Baoyuan Inn.
After Gu Zhengchen took a bath and washed away his fatigue, he ordered Gu Cheng to order some food and wine and invite Liang Jiajun.
Looking at Liang Jiajun who was a little embarrassed and couldn't let go, Gu Zhengchen poured a glass of wine himself and gave it to Liang Jiajun: "Old Liang has been very kind to the Gu family, and Brother Liang has taken good care of me along the way. These Zhengchens all remember In my heart, I will never forget it.”
Liang Jiajun already knew that Gu Zhengchen would move out of the inn tomorrow and stay in Mu Mansion temporarily until he went to Jurong. He expressed his unabashed envy: "I can't believe that you have such good luck. You will be sitting high in the ministry in the future, so you need more support. "
Gu Zhengchen raised his glass and said with a smile: "No matter what, I am still a seventh-grade magistrate of the county, which is not within Jinling. On the other hand, Brother Liang, who studied at Guozixue, has a wide range of friends, and has a bright future."
Liang Jiajun nodded.
Gu Zhengchen was right, he was very sober. No matter how prosperous he was at this time, no matter how good he was with the people in Jinling, he was not an official in Jinling. Even if others wanted to support him, it would not be easy.
As for Guozixue, it has become particularly important with the suspension of the imperial examination. The imperial court will select more people to enter the officialdom here. As an assistant teacher of the Imperial Academy, if you can teach a few students at the level of ministers and ministers, through the relationship between teachers and students, you may not be able to achieve success in the future.
After a glass of wine, Liang Jiajun filled up the wine and looked at Gu Zhengchen: "By coincidence, Uncle Kai has helped me find a house and I can move in tomorrow. If we separate today, we will meet again tomorrow. We are still old friends. I wish little brother Gu a bright future. , high-ranking officials must sit down!”
Gu Zhengchen raised his glass and said, "I hope Brother Liang will have peach and plum blossoms all over the world and enter the temple as soon as possible."
The banquet is over and people are leaving north and south.
Early the next morning, Liang Jiajun moved out first, and Gu Zhengchen watched him leave. Soon, Zhang Pei, the bodyguard of Mu Mansion, led people to the inn and sent Gu Zhengchen, his master and servant, to Mu Mansion.
The housekeeper Xie Fang placed Gu Zhengchen and others in the west wing. After they were settled, he reported back to Feng.
"Gu Juren likes to eat fish, so he arranged for the kitchen to prepare more in the past few days. He is the master's best friend and cannot violate the rules."
Feng was Mu Ying's main wife and the mother of Mu Chun. She was a kind-hearted person. She knew that Mu Ying had been busy with military affairs for the past two days, and Mu Chun and Mu Sheng were too young to entertain guests, so she personally took care of them and arranged for the housekeeper to entertain them well and not to neglect them.
"Don't worry, madam."
Xie Fang agreed.
Training ground.
Gu Zhengchen started training again and gritted his teeth and persisted. For several days in a row, my whole body has become extremely sore, and I cannot give up or interrupt at this time.
Zhang Pei looked at the devoted Gu Zhengchen, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
He is a man of letters, and he is already weak, but he has the drive to refuse to admit defeat in his bones. It seems that there is a strong force supporting him. Even if he is exhausted, he does not cry tired or rest!
There is no one here to supervise or urge him. He is training by himself through self-discipline and self-will! Such people know what they want and are willing to put in all their efforts to get the results they desire!
He is not a simple scholar!
"You were the one who stole my brother's bow and sword?"
Gu Zhengchen looked over and saw a handsome young man, in his early ten years, with fair complexion, bright eyes, and an immature look. He was holding a spear in his hand.
"You made my brother cry, and I want you to apologize."
Muchun pointed the gun at Gu Zhengchen.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the guard Zhang Pei. This guy actually didn't even look at him.
"Correction, I haven't seen your brother yet, how could I snatch his bow and sword? The one who gave the order was your father, and the ones who did it were Wu Rong and Zhang Pei. Neither the mastermind nor the accomplices can take my turn. You can find I apologize, this should be regarded as indifference between right and wrong, unclear right and wrong, and wronging a good person, right?"
Gu Zhengchen saw the sandbags taken off and thrown on the ground.
Muchun looked at Zhang Pei: "Is what he said true?"
Zhang Pei thought about it and thought, no problem.
When Mu Chun saw Zhang Pei nodding, he took back his spear with some depression. Suddenly he felt something was wrong and pointed at Gu Zhengchen: "But these are all caused by you, you are the chief culprit!"
Gu Zhengchen laughed loudly and clapped his hands in praise: "I can see that you are quite smart."
"That's natural. My husband all praises me for my intelligence."
Muchun's face lifted, full of pride.
Gu Zhengchen nodded, looked at the attic not far away, and said, "Since you are so smart, you must be a gentleman. I am a scholar. If you want to vent your anger for your brother, shouldn't you use the method of a scholar?"
"No problem. If you lose, you have to apologize to my brother."
Muchun agreed immediately.
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly: "If you lose, don't blame me for taking your sword away."
"I don't believe you can win."
Muchun was very confident.
Gu Zhengchen pointed to the attic: "As long as you can accurately measure the height of that attic, I will apologize to your brother, how about that?"
Mu Chun turned around and looked around. The attic was a summer house specially built by his father Mu Ying. Standing on it, he could look out over the entire Mu Mansion courtyard.
"What's so hard about this?"
Muchun agreed directly and looked at Zhang Pei: "You, climb up and see how high it is..."
Zhang Pei's eyes widened. My young master, this is a competition between you. You don't need me. Besides, I can't climb to the top.
