Volume 1 In the Countryside Chapter 41: Ge's Disciples
Lu San was in high spirits and looked very excited.
Zhang Chen was gloomy and in great pain.
Zhang Shou could even read the moods of these two people just by looking at their expressions.
Fortunately, there is mathematics in this world - this must be the voice of Lu Sanlang, a difficult student in the humanities and a potential top student in science.
Why does mathematics exist in this world? This is the inner voice of Zhang Chen, who is definitely a poor student in science and suspected to be poor in other subjects.
But as a relatively introductory book among the Ten Mathematical Classics, Ge Yong had explained the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art in a simple and easy-to-understand way, in Zhang Shou's opinion. But why were there so few talented students? Except for these two, a lot of people had painful expressions on their faces.
However, the master's name was too big, and even if the students were scratching their heads, they had to continue sitting there in agony, until the old man who was explaining in skipped chapters finally casually talked about the allocation of taxes and labor service using the method of declining points and announced that the class was over. Zhang Shou then found that everyone in the class was relieved, and Zhang Chen looked as if he had come back to life.
As for Zhu Ying...haha, the eldest lady had already asked the old man for a list of books, and said that she would go out and ask someone to buy them, and then she disappeared without a trace, and she just happened to escape the brainwashing of mathematics!
Ge Yong stood up with a stern face. He had long realized that he was talking to a cow, and he was fed up with this group of disciples.
You know, although he has many students all over the world in his life, most of them are disciples. The number of people who truly worship him as a teacher and nod to be his direct disciples can really be counted on one hand. If Zhang Shou only had a photographic memory, he might not be able to come back so easily just based on Duke Zhao's request. But this kid is extremely talented in mathematics!
He has done his best towards these guys Zhang Shou has captured, and now he can just leave it to Zhang Shou!
So, Ge Yong snorted lightly , then took out a book from his wide sleeves, and handed it to Zhang Shou casually, and then said unhappily: "This is my little note, you can flip through it at will. When I return to Beijing, I will send you some topics that I have discussed with my old friends, and you can see if you have any experience. Well, I'm back in Beijing, you don't have to send it."
He hadn't even performed the apprenticeship ceremony, but he had gained a teacher who was the best in the world. Even if the teacher asked him not to see him off, Zhang Shou would certainly see him off. And behind him were a bunch of other young men with big smiles on their faces, welcoming their grandmaster.
As for Qi Liang, he glanced to the side and saw that he was still a little confused. He knew very well that it was obviously not because of the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, but because Ge Yong had just called out a long list of book titles like a dish, and he wrote them down one by one and gave them to Zhu Ying. Qi Liang, who came from a poor family, was ecstatic and shocked at the same time.
But those are three to five hundred volumes, not three to five hundred sets of books… People these days are still trapped by the lack of information, and book collectors treasure their possessions…
"Stop right there, everyone except Zhang Shou. Go back and study hard, or I'll go back and find your ancestors and give you a good beating!" Seeing everyone scatter like birds and beasts, Ge Yong nodded to Zhang Shou to follow, and he slowly walked towards the main road in front of the Panda Screen Wall.
When they reached the screen wall, Zhang Shou saw the old man looking up at the naive rolling animal, so he quickly said in a nonchalant tone: "I heard that there is such an animal in Sichuan, so I asked Carpenter Xu to make it on a whim..."
"The iron-eating beast is also called Pixiu, right? I have seen one before when I was traveling in Shu. It looks very gentle, but it is very ferocious when it moves. Putting it in front of the door as a door god is a good use of it."
Door... Door God? If this were in modern times, this would be a cute god, right?
Although Zhang Shou knew that pandas were fierce beasts, he still felt a little complicated when he heard Ge Yong's tone of course that the panda door god was very appropriate. While telling himself that there were differences in ancient and modern cognition, he coughed and tried to change the subject.
"Sir, how are you going to get back to Beijing? I forgot to ask you how you got here."
"The carriage is waiting at the entrance of the village. Wang Datou, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, has sent me a lot of guards. Otherwise, how could I control the people brought by Tang Ming and Xie Wanquan, and then I suddenly dropped from the sky?" Ge Yong looked disgusted, saying "Why are you so stupid?" Then he said angrily, "Also, call me teacher! Every private school teacher can be a teacher, but you only have me as a teacher in your life!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I am a dull student. Thanks to you for reminding me, teacher." Zhang Shou immediately changed his words, but revealed a trace of doubt, "Don't examiners need to be called teachers nowadays?"
"Oh, you still want to take the exam?"
Ge Yong was immediately delighted, and then he waved his sleeves, revealing a hint of the charm that once led the literary world.
