As expected, the finger of the Japanese Six pointed at Wu Chaoyue. He just wanted to hide behind him and gave advice to the comprador grandfather. He didn't want to be criticized and didn't want to accompany the Japanese Six in the Outer Xing'anling to be criticized for the past. Of course, Wu Chaoyue refused politely, saying that he was too young, without knowledge, ability, and had no eloquence. He was afraid of misleading the big affairs of the court and was unwilling to accept the good recommendation of the Japanese Six.

Unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue’s delusions can no longer deceive people. In fact, Emperor Xianfeng knew very well that Wu Chaoyue’s use of fake letters is probably a prank. The so-called robbery is also a far-fetched truth - but no one can refute Wu Chaoyue, who is eloquent. Therefore, Emperor Xianfeng ignored Wu Chaoyue’s repeated refusals at all, and nodded directly to agree to the Japanese’s plea. He also said to Wu Chaoyue: “Wu Chaoyue, you don’t need to refuse modestly. I have seen whether your eloquence is outstanding. I hope you can be so eloquent when you come to foreigners. As the Sixth Prince and your grandfather go to Dagukou and help them get the job done, I will not only forgive your previous crime, but also consider giving you an official position.”

"The grass people thank the emperor."

After Wu Chaoyue said this inappropriate words with a sad face, with the dispersal of Emperor Xianfeng, the long morning court finally came to an end. The civil and military officials who were standing numb and shouted long live. I couldn't wait to get home from get off work. Wu Chaoyue quickly helped the tired and hungry comprador grandfather. Seeing that the comprador grandfather kneeled for too long and his legs were numb and his legs were even difficult to walk, Wu Chaoyue, who was barely filial, forced to carry the comprador grandfather, which moved Wu Jianchang so much that he cried and kept patting Wu Chaoyue's head and said, "I'm sensible, really sensible, and more capable than my grandfather hopes. Grandpa can really rest assured this time."

After leaving the Golden Palace, the Japanese Lion came to the Wu family's grandchildren again and asked the Wu family to go to his Gong's mansion in the afternoon to discuss the negotiations with the Wu family's grandchildren. Wu Jianzhang, who was obsessed with the officials, agreed happily and immediately calculated how much money he should give to the Japanese Lion. Wu Chaoyue, who had never had a good impression of the Wild Boar Skin family, was full of displeasure and knew that he would definitely have to humiliate the Japanese Lion again.

Knowing that the comprador grandfather was tired enough, Wu Chaoyue planned to go back to the Guangdong Association immediately after leaving the Forbidden City. However, when he first left the Meridian Gate, Wu Chaoyue saw that Li Hongzhang was still waiting outside the palace gate, so he had to carry Wu Jianzhang over and say hello to Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang was not polite, and asked directly: "Young Master Wu, how are you?"

"It's okay." Wu Chaoyue replied with a wry smile: "It's good that Long Live the Emperor is a reasonable and wise lord. After hearing my explanation, I didn't care about my little mistakes anymore."

"You are making fake letters to tease the court officials, and you are running to the Hanlin Academy to cause trouble, and you are calling some minor mistakes?"

Li Hongzhang was full of suspicion. Just as he was about to continue asking for details, he saw an official who happened to walk behind the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family. He hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "Student Li Hongzhang, I have met his mentor."

Seeing Li Hongzhang bowing like this, Wu Chaoyue of course looked back and saw that Li Hongzhang bowed to a middle-aged civil servant in his early forties. Then, Wu Chaoyue could not let Wu Chaoyue think too much. Wu Jianzhang had already struggled from Wu Chaoyue's back and bowed to the middle-aged official, saying more respectfully: "The lower-ranking official Wu Jianzhang, has met Lord Zeng."

"Everyone is free from rituals. This is the Meridian Gate, so there is no need for so many rituals." The middle-aged civil servant waved his hand with a smile, and asked Li Hongzhang curiously: "Shaoquan, why are you here?"

"Back to the teacher, the student is here..."

Li Hongzhang's answer was interrupted by Wu Chaoyue, and he looked at the middle-aged civil servant in a daze. Wu Chaoyue's eyes were wider than an egg, and he blurted out: "Li Hongzhang's teacher? His surname is Zeng? This adult, are you the famous Zeng Guofan?"

After knocking his baby grandson on the head, Wu Jianzhang immediately scolded his grandson for being rude, saying that Zeng Guofan was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War who led him to the Military Affairs Office yesterday. Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were both surprised, and then Zeng Guofan asked Wu Chaoyue in confusion: "What? Do you know me?"

