Because it was already very late when Ling Su and the two arrived in Huai'an, so naturally they couldn't be allowed to rush back overnight. Fortunately, Shen Yi's residence had many rooms and plenty of room to stay.
After arranging for two people to stay, Mr. Shen also treated them to a supper that night, and the three of them drank some wine before they dispersed.
Early the next morning, not long after dawn, Su Ding got up early and came to say goodbye to Shen Yi. However, Shen Yi hadn't woken up yet, so he had no choice but to look for Jiang Sheng.
Jiang Sheng had already gotten up. After finding Jiang Sheng, he cupped his fists and said, "Brother Jiang, Su is going back to Xiangshui to discuss military affairs with General Xue. When will Mr. Shen get up?"
Although Jiang Sheng has no official position, as the saying goes, he is a seventh-grade official of the Prime Minister's Concierge. He has followed Shen Yi for many years and even participated in the establishment of the Anti-Japanese Army. In terms of qualifications, he is better than many so-called officers in the Huai'an Army today.
"old man", so both Ling Su and Su Ding were still very polite to Jiang Sheng.
Jiang Sheng had just gotten up at this moment. When he heard this, he smiled at Su Ding and said, "General Su, my young master often deals with things at night. Sometimes he sleeps for a while during the day. It will probably take a while before he can get up."
Su Ding thought for a while, still cupped his fists and said: "Then please ask Brother Jiang to say hello to Mr. Shen for me and tell him that I have something to do, so I can go back to the water first."
Jiang Sheng was stunned and said quickly: "Don't be busy. There is a kitchen in our camp. I will ask someone to make breakfast for General Su. After breakfast, we will leave."
The kitchen Jiang Sheng refers to does not mean that there is a place for cooking in the camp, but that there is a functional department like the kitchen in the imperial mission camp, which is responsible for supplying meals to Shen Yi and other people in the camp.
This kitchen also took a lot of effort, because now too many people want Master Shen's life, so the kitchen in the palace must be checked at all levels to prevent anyone from poisoning.
After Su Ding thought for a while, he nodded and agreed: "Then I'll trouble Brother Jiang."
Jiang Sheng smiled and said: "General Su is too polite. I will go and have someone prepare the meal."
After a while, General Ling Suling also got up and found Jiang Sheng. Jiang Sheng followed the same arrangement and prepared breakfast for him.
After the two generals had breakfast, Mr. Shen was still sleeping. They did not dare to disturb him, so they each greeted Jiang Sheng and left the camp together.
When they reached the gate of the camp, Ling Su clasped fists with Su Ding to say goodbye, and said with a smile: "General Su, there may be more battles this year than last year. When we get to the northern battlefield, General Su will take good care of us."
Su Ding quickly clasped his fists in return and said he didn't dare.
"It's General Ling who takes care of me."
Ling Su smiled and said, "Mr. Shen relies heavily on General Su. General Su has a bright future."
Su Ding shook his head slightly and said: "General Ling misunderstood. The reason why I took charge of the Eastern Front was because when Duke Shen wanted to rectify military discipline, he had to start with General Xue. I was only in charge of General Xue for a period of time. I will wait for this matter in the future."
After the incident has passed, General Xue is still in charge on the Eastern Front."
Ling Su got on his horse and said with a smile: "Xue Wei is Xue Wei, and you are you. Duke Shen said that in the future, the Northern Expedition will definitely involve more than two armies."
He clasped his fists and said, "There are still many things to arrange in Lianshui. General Su, we will see you in Xuzhou in the future."
Su Ding also got on his horse, cupped his fists and said, "General Ling, please take care of yourself along the way."
Ling Su pulled the reins and rode the horse away.
Su Ding did not leave in a hurry, but quietly watched Ling Su go away. He sat on the horse and whispered softly.
"Mr. Shen uses me because of military discipline. The reason why the military discipline on the Eastern Front is poor is because there are too many people from Linhai."
The so-called Linhai people refer to the fact that when the anti-Japanese army was first formed, a thousand people were recruited in Linhai.
This was the original team of the anti-Japanese army.
Among these thousand people, more than 200 people were originally from Linhaiwei. Among the people who were from Linhaiwei were Ling Su, Xue Wei, Liu Mingyuan, Zhang Meng, Wan Zhong...
Except for Su Ding, almost all the senior generals of the Huai'an Army were from Linhai Guard!
As for the first batch of Linhai people recruited in Linhai County, with the step-by-step development and evolution of the anti-Japanese army, most of them have now become generals.
As for this group of people, many have their nostrils turned upward because of their seniority.
For example, the two Qianhu who slacked off in training on the Eastern Front, and the Baihu who raped the orphan girl this time, were both from the original Thousand Linhai people.
It's not that there is anything wrong with the Linhai people, but because they have too much power in the Huai'an army, they do things unscrupulously and without scruples.
Su Ding looked at the direction in which Ling Su was going.
