Bai Ze

"You still know "gambling"?" Qian Suanzi was surprised: "I didn't teach you?"

"Master, your apprentice's name is Bai Ze, not an idiot." Bai Ze said with black hair, "There's a lot of knowledge in books, okay?"

"What can be in the books?" They are not "students".

Bai Ze shook his head and recited a poem: "A rich family doesn't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book. There is no need to build high buildings to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book. Don't hate to be unattended when you go out, there are so many horses and horses in the book .When you marry a wife, don’t hate unscrupulous matchmakers. There is Yan Ruyu in the book. If a man wants to live his life, he reads the Five Classics diligently in front of the window.”

This song comes from Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng's "Encouraging Learning", which is quite famous!

Back then, Zhao Kuangyin established the Great Song Dynasty because of the Chenqiao mutiny, but this made him vigilant physically and mentally, so he formulated an important national policy, degrading military participation in politics, and establishing a political system for scholar-bureaucrats.

The country had to employ so many civil servants at one time, and the long-term wars in the Song Dynasty, Cheng Dynasty and Five Dynasties made most people dislike reading, and even fewer people could read well.

What's more, military merit is much better than reading, killing an enemy once, military merit is great!

With shortcuts, who would spend ten or twenty years studying?

Reading can't make you a talent quickly, and it takes a lot of brainpower. People at that time preferred fists.

Therefore, in order to implement the established national policy, the imperial court must, on the one hand, broaden the channels for scholars to become officials, and on the other hand, try their best to promote the atmosphere of reading.

Later, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng, personally wrote "Encouraging Learning" with his own pen and spread it all over the world. As a result, as soon as this short chapter came out, scholars all over the world were fascinated. Nearly a thousand years.

Bai Ze is just a high-achieving student who came out of an education assembly line in later generations. It is good for him to know this poem, so he thinks it is quite appropriate to use it at this time.

However, Qian Suanzi smacked his mouth: "How come the enlightenment given to us between the lines is that it is correct to study to get fame? There are also dynasties in the realm of cultivation, the royal family, but who is not based on cultivation? Which dynasty is based on scholars?" The Lord? Then you have to be bullied to death?"

Bai Ze was speechless...

"Master, you are so sharp!" Bai Ze gave a thumbs up: "This is a poem written by an emperor, and it turned out that their family was really in bad luck... It is not enough to govern the world with civil servants alone, and they will be bullied by powerful opponents." die."

Isn't it the Song Dynasty!

The scholar-bureaucrats are capable of governing the world. At that time, the living conditions in the Song Dynasty were good and the sea trade was developed, but...their force value cannot be agreed with.

In the end, even the two emperors who were bullied were fatuous and immoral. The capital was breached and looted to the enemy camp.

They created a glorious dynasty, but the end was dismal.

Hong Chen was delighted: "An emperor like that deserves to end badly. At any time, strength is the only reason."

Other times, it also depends on strength.

Bai Ze nodded: "Senior brother also makes sense."

In fact, this poem is explained with modern concepts. Reading is to receive education. Education is a function of society. It allows students to master knowledge and skills so that they can join the society and serve the people.

I don't know how the Song Dynasty people at that time understood it, and ended up in such a miserable end.

"Did you read about "gambling"?" Qian Suanzi looked at his little apprentice: "Or who got you wrong?"

In the sect, it is impossible that there is no one who does not interact with the young apprentice. Perhaps some of them have mentioned "gambling" to him?

This is the suspicion of the money operator.

"No!" Bai Ze curled his lips: "They don't know how respectful they are when they see me."

Especially Wang Ya and Liu Ying, when they saw him, they wanted to confess him as if they were their ancestors.

The same is true for other people, many people want to be Wang Ya's second... hoping to get Xiao Zu's guidance.

How could it be possible to bring him down?

It's almost as good as he led others down.

"Then how do you know about gambling? Reading? It's in the book?" Qian Suanzi still didn't believe it, the little apprentice knew so many things just by reading idle books.

Bai Ze thought for a while: "I know a lot, Master, you can't think that you are a cultivator, just treat yourself as your apprentice, and I am also a cultivator. Although my cultivation is fast, I swear, I have absolutely no energy." I practiced a lot, but I have studied a lot of things!"