"There are not many people in China who don't know you." Wu Chaoyue muttered in his heart, but said respectfully: "Mr. Zeng is famous all over the world. Who doesn't know? Who doesn't know? Although I am not a Shilin, I have already heard of the name of the master. I am so well-known. Today I am lucky to see the master's power. I have the honor of my life."

"Hahahahahahahaha..." Zeng Guofan laughed heartily and said, "It's true that he can speak. No wonder the emperor likes you so much. The Sixth Prince also named him and asked you to be a general translator. He is so eloquent at such a young age and is outstanding. It's rare, really rare!"

When Wu Chaoyue smiled and was modest, Li Hongzhang next to him had already widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Mr. Master Wu admires Mr. Wu? The Sixth Prince also called him to be a translator for him? Is it true or false?"

Zeng Guofan smiled and nodded to admit that when Li Hongzhang, who had been a poor Hanlin for five years, looked at Wu Chaoyue again, of course there was no contempt and disdain when he first met, and instead he was surprised and envious. Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Shaoquan, you don't need to look at me like this. I'm lucky. Also, being a general interpreter for the Sixth Prince is accompanying him to negotiate with Dagukou, which is not a good job. If possible, I am willing to give this opportunity to you."

Li Hongzhang smiled awkwardly and said he didn't even dare. Zeng Guofan, who was beside him, said, "Okay, don't stand here. After spending most of the day, I'm so hungry that my chest is almost pressed against my back. Let's go, I'll talk about it later."

Hearing this, Wu Jianzhang of course immediately expressed his desire to invite Zeng Guofan to dinner, thanking Zeng Guofan for his introduction yesterday. Zeng Guofan didn't want to receive this affection, but Li Hongzhang also helped persuade him. In addition, Zeng Guofan was quite interested in Wu Chaoyue, so he finally nodded and agreed to give Wu Jianzhang the face. When Wu Jianzhang heard this, he hurriedly asked Li Hongzhang about any good restaurants in the capital, and respectfully invited Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang to have dinner.

The good restaurant introduced by Li Hongzhang is located in the neighboring Qianmen Dashilan. When he arrived at the restaurant, Wu Jianzhang ordered the waiter to pick the best and most expensive food. However, Li Hongzhang couldn't wait to inquire about what happened in the Golden Palace from the Jinluan Palace. After Wu Chaoyue told the truth, Li Hongzhang certainly admired and envied Wu Chaoyue even more, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, I really admire you. Such a thing can make you a few words turn into a great thing, so that the emperor and the sixth prince will favor you. In the future, my brother will enter the official career and will definitely have a bright future."

Wu Chaoyue smiled wryly and was modest, but Zeng Guofan next to him suddenly said: "Young Master Wu, listen to your words in the Golden Palace, it seems that you know all the countries in the world very well. What books do you read about overseas? The Hundred Years of War in Britain and France you mentioned in the Golden Palace seem to be without the records of the Qing Dynasty book?"

"This..." Wu Chaoyue's biggest headache was to answer this question. After thinking about it, he replied: "Reply to Master Zeng, I have read a lot of books, but I have read foreign books. I have never read a single book about overseas books in the Qing Dynasty."

"Are you reading foreigners' books directly?" Zeng Guofan was a little surprised and asked again: "Which aspect is it?"

Helplessly, Wu Chaoyue had to answer Li Hongzhang as if he had answered yesterday: "Mr. Zeng, my younger generation is studying Western physics, chemistry, geography, astronomy, law and politics, philosophy and biology, medical mathematics and calculus. Although he is not proficient, he can barely understand some of the basics."

Like Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan immediately decided that Wu Chaoyue was bragging, but Zeng Guofan decided to give Wu Chaoyue a chance to prove whether he bragged. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Wu is so knowledgeable and talented. Okay, then I will take you today. Choose any overseas country and introduce me to the general situation of this overseas country."

"Then I will be ugly." Wu Chaoyue said without hesitation, "I will say that I am more familiar with the Qing people. The full name of Britain is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There is also a commonly known name as the Empire of Sun Never Setting, which means that its colonies are spread all over the world, and the sun shines on his territory at every moment."

"The British land is located in the northwest corner of Europe and is composed of three large islands. The main ethnic group is the Anglo-Saxons. They attach great importance to maritime interests and overseas trade. After defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet, their naval strength became the world's first and they controlled the world's maritime hegemony."

