There is learning everywhere in the world.

For the first time, Qiu Balou realized that his source of knowledge was too single.

So I felt more and more that it was better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles.

This cousin just read an enlightenment.

can read and write, even the arithmetic necessary for doing business is not enough.

He would never be able to write half a sentence of poetry.

What he likes is Qinglou and wine!

But his words have far-reaching meanings, which make Qiu Balou feel very deeply!

He found that traveling thousands of miles seemed to be better than reading countless people!

It's just that there are many ways to read people, and I can't seem to go to the Qinglou to read people like this cousin.

The regent was a poet and a visionary, and he must have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles.

He seems to have read quite a few people too!

Qiu Balou turned his head and looked out the window, and began to worry about Li Chen'an in his heart.

This regent, he is going to Nanxi Prefecture in the Great Wilderness Country!

If Yu Wenfeng, the emperor of the Great Wilderness Country who had just been founded, knew that Li Chen'an had gone to Nanxi Prefecture...... I'm afraid that all the thirteen eagles in the Northern Desert in Yuwenfeng's hands will be transferred to Nanxi Prefecture!

What could be more important than seizing the future emperor of the Ning Kingdom?

Regent, may return safely?

……

……

Three days later.

The usual speed of the cavalry was two hundred miles a day.

It's not that people can't stand it, it's that horses can't stand it.

But in order to rush to Youzhou as quickly as possible, Li Chenan gave Zheng Wang a royal order-

The prefectures, counties, and counties along the way, every 200 miles are a stop, and the best horses are 600, and the horses are not changed!

In addition to eating, even sleeping is free!

The team ran wild for three days and three nights.

In this way, he rushed out of Annam Province, and then passed through the northeast side of Jiangnan Province, crossed the Yellow River, and entered the North Desert Road.

The eighth day of the seventh month of the twenty-fifth year of Zhaohua.

Yingzhou, North Desert Road.

Humble County.

Bluestone Town.

Dusk, heavy rain!

There is only one street in Bluestone Town!

It's no more than 50 zhang long, and no more than 2 zhang wide!

The shops in the streets were closed, because in such heavy rain, there was no possibility that anyone would come to Bluestone Town again.

The people who come to Bluestone Town are all farmers and hunters from nearby villages.

In this small town, they need to sell some of the produce from the fields, or some game from the mountains, and buy some farming tools or necessary daily necessities.

After doing this, the vast majority of the farmers will go back.

Won't stay in town or even have a meal in town!

Therefore, in this street and alley, there are salt shops of the government, blacksmith workshops opened by merchants, and there is also a small cloth village.

Of course, there are also two snack shops, both of which sell the cheapest steamed cakes and grass cakes that can fill your stomach.

There is no inn!

There are no restaurants!

There is no rouge gouache shop!

There is no green building!

There are only a few hundred inhabitants in the entire town.

Nothing to do with bustle.

It has nothing to do with the excitement either.

Especially in such a heavy rain, there are not a single person in the whole street, not even a dog.

The neighbors are in their own homes.

It was time to cook dinner, and the woman was in the kitchen around the stove, while the man was worried about the goods hoarded in the room.

Business is not good!

Yingzhou is a slightly better state in the Northern Desert Road, after all, it is quite far away from the territory of the desolate, at least it will not be plundered by the desolate.

Originally, there were some mountain bandits who occasionally came to the town to fight the autumn breeze, but I heard that a group of female bodhisattvas came last year.

These female bodhisattvas have cleaned up those damn mountain bandits, so that now Qingshi Town has not been robbed by bandits, and the residents no longer have the time to be afraid, and they can even stay open at night.

But business didn't improve much because of this.

The whole Northern Desert Province is sparsely populated, and merchants from other places will not come, and almost all the local merchants who have made some money by doing a big business have left.

After all, in the whole Ningguo, the best place to do business is in Jiangnan Province!

