After leaving Huating County Primary School, Yu Shinan's heart is no longer calm, this is a dilapidated fishing village, this is a paradise on earth, everyone has food, work, children have books, and even he found that there are Turks, Tubo people, and Japanese people here, but these people are in Chinese, writing Chinese characters, practicing Han etiquette, and claiming to be Han people, this is simply incredible, the Tang Dynasty has destroyed the Turks for many years, and the two ethnic groups have never been able to integrate together, all kinds of contradictions are increasing day by day, so that the imperial court is head is big, and Li Yong's rule, but can do it perfectly, how much talent can this be done, Yu Shinan's impression of Li Yong has completely changed.

"Lord Yu, it's almost lunch time, come to my house for a light meal."

At this time, Yu Shinan was indeed hungry, he secretly ran out early in the morning, and after a meal of investigation, he was really hungry, so he agreed to Li Yong's suggestion, when he came to Li Yong's halfway up the mountainside villa, he only knew what was called luxury in simplicity, architecture and simplicity, but they were all made of transparent large pieces of glazed doors and windows, which reminded Yu Shinan of the glaze of the house in the entire Huating County, and an answer that shocked him appeared in his mind, that is, Li Yong had the technology to make glaze, And he is very skilled, so Liuli is very cheap here, cheap enough to make windows for ordinary people, Yu Shinan was thinking, how many secrets did this young man have in front of him, but he didn't seem to care about his secrets leaking out at all, otherwise he wouldn't let himself come here.

"Lord Yu, you sit down, I'll cook for you, Changle and the others are eating in the school, and they won't come back until the evening, I don't have any servants or anything like that, you can just eat my food if you are wronged."

Yu Shinan saw that Li Yong was wearing a strange belly pocket, but it was not a belly pocket, in fact, this was just a scarf for later generations, Yu Shinan had never seen it so he didn't know, mainly because Li Yong cooked, and in the hearts of their readers, he was a gentleman who cooked, but Li Yong's deviant behavior, Yu Shinan was already a little used to it, but out of habit, he also opened his mouth and said.

"Huatinghou, don't you know that the gentleman is far away from cooking? It's good to leave this kind of thing to the next person to do, what kind of system do you have as a dignified county. ”

Li Yong walked into the kitchen with a smile, began to wash vegetables and chop vegetables and got busy, Yu Shinan took a look at this big villa, and then saw the huge floor-to-ceiling window, you can clearly see the sea, many boats are cruising on the sea, a thriving scene, the picture is not good to see for a long time, after he drank a few cups of tea, he heard the sound and fragrance of stir-frying in the kitchen, the old man who was already hungry, and walked out of the kitchen curiously, he saw a young man by the stove, rolling up his sleeves and waving a shovel, and the food in the iron pot was full of fragrance, At a glance, you can know that this guy often cooks, Li Yong also saw Yu Shinan outside the door, and he said while continuing to fry the dishes.

"Lord Yu is hungry, it's okay right away, I usually cook at home, and Changle and they are responsible for eating, so the food I cook shouldn't be unpalatable."

"Huatinghou, this kitchen was originally a place for women to enter, and scholars should stay away from the kitchen."

"Lord Yu, I think you have a problem understanding Mencius's words?"

After Li Yong finished speaking, he took out the dishes in the pot, and then took out the bowls and chopsticks and loaded the cooked rice, two dishes and one soup have been placed on the table, plus this is three dishes and one soup, Li Yong took two bowls and chopsticks filled with rice and took Yu Shinan to the dining table, and then the two of them sat down to eat like this, there was no superiority or superiority, there was no age difference, the simple and delicious meal made Yu Shinan, who usually only eats half a bowl of rice, stunned to eat two bowls of rice, and the rule of eating silently made the two of them say nothing at the dinner table, just eat quietly, Li Yong's meals are very simple, just some fried pork with vegetables and the like, and even the soup is vegetable soup, because it is now a hot summer, Yu Shinan's age, Li Yong made these dishes for him mainly in light, Yu Shinan naturally knew Li Yong's intentions, although he didn't say it, but he still felt that this young man was sensible with his intentions, and the simple lunch was quickly eaten by the two of them, Li Yong and Yu Shinan sat and rested in the living room, tasting the afternoon tea.

