Time passed, and a few days later, in a county town in the homeland of Wei.
A group of men and horses appeared at the entrance of the county town in a windy and dusty manner.
“Nu, we will rest here for the night today.”
Zhao Lang said as he looked at the slightly familiar county town, this was the place where he had rescued Shang Yan’er from.
“Miss Shang, let Xiao Liu accompany you to liaise with the merchants.”
The reason why Zhao Lang chose this place was also to make it easier for Shang Yan’er to quickly contact the merchant team.
Then start trading again as soon as possible.
He needed money now, but considering the safety issue.
Will not let Shang Yan’er personally lead the team anymore, anyway the merchant road has been developed, just let the people below run.
Shang Yan’er can still go to Goguryeo, and the East Hu royal court.
Soon, several people arrived at the city gates, and as usual, there was no one to check their identity.
It was only Zhao Lang who noticed something different.
“Why do there seem to be many more Confucian students?”
Zhao Lang said somewhat strangely as he looked at each of the walkers dressed in Confucian attire.
One should know that in the current Great Qin, readers were very elite.
One could not even see a few of them in an ordinary county.
But this time, when they arrived at the city gate, they saw several Confucian scholars.
Of course, the others couldn’t answer him.
Soon, Zhao Lang led the way into the city and arrived at the inn first.
After looking at the sky, he asked Xiao Liu to take Shang Yan’er to the caravan’s contact point first.
Zhao Lang was at the inn, thinking about whether he should go to the Technical Courtyard to scout out the situation. Although there was no manpower of the humble ones there, it was still no problem to ask for some information.
Only after looking at Ji Wushuang and Ying Yin Man next to him, Zhao Lang still chose to give up.
He planned to go out to a wine shop or restaurant to ask for information.
Just then, the innkeeper could be heard shouting to a middle-aged Confucian scholar dressed in simple clothes, scolding him, saying
“Even if you are a scholar, you still have to pay for the room.”
The middle-aged Confucian scholar hastened to explain that
“Shopkeeper, I met a thief today, I didn’t mean to default on the room fee.”
“I don’t care about that, if you don’t have the money, give it to me…”
Before the shopkeeper could finish his words, he was gagged by a bag of money that
“Shopkeeper, here is the money for this Confucian student’s room, and you can leave.”
Zhao Long gave the bag of Qin and a half taels of money to the shopkeeper.
It wasn’t difficult for the other party either, there was nothing wrong for others to open a shop and collect money in the first place.
“Bring us some more wine and food.”
“Yes, yes, yes, thank you very much, Your Excellency!”
The shopkeeper weighed the money in his hand and returned with a smile.
When the shopkeeper had left, the middle-aged Confucian said, only then
“Thank you for your help, and please leave your name, I will definitely repay you.”
Zhao Lang revealed a smile and said, extremely modestly
“Your Excellency is very kind, in fact, I have something to ask, if you don’t mind, I would also like to invite your Excellency to share a drink.”
Zhao Lang was already familiar with this kind of befriending tactic.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar looked at the wine and food prepared by the shop owner, gave a slight sigh and smiled bitterly, saying
“Then I will be sorry to interrupt.”
Soon the two men were seated, with Nu himself waiting on the sidelines.
Ji Wushuang was a sitting duck, and after a quick greeting, she went straight back to her respective room with Ying Yin Man.
Only then did Zhao Lang get to the point and began to be polite, saying that
“I still don’t know your Excellency’s name.”
In the Great Qin, if you want to make friends with Confucians then there is also a set of rules, this is the etiquette.
Rude people are not liked by Confucians.
Of course, a naive person like Rang Dang is another story.
The middle-aged Confucian returned with a smile.
“My name is Chen Ping, I have not yet asked for your advice, my lord?”
Zhao Lang was slightly stunned when he heard this name.
He really remembered one called Chen Ping, but it couldn’t be such a coincidence, right?
There was just nothing he could do well to verify, after all, he didn’t remember the other party’s details.
“Gongzi?”
Chen Ping saw Zhao Lang dazed and called out again.
Zhao Lang quickly came back to his senses and said
“Sorry, Your Excellency’s name is the same as an old friend of mine, so I got lost in thought.”
“My name is Zhao Lang.”
Chen Ping’s eyes lit up and he smiled.
“There is such a coincidence? No wonder I see Gongzi Long as somewhat cordial.”
As said before, as long as a Confucian wants to have a good chat with you, it is a pleasant thing to do.
“Gongzi Long said earlier that there was something wrong, I wonder what it was?”
After a few pleasantries, Chen Ping took the initiative to ask at this point.
Zhao Lang smiled and said back.
“It is that when Fang entered the city, I saw many Confucian students in the city, but I don’t know why.”
Chen Ping could not help but reveal a smile and said that
“It seems that Gongzi Lang has been very busy in recent days.”
“A few days ago, the Confucian students of the world received a message from the head of the Confucian family announcing their own initiation into the discipleship.”
“The Confucian scholar was invited to Liaodong, and I once had a meeting with the head of Confucianism when I was young.”
“Moreover, the Confucian head’s initiation disciple is also about the legacy of my Confucian family, which is why I thought of travelling north to Liaodong.”
“I just didn’t expect that it would be a long journey, and when I arrived here, my money was stolen.”
“It seems that I can only seek a job here first.”
By the time Chen Ping had finished, Zhao Lang’s eyes had brightened up and said that
“The Confucian head is now in Liaodong?”
His chassis could be Liaodong, if the Confucian head was there, wouldn’t he have the opportunity to recruit some talents?
Confucian students today, the rotten Confucians are a very small minority and are still very good to use.
Just look at his own teacher, a countryside pedagogue, yet he taught the children of the Zhuangzi very well.
If one had been more daring, if one could have hooked up with the Confucian head, one would have gotten the benefits.
It goes without saying!
The head of Confucianism in the world, a terrifying being who holds the power of speech in China!
In the dynasties after the Great Qin, no matter who it was, apart from the internal competition within Confucianism, how many of those who offended the scholars would end up well?
Thinking that Zhao Lang was too far away from the place, Chen Ping said that
“Well, the place of Liaodong is a bit remote.”
“But we Confucian students should travel around the world and gain insight, so that we can learn more.”
Zhao Lang listened to the other man’s words, whether he was the same Chen Ping he remembered or not.
Based on today’s conversation alone, the other party was definitely a good talent, and when he met him, he could not possibly let go.
But there was no hurry now, after all, one could not just say, “I am the King of Zhao and would like to invite you to join me in a rebellion.
So he said.
“Your Excellency misunderstood, I am also precisely going to Liaodong.”
“If you don’t mind, I would like to ask you to accompany me, but we are all on horseback, so I wonder if you can manage a horse?”
Chen Ping’s eyes lit up as he heard this and said that
“I am also skilled in all the six arts of a gentleman, so it would be best.”
Zhao Lang took the opportunity to say that
“When we get to Liaodong, if there is a chance, I would also like your Excellency to introduce me to the head of Confucianism.”
Chen Ping laughed and
“If the head of Confucianism still remembers me, that would naturally be good.”
After saying this, both of them burst into laughter.
Just as the two of them were talking to each other very happily, Xiao Liu also took Shang Yan’er back to the inn.
Only Xiao Liu quickly leaned down and said in Zhao Lang’s ear that
“Chief, we’re being followed.”
