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"Feel how time flies? That's true. When people are busy, they always feel that time passes faster than usual."

"Ying'er is the same. Whether she was concentrating on practicing the piano at the beginning, or... or when she was with you, husband, I always feel that time flies by."

"Sometimes, I feel like I haven't done anything yet, and the whole night just goes by."

Gently pressing her cheek on Zhang Yan's shoulder, Qiao Ying's face turned red at first, and after taking a deep breath for a while, she adjusted her emotions and raised her head to look into Zhang Yan's eyes.

"Husband, do you think it's going too fast, maybe it's because life is a little too tiring?"

Fingertips and Zhang Yan's fingertips touched lightly, Qiao Ying didn't know how to express the vague feeling in her heart, so after hesitating for a long time, she opened her mouth under Zhang Yan's urging , and continued.

"Too tired?"

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"Well, yes, although I don't know what your husband's life was like before, but I'm sure, compared with most people in this world, whether it's an official, aristocratic family or ordinary people, your husband's life is more important than others. Much more fulfilling than them, right?"

"I think you're just too tired to think about it, which is similar to the 'distracted' feeling you usually talk about."

"How about taking advantage of this period of time when the common people are busy harvesting in summer and planting in autumn, and you should take a good rest first?"

……

"Um... are you too tired?"

"It's really tiring."

Gently lowering his head, although Zhang Yan didn't do anything particularly important during this period, he was organizing and arranging the work of the literati and military generals under his command according to the previous plan, but even so, those rather complicated trivial matters It took up a lot of his time.

Even if Qiao Ying didn't talk about it today, he could still feel that his busyness during this period was particularly serious compared to the past six months.

The most direct evidence is that this month, he even spent a lot less time with his beloved wife, and it is precisely because of this that he came up with the idea of ​​resting with her for a period of time during the festival of offering sacrifices to the moon.

Not only that, in addition to more and more trivial matters, foresight, while giving Zhang Yan a considerable advantage, also brought a lot of pressure to his journey as prefect.

A little closer are Zu Lang, the leader of Danyang Shanyue, and Dong Zhuo, a former general and governor of Liangzhou, and Dong Zhongying.

A little farther away, Sun Ce, Sun Bofu, the little overlord of the Jiangdong, and even the Zuoxian King Tinggudu Hou Shanyu of the South Xiongnu who will go south to Kouguan in the future, and his elders of the Xiongnu.

It can be said that these people are either already in a hostile relationship with him, or they will run into him sooner or later.The heroes of the two sides are in different positions, just like a big mountain, making Zhang Yan's life during this period of time always in a busy race against time.

Competing for ordinary sowing and hoarding food;

Compete for common research and development weapons to enhance the strength of the army;

Competing to speed up his actual control of the entire Lujiang River.

It can be said that Zhang Yan may have made sufficient preparations to resist these outsiders, and even has a good chance of winning.

But no matter what, the process of waiting for the opponent to attack him always makes people feel full of pressure and even faintly painful.

The same is true of Zhang Yan.

……

"Hey, Ying'er, you're right, I should relax a bit."

Leaning his head next to the other's head, Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying cuddled each other like this, trying to let himself relax, and suddenly felt that the whole person was much more comfortable than before.

Perhaps it was precisely because of the pressure accumulated for a long time before that Zhang Yan realized the changes in himself tonight, so that after realizing the passage of time, he felt a sense of loss and frustration in his heart.

But fortunately, with Qiao Ying's help, he quickly calmed down from that emotion.

"Hey, that's all. It's useless to think so much. If you have the energy to worry about such things, it's better to pay more attention to the construction progress of the Lujiang Library."

"During this period of time, I was busy with official duties, and even my old business was a bit deserted..."

Gently closing his eyes, Zhang Yan leaned against the other party like this, and quickly calmed down his mind.

"If you really worry about this and that, why don't you pay attention to the resources you have in your hands? All the panic and anxiety are nothing but lack of confidence in your own strength,"

"Wait until the festival is over, and start speeding up the construction of the Great Library tomorrow."

"When the first wonder of Lujiang, and even the second and third wonders in the future are gradually completed, let alone these people, even if the expedition to the Fusang countries headed by the Yamatai Kingdom, it is necessary for a large number of scholars to support them. With the support of a large population, it won’t be too difficult for me.”

Secretly made up his mind, Zhang Yan actually understood that although his system was a bit embarrassing, the system was really helping him where he needed help.

Not to mention anything else, the whole set of various wonders is an extremely powerful cheat in his hands, which can help him survive in this era with an extremely strong posture.

It is as if the sundial can bless the people of one country with peace and prosperity, and the weather will be good. The library can enhance its reputation and attract scholars, and there are some wonders such as armories that directly increase its production capacity. These are his relative achievements in this era. Other overlords have real advantages.

As for now, since a group of generals under his command had wiped out the local Shanyue in Lujiang two days ago, he can finally officially start work after gaining nearly [-] young and strong laborers at once, and start to modify the design according to Wei Xian Large library blueprints for construction.

When the Lujiang County Great Library is completed, not to mention the absolute oppressive power compared to other princes, at least before Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Zhang Yan had already secured a certain degree of first-mover advantage for himself, which can be said to be stable. Sitting on Tarzan.

Just leaning against Qiao Ying like this, Zhang Yan couldn't help being a little dazed, his eyes just looking dully at the street not far away where people were coming and going, shoulder to shoulder.

But soon, he was stupefied, and then he used his waist to sit up straight.

Just at the glimpse just now, Zhang Yan suddenly saw a very familiar figure among the crowd.

"Huh, is it him?"

"What a coincidence, why is he here?"

……

Leaving aside the fact that Zhang Yan got up and left the small shop, a ten-year-old young man was holding a thin bamboo stick in his hand at the place he had seen just now, with his hands clasped together with a smile on his face, facing the street. One of the statues prayed silently.

