It was raining lightly, and it was blowing in the wind, and it was wet everywhere, and the heat did not recede, and the sticky body was very uncomfortable.

There was nothing to do, Xu Ping and Gao Daquan, Sun Qilang and Sang Yi were eating hot pot around a stove.

This form of eating around a pot also existed in the Song Dynasty, but the kind of hot pot eaten now was brought by Xu Ping, according to the style of his previous life, to make a mandarin duck hot pot.

Xu Ping didn't like hot pot himself, and it was just a whim at that time, in order to miss his life in his previous life. But I didn't expect Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang to fall in love, and the two of them made a small hot pot in their room to drink, and today's pot and dishes were also tossed by the two of them.

The three of them touched the cup, Sang Yi looked at the continuous drizzle outside, and said: "This rain has been raining for three days, and we came back from Qianlongtong yesterday, and the road is still dry and refreshing, and the newly built road is really wrong." ”

Xu Ping said: "This kind of light rain is not in the way, I am afraid of heavy rain, a flash flood, and there is no way to do anything." The terrain here is like this, and this thing is really a headache. ”

Sang Yi said with a smile: "That kind of thing that God is in charge of, how can manpower resist it!" Build the road like this, Yunxing, you are already the best parent official that the people of Yongzhou have met over the years. ”

Xu Ping picked up the glass and said, "Drink." We can talk about this kind of thing ourselves, I am a little thick-skinned, and I will continue to boast about myself. Don't say that when you go out, it's a joke. ”

After drinking, Sang Yi said, "What's so embarrassing about this? The people outside praise you like that. I've been walking a lot these days, and I don't know how many people say you're their reborn parent! ”

Xu Ping just smiled and shook his head. Didn't answer either.

The people of this era are simple, and the officials will really think good about doing something for them, that is, it is located in a remote area. There is no habit of the Central Plains Han land, otherwise Xu Ping's ancestral hall would have been erected.

But in Xu Ping's previous life, no matter how this sounded numb, Xu Ping's mentality couldn't be changed no matter what.

Talking about gossip, Sang Yi said: "Yunxing, let me ask you something." ”

Seeing Sang Yi's serious appearance, Xu Ping hurriedly put down his wine glass and said, "We are our own people." If you have something to say, just say it. You suddenly look like this, how do I think it's weird. ”

"These days, I went to the sugar cane business near Taiping County and Guwanzhai to see the road you built. I also heard Shichiro say that you organized village soldiers in the sugar cane business, and you have never stopped practicing. With all due respect, in my opinion, it is not a problem for the cane sugar company to organize an army of twenty or thirty thousand in a month. Isn't it. Do you still want to go to the toe? You must know that it is to fight Guangyuan Prefecture. Fighting Jiadong, Yongzhou now has enough soldiers and horses, what more army do you need? ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment before shaking his head: "You think too much, how can I have that kind of thought." ”

"Then why are you organizing so many village soldiers? Not to mention money and things, a lot of energy is also consumed. ”

Xu Ping thought for a while before saying, "Get used to it, besides, there are so many people who have been soldiers, it's a pity not to organize." ”

"Habit? Do you still have this habit? ”

"yes. It's a habit. Xu Ping didn't think about this problem, but he just felt that things should be like this. Naturally, it did. Sang Yi asked, Xu Ping thought about it seriously, and could only answer with habit.

What impressed me the most in the history class in my previous life was that the Song Dynasty, as a unified dynasty, was bound to lose almost every battle in foreign wars, and it set a precedent for the unification of the whole country by other ethnic groups. This is a weak dynasty, even if it comes to this world and knows that there are many reasons why things happen, the deep-rooted impression of the previous life cannot be changed, no matter what the status, almost instinctively is to strengthen the military power.

In the past, he was a small landlord in Zhongmu, and Xu Ping organized Zhuangke as a militia. Now in Yongzhou, the subordinates who organized the cane sugar business are the township soldiers, and they are trying to get the establishment and get the strength to get it.

Without him, it's just a habit.

