The next day, Lu Ning had to go to the county government to deal with daily business, while Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang waited at home.

After returning at noon, everyone sat together drinking tea and chatting.

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang have actually reached a consensus a long time ago, although this Lu Ning is said to be good at invention and good at people's livelihood, but after all, he has no fame in science and technology, and he is just a businessman.

Therefore. They wanted to ask how much knowledge Lu Ning had.

While the three of them were drinking tea together, Li Shanchang asked Lu Ning with a smile.

"Lord Lu, I don't know if I can study in my spare time? I have some unclear points when I read Mencius, and I still want to ask you for advice or two, but I don't know if I am willing to give advice? ”

Lu Ning scratched his head, and looked at the old man in front of him, who was almost sixty years old, helplessly, and had nothing to say to himself.

Seeing that Li Shanchang seemed to be eager to be instructed by himself, Lu Ning also said helplessly.

"The Four Books and the Five Classics are too clichés for I have never read, and I don't want to read them."

As soon as this sentence came out, whether it was Li Shanchang or Liu Bowen, who had not spoken on the other side, both of them were a little blown up.

This is the Four Books and Five Classics, which has been a classic of Confucianism for thousands of years, and has been an official textbook since the imperial examination.

In fact, these two people also grew up reading Confucian classics, so naturally they have always admired them, and when they saw Lu Ning so disdainful, they also felt a little displeased in their hearts.

Liu Bowen is even more so, because he was admitted to the Jinshi in the Yuan Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a learned Confucian.

"Brother Zi'an, you said that you don't like the Four Books and Five Classics, so what classics do you usually read? Can you give me a lesson? ”

Lu Ning is not a fool, he can naturally hear it, and there is irony in his words.

This is also a very normal reaction, after all, for anyone, questioning the classics can make people scoff.

Then, the other party will only ask you, you can do it, if you can't, don't talk nonsense.

At this time, Lu Ning suddenly remembered that when Xu Miaojin first came to him, he had also asked himself about the Four Books and Five Classics, and he responded with Yang Ming Xinxue.

But it was a beautiful girl, and these two were bad old men, and I was really not in the mood to explain too much to them.

So, Lu Ning smiled and took out the new book from the bookshelf and handed it to Liu Bowen.

"I don't read the Four Books and the Five Classics, I only read the books I wrote, this thing is called Xinxue, Mr. Liu can take a look, and I also hope that you can give you advice after reading it."

Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang glanced at each other, and when they heard that this was a book written by themselves, they couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous.

Of course, they know that no matter how great a person's skills are, can he still jump out of the category of Confucian classics? It's just a joke.

When Liu Bowen picked up this book and read it carefully, he was quickly deeply attracted by the content inside, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Then he handed the book to Li Shanchang and said.

"Brother Li, take a closer look, the knowledge in this book is really not something that can be summarized by the Four Books and the Five Classics, this is really a book with great wisdom and great knowledge."

Li Shanchang was a little surprised subconsciously, Liu Bowen is a learned Confucian, and he can have such a compliment from his mouth, it must not be a general book.

When Li Shanchang carefully read the book handed over by Liu Bowen, he was even more amazed, and he immediately said.

"I was too abrupt just now, it turns out that Brother Zi'an actually has such knowledge, it is not an exaggeration to say that this book may be able to replace the Four Books and Five Classics in the future and become the subject of the imperial examination."

Seeing that the two of them were so polite, Lu Ning replied helplessly.

"We can't say that, you can't say that, this argument is too big, even if you praise me, you can't kill it like this, I don't want to subvert the imperial examination, it's just a matter of writing it casually."

In the evening, Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang chatted in their rooms.

Liu Bowen said to Li Shanchang first.

"Elder Brother Shan, this county order is really powerful, it has reached a great height in all aspects, in my opinion, even if he is allowed to enter Zhongshu Province, it will be no problem at all."

However, Li Shanchang replied to Liu Bowen very helplessly.

"I'm afraid it's just our wishful thinking, not to mention entering the Zhongshu Province, even if he is given an official and a knight, he will abandon it."

Liu Bowen also knows that people like this are not unable to understand themselves, and don't they also want to be the earl of the imperial court at all?

Some things are like this, you don't want to do it, you need to do it, and you probably can't do what you want to do.

He just sighed, and then said to Li Shanchang.

"Brother Shan, these are not things we should consider, I'm afraid that Your Majesty has already had a plan in his heart, and he will definitely arrange Lu Zi'an well in the future."

At this time, Lu Ning was in his study, looking at the books on the shelves that had been signed in, thoughtful.

He thought that since the two members of Zhongshu Province came here this time, they couldn't let the family go back empty-handed, so they had to prepare a gift for them.

It's also a question of what they can give, but seeing how much they like to read, it's better to give them a book.

Therefore, Lu Ning walked around in front of the bookshelf, just to pick a suitable book and give it to them as a separate gift.

He chose a book, looked through it carefully, and was very satisfied, so he put it in a wooden box and put it in.