The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 102
In Chengyang Yingling, an old man over seventy years old was walking in the snow and ice carrying two bundles of firewood.

Although he couldn't walk with flying speed, his steps were more or less light, and he was humming the Book of Songs from time to time.

Behind him appeared a group of cavalrymen riding fast horses and holding sharp blades. Each of these cavalrymen had a strong back and strong waist, with bright eyes and extremely alertness. They were obviously elites in the army.

One of the cavalrymen soon came to the old man and said, "Excuse me, old man, does the famous scholar Wang Pei live near here?"

Although the old man was old, his voice was still clear and he said loudly, "This military master is no longer at home!"

"Thank you, old man, for informing me!" The cavalryman saluted the old man and immediately set off to follow the leader of the cavalrymen.

Liu Tai glanced at Zhao An who came back and said, "How are you doing? Did you ask if Wang Pei is still there?"

"The old man said that Wang Pei is no longer at home. He probably meant it literally. Thinking about our fight with Gou Xi, many people in Qingzhou may have gone to Xuzhou to take refuge!" Zhao An said worriedly.

"Nothing, let's go and have a look!" Liu Tai shook his head and said, "If it is really a celebrity's home, even if he ran away in a hurry, not all the books in the house may be moved cleanly. We will look for it then, and maybe we will find something! "

Liu Tai actually didn't have too many extravagant hopes for Wang Pe. It was more because Wang Pe's grandfather was a great agricultural worker. Compared with other nobles, Wang Pe was more likely to have agricultural books in his family.

In this era, it is not easy to get agricultural books, but for people like Wang Pei, these things may be regarded as his family knowledge.

This is when Liu Tai discovered that there was such a famous figure in Qingzhou, he personally brought his cavalry over.

As Liu Tai led a team of soldiers to the door of the house built by Wang Pei and his students, he was a little surprised to see a large field covered with winter wheat.

The corners of Liu Tai's mouth couldn't help but curl up and he said, "Search this room to see if there are any traces of recent human activities. Remember not to mess up this place!"

"Follow the order!" Everyone responded one after another. After a search, they found that there were indeed traces of human activity here.

At least one wall of books on bamboo slips was found in the study, which made everyone a little stunned.

Even though Caihou Paper has appeared in this era and paper has become quite popular among the upper class, this kind of thing is far from the level that ordinary people can use it casually.

Even many commoner landowners could only read and write at most, and their success depended on martial arts rather than reading.

After all, if you want to get ahead by studying, at least in this era, you are basically from a noble family.

As for the bamboo slips on this wall, other army soldiers may not notice anything at all. They are afraid that they will throw these bamboo slips on the ground casually and then look for anything golden and valuable.

But for the soldiers around Liu Tai, especially the soldiers who had to read and write if they wanted to continue to progress as captains, seeing so many books at once, they basically had the urge to take them away.

However, since Liu Tai had given the order, even though they were quite covetous of these books, they did not take action.

They looked around, then returned to Liu Tai, and reported that there were indeed traces of human life here.

Liu Tai didn't say much, he just took a look at the bookcase where the books were stored, picked up the bamboo pieces, looked at them, and said:
"Let's wait for an hour. If Wang Pei doesn't come, we'll move his books to our Linzi city!"

"Your Majesty, it's not very good to take things without telling anyone!" Zhao An lowered his head and said carefully to Liu Tai.

It is precisely because they have read books that these people have begun to have a sense of shame. Like when they were rebels in the past, robbery meant robbery. Wherever it is like now, they are still hesitant to get a book. What's wrong with a scholar holding a book?
Liu Taidao: "Why don't we leave a note telling Wang Can where the book is and ask him to find it on his own initiative?
We are all scholars. How can we be so ignorant in order to study? As Confucius said, a gentleman has no skills! "

"No!" Zhao An responded immediately after hearing Liu Tai's words. It was already at this time, how could he still be strong?

After waiting for a while, I saw the old man carrying firewood slowly walking into the yard, put down the firewood in his hand slowly, and then slowly straightened up, looking quite thin.

"Is it that old man!?" Zhao An reacted immediately when he saw the old man coming in.

Liu Tai slowly said, "Are you Wang Pei, a famous scholar who lives here? I, Liu Tai, are now the governor of Qingzhou!"

"It's Lao Chan." The old man said to Liu Tai in a neither humble nor condescending manner. "President Liu has also met me and knows that Lao Chan is just an old man. I wonder if the Governor is disappointed?"