"General Ling is the largest Linhai man. Those senior Linhai veterans on the eastern front have become more arrogant because of General Xue's presence..."
"What about the old man Linhai on the Western Front..."
"Can you really make no mistakes at all?"
Having said this, Su Ding narrowed his eyes, reined in the reins, and ran towards Xiangshui.
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When Shen Yi woke up, it was already midnight, and his two generals had already left. After having breakfast, he looked at Jiang Sheng and asked, "Have they both left?"
Jiang Sheng served Shen Yi porridge and nodded: "I left right after I got up in the morning. I asked the kitchen to prepare food for them, and they all left after eating."
Mr. Shen stretched himself and said, "Just take care of the food, lest they say I'm stingy when they go back."
Jiang Sheng smiled and did not answer, but asked: "Master, are you going out today?"
"go out."
While eating, Mr. Shen said, "I made an appointment with Senior Brother Zhang today to go to the government office."
Jiang Sheng nodded.
Soon, Shen Yi finished his meal and walked to the prefect's Yamen without taking a car.
The soldiers of the prefect's Yamen already recognized Shen Yi. When they saw Shen Yi coming, they did not stop him and let Mr. Shen go to the backyard of the Yamen.
The prefect's Yamen has many things to do every day, but there are still many officials in the prefect's Yamen, so Zhang Jian and Prefect Zhang do not need to do most of the things personally.
Not long after Shen Yi arrived at the government office, Zhang Jian, dressed in plain clothes without official uniform, came out and smiled at Shen Yi: "Zi Heng got up very early today."
Master Shen knew that he was burying the fact that he liked to sleep in, so he was not angry. He just said with a smile: "Senior brother said that everyone has been found for me, where are they?"
Zhangfu Zun rolled his eyes at Shen Yi and said angrily: "Where can I keep him in the government office?"
"I found a house in the city and placed them there. I will take you to see it."
Shen Yi nodded, followed the magistrate, and left the magistrate's office all the way. Not long after, he came to the entrance of a courtyard that looked a little dilapidated. At this time, there were two Yamen guarding the entrance of the courtyard. When he saw Zhang Jian
After that, he bowed his head and saluted, calling "Master".
Zhang Jian nodded and asked them to open the courtyard door. The two senior brothers pushed the door open and walked in.
In the yard, a group of children were playing and playing.
At a glance, there were five or six children playing in the yard. They were all seven or eight years old, and some of the older ones were close to ten years old.
There are men and women.
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and said: "According to your request, Ziheng, some of the children who were found are orphans caused by the Qi people's war last year, and some are children from poor families. I heard that there are mouths here."
The food was delivered as soon as it was ready."
Zhang Fuzun paused and said: "There are more than thirty children in total, with slightly more boys than girls."
If these children are boys, most of them lost their parents due to the war. After all, no matter how poor they are, very few people would give their sons away.
Shen Yi looked at these children and asked, "These children have memorized the multiplication tables?"
The multiplication table has been passed down for thousands of years. In this era, children are still learning, and some private schools will also teach the multiplication table.
Shen Yi's only requirement for selecting these children is that they can memorize multiplication tables.
"Well, I've memorized it all."
Zhang Jian nodded and said: "Some smarter children can memorize it until they are over 20 years old."
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi and said, "What does Ziheng want these children to do?"
"Of course I want to find a livelihood for them."
Mr. Shen said with a smile: "I invited back several foreigners from the West who are dedicated to physics and alchemy. They have arrived in Huai'an a few days ago."
"There is also a gentleman who is proficient in mathematics in my imperial envoy's office."
Shen Yi looked at these children, squinted his eyes and said, "I am going to set up a Huai'an school so that those Westerners, as well as Mr. Song in the camp, can teach these children their own skills."
Zhang Fuzun was a little confused and asked, "What's the use of learning this?"
"It's no use now."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "It is of no use to me or to the Northern Expedition."
Speaking of this, Mr. Shen looked at these children and sighed softly.
"But in the future, some of them may become great people and do great things."
"Even if there are no great people among them, in the future they will pass on their knowledge from generation to generation, and there will always be a few great people."
Zhang Fuzun still didn't quite understand what Shen Yi meant. He scratched his head and said, "Originally, I thought that Ziheng was going to train these children to go to the battlefield, or to enter the Di Reporting Department. I have been thinking about it for the past few days. Entering
What does the newspaper department have to do with the multiplication table?"
Mr. Shen laughed dumbly.
"Senior brother, I'm overthinking it. I just want to leave a few seeds in this world while I have the ability."
"As for whether they can take root and sprout, blossom into magnificent flowers, and bear the fruits of my dreams..."
Zhang Jian and Zhang Fuzun naturally do not understand what science is, nor are they likely to understand the importance of this subject, let alone how much change this subject can bring to the world.
Apart from Shen Yi, there is probably no other person in this world who can think of this.
Mr. Shen was stunned for a while, then shook his head slightly and said, "That's not important anymore."
"The important thing is that I am in this world..."