Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 885
In the spring of 66, [-]-year-old Zhou Cang wrote to resign.

Emperor Liu Xie, ministers of the Privy Council, civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, officials from all over the country, and people from all over the world all begged Zhou Cang to stay in office, and Zhou Cang's mind was determined not to be changed. "I have been in power for decades, so I should have gone; today it has been decided, and the government should be returned to the people, as it should be; I was born in troubled times, when I was young, I wanted to survive, when I was young, I wanted to protect the country, and when I grew up, I became a peace of the people. All my wishes have been fulfilled. Satisfied, it is better to go back to the court."

Zhou Cang resigned, and Zhou Chong wanted to resign to follow Zhou Cang, but was reprimanded by Zhou Cang. "You and I, family affairs, how can we use family affairs to ruin state affairs!" Zhou Cang treats himself with his family, Zhou Chong is delighted, and only hopes to retire as soon as possible.Yu Yi, the former Qinwei and the current deputy envoy of Jinyiwei, meets the age requirements. Zhou Chong arranges to retire and live with Zhou Cang.

Xu Huang resigned as an old man, Lu Xun added a martial arts academy in Chang'an, and Xu Huang became the dean, which can cultivate talents and stabilize the Northwest.

Zhou Cang donated his half-life salary and ordered Mu Qiu to set up a college. Mu Qiu asked the name. Zhou E, who was learning the language, said the word Haihe, so he named it Haihe. He is the dean of Haihe College.

Xu Shu became the new prime minister, Lu Xun abandoned the army and became the second assistant, Zhou Chong, Duanmuling, Zhou Xin, and Yang Rui were the assistant ministers; Wu Gang took over as the general, Qu A, Deng Ai, Sha Zan, Jiang Wei, and Chen Ben were the five armies Dudu; Dianman Renzhi Jinwu.

Yang Hu and Lu Kang studied as teachers for two years, Zhou Cang seldom taught knowledge, but spread more new ideas, new concepts, and development concepts. It is reasonable for Xu Shu to be his teacher. It is really unreasonable for Deng Ai's son Deng Zhong to worship Zhou Chong as his teacher, and Duanmu Ling's son Duanmu Jun to worship Han Yue as his teacher.Zhou Cang laughed and said, isn't it great to be able to do what you like, why force it.

Liu Xie wanted to ennoble Zhou Cang again, but Zhou Cang refused.

Civil and military officials held a farewell banquet for Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang drank freely, and received all the gifts for the first time. Many people secretly regretted that they should have prepared well if they knew this.Zhou Cang said with a chuckle: "Is it important to be polite? No, it doesn't matter how valuable it is. Even a piece of white paper is a piece of heart."

Zhou Xin, Zhou Ting, Zhou Yan, Zhou Lan, Chen Still, Sha Zan, Li Yuner and others were hard to leave. They asked Zhou Cang if he would return to his hometown and settle down in Woniugang. Everyone knows that I am from Woniugang. Don’t you keep nagging me, and I can’t be quiet for a moment. I have chosen Weishui Ancient Ferry in Qingzhou. Only a few of you know that you can’t tell others. Make an appointment in advance, and I will go to Jinan myself." Zhou Xin's brother and sister wanted to build a luxury house for Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang said with a smile: "The square house is more than ten acres, eight or nine thatched cottages. It is enough."

Before leaving, Zhou Cang suddenly remembered something, and called Zhou Xin and Zhou Zhouchong: "Master Liu Miao and Han Shu are developing gunpowder in Mengzhou. You can ask them for details. I only have one thing to say: gunpowder is extremely powerful. , is not tolerated in the present world, but there will be a time to show off its prestige, and it cannot be discarded. When to use it, there is no regulation, there is only one sentence that needs to be cautious and cautious.

When Zhou Cang left Beijing, the people drove hundreds of miles away to see them off. They ate pots of pulp to show their fists. Zhou Cang took a single soybean and hid it in a box.

At the ancient ferry of Weishui, Zhou Cang dug earth to make a well, and built a mound of earth beside the well as a symbol, which is quite similar to the earthen platform built by Pei Dahu in Peijia Village.

Deng Ai and Sha Zan transferred fifty veterans and their families from other places to surround Zhou's house. The old men didn't know who Zhou Cang and Yu Yi were, but thought they were the family of a certain general. commensurate.

