Chapter Sixty-Nine: Going Home
Zhang Luo turned to Hu Zhao and asked:
"Brother Hu, what is your original purpose of studying?"
Hu Zhao recalled when he was a teenager studying.
The teacher saw that his family was poor.
No tuition fees were charged from him.
So he said:
"Of course I have read hundreds of books and can clearly distinguish right from wrong."
Zhang Luo looked at Zhang Shengwen again and asked:
"Where are you, Shengwen?"
Zhang Shengwen touched his chin and said:
"It should be to gain honor and bring honor to the family."
Zhang Luo looked at the Wei brothers.
The two of them said together:
"Be a high official!"
Zhang Luo finally looked at Kang Jiaoyu.
Kang Jiaoyu thought for a moment.
said:
"To seek peace and prosperity for the country and the people!"
After several people finished talking.
I didn’t ask Zhang Luo what his original intention was.
This topic was not discussed further.
For the five Zhang and Luo people.
Schools and scholarship are things that are out of reach.
Like a primary school student.
I won’t think about the college entrance examination.
Eat your meal step by step.
The road must be walked step by step.
Kang Jiaoyu called Zhang Luo out alone.
Take out a piece of paper from your sleeve.
He handed it to Zhang Luo and said:
"This is the official document I copied from the county government office newspaper today."
Zhang Luo cupped his hands and said gratefully:
"Thank you so much, teacher!"
Kang Jiaoyu waved his hand and said:
"You are from a military family, so you must be concerned about the affairs of your hometown."
"But now is the critical moment for you to study hard."
"You can't neglect your studies because of other things."
Zhang Luo nodded in agreement.
What Kang Jiaoyu said is also the view of most educated people in this era.
The world is huge, and reading is the biggest.
Kang Jiaoyu also told Zhang Luo:
"This class is over. I will continue to study hard when I return to the health center."
"I will continue to test your homework next month."
"There is also the matter of choosing a Bible to read."
"It's time for you to take matters into your own hands."
"After you decide, you can copy it in the county school."
"After copying it, take it home and study it."
There is a set of "The Complete Biography of the Four Books and Five Classics" in the county library.
But these are county school books.
Kang Jiaoyu could not let Zhang Luo take him away.
But it can be copied in the county school.
In ancient times, copying was the most common thing for poor families to study.
Most of the poor students learned from copied books.
Zhang Luo saluted Kang Jiaoyu.
Express my gratitude again.
In the next three days, nothing major happened at the county school.
Early morning on the sixth day.
The five of them were ready to return home.
Zhang Shengwen's family is in the city.
Everyone sent him back first.
His home is in an alley near the North City Gate.
This is a very ordinary house.
Zhang Shengwen called his wife who had just passed by.
I made some dry tea for four people.
In the Ming Dynasty, family members are invited to come out to meet the guests.
It's a very good friendship.
Zhang and Luo were a little embarrassed and didn't bring any gifts.
Later Wei Kang came up with a bowl of clams.
To Zhang Shengwen's wife.
This relieved the atmosphere of coming empty-handed.
Zhang Shengwen’s parents are not at home.
Several people seemed a little reserved.
Only Zhang Luo stood up straight and asked:
"Shengwen, how do your family live in the county?"
Zhang Shengwen didn't realize that Zhang Luo asked so rashly.
Drinking and talking these past few nights.
It has made several people become better friends.
He also valued Zhang Luo very much, so he replied:
"My parents sell some cold food on the main street."
"I usually just write some petitions for people at home."
"A family can barely survive on just two taels."
So that’s it.
Writing petition papers is a task that ordinary scholars can do.
Zhang Shengwen suffered from not being admitted as a scholar.
There is no way to go to the county government hall.
Give people advice.
I can only do some foreign affairs work.
Hu Zhao was a fisherman by the famous river.
His family's fish farming business is quite large.
There is a big fish pond.
The family background is also quite good.
