After returning to the house, Yu Xuozi, Wang Kunjun and others first told Fuyaozi about their respective situations after the last separation, and then the master and apprentice began to talk about Chai Rong's summoning of everyone this time.

The reason why Chai Rong summoned everyone Fu Yaozi had already been clearly stated in the letter, so the focus of everyone's discussion was on how to behave when meeting Chai Rong this time. In this regard, there are two main suggestions given by Fuyaozi, one is to show his strengths, and the other is to be cautious. The former is to prove to Chai Rong that everyone is indeed capable and talented, and it is a talent that he can definitely use. The latter is mainly to remind everyone that Chai Rong is the king of a country after all, as the so-called "companion is like a tiger", and communicating with him must not be as casual as ordinary people or ordinary officials. Yu Xuozi, Wang Kunjun and others nodded yes again and again after hearing this, saying that they would definitely remember Master Tai's teachings and would never embarrass Master Tai.

As for when Chai Rong will officially summon everyone, it is difficult to estimate Fuyaozi. All he could do was to report the news that everyone had arrived in Kaifeng to Chai Rong through regular channels, and all he had to do was wait patiently. Fortunately, the "delegation" had anticipated this situation before coming to Kaifeng, and had already made enough margin when doing jihua before departure, so that they didn't care about waiting for a few more days.

After talking about business, the master and apprentice talked about it for a while, and it was almost noon, considering that it was not suitable for so many people to stay in the pavilion to eat, so Yu Xuozi and Wang Kunjun and other committee members exchanged opinions, and then resigned to Fuyaozi. Fuyaozi also understood that it was inconvenient for the disciples to stay here for too long, so he did not stay, and after asking them their specific addresses now, he let them leave.

Wang Kunjun and the others left the pavilion and returned to the inn, first learned about the situation of the guards from Chang Shengjun, and after learning that everything was normal, they went to eat with confidence. During this period, while eating, everyone discussed how to show their abilities and talents after meeting Chai Rong in order to achieve the best results.

In this regard, some people proposed to highlight the key points and show the team's best ability in firearms as much as possible. Some people suggested that all aspects of the team's abilities should be comprehensively demonstrated, including politics, economics, military, natural science, and so on. Some people also suggested that the above two opinions should be combined so as to highlight the key points and take into account other aspects.

Among these opinions, the brothers who support the third opinion are the most numerous, and Wang Kunjun and the other three committee members are also inclined to this view. However, according to Zhang Weixin's suggestion, this opinion has been revised to a certain extent. First of all, the highlight is not one, but two. One is in terms of firearms, which is one of the main strengths of the crossing team and must be demonstrated. The second is in the political aspect, or in terms of the general trend of the world and the national strategy. Although most of them had no previous political experience, they did not know anything about the Confucian classics that were regarded by the rulers as the foundation of governing the country at this time. However, they have their advantage, they have more than a thousand years of insight than the people of this era, they can roughly understand the future trend of history and the development trend, and know what kind of domestic and foreign policies adopted by the Central Plains imperial court in this era are most in line with the needs of national development. Moreover, the knowledge they know is the conclusion reached by countless experts and scholars after long-term research based on the historical process since then, which is very convincing.

Secondly, while highlighting the key points, we should also take into account other aspects by the way. For example, the ability to smelt iron and steel, dry salt on the seaside, make telescopes, etc., can also be shown to Chai Rong at the right time to add some points for himself.

As for who will show Chai Rong these advantages, it will be decided according to the ability and knowledge of everyone themselves. In terms of firearms, everyone's opinions are relatively unanimous, and they are all in favor of Xu Shaoan and Zeng Zhilin coming forward to explain. On the political front, the vast majority of people, including Wang Kunjun, advocated that Zhang Weixin should be responsible for communicating with Chai Rong. At the beginning, Zhang Weixin also advocated that Wang Kunjun should come forward and assist himself, but his suggestion was very simply rejected by Wang Kunjun. Wang Kunjun said that he is far less familiar with these things than Zhang Weixin, even if he is learning from Zhang Weixin now, he can only learn a little skin, Chai Rong will definitely show his stuff if he asks a few more words, which is not beautiful. Seeing that Wang Kunjun's attitude was very resolute, Zhang Weixin finally had to accept everyone's proposition and take responsibility in this regard. ,

