Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 126 The First Three-Year Plan

On the fields in the eastern suburbs of Qufu, several chariots were driving, followed by ten ox carts, carrying a group of old and young women and children, as well as various bottles and cans.

Men in casual clothes followed behind the car with large bags and small bags, and were escorted by fully equipped armored guards.

A gust of wind blew by, raising the red banner hanging from the front of the chariot, stretching the banner, and immediately showing a strong and powerful word "Zai"!

This is exactly the team of Dr. Tu Qiu Zaiyu.

Zai Yu stood in the car fully armed, with one hand on his waist and the other on his brow bone, looking into the distance.

At noon yesterday, he was officially appointed by the monarch, was awarded the title of Xia Dafu, and got the land around Tuqiu and the [-] families working here.

After learning the news that Zaiyu was appointed as a doctor, Ji Sunsi, Mengsun Heji, Yang Hu and others sent congratulatory gifts one after another.

Ji Sunsi sent three chariots and supporting personnel to help Zaiyu strengthen his armaments.

Shusun Zhouqiu sent ten cattle to help Zaiyu develop production.

Mengsun Heji learned that Zaiyu likes to do carpentry work "accidentally" from his son Mengsun Zhi, so he simply set aside [-] families of craftsmen from his own name as gifts to Zaiyu.

And 'coincidentally', Xiao Gongshuban and his family 'happened' to be among the ranks of these twenty craftsmen.

Mr. Zhang was originally unwilling to leave the bustling Qufu and live in a remote village like Tuqiu.

But the daughter, son-in-law and grandson have all left, and Zaiyu visited the thatched cottage three times, and repeatedly condescended to visit him as a doctor.

Mr. Zhang thought about it for a second, who should he work for?

At least this young man named Jae Yu knows a little bit, and he respects technical talents like himself.

So, after Zaiyu appointed his son-in-law as 'Chief Carpenter of Tuqiu' and specially appointed Mr. Zhang as 'Professor of Lifelong Carpentry of Tuqiu', the old man happily followed him.

Yang Hu's gift to Zaiyu was thirty sets of leather armor and wooden shields.

With these leather armors and shields, Zaiyu can finally arm his 'rabble'.

After that, he asked Zigong to advance part of the proceeds from the sale of books to buy some makeshift weapons for the team.

After two months of training, this group of people finally began to look like a regular army.

Among other things, at least no one was crushed by the chariot during the march today. At least it can be regarded as the initial coordination of infantry and vehicles!

Sanhuan's family has a big business, and Yanghu is in power, so his hands are naturally generous.

The gifts of other doctors are not as important as theirs.

Most of them sent some daily necessities such as silk cloth, and a piece of jade was added.

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and no matter how small a gift is, it is still love.

As for the return gift to these doctors, of course it is the paper version of "Poetry", "Book", "Ritual" and "Music" just printed!

After receiving gifts and returning gifts, all the famous people in the state of Lu basically have a set of staff, which can be regarded as a disguised advertisement for new products.

Zaiyu stood on the chariot and looked back. There were three chariots, thirty disciples, and more than a hundred people who followed the migration.

After arriving in Tuqiu in a while, there are still more than 300 households, and nearly 2000 people are ready to listen to his Zaizi's teachings!
What an honor!
I, Zaiyu, are now leaders too!

Zai Yu excitedly paced back and forth in the carriage, recalling the materials he had checked in the library while sleeping last night.

Around Tuqiu, there are a lot of natural resources, including gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, lead, and zinc.

In addition, there are mica, limestone, sulfur iron, talc, heat-resistant clay and so on.

Best of all, there are coal mines!

More than one billion tons of reserves, ranging from deep to shallow.

Zaiyu couldn't help looking up to the sky and sighing: "The sky didn't give birth to me, Zaizi, and the steelmaking is like a long night!"

In such a good place, it would be useless not to develop heavy industry.

"The monarch put me in Tuqiu is right. Let me guard here. To the east can frighten the country of Qi, to the west can intimidate the country of Zhu, to the north, to the north...to the north of the Qi country...

