Seeing everyone working hard, Zhao Shu nodded slightly. The speed of digging mountains and quarrying stones has indeed increased.
After patrolling around for a while, Zhao Shu ordered his hundreds of men to keep an eye on Gu's room before heading towards Gu's room.
Due to limited conditions, most of the time, except for Zhang Han, the young master, who came occasionally to activate the shogunate, Gu and others handled official business in their own rooms.
Approaching Gu's room, Zhao Shu stopped, then faced the room respectfully and said: "Student Zhao Shu, I came here to pay homage to the superior."
Gu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, walked out of the room and saw Zhao Shu, a smile appeared on his stern face: "Five hundred masters, no need to be polite."
"I am entrusted by the young master. You can call me a senior official, but you don't have to call me a student."
Although he is a smart man, he knows that Zhao Shu's future is more than this, but he knows that it is the future. At least for now, his involvement with Zhao Shu should not be too deep.
All he wants is for Zhao Shu to remember this affection.
"Teach a person a word and you will become a teacher." Zhao Shu's attitude was extremely respectful. He took out two and a half taels, lowered his head, and handed them out with both hands: "The student has no time to prepare to practice, so please ask the teacher to explain."
If you want to learn knowledge, you must be humble and pay the price.
"The students came to Lishan to serve. They have nothing to offer but these two and a half taels. I ask the teacher to accept them for the sake of all students."
When it comes to paying, Zhao Shu takes it for granted. No matter what era it is, knowledge needs to be paid for.
This opportunity is rare.
Although he was ordered by Zhang Han, he would definitely teach him, but Zhao Shu could not take it for granted, he still had to have the proper attitude.
This is not only the sincerity in asking for advice, but also an image to show Gu and Zhang Han that they can repay their kindness and be grateful, which is very important to him at this time.
Seeing that Zhao Shu spoke with deep affection and sincerity, Gu nodded and took two and a half taels from Zhao Shu's hand.
It's like a contract.
"I accept your teaching as a reward for teaching you the writing." Gu helped Zhao Shu up and solemnly confessed: "A person can have many teachers, but I cannot be your teacher. "
"When you leave here, find a famous person to become your disciple. It will make it easier for you to survive in this world."
"Thank you so much, Teacher!" At this moment, Zhao Shu felt grateful. He knew that what Gu said was from the bottom of his heart.
This is the experience gained from life experience over the years. This is experience that cannot be bought with money.
"Come in!" Gu greeted and walked into the room first.
The room is not big. There is a bed, two couches, and two desks, one large and one small. The large one has bamboo slips placed on it, which is obviously used for office work.
The small case, blank, was probably prepared for him.
Sitting down behind the small case, he turned toward Zhao Shu and said, "Have you ever learned how to write the seal script before? Have you ever been enlightened?"
Zhao Shu sat upright, cupped his hands towards Gu, and said: "Returning to the teacher, I have never asked the teacher for advice. The student is very grateful."
I am not surprised by Zhao Shu's answer. If Zhao Shu had undergone enlightenment, he would not have come to serve in Lishan.
Gu searched on the desk for a moment, pulled out a scroll of bamboo slips, and handed it to Zhao Shu: "You are a beginner. Logically speaking, you should not use Qin's method to enlighten you."
"But, I didn't bring any other books. Qin Law is a rule that every Qin person should know. As a Qin person, you know some of the terms clearly."
"After much thought, Qin Fa is the most suitable for your enlightenment."
Zhao Shu took the bamboo slips and spread them on the case. He didn't know the big seal script and didn't understand the words on it at all, but he knew a little about Qin Fa.
The Qin court had always spared no effort to popularize the law. Zhao Shu knew the contents of the Qin law but did not know the characters.
There was no pinyin in this era, only fanqie method. Gu taught Zhao Shu word by word, and then handled the official business himself, letting Zhao Shu practice on his own.
I don’t know whether it was due to time travel or the fusion of two souls, but Zhao Shu’s learning ability became extremely terrifying.
Gu only said it once, and he remembered it at that time, just to hide his secret. Zhao Shu did not tell Gu, but practiced it over and over again.
The first day of the day (11 o'clock.)
Gu didn't raise his head, only the voice came: "You can go back, come back tomorrow, and practice more after you go back."
Zhao Shu sorted out the bamboo slips on his desk, put them back into a cloth bag, and placed them on the desk on the right side. Then he stood up and bowed respectfully to Gu: "Farewell, student."
Returning to the quarry area, hundreds of people came quickly towards Zhao Shu and said to Zhao Shu: "Master Five Hundred, the prisoners are working very hard. Do you want to take a rest?"
"Now is the hottest time, and we have completed 70% of today's tasks. At this rate, it will be completed by the end of the market (5 o'clock)."
After taking a look at the sweat-soaked bodies of all the prisoners, Zhao Shu shook his head: "It is the hottest time of the day (from one to three o'clock), so I rest at that time."
Having said this, Zhao Shu walked over and motioned to the prisoners to stop. Seeing that everyone was looking over, Zhao Shu loudly said: "The superior said that the amount of tasks today will remain unchanged and the same as before."
"A hundred people will suffer. Tell me, you have completed 70%. Can you take a rest for a while?"
"But, I refused."
Seeing the confusion on everyone's faces, Zhao Shu said in a deep voice: "The end of the day is the hottest. How about we insist on resting during the hottest time?"
"Thank you Lord Five Hundred!" A burst of cheers came, and the entire quarrying area was swept away by decadence and suddenly became full of energy.
Looking at the excitement on everyone's faces, Zhao Shu said word by word: "However, at the end of the market, today's tasks must be completed."
"If it can be completed, you can rest in the shade during the hottest period just like today. Otherwise, let alone the future, you will be punished today."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Five Hundred, that by the end of the market, we will complete the task and ensure that every inspection passes."
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Zhao Shu left the quarry and was taken away by soldiers sent by Zhang Han. They rode horses all the way. Before they reached the camp, Zhao Shu felt unbearable pain between his legs.
Without a saddle or stirrups, in this era, riding a horse is not a pleasure, but a chore.
After some inspections, Zhao Shu walked into the camp. The visitor took Zhao Shu into a room and received him a suit of light clothes and a long bronze sword.
"Soldier technique, this is the death camp. From today on, you will participate in training."
At this point, the visitor shouted towards the dead soldier camp: "Wu Changzhang, I'll leave this person to you, just to make up for the number of people."
"promise."
Nodding in agreement, Zhang walked over and took a look at Zhao Shu, with a surprised tone: "Boy, what have you done?"
