Sima Kao came out of Zhao Jiaren's yamen, and the two bowls of curry mutton stewed noodles made him feel very satisfied in his stomach. With an oilcloth umbrella, Sima Kao wanted to go back to his residence, but stopped.

'There are lessons to be learned from many things, and the better this kind of plan is, the more it must have missed something'. Sima Kao wanted to ignore Xu Yuanzhi's arrogant speech, but Xu Yuanzhi's contemptuous expression couldn't be eliminated from his mind immediately. This made Sima Kao feel very unhappy in his heart.

Sima Kao is a jinshi after all, and he also knows that Xu Yuanzhi's words are indeed very reasonable, and it is too difficult to refute them purely from the truth. After thinking about it for a while, Sima Kao remembered the slogan written on the wall of Zhao Jiaren's school, 'No investigation, no right to speak'. Now Sima Kao had an idea, and he finally stepped into the rain, merging into the men and women who were walking in the rain with umbrellas on the street.

When he reached the intersection, Sima Kao stopped again. Just across the street in front of Sima Kao, a large rice shop sign came into view. Sima Kao couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he was originally going to go out to find some people he knew to inquire about this, but it was far better to ask those people than to go to the rice shop to have a look.

When I entered the door, I saw several boxes of white rice with labels on them. That's all in catties. Sima Kao stepped forward and called the man and asked, "May I ask how much your rice costs a stone?" ”

"One stone of rice is worth forty pounds." The guy replied enthusiastically.

After Sima was admitted to Zhao Jiaren's place, he ate in the canteen, and basically never did it himself. I don't know the price of rice, I heard the Zhao family and Xu Yuanzhi debate before, and they talked about earning three times with one stone of rice. However, the price of rice is 40 yuan, and no matter how you transport rice, you will not only earn three yuan. With the trade behavior of the Great Song Dynasty, one stone of rice should be earned in half.

When he had a question in his heart, Sima Kao asked a lot of questions, and the more he asked, the more confused he became. After he came out, he went to several rice shops, and finally got the same result, all of which were once the rice was handed over forty times. The pensive Sima Kao suddenly patted his head and went straight to the cafeteria.

The master chef of the canteen doesn't know what to do, they just need to make how much rice and how much rice they cook every day. As for how expensive the rice is, they don't care at all. In response to Sima Kao's question, Master Fu replied happily: "Teacher Sima, it's useless for you to ask us. Do you go ask the logistics office? ”

Sima Kao felt that it also made sense, how did the master below know the purchase price. So I went to the logistics department to find the logistics director. The director was supervising the children's homework at home, and when he saw Zhao Jiaren's teacher Sima Kao in the same year, he welcomed him in very warmly. When Sima Kao saw that there were two babies with their heads down, he knew in his heart that the director was educating the children at home, and he was still educating the sticks of love. He hurriedly smiled and said, "I have something I want to ask, the rice on the market is forty yuan for one stone." But I don't know what the price of the rice our school gets. ”

The head of the logistics department originally had a smile on his face, but after hearing this, he lost his smile. He frowned slightly, stared at Sima Kao and asked, "I don't know who asked Mr. Sima about this?" ”

Sima Kao felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly said, "This is my own curiosity. I don't know how much I can earn at the price of 40 guan per stone. ”

"I don't know anything like that." The chief of logistics replied with a straight face.

Sima Kao began to understand that he was Meng Lang in this matter. What price to get rice, this is the internal market of business. Just like Sima Kao himself invested some money to buy silk and sell it to the South China Sea through Zhao Jiaren's fleet, Sima Kao would not tell others what the price of the silk he bought was.

Knowing this, Sima Kao hurriedly said goodbye and left. The next day, when Sima Kao returned to the office after class, he saw Yuan Hongjie, the secretary of the Navigation Guild, sitting in Sima Kao's office. Seeing Sima Kao come in, Yuan Hongjie stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Sima, it's been a hard work." ”

Sima Kao knew that Yuan Hongjie was an officer in the Navigation Guild, and he was basically more like the big shopkeeper. Although he doesn't directly manage all kinds of things, he will be understood by Yuan Hongjie. This high-ranking officer, who can be said to be a high-ranking official, has nothing to do with Sima Kao, and now he must have suddenly appeared something. Thinking of this, Sima Kao smiled and said, "But I don't know what Secretary Yuan has to say?" ”

"I hear you're asking about something." Yuan Hongjie said straight to the point.

Sima Kao's face became unsightly. He didn't expect what he had done to be reported so quickly, and the speed at which the logistics chief made a small report was not slow.

