Cultivation of chastity

After Li Tai's arrangement for the chess players was released, most people just watched the excitement.

Because it is now May and June, and people's attention has shifted to the harvest of wheat planted last year.

With the hands-on teaching of agricultural colleges and agronomic societies, this year's wheat harvest has been smooth and bumper, successfully changing the structure of local food crops.

This made all the people happy. After all, this is still a feudal society, and eating is the top priority.

To be honest, as long as the common people can have food to eat, no matter what activities Li Tai puts up, most of the common people will not object.If the money is returned, the common people will participate more actively.

Therefore, the bumper harvest of wheat in May and June, whether it made the Luoyang Agricultural Institute successfully lay the foundation, or allowed Li Tai to continue to hold the Luoshui game on August [-]th, has become much smoother.

At least, with the continuous influx of people to Luoyang, Luoyang's consumption of food began to increase at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the news of the bumper harvest has very well stabilized the hearts of Luoyang.

"I've met the King of Wei." Qi Daizhao He Qi found Li Tai, and after saluting Li Tai, his expression became disturbed.

"What happened to Luoshui Zhiyi?" Li Tai was a little puzzled when he saw He Qi coming.

Because the entire game of Luoshui was handed over to He Qi, the chess waiter, to organize it. To a certain extent, he was the real person in charge of the entire game.

"Reporting to the king of Wei, the common people signed up enthusiastically, and there is a serious gap in the number of chess players we need in the preliminary and semi-final stages."

He Qi took a deep breath, summoned up his courage and said,
"If Wuqi is adjudicating the game to supervise the smooth progress of the game, I am afraid that some people will lose during the game and will not be willing to cause trouble."

"Chess is..." Li Tai thought for a while after hearing this,

"You go to Lu Cai and ask him to suppress the allocation of the students from the Gaoling Agricultural Academy who graduated this year.

Except for the students who need to go to the West Sea to serve in the army, other students will first participate in this year's Luoshui game, and train them to become reserve chess masters. "

"Those students who just graduated? Is it really possible!" He Qi's face was a bit dazed when he heard Li Tai's words.

"You tell them the rules of Go, and let them spare time to play a hundred or so games, so they can figure out what the rules are!" Li Tai waved his hand and said, "You play Go once every three years, and the Luoyang Chess Club can't afford it." More chess is right, it’s just like this.”

"No!" He Qi immediately agreed when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, it is not a serious matter to suppress the students' school status for half a year.

Because the jobs they want to go to are all under their own names, and if they go half a year earlier and half a year later, those jobs will not disappear.

It's not a big deal to let them go to the world as chess players.

Thinking of this, Li Tai said to him, "By the way, are the tea leaves ready for the competition?"

"All of them are high-quality black teas from Guangzhou. They are bright in color, mellow in taste, and have endless aftertaste. After the preliminary round, as the designated tea for chess players, they have all been prepared properly, so there will be no problems!" What a way.

"This is Luoyang black tea!" Li Tai solemnly corrected He Qi,
"You need to remember that since the game of Luoshui, the era of adding all kinds of messy things to tea is over.

So there can be no problems with this tea! "

"How understandable!" Hearing Li Tai's serious words, He Qi was very clear about the importance of this matter.

But Li Tai smiled calmly when he watched He Qi leave and continue to deal with the matter of Luoshui Zhiyi.

To be honest, for many people, this Luoshui game is just an ordinary competition for the title of chess master.

A little bigger, maybe it is a channel for the imperial court to recruit talents again, but few people in this society can see that this is a finishing touch to revitalize the city of Luoyang.

For the first time, Li Tai recommended tea as a separate drink. At least in the future when the Silk Road is rebuilt, tea will inevitably become one of the must-have items on the Silk Road.

After all, Li Tai has cultivated tea trees and sugar cane in Guangzhou, and has already hoarded a lot of tea. He has a thorough grasp of tea, which is almost a necessary luxury in this era.

More importantly, at least Li Tai has one more basic material that he can rely on, which is of great benefit to maintaining his own financial system.

And more importantly, Chu Suiliang has begun to plant tea trees on a large scale in Yuhang and other regions.

The first session only showed tea as a drink in front of the world, but with the tea from Yuhang on the market, the era of tea has really come in its own arrangement.

At this moment, Chu Suiliang was standing on the hill, looking down, there were dense tea trees planted on the endless hills.

