Chapter 4: The Great Officials of the Frontier
For dinner that day, Fang La just chatted about family life, without a word about Huaiyin City and the imperial court, and the dinner was quite pleasant, after eating, Fang La had something to say goodbye and leave.
After Lu Shaoli left, he asked Pang He: "What are you going to do next, I think you still stay here, Master Fang is very good, and he can help you realize your wishes." What's more, I can also see you often, talk to you, and talk to you. β
Pang He looked at Lu Shaoli and said, "Shaoli, you have become too much, I don't know you anymore, maybe you have experienced too much." β
Lu Shaoli smiled: "People will always change, do you know? I used to only need my father to take care of it, I was responsible for learning, and I didn't have to worry about anything." But after going through some things, I had to change myself, and if I didn't change, I was afraid that I wouldn't survive. β
Pang He sighed: "In the past, you were full of yearning for the future, and you were very firm and confident in your goals. But now you have a lot of confusion, a little more worry and concern. Perhaps, your previous wish was to be a successful businessman, inherit his father's business, and better develop Lu Kee. And now you are different, with more peeps into power. β
Lu Shaoli nodded and praised: "You are still so wise, you can see this." It's true that I've changed now, and I used to think that if I just do my businessman, I'll be fine. But since the imperial court's blow to us Lu Ji, I realized that I was too naΓ―ve. If a person does not have rights, then even if he has more money, it may be someone else's. β
Pang He said: "Shaoli, your idea is wrong. rights, although they can bring certain benefits. But have you ever thought that the current situation is not caused by your lack of rights, but by the mediocrity and unrighteousness of the imperial court. In the current Great Song Dynasty, it's not like you can sit back and relax if you get an official and a half position. I came out of the capital, and my master Zhou Dong was not a court official. Look at Zhang Dun again, a very popular minister, he hasn't been driven down yet. Su Dongpo Su is a bachelor, full of economy and ambition, but unfortunately he has no enthusiasm, and in the end, what did he get. Although he could not leave his name in the political arena, he was also able to live for generations with his poetry, calligraphy and painting. Everyone has their own talents, and corresponding uses. Since you don't like officialdom, why bother with what kind of name you want to make in the officialdom? As long as you give full play to your expertise, we will never be able to control or grasp those things that we can't help ourselves, so we should not dwell on them. β
Lu Shaoli said: "Actually, I also want to live a good life and open my Lu Ji, but you know, after I went through this, I can't help but think about it." If only I had your ability, it would be fine, and I wouldn't have to worry about my future. β
Pang He smiled bitterly: "I, what do you envy me? A person who was hunted down, if I had the ability, I would not have fallen into the world like today." From the capital to Liangshan, I am not Cai Jing's opponent, but I was lucky enough to escape and came here for a long time. You, don't be envious, sometimes, sad things are just things you don't know. β
Lu Shaoli sighed: "Maybe, maybe I thought it was too simple." I used to think that like you, I have a martial arts, I can help you when you see injustice, and you can go to Ma Anbang to calm the chaos in the world. β
Pang He said: "If you want to learn martial arts, I can teach you, as long as you can endure hardships and learn some martial arts, it is not a difficult thing." If you can, pack up your heart now, be yourself, and as for the rest, you don't have to worry about it. There will be no war in Huaiyin in the near future, and in the future, even if we come, we will not be able to stop it, and when the time comes, it will depend on what Fang La does. β
Lu Shaoli said: "Then don't you plan to stay?"
Pang He smiled: "I will stay here for a few days, it is rare to meet you, and I don't want to say goodbye in such a hurry." Come with me when you have time, go for a walk together. You're stressed, it's good to go out for a walk!"
Chunmei said: "Yes, yes, I don't even know yet, what's fun here, you can take us to play when you have time!"
Lu Shaoli smiled and said, "Okay, I promise you, I will definitely take you to have a good time." There is a good manor in Huaiyin City, very chic, it happens to be a very good friend of my father, and it should be my uncle, if you are free, I will take you to his manor for a walk. β
Chunmei was overjoyed: "Okay, good, it's better to have a lot of delicious food!"
Pang He looked at Chunmei helplessly: "You, you know how to play, eat, you see, you have only been here for a few days, and you have filled your room." β
Chunmei said aggrievedly: "Who told that Wu Song not to let me leave the cottage with my things, I brought a few clothes." β
Pang He said: "You are running for your life, you still bring so many things, don't you even want your life?
Chunmei glanced at Pang He: "You know that when you talk about me, you have married two, can't you marry one more?"
Pang He sighed: "You, okay, in the future, don't say such things, how old are you, you can't say such ignorant things." β
Lu Shaoli said: "Chunmei is a person who has something to say, what do you think in your heart, how do you say it, if you want me to say, if you can marry a person as secure as Brother Pang, I am willing to do a few rooms, as long as I can go in a few times!"
Chunmei echoed: "That's it, that's it, you see Shaoli say so!"
Pang He said helplessly: "I really can't do anything about the two of you, it's not too early, let's go and rest!"
Pan Jinlian snorted: "Well, then I'll go back and rest first!"
After saying that, he was the first to leave. Then, Li Bei'er also went back to rest.
Pang He said to Su Ying and Hu Sanniang: "Okay, let's go too!"
The two women, one on the left and one on the right, accompanied Pang He back to the room to rest.
One day, when it passed quickly, Pang He lay on the bed, thinking about Fang La and Lu Shaoli, and only fell asleep after thinking for a long time. Lu Shao's proximity to Fang La, for him, it is not necessarily a good thing, he wants to get something on Fang La's side. But Fang La knows very well that Lu Shaoli has a good ability in business, but in politics, he does not have much ability, especially in terms of people's livelihood, which is very lacking. Therefore, Fang La did not reuse him, but just treated him as a friend.