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Chapter 30 Tao Guan

Liu Jing returned from the city, but did not go home. He went directly to the residence of his elder brother Liu Pan. The address was given to him by Li Li before.

There is an earthen wall between the place where Liu Pan works and the official house where he lives. It is much more convenient to go to and from work than Liu Jing. When Liu Jing arrived, he had been waiting at home for a long time.

While Liu Pan invited Liu Jing into the house, he brought fruits and snacks.Snacks are snacks, made of honey, dates, water chestnuts, etc. mixed with rice to make cakes, called embarrassing essence, and fruits include dates and pears.

Liu Pan didn't go into the kitchen. He had a Befu in Linxiang, and his servants delivered all the meals in the morning and evening to the official Cao. On weekdays, only some fruits and snacks were prepared in the official house for entertaining guests or supper at night. .

In the Han Dynasty, two meals a day were the main food, but if you went to bed late, you would eat something, so eight or nine o'clock in the evening was also called "night food". "The Analects of Confucius" has the words "not eating from time to time", and the great Confucian Zheng Xuan commented: "Not eating from time to time, unless it is morning, evening, or midday." It points out the time to eat three times a day.

Liu Jing ate Hubing at noon, and he was not very hungry at this time. He only ate a few dates for a symbol, and chatted with Liu Pan about what he saw and heard in the city building today and the trivial matters in the official house.

Although Liu Jing and Liu Pan are of the same generation, there is a difference in age of more than ten years. In addition, the latter has a good reputation and a strict personality. When getting along with him, he always feels restrained.

Liu Jing can talk endlessly when facing Zhuge Liang, but he has to rack his brains when talking with Liu Pan, so he left soon.

All the way home, Liu Jing lit the stove and started preparing for dinner. He was only going to cook one dish tonight, and he chose among the ingredients. Finally, he chose mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and fat meat to make mushroom broth. It was simple. , and rich in nutrients.

Compared with modern times, there are still fewer vegetables to choose from.

Halfway through Liu Jing's emotion, he suddenly thought of a vegetable that had not yet appeared in the Han Dynasty, but was very easy to get - bean sprouts.

You only need to soak soybeans in water for one day, then put them in a container and cover them up, and you can eat fresh and delicious bean sprouts after four or five days.

In his previous life, he had a difficult life as a teenager, and he often grew bean sprouts at home.

After dinner, Liu Jing immediately took out the soybeans, washed them, put them in clay pots, and kept them in a cool place.

Not long after the work was over, a visitor came to the door. The visitor Liu Jing was no stranger, but Huan Yi who had met him once.

Huan Yi is a very talented person. When he was fifteen or sixteen years old, he was valued by the then Changsha prefect Sun Jian. He is only 23 years old this year.

He is slightly taller than his elder brother Huan Jie, with a white face, short mustache, parted eyebrows, and piercing eyes. Anyone who sees him will think that he is a gentleman.

The two brothers Huan Yi and Huan Jie have very different personalities. Huan Jie has both principles and flexibility, which can be described as a combination of rigidity and softness; Huan Yi has a square personality, preferring to bend rather than bend.

As the saying goes: "Character determines destiny", and it is logical for Huan Jie to achieve higher achievements in the future.

Huan Yi said: "I took a rest yesterday, and happened to be staggered with my step. When I came back today, I heard that my step and I have become neighbors in the same place. This really makes me overjoyed."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "So that's the case. No wonder the door is locked. Please sit down."

Speaking of which, the work of the two is somewhat related, Huan Yi is Jin Cao, and Jin Cao of the public government is mainly responsible for currency, salt and iron, while Jin Cao of the county government does not care about salt and iron, but only money cloth.

There is a saying called "Cangcao collects rent from the people" and "Jincao collects rent from the market".

Of course, Huan Yi can only control the market miser who collects the market rent, but he can't control him.

The relationship between the two is far from being acquainted, and it is difficult to exchange shallow words. Huan Yi left after sitting for a while.

As the sky gradually dimmed, Liu Jingjing opened the Han Shu with a fuel lamp. This time he did not continue yesterday's progress, but directly jumped to "Zhuge Feng Biography", and read it carefully three times. As long as he can get closer to Zhuge Liang He is willing to try any method.

Tired of reading, Liu Jing took a short rest, then slowly studied ink and practiced calligraphy.Now he mainly focuses on Yan style regular script and running script, and gives up all other script styles. A person's energy is limited, so naturally he must know how to choose.

"Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of life and death, must not be ignored. Therefore, five things are used in the scriptures, and they are used to calculate and ask for their emotions: one is Dao, the other is Heaven, and the third is Earth, the fourth is general, and the fifth is law. Taoist..."

What Liu Jing wrote was "Sun Tzu's Art of War". This military book written by Sun Wu, but only a few thousand words, can be regarded as the most brilliant treasure in the ancient Chinese military cultural heritage. also has great influence.

There are so many famous sentences in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", anyone can say a few, but there are very few people who have actually read "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and Liu Jing is no exception.

Living in troubled times, you have to read "Sun Tzu's Art of War". The so-called "it is better to write it by hand than to see it a thousand times", Liu Jing thinks this sentence is very reasonable, and he did the same.

As soon as he entered the "Rending", Liu Jing immediately stopped practicing calligraphy and reading. This is the rule he made for himself. Reading at night is the most harmful to eyesight. up.

The next day, Liu Jing went to the city building full of expectations, but unfortunately, after waiting for a whole morning, Zhuge Liang's figure still did not arrive, and he felt a little disappointed.

In fact, he also knew in his heart that Zhuge Liang couldn't come to the market to buy medicine every day, and it would be good to come once every three to five days, but he just couldn't help but reciprocate his fantasy.

At noon, Liu Jing went to the short slave's cake stall again to buy cakes to satisfy his hunger.

When the short slave saw him, he bowed respectfully and called him "Mr. Liu".

It turned out that he had listened carefully to the conversation between Liu Jing and Zhuge Liang yesterday, and learned that the person in front of him was the "virtuous Liu Jun" who had been talked about frequently in Changsha recently.

Liu Jing nodded with a smile, and ordered four pancakes just like yesterday. He chatted with the dwarf for a while, and unexpectedly found that this dwarf with a funny appearance was actually very conversant and behaved very politely. Surprised, he couldn't help but asked bluntly: "Looking at your words and deeds, you are not a vulgar person. Has your step read scriptures?"

"It's in Liu Jun's words," the short slave said truthfully: "The villain is born different from ordinary people. Because of his poor family, he was sold as a slave to a big merchant in Luoyang who passed through Changsha when he was young. Although the villain is weak in body, his mind is still weak. I was a bit smart, so the master asked me to do a little history of the young master. When the young master was just learning, the villain served as a companion, and gradually began to learn to read..."

"No wonder he knows how to make Hubing. He used to live in Luoyang." Liu Jing couldn't help but suddenly realized.

It is well known that Emperor Ling of Han was fond of Hu clothes, Hu tents, Hu beds, Hu sitting, Hu rice, Hu konghou, Hu flute, Hu dance... and liked all novelty things related to Hu people. Yan', the noble relatives in Kyoto rushed to follow suit, resulting in a change in Luoyang's customs.

Liu Jing asked curiously again: "Then why did you return to Changsha to sell cakes?"

"Back when Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an and lacked military resources, he let his subordinates, Buqu and Qianghu plunder. The owner of the house was a big family in Luoyang. The thieves rushed into the mansion and killed the owner's entire family, including the servants and servants. The villain is short in stature, and survived only through a dog's hole, and only returned to his hometown the year before last."

Even though five years have passed, whenever this past event is mentioned, the dwarf slave still bursts into tears.

"The villain lost his composure, please don't blame Liu Jun." The short slave hastily wiped the corners of his eyes.

Unexpectedly, there is such a tortuous story behind a dwarf who sells cakes.Liu Jing felt emotional in his heart, and couldn't help sighing: "Five years have passed, and I have never forgotten the old master. It can be seen that he is a person with a lot of love, who can bear to blame him."

Then he said solemnly: "After chatting for so long, I still don't know Gao's name, I'm sorry."

The short slave looked at Liu Jing blankly, momentarily at a loss, name?What is your name?

It seems that since he can remember, everyone has called him "dwarf slave", including his own parents and brothers, no one cares whether he has a name or not.

Although his parents did not give him a name, he actually had a name. After he learned how to read, he named himself Guan, Guan Zhe, and his appearance was Ziyi.This is what he buries in the deepest part of his heart, longs for but will never be able to obtain.

The tears that the dwarves had just stopped bursting out again: "The villain's surname is Tao, his name is Guan, and his name is Ziyi..."

(End of this chapter)