At this time, Ou Bijiang suddenly asked: "Sir, Bijiang remembers that there seem to be nine disciples brought by Mr., why are there only eight people left now?" Could it be that the disciple is sick? ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he also said with concern: "Why is Mr. so polite!" There is a Tai Hospital in the Han Kingdom, and its medical skills are not boastful, but they can be ranked at the top of the world. What is the illness of the disciple of the gentleman? The widow is good to send a healer! ”

(In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, doctors were already divided into four categories, don't think that doctors in ancient times, one person wore many hats, and doctors at that time had already begun to be initially specialized.) When Confucius heard this, he smiled awkwardly, pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "It's not that he's sick, it's just that Ziguan him!" Alas! ”

"What's wrong?" Yang Zilu couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Confucius's indescribable expression.

Confucius sighed softly and said, "Zhongni, this disciple is good at everything, but it is because of that he has low self-esteem. I hope that you will not be surprised by then! ”

"Oh!" Yang Zilu replied noncommittally, the doubt on his face became even stronger, and at the same time, Yang Zilu's interest in this disciple became more and more intense.

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Confucius asked his disciple Zeng Shen to find the disciple to come over, and not long after, a tall and mighty strong man walked into the hall. Yang Zilu couldn't help but feel a little strange, where is this strong man unsightly? With thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is nine feet seven inches tall, all of which are taller than Confucius. is full of heroism, and in some martial countries, such as Jin, Chu, and Qin, it is easy to be recruited as a retainer by the ministers.

"Qi Guo Xia You has seen Junshang!" The sound is like a drum, and with Xia You's face, it makes people feel that this is a fierce general.

"You may be seated!" Yang Zilu was full of good feelings for Xia You, and her tone was a little more polite.

But Yang Zilu found that Xia You was looking at Confucius, and Yang Zilu's eyes vaguely saw what kind of gesture Confucius made. Yang Zilu couldn't help frowning, it's one thing for you to respect the teacher, but it's not so respectful that you listen to Confucius in everything! How dare people reuse you in the future?

When Yang Zilu was thinking, Xia You was already sitting in the tail seat, but what was a little strange was that he lowered his head and ate in a muffled voice and did not speak. At this time, he turned his head to Confucius, who just wanted to talk to Yang Zilu, and saw that Yang Zilu's face was a little ugly, and after a little thought, Confucius understood that Yang Zilu was afraid that he had misunderstood himself. Confucius smiled bitterly, lowered his voice and said to Yang Zilu: "Your Majesty, this disciple of Zhongni is good at everything, that is, he is born with a disability!" ”

"Disability?" Yang Zilu looked at Xia You a few times, all four limbs were complete, his eyes, ears, mouth and nose were all there, where was he disabled? Could it be that you have low self-esteem? Otherwise, why don't you speak?

Confucius lowered his voice and said, "Xia is especially deafening! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she frowned and asked, "Who is the deaf?" ”

"The one who has lost his hearing in both ears!" Confucius smiled bitterly.

He is a disciple who is good at everything, and he is also from a noble background, and his martial arts are among the best among his three thousand disciples, but because he is a good person, many nobles who appreciate him finally shook their heads and sighed and left.

"Did the gentleman just play sign language?" Yang Zilu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, groaned for a while, and asked Confucius.

"Hmm!" Confucius nodded, he couldn't help but sigh for Xia You in his heart, Yang Zilu was afraid that no matter how much he appreciated him, it would be impossible to use him. Let Confucius can't help but feel sorry for his hard-working disciple, although Xia You is a nobleman from the Qi State, but the reason why he has always stayed by his side, in addition to his dependence on his teacher, why is it not because he was discriminated against and excluded by his family in the Qi State that he could not return home?

Yang Zilu sighed to Confucius and said, "It's a pity! The army marched when it heard the drums, and retreated when it heard the gold. If it is a deaf man, how can he command the soldiers and horses? ”

When Confucius heard this, although he knew that this was the result, he couldn't help but feel sad for this disciple who had followed him for nearly thirty years. I'm sixty-five now, how many more days can I have? Once he goes, where will Xia You go? Confucius also let go and pleaded with Yang Zilu: "Your Excellency, this disciple of Zhongni is brave and martial, so your Excellency will give him a chance!" ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, although he was sympathetic in his heart, as the saying goes, compassion is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not in charge of wealth. If he sympathizes with Xia You, he is tantamount to being cruel to Xia You and the soldiers under his command. It was only a matter of time before a general who did not know what to do and what to do would take him and his soldiers to hell.

