Chen Kan returned to the ship, and Dongchang City immediately started a crackdown mode.
But all this has nothing to do with Chen Kan.
Anyway, he just said casually, whether he will come to Dongchang in the future or not is still a matter of doubt.
Back in the room, Chen Kan found rice, millet, corn, soybeans, red dates, lotus seeds, red beans, longan and other ingredients from the supplies purchased today and put them into a bowl.
Chen Qia's body has almost recovered now, but there are many hideous scars left on his body.
Seeing Chen Kan preparing various ingredients, he also stepped forward to help, picked out the broken beans and asked, "Cooking Laba porridge?"
Chen Kan nodded: "It's Laba Festival, just in time for the occasion!"
Although he had eaten a lot of mutton in Dongchang City just now, Chen Kan felt that he could still drink a bowl of porridge, which was just right to relieve his tiredness.
The two of them were chatting and laughing as they walked out of the room and went to the kitchen with the prepared ingredients. Although Chen Qia was a scholar, he didn't believe in the gentleman's idea of staying away from the kitchen, so he had no objection to entering the kitchen.
Chen Kan put all the ingredients together except the dried longan, rinsed them with water for a few times, then put them into a clay pot and added water to boil.
Chen Qia watched him do all this and couldn't help but smile: "Boy Chen, sometimes I think you don't look like a marquis."
Chen Kan rolled his eyes at him: "Mr. Chen, what do you think is a Marquis?"
Chen Qia smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of the Bell Ming Ding Shi Family?"
Chen Kan frowned and said: "What era is it, and the bells and cauldrons still ring for food? That's not exquisite, that's stupid. The bronze cauldron can't even cook meat."
After making a complaint, Chen Kan looked at Chen Qiayu and said seriously: "Old Chen, you really need to change, otherwise the times will definitely abandon you. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is changing with each passing day. Not only the Ming Dynasty is changing, but His Majesty is also changing, even as a person. The mentor of this scholar leader is also changing. If you don’t change, I’m afraid you won’t be able to survive in the Ming Dynasty in the future.”
As soon as Chen Kan mentioned this, Chen Qia immediately showed a lack of interest.
How could he not know that the Ming Dynasty was changing? He knew it too well. He also knew that the current changes in the Ming Dynasty were different from those in previous dynasties.
But now there are endless new things emerging in Ming Dynasty, and everyone is chasing new things. What to do with the old things?
Just throw away all the old ones?
Seeing Chen Qia acting like this again, Chen Kan sighed helplessly: "When will you throw away your damn sense of responsibility?"
Chen Qiayi said with waning interest: "I am a scholar and I always have to protect something."
"Your Majesty doesn't even care anymore, how long can you keep guard?"
As soon as Chen Kan's question was raised, Chen Qia fell silent.
Chen Kan continued: "Three cardinal principles and five constant principles, ethics and morality, these things do not need you to protect. People with moral principles will abide by them. For those without moral principles, it is useless to talk about them."
"Well, that's the truth."
Chen Qian hummed and stopped talking.
Chen Kan glared at Chen Qia with hatred: "I really don't know where you scholars can get this inexplicable sense of responsibility."
Chen Qia remained silent.
Chen Kan also lost interest, and the two of them just stared at the Laba porridge cooking on the fire.
Soon, steam began to rise from the mouth of the clay pot.
The unique fragrance of the grain also spreads along the steam.
They didn't know how long they stayed by the fire. Finally, the clay pot exploded.
The clay pot exploded, so of course there was no way to eat the porridge.
The two looked at each other, turned around and left the kitchen at the same time.
In the end, it was Chen Kan who cooked a few home-cooked dishes to settle today's dinner.
Of course, there is definitely no need to drink Laba porridge.
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...
Time flew by quickly, and Chen Kan finally arrived in Zhuozhou before the new year.
Chen Kan and Chen Qia stood on the deck with sheets wrapped around them, looking at Zhuozhou City already covered in heavy snow, they couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"You didn't tell me that Beijing was so cold before I came here!"
Chen Qia grunted in dissatisfaction and couldn't help but wrap the quilt around him a little tighter.
He is a true Jiangnan native and has been an official in the capital for most of his life. This is his first time in the north.
But now, he has begun to miss his days in the capital.
Chen Kan glanced at him sideways: "There are earth dragons and kangs in the north. They won't freeze you to death."
Chen Qia murmured: "It's so cold in Beijing, but Liaodong can still handle it."
"I didn't ask you to go to Liaodong now!"
While the two were bickering, the ship successfully docked.
Chen Kan had already seen Yuncheng standing on the pier, wrapped like a rice dumpling.
Chen Kan and Chen Qia trembled as they got off the boat, and Yuncheng hurriedly came up to them: "Old slave Yuncheng, I have met the Marquis!"
"No gift!"
Chen Kan was still wrapped in quilt. He admitted that the winter in the north was indeed very cold.
Yuncheng didn't know how long he had been waiting for Chen Kan in the wind and snow. His whole face had been frozen into purple, but he still guided Chen Kan dutifully and said: "Master Marquis, please get in the carriage to keep warm. Mistress and The three gentlemen are waiting for you at the mansion."
"That's fine!"
Chen Kan led Chen Qian tremblingly to a carriage. Just a short time after leaving the boat, a thin layer of snow had already accumulated on the two of them.
