Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

【worry. 】

【The worst is yet to come...】

[We must stop him! 】

……

In the dream, he himself was floating in the clouds like a fairy, overlooking the land of Huaxia.

Then a window popped up like a game prompt, reminding him that his territory had suffered a disaster, and the food production had dropped sharply compared to previous years. At the same time, public security would be greatly affected, which might cause large-scale panic in the territory.

It's just that at the bottom of this interface, which looks like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, several different options are thoughtfully given for Zhang Yan to choose.

Except for the "worrisome (grain production -12% in the next 80 months, stability -1)" that he is very familiar with, the remaining two options are marked with special marks, as if they are not Everyone can choose.

……

【The worst is yet to come...】

[Grain production -12% in the next 80 months, government revenue -10%]

[Requires the ruler to have the characteristics of a scholar] (√)

……

[We must stop him! 】

[In the next 12 months, food production -40%, government revenue -20%, destiny +10]

[Requires Wonder Building: Sundial] (√)

Or【All of the following conditions need to be met】

In the era of the Great Revolution (×)

Possess short-range rocket launch technology (×)

Possess silver iodide/dry ice mass production technology (×)

……

A series of two options with special requirements appeared, and Zhang Yan didn't know why he saw the classic option about Paradox in a prompt content like a glorious game interface.

It's just that when he saw the "Destiny +10" marked in green font, he subconsciously chose this.

Even in his dream, Zhang Yan still remembered how important such a thing as destiny was to the ancient Eastern Empire.

……

"Time? It's almost a quarter past noon... According to the custom in our house, it will be lunch time in a quarter of an hour."

"Master, you've been sleeping for a long time. I'm afraid you forgot. Two days ago, you asked me to remind you to ask you to meet those old men at noon today?"

……

After his attention returned to reality, Zhang Yan saw Ye'er holding himself with one hand, and holding a wet towel in the other hand, gently wiping his forehead.

After her reminder, Zhang Yan came back to his senses.

"Oh, yes, there is indeed such a thing."

"Ye'er, wait for me, I'll change my clothes, let's go!"

Gently patting himself on the forehead, Zhang Yan stood still and got up from the ground.

……

If Ye'er hadn't reminded him, Zhang Yan might have forgotten that there was a certain reason why he was in such a hurry to finish his official duties in the morning today.

As early as a few days ago, he had greeted the heads of various military and horse divisions in Lujiang. This afternoon, he would hold a small meeting at the official office in Wancheng to discuss the next task arrangement with Lu Su.

But before that, Zhang Yan has another matter to deal with...

That was the appointment with Pang Tong's uncle Pang Degong to jointly run a school in Lujiang.

Speaking of which, it has been a long, long time since he started the school together with Mr. Pang De, and Mr. Pang De readily agreed.

At the beginning, it was because Mr. Pang De wanted to contact his friends to come to Lujiang, and Zhang Yan happened to be still building the water conservancy system of Lujiang, so this matter was postponed.

Later, after the construction of the Lujiang water conservancy system was completed and the large sewer was officially opened, there was another locust plague.

Later, after Mr. Pang De happily called his group of cronies to Lujiang, Zhang Yan was already too busy to touch the ground, so the matter was postponed again.

Until now, it has been more than a full month, and Zhang Yan finally took the time to make an appointment with Mr. Pang Degong, who is in charge of running the school, and planned to meet again.

At the same time, Pang Dezheng also called his group of friends to let Zhang Yan know each other.

The time the two made an appointment was exactly at noon today, inside the largest restaurant in Wancheng, the Lujiang prefecture.

Even though there are other projects in the queue, the Lujiang Academy, that is, the national university, has not yet been able to be built immediately, but it is like some pre-requisites of the university, such as elementary schools for children. But it can be prepared in advance.

……

"Ye'er, what do you think of this body?"

In this way, after a while, Zhang Yan changed into a fairly formal white suit, put on a blue coat, tied up his hair, and walked to Ye'er with a smile.

Everyone knows that the Yin people favored white, but they didn’t know that the pre-Qin Dynasty used the black bird as a totem, and especially loved the blue color. Therefore, the blue coat and white lining became the standard configuration for scholars in this era in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Perhaps in the West during the same period, because of the difference in the cost of dyes, red and purple clothes were deeply loved by people at that time.

Especially the high-ranking officials in Rome, they were either royal relatives in purple clothes, or elders and nobles with red Shimashen curled up.

This is undoubtedly inseparable from the high prices of red and purple dyes.

However, in China at this time, the real high-level group is either dressed in black and red like the emperor, or imitated those scholars in green and white shirts. This is almost the same concept as the "business etiquette" of later generations.

……

During this period, if you get in touch with scholars, especially those with aloof status, if you don’t dress like that, they will look down on you from the bottom of their hearts. This means that your status is much higher than the other party’s. Also does not help.

This is like the origin of family education. Without one's own family education, one will always be the bottom upstart among the aristocratic family, the most unpopular kind of person.