It has to be said that Chu Suiliang has put his hope of returning to the court on these tea trees.

"Such a large area of ​​tea trees, I'm afraid the investment will be tens of thousands of guan, the king of Wei is really willing!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Renjing was also shocked by this large stretch of tea gardens.

Liu Renjing originally thought that King Wei would just dismiss Chu Suiliang, but he didn't expect that King Wei was really willing to spend his money!
"When the tea trees grow and make tea, the agricultural colleges in Yuhang will not only not be short of money, but they will also be richer!"

Chu Suiliang looked at this large tea garden, but it didn't seem like he was looking at the tea garden, but rather like looking at a piece of hope.

No matter how you say it, this Yuhang is my hometown, and I can leave a school here and bring a tea garden, which is definitely good for the development of Yuhang, but Chu Suiliang also has some comfort in his heart.

"I don't have to worry about the school when King Wei makes such a move, but what about you?" Liu Renjing looked at Chu Suiliang and said.

"I... I am naturally better than ever!" Chu Suiliang said calmly when facing Liu Renjing's question.

"Don't be joking!" Liu Renjing said with a serious expression, "I don't intend to go back to the imperial court, and I will teach and educate people in this school and study farming in peace, and the imperial court will not pay attention to such an idler as me.

But now you have taken Wei Wang's money and helped Wei Wang build a tea garden. Even if you have a clear conscience, if you go back to the court, you may not be considered Wei Wang's party! "

"Even you can see that the current court, the crown prince has a dispute with the king of Wei!" Chu Suiliang smiled wryly.

"After you established the tea garden, my uncle sent me a private message, saying that it was not easy to establish the Liu family's foundation, and asked me not to get involved!"

Liu Renjing looked at Chu Suiliang and continued,
"I am far away in Yuhang, and most of my work is farming, so how could I get involved in it.

Doesn't this mean that I don't want to get too close to you, so as not to lead you into the ditch! "

"It's not easy for your uncle!" Chu Suiliang couldn't help sighing when he heard Liu Renjing's words.

"He has suffered a lot and gained experience. He has retired, and the only thing he can do is to mention me, who are incompetent juniors!"

At this moment, Liu Renjing also sighed a little, because his choices were very limited.

In the first year of Zhenguan, Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an, and Sun Anye, the general of the prison gate, were executed for conspiracy to rebel.

Liu Hongji had frequent contacts with Li Xiao, and was also implicated. He was dismissed from office and was not rehabilitated until more than a year later.

Therefore, after Liu Hongji entered the Zhenguan Dynasty, he lived cautiously every day, which was more low-key than Li Jing.

When Chu Suiliang heard Liu Renjing's words, he also thought of his father.

To be honest, before he went to find King Wei, his father Chu Liang also sent a letter asking if he would like to return to the central government.

Because the results of the agricultural college are not considered excellent, the routes that can be chosen after returning to the central government are limited, but in any case, this is also the responsibility of teaching and educating people. Under Chu Liang's recommendation, at least it doesn't matter to be a censor who is in charge of direct admonition.

If you can't follow the path of an orthodox prime minister, it's the same if you take the path of a speech official.

It's just that Chu Suiliang didn't want to admit defeat, anyway, it would be good to go to King Wei to give it a try.

And after he got investment from King Wei, Chu Liang stopped talking, and more or less agreed with his choice in his words, saying that he would no longer intervene in his own affairs, which made Chu Suiliang very depressed.

Apparently, even his own father thought that he had already taken refuge in King Wei, and even vaguely encouraged him.

"Could it be that the prince just doesn't want to see you!"

Chu Suiliang looked at the private letters sent by his father every month, but such an idea subconsciously rose in his heart.

After all, if it weren't for this, Chu Suiliang really didn't understand why Chu Liang didn't warn himself.

Chu Suiliang naturally didn't know that Li Chengqian officially entered the rebellious period after getting married.

All the ministers in the DPRK and China demanded Li Chengqian at the request of Li Shimin, which was a bit too inhumane.

After all, a monarch like Li Shimin is almost unparalleled in the world. If Li Shimin's standard is used to judge any monarch in the feudal era, it will have more or less shortcomings.

As for Li Chengqian, he was too far behind just in terms of mental capacity.

Therefore, after the alert Chu Liang realized that Li Chengqian seemed not so reliable, he asked Chu Suiliang to follow Li Tai closer.