The Wei brothers live near Quanzhou Port.
It is also far away from the county seat.
I heard a few days ago that Zhang Luo is a son of a military family.
He opened a school to teach in his own health clinic.
The four of them admired Zhang Luo even more.
Zhang's wife was very enthusiastic and asked several people to stay.
Several people had lunch at Zhang Shengwen's house again.
After dinner, I left the city and returned to my hometown.
The journey back home was much safer this time.
The military guards in Fujian Province were worried about the Qing army.
I don't have the guts to rob again.
It also intensified its efforts to suppress Japanese invaders.
In just a few days, the security around Jinjiang County has improved a lot.
Zhang Luo takes it one step at a time.
Slowly and leisurely, I returned to Zhenhaiwei before dark.
"Brother!"
Zhang Xiaozhu had been waiting at the door of the guardhouse early in the morning.
Seeing Zhang Luo's figure, he quickly shouted happily.
The little fool Zhang Wangsheng was also standing nearby.
After seeing Zhang Luo come back.
Also dancing happily.
Finally home again!
Zhang Luo sighed again in his heart.
Slowly walked into Zhenhaiwei.
In the woods not far from the guardhouse.
A slender figure wearing a gauze hat confirmed that Zhang Luo was back safely.
Then I left the woods with peace of mind.
After returning to the guardhouse, Zhang Luo did not lie down immediately.
Instead, he walked outside the ancestral hall.
I want to meet Grandpa Zhang.
Zhang Luo first gave Grandpa Zhang the official documents copied from Kang Jiao's edict.
Then he told the news he learned at Xu Shouye's office.
I told Grandpa Zhang everything.
After listening to Grandpa Zhang.
He frowned and said:
"It's not a good thing if the imperial censor comes to the Qing army."
Zhang Luo and Grandpa Zhang talked face to face.
Zhang Changwei was listening on the side.
After the fight with Dongshan Village last time.
Grandpa Zhang specially brought Zhang Changwei to participate in clan discussions.
I want to train him more.
Zhang Changwei is a little unfamiliar with the affairs of the Imperial Censor Qingjun.
He said puzzledly:
"Aren't the officials in the capital trying to remove the descendants of criminal officials from their official positions?"
"We, the Zhenhai Guards, have always followed the imperial decrees."
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Grandpa Zhang sighed and said:
"Whether your ancestors have sinned or not, it doesn't matter what you say."
"You have to let the censor confirm it."
"The best thing possible now is to hope that Zhenhaiwei will not be targeted."
"Changwei, please send an order tomorrow morning so that everyone in Wei will be more honest these days."
“The previous generations of households still had some connections in Fuzhou.”
"We'll go find out more when the censor arrives in Fuzhou."
Of course, Grandpa Zhang was worried that it wasn’t just the imperial censor who would come to the Qing army.
There is also the issue of Zhang Liansheng’s gender.
If this is seen by the censor.
Then it's not just as simple as losing some money.
The entire Zhenhaiwei will suffer.
Grandpa Zhang sighed heavily.
Everything is already like this.
We can only take one step at a time.
Zhang Luo took out the twenty-eight taels of silver he had earned from selling candy from his sleeve.
He said to Grandpa Zhang:
"Grandpa, I still have something to say."
Grandpa Zhang looked at Zhang Luo and said:
"Zhang Luo, what do you want to do?"
"Just say it."
"The Guard will do its best to help you."
Zhang Luo said:
"The imperial censor went to the province of the Qing army."
"The southeast must be unstable."
"I'm afraid that at that time, pirates and Japanese pirates will invade the guardhouse."
"So you want to?"
Grandpa Zhang looked at Zhang Luo in confusion.
"I want to buy some Western muskets and artillery."
Resisting foreign enemies is one thing.
On the other hand there are firearms.
Guards can also become tough.
At least small-scale Japanese raids can be prevented.
This chapter has been completed!