Shenwu eight years of October ten, this day the weather has turned cool, although not to winter, but this climate, the more to the north, the more cold it is, Jinling and Hangzhou are more than 600 miles apart, according to the distance of 50 miles of daily navigation, only need 12 days to reach Jinling, if there is a delay on the way, at most 20 days, you can get to Jinling.

The Jade Belt River flows into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal from five miles east of the city, and there is also the only big ferry port in Hangzhou, which is crossed by the flat stream.

Early in the morning, the ferry was already full of people, businessmen from south to north, stewards with tasks, and people visiting relatives and friends, but a little daughter stood by the ferry, looking left and right, as if waiting for someone.

Two carriages came out of the east gate and went straight to the stratocross, the carriage arrived at the ferry, a young man jumped off the carriage, it was Jiang Ning, stretched out his hand and opened the curtain, Wang Ruoyan got off the carriage, followed by two girls, crescent moon and apricot.

There are also a few people in the carriage behind him, who are the two people who accompanied him this time, one is named Ding Jia, the other is named Ding Yi, the two are burly, but they are a pair of twin brothers, adopted by Wang Gongyong since childhood, no father and no mother, take the palace as their home, and have a little kung fu when they grow up, although they are not better than the green forest, but the average person is really not an opponent, and they are also in the big house to take care of the family, this time they were also selected by Jiang Ning, responsible for the safety along the way.

There are also two shopkeepers in the same company, one is He Yunzhang, the other is Zhang Zhijing, both of them are selected by Wang Ruoyan, both talent and ability are one in a million, and the remaining two are Wang Ruoyan's two cousins, Wang Zihan and Wang Zimo, the two are distant cousins of the Wang family, I heard that they are going to Jinling, one is to admire Jiang Ning's talent, and the other is to go to Jinling Talent, visit Tai'an Academy, next year's autumn is going to go to the scientific examination, and can also have a long insight, so to say, Wang Ruoyan agreed to take the two, The two of them even volunteered, one of them paid 3,000 taels, and the expenses for the future were all covered, saying that it was the right to be used as tuition, Jiang Ning was happy, and saved 6,000 taels in vain.

Jiang Ning just got out of the car, but was targeted by the little daughter, and ran over from the side of the road with a wave of her hand: "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning ......"

Jiang Ning followed the prestige, but frowned, the little daughter who rushed over was not a good stubble, but the little county lord Xia Silu.

With Xia Silu coming, there was another person, but Jiang Ning recognized it, it was Zhao Lixuan.

Jiang Ning motioned for a few people to get on the boat, turned around and bowed to Xia Silu again: "See the county lord." ”

The voices were noisy, and it was rare for anyone to hear Jiang Ning speak, Xia Silu and Zhao Lixuan walked over, followed by two family members, to protect Xia Silu's safety.

"Mr. goes to Jinling, I have nothing to give you, this is my personal jade pendant, give it to Mr. Yu, it should be a gift of apprenticeship." Xia Silu opened her mouth suddenly, but she was speechless and endless, and took out the jade pendant in her arms.

Jiang Ning frowned slightly: "The gift of apprenticeship? ”

Xia Silu nodded: "Although there is no teacher and no witness, but the number of kowtows is indispensable, the master is above, and the disciples bow three times." ”

After Xia Silu finished speaking, she didn't give Jiang Ning a chance to react at all, knelt on the ground and completed the bow with lightning speed, got up, and still offered the jade pendant in her hand with both hands.

The ceremony has been completed, and the other party is still the identity of the county lord, Wang Yuyan saw it, and took the jade pendant with both hands: "County lord, this master gift will be accepted for your husband." ”

Seeing this, Jiang Ning said: "Since this is the case, then it is the master and apprentice, I have nothing to give you, I am about to go to Jinling, and I will be with you when I come back." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, just go, master, I'll wait for you in Hangzhou." Xia Silu smiled, but it was the back of her small hand.

Since the ceremony had been completed, Jiang Ning would treat Xia Silu as his own disciple, and after thinking about it, he walked towards the carriage again, and took out two books from the box, which were the geometry books he got by chance that day.

"This is a geometry book from Arabia, I have already marked and translated, the mathematical problems in it are very deep, you take it first, if you don't understand, write it down, and I will explain it to you when I come back." Jiangning Road.

"Math?" Xia Silu took the two books and wondered, "Is it counting?" ”

Jiang Ning smiled: "Yes, it can also be said to be arithmetic, but arithmetic is a branch of mathematics, you will understand it if you have seen it." ”

"Thank you, master." Xia Silu respectfully arched her hand towards Jiang Ning.

"Hehe, congratulations to Brother Zichuan for accepting the apprentice, if you don't leave today, I will definitely pull you to drink two cups." Zhao Lixuan smiled and arched his hand.

Today, I came to see him off, Jiang Ning will be gone for a few months, I am afraid that the two will see each other again, and I don't know what year and month it will be.

"Brother Zhao, this is going to be ......" Jiang Ning also saw Zhao Lixuan followed by the carriage, dressed brightly, not as usual.

"Speaking of which, I still have the blessing of Brother Zichuan, and I have the county order of Zhuzhou, Guangdong, which is really lacking, and I am going to go south to take office, goodbye Brother Zichuan I don't know what year and month it is." Zhao Lixuan said regretfully.

"Oh, that's really congratulations to Brother Zhao for getting what he wanted, the official of his parents, he must abide by his heart." Jiang Ning Dao congratulated.

Zhao Lixuan waved his hand: "I don't want to be heard in the world, but I want to be worthy of my heart." ”

Saying this is modest and tight, Jiang Ning and Zhao Lixuan can also be regarded as talking, several discussions, all of which have benefited Zhao Lixuan a lot, originally wanted to be a teacher in this academy, and it can be regarded as teaching and educating people, but now he has a real shortage, he can have an official and a half-position, and he does not seek to be able to be crowned king and worship the prime minister, and it is not in vain to do some good things for the people.

The two said a few words of separation, now there is no mobile phone, no Internet, and they rely on letters to communicate with each other.

As he was talking, he saw the boatman standing on the bow of the boat and shouting: "Childe, if you don't make any more trips, I'm afraid that you will have to spend the night on the water tonight." ”

Jiang Ning said goodbye to Zhao Lixuan, boarded the boat, waved to Xia Silu, and set off along the Grand Canal towards Jinling.

There were also many ships that set off together, but they were heading for different destinations.

Xia Silu said goodbye to Zhao Lixuan, but went towards the small building not far from the wharf, went upstairs, but said with a smile: "Thank you aunt, if it weren't for that, this teacher would still not be able to worship, I just made a big salute, but he still looked reluctant, if it wasn't for that Wang girl to take it, the master would still refuse to accept me as an apprentice." ”

Qi Yunmeng smiled: "He has no officialdom, and he will not say anything in politics because you are his disciple, you can rest assured." ”

Xia Silu's eyes flickered, pulled Qi Yunmeng to lower her body and whispered a few words, and hurriedly covered Qi Yunmeng's mouth, for fear that she would shout out.

Qi Yunmeng finally shook his head with a wry smile after repeated affirmations: "Hey, you, you hide it from me so hard......"

Xia Silu grinned, looking at the distant boats on the river, revealing an admiring gaze.

"Let's go back, I'll be back in three or five months......"

"Go ......"

Su Yun'er watched Liu Sisi staring at the canal without moving, and couldn't help frowning......