"How do you know about the 'Tea Mountain Society'?" Li Dan walked over vigilantly and closed the door, returned to him and asked softly.

"It was Ziru who mentioned it to me and urged me to join the club. It's just ......, I heard that your society has a rule, and you need to be at least 15 years old to apply, and I only had my birthday a few days before I got home, so now I think I can meet the conditions, right?"

Li Dan thought about it and felt that this kid was also serious and diligent in learning things, and meticulous in managing his baggage, but he was a trustworthy person. Li Dan somewhat understands Wu Ji.

From the thoughts and meanings he revealed after seeing himself today, we knew that he was more envious and disgusted with the imperial examination.

It's just that his mind has changed now, and he doesn't agree with Wuji's choice. "What you mean is that you don't want to go on a scientific expedition anymore, and you plan to go with us, right?" He asked Wuji.

Wuji hesitated, he did have this intention, but he was afraid that he would disagree after talking to Li Dan, but in the end he nodded and admitted.

Sure enough, Li Dan said, "I don't completely agree with you, because you have mistaken the imperial examination. You think it's just a way to get into the office, but you ignore its other purpose."

"What else does it do?"

"Well, the role of education." Li Dan nodded: "Education is not just for you to memorize some sages and speeches, its purpose is to enlighten and get rid of illiteracy and learn to be reasonable.

The ancients: know what it is, know why it is so. The study of things also requires knowledge, and illiterate people cannot do it.

There are many masters in the mine who talk about the truth, but after his death, those knowledge and experience will be scattered with the wind and cannot be left.

Even if some things are passed on by word of mouth, fallacies, amnesia, and forgetfulness are inevitable, but in the end, there are still few and far between, and future generations only see the results and do not know their origins, so they can only be passed on and cannot be studied and expanded.

This is all the result of lack of knowledge and literacy!

The so-called knowledge of books is not only to know certain books and understand certain principles of life, but more importantly, to master the methods of cognition, description, analysis, research, induction and summary.

The world only knows how to understand this sentence literally, but they don't know the profound meaning behind the four words "Zhishu Dali."

The principle of being a man is reason; Isn't the principle of the generation, evolution, differentiation, and refining of matter a reason?

Therefore, if you want to learn the study of Gewu, first of all, you should read more books, read books thoroughly, master the skills of learning and the ability to understand things, and then Gewu will have a method that conforms to the way of heaven, and it is not difficult to draw inferences.

Shiyun, you still have time, don't be in a hurry to do things, you have to study first, and then do things. I'm not asking you to be a nerd!

Many of the truths of the sages and sages were realized from their experience and reflection in the process of being people and doing things.

If you are only a bookworm and don't know how to be a person and do things like them, then you will always be able to see only half of the words, but you can't see the back of the words!"

"Well said!" A cheer interrupted Li Dan's words, the door was pushed open, and Zhao Chongbi appeared at the door with his eyebrows fluttering:

"Oh Li Sanlang, as soon as you come back, my ears are as happy as if you want to listen to fairy music, and sure enough, I heard a wonderful article today. Wonderful, really wonderful!"

He shook his head here, not knowing that the hearts of both people in the room were beating wildly. Because I don't know when he came, whether he heard the words "Chashan Society", Wuji's face has changed a little.

"I've met Lord Tongzhi, my lord is well!" Li Dan hurriedly stepped forward to give a gift to cover up, and Wuji also said that the grass people came forward to salute.

"The students are discussing with their friends whether or not to participate in the scientific examination, and they don't want to tarnish the ears of the nobles. Goyoshi, Gosaburo, you saw it last time." Li Dan said tentatively.

"Eh, where did the 'dirty word' come from? It's really deafening! As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard you ask him if he wanted to abandon the scientific examination, so I deliberately slowed down to listen to your opinions, but I never thought that it would be a good article "On the Importance of the Imperial Examination and the Knowledge of Things".

Hahaha...... anyway, just rely on this for today

It's not in vain that you came to the appointment!"

After Zhao Chongbi finished speaking, he opened the fan in his hand with a "snap" (see note 1), and fanned it a few times in the style of a famous man.

As soon as he saw that the master of the house was coming, Wuji didn't dare to stay any longer, so he hurriedly retired first. Li Dan sent him to the staircase to see Wang Jintang who was looking, and beckoned him to quickly call someone to clean up the table and arrange the wine, food, melons and fruits.

Wang Jintang said that it was better to move to the next door, where tea had already been prepared.

Li Dan looked clean and beautiful in the past, with a large fruit plate in the middle, with freshly cut cold melon (watermelon), melon, honey plum, and longan that had just been put on the market, and dried fruits such as walnuts, pine nuts and raisins.