In addition, if the "delegation" behaves well, the other party may also reward everyone because he appreciates everyone's ability and likes the gifts given by the "delegation". On this issue, everyone unanimously decided that if Chai Rong rewarded money or kind, then accept it. If Chai Rong's reward is an official position, then in the current situation that the team members are unlikely to stay in Zhou Guo, it is better to refuse more tactfully. After all, the team members will live in Youzhou for a long time in the future, and it is always inconvenient to have an official position of Zhou Guo - even if it is just a fictitious position. Once this matter is known to the local government, especially the people who stayed in the mansion, it will be quite detrimental to the development and even safety of the team in Youzhou.

Of course, these are just the responses made by the "delegation" behind closed doors, and after really meeting Chai Rong, everyone still has to adapt to the situation, and must not just stick to Jihua and not know how to be flexible.

The response to Jihua has been formulated, and all that remains is to wait patiently for news from Master Tai's side. Fortunately, Fuyaozi did not let the disciples wait too long, and two days after everyone saw Fuyaozi, that is, early in the morning of the twenty-third day of the second month of Xiande, when the "delegation" was discussing what activities should be carried out in the inn to celebrate the New Year, the guys in the store came to report that the officials sent by the imperial court had entered the inn and wanted to talk to the person in charge among them, and were coming to the small courtyard where they lived.

Hearing that the imperial court sent someone to come, Wang Kunjun and the others knew that it was Master Tai's report that had a reply, and it was estimated that Chai Rong planned to summon them. So, everyone hurriedly walked out of the hospital and took the officials of the imperial court into the small courtyard.

According to Zhang Weixin, judging from his dress, the grade is not as high as Zhao Pu's seven-grade sesame official, which is equivalent to the status of an agency clerk in his previous life. Of course, he was referring to Zhao Pu now, not Zhao Pu in a few years. However, if you think about it, the current identity of the members of the "delegation" is just a businessman, and Chai Rong will not be able to send a high-level official even if he gives face to Master Tai.

The purpose of this Feng "clerk" is very simple, one is to inform everyone that the official family has decided to summon them two days later, that is, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month. The second is to ask everyone to move immediately and live in the imperial court's pavilion from now on. Subsequently, he urged everyone in the "delegation" to immediately pack up their things, and he was responsible for bringing everyone to the pavilion for settlement.

Wang Kunjun and the others did not dare to slack off when they heard this, and immediately began to pack their things, pack some luggage, load the car, pull the horse, and prepare to stop in a short time, and then in the slightly surprised eyes of the Feng "clerk", they drove nine cars, rode and led more than 60 horses, including the Feng "clerk" who was also assigned a horse to ride, a total of 60 people went to the imperial court pavilion.

When everyone came to the entrance of the pavilion, it happened that it was the same post guard they had seen last time they came, and this young man was first taken aback by such a large procession, thinking that the diplomatic mission of which country had arrived. Later, when I saw that the leader was just a "clerk" of the Ministry of Rites, I knew that it was not a high-level "delegation", so I didn't rush to the pavilion to find the post.

Feng "clerk" stepped forward to explain the situation to the post guard, and showed the official document of the Ministry of Rites to the other party to see. When the post man saw that there was an official document, he asked the other party to wait while informing the post officer.

The rest of the matter is simple, Yi Cheng has seen the official document, and found that there are a few familiar faces in this team who have seen two days ago, and they are very neat and "clerk" Feng for the sake of formalities, and welcome the "delegation" into the pavilion.

Perhaps it was because Yi Cheng knew that it was a disciple of the old fairy of Fuyaozi, so when arranging the residence of the "delegation", he deliberately chose a relatively large courtyard next to the small courtyard where Fuyaozi lived. After explaining the rules of the pavilion to the "delegation", Yicheng left the courtyard and went to his own business.

