"Oh, it's changed, why didn't you announce it earlier, and the old man can sweep the couch to greet him."

Seeing Su Hao come to the academy, the Sect Wu Zhicheng shouted to greet him, and that enthusiasm was as if he had seen Sage Kong come over. Old Master Wu has always been an extremely upright person who pays great attention to the dignity of his teacher, but in front of Su Hao, he seems to have changed people, this may be the so-called Corporal Lixian.

Su Hao bowed to Wu Zhicheng and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu is too polite, how can the student dare to come out to greet him in person?" ”

Wu Zhicheng said: "Afford it, afford it." I have heard from the students about digging wells in the countryside instead. Eighty percent of the wells can produce water, which is really remarkable. You don't know, the students in the academy have been talking about the most in the past few days, and what you said about the Western way of learning things. ”

"Hehe, I'm sorry, but the students have some gossip to confuse the public, which affects the teaching of the college." Su Hao said half-jokingly.

Wu Zhicheng said: "Haha, what kind of fallacy is this, it is clearly the way of the sage." ”

The two of them walked into the Religious Office with greetings and sat down in the lobby. A servant came over and poured tea, Wu Zhicheng beckoned Su Hao to drink tea, and asked, "Change, I heard that you only returned to the county seat yesterday, why do you have time to come to our academy today?" ”

Su Hao said: "Mr. Wu is knowingly asking, I heard a message from an old man, saying that it was Mr. Wu, and I must come to the academy in person to make it clear to Mr. Wu face to face, otherwise the academy will sweep away the student Cheng Dong I entrusted to him." ”

"How can there be such a thing, it must be that the messenger misinterpreted the old man's meaning." Wu Zhicheng denied it with a shy old face. These words were indeed said by him to Fang Mengjin personally, and they reached Su Hao's ears through Han Qian's mouth, but he was still a little embarrassed to let him admit to his face that he had used such means to blackmail Su Hao.

Su Hao knew that the old gentleman was thin-skinned, and the other party was an elder, so it didn't hurt to make a little joke, and it would be too bad to hold on to it. He smiled and said: "Even if Mr. didn't say this, the student came back from the countryside, and he had to make a special trip to the academy to thank Mr. for taking Cheng Dong in. ”

Wu Zhicheng had heard Fang Mengjin introduce the matter of the sisters and brothers of the Cheng family, so knowing what Su Hao was referring to, he waved his hand and said, "This matter is not your fault, you don't have to worry about it." This Cheng Dong is talented and has a solid foundation, I like it very much. Even if I hadn't changed your recommendation, I would have been willing to admit him to the academy. ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Su Hao said.

After Wu Zhicheng finished explaining Cheng Dong's affairs, he laughed twice and said to Su Hao: "I accepted the people, but this bundle of assets is unavoidable. I heard that the Cheng family's sister and brother are poor, and they must not be able to afford it, so is it a good thing to do it to the end, so they will pay this bundle? ”

The so-called bundle, that is, tuition, is said to have been passed down from Confucius. At that time, Confucius recruited students and asked each student to pay 10 strips of bacon as tuition. The word has been passed down and has become a nickname for the people who read the books when they collect fees. For example, Han Wen hired Su Hao as his master, and paid Su Hao's salary every month, also known as Shu Yu.

The academy has funds allocated by the county government, of course, there is no shortage of Cheng Dong's tuition, Wu Zhicheng said that let Su Hao pay Cheng Dong's tuition, in fact, it means something else.

Su Hao had already prepared, he took out three booklets from the package he carried, handed them to Wu Zhicheng, and said: "When the students went to the countryside, they sorted out the Western studies they had learned, and now they have drafted one volume each of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and ask Mr. Wu to look at it. ”

Wu Zhicheng's eyes lit up, he stood up, stretched out his hands and respectfully took the three booklets, opened them, and saw that there were some various theorems neatly written in fly-headed letters, as well as formulas represented by Arabic numerals and some strange symbols. Wu Zhicheng looked greedily, and while watching, he sighed continuously, although he couldn't fully digest this knowledge for a while, he knew that the value of this knowledge was immeasurable.

What Su Hao wrote to Wu Zhicheng is almost the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge in compulsory education in later generations. He used a highly generalized approach, condensing the knowledge of each subject into a single booklet. He believed that with Wu Zhicheng's wisdom, he would definitely be able to realize the mystery and transform it into more detailed words.

Su Hao didn't mean to embarrass Wu Zhicheng, but he was very busy in the countryside during this time, and he didn't have time to sit down and write textbooks carefully. Besides, using a brush to write mathematical formulas is also extremely troublesome, and if possible, he would rather let someone else do such a thing.