At that time, if Li Chengqian boarded the plane smoothly, he could only reluctantly sever the father-son relationship with Chu Suiliang in order to preserve the Chu family.

Of course, if Li Taizhen ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Honor, even if Chu Sui didn't get the original stock, at least he would get the bonus!

As a son of an aristocratic family, Chu Suiliang more or less knew what his father was thinking, but Chu Suiliang took the money with a clear conscience.

I have also greatly changed my view of King Wei, working for King Wei, and doing my best to do my duty.

But if it comes to Li Chu, then Chu Suiliang still supports the prince, because this is Chu Suiliang's belief.

Of course, if King Wei becomes the prince one day, then Chu Suiliang will decisively choose to follow King Wei.

Therefore, Chu Suiliang belongs to that kind. He doesn't care whether Li Chengqian or Li Tai, in short, whoever is the prince, he will firmly support whoever is!

"Let's not talk about this first!" At this time, Chu Suiliang came back to his senses, looked at Liu Renjing and said, "Aren't you planning to go back to Chang'an?"

"Naturally, I have to go back, but I don't want to continue to be an official!" Liu Renjing said to Chu Suiliang,
"Compared to the intrigue in the officialdom, I think farming affairs are relatively simple and suitable.

Especially watching the plants bloom and bear fruit under my meticulous care, I also feel an indescribable satisfaction! "

"Since that's the case, then I will gradually hand over all the agricultural affairs to you to manage!" Chu Suiliang looked at Liu Renjing and said, "Especially this tea garden, you have to take good care of it!"

"Of course I understand this, but Wei Wang ordered that it is best to add women to the tea family, so that they can manage the tea picking in the future. What do you think!" Liu Renjing changed the subject again.

"Then increase it. Agricultural colleges already have women's departments, but most of them are in the weaving industry!"

Chu Suiliang continued, "After all, King Wei knows more about tea science than we do, according to what King Wei said.

If you want to change it in the future, you can change it slowly. After all, many things cannot be accomplished overnight. "

Liu Renjing nodded with you, and was about to continue the chat, but at this time someone shouted in the distance: "Mr. Renjing, Mr. Dengshan, let me find you!"

An old man wearing Taoist robes who wanted to be elegant came quickly towards the place where the two were, but after arriving, he saw that he was free and easy.

"Brother Keyi, are you looking for us to play chess?" Chu Suiliang looked at the old man but said with a smile.

"No, no, I'm planning to go to Luoyang to participate in the Luoshui game. I'm not ashamed to ask the two for a paperwork from the agricultural school, so that I can temporarily settle in the agricultural school!" Fan Yuefeng said calmly.

"Haha, then I would like Brother Ke Yi to accompany me back to the school, just write a letter for Brother Ke Yi to bring!"

When Chu Suiliang heard this, he said calmly,
"But Brother Keyi, let's talk about it. If you meet any outstanding chess players in Luoyang, and mark them first, I will be there around the time of the finals. You will introduce me to them when the time comes!"

Because the game of Luoshui three years later is to set up a stage for Jiangnan University, Chu Suiliang naturally wants to make this matter perfect.

If it is a chess player trained by himself, drinking green tea from Yuhang all the way to the top, and winning the championship is naturally the best.

So when I came back, I started to form a chess club, and this Fan Yuefeng was the chess coach Chu Suiliang invited.

And this chess coach is a bit out of business, he just kills the time for the chess itself, and prefers the art of geomancy.

It's just that ordinary people don't need to make maps, and they are more useful in finding dragons and acupuncture points and burial Fengshui.

But I have to say that Fan Yuefeng still has a lot of experience in the early layout, but he often suffers in the later stage of Tesuji's life and death.

But even so, this is quite a characteristic chess player, at least he might not be the same as Li Tai.

"If you have any outstanding chess players, you will naturally keep them, but if you meet your favorite apprentice, I won't let you!" Fan Yuefeng looked at Chu Suiliang and laughed.

Chu Suiliang and Liu Renjing looked at each other, but smiled helplessly.

They also knew that Fan Yuefeng's purpose in participating in this Luoshui game was different from that of other people. Others were seeking fame and fortune, or they simply wanted to play against others, but Fan Yuefeng went to this Luoshui game to find Apprentice, to pass on his geomancy skills.