When the scholar announced his name, Wang Heng's eyes widened suddenly, because he heard a familiar name.

This scholar is Han Ji.

Han Ji, whose name is Gongzhi, is a native of Duyang County, Nanyang County, and is 28 years old this year, and is said to be a descendant of Han Wangxin, an anti-Qin general at the end of Qin. When he was young, there was a powerful landlord named Chen Mao in his fellow village, because he had a grudge against the Han family, so he slandered and framed Han Ji's father and brother, and let them be unjustly imprisoned, and almost died unjustly in prison. Later, Han Ji's father died of grief because of this.

Han Ji pretended to be casual on the surface, what should he do every day, but in fact, he was secretly accumulating money and befriending the light warriors, and finally one day he found an opportunity, he took these light warriors he befriended to catch Chen Mao, and put his head in front of his father's grave to pay tribute to his father.

In the Han generation, this kind of murder for the revenge of the family is very common, although it violates the law, but it is praised, especially Han Ji is to avenge his father, and he is known as the filial piety, Han Ji became famous for a while.

After that, Han Ji was raised as filial piety by the county and was recruited by Sikong, but Han Ji did not apply, in order to avoid the conscription, he even hid in the Luyang Mountains north of Duyang.

When he was in the Luyang Mountains, Han Ji did another strange thing, he heard that some Luyang mountain people because their families were poor and could not survive, and they were ready to gather together to be bandits, and they made a living by looting, so he set up a wine banquet to invite these people to drink, and at the banquet, he gave all the property of his family to these mountain people, and then told them the benefits and harms, and persuaded them not to be thieves.

These mountain people were moved by Han Ji and gave up their plans to be bandits.

Since then, Han Ji's reputation has been even greater.

Han Ji is not only famous, but also very knowledgeable, and he is a scholar with real materials.

Last year, Wang Heng once recommended Han Ji to his father, and Wang Heng sent someone to recruit Han Ji, but Han Ji still did not apply, this time, I didn't expect Han Ji to come to the door by himself, Wang Heng was naturally very happy.

However, in addition to being happy, Wang Heng also had a clear understanding that since Han Ji had refused to conquer several times, he would definitely not come to see him this time to ask for an official.

Of course, since Han Ji is here, it is a good start.

Wang Heng arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the brother of the father, Wang Heng has lost his distance!" ”

Han Ji said: "How dare you, it's already a blessing to be able to see Gongzi Heng." ”

Wang Heng said: "My father once swept the bed to treat his brother, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity to see his brother, and today I saw the demeanor of my brother, and it really deserves its reputation!" ”

Han Ji hurriedly thanked him, although he dared to kill his father's enemies, but he was just as polite to those who treated him politely.

After a few words between the two, Han Ji said his intention, it turned out that he had recently returned to his home in Duyang from Luyang Mountain to visit his mother, heard Wang Heng's name, read Wang Heng's printed books, and became interested in Wang Heng.

However, Han Ji's interest in the entry point is still a little different from others, he is particularly interested in Wang Heng's invention of the printing press, in fact, he was originally a person who is very interested in machinery and other things, in history, he has been Cao Cao's supervisor of the smelter, that is, the official in charge of iron smelting, in office, he invented water drainage, and the work efficiency in many aspects has been greatly improved.

It can be said that Han Ji is a different kind of scholar, but he likes the strange and obscene tricks that ordinary people in this era disdain.

Wang Heng heard that Han Ji liked mechanical things, and immediately felt that he had met a bosom friend, as a graduate student of the Department of Mechanics, he traveled to the Three Kingdoms period, and it was not easy to find such a bosom friend, and his interest suddenly rose.

Wang Heng immediately brought a pen and paper and drew a schematic diagram of the printing press for Han Ji on the paper, Han Ji is also very perceptive of these mechanical things, and he quickly figured out the manufacturing and working principle of the printing press.

From the manufacturing principle of the printing press, the two talked about other things, such as arithmetic, geometry, physics, which have a lot to do with machinery, of course, limited by the limitations of the times, Wang Heng only talked about some very basic things, but these things have made Han Ji's eyes full of brilliance and excitement.