The north wind howled by, and Chen Kan got into the carriage first.
Chen Qia followed closely behind.
As soon as they entered the carriage, the two couldn't help but moan in comfort.
Without him, the carriage was too warm. There were stoves in each corner, and the heat filled the entire carriage.
Chen Kan threw the quilt aside and fiddled with the seat a few times. Several hidden grids popped up on the car wall.
Taking out the food and wine from the secret room, Chen Kan said calmly: "First, I'll put some food on my stomach. I'll have a big meal when I return to the house later."
Of course Chen Qia would not be polite to Chen Kan. He unscrewed the wine bottle and acted like a long whale sucking water for Chen Kan.
The carriage creaked and set off, the wheels running over the snow as if pressing against cotton, and neither of the two people in the carriage felt any bumps.
The guards followed on horseback, and a long procession headed towards the Jinshui River.
When passing by Beijing, Chen Qia curiously opened a corner of the curtain. Unfortunately, the entire city of Beijing was covered with snow, and he couldn't see anything after looking for a long time.
The carriage was not moving very fast. After all, it was snowing and the road was not easy to walk.
But everyone still rushed back to the Hou Mansion before dark.
Chen Kan jumped out of the carriage and saw Chang Ning standing in front of the mansion with three children, her face as bright as a peach blossom.
Chen Qia jumped off the carriage, bowed his hands to Chang Ning and said, "The common people have met Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Chang Ning stretched out his hand to help: "Mr. Chen, no courtesy, please come in before we talk. It's snowing heavily outside."
"That's fine!"
Several people walked into the door, and suddenly there was a deafening sound of fireworks outside the door.
Everyone looked back subconsciously and saw fireworks lighting up the night sky, first from Beijing, and then extending to both sides of the Jinshui River.
"What a prosperous life!"
Chen Kan smiled and said: "Let's eat first. There will be a lantern festival and a night market by the Jinshui River in a while. If Mr. Chen is interested, I will accompany you to go out for a walk."
"Have a banquet!"
In previous years, Chen Kan and Chang Ning had the New Year's Eve dinner with their three little ones. This year, with the addition of Chen Qia, the dinner table became lively.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Chen Qia started to think about teaching the three little guys some knowledge.
Chen Kan didn't stop him, he just prepared to watch Chen Qia deflate quietly.
You must know that under his training in the past few years, the three little guys are no longer the Wuxia Amen they used to be.
Since Chen Qia has this intention, he must be prepared to be teased.
Sure enough, Zhu Zhanji's eyes started to roll as soon as he heard that Chen Qia was going to test the knowledge of three people.
Then he smiled like a little fox and said: "Mr. Chen wants to test the knowledge of our three brothers. Of course we are happy, but Mr. Chen must first prove that you are qualified to test us!"
As soon as Zhu Zhanji said this, he responded quite contentedly: "I studied under Liu Ji, a great scholar of the previous dynasty. His family has been studying for generations, specializing in "Spring and Autumn". He has eleven scholarly articles and three books."
Chen Qia was still bragging proudly about his works, but was interrupted by Zhu Zhanji: "Mr. Chen, does he know what the Pythagorean theorem is?"
Chen Qia was stunned: "Pythagorean theorem?"
Noticing Chen Qia's expression, Zhu Zhanji suddenly showed a successful smile on his face and said with a smile: "How about this, Mr. Chen asks us a question, and we also ask Mr. Chen a question, otherwise we will be in trouble just by answering the question."
Chen Qia thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay!"
"Mr. Chen, please ask first!"
Zhu Zhanji extended his hand to invite him, with a proud expression on his face, as if he was sure that Chen Qia's questions would not trouble him.
Chen Qia squinted his eyes and suddenly discovered something was wrong. It seemed that these little guys were not as easy to get along with as he thought.
However, when it came to knowledge, Chen Qia was arrogant that he would not lose to anyone, so he did not hesitate too much and asked: "A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The responsibilities are long and the road is long. Which article in The Analects of Confucius comes from?" "
As soon as Chen Qia asked the question, he saw three pairs of small eyes looking at him like a fool.
Chen Qia touched his face and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
The three of them shook their heads at the same time.
Chen Kan couldn't bear it and said in Chen Qia's ear: "You should ask a few more difficult questions. Bowen Qiang remembers that they have already passed this level. They will be forced to come to the stage later, so don't Say I didn’t remind you.”
Chen Qia rolled his eyes and said, "Only by reviewing the past can you learn the new."
Chen Qia didn't take Chen Kan's reminder to heart at all. In his opinion, he was confident that three children would be able to memorize knowledge no matter how knowledgeable they were.
Seeing this, Chen Kan could only mutter: "Good words can't persuade a damn ghost."
Then he acted like he was watching from the sidelines.
Zhu Zhanji looked at his two junior brothers and asked, "Which one of you will answer this question?"
Hua Shi curled her lips and said, "Give it to Xiaohe!"
When Zhu Zhanhe heard this, he straightened his chest and said, "It comes from the chapter "Taibo"."
Chen Qia nodded: "Yes, which one of you will give the question?"
The three of them looked at each other and immediately reached a consensus.
Zhu Zhanhe pondered for a moment, then rolled his eyes and said, "Please elaborate on the converse theorem of the Pythagorean theorem."