Since Zhang Yan himself was not a native of this era, and his background was not very noble, he didn't know much about these things at first.

But fortunately, his in-law's Qiao family is a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. After studying with him for a period of time, Zhang Yan quickly taught these things to tutor.

Clothes, crowns and even accessories like swords, these things seem simple, but in the process of contacting scholars, they are all things that need to be paid close attention to.

The white lining means that he is a "Chinese" who knows etiquette rather than a savage, and the blue coat means that his identity is of Chinese orthodox blood, which is the concept of "Chinese" that has been inherited since the Qin Dynasty.

Don't look at the later generations, when some people often said how good the mixed-race was, how beautiful the mixed-race was. 2000 years ago, the so-called mixed-race would not dare to answer back if they pointed their noses and scolded them as "bastards".

After putting on the clothes, tying up the hair as required, and putting on the hat, the next thing is some things to show one's status.

……

"Well, it looks pretty good, master, do you want to wear a sword today?"

Gently patting some folds on Zhang Yan's clothes, Ye'er straightened his crown for him again. After carefully looking up and down, he asked Zhang Yan with a clever smile.

Generally speaking, there is no mandatory requirement to wear a sword in informal occasions, such as sacrifices or summons by superiors.

It's just that for a "scholar", the sword is just like the clothes on his head, representing his identity.

No matter what your own martial arts are, when you wear a sword, it means that you have received the influence and training of the traditional six arts of a gentleman. Among the entire group of scholars, you are also the group of "gentlemen" with the highest status.

Of course, the six arts of a gentleman here refer to ritual, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics, not things like Dian, filial piety, anxiety, joy, stretching, and winning in later generations.

In order to win the favor of the other party, Zhang Yan nodded after a moment of hesitation, then raised his hands, and let Ye'er fumble for a moment on the belt around his waist, and took a long The sword was strapped to his belt.

……

"It's better to bring one, don't ask for self-defense, but who knows if there are any freaks among those old guys today, will some people think that I am not a gentleman if I don't wear a sword, and I am not worthy to be killed in the same case with them some type of……"

……

Some helplessly smiled at Ye'er, Zhang Yan took advantage of the time when she bowed her head to tie her sword, stretched out her hand and gently hugged Ye'er, but then he gave Ye'er a shy look.

But he wasn't annoyed, he just smiled and waited for Ye'er to finish taking care of him, then he took the other's hand and walked out of the room with three steps.

……

Unlike the usual maids, Ye'er also changed into a rather eye-catching dress today. The main color of the dress is the same as Zhang Yan's coat, mainly turquoise, which looks like a couple's outfit. It's eye-catching.

It's just that Ye'er's clothes are embellished with dark green on the inner lining, instead of the same white as Zhang Yan——

No way, this is the insurmountable status difference between men and women during this period.

Everyone says that discrimination does not exist, but everyone knows that discrimination is around them.

Just like this gentleman... Although the big man is big, he has never heard of a "female gentleman". It is a vassal of men, there is no doubt about it.

"By the way, master... why did you think of dressing so formally today... When you met the head of the Pang family, you didn't seem to have such an attitude, did you?"

Sitting in Zhang Yan's spacious carriage, Ye'er leaned on Zhang Yan's shoulder, holding his arm with one hand, while fiddled with the long handle on Zhang Yan's waist with the other hand. sword.

A piece of emerald green gemstone is tied on the tassel of the long sword...

That's right, it's jade.

A gentleman should be the jade that is as gentle as jade.

Under Ye'er's fiddling, the sword spike was constantly shaking from side to side, and lightly tapped on Zhang Yan's body from time to time.

……

"Ye'er, you don't understand this, do you?"

"Master, I saw that these guys are a little different today. Although they are all friends of Lord Pang De, these scholars are arrogant in their hearts when they speak nicely, and their hearts are higher than the sky.

"Maybe I didn't pay attention to one of the masters, offended them, or made them feel that I neglected them, and it would be a big loss."

Gently stretching out his hand to grab Ye'er's fluttering little hand, Zhang Yan just leaned on the back of the carriage seat, closing his eyes and resting his mind, while thinking about what he should say when he saw these scholars later.

If his estimation is correct, people like Duke Pound's nationally famous friend Huang Chengyan and his not-so-famous friend Cui Jun and Cui Zhouping will all be there later.

Besides these people, there are a few people that Zhang Yan is more concerned about...

Sima Hui, known as "Mr. Shui Jing", and the famous ranger "Xu Shu and Xu Yuanzhi"... these people may all appear at the banquet later.

As for how many people he can win favor with, and how many people he can accept for his own use...it depends on his performance later.

……

It can be said that scholars are like this. Even if they don't pull out carrots and bring out mud like aristocratic families, literati are easy to compare with each other, and there are small circles among them. Mr. Pang De's circle is the northern part of Jingzhou and a small piece of Central Plains. This area.

If some of them can be taken down, it is obvious to the naked eye that the lack of talents under Zhang Yan's staff will be well alleviated in the future.