"Why are you disappointed?" Liu Tai looked at Wang Pei and said calmly, "As far as I know, you once swore not to serve in the Jin court in your life. Now that Luoyang has fallen and the Jin court has been destroyed, have you ever thought about coming out to serve my great man?"

"The Han Dynasty has talents like Liu Jishi who are comparable to Li Ling, so why not worry about it? I am an old man in his seventies, but I can barely take care of myself. How can I take care of other people!" Wang Pei refused at this moment. road.

"I can understand what the old man is thinking!" Liu Tai looked quite calm when he heard Wang Pei's words. He was not surprised that Wang Pei rejected him.

This is also the reason why no famous person came to Liu Tai even though his order for seeking talents was issued in the Qingzhou area.

After all, if a truly famous person wants to seek refuge with the Huns and Han, why not go directly to Liu Cong?

Most of the people who would come to see Liu Tai were from poor families, but the problem was that Liu Tai deliberately condoned the beggar army, which caused considerable trauma to the local families in Qingzhou.

This makes the local poor families not dare to come forward for a while, but they plan to wait and see first.

After all, let’s not forget that if the begging army comes along, it will even eat people!

After hearing Liu Tai's words, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. He was already over 70 years old, and he had only been teaching and educating people. If there had been no Yongjia Rebellion, Wang Pei felt that he might have died of old age here.

But there was no other way. If the Huns and Han invaded, all his students were ready to escape, and of course they were ready to take him with them.

However, I felt that since my parents' graves were here, I had nothing to escape from. Even if I died, I would just stay at home. I didn't expect that Liu Tai seemed to want to come over and recruit me.

But Wang Pei took this indifferently. He was already so old and would have been buried in his 70s long ago.

Now that he is still alive, it is God's blessing. He has already seen through the fame and fortune, and he just wants to stay here. If he can survive one more day, it will be an extra day for him.

Wang Pei said that if he has no desires, he will be strong. No matter how rich or powerful he is, he will give it a try. He wants to see if he has any weaknesses!

So when Liu Tai said that he could understand his thoughts, Wang Pei just smiled and expressed that he wanted to see Liu Tai's continued performance.

"I came to the prince because I actually wanted to ask him for help in compiling a comprehensive agricultural book similar to "The Book of Si Sheng".

The book is titled "Essential Techniques for Elevating the People" and covers the four major fields of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishing, as well as any other industrial and agricultural technology that can improve people's happiness and production, in order to guide the people of Qingzhou to resume production.I originally thought that Wang Gong was the most suitable person to be the editor-in-chief, but now it seems... ugh,

Forget it, I have disturbed the prince, I will take my leave now! "

Liu Tai didn't say much, stood up and planned to leave without any hesitation.

However, Wang Pei reacted suddenly, immediately stretched out his hand, grabbed Liu Tai's sleeve, and said, "General, you want me to compile the "Nongshu"?"

"Of course it is!" Liu Tai said matter-of-factly, "The prince's grandfather was a great farmer in the Wei State, and you even cultivated the fields yourself.

It can be said that the people in this world who know how to farm may not be as knowledgeable as you, and the knowledgeable people may not be as knowledgeable as you in working in the fields.

Even the winter wheat that I just promoted in Qingzhou this year has been planted.

That’s why I hope you can come forward to compile a comprehensive agricultural book with complete categories, but now it seems like..."

"Prefect, actually I have been teaching and educating people for many years, and I still have some experience in compiling agricultural books to educate the people!"

At this moment, when Wang Rao heard that Liu Tai asked him to compile this kind of book, his eyes widened, and his weakness became even more challenging!

"But old man, aren't you a little old? You are only seventy years old. You can't afford it, you can't afford it!" Liu Tai waved his hands repeatedly.

"Although I am seventy years old, I can still eat two bowls of rice and a piece of meat for each meal. Even if I cut down trees to open up fields, I don't feel any fatigue. I feel that I will have no problem living for another five years!" Wang Pei said decisively.

"It's only five years..." Liu Tai looked at Wang Pei, and the word "ah" was very long.

"Before this agricultural book is completed, I will never be willing to die!" Wang Pei said firmly, but at this point, Wang Pei said again, "But I am not an official in the Jin court, nor an official in the Huns, so I can only As the governor privately joins the army, I wonder if the governor will allow it!"

"There is no need for this. Since you have no intention of becoming an official, how can I force others to make things difficult for you.

