I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 99 A Hopeful Future (Happy Holidays!)
Zhiyao can generally figure out how many cities his family has, but what's worse is that he can't figure out how many people there are.

In fact, not to mention Laozhi's family, unless it is a small family that is easy to count and can figure out how many people it has, families with a little more people don't know how many people they have.

This is a very natural phenomenon. No one deliberately conducts a census. It is too difficult to conduct a census. How to find out the population?
"Do you want to borrow the help of Confucius' disciples to carry out the census while Confucius is still there?" Zhiyao thought of the three thousand followers of Confucius who were not in vain.

Those people are all literate and have more or less mastered some skills.

Don't think that literacy was a very common phenomenon in the Spring and Autumn Period, and ninety-nine percent of people were simply illiterate.

So, it would be amazing to imagine that Confucius could absorb more than 3000 literate people as his disciples.

Most of the disciples of Confucius came from various countries. They went to the state of Lu to follow Confucius in order to gain more knowledge, and then they were captured by Confucius' charisma or integrity, so they chose to follow him to the end.

Just as Zhiyao was thinking, Shi Yiguang, who trotted over, reported that it was Zigong who had come.

Just now Zhiyao was thinking about prostitution to Confucius, but the next second she got a piece of news from Zi Gong.

"Master Kong wants to leave?" Zhiyao was a little stunned, and the reason for the stunned was nothing else, just thinking about using it, and then they were leaving.

Zi Gong said: "The Jin State won, and the other countries dare not come again. I think it will be a few years before there is a war, and this is the opportunity for my teacher to travel around the world."

Oh?That is to say, Confucius still very much hoped to visit other countries, find people to exchange knowledge, and increase his knowledge reserve.

It has been more than two years since Confucius brought his disciples to the state of Jin. They stayed with "Father Huang" for a long time, and their contact with the outside world was very limited.

As a teacher, Confucius spends most of his time reading books, and occasionally plays a guest lecturer.

Many disciples did not eat at Lao Zhi's house in vain, they would take turns to give lessons to Zhi's people, mainly to teach children to read.

It's really just literacy, the reason is that Zhiyao has made it clear in advance that there is no need to teach other knowledge other than literacy.

It seems that Zhiyao is very smart, understands the value of knowledge, and does not expect guests including Confucius to leave any theories or techniques in Lao Zhi's house.

Actually, right?The current "Confucianism" is very aggressive, and it is not the variant styles of later generations.They are easy to draw swords and cut people, and they have a lot of practical knowledge reserves. They are really not wastes who don't know the grain and have no power to restrain the chicken.

What Zhiyao was afraid of was that Confucius' charm was too strong, and she wanted to reserve talents for her family, so that she would become a gift for Confucius.

According to etiquette, the guest needs to say goodbye to the host in person to be in line with the rules.

Confucius didn't even think of "Xintian", the capital of Jin.

It means that Zhiyao should go to "Father Huang"?
To tell the truth, as the host, when he learned that the guest was leaving, he should give it away. The problem is that Zhiyao has something that he thinks is urgently needed to do, and the friendship between the two of them is not for that kind of sake.

Zhiyao really rushed to "Father Huang" to bid farewell to Confucius. Academic experts of later generations would praise her demeanor as a master, but ordinary people would definitely say that she was kneeling and licking.

"Gongsun?" Zigong knew that Zhiyao had a lot of things, and he still hoped that Zhiyao would give him a gift.

Confucius, who has been setting up the human design, is all about the word "ritual", and doing things that leave without telling is destroying the human design.

Zhiyao said: "If Master Kong is not in a hurry, let Yao take care of everything before going to see him off."

What can Zi Gong say?You can't let Zhiyao put down what you are doing without force, and run hundreds of miles in a hurry just to see Confucius off.

A little interlude passed.

Zhiyao talked about other things with Zigong, such as Zhishi's next relationship with Weiguo, and some trade agreements between Zhishi and Yueguo.

"Yue made in Vietnam, if my family can get it alone, we can resell it elsewhere." Zigong was talking about a monopoly in distribution.

He also said: "Chu's internal turmoil is endless. The Central Plains can get tortoiseshell from Wu, Yue, and Qi. If Wu wants to fight for hegemony, he must not sell it to Jin, and Qi is the same. I can buy it from Yue."

Hawksbill is a kind of sea turtle. What people want is its crystal clear texture and clear and beautiful pattern to make some decorations.

In the current era, decorations are not really pursued, and some ceremonial clothing will definitely be used.

Business?It belongs to the field that Zigong is very good at.

Lao Zhi's family is a family that produces cloth extensively, accounting for [-]% of the world's sales in the Jin State. Foreign sales are decreasing every year because of the loss of Jin State's hegemony.It was Qi State and Song State that squeezed the cloth sold by Zhishi, and Qi State took the largest share.

Now?The state of Jin has proved that it is still strong with a series of achievements. Not only will the Zhi family's foreign cloth trade resume or occupy more markets, but the rest of the families of the state of Jin will also have more advantages in foreign trade.

The Zhao family is good at raising horses, the Wei family is good at making armor, the Han family has a lot of technology in long-range weapons, and it is Zhi's turn to become a leader in the textile field.