He has confidence.

In the previous life, he was a talented student at least, even if he was a talented student who came off the education assembly line, he was still a highly educated person.

"Oh?" Qian Suanzi became interested: "Can you research design in your little head? Super spicy chicken wings? Or spicy shredded chicken?"

Bai Ze's face was aggrieved: "I study advanced mathematics."

He wrote down the deduction method of Qianji Peeping Heaven Skill in the form of numbers: "Hey, this is one, two, three... called Arabic numerals, it is said that it was invented by an Arab... This is "zero", the earliest It was invented by the Babylonians, and the standard "zero" was the ancient Indians..."

Mathematics also has a history, and numbers were born earlier than words.

"Numbers are written symbols used to represent numbers. Different numbering systems can use the same numbers..." Bai Ze explained from the most basic.

Master and senior brother listened with gusto.

Because of such rhetoric, it was the first time for the two of them to hear it.

When they were apprentices, they all had a certain foundation, and their logical thinking was also approaching perfection, and they had not heard such theories in their entirety.

Of course, when Bai Ze was lecturing, some of the key points were rather vague, such as Arabia, ancient India, etc., he mentioned a name, and did not explain too much.

Because that's what he said in his world, this world of cultivation is different.

The origin of the numbers here is said to have originated in ancient times. According to history books, there were 13 brothers of the Emperor Tianhuang, named Tianling, and one of them invented the numbers, and then invented the heavenly stems and earthly branches.

Invented numbers: zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, twenty, thirty, 卌, hundred, thousand, ten thousand.

There is no simplified version, so it seems a bit of work.

But Bai Ze brought new Arabic numerals.

The new word count is much simpler than the existing text, and besides the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, what he explains also includes higher-level mathematics... Interpreted with mathematics.

The master and apprentice were okay at first, but then they became confused. After all, it is a bit awkward to convert the existing numbers they are used to into simple Arabic numbers.

But after a few days, they both got used to it.

But as the time of study grew, the more advanced the mathematics became, the more the master and apprentice immersed themselves in it, and they had new ideas about the understanding of the Thousand Machines Peeping Heaven Skill.

Bai Ze had been with the two of them for almost a month. He ate small dishes and taught small classes every day, and he had fully passed the addiction of being a teacher.

I also leave homework for master and brother... well, class work.

But he has to admire people in the comprehension world. His master and brother have a very strong understanding of mathematics. From the initial simple mathematics to the later advanced mathematics, they only took half a year. During the time, the master and the apprentice were taught by the younger brother, and Bai Ze almost imparted everything he knew.

Then... his master went into retreat!

"During my retreat, you can play in the sect as you like, and you don't have to worry about practicing..." Qian Suanzi looked at the young apprentice with difficulty, and he indeed touched the edge of a little breakthrough under the guidance of the young apprentice. He wants to retreat and attack that little bit of breakthrough inspiration.

As long as he can break through...he will be a cultivator at the stage of transformation.

Then the Thousand Machines Sect can also be renamed "Thousand Machines Sect".

Not to mention that the grade has improved, but I will be more confident in the future.

He... can also protect the sect and be a backer for his two apprentices.

"Oh, I see." Bai Ze looked at his master: "Master, you will definitely succeed, you are the best!"

Saying that, he clenched his small fist.

The 15-year-old boy has clear eyes and a cute appearance. He is clean and pure.

"Okay, Master will definitely succeed." Qian Suanzi pursed his lips and sent him out to play.

With Hong Chen in front of him, Qian Suanzi became much more serious: "I'm retreating... If you're unlucky, remember to take good care of your little brother."

"Master, don't say unlucky words, you will definitely succeed!" Hong Chen's eyes were a little hot: "After you succeed in retreat, the apprentice will have to break through retreat."

He knew that the master was concerned about the sect in his heart, so he was unable to break through for a long time, and lost a hundred years of life to deduce the future for the Qianji faction.

"Don't be so concerned about gains and losses. Humans are mortal." Qian Suanzi was very optimistic: "Compared to my brothers and sisters, I am already very lucky."

