Li Shenming and Li Guobin rode a strong mule in front of him, and Wang Faxiang followed him as he grew up and followed him as he looked. They were both scholars. Li Guobin was pretending, while Li Shenming was a serious scholar, wearing a sword around his waist, a square scarf on his head, and a standard traveler dressed by him.

"Two gentlemen." Wang Faxiang pointed to the black portal under a big locust tree and whispered: "This is it."

"Don't the man surnamed Mao have a white body?" Mao Yuanyi seemed to have no fame, or at most a scholar. He had no juren or official status, and now he lives in the mansion of a sixth-rank official. Li Shenming felt a little strange.

"Mr. Go back," Wang Faxiang said: "This is the residence of Lord Zuo Zhongyunsun. He has been selected as the emperor's lecturer. He has been speaking in the Ganqing Palace every day. He will definitely be of great use in the future."

"It's Sun Kaiyang." Li Shenming was still very concerned about some potential officials in the capital. He said at the moment: "He was a handsome young man, and then he taught and taught everywhere, traveled to the border, and grew his experience. He then studied in his hometown for many years. In the 32nd year of Wanli, he was the second place and was a Hanlin. This person is a talent, and he is also a rare border and coach in the Donglin Party."

Wang Faxiang said indifferently: "I don't know much about these things, but I'm going to know who lives in the Sun Mansion and whom I am. I have more records of whom I usually interact with. If Mr. is interested, I can copy one to Mr. later."

Li Shenming was speechless.

Since it was the official residence, the second Li got off the horse early. Li Shenming called his Changsui and knocked on the door with a greeting letter. Of course, it was not to worship Sun Chengzong, but to say that he came to worship Mao Yuanyi.

Not long after, the servants of Sun's mansion opened the corner door next to them and each of them entered through the side door.

Not far from across the courtyard, a young man under thirty years old stood in the courtyard, looking at everyone with confusion on his face.

"Student Li Shenming."

"Student Li Guobin."

The two Li signed up one after another, then bowed together, and were polite and just like seeing the "friend" of the school.

The so-called "friend" is just a name for scholars who "go to study". Mao Yuanyi is actually just a famous scholar, not a scholar. Although he is already a standard party member in the Donglin circle, there are also many people talking about his fame and fortune. This is also the common situation in Jiangnan. In fact, many of the so-called Fushe talents later had never entered school, and they were famous talents, such as those of Maoxiang and Mao Pijiang. The literary style in Jiangnan was too strong. The so-called talented men may be good at learning, but they may not be as good as a mediocre talent who was eager to pursue careers. In addition, the competition was fierce, it was not surprising that they did not win the imperial examination.

However, no matter how good his reputation is, it is Mao Yuanyi's heart disease. No matter how famous he is now, it may be difficult to come from a civil servant.

After all, if you want to succeed, you are generally better at getting a Jinshi at around thirty, and you must be ranked high. Only in this way can you be the best shortcut to get promoted. If you get older and you don’t have a good exam, you will only travel in remote places for your whole life. If you are in a prefecture and county, you might as well be a famous scholar in the capital.

"You don't have to be too polite, two gentlemen." Mao Yuanyi returned the politely, and still had an unconcealed arrogance on her face. Although these two men were scholars, they were very respectful to him. However, with Mao Yuanyi's current reputation and connections, he was likely to be an official in an instant.

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Mao Yuanyi said: "I wonder if the two of you come together, what should you do to teach me?"

Li Shenming said: "The student has borrowed Mr. Wu's martial arts academy. After reading it, he couldn't help but admire him. Sure enough, Mr. Wu is not only proficient in military science, but also proficient in geography, astronomy, and equipment manufacturing. The students are really convinced."

Li Guobin said: "Mr. Mao is also very proficient in using iron. A Fujian square iron-making waist knife made of 10 kilograms into three kilograms of fine iron. A good knife for processing materials can be obtained. A bird gun requires 40 kilograms of square iron to be practiced to eight kilograms of fine iron. A bird gun worker and fine iron-making fee costs 6 kilograms to be built to be qualified. These students have seen it in the martial arts and admired them very much."

Although Mao Yuanyi was arrogant, these two people had obviously read Wu Beizhi and were very flattered to him. He was proud and gave in and said, "You two, please speak in the room."

Mao Yuanyi is a guest in Sun Chengzong's mansion, but he and Sun Chengzong are half-teachers and half-friends. They are the best family and half-masters. He does not live in the front yard guest room, but in the three pavilions in the small garden in the back yard. It is already winter, and the plants and trees in the garden are withered, and there are only a few sporadic rocks. Sun Chengzong seems to be unwilling to manage the home business, and the garden is not big and looks very rough.

After everyone sat down, the servant of the Sun Mansion came up to serve tea. Mao Yuanyi said bluntly: "Of course, the two gentlemen are not talking about my bad deeds. I think there must be something for you to come. Please tell me truthfully."

Li Shenming smiled and said, "Sir, indeed, is a military scholar, and he speaks so readily. I'll have some advice for students..."

Li Shenming said the request to ask Mao Yuanyi to create momentum, but Mao Yuanyi did not comment for the moment.