"My lord, how did you eat?"

"I didn't expect Huating Hou to have such cooking skills, the old man was an eye-opener."

"What you just said is that the gentleman and the dignified man who do great things should stay away from the kitchen, and the woman is the master of the kitchen. This understanding is wrong, it is a big mistake, the allusion of this sentence, I am not mistaken, it comes from Mencius's exhortation to King Qi Xuan to practice benevolence, from the "Mencius" of the Warring States Period, "Liang Hui Wang Zhangju", in fact, the meaning of this sentence should be, you don't want to kill anything fleshy, what is admired is the heart of forbearance, let the gentleman not create murder. It is a state of mind that cannot bear to kill. What do you think, my lord? ”

Hearing Li Yong's accurate allusion to this sentence, Yu Shinan, who was full of poetry and books, was also a little surprised, didn't he say that Li Yong didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and when he was in the countryside, he was kicked out of the private school before he finished it? How can he be so familiar with these allusions, and understand more mature than himself, could he have pretended to be before? It seems that not only did he misunderstand the young man in front of him because of some prejudices, but also those who thought they were slandering him out of jealousy.

"Hua Tinghou, your understanding can be regarded as unusual, and it is not wrong for you to say this, but there are some nerds who only know that reading dead books are not as deep as you understand, and the old man is not the kind of wooden person who only knows how to read dead books, and I also agree with your point of view."

"Actually, what are people in the world for? Isn't it food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, three meals a day, eating enough without starvation, having clothes to wear when it is cold, having a tile to cover one's head when it is windy and rainy, providing for the elderly, learning for the young, and medical treatment for the sick, isn't that what this ruler has to do? ”

"The old are supported, the young are educated, and the sick are treated......"

Yu Shinan was silent, what an ideal this is, how big a mind to say, the young man in front of him said such a thing, it really impressed him, he respectfully saluted Li Yong and said.

"If all the officials in the world are like you, what kind of scene will the world be, but it's a pity ......"

Li Yong took a sip of tea and replied to him.

"My lord, you can only know whether things are right or wrong when you do them, and of course you won't be wrong if you don't do it, of course we are officials, and we just watch the people below live in pain? Don't you even dare to bear the responsibility of a little mistake? Therefore, reading is not necessarily for the sake of being an official, you can do a lot of things for the benefit of the people, the career is not the only way out, when everyone is literate and sensible, then many of our contradictions can be alleviated, for things that we don't understand, we have to humbly ask the people who will ask for advice, regardless of the person's age or origin, Confucius didn't say, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, is knowing. Min'er is studious and is not ashamed to ask. Even saints are like this, so why can't we? ”

"That's right, but there are a few of these people and officials who can understand now, many scholars are like you said, blindly reading dead books and gaining fame, before I came here, I thought the same, but after coming here, I found that my previous thoughts were all wrong."

Yu Shinan agreed with Li Yong's words.

"In fact, a country, to be strong, not only rely on a class, it needs a lot of talents in all aspects, Shi Nong Industry and Commerce should actually be equal, can not be superior and oppress the class below, scholars should be for the people, benevolent government, understand the people's livelihood, reasonable promulgation of the corresponding policies, farmers are the largest group of people in any dynasty, they are also the weakest group of people who are most likely to be exploited by other classes, every time natural and man-made disasters, these people bear the brunt, in the face of taxes and servitude, they can not resist, Treating the peasants well is not a slogan, but we must really consider the problem from their point of view, reduce the peasants' taxes, no longer free forced labor, protect the peasants' fields, and use technology to increase the peasants' output, which is fundamental, and then there are workers, workers are actually one of the few groups, but if you want a country to be strong, workers, especially skilled workers, are particularly important, without them, our weapons, the houses we live in, and the warships you are going to build now, Without them, what about these things to protect the security of the country? The most ridiculous thing is that our Datang law stipulates that the highest reward for inventing good things is only one hundred gold, that is, one hundred Wen, if it were me, I would rather smash that thing and not take it out, no need to say anything to me for Sheji or something, why do I put in so much effort, continuous design, continuous testing, and get only a hundred Wen, this is why I took out more inventions, and finally there are businessmen, businessmen are cunning, mercenary, this is true, but things are two-sided, We just talked about reducing the taxes paid by the peasants, so who should collect these taxes? Of course, it is collected from these mercenary businessmen, they don't have much but money, what are these businessmen actually pursuing? It's fame, they have it, but the reputation is not good, what should I do? Simply, abolishing such unreasonable rules as prohibiting the children of businessmen from conducting scientific examinations, as long as these four classes can be used reasonably, it will be difficult for the country to become strong or not. ”

