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When Ouyang Xiu and others came forward, Wang Fuli cupped his hands and said, "You two, what are you doing here?"

"I am Sheng Hong."

Wang Fuli suddenly understood, and he quickly bowed and said: "I have met you, sir. I, the villain, Wang Fuli, is the housekeeper. The young master is having breakfast, so I asked the young master to come and greet you."

"No need." Ouyang Xiu waved his hand, "Let me ask you, why are these people gathering in front of your house?"

Sheng Hong was Wang Yan's future father-in-law and the general magistrate of Yangzhou. Wang Fuli knew all these things. Now he saw that Sheng Hong was still standing behind Ouyang Xiu, and his expression was quite cautious and polite. Even if he didn't know Ouyang Xiu, he should know that this was a bigger official than Sheng Hong.

"Sir, my young master has been thinking about the difficulty of living for the people recently, and he can't manage it elsewhere, so he wants to do something in Wangjiazhuang to take care of the village and lead the villagers to live a good life. Therefore, he recently bought pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese. The seedlings are distributed to the villagers to feed, and more chickens, ducks and geese are harvested to eat their young and replenish their bodies with the old, young, women and children at home. The pigs are sold for meat at the end of the year, and the pig seedlings are bought and fed to the villagers.

In addition, it rained a few days ago. The young master thought that the roads in the village were bad and difficult to navigate, so he wanted to pave all the paths in the village with stone slabs. The young master also said that when he earns money in the future, he will help the villagers build new houses..."

Wang Fuli spoke naturally, with smooth language and no stumbles, repeating the beautiful scenery of Wangjiazhuang described to him by Wang Yan.

Ouyang Xiu and Sheng Hong were stunned for a while. On the one hand, they felt that Wang Yan could really fool him. On the other hand, they felt that if Wang Yan was really willing to spend money, it would not be that difficult to bring up this small Wangjiazhuang.

Although Ouyang Xiu had previously lamented the high-walled compound of Wang Yan's family and the dilapidated houses of other villagers, he had no other thoughts because this was the norm in this land.

But now Wang Yan is willing to revolutionize himself, which is rare.

He smiled and waved his hand: "Go on, let's listen and take a look."

The housekeeper saluted again, then turned around and continued to tell the villagers that there were still many rules. Pigs need to be raised in pig pens, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. must also have space to graze, and the most important thing is to ensure a sanitary environment.

This time, Wang Yan took advantage of the situation and wanted to improve the village's hygiene. After all, this area of ​​their house is clean. The sanitary conditions in other houses are really not good, they are really dirty and messy.

Ouyang Xiu listened quietly for a while, and walked into the Wang family's door without anyone guiding him. It was as if I had entered my own home, walking around and browsing in the yard.

It was because he knew that Wang Yan didn't have many women in his family, so he had no scruples. It wasn't because Ouyang Xiu was shameless.

After a while, I finally came to the backyard and saw Wang Yan, wearing a medium coat with his hair disheveled, taking a nap in the sun with his eyes closed on a lounge chair.

Wang Yan heard the noise, took a look at the awning with his hands, stood up quickly, and saluted: "I don't know if my uncle is coming here, it is really unbecoming. Please don't blame me. I wonder who this is?"

"It's the Ouyang drunkard you want to see."

Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he bowed again: "I don't know if Mr. Ouyang is here. The student is rude."

"That's all, you don't know where I'm coming from, what's the point of being rude?" Ouyang Xiu waved his hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Ouyang. Mr. Ouyang, uncle, please. Dongliang, make tea."

Might as well Ouyang Xiu shook his head: "Go to the study."

Wang Yan said, "Please come this way."

When the three of them arrived in the study, Ouyang Xiu didn't say much. He looked around in the study as if he were at home. He stood in front of the bookshelf and randomly pulled out a few books and read the annotations written by Wang Yan.