Yang Zilu just shook his head, and suddenly Yang Zilu thought of something, and his head that was shaking suddenly was certain. Confucius knew that there was a turning point, and looked at Yang Zilu with hopeful eyes, only to see Yang Zilu think for a while, and then asked Confucius: "Sir, I don't know if Xia You has practiced water warfare?" ”

When Confucius heard this, his expression moved, and he couldn't help but say in his heart: "Could this be the will of heaven? ”

Yang Zilu saw that Confucius's face was different, and only said that Xia You had never practiced water warfare, and Confucius was not easy to answer. Yang Zilu was also embarrassed not to give Confucius some face, so he said: "Sir, since this is the case, let Xia You follow me, although there are not many Yulu, it is only a hundred stones a year, but there are rewards for every New Year's holiday, and the reward of thirty acres of land is enough for him to settle down!" ”

Hearing this, Confucius shook his head.

Seeing this, Yang Zilu couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied with Confucius's ignorance, but Yang Zilu was deep in the city, and his face did not change, and he still looked at Confucius with a smile.

Although Confucius is a gentleman, it does not mean that he is stupid, although Yang Zilu's face is as usual, Confucius still sees some clues. hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, it's really a coincidence. Ziguan (Xia Youzi) was born in the Lang Evil Xia Clan of the Qi Kingdom, and the Lang Evil is also the largest boat master base in the Qi Kingdom! The Xia clan has served as the general of the Qi State Boat Division, and in order to let Ziguan return to the Xia clan to be able to apply what he has learned, Zhong Ni also found a friend to teach him the art of water warfare for half a year, plus he taught himself, it should be useful! ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she was overjoyed and said, "Very good! In a few days, the widow will take the time to see Xia You again! ”

At this time, the reason why Yang Zilu used Xia You as a general of the Zhou division was not to give face to Confucius, but that there were no Zhou generals in the Yue Kingdom. As the saying goes, 10 years of the Army, 100 years of the Navy. In ancient times, though, something was not quite right. But there is no way to deny that the navy is more technical than the army in any case.

Since the Battle of Fujiao six years ago, the Yue Kingdom has been in a slump after being defeated by Wu Guoyi with 30,000 boat divisions. And Gou Jian was also taken to Wu as a slave for three years. After coming back, he didn't dare to develop the boat master, so as not to let the husband misunderstand him. And since his establishment, whether ancient or modern, it has determined that he is an attack-based surname.

Gou Jian only established a small number of boat masters, and the previous three-year partition also made the boat masters of the Yue Kingdom have a lack of talents, and there is a policy of non-development, which has made many families change to study literature or land warfare. When Gou Jian left, he also took all the boat masters with him. As a result, the current Han Kingdom, talents who can fight water are simply more scarce than dinosaurs.

In addition, water warfare is not comparable to land warfare, and the banner is almost the only means of communication, so the impact of Xia You's status as a scholar is almost negligible.

However, Yang Zilu is not a person who will easily listen to people's words, and three days later, Yang Zilu and Confucius and Confucius's disciples returned to Huiji City Yang Zilu appointed Confucius as the great sacrificial wine of Jixia School Palace, and the status of the great sacrificial wine is very high, and he is among the doctors. In the past, Yang Zilu himself was also in charge, and what was really responsible for managing the left and right sacrificial wine. Not only that, Yang Zilu also named Zilu, a famous disciple of Confucius, as the left sacrificial wine, and his rank is lower than that of the doctor.

Eighteen disciples such as Mi Buqi were also named professors. As for the ordinary disciples, one hundred and twenty-seven of them were scattered all over the Han Kingdom, serving as professors or directors of the school, which also enriched the Hanguo School.

After some official sealing, Yang Zilu had time to meet Xia You. During the period, he used Ape Gong as a translator, and Yang Zilu only knew at this time that Ape Gong actually knew sign language. Listening to Xiaohu, it seems that the ape can also use sign language to communicate with monkeys, could it be that this is the red who is close to Zhu and the black who is close to ink? There are so many monkeys that people look like monkeys.

Fortunately, the ape didn't know what Yang Zilu thought, otherwise I am afraid that Yang Zilu, who is already the king of a country, will have a good fight with the ape.

To get back to the point, Xia You saw Yang Zilu, and Yang Zilu took Xia You to Taiye Lake, Taiye Lake was renamed by Yang Zilu, and it was originally an artificial lake built by Yue Wang Yunchang, but it seemed to be cheaper than Yang Zilu. On Taiye Lake, Yang Zilu and Xia You took a boat to the center of the lake.