Half an hour later, Muchun was sweating profusely.
The ruler at home is also true. Why can’t we get a ruler several feet long when we only have a three-foot-long ruler?
Why was a roof built on this dilapidated building when it was being renovated? Why was there a head on the roof? I can’t figure it out!
The same goes for ladders. Why not make them higher? They are all short and broken ladders!
Muchun was so angry that he wished he could demolish the attic to the ground and measure the height bit by bit.
Gu Zhengchen drank tea leisurely and looked at Mu Chun, who was jumping up and down and busy here and there. He heard footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around and saw Mu Ying arriving, so he stood up and handed over his hands: "Comrade Mu is here."
"What is he doing?"
After Muying returned the gift, she saw her son throwing a rope into the attic, with a small stone tied to one end of the rope.
Gu Zhengchen explained.
Mu Ying smiled heartily: "You are the first to bully the eldest young master of the Mu family."
Gu Zhengchen shook his head and his expression became serious: "I just want to tell Master Muchun in this way that you need to pay attention to methods to solve problems. If you use the wrong method, you will get twice the result with half the effort. If you use the right method, you will get twice the result with half the effort."
Mu Ying suppressed her smile and looked at Gu Zhengchen: "Pay attention to methods. Is this the origin of your skills of saving people and forging your body?"
Gu Zhengchen said nothing.
Mu Ying understood.
The problem is like a door. Some doors are locked and you need to find the right key to open them.
Mu Chun was so depressed that he could not measure the accurate height at all. When he saw Mu Ying coming, he felt aggrieved: "Father, the child has been bullied. This is not something that can be done..."
Mu Ying comforted Mu Chun and looked at Gu Zhengchen: "Tell me your method and make my son convinced."
Gu Zhengchen looked at the shadow of the attic and then at Muchun's shadow, and said with a smile: "This matter is actually very simple. The relationship between the height of the attic and the shadow is related to the height of the person and the relationship between the shadow of the person. It’s the same. Measure your own height and divide it by the length of your shadow, then multiply it by the length of the shadow in the attic to get its height.”
"You should be familiar with "Nine-Nine Songs". One-nine-twenty-nine, you don't make a move when you meet; three-nine-twenty-seven, the fence is blowing; four-nine-thirty-six, sleeping at night is like sleeping in the open; five-nine-forty-five, the sun Open the door...Nine-nine-eighty-one, the plows and rakes come out together. "Sun Tzu's Sutra" records that the method of division is different from multiplication. Mr. must have taught some of these algorithms."
"Everything in the world always has its own rules to be found and laws to follow. In the words of the saint, it is to study things to gain knowledge and to get to the bottom of their origins. You are still young now, but you have to remember that there is no problem that cannot be solved. It’s just that I haven’t found the right way. Isn’t that right, Commander Mu?”
Mu Ying nodded solemnly, looked at Mu Chun, and said majestically: "I haven't bowed to you yet, sir!"
Muchun wrote it down and gave a deep bow: "Disciple, please be taught."
Gu Zhengchen smiled and said: "Actually, there are many ways to know the height of this building. You can even ask the craftsmen who built this building. Every building has its regulations. However, sometimes people need to rely on their own Wisdom solves problems.”
Muchun nodded repeatedly: "If you don't mind, Sir, could you please explain in detail the Nine-Nine Songs and the methods of multiplication and division. Although Mr. Wang in the mansion taught you some, I don't understand it very well."
Gu Zhengchen knew that as a general, you don't have to be illiterate, but you still need to master basic arithmetic. Logistics, number of soldiers, mileage and time are all inseparable from planning.
It's just that Muchun is young after all, only eleven years old this year.
Gu Zhengchen readily agreed: "Let's start with the Jiujiu Song. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people began to use the Jiujiu Song to count. At that time, people said from ninety-nine eighty-one to two-two as four, and later said One by one, the way of multiplication..."
Mu Ying stood aside, listening intently.
Compared with Mr. Wang who was invited by the family, Gu Zhengchen seems to be more suitable to be a teacher. He seems to be very proficient in planning. He can simplify complex calculations by making gestures on the ground. The planning knowledge he talks about is very similar to that of Mr. Wang. They are different in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and other classics, but they coincide with each other.
"master."
Wu Rong walked to Mu Ying's side and shouted in a low voice.
Seeing Wu Rong's serious expression, Mu Ying stepped aside and asked, "What's the matter?"
Wu Rong reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty has given an oral order to the Governor's Office to place the more than 2,250 Tatar soldiers captured last month in the five counties of Yingtian Prefecture, including Liuhe, Jurong, and Jiangpu. Inside, he changed his surname to Hu and became an obedient citizen."
Mu Ying frowned slightly, a little worried: "Liuhe, Jurong, Jiangpu and other places are near Jinling. If they get into trouble, they will enter Jinling in the morning and evening! Isn't this dangerous?"
Wu Rong did not dare to speak.
This was the order of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
Mu Ying waved her hand: "Since His Majesty has given you the oral instructions, let's follow it. But in this way, it will be easy for the local people to suffer. Wait, you said Jurong County is also included here?"
"Yes."
"Jurong?"
Mu Ying looked at Gu Zhengchen who was explaining the problem to Mu Chun, and said slowly: "The Governor's Office cannot violate the holy will, but it can coordinate the distribution of the number of people. You said, if more than 1,200 people are resettled In Jurong..."
Wu Rong's Adam's apple twitched, his face looked a little ugly, and he glanced at Gu Zhengchen in the distance: "Master, once these people get into trouble, he may die..."