The two chatted for an hour or two, and when Han Da came to ask Wang Heng to eat, Han Ji was shocked and said goodbye to Wang Heng a little embarrassed, but Wang Heng smiled and left him here to eat.

During the meal, Wang Heng invited Han Ji to go to Wuling with him, so that they could discuss these aspects every day.

Han Ji is also a very free and easy person, he shouldn't have been recruited a few times before, it's just that he has no interest in being an official, this time since Wang Heng asked him to do what he is interested in, of course there is nothing to do.

Han Ji immediately agreed to Wang Heng's invitation, anyway, he hasn't married yet, his mother also has a few brothers to take care of, and he has no family burden, plus he has lived in seclusion in Luyang Mountain for a long time, and his family is used to it, so he simply didn't have to go home to say hello, and stayed directly here with Wang Heng.

Wang Heng was overjoyed, and he immediately threw some of the pamphlets he had compiled on arithmetic, geometry, and physics to Han Ji, asking him to read for himself, and if there was anything he didn't understand, he would ask himself.

In the chat just now, he found that Han Ji is not ordinarily smart, and he also drew inferences from what he told him, but this is not surprising, otherwise it would not have been possible to invent such a thing as water drainage later.

Wang Heng was very happy, as soon as he arrived in Wancheng, he accepted such a talent, and it was the most scarce kind of talent with high culture and interest in technology, presumably he would definitely become his powerful arm in the future!

After Wang Rong stayed in Wancheng for five days, the court's reward for merit finally arrived, and Wang Ei, Yang Xu and others received the order in the Nanyang Mansion.

The ministers who came to issue the decree this time were not mortals, they were all famous people, especially Wang Heng heard it, it was like thunder.

The first one is Taichang Liu Yan, this one will not be mentioned, he is a native of Jingling County, Jiangxia County, Jingzhou, more than forty years old this year, a genuine Han family clan, deeply trusted by the emperor, successively served as Jizhou Thorn History, Nanyang Taishou, Zongzheng and other positions, and now serves as one of the nine secretaries of the imperial court Taichang position, in charge of the temple, sacrifices, etiquette and other things.

The imperial court sent one of the nine secretaries to issue an edict for the Lord, which is quite a high standard.

Liu Yan came here, not only to issue an edict, but also to go to Zhangling to worship the tomb of Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, because the emperor's tomb was disturbed in this turmoil, so worship is necessary, and this is his natural duty to be too often and the clan.

The second is Zhong Xuan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, although his position is not high, but he is a close confidant of the emperor, and it is his duty to issue an edict.

Zhong Xuan is also one of the most famous calligraphers in history, known as the ancestor of regular script, Wang Heng also came to his post, of course, his name is also very familiar.

Zhong Xuan is nearly forty years old this year, and it is when he is in the prime of life, he looks dignified, and his long hair is fluttering under his chin, which makes people respect him at first sight.

The third is even more famous for Wang Heng, he is Yuan Shao, his name may not be famous now, and his identity is only the staff of the general He Jin, but for Wang Heng, who is familiar with history, he knows that he will become a generation of heroes in a few years, dominating several states in Hebei, if it is not for Cao Cao, a BUG-like opponent, maybe this world is his.

Yuan Shao is in his thirties, also tall and dignified.

At least physically, all three are excellent.

In addition to these three, there is also a little eunuch in charge of announcing the decree, named Li Quan.

This time, Wang Rong, Yang Xu and others pacified the Nanyang Rebellion, and the credit for recovering the emperor's township and the emperor's tomb was great, especially the speed of quelling the rebellion was too fast, it only took more than a month, so that the emperor's township and the emperor's tomb would not fall into the hands of the chaotic army for a long time, so the Han Emperor Liu Hong was still very generous and generous in the title this time, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Rong was named the Marquis of Linyi, 3,000 households in Shiyi, Nanyang Taishou Yang Xu was named the Marquis of Pingxiang, 1,000 households in Shiyi, and other meritorious soldiers also had their own titles.