It's better to still be responsible for teaching students when compiling agricultural books, but there are only two main subjects in this school.

One studies history, the other studies mathematics, and other subjects focus on witch doctors, musicians, and craftsmen. As for the so-called classics on governing the world...

Studying the scriptures cannot save the world! "

When Wang Pei heard what Liu Tai said, it was obvious that although Liu Tai agreed with her idea of ​​not serving him and his request was respected, Liu Tai also made his request and hoped that he could abide by it!
After hearing Liu Tai's words, Wang Pei breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I will follow the governor's words."

Wang Rao looked at Liu Tai. This young guy had a completely different approach to hiring people than other normal people.

When others hire people, they either spend money or give them power. If they don't have either of these, they should at least show their sincerity by visiting the thatched cottage like Liu Bei did.

But Liu Tai saw through his noble nature, neither for money nor for power. In addition, he was over 70 years old and had never seen any scene before, let alone Liu Tai. He would not come to him more often. , you will be moved by the so-called true feelings.

But like Liu Tai, who had investigated that his ancestors were from the Wei Kingdom, and knew that he would never serve the Jin court, he directly gave himself a job that could not only fulfill his filial piety to his grandfather, inherit his grandfather's hard work, but also enable him to be able to An opportunity to leave a mark in history.

I don’t want to be tempted, but for the first time I find that my weakness is so weak!
Wang Pei felt like he was living in seclusion in the mountains like the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, and it seemed that he didn't really see through fame and fortune.

It's just that other people didn't get enough fame and fortune. Although Liu Tai was simple and direct, I had to sigh that he was really accurate in reading people.

"Is this the way to invite someone?"

Seeing Liu Tai's few words make Wang Pei, an old man in his seventies, cry and beg for shelter, Zhao An had to sigh at Liu Tai's skill.

However, the arrival of Wang Pei, for Liu Tai, was able to establish a relatively professional encyclopedia academy.

The students who come out in the future can also directly become local officials, thereby gradually replacing the current officials and improving the average level of the people under their control.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is more or less a leader in agriculture, so that future agricultural development and research can be more systematic.

After all, I plan to promote winter wheat in the north. The harvest currently grown is about two and a half stone per acre, which is not at all the true potential of winter wheat.

But the details of how to raise seedlings, fertilize, weed, etc. all need to be studied slowly.

However, compared to research and development technology, it is more important to summarize the farming technology of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Only by completing the summary of farming technology can we develop farming technology more suitable for the Little Ice Age based on this old farming technology.

All this requires time and energy. As for Wang Pei, he is already 70 years old. Liu Tai will naturally let this dead tree shine in the last stage of his life, burning himself to illuminate the future direction of agriculture in this era.

"I hope I can live a few more years!" Liu Tai prayed to God sincerely.

After all, it is really hard to find a top agriculturist who comes from a family of farmers, has personally farmed the land, and is famous as one of the top agriculturists in the Qingzhou area.

Fortunately, he at least has the idea of ​​​​summarizing family traditions and compiling peasant classics, but he is going to die, and Liu Tai doesn't even know where to find the second one!

To be honest, Liu Tai understood that even if Wang Pe had the support of family heirlooms, he might not be as good as Jia Sixie, who could regard agriculture as his lifelong pursuit.

But there was no way. Not to mention the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, even for the whole of China, Jia Sixie was the leading agriculturist.

Who told him not to live in this era? Fortunately, he did not live in this era!

However, as long as Wang Pei is willing to join the army as his own private servant and come to build a school to teach knowledge, then at least he has given an example to the nobles in Qingzhou, and I believe they will soon accept him!
At this moment, many strong men came back from Mount Yi carrying cloth bags, and happily said to the people in Mount Yi who were hiding from the disaster,
"Work for Liu Qingzhou. He really gave us food. Today we can all have enough to eat. And even in winter, Liu Qingzhou is still recruiting refugees. Anyone who is capable can work in the future."

Hearing this, the faces of the refugees in Yishan couldn't help showing joy. At this time, the strong man even took out a notice and handed it to a very prestigious middle-aged man and said, "Mr. Xi, you are The most virtuous person among us, this is the recruitment order issued by Liu Qingzhou recently, I think you are the virtuous person Liu Qingzhou wants!"

"Recruitment order?"

　I will continue to update today. I was lazy for a day. I haven’t updated two chapters in many days. When I wanted to update two chapters, I felt that I didn’t have the energy to update. Give me time to adjust.Uh-huh.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)