Chapter 31 The First Gentleman of the County
Tie Niu also knew each other, and when he saw that his master was angry, he immediately knelt down, hugged one of the young man's legs, and begged loudly: "Can't you, young master!" Tie Niu has been with you for many years, and there is no credit and hard work...... The Western Zhou side can't afford the amount of food for the iron cow! ”
It seemed to be pleading, but there was no panic in the tone at all, just like a formality.
…… This is disgusting my poor family!
Zhou Daoan wiped the non-existent sweat in his heart, did not speak, and continued to watch the group of people in front of him "perform".
But Zhou Daoan didn't say it, but the man in white was a little stuck here. Seeing that Zhou Daoan was eating and drinking all day long, he didn't pick up the stubble, he had to glance at the iron bull lying on the ground with a pouting buttocks, and said to Zhou Daoan:
"Fourth, I'll put my words here! Tie Niu will report to you this afternoon, will you accept it? ”
Zhou Daoan, who has seen many people in his previous life, still can't see the meaning of this "cousin"? Don't look at him scolding this black man, in fact, this big man with the same name as the black whirlwind is his favorite servant, and now he is just shaking his majesty! If you know each other, you should excuse yourself and help Tie Niu plead for mercy......
But......
"Good! Since you have said everything, cousin, how can the eldest husband not believe his words! Don't worry, I'll let Xiao Gui arrange Tie Niu's housing when I go back! Three meals a day, no matter how full you eat. Zhou Daoan said with a smile.
"Huh?"
When Zhou Daoan said this, a group of people were dumbfounded! Young Master An, it seems that you shouldn't say that......
"Young Master An, the slave maid asks for a favor for Tie Niu......" The one who spoke was the scholar next to the man in white-Qing Ming. This little scholar has a face like a crown of jade, eyebrows and eyes like ink, red lips like fire, and is wearing a crimson dress, standing there with a smile that looks too feminine. As soon as he opened his mouth now, the soft and glutinous voice immediately gave Zhou Daoan goosebumps.
And call yourself a slave? What gender are you?
Xiao Gui couldn't help but turn his head sideways and retch.
"Tie Niu is used to staying in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and he is a rough man, there must be a lot of discomfort when he goes to Young Master An...... "Qing Ming smiled enchantingly and continued, "You just think this guy is just joking, adults don't remember villains......
Zhou Daoan also glanced at Qingming with a smile, but the words were not said to him-
"Tie Niu is joking, so my cousin is also joking?"
These words seem simple and normal, but they make the face of the man in white pale! Immediately, his face also turned red, and he said loudly: "Fart, what a stinky fart!" Young Master Ben has always been the same, how can he go back on his word? Qingming, I think you don't want to stay in Dongzhou either? What are you babbling about here? I want you to be troublesome! ”
As soon as these words came out, the little scholar Qingming was so frightened that he "lost his face", and he fell down at once, pouting his ass and shaking, and shouted repeatedly, "The slave is talking nonsense, the young master spared Qingming this time, Qingming must not leave the young master!" As he spoke, his voice began to cry.
"Fourth, these two goods will go to you today! No, stay now, I'll be angry when I look at them more! The man in white waited for a while, seeing that Zhou Daoan was still there, he couldn't hold his face after all, so he stood up fiercely, stomped his feet, and didn't care about the pleading of the two people, waved his sleeves suddenly, turned around and left.
The other party left in a hurry, and it seemed that he couldn't help but regret it if he stayed for a second longer. Seeing that this farce came and went in a hurry, a large group of people on the other side left in a hurry, Zhou Dao'an exhaled comfortably, looked at Qingming and Tie Niu lying on the ground, and couldn't help but have a headache.
He really doesn't want these two goods - this is obviously the follower of the gentleman's son, and he is used to being pompous, how can he keep such a person by his side? Just now, he also wanted to squeeze the cousin of the sect - who made the other party look down on Western Zhou as soon as he came up? I didn't think that this gentleman loves face so much, and he brushed his sleeves away after being squeezed a little, and there is really no city government......
"My cousins are gone, what are you still doing lying on the ground?" Zhou Daoan said to the two people on the ground.
"Young Master An, this ...... We ...... "Qing Ming trembled and didn't know what to do." He is really scared now - when he followed his master in the past, there were often times when he didn't pay attention to what he said, but because the master was the first master in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, in addition to his old master and eldest young master, those young masters in the family would deliberately avoid it...... Over time, his little scholar also developed a casual habit.
Unexpectedly, today, Young Master An, who is a classmate of his own young master and usually flatters the young master like a fart, has changed his style from the past, and in a few words, he has lost his young master...... This is just a surprise!
Thinking of the prosperity of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the "downfall" of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qing Ming couldn't help but feel bitter - look at the ordinary silk that Young Master An dresses by himself, it is not mixed with fine cotton! How could the delicate skin of the slave family stand it......
Fortunately, Zhou Daoan couldn't feel Qingming's mixed feelings, otherwise he might have to vomit out the breakfast he had just eaten.
Looking at the two people who were at a loss, Zhou Daoan didn't say much, got up and walked out of the restaurant.