Xu Ping had memories of the countryside in his previous life, although it was unrecognizable in his generation, but there was once a clear distinction between villages and towns, and the militia was widely organized. It can even be said that this set of organizations once formed an unprecedented military mobilization capability in human history, and Xu Ping naturally copied it to the sugar business.

"Sang Xiucai, do you remember that I was in Zhongmu Manor, and I also organized Zhuang Ke? At that time, it was to prevent thieves. Now the sugar cane family has a big business, it is simply the gold and silver mountains of the imperial court, Yongzhou here is Jiaozhi in the south, and Dali in the west, which is not red-eyed? Without these villagers, I wouldn't be able to sleep. ”

Sang Yi listened, nodded and said: "That's good, Dali doesn't talk about it, Jiaozhi and Guangyuan Prefecture have made a lot of trouble in the past two years, and they don't have the mind to do it." ”

"Whoever makes a fuss, I'll hit him! With more than 10 million yuan of silver money a year, the cane sugar is rich and rivals the country! Yongzhou now has more than 7,000 troops, when will you have a free hand to level Guangyuan Prefecture first! ”

Half a catty of wine went down, Xu Ping's wine strength also came up, and the words that he usually didn't say out of caution were also said. How many people are there in Guangyuan Prefecture? Relying on the advantages of the terrain, Zuojiang Road calmed down, and now it is there that Xu Ping is making trouble.

If you want to hit Guangyuan Prefecture, you must first go to Menzhou, where the road to Guangyuan Prefecture is convenient. The Nong family has been in trouble for many years, and Da Song can't help him, and even later took it and gave it up, there is no way, just how many people on that road are not enough to fill in. On the contrary, Jiaozhi won once and again, and if it wasn't for the loss of gunpowder this time, Nong Cunfu would have to be caught back. It's not the people of Jiaozhi who can fight, it's because they have a geographical advantage.

When talking about the situation in Yongzhou here, a pro-soldier came to report, saying that a young man from outside had come to Xu Ping and brought a letter.

Xu Ping took the letter and saw that it was written by Zhao Xiping, the same year as his Jinshi. Back then, Zhao Yan and Xu Ping were both first-class jinshi, and they also compiled a small record of the same year together in Xu Ping's small courtyard, which was quite good in the same year. Xu Ping was assigned the official position of Yongzhou General Judge, and Yue Yu was Fuzhou General Judge, and the two of them also had letters to live in, and they did not break off contact.

The letter said that Zhao Yan's term was completed, and he was changed to a judge of the three divisions and household departments of the official power, which was regarded as entering the central government from the local government, which was smoother than Xu Ping's official career. The affairs of the household judge are complicated, the requirements for ability are high, and they also require long-term tenure, and there are not a few who have been doing it for ten or eight years, and the official position remains unchanged. It's just that the position goes up.

There were some gossips in the letter, and it was also said that he would help Xu Ping take care of his family when he went to the capital. Finally, it was mentioned that when he was serving as the general judge of Fuzhou, he found a young man in the Jianchang Army of Linjun. Named Li Jing, he has been smart and studious since he was a child, and now he is an adult and wants to travel to the Quartet to study. I usually admire Xu Ping very much, and I ask myself to introduce myself, and I am willing to come to Yongzhou to study with Xu Ping for a period of time.

Xu Ping was stunned for a while when he took the letter, although he was a first-class jinshi in high school. Learning is really incomprehensible in this era. There is knowledge in the stomach, but it doesn't fit with the times, how can there be little fans.

Think about it. People came all the way with their own letters from the same year, and they couldn't see them. When the time comes, when you really talk about learning, you can find a way to fool the past.

Putting away the letter, Xu Ping asked the soldiers to bring people to the flower hall. Go back and change your clothes first. In this year, he was engaged in Confucianism. attaches great importance to etiquette, and is solemn so that people will not be left out in the cold.

Gang Sang Yi and a few people said that they had something to do, and went back to change into a regular robe, and Xu Ping went to the flower hall.

In front of the flower hall stood a young man in his twenties, of medium stature, thin, who looked like a dusty man who had traveled a long way. Holding a paper umbrella in his hand. It's dilapidated, but it can keep out the rain. Stand there respectfully.