Without waiting for Sima Kao to speak, Yuan Hongjie continued: "I think Mr. Sima must know that many things must be kept secret. We have internal requirements, but if you cross the line to inquire about the price or something, you must report it. Otherwise, it is dereliction of duty. Let me put it this way, if the director of logistics leaks the price of hundreds or thousands of shops in the market on the 67th Road, how much do you think we will lose? A shop dares to lose dozens of times, and hundreds or thousands of shops are tens of thousands. A few words are worth tens of thousands, Mr. Sima thinks we should be careful? ”

Sima Kao asked angrily, "Director Yuan thinks I'm a spy sent by another family?" ”

Yuan Hongjie looked at Sima Kao calmly, and said slowly: "If I thought that Mr. Sima was a spy sent by another family, I wouldn't have come to ask you." We came to ask you why Mr. Sima asked about the purchase price of this rice. ”

Sima Kao felt that he had been greatly insulted, and he wanted to answer indignantly, 'You want to go yourself'. But in an instant, Sima Kao also remembered his identity, and he ate here at Zhao Jiaren's place. If Sima Kao was just studying and teaching, he could still walk away. However, he could not do so at this time, and it was said that the ship carrying the silk of Sima Kao was about to return to port, and a good reward was in front of him. Pressing down on his anger, Sima Kao reluctantly replied: "I talked to Zhao Zhizhou about how much he could earn once Mi Ruo came back from overseas, so I couldn't help but want to see if it was true." That's why I asked about it. ”

Yuan Hongjie asked some more detailed questions, and then said, "I first ask Mr. Sima not to ask about these prices again." This is all our secret, and it is inconvenient to tell the outside world. In addition, we will write a report based on this, and Mr. Sima can sign it after reading it, proving that our report is not a fabrication of dialogue. Luckily. ”

Although Yuan Hongjie's tone was not intense, Sima Kao was completely angered by the content of his words, and he stood up and said angrily: "You still want to confess? ”

In the face of Sima Kao's anger, Yuan Hongjie did not flinch in the slightest, he still said calmly: "This is not a confession, this is a record." It's good for everybody. If someone accuses you of this, I'll have something to prove the whole thing. After you read it, you will sign and draw it because you are worried about what someone has in mind. ”

"Write as much as you like! I'm not going to sign it! Sima Kao replied angrily, then got up and went out.

He didn't even take an umbrella and just walked out. The rain outside was fine, drenching on Sima Kao's face that was hot because of anger, making Sima Kao feel very comfortable. His heart was churning with anger, grief and indignation, and the indignation of being investigated, as well as the sadness caused by his own falling to such a point. After walking like this for a while, the heat on his body dissipated, and after the rain completely wet Sima Kao, he began to feel cold all over.

"Why did I end up in such a field?" Sima Kao, who was cold in his body and cold in his heart, couldn't help but start asking himself. The reason is easy to find, before he accidentally received an errand in Ezhou, and inexplicably became the target of Jia Yidao's attack, and now he accidentally touched Zhao Jiaren's mold. Although logically speaking, Zhao Jiaren's idea of asking for secrecy is correct. However, that was to crack down on people with different intentions, and Sima Kao asked himself if he didn't want to be unfavorable to Zhao Jiaren. The reason for this incident was even because of Zhao Jiaren, if Zhao Jiaren hadn't talked about those things that made money, Sima Kao would not have gone to investigate on a whim.

…… For example, if Zhao Jiaren hadn't helped Jia Nidao, Jia Nidao might probably die in Ezhou......

I don't know why, Sima Kao connected the two blows in his life with Zhao Jiaren, and although Sima Kao was cold, an evil fire bubbled out of his heart. He looked up at the road, and found that he was somehow walking on the way to the yamen, puffed up his chest, and Sima Kao went straight to the yamen, ready to have a good theory with Zhao Jiaren.

Seeing Sima Kao coming in soaking wet, Zhao Jiaren was stunned. However, he did not stay long, and immediately ordered people to "make a fire, boil water, and prepare to dry clothes."

These few nouns made Sima Kao feel a certain warmth, but he was also afraid that he would be bought by such warmth, so he took advantage of his anger and said loudly: "Brother Zhao." I have something to tell you. ”

"Your body is more important." Zhao Jiaren unceremoniously interrupted Sima Kao's words, "I don't care how angry you are, how much you want to find some kind of psychological balance by feeling pain. In my judgment, your physical health is important. So get rid of the possibility of making yourself sick before you talk. ”

Many of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were physically strong, such as Wen Tianxiang. There are also many who are even proficient in martial arts bows and arrows, such as Dong Huai, the right prime minister who fought with Zhao Jiaren before. However, Sima Kao was not so strong, and two strong women came to the left and right, and they carried Sima Kao to the bathroom in the back.