"Young Master An'er......" Xiao Gui was the first to catch up with behind his buttocks, and when he looked back, he found that Qingming and Tie Niu were also following behind him with their heads down, so he lowered his voice and said to Zhou Daoan, "Young Master, how did you become ...... So powerful? Let Young Master Qi eat deflated, this is the first time I'll see you! Young Master Qi is the famous first master of Yu Zhang, except for the second master of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, everyone else has nothing to do with him...... This time, our Western Zhou can be regarded as better than the Eastern Zhou! ”
Thinking that he often couldn't raise his head in front of the young masters of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, even those servants of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were arrogant to themselves. Now, the two who spoke the most were following behind him, and Xiao Gui gloated.
"Don't talk nonsense......" Zhou Daoan scolded Xiao Gui with a smile who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, he didn't have anything to be proud of - his cousin who could win by just two sentences, no matter how you look at it, it is the misfortune of his own family! So, he began to inquire about the information of this sect gentleman.
Zhou Daoqi, the son of Zhou Wenbo, the master of the West Tuesday Room, ranks third in the Zhou family. Since he was a child, he has shown the "talent" of the first gentleman in the county, and he can't do anything, but he is a good hand at playing. What kind of horse fighting, cockfighting, eagle hunting, boiling dogs, are famous. His own courtyard was named "Freedom Garden", and it was full of strange and interesting things.
In addition, it is said that the maids in the second room have all been touched by him - he broke his virgin body at the age of twelve, and he was already a frequent visitor to the Liuyue Pavilion at the age of fourteen......
"Liuyue Pavilion?" Zhou Daoan suddenly frowned, isn't this place where he died before?
"Yes! By the way, it's you, young master...... Where the accident happened. That day was Young Master Qi, who was just celebrating with the other sons of the public school, and the holiday was coming, young master, you made it up...... "Xiao Gui said.
"I ...... What kind of person was he before? When Zhou Daoan heard Xiao Gui say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. My predecessor looks wooden and sullen! At the age of sixteen, he had already followed his cousin in and out of Fengyue Place. However, it seems that the status of his predecessor may be high in the eyes of the common people, but in fact, in the eyes of the children of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the larger family, he is not looked down upon......
Thinking of these, Zhou Daoan wandered around and asked Xiao Gui a few more words about his predecessor. I know a little more about myself. In his previous life, Zhou Daoan lost his father's teachings early and was only raised by his mother, so he was naturally weak in character. On the one hand, he has no worries about food and clothing, without any sense of crisis and difficult life experience, and on the other hand, after witnessing the extravagant style of the children of the family headed by Zhou Daoqi, he yearns for it. Zhou Daoqi didn't take much care of his cousin of the same sect, but regarded him more as a small follower. It has always been Zhou Daoqi who has made Zhou Dao'an turn around, and he has never eaten deflated in his own hands.
But speaking of which, there are no major events or major contradictions between the children of these families. Zhou Daoan will not take it to heart at all.
Then, he asked Xiao Gui about his studies. In this era, the education of the people of the Han Dynasty was not universal. If civilians have the heart and the ability to learn, they will go to private learning. Private schools are private schools run by some gentlemen and scholars, and the students are often good and bad, and the age span is also larger.
The public school, on the other hand, is a school built by a large family with the county government as the unit. The big family invests and the public pays people, and the learning system and method are much more formal. Of course, the public school is relatively large, there are classes, and the sons of these families also gather in many categories. Zhou Daoan is in the same class as Zhou Daoqi.
As for the content of learning, it was unexpected by Zhou Daoan, and it was not based on the Confucian classics, the Four Books and the Five Classics. On the contrary, in addition to the philosophical and literary knowledge of the national tradition, they can also learn "scientific" knowledge that is characteristic of their own world, such as the astronomical calendar, the principle of arithmetic, geography and nature...... There is even knowledge of architecture, resources, and territory that is linked to the history of the era. Although this kind of teaching is more like the teaching of common sense, it is much richer than only learning Confucianism in ancient China.
Speaking of this, Zhou Daoan couldn't help but care about his studies - no surprise, very ordinary.
However, Xiao Gui said that although there were also imperial examinations in this era, there was not only one way to learn literature. In the current era, there is no phenomenon of "emphasizing literature over military force". In fact, the existence of most ancient families stems from the emergence of geniuses of "cultivation" in family history.
The so-called cultivation is to favor the improvement of personal cultivation, once it reaches a certain level, the identity is naturally detached!
How important is personal cultivation? In addition to the extremely strong vitality of cultivators, the combat power of some cultivators can achieve the effect of "humanoid weapons"! In this world, this is especially important. A territory with the number of high-level cultivators is equivalent to how many nuclear weapons it has mastered!
Listening to Xiao Gui, the reason why the Zhou family split up was also because there was an outstanding figure in the "cultivation" of the Zhou family at the beginning...... It's a pity that after the Zhou family's talents gushed out two hundred years ago, there was no one who could carry the banner of the times......
These are all summarized by Zhou Daoan from Xiao Gui's fragmented narration and his own inferences. In other words, this world is not only ancient in the pure sense, but also has the addition of "practice" style.
Zhou Daoan immediately thought of his identity as a "ferryman". Will this bring a certain bonus to one's own learning and cultivation? After all, he "lost" the memory of the original ten years of studying, and with the different cognitions in his bones, he didn't feel that he had any advantage in studying literature.