Three Kingdoms: Everything Can Be Gamified

Chapter 38

The house where Zheng Xuan stayed was relatively simple, the furniture was basically the original ones, and there were no new additions.

The only thing that is relatively new is the small pot for cooking tea, and now Zheng Xuanzheng cooks tea himself.

Tea culture became popular during the Han Dynasty and became an arty thing for the upper class.

The tea is Kudingcha, the water is opened, spices such as ginger are added, seasoned with oil and salt, and a set of kung fu flows smoothly.

When the tea is ready, pour it into a tea bowl and pass it to the two of them.

Zhang He turned around, sniffed, tasted, nodded and replied: "Good tea!"

But I was complaining in my heart: Are you waiting here to cook stewed soup?
This is especially tea soup in the hand, it is better to say that it is a stewed soup, a stewed soup with a tea flavor.

Different recipes have different flavors, no wonder everyone is keen on this way.

For the Han Dynasty where the seasoning is generally light, this thick oily red sauce is not only comfortable to drink?

"Oh, Your Excellency also understands the tea ceremony?" Zheng Xuan looked at Zhang He.

As for Liu Bei next to him, he couldn't taste the tea at all.

"It's thick but not rich, fragrant but not colorful, and has a sweet aftertaste, which is very rare." Zhang He said with a smile, it's a waste if this stewed soup is not made into tea eggs!

Hearing this, Liu Bei savored it immediately, except for the thick oily red sauce, he really couldn't taste anything, and he could barely taste the sweetness of the mouth.

Question is this nonsense?These days, the tea leaves do not add essence, so the production process of the tea leaves is very particular.

Tea leaves that cannot be returned to sweetness are basically bought and sold with one hammer, and the merchants have to lose their reputation.

"Not bad, not bad!" Zheng Xuan stroked his beard, he is not specialized in this art, but he is very happy that others appreciate his tea art.

I probably also understand why Liu Bei brought Zhang He over. It was really embarrassing for Liu Bei to come here by himself.

"Xuan De came here this time, he couldn't drink tea with an old man like me, could he?" Zheng Xuan was also unambiguous.

It's better to say that at his age and status, more energy should be devoted to business, and he doesn't want to waste it on entertainment.

The main reason is that Liu Bei's identity and status are not worth his wasting so much time, so let's just say it.

"Nowadays the world is in chaos, and the common people are struggling to live. Liu raised his troops to help the country. However, there is a shortage of Chinese and Chinese officers in the army, so many things can't work. I hope Master Zheng can recommend one or two." Liu Bei was also unequivocal.

Zheng Xuan's performance made him very familiar, and it was almost the same style in his mentor Lu Zhi's.

It's good to be clean and tidy, but somehow I feel a sense of impatience.

"..." Zheng Xuan looked at Liu Bei with a complicated expression.

As far as scholars are concerned, most of them want to gain fame, either as a filial piety or as a celebrity.

Serving under Liu Bei's command is a way to say, the problem is that Liu Bei was born bravely, and the Sima of other departments is also a temporary establishment, embarrassing!

However, Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and Lu Zhi is in a good position now, and there are people in the court.

"I will mention this matter when I teach tomorrow. Whoever wants to join Xuande's command at that time can do whatever they want." Zheng Xuan stroked his beard.

I don’t even mention the recommendation, but I will mention it anyway to let everyone know that there is such a thing.

He doesn't guarantee the outcome.

The subtext is like this, whether Liu Bei understands it or not, Zhang He understands it.

It's not easy to say that people don't get any benefits, but they can help out.

"Thanks to Master Zheng for his help, Liu is very grateful." Liu Bei immediately cupped his hands and thanked.

"Well... What do you two think is the current situation in the world?" Zheng Xuan asked casually.

After the official business is over, you can't see off the guests directly. The main thing is to take the school exam to see what level Lu Zhi's students are.

I was also worried that Liu Bei's level was not good enough, so I asked Zhang He together to avoid embarrassment.

"Although the Yellow Turbans are powerful, they are peasants who have just picked up weapons. They don't know the art of war, and their weapons are not complete. The elite of the court will defeat them sooner or later. On the contrary, the big families who are armed because of this are the real hidden danger." Liu Bei was silent, but Zhang He took the initiative to speak.

Liu Bei has no foresight, at least he doesn't have such a high view of the pattern.

He will even focus on the present and act rashly in many things, which is what Zhang He is most worried about.

Sometimes Liu Bei gets really stubborn and doesn't care about anything, because he wants to do it anyway.

Sometimes people can't help feeling that Liu Bei is probably the most serious atavism and the closest existence to Liu Bang.

