Chapter 049 There Must Be Something Wrong
The prefect of Jiazhou actually wanted to see Zhao Yulin dance, haha.
Chen Xiaomin was so happy to hear Chen Yun praising them. She had just taken two sips of wine but her face was already red. She looked at Zhao Yulin excitedly, which meant that she wanted to dance too.
Zhao Yulin became interested when he saw the rice paper on the wooden rack at the mountain pass fluttering in the wind. He pulled Chen Xiaomin and walked out. The younger classmates in front of him immediately made way for them with a smile.
Several xiqin and guqin nearby began to be tuned immediately. It turned out that they were all ready.
Zhao Yulin and Xiaomin looked at each other, and with his left hand, the Liang Zhu string music started playing, and the boy and the beautiful girl began to dance.
People move with the music, and music dances with people. Two butterflies are seen floating left and right, flying up and down in the mountains and forests, blending into the painting.
When the song ended, there was a burst of warm applause and the younger students cheered loudly.
Haha, the people of Yibin have already learned the Shenwei Army’s tactics of applauding and creating an atmosphere, and they are shouting for the Third Young Master to sing another song.
Zhao Yulin led Chen Xiaomin, who looked as beautiful as if she had eaten honey, back to her seat. Yang Zhishan said with a smile, "Brother is very capable. No wonder all the beautiful women in Lin'an come to Yibin to find him."
He looked at Chen Xiaomin, whose face was filled with happiness, and asked: Is there?
No way!
Chen Yun was very happy and said, "The prefect praised my brother, the young scholar from Xuzhou. Would you like to write another poem or lyrics?"
Zhao Yulin quickly declined, saying that he had only a little knowledge and was not qualified to write poetry.
Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaomin called him over, and the little girl came over and called affectionately: "Brother Yulin, let's go, little sister will take good care of you."
Fairy Banban, when someone asked her to kill a pig, she helped pass the knife. This is harming your brother.
The younger students around were all shouting, "Brother Yulin, it's time to get on with it."
The Shenwei Army is the best advertisement for Zhao Yulin. He has long become the youth idol of the girls and boys in Yibin City. All of them have their minds full of the mighty Shenwei Army and dream of becoming a young talent like Zhao Yulin.
He had no choice but to stand up, smile and bow around the room, then took Xiaomin to the desk. The enthusiastic primary school teacher had already spread out the rice paper and prepared the brush and ink for him.
He knew that he had to be a copyist today, and Xiaomin even picked up the ink stick to grind ink for him, which was to encourage him to get started.
Zhao Yulin looked at the previous work, which was mostly full of love poems, and he was very unhappy. He thought for a while, looked around again, and then splashed ink, plagiarizing Mao Xianzu's "Qinyuanchun. Changsha"
Standing alone in the cold autumn, the Min River flows eastward, on the top of Cuiping Mountain.
Look at the mountains all red and the forests all dyed red.
The river is clear and blue, and hundreds of boats are competing for the current.
Eagles soar in the sky and fish swim in the shallows.
All creatures compete for freedom in the frosty sky.
Sad winding path.
Ask the vast earth
Who controls the ups and downs?
Hand in hand with hundreds of lovers, we have traveled together, recalling the glorious past years.
We are young students in the prime of our youth.
…
Zhao Yulin wrote with ease and completed the painting in one go. The scene was completely silent.
At this time, an old man with white hair and beard walked out from the prefect's side, walked to the desk in square steps, and was stunned after reading just a few words. Then two professors from Xuzhou walked up quickly.
Zhao Yulin wrote in cursive script. A middle-aged professor could not help but read aloud, "Ask the vast earth, who controls the ups and downs. Just like the students, we are young and vigorous." He exclaimed, "Good words, good words."
The prefect of Jiading Prefecture led the cloaked woman in front and Chen Yun behind to the table to take a look. They were all amazed. Some said that it described today's people and the current scene, and the most important thing was the spirit, which no one could compare to...
While everyone was still talking nonsense about his masterpiece, Zhao Yulin had already quietly run away with Xiaomin.
Chen Xiaomin felt very happy and it was very funny, so she asked him why he wanted to run away.
Zhao Yulin said that if he didn't run away he would die of shame.
Xiaomin said that it was very well written and everyone praised it.
He said that this poem was written by his grandfather, and he was the copyist.
Chen Xiaomin was stunned immediately and said nervously, "Won't we be laughed at to death?"
Zhao Yulin said confidently that it wouldn't happen, his grandfather had only shown it to him, so he was not afraid. Chen Xiaomin finally recovered her breath, patted her chest and said that she was scared to death, and she would go back and ask Zhao Sihan if she knew.
Copying a poem from his ancestor was like stealing something from someone else. Zhao Yulin felt a little confused and decided to go to the military camp to train.
In Xuzhou Prefecture, Chen Yun accompanied the Jiazhou prefect for tea.
The prefect praised Xuzhou's effective flood control, the rapid recovery of the docks, and the amazing changes in Sanjiangkou. He praised Chen Yun for her good work.
Chen Yun dared not take any credit for it, and only attributed all the credit to the prefect.
The prefect casually asked him if there was anything unusual with Zhao Yulin and his Shenwei Army recently?
Chen Yun looked at the prefect in confusion, feeling somewhat bewildered.
The prefect said that from the poem he had just read, the boy had lofty ambitions, so he asked him in detail.
Chen Yun then said that it was nothing, she just felt that this boy was much more prudent than his peers. A few days ago, the Shenwei Army was attacked by local soldiers and suffered heavy losses. He himself was seriously injured but he didn't say a word.
The prefect exclaimed, "Eh!" and asked the soldiers how they could have hurt him. Wasn't it said that this boy was both civil and military, and his soldiers were extremely brave and powerful?