This matter was not difficult for him. Although he said that using Fujian square and iron is Chinese, and even the specific county has been discussed, in fact, it is not impossible to replace Beitie. Of course, he understood that what the two people in front of him wanted was the purchase of the Ministry of Works, which was a large amount of income. In addition, if Lingqiu iron could replace Fujian square and iron, it was also very important to make a name for himself. There is still a shortage of tens of millions of kilograms of square and iron in the north a year, and there is also a great demand for fine iron and various iron tools. However, although a gentleman does not speak of profit, he does not have to agree to this just because these two people come to him.

"Sir, don't hesitate." Li Guobin said enthusiastically: "Speak out and create momentum. Although we are not merchants, we cannot speak profits, but we cannot make a futile contribution... I heard that the teacher wants to engrave the martial arts and the aspirations. This is a strange book. I believe there are many engravings. If the teacher does not abandon it, students and others are willing to serve."

Mao Yuanyi frowned slightly, but he still felt a little happy in his heart. His "Wu Bei Zhi" was very extensive and he talked about all kinds of things. This led to the book not only military science, but also many miscellaneous comments on various aspects such as casting. This led to the book being divided into many volumes and many pictures. This required the painter to carefully describe it and then engrave the plate and print it. Now Sun Chengzong has become famous and promised him to find some money to help him carve the book. With the momentum, he can become an official from other channels in the future. If he solved this matter by himself now, he does not have to owe Sun Chengzong more favors, which is also good.

"This matter is very big, I cannot agree in a hurry." Mao Yuanyi said lightly: "Please wait a few days and let me think about it carefully before talking."

This is not a rejection. The second Li Xin knew that there was a family, as long as there was no intention.

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At that moment, Li Shenming and Li Guobin stood up together and bowed, "Sir, please do not refuse. Students dare not disturb you too much, so say goodbye."

They were not familiar with Mao Yuanyi. They came to the door for the first time and said goodbye after the official business. Mao Yuanyi did not stay and said, "I'll send you two gentlemen."

The three of them went to the courtyard again. At this time, the door was just open. Sun Chengzong, wearing a blue official robe with a genus embroidered on his chest, got off the sedan chair. Next to him, a short and fat man was also stepping on the dismount stone, and the two were still talking.

Sun Chengzong had a beautiful beard on his face, and he was a middle-aged man with a tall figure, straight back, elegant appearance, and comfortable looking. His eyes were also very lively and friendly. When he saw Li Shenming and Li Guobin, Sun Chengzong nodded to the two first.

Of course, Li Shenming and Li Guobin knew the importance of it. They bowed and then turned around and left without stopping.

After the two of them left, Sun Chengzong said to Mao Yuanyi: "This is Senior Censor Liu, and he is also quite knowledgeable about Liao affairs. When talking about you with me in private, he also praised a lot."

Mao Yuanyi knew this person. Liu Guojin's academic name was far before Sun Chengzong. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty scholars and officials, he was called a senior in one subject. Liu Guojin was more than ten years earlier than Sun Chengzong, and at least four or five subjects were more than four or five subjects. Although his official position was below Sun Chengzong and his academic performance was below Sun Chengzong, in terms of title, Sun Chengzong always called him "Old Senior".

This man was born as a scholar from Liaodong. I heard that he was a servant of Li Chengliang before. Later, he took the exam as a military householder. He passed the exam with a scholar and a Jinshi. He served as an official in Beijing for many years. He was very smooth and had a very rude foundation.

Mao Yuanyi stepped forward and wanted to kneel down to pay homage. Just now, both Li were students, so there was no need to kneel down, but he was white.

Liu Guojin was very polite, and stepped forward to stop Mao Yuanyi and smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. You are considered a disciple of Brother Kaiyang, and you and I are considered a kind brother of Shi. If you don't give up, just call me Uncle Shi."

"Your Madam Liu, you must not dare."

Sun Chengzong smiled and said, "You don't have to say more polite words. The old senior came here in vain. There must be something important, so let's go into the study and talk."

Liu Guojin smiled and said, "Okay, but I'll bother you."

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he laughed and ordered his servants to prepare wine and food.

The three of them arrived at the study room and sat down according to the host and guest positions. Mao Yuanyi accompanied him in a manner. In such an occasion, he was inconvenient to say anything, and he was just a guest.

Sun Chengzong felt a little strange. Liu Guojin could not come for nothing. Since he came, there must be a close and important matter, but he did not ask Pingke to have a close conversation. This was strange.

Liu Guojin said: "It's nothing else for me to come this time. I really want to say that Xiong Tingbi is not good. If you keep him in Liao, the Liao situation will not improve. Sooner or later, you will lose all the land in Liaodong."

Whether in the Donglin Party or in the court, Sun Chengzong has always been famous for his knowledge of border military affairs. Recently, many people have recommended him as the Minister of War and even the Minister of War. However, Sun Chengzong knew that he could not leave the court for the time being. Emperor Tianqi trusted and relied on him very much, and sage studies were very important. Even from the perspective of selfishness, it was not a good strategy to leave suddenly with the emperor.

(End of this chapter)
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