Three Kingdoms: Daily settlement helps Liu Bei revive the Shu Han dynasty.

Chapter 91 Zhuge Jin: I suspect the strategist is playing me (Please subscribe again! Thank you!)

Lu Yong told Zhang Fei and Lei Hu to go play by themselves, while he went to the gate to greet Zhuge Liang.

"Greetings, strategist." Zhuge Liang's etiquette was impeccable.

But as Lu Yong looked at the boy in front of him, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, a complex emotion welled up in his heart.

In his previous life, he had read the old Romance of the Three Kingdoms no less than twenty times.

Every time I see the episode "Autumn Wind at Wuzhang Plain", I stop watching.

In his mind, with the Prime Minister's death, the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty had already perished.

Although Jiang Wei held on for nearly thirty more years, it was only a last-ditch effort, and there was no hope of restoring the Han dynasty.

Now, the young Zhuge Liang stands right in front of me.

Perhaps, this regret can be ended by my own hands.

Seeing Lu Yong staring at him in a daze, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but examine himself.

But he didn't find anything wrong with himself, so he called out softly, "Strategist, is there anything amiss?"

"No, no." Lu Yong came to his senses, smiled, and said, "Let's go, come with me to the study to talk."

Lu Yong's study was not large, but three walls were lined with bookshelves, which were piled high with various bamboo slips and silk books.

Lu Yong asked Zhuge Liang to sit down, and then walked to the bookshelf, took down a few scrolls of bamboo slips, and placed them on the table.

"Kongming, your elder brother says you study diligently and have exceptional insight. So, I won't stand on ceremony with you."

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Lu Yong unfolded the first scroll of bamboo slips, handed it to Zhuge Liang, and said, "This is a set of introductory teaching materials that I am currently compiling, named 'The Thousand Character Classic.' You can take a look at it first."

Lu Yong had already made some revisions to the Thousand Character Classic to address any inappropriate parts.

For example, the phrase "布射僚丸，嵇琴阮啸" was changed to "李射僚丸，邕琴枚赋".

Zhuge Liang picked up the Thousand Character Classic and read it through. It contained a thousand different Chinese characters, four characters per line, rhyming and easy to read.

However, in some places, the rhyming is forced and the word choice is not very accurate.

It seems to be a deliberate choice to avoid repetition of words.

Seeing Zhuge Liang staring at the problematic parts, Lu Yong immediately laughed and said, "To be honest, Kongming, I'm not very good at writing."

Therefore, I hope you can correct these parts and fill them in for me.

"This—" Zhuge Liang hesitated.

He is still young, and after so much wandering, his studies have suffered a lot.

Asking him to help complete the task is still somewhat difficult.

Lu Yong naturally understood Zhuge Liang's situation; he simply wanted Zhuge Liang to use these tasks to learn and improve himself as quickly as possible.

"If you have any questions, you can ask others. But do not reveal it to others before the Thousand Character Classic is officially released."

"Yes!" Zhuge Liang responded and placed the Thousand Character Classic on the table.

Lu Yong then handed over several more bamboo scrolls.

The first volume is titled "Multiplication Tables," and the second volume is titled "Basic Physics."

Volume Three is "Basic Chemistry".

Zhuge Liang could barely understand the multiplication table, but the subsequent "basic physics" and "basic chemistry" were completely incomprehensible to him.

Why don't apples fall to the ground or fly into the sky?

Why does it disappear after the water boils?

Many common foods seen in daily life are questioned in these books.

Zhuge Liang put down the bamboo slips and looked up at Lu Yong.

His eyes no longer held the respect they had shown at first sight, but instead carried an indescribable shock.

"Strategist, this knowledge—I have never seen it in any classic texts before," he said cautiously to Lu Yong.

Lu Yong smiled and said, "Some of this knowledge I learned from ancient books, and some I figured out myself."

But they're not systematic yet, so I need your help to organize them.

The reason it's not systematic is mainly because Lu Yong has returned them to his teacher—what a mess!

Zhuge Liang was intelligent from a young age. He followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to various places, read many books, and met many so-called famous scholars.