After listening to Li Yong's words, Yu Shinan was completely shocked by what he said, this was said by a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, this can be taken to the Taiji Palace, Yu Shinan is not a pedantic person, although he is a member of the family, but he is clean and self-loving, never for his family and other families, last time he was not clear about the situation was coerced to deal with Li Yong, now after listening to Li Yong's political discussions, he completely changed his opinion of this young marquis, if the eldest grandson Chong knew, then he had to vomit blood, Indeed, no one knew that Yu Shinan secretly left the courtyard, when Changsun Chong and Xiao Yan came to Yu Shinan's courtyard, they were told by the guards here that they were not seen today, and the two of them were confused, but they were anxious to instigate Yu Shinan to hurry up and destroy Li Yong, but they didn't know that Yu Shinan and Li Yong had a very happy conversation in Huating County, the two of them were like friends for many years, whether it was literature or geography and humanities, they all talked about it, Li Yong used the knowledge of later generations to open Yu Shinan one door after another, when the sun was not so poisonous in the afternoon, Li Yong took the old man to visit Huating County again, Yu Shinan visited a workshop with a workshop, and saw the men and women working in full swing, one after another products were made through the assembly line, and the person in charge of each workshop explained to Yu Shinan enthusiastically and in detail, Yu Shinan also learned that the wages of the workers in these workshops were not only very high, but also everyone had the same look in their eyes, that is, the eyes of hope, Li Yong took Yu Shinan to the last place to visit, that is, Yu Shinan asked him twice for his dock, Seeing a huge sea ship docked at the dock, Yu Shinan was shocked again, this was the largest ship he had ever seen, Li Yong introduced him

"This is the largest merchant ship we are building now, called the Princess, with a full load displacement of about 10,000 tons, that is, more than 100,000 materials."

Yu Shinan looked at this giant ship like a small mountain, his jaw fell to the ground in shock, and soon, Li Yong took him onto the ship, and the top deck of Yu Shinan looked down on the scene below, and a kind of pride quickly arose, this is a giant ship made by his own country.

"Are you going to build a giant ship like this?"

Thinking that Li Yong would build such a giant ship, as the new Governor of the Navy, his heart was naturally hot, if there were a few or more such giant ships, then what would we be afraid of, but Li Yong directly poured cold water on him.

"That's right, I'll build such ships, do you want to build more? Then I'm really embarrassed, such a ship, even if the whole country can build three, I also used all my family wealth to make such one, and this ship will soon leave Datang and go to the other side of the ocean to find a new continent and new food for our Datang, so adults should not fight this idea. ”

Hearing Li Yong say this, Yu Shinan also felt a pity, Li Yong only told him half of the truth, he couldn't tell Yu Shinan all his family background, what is meant to keep a hand, that's it, Li Yong took him to visit Huating County, that is, to visit some civilian ones, as for the military industry, he didn't dare to take him there, didn't he stick his head out to his cold-blooded father-in-law to cut off, the princess has a total of six cabins, Li Yong took him to visit them one by one, and then introduced him to the role of each cabin, and even the new sails also introduced him to him, Although he has not tried the real sailing speed of this ship, Yu Shinan can also see that this ship is the most advanced ship in Datang.

"Li Yong, you are really a guy who can't see through, such an advanced ship, you can use it as a merchant ship."