Ouyang Xiu refused to sit down, so naturally Wang Yan and Sheng Hong, cheap old men, couldn't sit down either, so they had to stand aside and watch.

"With such a big formation at the door, could it be that Changbai sent you a message?" Sheng Hong asked his cheap son-in-law in a low voice.

"No." Wang Yan shook his head and said in a low voice, "When I came back to my uncle's house that day, I started working on these things. It was a coincidence. If I had arrived half an hour later, we should have left."

Sheng Hong finally nodded, took the tea to drink, and asked, "Is this the new fried tea that Chang Bai said?"

"Exactly, it's just not perfect yet. Unfortunately, there is no good tea at home, so my uncle makes do with one or two."

Glancing at Wang Yan, Sheng Hong said, "My eldest son, the Sheng family, has a tea garden in Youyang. I make the decision and will be your dowry when you marry Hua Lan."

Wang Yan didn't understand why his father-in-law thought he was targeting him.

Speaking of which, Sheng Hong is the second wife of the Sheng family, and the big house is doing business. Sheng Hong's family is in Yangzhou, and they have a big house in the capital. In addition to their family's various expenses, part of it is Mrs. Xu's dowry. , part of it is the Wang family's dowry, part of it is the original family wealth of Sheng Hong, and the other part is the support of the Sheng family. They are in the same spirit and refer to each other.

After all, business cannot be done well without the protection of an official. Although Sheng Hong is not a high-ranking official, he is also a Jinshi. He also has a wide network of acquaintances. superior. This will be of considerable help to Shengjiadafang's business.

Although I don’t have the ability to bully others, and I will even be bullied by more powerful people, I certainly won’t bully them too much. As long as I am willing to bow my head, many things can be settled...

Wang Yan smiled and said: "Uncle has misunderstood my nephew. My money is like a floating cloud with me. I just want to eat and drink well. How can I ask for tea from my uncle? In this way, my uncle will go back and ask the big house to send some people over to study together. The technique of frying tea is to use better tea leaves when we return home, so that my nephew can enjoy some good tea, and the big house can also take advantage of it and make more money."

"Do you think tea made in this way will be loved by scholar-bureaucrats?"

"Exactly, because it is simple and direct, without complicated operations, brewing and drinking, it has the fragrance of natural herbs. This is the original taste of tea and the elegance of the scholar-officials."

Sheng Hong nodded noncommittally: "People will be here in the next few days."

At this time, Ouyang Xiu, who was looking at Wang Yan's annotations, closed the book, stuffed it into its original position, turned around, looked at the upright and smiling two people, and couldn't help shaking his head in amusement: "My eyes are dazzled, my ears are dazzled. But you are not deaf, you two are in harmony. Sit down and talk, and I will try this new tea that is so elegant as a scholar-bureaucrat."

Seeing him sitting down, Sheng Hong sat aside, and of course Wang Yan was waiting on him.

He stepped forward and poured tea for Ouyang Xiu and said, "Mr. Ouyang, please."

Ouyang Xiu held the teacup, took a small sip, and nodded: "It is indeed as you said, it has the fragrance of natural vegetation. But in the past, we all enjoyed making tea. A good cup of tea requires warming the fire. Serve with suet..."

After talking about a lot of tea soup cooking and taste, as well as various celebrities’ comments about tea, he smiled and asked, “Why do you use clear tea instead of tea soup?”

"Qing means clear. Tang means turbidity."

Wang Yan moved a chair and sat across from Ouyang Xiu and Sheng Hong, as if he was being interviewed. He smiled and said, "Ouyang Gong said that the joy of tea and soup, students think that it is just a sour literati, so they call it joy. According to this, tea also has It's fun. For example, tea species, this is an unknown wild rock tea in the mountains. If it is fried in Longjing, it will have a different flavor. Furthermore, what does the first brew taste like? What does the second brew taste like? What about the third brew? The third tea utensil , the meaning and interest of which Ouyang Gong can freely imagine.