The traditional advantages of the Zhao, Wei, and Han families are all related to the military. Sometimes Zhiyao would think, for example, that the victors of the Jin internal struggle were the Zhao, Wei, and Han families, which is not surprising at all.

Zhiyao knew that the core field of Laozhi's family did not have to change in a short period of time, and some military fields that should be caught up must not be left behind, or they would definitely suffer in the future.

Zigong is gone, he needs to complete the task assigned by Zhiyao first, and then go to "Father Huang" to inform his teacher of the news.

"Lord, there must be a war between Wu and Yue..." Shi Yiguang said in a low voice.

Zhiyao looked at Shi Yiguang in surprise, and asked, "Why do you see this?"

Shi Yiguang said: "Fan Qing travels around everywhere, and when he gets the king's order, he moves around, and the deployment and control of things are frequent."

What's the meaning?That is, Fan Li was authorized by Goujian to play production control and implement economic regulation in Yue State.

Zhiyao was more curious about how Shi Yiguang knew about that.

"Yiguang is a beautiful person. He is often accompanied by nobles to drink with him. There are many things to listen to." Shi Yiguang said in a low voice.

ah?There are already public relations matters, such as inviting beauties to accompany guests?

Zhiyao knew that Shi Yiguang's family environment was relatively average, otherwise she wouldn't have had to go to Xidong to be a yarn girl.

Zheng Dan, who knelt quietly and sat next to him, was a little impatient, and frequently gave Shi Yiguang sneaky winks, which meant to tell him not to talk too much.

"No wonder she can leave a name in history, not only because she is beautiful, but also a bit courageous, especially because she has more ideas." Zhiyao looked at Shi Yiguang with a smile, thinking to herself.

A simple vase is not suitable for being a spy.

Stupid person, no matter how beautiful she is, once she gets tired of playing with her, she will become tasteless.

It is obvious that Shi Yiguang must be a beautiful woman with strong plasticity, and she can also do things at the same time.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhiyao to marry Shi Yiguang or Zheng Dan, even if they are concubines, they are actually not qualified enough, and they will be just concubines for the rest of their lives.

In addition, beauties, whether male or female, are not just playthings, they can actually gain rights and take on some things.

"The two of you follow your wife to learn the art, and someone else will teach you in the future." Zhiyao's smile remained unchanged, giving Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan hope for a happy life in the future.

Zheng Dan and Shi Yiguang looked at each other, and could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

In fact, Zhiyao may not be able to give Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan the original height in history.

To put it bluntly, the history of Zhuxia is the history of kings. Only when it is related to kings will it be recorded in more detail. It is easy to leave a name in the history books if you get involved in it, and you can get more annotations for any major undertakings you have done.

Zhiyao didn't intend to send them to be spies beside a certain king, so of course they couldn't reach that height.

If Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan were jade in the rough, they would have absorbed the education given to them, and they would be able to contribute to the great cause behind Zhiyao, and they would also be famous in history. The "gold content" is definitely not as good as the original life trajectory.

A few days ago, Zhiyao had approached Zhibi and Zhishen respectively, and proposed that the old Zhijia should have its own elite troops.

Regarding the two times when Zhiyao led the army to "Linzi" and conquered "Puyang", Zhixuan and Zhishen had long known that Zhiyao had great military ideas.

Zhixuan adhered to the idea that he should protect Zhiyao when he was still alive, not to mention drawing out [-] "scholars" and "disciples", even if Zhiyao wanted to do bigger things, he would support her.

But Zhishen's idea is simpler, he has no ability to grow the family, and he has no idea of ​​development, so his son must support what he wants to do.

In other words, Zhiyao, who has the support of her grandfather and father, is very happy, Zhixuan, who is in her twilight years and does not know when she will die, is very hopeful, and Zhishen, who recognizes her abilities, is very stable. They are a happy family.

Because it is winter, Lao Zhi's family will definitely not issue a call in this season.

What's more, Zhiyao didn't want to make too much fanfare. Even if the call is issued after next year's spring sowing, it will be distributed in each region.

"We can't all be old people from the Zhi clan, we should choose from the newly accepted members of the Zhongxing clan..." Zhiyao wants those who originally belonged to the Zhongxing clan to feel that they have become members of the old Zhi family.

If you want to achieve that kind of goal, it is very complicated to say that it is very complicated, but if it is simple, it can be very simple. It is actually enough not to deliberately exclude various matters so that they can participate.

In this winter, Zhiyao began to plan how to train the troops, and would often call Zhixuwu and Cheng Shuo over, and Zilu was a must.

The three people who were often called over to discuss together, at first they didn't understand what Zhiyao was doing, and later they had a misunderstanding, thinking that Zhiyao was writing a book of war.

So there is nothing wrong with it. What Zhiyao planned is how to train troops, including the training of officers and various trainings for soldiers.

"Sun Wu has already written the book of war. When will he retire? Is it possible for him to be invited to the Jin Kingdom?" Zhiyao didn't have too persistent a hobby of collecting celebrities, so it was always right to try to invite Sun Wu to the Zhi family.

(End of this chapter)