"My lord, a warship has the role of a warship, and a merchant ship like the Princess, its mission is to find new food and continents for my Datang, our world is very big, and there are many places we don't know, which requires it to find for us."

"Your dock is very good, why don't you want to take it out for the sailor to use?"

Yu Shinan said the question he wanted to ask the most, Li Yong also knew that this question Yu Shinan was the ultimate goal of this visit, Li Yong supported the guardrail on the side of the boat with both hands, and then said to the fishing boat working on the sea and Yu Shinan.

"My lord, look, how many fishing boats are there in this sea?"

"There are dozens of them if there are not a hundred."

"Yes, that's right, the court wants to use my dock, I have no opinion, and even welcome, but if someone wants to use this name to rob, then I'm sorry, I also said that everything has to pay a corresponding price, just like a meal has to pay for a reason, what kind of righteousness or morality do you use to kidnap me, do you think I will compromise?"

"No, it won't."

Yu Shinan got along with Li Yong this day, more or less knew his personality, Li Yong said that he was robbing, he also blushed, indeed when he was in Taizhou, he was very optimistic about Changsun Chong, and he also agreed with his proposal, but now it seems that he is not only narrow-minded, but also unfair prejudice against Li Yong, knowing that Changsun Chong is targeting Li Yong, he also aids in abuse, and his old face is indeed a little unbearable.

"My lord, I don't care who gave you such an idea, but the person who gave you this idea, you have to be careful, he doesn't have any good intentions."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Yu Shinan was also curious about what Li Yong said about harming him, and Li Yong explained lightly.

"The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that if it is a private fiefdom, the court needs to requisition, and the consent of the person to whom it belongs needs to be obtained, and the court will replace it. If I don't agree, you forcibly expropriate my fiefdom, and then I sue you to the saints, what do you think will happen to you? What is the crime of privately encroaching on the fief of a founding county marquis, of course, in other words, your prestige and the support of the family behind it will not be a big deal, at most you will be reprimanded and punished by the saint and it will be over, but you are now the governor of the water division, it is an eventful time, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of rebuilding the water division, the sage will put this pressure to push you up as a civil official, I believe you also know the reason inside, once you are dismissed and dismissed because of this matter, it will be a slap in the face of the saint, Or is it a fatal blow to the sage's later plans, and I don't need to say what the consequences will be when the time comes, right? ”

The more Yu Shinan listened, the more frightened he became, although the sea breeze was very strong and the blowing was very cool, but his back was already wet with cold sweat, because Li Yong's analysis was very reasonable, if it weren't for Li Yong's rejection of the official documents and the detention of officials, and yesterday he also blocked them outside the boundary and didn't let him in, that was to save him, these old men's mentality has completely changed, he is grateful to Li Yong for saving his life, and he also appreciates his tolerance and generosity, and for the eldest grandson Chong, he is extremely disgusted, and even feels hatred, if it weren't for Li Yong helping him again and again, He must have been miserable by the hypocrite of Changsun Chong, Changsun family, my Lao Yu and you are not finished.

"Thank you Hua Tinghou for saving your life, if it weren't for you, the old man would have been used in a daze."

Li Yong dodged Yu Shinan's bow, which was not a courtesy that Li Yong dared to accept.

"My lord, I'm a very simple person, I admit that I'm not a gentleman, even a villain, I'm mercenary, very realistic, and things that don't match my interests, I will never do it, and I won't force others to do it, so you don't have to worry too much about this matter, you have also seen my dock, for you to use, no problem, of course it won't be what you said before, I charge a fee, you know, how much it cost me to build this dock, and it is very reasonable for me to charge your money, right, my lord."

"I understand this, but how much do you want to charge?"

"Let's talk about this slowly, you see, it's getting late, remember that we promised to go to Uncle Zhu's house for dinner tonight, and take you to eat our seafood here tonight."

After speaking, he took Yu Shinan to Uncle Zhu's house, Yu Shinan's Huating County travelogue also came to an end, this trip not only made him change his view of Li Yong, the biggest thing was that he realized his ignorance and began to believe in the word science that Li Yong said.