Yang Zilu asked Xia You: "What does Ziguan think should be important in water warfare?" ”

"Ziguan thinks that water warfare should be heavy!" Xia You said solemnly.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, although he was not familiar with water warfare, he also knew that water warfare generally had heavy bows and crossbows, to put it bluntly, it was like modern attention to cannons. Yang Zilu groaned for a while, and asked curiously, "Why?" ”

After reading the translation of the ape prince, Xia You thought for a while, and sat upright: "Some people think that water battles should be heavy bows and crossbows, and some people think that they should re-board the ship for hand-to-hand combat!" Some people think that the ship should be heavy. What they said made sense, but Ziguan thought that people should be valued, and this person was not to select excellent soldiers, but excellent captains. In water warfare, the warships are scattered relatively large, and sometimes it is not surprising that they are even separated by one mile, and the normal interval is nearly twenty zhang. In this way, it is easy to get into a scuffle, and then you can only rely on the captain's ability! There is also a water battle that relies more on formations than land battles, and you need to use formations to gain an advantage! But the array is dead, and the man is alive! More than ten excellent captains can give full play to the formation, and it is not impossible to fight three against one, or even ten with one! And this formation, Ziguan thinks, still needs reasonable cooperation! ”

The more Yang Zilu listened, the more interested she became, and asked, "How can it be considered a reasonable cooperation?" ”

"The composition of the warship!" Xia You said seriously: "Some people like how big a wing-class warship, but can this really be won?" Some people like to use more medium-wing class warships, thinking that they are cheap and useful! But I think these are all wrong! Water warfare should be like land warfare, with each branch of the armed forces performing its own duties. Use the Wing-class Rush as a point to break through the enemy's formation. Supplemented by mid-wing class warships to expand the results of the battle, small wing-class warships cruised warships. It's like a wolf! Take a bite, never be greedy, and give full play to the advantages of the flexible surname and fast short-distance speed of the Xiaoyi-class warship, and the small size of the ship is not easy to be concentrated! Harass the enemy and scatter their formations to create opportunities for the Wing-class ships! ”

Yang Zilu was overjoyed, but he was a cautious person, and he was afraid that Xia You would be a person who could only talk on paper. Yang Zilu returned to the palace and found a pool in the palace, on which the wooden boats were prevented from being made lifelike, all of which were made in imitation of the drawings of the warships of the Han Kingdom. Yang Zilu faced off against Xia You in the pool for three times, and the result was naturally that Yang Zilu was defeated three times in a row, but Yang Zilu was not tired of it.

Xia You was immediately appointed as the governor of the Han Dynasty, but Xia You, the governor, will be a single commander until March next year. Even if the Han Kingdom now brought the technology of drying bows and crossbows to shipbuilding, it is only changing the production cycle of wood from two years to one year to three months to nine months. In particular, the wood used in the keel has to go through the infiltration of seawater, then drying, and then foaming, so that it can be used as a keel several times, which takes a very long time.

And in order to prevent the husband from discovering that he was developing a boat division, Yang Zilu placed the boat division base in Jian'an County, the southern end of the Han Kingdom, on the edge of the Ou River, and Xia You was considered to be an official in a remote place. However, Yang Zilu did not only have the advantage of avoiding her husband's eyes and ears. The mountains around Jian'an County have not been damaged, and it is relatively easy to find giant trees. At the same time, it can be transported from the upper reaches of the Oujiang River to the downstream for production, and the giant wood can be transported out of the mountains without human hands, which makes it easier to develop the shipbuilding industry, and can also allow the boatman to develop at a cheaper price.

After recruiting Xia You, Yang Zilu set his sights on Zigong, one of Confucius's most prominent disciples. But Yang Zilu suffered a setback in recruiting Zigong. Although Zigong has a lot of respect for Yang Zilu, this is a kind of respect that is far away. did not let go of Yang Zilu's solicitation at all, even if Yang Zilu promised to let Zigong serve as the Sijin doctor, Zigong also declined. It is important to know that Dr. Si Jin, like Dr. Si Li, has been promoted from the rank of middle doctor to upper doctor by Yang Zilu.

At the same time, Dr. Si Jin has a lot of power, and is specifically responsible for managing the minting of coins, the income of the monarch Tian Zeshan and forests, and the income from commercial taxes.

However, Zigong still refused politely, and even Yang Zilu was ruthless, plus 10,000 acres of land, Zigong only hesitated.

At this time, Yang Zilu had not yet come up with a new way to recruit Zigong, and a major event happened in the north, so that Yang Zilu's recruitment of Zigong had to be interrupted.

(To be continued)