirteen years old, but later he changed his words, saying that Jian'an had a different appearance in the twenty-first year, and Xiahou Rong's early death was gone, and he would definitely be able to become a generation of famous ministers.

Sun Shao didn't believe it, but after meeting with Xiahou Rong, after a little conversation, he believed it. He even suspected that the kid in front of him was a real traverser, otherwise how could he have thought of the opening line on the gears without teaching with a few short articles on geometry published by Zhao Shuang?

Although what Xia Hourong said is not very accurate, with Sun Shao's superficial impression, Xia Hourong seems to have touched on the most substantial problem, but his mathematical level still needs to be improved, after all, trigonometric functions and other things are not something that can be imagined by himself. However, for a young man who usually never regards these as knowledge, but only as extracurricular reading, he is already outstanding.

Seeing Lu Mao who was led up by Lu Hong, Sun Shao smiled and patted his palms gently. "Today, the East China Sea is really lively, and there are a few more talents. Youquan, the problems you mentioned, Zhao Xijiu also has studied this, you might as well discuss and discuss them separately, maybe it can help each other. ”

Xiahou Rong nodded: "Dare not obey your fate." ”

Sun Shao beckoned Lu Hong to bring Lu Mao and the others to him, and asked them their names and hometowns one by one, some of which he had heard of, and some of whom had no impression at all, but he welcomed them politely, and then invited them to the banquet together. During this time, scholars from all over the country continued to rush to Yueguo, and there were banquets on Sun Shao's Yingyang every day, which can be said to be full of guests, and the wine in the cup was not empty.

Sun Shao asked Lu Mao about Lu Xun's situation, Lu Xun was transferred back to Jianye by Sun Quan to report on his work, he already knew, but he was not very clear about the situation of his third sister Sun Xiuying, but it was useless to ask Lu Mao, Lu Mao and Lu Xun basically had no contact, even if they had contacts, they would not care about Sun Xiuying's affairs, Sun Shao couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he didn't say much. The eldest sister Sun Yuanying has already arrived in Qiantang, and the second sister Sun Yuying and his wife will come soon, but the third sisters Sun Xiuying and Lu Xun don't seem to be coming for a while.

The dinner was very lively, twenty or thirty recently arrived scholars attended the banquet, some have been here for a while, some have just arrived today like Lu Mao, everyone greeted each other, some of them kept asking about each person's situation, there are many people who are famous, but there are not many people who have really seen them, and even some have never met through letters, and now they see a lot of rumored celebrities appear in front of them, everyone is naturally a little excited, and some enthusiastically come forward to greet and hand over their names, Some came forward to talk with some unease. Although Xiahou Rong rarely appears in front of outsiders, his reputation is not good, but today he made a name for himself in front of everyone, as Xiahou Hui's uncle, he has an innate advantage close to Sun Shao, so whether it is admired or for the relationship, there are not a few, one after another toast, and soon the Xiahou prodigy was poured into a lot of meat.

Sun Shao looked at the scholars who were talking and laughing happily with a smile, and his heart was beautiful. In front of the Son of Heaven to sing and do fighting, played a good show, suppressed Wei Shu Wu's ambitions, but also won a good reputation, now the scholars of the Han Dynasty know that he Yue Wang Sun Shao is a real loyal minister, is really the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty as the mainstay of their own responsibility, Yue Guo is the place that attaches the most importance to talents, is the most active and advanced place, whether it is literature or classics, the level of Zhuya College is obvious to all, as for the study of science and technology, it is second to none. Although Wei Shuwu also began to build similar academies, whether in terms of scale or strength, it is impossible to have academies that can be compared with Zhuya Academy within at least ten years, so with the Han Gazette of the Four Kings Oath sent to the counties, more and more scholars came to Yue to seek development, especially those whose family background is not enough, it is difficult to get development opportunities from normal ways.

Sun Shao did this for two purposes, on the one hand, he wanted to recruit talents to further enhance the strength of the Yue Kingdom, on the other hand, he also needed to enrich the scholars from different sources into various fields, so as to prevent the Yue Kingdom from becoming a Yue State controlled by several families, and at the same time, this could also promote the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu to change their habits of relying on the family to a certain extent.

From the current point of view, his two goals have basically been achieved, the swarm of scholars have been enriched to various positions, on the one hand, to strengthen his ability to control the newly conquered territory, on the other hand, it will also further spread the reputation of the Yue country for the use of talent to all places, in order to issue the Han Gazette and specially strengthened the post system played an important role, personally experienced the benefits of the Yue country through the post system, the Yue country is rich, there are many opportunities to send the good news to all places, a greater tide of scholars is coming.