A rebellion of more than 10,000 people was quelled, and a county marquis, a township marquis, the Han Emperor was still very generous, but in terms of money and rewards, he was not so generous, all the rewards added up to only more than five million, which can be called shabby, but everyone also knows that the days of the court are sad now, and there is really no money, so they don't care, fortunately, Wang Rong has rewarded the meritorious soldiers with the captured spoils in advance.

After the decree was issued, several ministers who issued the decree were not so strict, and Liu Yan smiled and continued to Wang Rong and Yang: "Marquis of Linyi, Marquis of Pingxiang, congratulations to the two of you." ”

Wang Rong and Yang Xu repeatedly expressed their gratitude, and Zhong Xuan and Yuan Shao also congratulated the two respectively.

Wang Rong ordered someone to reward the little eunuch Li Quan, and then set up a banquet to entertain several ministers who issued the decree, and the sergeants who escorted the ministers to Nanyang naturally also had wine and meat to be rewarded.

Originally, Yang Xu was the host, but he has always been clean and frugal, so this banquet was invited by Wang Rong, and the little eunuch Li Quan was also interested, so he didn't share the table with these famous soldiers, and went to drink with those sergeants.

In addition to Wang Rong's subordinates, these ministers were accompanied by Wang Heng, as well as Wang Heng, which was specially designated by Liu Yan.

The wine drunk during the banquet was the best Wulingchun, but Wang Rong didn't bring wine in the army, but Wancheng also had a semicolon of Tongjiang business, Wang Heng asked Han Da to go and mix some wine.

Of course, Liu Yan and others have also drunk Wuling spring wine in Luoyang, knowing that this wine is valuable, they are very satisfied with Wang Rong's arrangement, and they have been talking and laughing, only Yang Xu has been silent, and he does not drink, just eats the food in front of him.

Everyone also knows Yang Xu's character, he is extremely disgusted with the extravagance in the officialdom, he usually eats and does not drink, the food is very simple, today's appearance, it is already very face-giving to several ministers of the DPRK and China, if it is according to his usual character, there is such an expensive wine as Wu Lingchun during the banquet, he will at least brush his sleeves away, and will never stay here. Therefore the people did not think of it.

They didn't know that the reason why Yang Xu was so quiet today was because Wang Heng had done his homework for him in advance, and he told Yang Xu that the cost of this Wuling spring wine was actually very cheap, and the reason why it was sold so expensive was because he wanted to make money from those rich and powerful, and then use it to do good deeds and help the hungry.

Yang Xutong guò had dealings with Wang Heng during this time, and he also knew that he was not a liar, he had also heard about Wang Heng's soup soup in Wuling to help the hungry, and most importantly, he knew that Wang Heng was not a greedy person, which can be seen from the fact that he handed over all those huge amounts of loot to himself without hesitation, so he immediately believed Wang Heng's words.

In that case, of course he won't be mad at today's banquet, but he won't drink either, that's his own principle.

Although Yang Xu didn't say anything out of place, he was out of step with the other people at the banquet, which made the atmosphere of the banquet more and more dull, fortunately Yang Xu himself didn't want to stay here, and after eating the food in front of him, he deduced that there was something else in the county office, and left after confessing.

It stands to reason that Yang Xu's behavior is relatively rude, but everyone in the banquet knows Yang Xu's personality and respects his integrity and character, so no one has an opinion.

On the contrary, as soon as the sheep left, the atmosphere of the banquet immediately became warm.

Wang Heng has been observing this scene, he sighed in his heart, sure enough, if the water is clear, there is no fish, and there are no disciples when people are observed, Yang Xu is too honest and self-controlled, so that others don't know how to get along with him, China has been praising the story of a clean official like him for thousands of years, but in fact, the officialdom has always rejected such a person, and the guide zhì Qingguan has no room to survive.

Thinking of this, Wang Heng was a little ashamed, could he be regarded as complicit?

However, this was only a momentary emotion, Wang Heng quickly recovered his normal feelings, and continued to cheer up to accompany these very important guests, who have a very important role in Wang Heng's future.