He is not only the head of the previous generation, but also lived for a thousand years.

"Master, the apprentice is still pointing at you to change our Qianji Sect into Qianji Sect." Hong Chen smiled: "At that time, we will monopolize a state and change its name to Qianji State."

Well, he thought very well.

Everyone knows the news that Qian Suanzi is going to retreat, but the relationship between the monks is weak, and it should not be involved too deeply, otherwise it will make people sad once he passes away.

However, everyone still came to see him off, for fear that this would be the last look.

Qian Suanzi entrusted Bai Ze again: "He is young, if there is anything, please take care of him."

"We all understand that you...even if you can't break through, you don't have to..." Chang Chunzi was more rational: "We'll wait for you outside."

"Okay!" Qian Suanzi tidied up and retreated at Guiyi Peak.

He is a little higher than the others, and there is still some hope for the impact of the transformation of the gods...

Master retreated, and Bai Ze was completely liberated.

On the first day, he ran to Chuhuo Peak: "This time, Master is in retreat, and I can finally have a big meal."

The big pot and spoon were all amused by him: "Your master is also for your own good."

"I know, but I want to keep my right to eat." Bai Ze waved his little paw: "Today I want to eat boiled fish!"

"Okay, I'll make it for you." The big pot and spoon cooks very ferociously now, all of which are heavy flavors.

As for Bai Ze, he wanted to eat more pungent food, and he ate lightly all day long, leaving no taste in his mouth.

The cauldron is very careful. After the boiled fish is made, he carefully fishes out the pepper, aniseed and dried chili and other auxiliary materials, leaving only the white and tender fish meat, delicious fish head, and the bedding on the fish meat. The bean sprouts, rapeseed and other auxiliary vegetables below.

Bai Ze had a bowl of spiritual rice, his mouth was full of greasy... No way, this tasted much better than the boiled fish he ate in his previous life.

What is grass carp?

What he now eats is water spirit grass carp raised in spirit spring water.

The whole body is full of aura, good ingredients, good cook... The boiled fish is so delicious that Bai Ze almost swallowed his tongue.

Chu Huofeng had something to eat, and Bai Ze was addicted to it for a while, and then came to study his food with Da Guoshao.

He is from a big food country!

Don't eat too much.

The cauldron brought Bai Ze up and down the kitchen fire peak, Bai Ze really wanted to eat everything he saw, and saw the paired prawns in Lingxi water: "Here, make a dry pot prawn... "

Seeing the colorful chickens raised on the grass: "Make a rooster pot... rely on the little stupid chicken..."

When I saw a sandalwood takin, I immediately thought of stir-fried beef tenderloin, sirloin steak...

After Hong Chen finished dealing with the matter of the sect, the wife of the sect head brought him a cup of milk tea: "The newly researched one by my junior brother is made of spirit cow milk and red spirit tea. It's called milk tea. Do you try it? And put white jade Spirit honey produced by spirit bees."

"What are you doing, little brother?" Hong Chen took it and took a sip. As expected, the taste was sweet, soft and milky.

It was his junior brother's taste.

"Little brother, I'm ordering food at Chuhuofeng." The head wife pursed her lips and snickered: "I heard that I ate a lot... and I even made a lot of fresh dishes for Chuhuofeng."

And many dishes are very interesting.

There are normal chickens, ducks, fish and crabs, as well as bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, bamboo worms and bamboo rats found in the bamboo forest...

"Still eating bugs and mice?" Hong Chen was angry: "My master is in retreat, so they are neglecting my little brother?"

"No, I ordered the dishes myself, and I also caught the bamboo rats and bamboo worms I picked... I didn't dare to eat it, so I came back." The wife in charge said happily: "Don't be angry, little brother Elf It's very weird, the big pot spoon is also willing to spoil him, I heard that the two of them have already burned the kitchen fire all over..."

Hong Chen: "...as long as he is happy..."

With the attitude of the master, Bai Ze became even more presumptuous, and the dishes in the big pot and spoon of Huofeng became more and more exotic.

What is "clear stewed bamboo rat", "raw braised bamboo rat", "dry pot bamboo rat", "scallion oil bamboo rat"

... very brutal.