Li Dan was very satisfied, so he asked Zhao Chongbi to move to the next door to sit.

"I saw Shangrao in the Di newspaper, and your name was actually mentioned in it. But just a word, but it was said that your regiment had captured the general of the thief army Yintuo.

This is strange, how could this thing of killing and capturing the flag be done by your team training? What really happened on the battlefield?

But I've heard all kinds of things in the tea shop, but I don't know which one is true, so I'm going to catch the main owner and ask him today!"

Seeing that Zhao Chongbi was half joking and half serious, giggling and not looking like a fellow acquaintance at all, Li Dan also relaxed, and while waiting for the wine and food to be served, he asked how he and Sheng Huaien received the task in Geyang, and how they met the people who traveled to Sanjiang;

The valley flooded the thieves, and the Lingyan Temple was attacked inside and outside; Later, how to attack Nanshan at night, defeat Hua Arm, and collude inside and outside to break Fengling Town, kill Zhou Dafu, and fight the ambush ...... of the Second Heavenly King; It was detailed for half an hour.

At this time, the wine and food had already been served, Li Dan took out the gourd "Yu Qingliu" and chatted with him while eating, and he finished talking when he drank almost all the gourd wine.

Zhao Chongbi's eyes lit up with drinking, his cheeks flushed, and he was fascinated when he heard the highlights slapping the table again and again. He even took off the hairpin, and tied his hair loosely with only a red silk at the back of his head.

Fortunately, he was not wearing an official uniform, otherwise Li Dan would really have to worry about being bumped into and impeaching him "for losing his official body".

In the end, Li Dan explained to him why he asked the prefect of Shangrao to downplay himself in the text, and the consideration of wanting to participate in the imperial examination.

"It's very rare that you can turn back in time without nostalgia for merit and official position!" Zhao Chongbi praised, and said to him:

"Thousands of people can't get over this hurdle, but I didn't expect you to be able to think at a young age. If you put it on others, you must think that you have such a great achievement, and you don't take the opportunity to make some money, or even make a start for your wife and son in the future?

But they all forgot that there is more than one person in this world who has the ability, and the more they go up, the more they will roll and fight, and the greater the possibility of falling halfway.

If you think about accumulating a lot of money and not trying to do it for a while, it is the path that people who are truly capable and confident should take!"

After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and looked at the wine inside: "This is the jade Qingliu you made in Nanshan? It is indeed clear and elegant, with the breath of the mountains. Sure enough! But now that you're back in Raozhou, ...... this wine?"

"Oh, I wanted to move the wine farm back to Yugan and continue to raise the pot and set up the stove, but I didn't think that the Yang father and son would occupy Anren again with the rebellious army. Therefore, I am afraid that the matter of wine will lag a little behind, and now it is imperative to return to Yugan to assist the county lord to resist the invasion of Laikou."

Li Dan said, and told Fan Taizun the letter, Ge Yangwei agreed to replace him, and asked him to go back to Yugan to organize the group training.

"Saburo is back in Yugan, what are you going to do?" Zhao Chongbi lowered his head to eat the vegetables, as if he asked very casually.

Li Dan knew that since he was the same as the official of the government, he must not be casually chatting when he asked this. After thinking for a moment, he replied:

"Yugan is strategically located as a feudal domain between Jiangzhou (Nanchang Prefecture) and Poyang (Raozhou Prefecture), controlling the north-south Xinjiang River waterway and east-west land transportation. Presumably the government will not sit idly by and watch the remnants of the army fail?"

Saying that, look at Zhao Chongbi, who knew that he was still eating, but he didn't seem to hear it. Li Dan's heart sank, it seems that the official army will not draw too much strength to help prevent Yu Gan.

Licking his lips, he continued, "The biggest and most immediate threat to Yu Gan at the moment is not from the Yang father and son, but from the lake."

"Huh? Why?" Zhao Chongbi asked without raising his head

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"Although I don't know the specific enemy situation of Anren, according to the confessions of the captives and insider information, the Second Heavenly King Lou Shiming tried his best to facilitate Yang He's expedition to the west, with the purpose of diverting the official army and reducing the pressure on Lou's father and son.

He didn't expect that the later battle of Huangxi Town would cause heavy losses to the elite of the official army, otherwise he would have persuaded Lou Zishi to follow the westward march instead of going east to Quzhou (Li Dan finally got the news that Lou Zishi was attacking Jiangshan County).

And Yang He sent Yang Xing to the north, attacking Zhouxian all the way, successively Kejinxi and Dongxiang, but he only showed off his might under the city of Fuzhou, which shows that his purpose is in Fuzhou!

