"What kind of wind is this that blows Bo Shi to my house, you and my brother haven't seen each other for a while, right?" It's easy to think about it, and even the way of speaking in this era is saved.

Hong Tao worked hard to adapt for half a year, but he still didn't learn that set of words. It's not that I'm stupid, but I have too little vocabulary in my head, and I can't drag words, so I just follow the vernacular I'm used to, and I don't like to listen to it.

"There is a delicious food in Jinqing's house, and the younger brother comes to disturb one or two, if you feel that it is not appropriate, then can you add a zizhan?"

Li Gonglin's attitude towards Hong Tao should also be well known, but since he came, he must have been mentally prepared, pulled his face, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the person opposite.

This person is not young, black and thin, sitting on the chair is half a head taller than Li Gonglin, after getting up, Hong Tao has to look up half-up. This made him very unaccustomed, but he didn't know it, the little plastic physique of the colt was not only thin, but also short.

Zizhan ...... But Brother Su? The other party just looked at himself with a smile on his fists, Hong Tao blinked several times, and finally remembered who Zizhan was, isn't that Su Shi Su Dongpo!

It should indeed be, Su Shi is 11 years older than the horse Wang Xu, and he was relegated to the broken place in Huangzhou, so he can't do it if he doesn't want to be dark.

"It's someone Su, this farewell is more than half a load, Jin Qing is okay?" It is estimated that Su Shi also heard about the change in the horse, and he was mentally prepared for Wang Xu's performance of recognizing himself without entering the door, and he stepped forward with a smile as a formal salute.

"It's hard to put into words...... The little brother has changed too much in the past six months, it's really hard to explain! Wasp, go to the back garden to get a few copies of the Treasure Painting Hall, and then go to the kitchen to say that you are ready to prepare more mutton, and put the pot on the table. When the lady came back, she told her that Brother Su Zizhan was here, and she went to the study to find me. Brother Su, Brother Li, it's cold here, please go to the study to talk. ”

Don't look at Hong Tao's dislike of seeing Li Gonglin, he still looks forward to Su Shi. Vulgar, Hong Tao is also a layman, and fame is inevitably vulgar to him.

In fact, he didn't know anything about Su Shi's character, and his poems and songs didn't resonate much, just because he was famous.

"Jin Qing has a new work recently?" From the moment he stepped into the study, the smile on Su Shi's face became lighter and stiffer.

He had been to this study many times, and he could not count too many to count. But the feeling is very different today, the desk is full of metal, wood, and bamboo clutter, and there is almost no room for a teacup.

I don't say what these things are used for, but at a glance it can be seen that they have nothing to do with painting and writing poems, but more like a part of the craftsmen making certain utensils.

The only thing that can be called related to the study is a stack of white paper, but it is neither calligraphy nor calligraphy nor words, and I don't understand what is written, and those words are obviously not used by the Song people.

Look at the bookshelves full of classics and classics, they are all dusted. Obviously, they hadn't been turned over in a long time, not even cleaned.

"New? Oh, how to say, I haven't held a paintbrush for a long time, and since I was injured, the original memory in my head has gone seven or eight times out of ten, and I have no interest in poetry, calligraphy and painting, but I have some new skills. Zizhan probably didn't know that the younger brother had already taken up a job in the arithmetic institute and invented this thing. I'll write a book in a little while, and you two might as well have a sneak peek. ”

Since he came to this era, Hong Tao has tried his best to avoid talking about calligraphy and painting with others, but he can't avoid it. It was not too difficult to fool the emperor and the prime minister, and even the wives, who had never carefully understood the temperament of the horses. But a close friend like Su Shi is not easy to do, and in some ways they know Wang Shu better.

It can be seen from Su Shi's eyes as soon as he enters the door that he is very familiar with this study, more familiar than his own fake colt, every detail can evoke a past, and his eyes are full of disappointment.

From the bones, Hong Tao thinks that he is still an intellectual, although his hobbies and interests are very different from those of intellectuals of this era, but he can still communicate when he comes into contact with Shen Kuo, Jia Xian and even Wang Anshi.

Communication here is not chatting, it is higher than chatting, it is more like communication on a spiritual level. If he could communicate with more elites of this era and truly integrate into them, Hong Tao felt that he would have a greater chance of success.

But what to use as a medium to communicate with each other, poetry and poetry must be out of play, and it's too late to learn. Calligraphy and painting are more difficult, these things depend on talent, and their strengths are only those knowledge of later generations.

Liberal arts can't do it at all, but mathematics, physics and chemistry can make do, especially mathematics. It's completely on paper, and it's quick and easy to fool around. And this thing is also one of the six arts of a gentleman, and the grade doesn't seem to be low.

The grade is indeed not low, the version shown to Su Shi and Li Gonglin has been translated by Lian'er and Gao Cuifeng, most of them are words, even if you can't read it, you can understand what is written, much cuter than a lot of Arabic numerals and mathematical operation symbols.

Su Shi and Li Gonglin read it very seriously, they are not without a foundation in mathematics, even if they are not as good as those teachers and students in the academy who specialize in this science, but mathematics books such as nine chapters of arithmetic are also one of the must-reads, plus Hong Tao's simple explanation, it is not particularly difficult to understand.

Both of them spoke highly of the book written by the colt because it contained some very practical examples. Practical problems such as building river embankments and digging ditches are not unfamiliar to an official. Especially for people like Su Shi who have been magistrates, it should be a large part of the work.

If, as demonstrated by the colt, only one or two simple measurements are required, and everything can be calculated and understood while sitting in the office with a pen in hand, and the error is still very small, then it is conceivable how much the workload and work efficiency of the officials will be improved in the future.

Before dinner, the three of them chatted very well, and basically discussed the contents of the book in the study with questions and answers. Dinner is still set in the Flying Feather Hall, and it is still shabu mutton. This thing Hong Tao eats smoothly, and he can also entertain guests.

However, the topic chatted and chatted from the fire wall in Feiyu Hall to the white wax insects and ash trees in Qionglin Garden, and then slipped out, and turned to Xinzheng and Wang Anshi.

"This person is a wild fox spirit! Since ancient times, servants must use villagers, grains must be used for food, silk and linen must be used for clothing, boats must be used for Jichuan, and cattle and horses must be used for land; Scholars donate relatives to abandon their graves to serve in the Quartet, in addition to Xuanli, but also want to have fun, this person's affection is also. If the chef is sluggish, it seems to be the ugly wind of the dangerous state, and I am afraid it is not a grand view of peace! ”

When it comes to the new deal and Wang Anshi, Su Dacai, who was still very personable just now, was unusual, and the first thing he said when he opened his mouth was a personal attack, saying that Wang Anshi was a fox spirit.

After the latter words were translated by Lian'er, Hong Tao was even more dumbfounded, this great genius actually said in a straight voice that the common people should be enslaved, and those who are officials should enjoy themselves, this is the peaceful and prosperous era, and it is the truth that has been passed down since ancient times.