With Ouyang Gong's great reputation today, the students thought that as long as Ouyang Gong took the tea back, entertained guests from time to time, and wrote letters to friends about the incident, within half a year, this new tea method would be popular in the Song Dynasty and everyone would seek it. At that time, major tea merchants must have been studying new methods, and the meaning was naturally clear. "

"Zi Yan is insightful."

This is not a difficult thing to understand. Ouyang Xiu immediately understood the cause and effect relationship. He smiled, then chatted with Wang Yan for a while and asked about the past.

After this, he looked at the tea leaves stretched in the tea cup and said, "Gu'an brought me the poem "Yijianmei" you wrote earlier. The words are good and the calligraphy is better, but I can't compare. Because of this, I came up with the idea. Let’s see what kind of person you, Wang Ziyan, are. If you make new tea, you will surely gain something, why not just chant it?”

This was the time to test his acting skills. Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, then silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"There is a seven-character poem, and I would like to ask Mr. Ouyang to correct it."

Seeing Ouyang Xiu nodding with a smile, Wang Yan said slowly: "In March, the wind and rain wash the flowers all over the city. I don't know how Dongguo Qingming wine is like Xichuang Guyu tea."

"Very good." Ouyang Xiu stroked his goatee and nodded repeatedly with satisfaction, "The Qingming Festival has just passed and the wind and rain have stopped. It's very good."

"Thank you, Mr. Ouyang. In this way, this poem is called "Drinking tea with Ouyang Drunkard and Uncle Sheng in March."

Ouyang Xiu waved his hands and urged: "Write it, write it."

Wang Yan cupped his hands without being modest at all. He walked to the big desk and started to draw some fresh ink.

Ouyang Xiu and Sheng Hong stood on the side and watched together, both fascinated. After all, Wang Yan's calligraphy is as graceful as a startling dragon, like a swimming dragon, which is quite beautiful. Smooth, elegant, yet square. The literati at this time couldn't help but be envious, and the same was true for Ouyang Xiu. Even worse is worse, especially because Wang Yan is still too young, which makes people jealous of his talent.

Even though Ouyang Xiu and Sheng Hong were both smart people among smart people, without talent, it was impossible for them to stand out in the imperial examination and become high-ranking local officials. But when I meet Wang Yan, who is pretending to be young, I can't help but lament my own stupidity. I recall the hardships of practicing calligraphy with a cantilever arm, wipe away bitter tears, and feel sorry for myself who worked so hard...

Not surprisingly, there was another great conversation around calligraphy, from ancient times to the present, from various people, including pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Ouyang Xiu's chat was a bit jumpy, but Wang Yan was able to keep up with the train of thought, and it could be said that the conversation was very enjoyable.

After all this, the three of them sat down to drink tea again.

Ouyang Xiu asked: "When I came here, I saw a lot of excitement at the door of your house. I heard that you wanted to lead your neighbors to live a good life. I had never done this before, but now I have an idea. Where did it come from?"

"Thinking about the student's past, Mr. Ouyang already knows that he didn't do it before because his family was not rich and his prestige was not enough. Now he has accumulated some money for several years. In addition, the student is preparing for the scientific examination, and he is confident that he can pass the exam and pass the exam. , I will definitely serve as an official for one term in the future. I heard that "the country is rich and its army is strong", and I tried to think about how the country is rich and how the army is strong. Unfortunately, the students are short-sighted and do not have the insight to build a good place for the princes in the court.

I personally believe that if the people are rich, the country will be rich, if the people are strong, the army will be strong, and if the country is rich, it can raise an army. Therefore, to strengthen the army, one must first enrich the country, and to enrich the country, one must first enrich the people. There is a story about Chen Fan and Xue Qin in the early Han Dynasty. Xue Qin said, "If you don't sweep one house, how can you sweep the world?" The student thought again that what he had learned on paper was only superficial, but he knew that he had to do it in detail. In this way, we, the people of Wangjiazhuang, will be enriched first. "

"Zi Yan has the ambition to reform?"