Yang Xing originally wanted to lure out the Fuzhou officials and soldiers, but he didn't expect that it would be difficult for Fuzhou to hold on to the city for a while, and he had no choice but to turn to Dongxiang.

At this time, the officers and troops who were reinforcing Shangrao turned around, and Yang Xing made a desperate appearance, but in fact, he rushed to the side of the Xinjiang River overnight and caught the officers and soldiers off guard.

However, at this time, the problem came, Anren had become an empty city, and I could understand if Yang Xing's troops would occupy it, but why didn't he continue to attack Yu Gan in the north, but instead probed his brain outside Yu Gan?"

"Huh?" Zhao Chongbi finally raised his head, thought about this question, and asked, "San Lang thinks, what is the reason?"

"It's been half a month since Anren fell. Generally speaking, taking advantage of the high morale and abundant armor, it is the best choice to lay down the surplus work in one go.

In this way, it not only jammed the key charge, but also threatened the two governments at the same time, and there was more than enough to advance and retreat. In addition, there were lake bandits in the north, and in the east, there were mine convicts in Panling, Huangbai, Longshan and other places who were making trouble.

In response, it is not impossible to erode the entire Raozhou. But Yang Xing stayed in Dongxiang and didn't move!"

Li Dan stretched out two fingers: "There are only two possibilities: his father wants Fuzhou instead of Raozhou, so he is not allowed to continue north.

Or it is more likely that Yang Xingbu also suffered heavy losses in the battle of Huangxi Town and urgently needs to be repaired, and even if he wants to enter Raozhou now, he is powerless!"

"Slap", Zhao Chongbi put the cup on the table heavily, and looked up thoughtfully for a long time: "Makes sense! San Lang continued, "The point you just talked about is not Yang Xing, but from the lake?"

"My lord, then Yang Xing is still wandering outside Raozhou, but the lake bandits are holding knives beside us to see the opportunity!" Li Dan dotted the desktop:

"Before I left, I caught the spies sent to Yugan by the lake bandits. Listening to the patrol Fang Zhou Dutou, after the interrogation, the guy mentioned that the lake bandits were colluding with the troublemakers in the east. At that time, I thought the thief was exaggerating, but ...... What if it's true?"

He pointed to a bowl and said, "The lake bandits are in the north, and they collude with the miners in the east to cause trouble, disturb the government's line of sight and contain the officials and troops, isn't it more convenient to cooperate with Yang Xing and take down the rest of the army from the north and south?"

"If the rest of the work is lost, Raozhou will lose half of it!" Zhao Chongbi's expression became solemn. Suddenly, he said, "You mean that the Yang clan may have contact with the lake bandits?"

"Maybe not before, but it's been a month since Yang Xing conquered Dongxiang, and the news has spread all over Jiangxi, so I can't let the lake bandits know about it, so I have to be prepared for the worst." Li Dan pointed with his finger and said:

"I'm afraid that the official army of Raozhou does not have too many troops, if you save everywhere, it is equivalent to not saving everywhere.

Therefore, the students suggested concentrating on dealing with the lake bandits first, and using Yu Gan as bait to make them stop the city. While defeating the lake bandits, try to disintegrate the miners by means of appeasement and settlement, and finally deal with Yang Xing."

"Wait, how do you say that you're using the remnants as bait?"

"Yugan has the Xinjiang River in the west, Lake Biwa in the south, Mianshan Mountain in the east, the city is high and the pond is deep, and the rivers and lakes are interspersed. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, the north and northeast of the city wall are higher, and the south wall is the lowest.

If I go back, I will suggest three things: First, repair the city wall immediately, and in the twelve miles of the city wall, the west and south directions should be increased by two to three feet in the west and south directions using what I call 'bamboo and cement method.'

Second, expand and train the team for group training. Third, a fleet of ships to fight and transport on the water was formed and concealed in Lake Biwa, so that the team was not limited to defending the castle, but could also maneuver on the water, similar to the guerrillas echoing outside the castle.

In this way, the whole county will be fortified, the enemy's combat ability will be consumed, and the officers and troops will attack from the periphery."

"Why did you target the Lake Bandits in the first place?" Zhao Chongbi heard the point of his words. The mining riots broke out in many places, but the number of people everywhere was not large, so many people had the opinion that it was easy first and then difficult.

Zhao Tongzhi was a little impatient with listening to that kind of voice too much, and suddenly heard the opposite opinion, which immediately attracted his attention, so he wanted to exhaust the root of Li Dan's thinking.

"Note 1: Folding fans, folding fans, things from the Wa Kingdom, were used by people of status at that time, refer to Song Guo Ruoxu's "Pictures and Stories: Goryeo Kingdom" or Ming Li Yangong's "Japanese Examination and Wa Hao""