Chen Yun said that he was always with the soldiers in battle, so injuries were inevitable. It was said that the local soldiers were all equipped with the powerful bows and crossbows of the government army.
"Oh." The prefect let out a long sigh and said that he would go to see the new city in Sanjiangkou tomorrow.
The next morning, Zhao Yulin was training with the soldiers when Wu Yuqi ran over and said, "The flag bearer reported that many high-ranking officials had come from Jiangbei."
Zhao Yulin had just attended a poetry gathering at Liubei Pond yesterday. Knowing that there were high-ranking officials in the city, he immediately dressed up and went to the East City Gate.
He had just arrived at the dock when two official ships docked.
Chen Yun came down and said that the prefect wanted to see Cuiping New City.
Zhao Yulin stood by and waited for everyone to get off the boat, then gave explanations as he walked.
After one year of construction, the appearance of Sanjiangkou has undergone tremendous changes.
The new city gate, clean streets, fashionable passenger and freight terminals, everything was new. The prefect of Jiazhou was amazed by the densely packed ships on the dock and said it was bigger than the dock in Jiading.
Zhao Yulin said that three rivers converge here, making it the first city along the Yangtze River.
What he meant was that it was normal for it to be bigger than Jiading. Chen Yun immediately glared at him and pointed to the Yibin Port under construction in the distance, saying that the passenger and cargo docks there were also built separately.
After hearing what Zhao Yulin said just now, Chen Yun felt that he did not understand officialdom and could not speak, so she just glared at him.
Zhao Yulin didn't care about all this. He originally wanted to build Yibin into a first-class port city.
The prefect was walking along East-West Street when he saw a small hut with a plaque that read "A Relaxing Toilet" on it not far away. He pointed at the bonsai flowers and plants placed under the eaves in front of the house and asked Zhao Yulin in confusion, "Is it really a toilet?"
He nodded and said yes, there were doorplates with images of an old man with a long beard and a girl with pigtails installed on the left and right doors to distinguish between men's and women's doors.
The prefect found it interesting, and several of his younger followers went straight in. Immediately someone came out and told him with surprise that the toilet was magnificent, even more magnificent than the imperial palace, and even the toilet was made of white jade.
All the officials were shocked and ran to the toilet to see what was going on.
Zhao Yulin was a little depressed. Damn, it’s just a tiled toilet for defecation and peeing. Is it worth making such a fuss?
The officials ran in and saw that half of the wall was covered with white tiles. The defecation pits and urinals were all white and clean, without any smell of feces or urine. They were stunned. After coming to their senses, they stood on the urinals to relieve themselves.
Chen Yun came out in a hurry and asked him with eyes wide open, "Isn't it just to build a toilet? Is it necessary to waste so much money? How much money would it cost to lay glazed bricks all over the floor?"
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that those new things were all thought out and tried out by him. The toilet was built according to the mountainside, and mountain springs were introduced to flush toilets and troughs, which were then discharged into underground pipes. Sewage was blocked by sinking bays, so teachers naturally could not see the dirt and could not smell the odor, but someone still had to take care of it.
So that's how it is. Chen Yun let out a long sigh.
At this time, the followers came out with smiles on their faces, as if they had eaten a delicious meal, and praised the food very much, saying it was wonderful.
After the prefect came out, everyone continued to walk forward. The streets were all paved with newly fired large bricks, smooth and with patterns. There were open ditches on both sides with gurgling water and pools built not far apart, which played a role . Large clumps of wild orchids, crape myrtles and trees were directly against the stones and growing by the pools, with a faint fragrance wafting from them.
This caused the cloaked woman's maid to look around and ask where the fragrance came from.
Zhao Yulin said he didn't know, but it was probably not far ahead.
Chen Yun said that it was no wonder that his Chen Chen wanted to study here. Compared with Jiangbei? He suddenly stopped and said that Jiangbei could not be compared.
Zhao Yulin quickly said that Jiangbei is the provincial capital and it needs to accommodate this place.
The prefect proposed to check the military camp. Lei Man reported that the Shenwei Army was in training, and the old man said that it was a good opportunity for him to take a look at the new army.
Damn, you’re still relying on me.
Zhao Yulin asked Fan Zheng to call for a few ox carts to take the officials to the military camp. When they passed the intersection, the ox carts arrived and took them directly to the military camp.
Lei Man led the way, and the ox carts arrived at the central army tent unimpeded. He stood on the command platform, waved the flag, sounded the bugle, and the soldiers gathered urgently.
The prefect pointed at Lei Man in surprise and asked, "Do all the soldiers listen to him?"
Zhao Yulin answered calmly, Of course, he is the leader of our Shenwei Army.
After a few commands, more than 3,000 people stood in neat rows, silently, like green pines. The officials at the scene opened their mouths in surprise, looking at this magical army in disbelief.
Chen Yun asked the prefect to give a speech to the Shenwei Army.
The prefect then came to his senses, stepped onto the stage to review his officers and soldiers, and praised them in a flowery manner, urging them to be loyal to the Song Dynasty, to the emperor, and to fight bravely for their country.
The soldiers gave thunderous applause.
After the prefect stepped down, Lei Man announced that the teams should continue training and disband. The teams immediately dispersed.
The prefect praised the Shenwei Army for its strict discipline and good training, and said that it would surely become the pillar of the country.
Zhao Yulin humbly thanked the prefect for his praise and said that the Shenwei Army still needed to be tempered a lot before it could defeat its opponents in the Song-Mongol War and become the best army in the world.
Zhao Yulin sent the guests home, but saw Wu Yuqi's mother, Aunt Li, in the living room. Ma Linger told him that Aunt Li had come a long time ago and had something to talk about, so he went over and sat down immediately.
Aunt Li told him that there must be something wrong with Duan Xiaolin.