Reform is a heavy word, but Wang Anshi and others are still outside, and it has only been a few years now. Ouyang Xiu was amazed that Wang Yan had such insights at such a young age and seemed to already have a set of theories. He was also amazed by Wang Yan's ability to do what he said and his confidence that he would become an official.

But he frowned, because people who change the law, whether they change or not, will not end well.

"Ouyang Gong has high regard for the student." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, "The student is so old and has not yet understood the methods of the Song Dynasty. How dare he change his mind? He just wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army and restore the sixteen states of Youyun. A man is still alive. , carrying the three-foot sword and achieving unparalleled achievements is my lifelong wish."

Ouyang Xiu nodded, because Wang Yan still had time to push.

He asked with a smile: "What you see on paper is ultimately shallow, but you definitely know that you have to do it in earnest. This sentence is good, but is there a catch?"

"The ancients spared no effort in their knowledge, and their kung fu was only accomplished when they were young. What they learned on paper was only shallow, and they knew that they had to do it. It is called persuading progress, but it is self-encouragement." Wang Yanlao was shameless and said it in a high-sounding way.

"Zi Yan is really talented in literature." Ouyang Xiu sighed while stroking his palms.

The father-in-law, Sheng Hong, spoke at this time: "Ouyang Gong, it is very difficult for Ziyan's parents to die early. Now that he has made a marriage agreement with my family, I will act as his half-father. Ouyang Gong has always been magnanimous, so I told him the truth. Since the Duke is so optimistic about Zi Yan, why not accept him as a disciple, teach and support him, and cultivate talents for our Song Dynasty, which will also become a good story."

Ouyang Xiu stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "I have this intention, but I don't know how to say it. Gu'an is deeply in my heart. I am very fond of it. But teaching and support are not to mention, and I am not as good as Ziyan. But what’s more, there are many people in the court who hate me to death, and I’m afraid that I will have to worry about Ziyan. I wonder what Ziyan wants?”

Without saying a word, Wang Yan stood up and poured tea. Then he knelt down three times and bowed his head to the tea he just poured: "Student Wang Yan pays homage to the teacher. Teacher, please have tea."

Even though he has lived for more than a thousand years, he does not have such baggage in his heart, so there is no obstacle to kowtow to others. Even if there are obstacles, I can comfort myself by thinking that Ouyang Xiu was an ancient man from a thousand years ago, and he should kneel down and worship the Chinese sages. From a utilitarian perspective, the benefits of becoming a disciple of Ouyang Xiu are great...

"Okay, okay." Ouyang Xiu laughed and drank the tea, then waved his hand, "Get up, silly boy, why is your head making such a noise?"

"The student knows some hard skills and is very strong." Wang Yan stood up again and gave Sheng Hong some tea, "Uncle, drink tea."

Sheng Hong laughed: "Okay, people say that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father. From now on, you will have a family."

"That's the truth." Ouyang Xiu nodded with a smile, "We won't make announcements everywhere. I'll write a letter to let you know later. Come to my house tomorrow and get some books I annotated. If you don't understand, come and ask me. The scientific examination will be First and foremost.”

Ouyang Xiu had many disciples, and he was more willing to guide promising juniors. Su Shi, Su Che, Zeng Gong, etc. were all his disciples. They also supported Wang Anshi and were serious bosses.

"Yes, teacher." Wang Yan responded respectfully, "It's almost noon. Teacher, uncle, let's have lunch first and talk while eating?"

"That's fine."

Wang Yan waited on his two father-in-laws, chatting and having a sumptuous lunch around the table, drinking a lot of wine, listening to Ouyang Xiu talking about Fan Zhongyan's reforms from his perspective, talking about the situation of the court, and also telling Wang Yan He learned about other disciples' situations and told Wang Yan many matters regarding the imperial examination.

