Chapter 327: First Encounter at School, Intelligence First

Facing the Duke of England's question, Lin Hao smiled and said:

"It is said that even His Majesty knows the reputation of this scholar Zhuang. Why not go and read it, at least to broaden your horizons!"

In fact, Lin Hao knew that the Duke of Ying was afraid that he would take the imperial examination route and never look back! After all, their family's roots were actually in the military!

The reason why Lin Hao wanted to attend Zhuang Xuejiu's class was mainly because Zhuang Xuejiu was a famous scholar with real talent and knowledge.

Such an opportunity to learn from the ancients face to face is so rare. Whether it is to improve your own qualities or to get closer to these main and supporting characters, you should read!
Duke Ying thought about it and felt that what Lin Hao said made sense:
"That's fine. I don't ask you to pass the imperial examination, but at least reading a few more books will definitely be useful. Not only can it help you understand things, but it can also broaden your horizons!"

As he spoke, Duke Ying followed the clues and found the file of Zhuang Xuejiu. After reading it, he sighed and said:

"No wonder Sheng Hong was able to invite this scholar Zhuang. It turns out that Sheng Hong saved the mother of this great scholar."

After putting down Zhuang Xuejiu's file, Duke Ying continued:

"Tomorrow, ask your mother to take you to visit the old lady of the Sheng family, and tell her about your going to their private school!"

"Okay!" Lin Hao said.

Neither of them had considered that Sheng Hong would refuse. First of all, they had already accepted Qi Heng, the son of Duke Qi. If they rejected the child of Duke Yingguo, they would completely offend Duke Yingguo to death. What's more, Old Lady Sheng and the wife of Duke Yingguo already knew each other, so it was naturally impossible for her to refuse!
next day
Lin Hao and his mother came to the Sheng Mansion. After learning that Lin Hao was here to study, the people of the Sheng family were extremely happy.

After Lin Hao greeted everyone in the Sheng family, Old Lady Sheng said happily:

"Oh my! He was such a tiny kid back then, but now, in just a few years, he has grown to be so bold, strong, handsome and majestic. It seems that the Duke's Mansion has a successor!"

Lin Hao said modestly:
"You are too kind, old lady. I think Brother Changbai is really gentle and elegant, and Brother Changfeng is also very graceful. They will surely be great talents for the country in the future!"

Changbai and Changfeng immediately bowed and said, "Young Master, you are too kind!"

Afterwards, everyone exchanged some pleasantries and the matter was settled.

After Lin Hao and his mother left, people in the Sheng Mansion were still discussing Lin Hao.

"I didn't expect that two young masters would come to study in our house at once. It's really a great fortune! In the future, our brother will be classmates with the two young masters!" Mother Liu said excitedly.

Wang Ruofu also said with joy:

"Speaking of studying, Changbai said before that Gu's Erlang would come to study here. I was worried that even though the child has a good family background, he has a bad reputation. I don't think he will lead our Changbai astray!"

"Luckily he said he couldn't come again and was going to study at Bai Ludong Academy. I feel relieved now!"

Sheng Hong stopped Wang Ruofu from speaking:

"Where do you get all that gossip from? Gu Erlang is from a marquisate, so his family background is much higher than ours!"

Wang Ruofu didn't care at all and asked Sheng Hong:
"By the way, sir, what is the character of this young Master Zhang?"

Sheng Hong stroked his beard and said leisurely:

"I have sent someone to inquire about this young master. He rarely shows up in public, and I have never heard of him going to any of the brothels. I think he is not bad at all!"

At this point, Sheng Hong asked the old lady:
"Mother, you are acquainted with the Duke's wife, do you know anything about her?"

At this time, Mrs. Sheng said slowly:

"The Zhang family of the Duke of Yingzhou are powerful generals, so their education is very strict, and I have never heard of anything that would bring disgrace to the family!"

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Five days later, Lin Hao came to the Sheng family again. When he entered the teaching building, the time had not yet come, so Master Zhuang did not come.

But there was already a young man who looked like Lin Hao, standing there waiting with a servant.

This person was naturally Qi Heng, so Lin Hao greeted him:

"Yuan Ruo, I didn't expect you to come so early!"

When Qi Heng saw that it was Lin Hao, he immediately bowed and said:

"Brother Haolin, long time no see! I didn't expect that we both came to Sheng Mansion to study!"

"Yes, things in this world are unpredictable!" Lin Hao said with a hint of meaning.

Sheng Changbai also came to the school dormitory. Seeing Lin Hao and Qi Heng were there, he immediately took the three sisters and introduced them to each other:
"Molan, Rulan, Minglan, these two are Young Master Zhang and Young Master Qi!"