"The political system is a constitutional monarchy, and state affairs depend on parliament. The current king is Queen Victoria. This queen attaches great importance to science and technology. The steam engine has developed rapidly in Britain with her full efforts, laying the foundation for the industrial revolution. Also, British diplomacy is a typical island diplomacy and will never allow European unity. Therefore, whenever a European country becomes stronger, Britain will immediately stand on the side of the enemy of this country and provoke wars to weaken the country..."

Wu Chaoyue's introduction was both chaotic and sketchy, and it was not organized at all, and it was full of mistakes and missed, but this was enough. Every time Wu Chaoyue said, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang's eyes widened and their mouths widened. After finally waiting for Wu Chaoyue to finish speaking, Zeng Guofan fell into a long silence. After a long time, he suddenly asked: "How many continents are there on the earth? How many oceans?"

Wu Chaoyue almost laughed out loud when he heard this. He memorized the names of the seven continents and four oceans in a thorough manner. He dipped his hand in wine and drew a simple world map on the table, pointing out the locations of the seven states and four oceans one by one. He also pointed out the locations of the Mediterranean, Malacca, Cape of Good Hope and the Suez Canal, and roughly introduced the importance of the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal, as well as the origin of the name Cape of Good Hope. - Wu Chaoyue, with a poor history, certainly didn't know that the Suez Canal had not been opened at this time, but fortunately, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang didn't know.

After listening to Wu Chaoyue's show-off, Zeng Guofan asked about the difference between iron and steel. As a result, this happened to meet Wu Chaoyue's strengths. After roughly explaining the difference between steel and iron, Wu Chaoyue said casually: "Although our Qing Dynasty iron ore is still sufficient, there are too many impurities in ore, especially with too much phosphorus, so the qualified steel output is very small. If we want to increase the steel output of our Qing Dynasty, we must first solve the ore dephosphorization problem. The Martin steel furnace in Europe can solve this problem."

After watching Wu Chaoyue in disbelief for a long time, Zeng Guofan asked another question that was quite difficult in this era, "Why did the candle inserted in the water at the bottom be lit and put on the cup?"

"That's because the oxygen in the air is burned out." Wu Chaoyue answered easily, and said: "If Master Zeng wants to ask what the components in the air are, nitrogen is the most, accounting for about 78%, oxygen is the second, accounting for about 21%, and the remaining 1% is mainly carbon dioxide."

"If Mr. Zeng wants to ask what the main gas we breathe is, the answer is oxygen, but too much oxygen is not a good thing, especially for newborns. If you breathe too much pure oxygen, it will cause newborns to lose their sight."

With a bang, Zeng Guofan suddenly slapped the table with a heavy palm, which made the wine, dishes and chopsticks jump around. When everyone was shocked, Zeng Guofan said loudly again: "Tianzong genius! Mr. Wu, I didn't expect that you are so knowledgeable and talented at such a young age. Apart from the four words "Tianzong genius, I really couldn't think of any other words to evaluate you!"

"Mr. Zeng has been awarded, but I am ashamed of me." Wu Chaoyue blushed a little, and pointed at Li Hongzhang again, and said sincerely: "When it comes to genius genius, Brother Shaoquan is the real genius. Compared with him, I am really far from him."

"I am a student who is indeed a rare talent in the world. His attainment will never be inferior to me in the future." Zeng Guofan did not be humble for the student, nodded and admitted that the student Li Hongzhang was also a rare genius, and then said: "But Mr. Wu, your talent is still above him! I have just asked Mr. Wu about your academic situation and knew that you had only been to a private school for less than half a year, and later relied on self-study. No one was instructed to educate me, and I could do this by myself. Not only did I see anything I had never seen, but I also heard of it!"

After all, Wu Chaoyue, who was a little self-aware, smiled bitterly, and was really shameless to be the comment. However, Wu Jianzhang, who had been listening to the side, suddenly stood up and left the seat, pulled Wu Chaoyue up from the chair, and then pressed Wu Chaoyue to kneel down in front of Zeng Guofan. When Zeng Guofan asked the reason, Wu Jianzhang actually knelt down to Zeng Guofan and said respectfully: "Sir Zeng, I am brave enough to ask you to accept my grandson as a student and let him study under your school."