At first the disciples were afraid to eat it!

Even the new disciples were holding their jobs and weeping: "Although I was a beggar in my hometown, I never ate mice..."

"Let me taste it..." The elder disciple took a mouthful of the bamboo rat with the tone of a strong man breaking his wrist... the taste is fragrant and the meat is delicious. gas.

Because the bamboo rats eat the roots and shoots of the spirit bamboo, and the living environment is also full of spiritual energy, each of these bamboo rats is a spiritual beast full of spiritual energy. They taste naturally delicious and contain a trace of vitality.

The older disciple pointed at the dishes with his chopsticks: "This is delicious, this is good, eat them all, eat them all!"

They are all disciples of Qi training period.

Before building the foundation, they need a lot of aura, a lot.

"Did Xiao Zu make it up?" The disciples scrambled for food while muttering: "The people at Chuhuofeng are not so spiritual."

"Xiaozu made it up. I heard that Xiaozu is at Chuhuo Peak these days..." The disciples respect Xiaozu in their hearts. Although he is young, he has a high level of cultivation.

But just because of his young age and high seniority, he is naturally Xiaozu. Whoever has the face to call him "Old Ancestor" is equivalent to cursing someone.

So everyone unanimously agreed to call him "Xiao Zu".

It's too small.

"Only Xiaozu cares about my disciples' good fortune." Those who need to eat are only low-level disciples. Once the foundation is established, many people choose to eat bigu.

So in the hearts of low-level disciples, Bai Ze is a good boy who cares about everyone... Cough cough.

As everyone knows, Bai Ze and Da Guoshao are currently researching some other foods: "When you cook, you can't just focus on heavy flavors. You have to diversify, and you can't just focus on heavy flavors, but also light food. Some, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty, full of five flavors..."

Thank him for being born in a country with a long food culture, a vast area, and different customs and customs.

One pork can be used to make a hundred or eighty kinds of dishes, with tastes ranging from common, ordinary, to weird.

Da Guoshao also felt deeply touched, and communicating with Bai Ze would give him a lot of inspiration.

A month later, when Bai Ze's belly was round, the cauldron... was closed.

"You don't say anything when you are in retreat." Poor Bai Ze was locked outside the place where Da Guoshao was retreating, and the message was brought to him by Da Guoshao's great apprentice.

Da Guoshao's eldest apprentice is Xiao Guoshao, and he said very apologetically: "Master just retreated because of a temporary feeling, and it was not intentional...not to welcome you, look, how about, my nephew can do something for you?"

Bai Ze pursed his lips: "Forget it, I will come over to eat every day. He is in seclusion, you are not allowed to do seclusion again. Cook some good food every day. It is not easy for everyone to cultivate."

"Yes, don't worry, my nephew can cook some of master's specialty dishes." Xiao Guoshao smiled happily: "My nephew will never let you down."

He knows how to cook the dishes that the master will cook, but he doesn't know whether the taste of the dishes is the taste of the master.

Bai Ze couldn't stay at Chuhuo Peak any longer, so he wandered around the main peaks of Qianfeng Mountain with a golden golden plate on a silver plate, and finally saw Daoist Jiu.

Tu Sufeng of Master Jiu seems to be opening the altar, don’t get me wrong, it’s not about trying to open the altar, but moving out the treasured spiritual wine jars, the real Jiu opened the seal of one of the sapphire jars, and a burst of wine fragrance came out. The air condenses but does not disperse, and the aroma of wine does not disperse.

Bai Ze smelled the smell of alcohol, so he landed the flying magic weapon and arrived at Tu Su Peak.

"Master Jiu, what are you doing here?" Bai Ze sniffed the aroma of the wine, and ran straight to the door of Tu Sufeng's wine cellar.

"Ozawa!" Jiu Daoist was happy when he saw Bai Ze with a drunken eye, "Are you here to drink?"

"Can I drink?" Bai Ze's eyes lit up.

He is the youngest, and his master forbids him to eat those heavy-tasting foods, and it is even more impossible for him to drink alcohol. He is not even given a rice dumpling on weekdays...

Now... the master is in retreat, and the brother is busy!