But he had never seen such down-to-earth knowledge.

It doesn't come from any sages, it doesn't talk about abstract principles, it only talks about the phenomena seen in the simplest life.

How does force work? How does sound travel? Why does iron rust?

These things, though seemingly simple, are closer to the essence of the Great Dao than those profound scriptures.

He suddenly realized that the strategist in front of him was very different from the people he knew.

His way of thinking and the knowledge he possesses seem to belong to someone who was not born in this era.

After calming his shock, Zhuge Liang solemnly bowed to Lu Yong and said, "Your student will study diligently and organize the materials with all his might."

Lu Yong nodded with satisfaction.

Just as I was about to say something more, I suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the study.

Shen Yi's voice came from outside the door, "Strategist, the lord requests your immediate presence at the governor's mansion for a meeting. Yuan Shu's envoy has arrived."

"Finally here—" Lu Yong chuckled and stood up.

Wu County was captured by Lu Yong, and Yuzhang was also secretly controlled by them.

Yuan Shu sent people here, solely for these two places.

But with his reputation as a master of verbal sparring, Lu Yong is least afraid of arguing!

"Kongming, you should come with me too," Lu Yong said softly to Zhuge Liang.

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "But strategist, I am now—"

"It's more beneficial for your growth to get involved in real-world situations than to bury yourself in books."

Lu Yong walked to the door, glanced back at him, and laughed, "Come on, let's see how I argue with someone!"

Zhuge Liang thought Lu Yong's words made a lot of sense, so he stood up and followed behind Lu Yong.

Upon hearing Lu Yong's words, Shen Yi's lips twitched involuntarily. He thought to himself, "Is the strategist teaching a disciple? It seems like he's going to lead him astray!"

The three of them left the mansion and headed straight for the governor's mansion.

On the way, Lu Yong asked Shen Yi, "Gongxu, who is the envoy from Yuan Shu?"

"It is Yang Hong, Chief Clerk of Yuan Shu!" Shen Yi replied.

"Oh! It's an old acquaintance!" Lu Yong laughed.

If Yuan Shu sends Yan Xiang or someone else, it might take some effort to deal with them.

But Yang Hong has quite a few ways to deal with him.

Upon arriving at the main hall of the governor's mansion, Liu Bei was already seated in the main seat.

Lu Su, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, and others sat on either side.

Across from him sat a middle-aged scholar in his forties, dressed in a brocade robe with a jade belt around his waist, exuding an extraordinary air.

It was Yang Hong, Yuan Shu's chief secretary and strategist.

Two attendants stood behind Yang Hong, both with expressionless faces.

Lu Yong entered the hall, bowed to Liu Bei, then turned to Yang Hong, cupped his hands and smiled, "Chief Secretary Yang has come from afar; I have failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me."

Yang Hong stood up to return the greeting, his gaze lingering on Lu Yong for a moment.

The last time he saw Lu Yong was in Shouchun.

At that time, although Lu Yong was already Liu Bei's strategist, he was still just an unknown nobody in Liu Bei's eyes.

However, in just a few months, this man had helped Liu Bei seize control of three counties and become a military advisor and general who held a large army and controlled both military and political affairs!

I underestimated them back then.

Compared to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, this master-servant combination is obviously much stronger!

"Did we invite a wolf into the house? No, at best it's just a dog—"

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but he did not lose focus.

"The Army Division is even more impressive than before, congratulations!" Yang Hong replied with a forced smile, cupping his hands in greeting.

Lu Yong sat down below Liu Bei, while Shen Yi and Zhuge Liang stood behind him.

The people in the hall looked at Zhuge Liang, a stranger, with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

Only Zhuge Jin was so shocked he almost cried out, "Second brother? He just met the strategist yesterday, and today he's accompanying the strategist to such an important occasion?!"

He believed that he was already highly regarded by Lu Yong and Liu Bei, after all, he was given the official position of Colonel as soon as he arrived.

Unexpectedly, my second brother is valued even more than I am!

An even stranger thought popped into his head: "Could it be that the strategist's high regard for me is a ploy to subtly target Liu Bang?"

"Is he actually interested in my second brother?"

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