"Oh?" Zheng Xuan was taken aback, "How do you say that?"

"At any time, it is not a good thing for local wealthy families to have too many private soldiers. Especially even if the Yellow Turban is wiped out, the remnants will inevitably ravage the local area. The edict allowing the recruitment of volunteers may not be withdrawn within a few years..." Zhang He shook his head.

In a few years, it is not a joke to gather thousands of people in small and medium-sized families, and tens of thousands in large families.

Just talk about Chen Wang and Liu Chong, why not just gather hundreds of thousands of people.

When a family has an army of [-] and the situation in the world is not stable, it is hard to say what will happen.

It is only said that in the past few years at the end of the Han Dynasty, some people successively separated themselves by one family, one mile, one township or even one city, and some even directly proclaimed themselves emperors.

Of course, this kind of separatist regime that can be resolved by sending county soldiers and county soldiers from local counties and counties, or even local thieves and thieves, will basically not be written into the history books.

Yuan Shu was not the first to proclaim himself emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty. Zhang Ju of Zhongshan proclaimed himself emperor, and later Que Xuan of Xuzhou also proclaimed himself emperor. These are all recorded parts.

"No matter how the situation changes in the future, what is certain is that the status of the military officer will rise rapidly." Zhang He then changed the subject.

Even if the boundary between civil and military in the Eastern Han Dynasty is not very clear, most of them have a bias.

In a governing world, civil servants overwhelm military generals, and in troubled times, military generals overwhelm civil servants.

The promotion of the military commander's status also implies the coming of troubled times. Zhang He didn't make it clear and left no excuses.

"The big man is named Marquis for his military exploits, and Da Dao's words are also reasonable." Zheng Xuan was thoughtful, "The big man has indeed been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters in the past few years. I hope everything is safe and healthy."

According to the Confucian saying of "response between heaven and man", this natural and man-made disaster is not a sign of troubled times.

Zheng Xuan was also entangled. If he wants to 'Zheng Xue', he needs a relatively stable and peaceful environment. If the world is chaotic and divided, even if he edits it himself, there is no way to spread it.

"The elder brother is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and he will help the country and bring order to justice. Everything will be fine." Zhang He said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Zheng Xuan thoughtfully nodded silently.

Liu Bei was the most devastated. The two of them had all kinds of tricks, and I had a hard time listening to them, but in the end they even got involved with me.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two stood up and said goodbye.Knowing that Zheng Xuan was interested in tea, Zhang He went back and ordered someone to deliver a pot of tea that he treasured.

With Zheng Xuan's strength of character, gold, silver, wealth and silk will definitely not be taken back, so let's talk about elegant things.

The tea is made by Zhang He himself, and it is still Kuding tea, but when he sent it out, he explained that the tea only needs to be brewed with boiling water for drinking.

It is not impossible to make stewed soup, but if you want to taste tea, you still have to brew it to drink.

If you want to talk about why you didn't sell it before, let's say that the tea-tasting circle is so big these days, and if the new tea craft is spread, it's up to the Zhang family whether they can keep their size, and don't cause trouble for the family.

Zheng Xuan probably liked it very much. After all, that evening, three scribes came to him, hoping to join the army.

Zhang He is overjoyed, Zheng Xuan is Zheng Xuan after all, it is interesting enough.

The leader, Wang Xiu, was not a disciple of Zheng Xuan, but just came to listen to Zheng Xuan's lectures, and was recommended by Zheng Xuan to join the army.

The other two are disciples of Zheng Xuan, namely Guoyuan and Sun Qian.

One thing is certain, that is, the three of them are all white bodies at this stage, and their future achievements will not be low, and their talents are beyond doubt.

"I am so grateful to have the help of the three of you!" Liu Bei didn't expect that Zheng Xuan would help him so much, and he was so moved that he wanted to cry.

Liu Bei has always been a man of temperament, which is why he always acts rashly. If he cries, it is because of the truth.

The three of them could naturally see this too, probably because they were affected by the atmosphere, and the uneasiness in their hearts was temporarily put down.

　At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were quite a few people who claimed to be the Son of Heaven, but there were only a few of them in the records. However, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, there were people who claimed to be the Son of Heaven in many places, but the scale was too small.

　　Zheng Xuan worked hard to set up "Zheng Xue", but unfortunately the world was in chaos, so it didn't spread much, only a few disciples were helping to promote it.

　　Wang Su's "Wang Xue" is much more comfortable. After all, Cao Wei has been established, the entire Central Plains and Hebei are relatively peaceful, and culture has begun to recover. He is an official of Cao Wei, so the popularization of Wang Xue is naturally more convenient than Zheng Xue.

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