Let the apprentice join in the fun

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Let the apprentice join in the fun

"Is this the place?"

Looking at the courtyard in front of him, Zhu Houzhao compared it with other houses in Zhuangzi. Although in his opinion, it was still a small house, it was indeed the largest courtyard in the neighborhood.

Thinking of this, he jumped off his horse and straightened his clothes. Gu Da, who was next to him, stepped forward eagerly and was about to help knock on the door, but Zhu Houzhao shouted back, "Go aside, I will do it myself."

According to his idea, if he visits the thatched cottage three times, he must be sincere. Moreover, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the first time he visits the thatched cottage, he will return without success. There may even be a book boy popping up inside and telling him that Mr.

at home.

In the yard, Xia Yuan and the other three were holding a bench, sitting in the yard and basking in the sun. They heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away and then stopped in front of the yard door. Xia Yuan opened his eyes and said, "Here we come."

"Then the student will open the door for him?"

"Go ahead."

Wang Shouren stood up and walked towards the courtyard door, while Zhao Yuerong habitually picked up the small bench and walked into the house.

After entering the house, she took off her shoes, stood on a chair, opened the window and looked out. Although she was not allowed to see outsiders as a female family member, she was still very curious. Just now her husband said that there was a fat sheep who was coming to give money.

She wanted to see what this fat sheep looked like.

Zhu Houzhao, who was outside the courtyard, was about to knock on the door. When he saw the door open, he subconsciously took two steps back. Then Wang Shouren's expressionless face came out and said, "Teacher lets you in."

"Let me in?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned at first, and then became excited. Does this mean he can become a disciple?

Oh, but I just looked at the thatched cottage.

I had planned to take three, six, or even nine visits, but I didn't expect it to happen the first time. He was inexplicably disappointed.

But soon, this disappointment was diluted by excitement. Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to cross the threshold and entered the courtyard. Gu Dayong and the two guards did not dare to delay and hurriedly followed him in.

When he saw Xia Yuan sitting in the courtyard, he shouted loudly: "Master is here."

"stop!"

Xia Yuan quickly stretched out his hand to make a pause gesture, and then said with a straight face: "You are not allowed to call me master without the apprenticeship ceremony."

"Apprenticeship ceremony?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, did he need to go through the apprenticeship ceremony to become a master? There were so many masters in his East Palace, why didn't anyone ask him to go through the apprenticeship ceremony?

"What is the apprenticeship ceremony?"

Gu Dayong quickly replied in a low voice: "The apprenticeship ceremony is the gift of apprenticeship."

If it weren't for Xia Yuan's presence, Zhu Houzhao would have really wanted to kick him, "Who didn't know it was a gift from the apprenticeship? I'm asking you what you got during the apprenticeship ceremony."

"It's bacon, longan, lotus seeds and other gifts that can be used for repairing."

"So shabby?"

"How can it be so shabby!"

After hearing the conversation between the two, Xia Yuan interrupted loudly, "The bacon and longan are for worshiping Mr. Confucianism. Let me ask you, what do you want to learn when you worship me as your teacher? Is it literature or martial arts?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said decisively: "Of course I am learning martial arts!"

"Since you are studying martial arts, you must have heard of the poor scholar and the wealthy martial artist, right? What does this sentence mean? It means that if you want to worship a literary teacher, you can give me some wax cinnamon balls for a while, but if you want to worship a martial arts master, you have to use

Valuable things, understand?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, "This is what it means to be poor in literature and rich in military affairs?"

"What else could it mean?"

"I thought it was for the poor to learn and the rich to practice martial arts."

"Oh, your understanding is not wrong. In other words, this sentence actually has two meanings."

"That's it." Zhu Houzhao suddenly understood, and then boasted with a smile: "I didn't expect that the master not only has great martial arts skills, but also knows so much knowledge."

"Of course, okay, let's not talk about this."

Xia Yuan waved his hand to stop the topic, and sighed with pretense of pity: "Originally, I didn't want to accept you as a disciple, but seeing how persistent you are, I couldn't bear it, so I was ready to accept you.

You are a disciple, but you should have this apprenticeship ceremony, don’t you think?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded immediately, and then asked hesitantly, "I wonder what valuable things the master would like to have as a apprenticeship ceremony?"

"Seeing that you came in a hurry, I probably didn't prepare anything valuable, so I'll just charge you five hundred taels of silver. Well, for the sake of your sincerity."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, five hundred taels?

Although he was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, he always looked like he was in trouble and always caused trouble. Zhu Youtang was usually busy with government affairs and had no time to teach him, so he simply took control of his money bag.

As a prince, he does not have the right to withdraw funds at will, and he has to receive monthly money like a child.

Not much, only three hundred taels per month.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that it would cost 500 taels to become a disciple. It was so cheap. It took less than two months to become a disciple?

"You only need five hundred taels of silver to become a disciple?"

"Just?" Xia Yuan was stunned at first, and then pinched his thigh hard, damn, it's less.

Taking a deep breath, he forced out a smile and said, "Of course, with only five hundred taels of silver, you can become a disciple immediately."

"But I don't have five hundred taels."

"No?!" Xia Yuan's face darkened quickly, and he was almost angry. Didn't you and I just pretend to be beeping?

"Well, don't be impatient, master, and let the apprentice join in."

Zhu Houzhao has always been used to spending money, and he doesn't know what it means to save money. He usually spends all his money before the end of the month.

But it was the beginning of the month, and he had just received his monthly payment a few days ago. Moreover, he had a good habit of always carrying money with him. Now he took out a stack of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes from his arms.

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The denominations were all one hundred taels. After counting, there were twenty-three denominations, two thousand three hundred taels.

It seems that having a teacher is more than enough, but the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes do not maintain their value, and they are basically at a ten to one ratio with silver. These treasure banknotes can only be exchanged for about 200 taels of silver when they are sold on the market.

He held the banknote in his hand and turned to look at Gu Dayong and the two guards. His intention was obvious, pay for it!

When the two guards saw this, they gritted their teeth and took out their money bags from their arms, whispering: "Humble, humble, that's all here."

"Um."

Zhu Houzhao was not polite at all, accepted the order, and then looked at Gu Dayong. As an eunuch, Gu Banban had lost his happiness and only pursued two things in his life, one was money and the other was power.

Emperor Hongzhi is still in power now. He has not yet pursued power, but he has saved some money through frugality.

And for fear of letting thieves steal it, I usually hide it on my body.

Seeing His Highness looking over, Gu Dayong's face suddenly turned bitter. After struggling again and again, he stretched out his hand and took out a money bag from his arms, "Master, this is a small one. This is all I have here."

Zhu Houzhao ignored him, opened his wallet and looked inside, frowning, "Where are your gold bars?"

Gu Dayong's expression suddenly froze, and then he laughed and said: "Young master is really good at joking, where did you get the gold bars?"

"Take it out quickly."

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After a moment of silence, Gu Dayong sat on the ground, took off one of his boots and shook it on the ground, and then a twelve-weight gold bar fell out of the boot.

Then he picked up the gold bar and handed it over aggrievedly.

Zhu Houzhao opened his money bag and caught it with a look of disgust. Then he thought of something and said, "Don't you have two? Where's the other one?"

Hearing this, Gu Dayong knocked his head to the ground, and then cried loudly, "Master, please spare my life!"
Chapter completed!