At this time, the popularity of education was far less than that of later generations, although these scholars were only more than 2,000 people, but they represented the elite power of the Han Dynasty, and the country of Yue changed from a small country to an extensive country, and now, by attracting these elites, the country of Yue is about to become a veritable power from a big country.

The power of knowledge is endless.

"Your Highness!" A middle-aged scholar of medium stature interrupted Sun Shao's train of thought, Sun Shao subconsciously raised his cup, looked at the middle-aged scholar in front of him with gray sideburns, and was about to say two polite words, but he felt that this person was a little familiar, stunned for a moment, then patted his head, laughed, and then pointed at him and said, "Jiujiang Jiang Ziyi?" ”

Jiang Gan laughed, his face was full of pride, but he pretended to bow modestly: "Jiang Gan has been stumbling for half a lifetime, and I heard that His Royal Highness is eclectic in employing people, so I came to ask for it." ”

Sun Shao was very happy. Since he saw Jiang Gan in Wancheng, he has always been very curious about what kind of person the real Jiang Gan is, and later through Zhou Yi's secret agent, he learned that Jiang Gan is very different from the person in the romance, this person is proficient in the art of vertical and horizontal, known for his talent and debate, when he was young, he walked alone between Jianghuai and Huai, and rarely met opponents, but he has not been able to develop, first, because his family background is average, no one recommends him, and secondly, his own temper is also a little strange, and it is said that his conduct is also a little misconducted, and Guo Jia is somewhat similar to that year, However, his connections are far worse than Guo Jia's, so he has not been able to develop. Jiang Gan said that he was a half-year-old man, but he was basically reliable.

"Mr. Ziyi, don't come to Wancheng unharmed?" Sun Shao enthusiastically pulled Jiang Gan, touched the glasses, and drank it all. Jiang Gan was a little flattered for a while, and hurriedly drank all the wine, and said with some embarrassment: "I don't dare to hide it from Your Highness, Wancheng has made a small contribution, but unfortunately the world will be peaceful in the future, and it will be useless to do it, so I came to Yue Kingdom to ask His Highness to reward a bowl of rice." ”

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing, he looked at Jiang Gan for a moment: "Ziyi, come to me tomorrow, I have a suitable thing for a talented person like you to do." ”

Jiang Gan was overjoyed, he was a little out of shape, he was shy and close, ready for Sun Shao to perfunctory him, he never expected Sun Shao to give him a chance so directly. Thinking of what happened to him in the first half of his life, Jiang Gan suddenly felt a little sad and almost burst into tears. He hurriedly lowered his head and took a deep look: "Dare to disobey your fate." Ming said that Jiang Gan came to wait for teaching. ”

Xiahou Rong tried his best to open his drunken eyes, glanced at Jiang Gan, who was leaving in small steps, and grinned: "Your Highness is really as wise as a torch, and you have taken a fancy to a talented person all of a sudden." ”

Sun Shao turned his head and glanced at the Xiahou prodigy whose little face was red and his eyes became a little confused, and he bared his teeth and said, "What, what does Youquan think?" ”

Xiahou Rong sneered a few times: "If you want to say that Jiang Gan is such a person, he does have eloquence, but he is lustful and drunk, and he is uninhibited, if you want him to do anything big, I am afraid that it is difficult to reassure." It is good for His Royal Highness to be thirsty for talents, but if he uses people like a salary, and does not distinguish between good materials and foolish wood, I am afraid that he will misunderstand His Highness's good name. ”

"Uncle." Xiahou Hui saw that Xiahou Rong was open-mouthed, and actually accused Sun Shao of not knowing how to use people in front of so many people, knowing that Xiahou Rong was drinking high, he didn't know the severity, so he hurriedly drank him, ordered someone to step forward to help Xiahou Rong out, and turned around to confess to Sun Shao. Sun Shao smiled: "Don't worry, I won't deal with him as a drunk child." ”

Xiahou Hui breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and followed. Yang Xiu, who was sitting on the other side, glanced at it, crooked his mouth, smiled quietly, and then picked up his wine glass and gestured to Sun Shao, Sun Shao also raised his glass in reply, and the two drank it all.

"Dezu, has it been arranged at home?"

"Alright." Yang Xiu said lightly: "My mother is old and doesn't want to travel far, so I left my two younger brothers to take care of her, and I was single until Qian Tang came." ”

Sun Shao's eyelids lifted and nodded with a smile. Yang Xiu did not bring his family here, indicating that he did not plan to settle down in Yueguo, and like his father Yang Biao, Yang Xiu may value the court in Luoyang more. When he entered Cao Ying's Prime Minister's Mansion, he was forced to be helpless, and now the court has improved compared to the original situation, for him, of course, it is still a Hanchen to be glorious. If it weren't for the fact that the Son of Heaven personally told him that this was his father Yang Biao's will, I'm afraid he might not be willing to come.