Wu Chaoyue, who was still inexplicably just now, woke up and glanced at the comprador grandfather and said, "You are cruel enough, you really think that my reputation is not bad enough. You are a student for Zeng's head shaving and becoming a fellow brother with Li Hongzhang. In the future, my name is probably destined to be on par with Wu Sangui in the genealogy of the old Wu family. However, Wu Chaoyue knew in his heart that the comprador grandfather did this for his own good, so even if he was not willing to be a student for Zeng's head shaving, he didn't say anything."

Zeng Guofan was hesitant to understand the reason why Wu Jianzhang asked his grandson to kneel down. Zeng Guofan admired Wu Chaoyue's intelligence, but Wu Chaoyue's family background made Zeng Guofan look down on him. However, Wu Jianzhang begged: "Sir Zeng, the official knows that you are a well-known and knowledgeable scholar in the world. My grandson, who is my grandson, will inevitably defile your reputation for life. But the official still has to ask you, the grandson of the official is smart, but there has been no guidance from any famous teacher. If you delay this, it will definitely be difficult to become a great person in the future. It is rare that you praise me, the grandson, so please be sure to take him to your disciple and let him think about it. The official begs you."

After saying that, Wu Jianzhang, who looked at Sun Chenglong, kowtowed repeatedly and forced Wu Chaoyue to salute Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan really liked Wu Chaoyue's extraordinary intelligence and knowledgeable talent. After thinking about it, Zeng Guofan gritted his teeth and finally picked up a chopstick dish, saying with a smile: "The shredded pork in Jingshu here tastes good, but it's a little salty."

When Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue, who did not understand these tricks, were of course confused. Li Hongzhang next to him smiled and said, "My brother, the food is too salty. My teacher is thirsty. Why don't you hurry up and serve tea to become a disciple?"

Suddenly, he cursed the corrupt scholars of this era as if they had broken the rules. Wu Chaoyue obediently held a cup of tea and greeted the teacher with tea. Zeng Guofan nodded and agreed, took the tea and took a sip, and asked with a smile: "Chaoyue, do you have any words?"

"No." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, thinking that my cheap dads are all big-name Wu Xiaoping. With such a broken name, what other words can I give me? Then, Wu Chaoyue probably guessed the reason why Zeng Guofan asked this, and then saluted: "Students are brave enough to ask the teacher to give me the words."

"Okay, I will give you a word to you, as a gift to you." Zeng Guofan smiled and nodded, then pondered and said to himself: "What word should I give you? I often pride myself on having a talented student, Shaoquan. Now I have accepted you, a more talented student, to masturbate for my whole life... Well, I can use the word comfort. The next word, the reason why I chose my origins and made an exception to accept you as a student is to cherish the talents of the country. The great talents of the country are the pillars, the pillars, the pillars, the comfort beams, the comfort beams, the comfort pavilions...."

When Wu Chaoyue heard this word, his face turned pale, but unfortunately, Zeng Guofan nodded suddenly at this time and said, "Okay! I will give you the word "comfort pavilion" for you, a word for you! I hope you will be diligent and progressive under your teacher, and will be the pillars of the court in the future, and will be the wishes of teachers and students!"

"Weiting?!"

Wu Chaoyue almost cried when he heard this, and thought to himself, "I once shaved my head and did you deliberately cheat me, and I would be a student for you, a butcher who kills people. My reputation will definitely not be better in the future. You also gave me this font size, and I want to call my name forever engraved on the pillar of shame in history?"

Wu Chaoyue complained in his heart, secretly hating Zeng Shaved why he happened to have such a broken word for himself. Wu Jianzhang smiled happily, constantly thanking Zeng Shaved for giving his precious grandson his words, and couldn't wait to express his desire to send someone to Zeng Guofan's mansion when he went back. Zeng Guofan nodded with a smile, knowing that with the assets of the old Wu family, this gift of apprenticeship would definitely not be missing.

After finally finishing the pretext of becoming a disciple, Wu Chaoyue helped Wu Jianzhang up. Li Hongzhang next to him immediately bowed to Wu Chaoyue and smiled and said, "Weiting, from now on, we are fellow disciples. In the future, you should give Brother Yu more advice on Western knowledge, learn from each other, and support each other."

"Sure, certain." Wu Chaoyue nodded repeatedly, and then moved his heart, holding the thought of pulling the scapegoat, and said with a smile: "Brother Shaoquan, when it comes to supporting each other, there is a chance. The Sixth Prince wants me and my grandfather to visit his mansion later. Otherwise, you will go with us and ask the Sixth Prince to take you to Dagukou to help with the documents. If you succeed, it may be an opportunity for you to become a success, brother."
Chapter completed!