Wu Zhicheng got these three booklets, and he no longer had the intention of chatting with Su Hao. He had a few perfunctory words with Su Hao, then found an excuse and sent Su Hao out. As soon as Su Hao left, Wu Zhicheng went into his study with these three pamphlets in his arms, and ordered his subordinates not to go in and disturb him except for bringing him food.

Su Hao came out of Wu Zhicheng's teaching office and wandered around the academy. Most of the students who came to the meeting knew this young master who had been in the limelight in the academy, and they greeted him and saluted him one after another, and Su Hao also returned the salute to everyone. There are also some who used to go to the countryside with Su Hao to explore wells, and they came back one after another before that, and they were naturally more cordial when they saw Su Hao.

was walking, only to hear a rush of footsteps behind him, Su Hao looked back, but it was Ma Yu with a happy face. As soon as he saw Su Hao turn around, Ma Yu hurriedly beckoned: "Brother Gai, I was about to go to the county office to look for you, but I heard that you came to the academy." If you're not busy, would you like to go to the Sword Box Pavilion with your little brother? ”

When Su Hao came to the academy, he actually had something to do, and when he was going to chat happily with Wu Zhicheng, he mentioned it by the way, but when Wu Zhicheng got a few textbooks he wrote, he turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, and he didn't leave Su Hao time to talk about things at all. Hearing that Ma Yu took the initiative to invite him to chat, Su Hao said happily: "It just so happens that the junior brother also has something to discuss with Brother Duwen." ”

"That's great, come, brother of change, please here." Ma Yu responded.

The two of them walked through the garden of the academy and came to the sword box pavilion that Ma Yu said. This is actually an ordinary octagonal pavilion, except that a long strip of granite with grooves on it is offered in the middle. It is said that this piece of granite was used to hide the sword, and the sword box was called, hence the name. Located in a corner of the garden, surrounded by lush trees, the Sword Box Pavilion has always been a place for students to relax and discuss poetry and books.

Su Hao and Ma Yu entered the pavilion and sat down on the stone bench, Su Hao said with a smile: "Brother Shicai Duwen said that he planned to go to the county government to find me, but what advice did he give to the younger brother?" ”

Ma Yu waved his hand and said: "Brother Change's words make the younger brother ashamed, how dare the younger brother give any advice to Brother Change, the younger brother has some questions that he can't figure out, and he wants to ask Brother Gai for advice." ”

"Oh? But what about this geology? Su Hao asked. He knew that Ma Yu was the head of the county exam in the first year, and his article skills were a few streets better than him. Ma Yu said that he wanted to ask him for advice, obviously it could not be for the Four Books and Five Classics, but only the knowledge related to geological exploration.

Ma Yu nodded: "Exactly." This time I went to the countryside to survey the well, and the younger brother learned a lot from the brother of Gai, and the more I pondered the learning of this Westerner, the more unfathomable I felt. These days, the younger brother has sorted out some unclear questions, and he hopes that the brother will give advice. ”

Speaking of this, he took out a stack of papers and handed it to Su Hao. Su Hao took it and looked at it, and couldn't help sweating like rain. I saw that on these papers, dozens of questions were densely written, some about trigonometric functions, some about geological structures, and some of them were so difficult that even a future undergrad majoring in geology might not be able to answer satisfactorily.

"Brother Duwen, these questions you are pondering are too difficult, right?" Su Hao said.

Ma Yu said embarrassedly: "Yes, I also think that some problems seem to be on the tip of the bull's horns, but the younger brother has such a problem, the more he can't figure it out, the more he wants to figure it out." I'm not afraid to change my brother's jokes, these days my little brother is thinking about these questions in his sleep. ”

Otherwise, someone else can be the head of the case, just this kind of curiosity** is not something that the original talent Su Hao can compare. Looking at Ma Yu's expectant gaze, Su Hao shook his head and said, "Brother Duwen, I can answer your questions." But the answers to some of these questions may require some additional knowledge, which is not something that can be mastered in three or two days. If you want to understand these questions, I'm afraid it will take three or five years to learn these preparatory knowledge, and you obviously can't afford to delay these times. ”

"Why can't you afford to delay?" Ma Yu widened his eyes and asked, "Brother Gai, I'm only 20 years old this year, what is three or five years for me?" Ten years of cold windows have survived, let alone three or five years, even if you sit on the cold bench for another ten years, the younger brother will not hesitate. ”

"Won't it?" Su Hao said, "You are the head of the county test, and you have made a lot of efforts to drill wells this time, and the quota for next year's township test will definitely be given to you by Lord Han, don't you have to review your homework?" ”

Ma Yu said firmly: "Brother Gaizhi, I have already thought about it, I am not going to participate in next year's township examination." ”