When the old soldiers get together, they often talk about the past wars, and they are inevitably exaggerated. Some people claim to have seen Zhou Cang, Zhou Xin and others in person, and Zhou Cang laughed when they said that Zhou Cang was a beautiful tree with a beautiful appearance and a dignified appearance.

Lao Zhoutou built a pond with many fish in it, but Lao Zhoutou never fished or ate it. It is said that Lao Zhoucang wanted to breed better-looking fish.There are pagoda trees beside the pool, and the pagoda trees bear pagoda flowers. Old Zhou Tou looks old, but he is still dexterous enough to pick flowers from the tree.

Lao Zhoutou and Lao Yutou seldom farm. Lao Zhoutou specializes in planting some strange things. It is said that the courgettes in it are seeds obtained from the Western Regions, but Lao Zhoutou calls it cucumber, and there are many varieties.The cucumbers have grown, and Lao Zhoutou never eats them, and he doesn't let people touch them, saying that he wants to keep them for others.

People often come to send wool and cotton to Lao Zhou, but they have never seen Lao Zhou make clothes, and they don’t know what he uses them for. Occasionally, they can see Lao Zhou burning in the yard, and they are annoyed: "Why? Can't do well?"

Apart from these weirdnesses, He Lao Yutou was very respectful to Lao Zhoutou, and there was nothing special about Lao Zhoutou.It's normal to think about it. Although Lao Zhoutou's children are not around, he doesn't have to worry about food. This kind of leisure is nothing.

Finally, everyone saw the person that Lao Zhou was waiting for, the granddaughter of Lao Zhou, called Xiao'e, with a broad forehead, big eyes, and deep dimples. She was only two years old, but insisted that she was three years old.

Xiao'e wanted to eat cucumbers before all her teeth had grown. She said it was delicious, but complained that she was late and didn't see Sophora japonica.Old Zhou's face was full of entanglement, saying it was too late for a while, and saying it was early for a while, because he was not ready yet.

So, some people saw Lao Yutou lighting up Lao Zhoutou at night, and hanging the Sophora japonica flowers that had been picked and stored back on the tree; some people saw that Lao Zhoutou's house was brightly lit every night in the middle of the night, and he didn't know what he was doing. It's not a job, but you can see a lot of needle prick marks on old Zhou's hands.

Some people fall into the old week, and it's not why men are so favored.Old Zhou was sad at first, then shook his head and said: "Not enough, not enough, it's still far away."

Lao Zhoutou, who never saw outsiders, had a visitor at his house. Lao Zhoutou called him Mu Jin. It is said that he came from a far away place. Jinling and your brother can run Haihe College together."

Mu Jin chuckled: "I'm not a scholar, so I don't know how to run a school, so I'll open a shop here." A few days later, Mu Jin opened a shop next to the mound, called Fangzidian.

In the dead of night, Zhou Cang ordered Yu Yi to wait outside, only to see Mu Jin: "Is there something wrong in Jeju?"

"Exactly! Master Zhou Yuan took five huge ships, three thousand elite soldiers, and five hundred boys and girls to the sea, saying that they were looking for fairy mountains, but they disappeared for three months. Later, someone came to the governor's mansion and wrote a letter saying that he would keep it for you. I opened it and watched it." It turns out that there is a letter in the letter." Mu Jin carefully took out the brocade box from his pocket, revealing the letter.

The outer seal was not sealed, but there was a piece of paper and a letter inside.

There is only one sentence on the paper: Please Mu Jin deliver this letter to Zhou Cang himself, and he will know everything by himself.

The letter was sealed, and the envelope had four big characters: Zhou Cang personally.

Mu Jin smiled wryly, how could a son call his father by his name, the content of the letter can be imagined.

Holding a piece of paper and a letter in Zhou Cang's hand, a thousand layers of waves startled in his heart.It's not that Zhou Yuan is disrespectful to his title, but the way the characters are written. A line of characters is not the current vertical from right to left, but the horizontal one that Zhou Cang is very familiar with!What's going on?

Perhaps the answer is in the letter, Zhou Cang carefully opened the seal, and was even more dumbfounded after reading the first sentence!

(End of this chapter)