After sending off Yicheng, Wang Kunjun and the others settled their luggage slightly, assigned their respective rooms, and told their guards to come to the small courtyard where Master Tai lived to greet the old fairy Fuyaozi.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Kunjun and the others had just finished lunch with Master Tai, and the Feng "clerk" came to the pavilion again, but this time in addition to him, there was another official who accompanied him. When greeting these two officials, Zhang Weixin took the opportunity to let the other party into the room and whispered in Wang Kunjun's ear: "Fifth brother, I don't think the person who came with Clerk Feng is not an official of the imperial court. ”,

Wang Kunjun said in surprise when he heard this: "Old Five, what do you mean by this?" Isn't that person an official, could it be a local gentry? But he doesn't look like he's dressed. ”

Zhang Weixin shook his head and said: "Of course he is not a gentleman, judging from his appearance, style, and dress, I think he is a eunuch nine times out of ten." ”

"Eunuch!" When Wang Kunjun heard that the man was a eunuch, he almost didn't scream. He subconsciously glanced at the man's face, and found that the man was indeed white-skinned, and there was not a single sleek beard on his chin. You know, in this era, men only trim their beards, but they don't shave them thoroughly. Except for women who don't grow beards, only eunuchs can have no beards. Of course, the people of this era referred to here are not among the time-travelers. Although most of the men in the team grew beards to a greater or lesser extent in order to make it easier to deal with the people of this era, there were still a few younger brothers who still adhered to the habits of their previous lives, often shaving their chins clean. In the "delegation" that came to Kaifeng this time, in addition to Lin Xiaoyu, who didn't know how to grow a beard, Zeng Zhilin and Wang Feng were like this.

"What are you doing with a good eunuch? Could it be that the decree is to be read to us or something? Wang Kunjun asked puzzled.

Zhang Weixin shook his head again and said, "I don't see it, his hands are empty, and he came alone, so it shouldn't be a decree." According to my estimate, it is possible that he has come to teach us court etiquette. After all, this is the first time we have entered the palace to see the driver, and many etiquette things are not understood, if we make a mistake in front of Chai Rong, it will not look good on the face of the court. ”

Wang Kunjun felt that Zhang Weixin's speculation was very reasonable, and while nodding in agreement, he hurriedly followed the footsteps of the first eunuch he had seen in his life and entered the room.

As it turned out, Zhang Weixin's speculation was correct. The person who came with Feng's "clerk" was indeed the palace attendant Eunuch Liu, which could be easily judged from the voice he spoke to. And his purpose here is indeed to teach the corresponding court etiquette to the "delegation", so as not to lose the etiquette when these ordinary people who don't understand the rules see today.

Wang Kunjun and others had no interest in such boring and complicated things, especially when asked to bow to a person they didn't know. After all, since the crossing of the fight, except for the old immortal who respects them in their hearts and is old enough to be their grandfather, they have not performed this kind of salute to anyone else.

However, no matter how impatient and reluctant they were, for the future development of the team and the future of the brothers, Wang Kunjun and the others could only pinch their noses and learn from the dead eunuch who was neither male nor female how to walk in the palace, how to salute when they saw the emperor, how to talk to the emperor, and so on.

This palace etiquette class lasted from the afternoon to the evening when the lanterns were held, and the Rao brothers were in good health, and most of them often practiced martial arts, but they were still tired with back pain and leg cramps. Not only them, but even the Feng "clerk" who only watched from the sidelines most of the time and occasionally helped Eunuch Liu correct the movements of the members of the "delegation", was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist. In stark contrast to them, the eunuch Liu, who was very patient and meticulous in teaching everyone the rules, after a busy afternoon of "tireless hard work" and "conscientiousness", except for his slightly hoarse voice because he talked too much, he demonstrated various actions very standard and in place. This made Wang Kunjun and others have to secretly pick out their fingers and express their admiration for this person's "professionalism" and "professional quality".

After tossing the members of the "delegation" for an afternoon, Eunuch Feng finally decided to let these guys who were already tired and exhausted go. The brothers all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, but before they had time to cheer and celebrate that they had finally gotten rid of the "sea of suffering", they were choked back by Eunuch Feng's message before leaving, "Our family will come tomorrow to continue to teach you the etiquette of waiting for a day".

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