"Nowadays, those who can serve as chief examiners are either my apprentices or my grandchildren. If you really want to take the imperial examination in the future and respect your teachers, you should call them teachers. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if you don't call them teachers...Okay, no need to send them off. I don't care about these rules! Remember, you are responsible for the students you accept. It will be good for you in the future to discipline and educate such a group of people!"
After saying this, Ge Yong started walking, his wide robe sleeves swinging left and right with his steps, his movements light and beautiful. Zhang Shou only looked at his back, thinking that it was no wonder that the old man boasted before that Zhu Ying chased him and called him Grandpa Ge as soon as she saw him, and respected him very much so strong-willed at such an old age, and he was so graceful when he was serious. One can imagine how charming he was when he was young.
However, what he could not see was that after Ge Yong strode out of the bamboo forest, he suddenly muttered softly.
"Now the old and new factions in the court are almost at loggerheads, and your father-in-law was dragged into the war by mistake. Otherwise, no one would take advantage of this to pick on you. Tsk tsk, now I accept you as my last disciple, and I help you to scold away two promising young talents. This makes things even more chaotic. It will be difficult for you to pass the imperial examination in the future..."
"Wait, this kid hasn't kowtowed yet to become my disciple, right?"
Ge Yong suddenly stopped and slapped his forehead, looking annoyed. He was so excited about the prey that he forgot that the teacher-student relationship was only a matter of words!
When Zhang Shou returned to Qingfeng Xulai Hall, he found that the atmosphere was wrong as soon as he entered the door. Usually, there would be at least some noise in the place, but at this moment it was completely silent. Although there was no rustling sound of writing, and some people were even in a daze, when someone made eye contact with him, they actually lowered their heads guiltily, which made him laugh even more.
In the past, when he wore a hat and veil, pretending to be an old gentleman from the secluded world , no one was so awed by him. But now, Ge Yong came down from the sky and created a great momentum for him, which was even better than the effect of Zhu Ying standing on the side with him.
It is conceivable that Ge Yong's prestige and power, at a certain point, surpassed Zhu Ying's beauty and nobility.
"Young Master, you really kept it a secret from us! If we had known earlier that you were Mr. Ge's last disciple, we would have been very lucky to learn arithmetic from you. Not to mention, you had a long talk with each of us last night and pointed out many bright and prosperous paths. From now on, Mr. Ge is our ancestor and you are our teacher!"
Lu Sanlang was the first to stand up, looking around and saying smugly, "Anyone disagree with what I said?"
This is a natural good at observing people's expressions and is extremely clever! Zhang Shou found that all the problems he was most worried about were taken over by Lu Sanlang. He simply sat there calmly, observing other people's reactions with a smile on his face.
Zhang Chen was in a dilemma when he realized that Lu Sanlang and Zhang Shou's eyes were all on him.
The love rival becomes the teacher, this is the most unfortunate thing in the world!
However, even if his father never cared about him, the nerd was stubborn. Once he knew that he had the chance to become Ge Yong's apprentice but ran back home, even if it was the first time in his life that he used family rules, he would probably beat him down!
So, although he was reluctant, he still stood up, bowed his head slightly and said: "Lu Sanpang is right, of course we are all willing to respect the young master as our teacher. But you also pointed out yesterday that I have no talent for mathematics, and you gave me a lot of advice in the evening. I wonder if what you said at that time still counts?"
Yes, if Zhang Shou met them one by one in person last night, then what about his promise?
At that time, he implicitly expressed that he hoped they would stand on Zhu Ying's side, which was undoubtedly recruiting them on behalf of Zhu Ying!
Considering that Zhang Shou and Ge Yong were the last disciples of Zhang Shou, does this mean that Duke Zhao has the support of Ge Yong, the transcendent grandmaster?
Seeing a bunch of young men who were just quiet and well-behaved like quails suddenly become excited, with many hot eyes cast towards him, Zhang Shou coughed and said, "Of course, everything I said to you last night counts. Besides, the teacher knows everything."
The eyes of the crowd suddenly became bright. People like Lu Sanlang, who looked fat but was actually smart, were thinking rapidly.
Could it be that a master-level figure like Mr. Ge had already noticed my lack of talent, but in order to avoid attracting attention, he asked Zhang Shou, his last disciple, to take me in as his disciple?
Although it was a bit unfair to Ge Yong, since the teacher had just pointed out that he would accept such a bunch of disciples, Zhang Shou had no scruples. However, he knew that such a mixed group of people would easily cause trouble, so he had to warn them a few times.
"However, if you still want to be called a playboy in the future, then the teacher cannot afford to lose face. You can leave Qingfeng Xulaitang. From now on, you are no longer a disciple of the Ge Sect!"