The clay looks like a beautiful woman with a fairy air. Although the manufacture is a bit crude, it still has what it should have, especially in the appearance, which has a bit of a unique charm.

And this place is a place where many residents worship the moon god. Except for some aristocratic families who like to worship the moon god Wangshu in their own homes, the people of Lujiang County have caught up with the fashion this year. , more or less will worship and pray to the idol.

The appearance of the statue was carved according to the appearance of the moon god Wangshu in the ancient book.

At this moment, standing not far in front of the statue, the young man was holding a bamboo stick in his hands, his face was reddish with a smile, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Looking at that immature face, it was the Prime Minister of Wancheng Kingdom, the first scribe under Zhang Yan's hand who could be used, and he came from Kuai Qi, a branch of the Kuai family in Xiangyang, Jingzhou.

I saw him with a low face at the moment, muttering words in his mouth, and the bamboo stick in his hand seemed to be affected by the moonlight in the sky, and under the brilliance, it looked a little radiant.

But before he had time to do anything else, behind Kuai Qi, a big hand stretched out, patted the other person's shoulder, and at the same time woke him up from that state of being alone.

"Hey, Kuai Qi, what are you doing?"

"I didn't expect you to come to the Lantern Festival here. I thought you had been tired for such a long time, and you would have gone back to rest a long time ago."

"Why, are you praying for blessings?"

Relying on the advantage of his height, Zhang Yan glanced at the bamboo stick in the opponent's hand with some curiosity, but he didn't see any tricks.

On the contrary, it was Kuai Qi who was so frightened by this elusive sentence that he almost threw the bamboo stick in his hand away.

"what!"

"Master... Lord?? Why are you here?"

Kuai Qi shook violently, and when he turned around, he saw a very familiar face looking at him curiously.

Undoubtedly, it is his lord, Zhang Yan, the prefect of Lujiang, who is also a famous figure in Lujiang.

Chapter No.17 Divination, Physiognomy and Pragmatism

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"Why am I here?"

"Isn't this nonsense? After all, you're already married. Isn't it normal to go out with your family on such a holiday?"

Looking at Kuai Qi strangely, Zhang Yan had a smile on his face.

"On the contrary, it's you, Kuai Qi, I remember that you were very busy during this period of time, didn't you take advantage of the hard-won vacation to rest and rest, instead you came here at night?"

"Why, I see that you looked like you just now, are you thinking about the moon god and praying?"

……

After hearing this, Kuai Qi scratched his head in embarrassment, and then gave a soft "hmm".

"My lord, I am indeed praying."

"Isn't it the Moon Sacrifice Festival? Although there is some superstition in it, I still plan to ask for a lottery for myself, and then pray to the moon god to see if I can pray for a little luck."

"As for the sacrificial offering just now... this is the old line of our Kuai family. Although in Lujiang, this kind of sacrifice can only be regarded as a spontaneous behavior of the people at best, but it is normal for me to pay attention to it a little bit. Bar?"

After faltering and explaining to Zhang Yan, Kuai Qi silently stuffed the bamboo stick in his hand into his sleeve, and his flushed face eased a lot.

As for Zhang Yan, he didn't care about the strange behavior of the other party at all, but focused on the things Kuai Qi mentioned before.

"You said... praying to the moon god for good luck?"

"Kuai Qi, tell me honestly, is this kind of prayer useful, and what is the so-called blessing of good fortune? How do I feel, this is not as simple as the superstition you said earlier."

"Isn't it possible that this kind of ritual behavior is the same as the previous sacrifices, and will actually have a direct impact on the future development of Lujiang?"

Looking around for a while, Zhang Yan saw that it was getting late at this moment, except for them, the street was no longer crowded with people like before, so he asked Kuai Qi in a low voice.

Speaking of before, he was naturally a pure materialist warrior, but no matter how pure a materialist was, he experienced those mysterious experiences in the sacrificial ceremony of the completion of the sundial, and even saw some things that ordinary people can't see After reading the stuff, he still inevitably felt a little awe of such idealistic things.

It doesn't matter if this kind of thing doesn't take effect ten thousand times, but what if?

If there is a "what if", Zhang Yan will be in great trouble.

Don't you see, the Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty spoke lightly of the Nuwa statue because he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and even hundreds of thousands of years later, his compatriots made up this incident into a story and scolded him.

For such things, Zhang Yan still felt that it would be better to ask clearly in advance.

In front of him, Kuai Qi was stunned for a moment, and then realized what the other party meant, nodded in an ugly way, shook his head again, and his expression became extremely entangled.

……

"That... my lord, of course this kind of thing is useful, but it may not be what you think."

"The world is the world, the world is the world, there are no such mysterious things, and some behaviors that ordinary people can't understand, in fact... It's just that the reason is more complicated, and ordinary people can't directly understand it with their experience and knowledge. That’s why there are countless rumors about ghosts and gods in this world.”

"The moon god, my lord, don't worry, it definitely doesn't exist. There are no gods in this world, and there are only human beings who are the primates of all things."

"At least, I, Kuai Qi, and the dozens of ancestors of my Kuai family hundreds of years ago have never seen or experienced such mysterious things like gods, ghosts, and ghosts."

"But if we talk about offering sacrifices to the moon god and praying to the moon god, there are still some positive meanings."

Considering his own words, for a layman like Zhang Yan, Kuai Qi didn't know how to explain to the other party for a while, what kind of similarities or is different.

Just because he was nervous and shy at the moment, and he didn't want Zhang Yan to notice other things, he naturally explained with great effort.

"My lord, let's just say, you also participated in a sacrificial ceremony in Luoyang before, and saw some things that ordinary people don't see."