However, the shops in that area were very expensive and the cost of living was also very high, which caused many small traders to be unable to gain a foothold in Gangnam Province.

They can only live an ordinary, simple, and dreamless life in such a place.

Even if there is good news from Gangnam Province that the regent wants to boost industry and commerce, even if the merchants of the other provinces seem to be busy, this place is still like a pool of stagnant water.

It seems that the spring breeze does not cross.

But after all, there are still some small traders who pin their hopes on their sons.

It's not that he wants his son to inherit the family business—

What is there to inherit such a family business?

Instead, it is rumored that the regent attaches great importance to scientific examinations, and the selection of officials no longer takes the road of recommendation, and all students can participate in scientific examinations.

I've heard that's fair.

As a result, these small traders spent a lot of money to send their children to the only school in Qingshi Town.

This school is located in the easternmost part of Bluestone Town.

It is a courtyard building.

It is also the best building in the whole bluestone town!

It was donated by Lin Yonghao, a wealthy businessman who went out from Qingshi Town and made a fortune, so the name of the school was Yonghao Academy.

The teacher in the academy was also invited by Boss Lin from outside.

An emaciated old gentleman with a goatee on his chin.

No one in the neighborhood in the town knew the old man's name, only that his surname was Wei, and people called him Weifuzi.

This Weifuzi is said to have been born in a lifting person, but his career was extremely unsmooth.

He has been in this bluestone town for more than ten years.

He is very modest, and he seems to be indeed knowledgeable, at least he occasionally talks about things outside the Northern Desert Road, and it is very strange to hear the ears of these neighbors.

Heavy rain today.

No classes.

Old Master Wei was sitting in his room on the second floor facing the street, making a pot of tea and reading a book.

suddenly

There was a fierce sound of horses' hooves outside the window!

Old Master Wei frowned, this place seems to have been forgotten by the imperial court, and there have been no soldiers here over the years.

But when he heard it, he knew it was a cavalry!

Because the sound of horses' hooves is getting louder and louder.

is also because there are no horses in the town, even in Xuhuai County, there are not many horses!

So where did the cavalry come from?

He got up and opened the window.

The probe looked in the direction where the voice came from, and his heart was suddenly shocked-

In the midst of this heavy rain, a team of black-armored cavalry was coming from the other side of the alley!

The speed of the cavalry slowed down.

Stopped at the gate of this school!

One of the generals at the front turned over and dismounted, went to the middle of the group, and inquired about a general who was supposed to be a bigger officer.

The rain was too heavy to see the appearance of the big official.

But since there is no carriage, that big official must be a military general.

Then Wafuzi saw the general come back again, and then there was a knock at the door.

Wei Fuzi thought for a moment, closed the window, went downstairs, and opened the door of the school.

Zhou Zheng was wearing black armor and carrying a long knife on his back, and his whole body was dripping with water.

He took off his helmet and looked at Old Master Wei:

"Passing through here, the rain is too strong, and I want to spend the night...... The old gentleman may be convenient? ”

The words are a little stiff, but they are polite.

This surprised Wei Fuzi again.

Because these soldiers, in his impression, are basically not polite.

"General, this is the Academy."

"I know that we just need to find a place to shelter from the rain, and the old gentleman doesn't have to worry about the rest."

“…… Come in! ”

The team entered the Yonghao Academy.

Wei Fuzi stood sideways, just watching quietly.

Xu was drenched in this rain because he didn't see the appearance of dust and dust in these cavalry.

He thought that this was an ordinary cavalry passing by, but his eyes suddenly lit up-

He saw three pretty girls walk in!

Just in front of those three girls was a handsome young man!

Then

It's a black donkey.

A dark horse.

A small black dog.

Then a man's voice came:

"Senior brother, this place ...... Poor! ”

"How do you know when the little junior brother first comes?"

"None of the dogs have a ...... It's been too hard all the way, and I wanted to get a dog to make up for him...... Why don't I lead the donkey from the mill? ”