Fortunately, Sun Shao has long been accustomed to such things, and he never expected that he would be able to make the heroes of the world bow down. However, for such a person with other thoughts, no matter how talented he is, it is impossible for him to put his heart into his heart.

Trust is mutual.

…… The sea breeze was blowing, the microwaves were rippling, and the huge sea ship swayed gently in the light wind with imperceptible amplitude. Xiahou Rong sat up from the soft couch and lay down with the quilt in his arms. The maid beside her walked in, knelt on the couch, stretched out her hand to prop up the window edge, and a cool sea breeze with the smell of the sea blew in, which made Xiahou Rong's mind clear.

"Xiahou Jun, Madame has taken care of it, please freshen up Xiahou Jun and go to her boat for morning food (breakfast)."

Xiahou Rong didn't say anything, just nodded, turned his face sideways, looked at the sea in the distance from the crack in the window, and carefully recalled the events of last night. He originally planned to feign a bit of madness to test Sun Shao's reaction, but he didn't expect that there were too many people toasting in Yue Guo's wine, and the task was not completed, so he was a little dizzy. He vaguely remembered that in the end, it seemed that Xiahou Hui helped him block the drive, and now Xiahou Hui specially left a message to let him go over to eat the morning food, obviously he may have said something that should not be said, so Xiahou Hui wanted to meet him as soon as he woke up, so as not to cause him another accident.

According to the generation, Xiahou Hui is Xiahou Rong's junior, although Xiahou Rong has been following the lessons of the saint and exercising his surname, but after all, he is still a young man, and he is still very unconvinced to be taught a few words by a junior who is younger than himself. However, he knew his intention and didn't dare to be careless, so he lay on the warm bed for a while, got up, and after being served by the maid and freshened up, he rushed to Xiahou Hui's cabin.

Sixteen-year-old Xiahou Hui is tall, with a man-like hairband on his head, and he is also wearing a narrow-sleeved tight-fitting dress, looking very capable, holding a long sword with a crocodile skin sheath in his hand, his face is slightly sweaty, and he looks like he has just finished his morning exercise.

"Uncle is up?" Seeing Xiahou Rong, Xiahou Hui smiled and arched his hand like a man.

"Hmm." Xiahou Rong replied expressionlessly, without even arching his hand, and calmly accepted Xiahou Hui's salute. A round-faced female guard next to her turned pale, and she was about to attack, but was stopped by Xiahou Hui quietly.

"Uncle, sit down, and come when I change my clothes." Xiahou Hui saluted and took the female guard into the inner cabin. Xiahou Rong looked around, and saw that although Xiahou Hui's cabin was not very large, it was very refreshing, and there was not much decoration inside, but there was a small bookshelf on the bulkhead next to it, and there was a bookcase next to the bookshelf, on which a stack of manuscripts was neatly placed. Xiahou Rong paced in front of him, glanced at it, his eyes couldn't help but froze, and the words "Tianzhu Geography" were written on the manuscript. He glanced around with a somewhat empty heart, reached out to remove the white jade paperweight pressed on the manuscript, and gently opened the stack of manuscripts, and then was disappointed again.

The manuscript was written in words he didn't recognize.

He quickly flipped through the pages, hoping to find the Chinese characters he was familiar with, but unfortunately there were not a few Chinese characters on the entire stack of manuscripts, but he did not find nothing, and the pictures on it still attracted his attention.

The most striking thing is a triangular map, from which it seems that this place faces mountains on one side and the sea on both sides, and is divided into more than a dozen large and small pieces, I don't know if it is a county or something. Xiahou Rong turned over the pages and slowly saw that the place in this triangle should be Tianzhu, and the dozen or so small pieces were the countries on Tianzhu, but he didn't know the names of these countries, and only saw a familiar place name: Ceylon. Ceylon is like a dew drop of a blade of grass, just at the top of a triangle.

Xiahou Rong couldn't help but be interested. Ceylon was a small country in the southern barbarians, and he had seen this name in the relevant history books, but he had never considered where this country was or what it was like, and when he suddenly saw information about Ceylon here, he was very curious.

Soon, Xiahou Rong found a map of Ceylon in the back, from the map, Ceylon is an island, and there are many mountains and forests on the island, because there are many signs on the map that represent mountains and forests. Xiahou Rongzheng was fascinated, and suddenly heard footsteps behind him, hurriedly put the manuscript away, and put the white jade paperweight back, and when he looked up, he found that Xiahou Hui, who had changed into women's clothes, was looking at him quietly.

