Whether you are willing to come back, and whether you can make it even if you want to come back but are tied up by family matters, are two different questions.
Zhu Hao felt that Tang Yin was leaving in a hurry this time, or that there might be something wrong with him in his hometown, but Tang Yin did not want to tell the real purpose of his trip.
Or, as he said, it was just because he had been away from home for a long time and wanted to go back and visit.
Inside the palace.
Zhu Hao's life is as before.
After Tang Yin left, the conflict between Yuan Zonggao and Zhang Zuo lost a mediator, and conflicts broke out from time to time between the palace chief Shi Si and Cheng Feng Si, but they did not appear on the surface.
Sui Gongyan returned to teach in the palace.
This time when Sui Gongyan came back, he was obviously more focused on teaching than before, but the quality of his teaching... was too lackluster.
Naturally, Zhu Hao would not hand over his teachings to Sui Gongyan. Sui Gongyan was a representative of the old school of Confucianism. The content taught in class was just for a few children to memorize by rote. Occasionally, when explaining, he would never leave his mouth.
He also always likes to drag out words to show his profound knowledge.
The final result...
Not to mention Zhu San and Lu Bing couldn't understand, even Zhu Si, Yuan Rulin and Jinghong were confused, and Zhu Hao was even more lazy to listen.
"Xiaosi, let's go out and play Cuju."
After the class that day, Sui Gongyan was invited by Yuan Zonggao to have a drink, so the children could finally rest.
Zhu San asked his younger brother to play Cuju, but Zhu Si lay there motionless and murmured: "I won't go, I'm too tired, please give me some time."
Zhu San came over and touched his brother's head and asked, "What's going on? Are you sick?"
Zhu Si frowned: "I don't understand what sir is talking about at all. Do you understand?"
"Tch, why should I listen to that? What he said... I didn't listen at all, I was secretly playing with paper balls... The good thing about Mr. Sui is that he didn't even look at whether we were listening to the lecture... That's the point
Mr. Lu is much better than him."
Sui Gongyan only talked about what he said and didn't care about what the children below did or whether they understood.
Zhu San was just dawdling in class. He didn't understand, so he just played below. Sui Gongyan never asked questions, so naturally he couldn't find out.
On the contrary, Tang Yin is like this. Although he is usually a jerk in class, he will observe the students' reactions from time to time and see through their eyes and expressions whether the children have mastered the content he teaches.
Except for Zhu Hao, if the children make small moves, he has a sharp eye and quick hands and will definitely correct them as soon as possible.
Zhu Si said with a sad face: "When will Mr. Lu come back?"
Then everyone, including Jinghong, Yuan Rulin and Lu Bing, looked at Zhu Hao who was reading a book.
For Zhu Hao...
Sui Gongyan's position as a teacher did not have much impact on his life. He estimated that even if he did not come to class, Sui Gongyan would not bother to take care of him. In Sui Gongyan's eyes, he was completely transparent, and Sui Gongyan would never take care of Zhu Hao's study progress.
Several children have not even had a conversation with Zhu Hao even after coming to class for several days.
Zhu Hao said: "Why are you looking at me? Mr. Lu has only been away for a few days, and he probably hasn't left Huguang yet. If you want to come back... you have to wait."
Jinghong sighed softly: "When Mr. Lu was here, I didn't think what he taught was so brilliant. I thought it was not much different from what Zhu Hao taught. But now that Mr. Lu is gone, I feel that every class is a blur. If I continue to learn like this,
I’m afraid it’s hard to make any progress.”
Zhu San smiled and said: "Even Xiao Jingzi, you are starting to say depressing words? If you are not making progress, then you can play with me."
"Ah."
Jinghong made a strange sound in his mouth and didn't want to talk to Zhu San.
Do you want me, a good student, to be compared with you, a backward child, or a princess who does not need to take the imperial examination? You can express yourself.
Even if I, little Jingzi, am no longer capable, I would still disdain to be with you.
I just hate that with Tang Yin gone, my journey to chase Zhu Hao becomes more and more difficult.
"Let's hang out for a few days. Don't worry too much before the new year. Just study hard in the spring after the new year." Zhu Hao knew that a few little guys might let him teach on the podium, so he quickly expressed that he didn't want to overwhelm the guest.
My relationship with Sui Gongyan is already very bad. If I continue to teach a few children on my own as before, won't Sui Gongyan eat him alive?
Zhu Si murmured: "It is better to let Mr. Gongsun come back... I think Mr. Gongsun seems to be a better teacher than Mr. Sui."
Jinghong said: "That's because what Mr. Gongsun usually teaches is a complete copy of Mr. Lu's teaching method. There is essentially no difference... Alas, I don't know why. In the past, I didn't think there was any problem with Mr. Sui's teaching method.
But now... everything is wrong."
Several children discussed it over and over, and they all felt that Sui Gong's words were not good, but Tang Yin was very powerful.
Zhu Hao packed his things and said, "I guess Mr. Sui won't be back in the morning. I'll go home for dinner first. If he asks about it in the afternoon... please ask for leave for me."
"What? Are you asking for leave? Zhu Hao, you can't do this... You spend three days fishing and two days drying nets, but you are the one who will take part in the county examination next year!"
Zhu San couldn't stand Zhu Hao's behavior of leaving them alone to go out to play, so he naturally wanted to reprimand and educate them.
