The Red Chamber: Jia She Xiuxian Ji

Taifu Zhang is a good teacher. He never likes to hear students call him "Taifu", but likes everyone to call him "Sir". Everyone who knows the old man's hobby will call him "Sir".

Hearing what Jia She said, the old man was very happy, but on his face he was angry with beard blowing and staring.He nodded Jia She's forehead, and said in a bad mood: "If you can put your mind on your studies, that would be the best thank you to my old man."

Jia She stuck out his tongue, made a grimace, and assured the old man again and again that the old man would definitely like the thank you gift he was going to give very much.

Old Madam Fu didn't want to argue with him, since he didn't like it anyway, wouldn't it be his old man who had the final say?He wanted to see what this little guy could give him as an apology!

A few days later, after Xiumu, Tu Yu and Jia She went to Taifu Zhang's residence with gifts.

Several generations of scholars in the Zhang family, Zhang Taifu was the champion of the three yuan and the first, and later entered the Imperial Academy. He was the teacher of the children of the Tu family, and his status in the court can be imagined.

Speaking of which, he and Mrs. Zhang of Rongguo Mansion can be regarded as distant relatives.

The old man runs the family rigorously and lives in poverty. Taifu’s mansion was bestowed on Mr. Zhang’s grandfather by the founding king of Daqi. Now the Zhang family has five generations under one roof, and the fifth generation child of the Zhang family is already three years old.

Zhang Taifu has peaches and plums all over the world, there is an endless stream of people visiting his old man's house every day, but there are very few people who can see Zhang Taifu.

When the two senior brothers arrived at Zhang's residence, the gatekeeper probably had orders to let them in after confirming the identities of the two teenagers.

Zhang Taifu is in the study outside.

The old man is getting old, his eyes are gradually losing his sight, and his bones are not good. His children are worried about him, and they always don't let the old man feel sad.

The old man is restless, he often plays hide-and-seek with the younger generation at home, and finds something for himself to do.

When Tu Yu and Jia She arrived, the old man was holding a book and reading the Three Character Classic to his great-great-great-grandson.

The little great-great-grandson is obedient, the old man read a sentence, he read a sentence, very cute.

Seeing the two boys coming, the old man reluctantly asked the maid to carry the little great-great-grandson out.

Tu Yu said with a smile, "It's not a coincidence for us to come."

Taifu Zhang waved his hand: "I can't say that. The juniors in my family don't let me do anything. If you don't come, my old man can only enlighten the little grandson and have nothing to do. When you come, you can still talk to me. Speak up, otherwise, my old man will almost be suffocated."

Tu Yu laughed and said, "Master Zhang didn't let you do it for your own good."

Zhang Taifu hummed: "If you don't know that they are also filial, you are a child, do you think my old man will be manipulated by others?"

Tu Yu didn't dare to answer these words.

Zhang Taifu didn't make him too difficult. After complaining a few words, which seemed true or false, he looked at Jia Amnesty and said with a smile: "Didn't you say you want to take good things as an apology? Where are the things?"

Jia She shrank his head, blushed slightly, and stopped talking, and handed over the sandalwood box he was holding in his hand.

The old man glanced at it, and hummed, "Hmph! It's really pretty."

As he spoke, he grabbed the box and opened it, and there was a magnifying glass lying quietly in the box.

Taifu Zhang has seen this thing before. It is small in size and protected by a handle and frame, so it is not easy to break, so it is not uncommon in the Daqi Dynasty.

The old man has bad eyesight. Emperor Jing Xing gave him one before, but it was broken by the little great-great-grandson. This made it very inconvenient for the old man to read and write.He wanted to find another magnifying glass to use, but he couldn't find one that was suitable for his psychological price. He had to admit that Jia Amnesty's apology was sent to his heart.

The old man was quite satisfied, and he wasn't too angry at all. The old boy, the old boy, was just acting like a baby to the younger generation he valued.

At this time, Taifu Zhang was finally interested in asking the two boys to find out what good things Jia Amnesty had come up with during these many days of confining himself in the mansion.

Jia Amnesty was very happy to show the old man what he had achieved in the past three months, and he kept talking non-stop, and soon finished talking about his "great achievements".

Zhang Taifu is a very traditional official official. In Zhang Taifu's view, Jia Amnesty's weapon refining is nothing more than some strange skills and ingenuity.