Xia Hourong was very embarrassed, as if he was a thief but was caught by someone, and his face was flushed.

"Uncle has the ability to never forget, has he ever remembered this information?" Xiahou Hui sat down quietly, and then motioned for Xiahou Rong to take a seat as well, and the maids came over with two food tables, putting a bowl of fish fillet porridge and a plate of dim sum, and two plates of pickles on the table in front of them.

"This ...... I didn't mean to peek. Xiahou Rong said in the period of Ai Ai: "Besides, I don't know these words. ”

"It's okay." Xiahou Hui smiled: "If Uncle doesn't remember, then I'll show it to you after I finish translating." ”

Xiahou Rong glanced at Xiahou Hui suspiciously, not knowing what she meant, if Ceylon was the next target of Yueguo, why did she show him the information about Ceylon?

"Do you know Tianzhu?" Xiahou Hui took a bite of fish fillet porridge, chewing it slowly, and asked very casually.

Xiahou Rong shook his head. He only knew the name Tianzhu, and the specific location was not clear.

"Then do you know the Western Regions?" Xiahou Hui glanced at him, asked again, and then scooped a mouthful of porridge to his mouth.

"Of course the Western Regions knows." Xiahou Rong was in good spirits. After the Wancheng Soldiers' Conference, Cao Zhi, who had just tasted the bloody smell of the battlefield, considered that the Central Plains might have no battle to fight in a short period of time, so he turned his target to the Western Regions, he collected a lot of information about the Western Regions, Xiahou Rong helped him sort it out, and also helped him make a sand table, and the two of them often discussed the affairs of the Western Regions around the sand table.

"The Western Regions have crossed the Green Ridge to the south, and it is probably only a thousand miles, which is Tianzhu." Xiahou Hui smiled slightly, picked up the cotton towel on the case and wiped his mouth: "The king said that when the general of the chariot cavalry returns from the Northern Expedition, he will be asked to go to the Western Regions with him, and before that, we will take Tianzhu." It is more convenient to set out from Tianzhu to attack the Qiang of the Western Regions than to transport grain from Guanzhong. ”

Xiahou Rong was stunned for a moment, stopped the spoon in his hand, and stopped talking. The most important goal of his coming to Yue was to see if Sun Shao said that he would attack the Western Regions with Cao Zhang, but now he found that there was no need to test it, because Sun Shao had collected a lot of information about Tianzhu, obviously not on a whim, but after a long time of preparation, whether there was Cao Zhang or not, he might have to fight Tianzhu.

"That'...... When are you going to make a move? ”

"The country is start-up, and all industries are waiting to be developed. Funan has a population of one million, but there are very few Han Chinese, and if you rush to the expedition, the foundation of Funan will be unstable. Xiahou Hui said while eating, looking very casual: "And Tianzhu is not Funan, its area is about three times that of Funan, and the military strength is much stronger. ”

"Is Tianzhu's strength very strong?"

"It was once strong, and it is not weak now." Xiahou Hui put down the bowl and wiped his mouth: "Around the time when the Qin Dynasty was established with Qin Shi Huang, Tianzhu produced a male king, called Ashoka, who had 9,000 war elephants, 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 8,000 chariots, and a naval ...... when he was at his strongest."

"So powerful?" Xiahou Rong frowned. If Tianzhu has such strength, not to mention the Yue Kingdom, which has just been founded, I am afraid that the entire Han Dynasty may not be able to win, and perhaps only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the strength to compete with it at that time.

"But that's in the past." Xiahou Hui smiled faintly: "Today's Tianzhu has been torn apart, after that Ashoka, the nobles fought for power, and soon there was civil strife, the strength was greatly weakened, and finally it was invaded by the Dayue clan, and recently the Dayue clan was also in chaos, tired of dealing with the harassment of a new country in the west, and the control of Tianzhu declined." This was originally a great opportunity for Tianzhu to become strong again, but unfortunately, not only did they not seize this opportunity, but instead split into more than a dozen large and small countries. ”

Xiahou Rong's brows furrowed even tighter, he put down the spoon in his hand, pondered for a long time, and sighed: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside, this is the case in China, and the same is true for barbarians." ”

"Yes, yes." Xiahou Hui nodded, and added a serious sentence: "Throughout the ages, heroes who have expanded their territory have often died at the hands of villains vying for power and profit, and the king of my family is planning to break this curse." Uncle, can you help him? ”

(To be continued)