Zhu Sidao: "Forget it, sister, if Zhu Hao has something to do, just let him go. I heard Mr. Yuan say that with Zhu Hao's knowledge, let alone the county examination, if he performs normally, he can be a direct candidate."
"Bah! Do you feel good when you see him playing while you are here to learn? If you think Mr. Sui is not good, then go and tell your father. If you don't say anything but you are complaining here, I despise you!"
Seeing that his younger brother did not support his views, Zhu San taught him a lesson instead.
Zhu Si stuck out his tongue and ignored it.
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Zhu Hao was skipping class that day.
He wanted to see Sui Gongyan's reaction.
Another point is that he does have something to do, which involves handing over a batch of goods to Su Xigui and talking to him about the 10% income from official salt sales as agreed before.
Just because Su Xigui gave a sum of gold and silver at the beginning of the year, we can't let the matter go unnoticed easily.
Su Xigui was about to leave, and this was Zhu Hao's last negotiation with him before leaving Anlu.
I guess this will be my chance a few years ago.
I don't know when we will meet again next time.
It was already past noon when I saw Su Xigui. Su Xigui was still inspecting the goods with shopkeeper Ma. Sanhe Zhongshu helped pass the wooden boxes one by one.
Telescopes, silver mirrors and glasses are not big items and belong to the category of "precision instruments". A few people can complete the handover. However, in order to ensure that the money will not be stolen by bad guys after the transaction, Zhu Hao still brought some extra people.
Keep yourself safe.
"Oh, Mr. Zhu? What brought you here? Just let the people below do this kind of thing. You don't need to come in person."
Su Xigui was surprised to see Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Didn't Mr. Su come here himself? Isn't it different to let his subordinates handle such small things?"
Su Xigui laughed from ear to ear when he heard this, and pointed at Zhu Hao, as if to say, you are really smart, we should have a good talk.
The two ignored the procedures of goods handover and verification, and went to the backyard of the store together. Su Xigui originally sat down on the stone bench. Perhaps because he felt that the stone bench was too cold, he quickly stood up and asked his men to bring two chairs over.
"There's nothing to entertain, tea or something... You don't care about it, young master, do you?" Su Xigui asked after sitting down first.
Zhu Hao sat down opposite him and asked directly, "Have you finished the work that Mr. Su has done locally?"
"What's the matter? When you tell me, it sounds like I'm doing something shameful in Anlu... It's just a small business dispute, and I'm doing some business with Prince Xing's Mansion..."
Su Xigui did not hide it.
Zhu Hao felt that Su Xigui wanted to get close to Prince Xing's Mansion.
Su Xigui had invited Tang Yin alone before. Although Tang Yin did not elaborate afterwards, Zhu Hao knew that Su Xigui wanted to use Tang Yin as a springboard to get acquainted with people in the palace.
Tang Yin probably sold a favor and introduced Zhang Zuo, the chief steward of the palace, to him.
Prince Xing’s Mansion needed to allocate grain and grass supplies to the north. Food and other supplies were easy to buy locally, but when it came to military supplies, such as armor, flags, medicinal materials, etc., they needed experienced merchants to buy them on their behalf. Su Xigui took the opportunity to offer an olive branch to Prince Xing’s Mansion.
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Anyone who cares knows that a real dragon may appear in Prince Xing's Mansion. Couldn't Su Xigui and Huang Zan standing behind him see it?
You, Su Xigui, have been staying in Anlu for a long time. Anlu is not a big place. What can you miss about it? It is better to say that you are here to relax, but it is better to find an opportunity to get close to Prince Xing's Mansion and pave a way for your brother-in-law and yourself.
Zhu Haodao: "Now that we are talking about business, Mr. Su, when we sold you the secret recipe for drying salt last year, we agreed that I would get 10% of the profit. We even signed the contract at that time. I have no chance to tell you this year.
This matter..."
Su Xigui was startled.
Naturally, he would think, if you really care about that 10% of your income, you should have told me a long time ago, but only now, it is clear that you have other intentions.
"Master Zhu, you also know that the secret recipe was finally presented to the imperial court by Mr. Huang. Since this year, various salt farms along the coast have been tested, and the effect is obvious. However, this year, the imperial court wants to change the layout of the salt farm and turn the stalls where salt is fried into terraced fields.
The salt flats cost a lot of money, but the income has not increased significantly...Besides, the income of the imperial court is not my own, so how can I give you 10%? I don't want to bask in the salt."
How could Su Xigui be "blackmailed" by Zhu Hao if he was so smart?
I can do business with you, but I can’t let your kid take advantage of me!
"And... at the beginning of the year, in order to thank you for providing the secret recipe, I didn't give you a sum of money? That's much more valuable than 10% of the income. In exchange... for a few thousand taels of silver, how much salt do you need to sell to get it?"
If Zhu Hao didn't understand Su Xigui's character, after hearing this explanation, it was reasonable and reasonable, and he couldn't find anything wrong with him at all.
Zhu Hao pretended to be aggrieved: "In this case, wouldn't we become a business? How will my family make a living in the future?"
Su Xigui's breath was not smooth, and spittle almost spurted out along with the cough.
You kid, you only trade glass mirrors with me for a month, and your income is hundreds or thousands of taels, and now you are crying in front of me that you are poor?