Sima Kao suffered from the cold, and the loss of body heat was relatively large. As a result, the two women were taken to the bathroom and stripped to only a pair of silk panties. The two of them didn't continue to do anything, but poured bath water for Sima Kao and put him in the bath tub to warm up. Then he untied his hair and washed his hair.

Having never received such treatment, Sima Kao was almost in despair. However, when I soak in the warm bath water, my body temperature rises, and my mood becomes a little healthy and uplifted. When the chill was expelled from his body, Sima Kao began to feel that his previous actions were a little childish. Someone brought in hot clothes to dry, and Sima Kao dried himself and changed into clothes. The sense of self-confidence he had once felt completely lost reappeared.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren, Zhao Jiaren asked people to bring the brown sugar ginger soup that had been prepared, and then invited a strong woman to come over and dry Sima Kao's hair, and then wrapped Sima Kao's head with a warm cloth towel.

"I hope you don't catch a cold." Zhao Jiaren felt that he had done his best, and his tone was just narrating. After finishing speaking, Zhao Jiaren said again: "I don't know what is so depressed about Brother Sima, he is so angry that he spoils himself to vent his anger." ”

According to Zhao Jiaren, a psychiatrist, according to the neuronal hypothesis, what determines human thinking is the 'analogous structure of the brain' formed in evolution, as well as a database composed of more than a billion neuronal connections. Humans are not computers, and they do not analyze everything to get results. In order to be efficient, the human mind must adopt an analogical model.

When the neuronal connectivity hypothesis came out, it didn't just point to possible patterns of human thinking. What makes Zhao Jiaren appreciate more is that at least let the human soul say that there is nowhere to be in Zhao Jiaren's world of knowledge. The fact that the 'eternal soul' proved to be non-existent means that it is possible for human beings to become gods by distilling 'pure wisdom'.

Therefore, Sima Kao's behavior is nothing wrong in Zhao Jiaren's opinion, and when he is depressed, he hopes that the world can change with it. This is a property of the 'analogous construction of the human brain'. The physical sensation triggered by a decrease in body temperature is similar to a depressed mood. As for the reason for the depression, Zhao Jiaren was ready to ask Sima Kao to gain further knowledge.

Sima Kao didn't have this knowledge, so he couldn't understand the world in Zhao Jiaren's eyes, let alone Zhao Jiaren's views on human beings. From Zhao Jiaren's point of view, he is trying to find a feeling that Sima Kao's brain can feel happy and upward, hoping that the new stimulus can make Sima Kao's thinking also turn into a happy and upward trajectory through analogy.

Ignorance may be happiness, and if Sima Kao knew Zhao Jiaren's train of thought, he might have lost all hope because he saw such a callous understanding. It is precisely because of ignorance, the warm bath water, and the bathing that women forced Sima Kao to take are analogous to many of Sima Kao's warm memories, such as his experience of being dragged into the bathtub by his mother when he was a child. So Sima Kao described the dissatisfaction in his heart to Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren was a little surprised, he didn't expect Sima Kao to actually link Zhao Jiaren's system with Jia Yidao's attack on political opponents under similar conditions of 'being frustrated'. But thinking about it carefully, Zhao Jiaren was also relieved. Whether it is the system set by Zhao Jiaren or the blow of Jia Yidao, it is an indiscriminate attack on the system. From this point of view, Sima Kao's analogy is not entirely out of line.

After feeling that he understood Sima Kao, Zhao Jiaren, who had been listening, spoke. "Brother Sima, if you compare it like this, one thing is right. What Jia Nidao and I did was related to eating and smashing the pot. For Jia Nidao, the court with him as the left prime minister is a pot, if you don't smash the old pot, it won't be Jia Nidao's turn to appear in a new pot. And the system I have set is to prevent someone from smashing the pot, and if someone does not follow the system, they will smash my pot. So Jia Rudao is a saboteur, and I am a defender. From this point of view, Jia Nidao and I are completely different. ”

Sima Kao is a smart person, and his mood has returned to a progressive thinking path at this time. He understood Zhao Jiaren's explanation, and he understood it a little. Of course, what I understand best is Sima Kao's positioning of himself. Whether it is Jia Nidao who smashed the pot, or Zhao Jiaren who maintains the pot, Sima Kao is the food in the pot and can be disposed of.