"My dear brother, since these masters want to be your master, you should accept them as your disciples."
Seeing this scene, Li Er's heart jumped with excitement, wishing that Zhao Mu would immediately accept them all as disciples.
What these Shandong scholars pay most attention to is respecting their teachers and their teachings.
If he worships his wise brother as his teacher, doesn't it mean that they will be completely under his control?
"Masters, please tell me you can all be my grandfathers.
Doesn’t it feel too unfair to you to ask such a senior person to be my apprentice?”
"Master Zhao, as the saying goes, a master is a teacher. Master Zhao knows more than us, and we can only keep up with him.
We worship Young Master Zhao as our disciples, and we also look up to Young Master Zhao, and we hope that Young Master Zhao will accept us."
Seeing that these people might have been kneeling in front of him if he didn't agree, he had no choice but to step forward and help them up personally.
"Okay, okay, it's not impossible to agree to be your master, but I don't have time to teach you these things.
But I have some books that I can give you for your reference.
It's time to return to Chang'an City, you can refer to it slowly."
But they must not be allowed to stay in his village. Zhao Mu felt that if he left these people in his village, they would definitely annoy him to death day and night.
"Thank you, master, thank you, master."
"It feels weird for you to call me master at such an old age. You should call me Mr. Zhao."
"Then, well, even if we call you Mr. Zhao, you are still our master."
After the masters finished speaking, they all smiled. They felt that what they did today was the most correct thing in their lives.
"Master, it's getting late now, it's time for dinner.
How about we go eat first and then talk in detail after the meal?"
"Linglong, then go down and make arrangements first."
"It's the young master."
"Mr. Zhao, I will accompany Sister Linglong to make arrangements."
"Mr. Zhao, do you read this book?"
Several people looked at Zhao Mu expectantly, wishing that he would bring the book over immediately so that they could study it carefully.
"You guys, come with me."
The group of people came to the study, and when they came to the study again, Li Er found that the study had indeed many more books than when they came that day.
Zhao Mu stepped forward and browsed for a long time, found some books suitable for their research, and placed them in front of them.
"These books are introductory books, just right for you to read.
When you finish studying these introductory books, I will give you the subsequent books."
"Thank you Mr. Zhao."
Several people's old faces smiled like flowers, and they gently touched the books in their hands. One of them didn't hold back and opened it directly, wanting to take a good look.
The moment I opened the book, I was deeply attracted by the content inside. Everyone picked up a book and stood aside and started reading!
Seeing the appearance of these masters, Li Er asked in a low voice.
"Brother Xian, what kind of books are you giving them?
Why are these ladies so excited?"
"They are all books on astronomy, geography, natural science, arithmetic, and knowledge from the first grade of elementary school."
"What does first grade mean?"
In other words, they have to continue to work hard.
"Brother Xian, I, Lao Li, admire you so much. I really don't know what is inside your head. I really want to open it and take a look."
shallow!
Forehead.
Time passed quickly, and news came from the restaurant that dinner had been prepared for everyone to go and eat.
"Masters, Zhuangzi has prepared dinner over there, and I'd like to invite some of you to finish the meal first.
It’s not too late to come over and take a look after you finish your meal!”
"Shopkeeper Li, after seeing these books, I'm not hungry anymore. You guys eat first!"
"Remember, people are like iron rice or steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will be hungry.
It takes no more than a minute and a half to learn knowledge. Only when you have eaten and drank enough can you have the energy to study hard!"
"It's Young Master Zhao. Young Master Zhao is right."
Several people reluctantly put the books aside and followed them to the restaurant!
Li Er glanced at them. These masters had invited them to have dinner, but none of them wanted to go.
It's really not as happy as my wise brother's words. It makes me feel uncomfortable and makes me want to cry!
Several people ate this meal very quickly. After dinner, they immediately left the restaurant and rushed to the study to prepare for a night of hard work!
Zhao Mu originally wanted to dissuade them. They were all so old, so they had to pay attention to rest at night.
Tell me, if this is in your own Zhuangzi, what kind of good will you get out of staying up late? How can you be so content with this?
"Brother, just let them be.
This group of masters are addicted to books, and now that they have so many books provided by my wise brother, they can’t wait to read them all in one night.”
"That's true
It reminded me of a saying, live and learn.
If I were young, I would have studied half as hard as they did.
I wouldn’t have taken the college entrance examination with a full score of 750 and only scored over 600 in the end!”
"Brother Xian, why are you getting 600 points in the college entrance examination? I, Lao Li, didn't understand. What are you talking about?"
"No? It's nothing. I just felt a little emotional when I saw them.
By the way, I haven’t asked you yet, you came to my village again today, what’s the matter?”
Li Er's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea. Brother Xian, look at what you said. Even if there is nothing wrong with our relationship, is it possible that I still can't come to Zhuangzi to see you?
"A few days ago, three Turkic princes came to Chang'an City and asked for food.
It is said that they asked Datang to give them half the amount of food and grass they already had.
At that time, the entire court was in a state of disarray because of this incident."
"Oh, what then?"
"This is also what I heard from the gossip. It is said that His Majesty pretended to agree in order to confuse the Turks.
In fact, they secretly sent troops all the way north. After the winter, a fatal blow will be launched against the Turks next spring.
Your Majesty is your Majesty, this plan is perfect, the Turks will be defeated next year!"
"This Li Er is quite witty.
Don't worry, if there is a war, Datang will win next year, will your business be saved?"
"That's right, I'm happy just thinking about it.
After I went back that day, I arranged everything and arranged the caravan to go all the way north. I will make a lot of money next year!
It's just a pity,
If the Turks were defeated, there would definitely be a large number of captives, cattle and sheep sent all the way south to the Tang Dynasty.
But I didn't run those things, but I got advantage from other businessmen in vain."
"Remember, don't be too greedy, be careful to bite off more than you can chew."