He was dressed in a green robe, but it was clean, and he thought that he had washed it before changing it on his body in order to see Xu Ping. With a burden on his back, he looks like nothing on the flat ground.

This dress, and there is not even a servant by his side, it looks like he is from a poor background.

Xu Ping didn't dare to slack off, young scholars can't look at dress, no matter how poor his family is, he can't go to the capital next year to become a champion, and it will be too late to make friends at that time.

Therefore, there are many young scholars in this era who travel to study, and most of the magistrates eat and drink well, and they also give travel expenses when they leave. That's the use of the legation's treasury, and it's not the money in your pocket anyway.

Xu Ping, because of his remote location in Tiannan, occasionally comes to study a young scholar, or from Fujian to enter the sugar business, and has not met a young man who is studying in Bazhi.

Everything is rare for the first time, and Xu Ping also attaches great importance to his first time as a teacher.

Walked forward and made an inquiry, Xu Ping said: "In Xu Ping, Xiakaifeng Mansion, I don't know where Xiu is from?" Is it safe along the way? ”

The man hurriedly saluted: "The student Jianchang Army is a person from the southern city, and his father taught him to read some poetry books since he was a child, and he was lucky to be appreciated by Zhao Tongju, Fuzhou, and often talked about Mr. He is very knowledgeable and insightful, and his students have always admired him. This year's great filial piety has been removed, the mother is fortunate and healthy, the ancients read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, and the students took the liberty to come to Yongzhou to ask Mr. for advice. I just hope to serve in the morning and evening, and it is also fortunate to be able to get a word of teaching. ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment when he said this, how did he think in his heart, his poems and essays were the ones he did during the imperial examination, and there were no other masterpieces in circulation. This brother doesn't look like he is polite, it's quite sincere, but what did he think he was so knowledgeable, he really couldn't afford it.

The rain was still falling, and Xu Ping saw that the broken umbrella in Li Ping's hand was already wet because he saw that Xu Ping didn't dare to hold it above his head, so he hurriedly let him into the room.

Entering the room and sitting down, Xu Ping ordered the soldiers to serve tea, and the two chatted a few more gossips.

Xu Ping couldn't help but be curious, and asked Li Ji: "What did Zhao Xiping say in front of you, you came all the way here to see me?" I know for myself, I haven't really done anything in these years. ”

Li Jing said: "The sage does not say it, and the article is just a trivial matter. Mr. came to Lingnan, built a sugar business, and practiced the Bracket Ding Law, which are all actions to enrich the country and secure the people, what article can be compared? When the student heard Zhao Tongju talk about his husband's youth, he once wrote a poem: 'How can a beggar ever have a second wife? Have a lot of chickens next door? At that time, there was Zhou Tianzi, what did they say about Wei Qi? It's a pity that people who are studying now regard Mencius as a sage, but they have lost the original intention of a sage, who can see Mencius clearly like Mr.? ”

Xu Ping heard this and stayed there for a while.

He is also a Jinshi now, he has read a lot of poetry and books, and his vision is not comparable to when he first came to this world. Is this thing poetry, too? Limerick poetry is barely counted, right? Not to mention the superficial content, even Lin Wensi couldn't look down on it back then. Jin Yong didn't know what to think when he wrote about the Condor Shooting, and when he made such a poem, he was stumped by the Dali champion, so the Dali champion was a fool, right?

Xu Ping, the student who came, thought of how unreliable he was, but he remembered Zhao Yan, that person was knowledgeable and honest, and he didn't seem to recommend people indiscriminately.

There is no way to do this kind of thing, I can only blame Xu Ping for reading few books in his previous life, and I don't know that Jin Yong's poem was copied from others, and now the owner has come to the door.

This original poem is from a note, saying that Li Taibo is studying in Taixue, because his knowledge is not Meng, and there is a Xiucai who made this poem to him in order to cheat and drink, and sure enough, Li Taibo had a treat.

Li Jingzi Taber, this story originally happened to him. It's not that Dali Zhuangyuan thinks that this poem can't be explained stupidly, but at that time, he didn't know that everyone's allusions were really stupid. (To be continued.) )