Therefore, even though he praised Jia She for making glass, he still gave him a hard reprimand until Jia She's eyes lit up with stars and his ears roared. The dead Jia She finally bid farewell and left.

After leaving the Grand Tutor's mansion, Jia Amnesty raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat that came out of his forehead, feeling terrified: "Oh my God, the Tai Tuor can talk too much, it scared me to death."

Tu Yu raised his hand and stroked Jia Xiaoshe's limp hair, and said in a displeased way: "The old man is most proud of being a scholar in his life. As his student, you don't talk about studying when you meet, but it's a big deal." Talk about the method of refining weapons, if the old man doesn't talk about it, who are you going to talk about?"

Jia She sticks out his tongue, very unconvinced, his master doesn't have so many bad things!

"The existence of everything in the world is reasonable. Craftsmen have existed since ancient times. Without them, who would build houses, build bridges, and build roads? And who would build dams? Rely on those who have no strength to restrain chickens, and who are full of words People? Can they build houses or build dikes?"

Tu Yu smiled helplessly: "We know that these are useless. People in the world say that 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'. Under such circumstances, we can't make any changes. In order for us to live better, I can only try my best to cater to it, and it is better to say less about these things in the future."

Jia She nodded, he was not really stupid, those words, in the eyes of outsiders, were simply outrageous, if it wasn't for his senior brother, he really wouldn't have said these words.

He sighed: "Fortunately, I have you by my side, brother, otherwise, there are so many things hidden in one's heart that cannot be explained to outsiders, and one can only hold them in one's heart and cannot share them with others. , sooner or later you will go crazy."

Tu Yu smiled lightly and said nothing, who said otherwise.

Jia She said again: "Looks like it's time to get rid of illiteracy." People who have lived in the modern small world naturally know how much knowledge can affect a country and its citizens.The world of Red Mansions was born out of the real world, but it is different from the real world. The history here has quietly turned a corner at a certain point in time, but the overall development is similar.

According to the historical development trajectory of the real world, it is time for Daqi to choose whether to close the country or open up and develop. In order to prevent Daqi from going through the century-old pain again, Jia She felt that their brothers should do something just do.

"Exactly. A few days ago, I saw the treasure ships and sea charts of the previous dynasty. The palace has a shipbuilding workshop in Minyue. After I have sorted out the improvement maps of the treasure ships, I will send people to Minyue south to build ships that can sail in the ocean. ship."

As for what to do after building a sea-going ship, both of them knew that in the era of great voyages, those ruthless and blood-drinking Fans all knew to go to sea to trade and enclose land, so there was no reason for Da Qi to be slow.

Jia Amnesty nodded. The two started in different directions, but they came to the same goal by different routes. They both wanted Daqi to be invincible in the next big change.

In order for people all over the world to be able to afford to read books, books must be popularized, writing tools must be simplified, so that the poor can also afford books.

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Simplified characters, movable type printing, improved papermaking techniques, and simple writing tools are all on the agenda."

Tu Yu sat cross-legged beside Jia She, frowned and shook his head: "Don't rush everything. Chinese culture has been passed down for 5000 years, and the simplification of fonts has been going on. It has been passed down to the present, and it is almost finalized. Rashly proposing simplified characters is not only not good. , it is impossible to succeed.”

Jia Amnesty held his head in his hands, his little brows were frowned so tightly that the word "Chuan" was almost wrinkled out.

"Or, let's run a newspaper!"

Tu Yu's eyes lit up, it was a good idea.Newspapers are still a new thing, just convenient for them to carry private goods in it.

Excitedly clapping his hands, Jia She frowned and said with a smile, "It seems that I will have to ask for leave to retreat again in the next period of time. I have to study Master's handwriting carefully." Although the two of them have experienced modern , I have used paper and pens, but I don't know anything about their manufacturing methods. Of course, I have to find the answer in Xuan Yuanzi's handwriting.

But Tu Yu disagreed with his request for leave: "You don't know anything about papermaking now, you need to learn it from the beginning, before you need to retreat, the Taifu has been watching you closely recently, you should not bump into his old man's hand Good. Wait until you have researched something and can start to try to make it, it will not be too late to ask for leave."

Jia Amnesty rolled his eyes, annoyed, "I want to take this opportunity to not go to the study."

Tu Yu shook his head and laughed, "I know you want to avoid going to school."