He was thinking that he had originally presided over the state examination, but now that he had accepted Wang Yan as his disciple, he had to avoid suspicion and leave it to others to handle it. He also urged Wang Yan to write the next poem and take the previous one with him when he left. He also said that he had the authentic work of Chu Suiliang in his hand and would wait for Wang Yan to come over and show it to him to appreciate.

The drunkard is a real drunkard, but Ouyang Xiu's drinking capacity is not very good. Drinking too much will make you feel crazy. He was so drunk when he left that he didn't want anyone to support him, and even carried two words written by Wang Yan between his legs. Passing by the yard, he pointed at the newly made deck chair and said it was very good. Wang Yan sensibly asked people to load the car and followed Ouyang Xiu back to the city. It was obvious that he had taken a liking to it when he came in.

He also promised to give Sheng Hong a recliner, who wanted it very much but didn't say anything, and said he would send it to him the day after tomorrow. The latter left with two pieces of calligraphy written by Wang Yan as if he was satisfied. In this way, the second half of the father was sent away.

To be honest, even if Sheng Hong didn't recommend Ouyang Xiu, Wang Yan would still be able to meet people and become his disciple if he did well in the imperial examination. Even in the remaining few months, he might be able to attract Ouyang Xiu to meet him if he gives full play to his self-marketing. It's just that the order is different.

Like now, Sheng Hong did play a key role. But it is also good for Sheng Hong. He was originally just a subordinate official of Ouyang Xiu, but now he has Wang Yan as a link, and after what happened today, he has also established a relationship with Ouyang Xiu. Increased logistics and maintenance in the future, deepening the relationship, will also be of great benefit to him.

So Sheng Hong, who had not gone to work for a day, returned home in a happy mood and went to Wang's courtyard.

When Sheng Hong came over, Wang was naturally delighted. Sheng Hong has been sleeping with her these days, and she doesn't even talk about her silly eldest daughter, Sichun, because she knows that it's because Hualan picked up Wang Yan on the street and came back.

"Officer, didn't you go to Wangjiazhuang? Why are you so happy about something good?" Wang asked with concern while taking off her robe.

Sheng Hong was still smiling, glanced at Hua Lan and Chang Bai who were running over, and said with a smile: "Ouyang Gong accepted Wang Yan as his disciple."

"Really?" the three of them asked in unison, their voices speaking in unison.

Ms. Wang was shocked at first. She didn't expect that the rich country man she didn't like very much would have this opportunity.

Hualan and Changbai are just as simple as they are happy and admired.

"Is there still a holiday?" Sheng Hong waved his hand impatiently, "I want to eat some of the food and wine on the table."

"Yes, officer." The nanny waiting at the side responded, turned around and went out to order people to do things.

Sheng Hong sat down and spread out two words written by Wang Yan on the table: "Changbai, come and take a look at the two new poems written by your brother Wang, especially this one, "March and Ouyang Drunkard with Uncle Sheng" "Let's drink tea", but Zi Yan did it in an instant, and it was not inferior to Cao Zijian's seven-step poem. This poem to encourage progress is even more popular. The last line, "What you read on paper will eventually become shallow, and you will definitely know that you have to do it", It should be a famous saying that has been passed down through the ages. You have to learn it, Changbai."

"Officer, tell us. Why did Duke Ouyang accept Wang Yan as his disciple?"

"Although Ziyan is indeed very talented, it would be hard to say without my help." Sheng Hong told the story proudly, praising himself very highly...

Hua Lan was waiting on the side, making tea and soup first, and then pouring wine for the dishes when they were served. The smile on his face never broke.

Listening to Wang Yan's intention to lead his neighbors to live a good life, listening to Wang Yan's great principles, listening to Ouyang Xiu's examination from beginning to end, and Wang Yan's response, she thought of Wang Yan's energy at that time and got drunk even without drinking... …

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