Liu Yan picked up the wine bottle, drank it all and said: "It's really good wine, in Luoyang, I'm afraid that a bottle of this wine will cost a thousand dollars!" ”

Zhong Shao nodded and smiled without saying a word, while Yuan Shao smiled: "What is a bottle of a thousand dollars worth?" The Wuling Chun I drank last time was worth 150,000 yuan, and it doesn't seem to be as good as what Wang Junhou took out to entertain guests today. ”

Yuan Shao's own position is not worth mentioning in front of these bigwigs, but he is the son of the leader of the scholar clan, the Yuan family, and he is also a celebrity, and his reputation is also very high.

Liu Yan said: "That's natural, this wine was originally made by the prince and the prince, and the wine he took out to entertain the guests would not be bad." Speaking of which, Heng Gongzi is really a genius, not only makes good wine, but also prints books that also make the old man breathtaking! ”

Wang Heng respectfully saluted Liu Yan and said, "Just call me Shuping too often." ”

Liu Yan laughed and said: "Okay, then the old man will be entrusted to the big one, call you Shuping, the old man is a few years older than the prince and the marquis, Shuping, you can call the old man Shibo." ”

Wang Heng agreed repeatedly, but he thought in his heart that Liu Yan was one of the courtiers who he had made Lin Bin interested in, and it seemed that it had also worked, and Wang Heng had been very strong recently, and now he had been made a marquis, Liu Yan also wanted to make friends with such a promising assassin history.

Liu Yan is a very key figure, if according to the history books, should be in the year after Liu Yan will propose to the Han Emperor Liu Hong to change the history of the assassin to the state pastor of the construction of yì, and was adopted by Liu Hong, and the first to benefit is Liu Yan himself, he heard that Yizhou has a king's spirit, so he asked to serve as Yizhou pastor, the result was granted, and finally the Liu family cut Yizhou for more than 20 years.

The state pastor and the history of the assassin look similar, they are both governors of a state, and the current scope of power of the history of the state is similar to that of the state pastor, but after all, the state pastor is 2,000 stones, and the history of the assassin is only 600 stones, and now the power of the history of the assassin is only temporary.

Therefore, Wang Heng befriended Liu Yan, that is, he wanted to get a piece of the pie in the feast of the assassin Shi to change the state pastor in the following year, so that Wang Heng would also become the state pastor, so that in the Dong Zhuo Rebellion in a few years, Wang Rong could rightfully become a prince of a state.

Zhong Xuan also drank a bottle of wine, and echoed Liu Yan's words: "Yes, Shu Ping is really a genius, and he has even achieved quite a lot of calligraphy!" ”

Wang Heng hurriedly humbly said: "How dare you, talking about calligraphy in front of Mr. Yuan Chang, isn't it an axe?" ”

Yuan Shao's eyes lit up and said, "Banmen get an axe? This is a good analogy, but since Brother Yuan Chang said that you are quite successful in calligraphy, it must not be a lie. ”

Wang Heng only saved it, and the idiom of the class door axe has not appeared at this time, but the public loses, that is, the carpenter ancestor Lu Ban, but the person before this era, so everyone understands the meaning of this idiom as soon as they hear it, and they will not show the stuffing, and they are lucky in their hearts.

Zhong Xuan said: "I saw a printed book in Luoyang last month, and the words in it are said to be written by Shuping. ”

Yuan Shao said: "I wonder if Brother Yuan Chang can write it and take a look?" ”

Liu Yan also smiled and nodded: "Yes, Yuan Chang might as well write a few words, and let us open our eyes." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look forward to Zhong Xuan, who was one of the greatest calligraphers of this era, and the opportunity to watch him write on the spot was quite precious, not to mention that he was writing a new style of calligraphy.

In everyone's expectation, Zhong Miao nodded and said, "Then I will be ugly!" ”

Wang Rong asked his subordinates to take the pen and paper, spread it on a clean table, Zhong Xuan picked up the pen, dipped it in thick ink, and without thinking too much, he quickly wrote a few lines on the paper: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations.

These lines of characters are the regular script font, which is a little more flexible than the regular script created by Zhong Xuan.