Don't be too arrogant, Qihou!You first broke through the Yang Pass guarded by Yang Hu, and then talk about fighting me! "

Jai Yu was talking to himself when he suddenly heard the sound of a chariot passing by beside him.

He turned his head and saw that the person who came was none other than his junior brother Shen Shu who had been appointed by him as Yi Sima.

Ran Qiu clasped his fists at Zaiyu and saluted, then pulled out the ledger from his waist and began to report.

"My lord, according to your order, the belongings loaded into the car have been counted. There are a total of twenty bolts of silk cloth and jade ornaments..."

Zaiyu hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Ziyou, don't call me Lord, it's too natural, just call me the same name as before."

After hearing this, Ran Qiu immediately shook his head and said: "This is not allowed! I discussed with Zizhou and Zigao before, since we accepted your invitation, we will become your retainers.

As a retainer, how can there be any reason to call the lord by his name directly?Isn't that a violation of etiquette? "

Zai Yu tried to persuade him for a while, but Ran Qiu refused to budge on this issue.

Later, even Gao Chai, who was standing on the same chariot as Ran Qiu, came to help.

"My lord, you don't need to persuade me anymore, the etiquette should not be changed rashly."

Zai Yu looked at Gao Chai's serious expression, and suddenly the corner of his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to laugh.

Gao Chai knew that he definitely didn't have any good words in his mouth, so he stared at him quickly, drew his sword from his waist and said.

"My son, uh, not... my lord, I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated, this is something you wrote in "Benevolence News"!"

Seeing him like this, Zaiyu had no choice but to suppress his smile, and replied seriously: "What Zigao said is very true, and this doctor has accepted it."

Zi Gong leaned against the fence and asked jokingly, "My son. Do you think you are poaching the corner of the master?
First Ziyou, Zizhou, and now even Zigao has been pried away by you.You are also very good at selecting people, they are all the best in class among your classmates. "

Zaiyu coughed and said, "What do you know! Didn't the master say it before? The real talent is to be able to recommend someone who is more capable than himself.

I know there are outstanding talents among my classmates, so if I don't recommend them to assist me, do I have to pick out the poor ones?
Besides, I haven't invited the best among my classmates yet? "

After finishing speaking, Jai Yu licked it hard again: "Zigong, you should consider my conditions again. If you are not satisfied, I can continue to increase the money."

Zigong said with a look of disdain: "I told you earlier that it's not about money. You little Doctor Tuqiu, you also want to ask me to move me? The Ji family called me to be the magistrate, but I didn't bother him. How can you what?"

"With our many years of brotherhood!"

"Stop doing this!"

Zigong said arrogantly: "I don't lack money, and I don't lack people who want to be friends with me. If you want to please me, it's easy to say. How Guan Zhong was invited out of the mountain at the beginning is how I was invited. Get out!"

"Ah...you want to be like Guan Zhong, right?"

Zaiyu pondered for a while, and suddenly understood, he suddenly shouted: "Cheyou, Sicheng, take him down for me!"

When Zaiyu gave an order, Zigong was caught off guard, and was pushed to the ground by two big men.

He cursed angrily: "My son! Are you sick? What are you doing with me?"

Zai Yu squatted beside him and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to go out of the mountain like Guan Zhong? At first Guan Zhong was a prisoner first, and then he came out of the mountain! I thought you liked this tune."

"Who said I like being a prisoner? I'm talking about inviting me as the Prime Minister of the country! Who told you to tie me up? Let me go!"

After hearing this, Zai Yu hurriedly signaled to the people around him, "Let go, let go..."

After Zigong got up, he clutched his painful neck and cursed loudly.

"My son, I shouldn't have believed in your evil back then. You said you invited me to go to Tuqiu to investigate, and you just left Qufu not long ago, and you put me here. What on earth are you thinking?"

Jae Yu said: "I'm not thinking about it! I did invite you to inspect it. You are an important part of our Tuqiu's first three-year plan!"

Zigong covered his neck with a suspicious look on his face: "What components?"

Zai Yu said in a trembling voice: "Of course it is a part of attracting investment!"

　I bet you don't have a referral ticket in your gun.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　


(End of this chapter)