"Hello, two young masters!"

Then he introduced: "My two young masters, let me introduce you to my three sisters!"

"Hello, fourth sister, fifth sister, and sixth sister!"

When they met for the first time, the three sisters of the Sheng family immediately greeted Lin Hao and Qi Heng, but everyone was very unfamiliar with each other as it was the first meeting.

It was also the first time that Lin Hao saw Minglan as a child, and Minglan’s little face was still full of sorrow.

However, Lin Hao did not make any extra movements. In this era of gender differences, if he had done the same as in modern times, where he would have picked the girl up and coaxed her, patted her on the head, etc., he would have been in big trouble!
When Qi Heng saw the little loli Minglan, his eyes immediately lit up.

To be honest, Lin Hao really looked down on Qi Heng, the lolita complex.

In the original drama, Qi Heng has been pursuing Minglan, which is not wrong in itself, but he has never considered Minglan and has never considered her living conditions at all.

Originally Minglan had been trying to hide her shortcomings and act invisible in front of her two sisters, but Qi Heng pointed them out again and again and then stepped forward to defend her in every possible way.

Did he really like Minglan? Lin Hao thought not, not at the beginning, and not at the end.

He was more unwilling and rebelling against his mother than loving her!

At first, Qi Heng wanted to temporarily escape from his mother's control, and his relationship with Minglan could be said to be a relief from his heavy academic workload.

Because Qi Heng's mother, Princess Pingning, was very strict with him and was always on guard against any girls who approached him.

Qi Heng was instilled with the idea of ​​keeping men and women separate day and night, and even girls were not allowed to talk to Qi Heng for fear that his son would be led astray. Qi Heng grew up in such a repressive environment, and had very few interactions with little girls. There were basically no women around him who were under the age of 10. Minglan was the only little sister he met.

At this time, Zhuang Xuejiu came in front of everyone, and then everyone bowed respectfully and said:
"Please be well, pedant!"

"Okay, let's do it! Do it according to age!" Zhuang Xuejiu arranged.

The entire church was divided into two rows, east and west. The daughters of the Sheng family were on the west side, while the men were on the east side. The distance between the two sides was wider, mainly to avoid suspicion.

Chang Bai was the oldest among them, so he sat in the first row on the east side, followed by Lin Hao in the second row, Qi Heng in the third row, and the one sitting in the last row was naturally Chang Feng!

On the west side, the first one is Molan, the second one is Rulan, and the last one is Minglan, and at the back sits a row of maids and servants!

In the following days, Lin Hao attended classes in the private school of Sheng Mansion with peace of mind. However, before the class started, Master Zhuang first analyzed why he should study and how to face the imperial examinations, etc.

The content is concise and the content is clear.

Afterwards, Master Zhuang assessed everyone's learning and then arranged courses for each person according to their progress!

The elite education in this ancient private school was extremely strict, at least in the hands of this scholar Zhuang.

According to the modern calculation of 24 hours a day, a quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. The first quarter of Mao time is 5:5 in the morning, the first quarter of Mao time is 15:5 in the morning, the second quarter of Mao time is 30:5, the third quarter of Mao time is 45:6, and the exact time of Mao time is 6:15. The first quarter of Mao time is 6:30 in the morning, the second quarter of Mao time is 5:45, the third quarter of Mao time is :, and so on.

Therefore, Master Zhuang was already waiting for them at the school at 5:, but this was not a problem for Lin Hao.

In fact, Lin Hao's work is much harder than this, because in addition to attending Zhuang Xuejiu's class, Lin Hao also has to take time out every day to make and refine many chemical elements, improve his industrial level, and create things that do not exist in this era.

At the same time, you must also practice martial arts and horsemanship, sword, gun, and bow training, and learn ancient strategies, military formations, drills, and other knowledge!
In other words, Lin Hao's overall attributes are higher than those of ordinary people, and his mental strength has also increased to 15 points, otherwise he might not be able to hold on.

Although some things may not be useful to Lin Hao, he still did not give up learning. These things are like the products of failed experiments. They may not bring you any benefits, but they can help you avoid many detours!

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In the next two years, Lin Hao passed the examination on his first try with his strong learning ability, but he did not continue to take the provincial and palace examinations.

One reason is that there is insufficient knowledge and there is no need to waste time participating. The other reason is that the border is in a state of emergency.

In the Sheng Mansion teaching building, Lin Hao came before Master Zhuang and bowed respectfully:
"Scholar, right now the Tanguts in the northwest are attacking the border. As a noble, I should go to the battlefield and kill the enemy to repay the court!"

"I will say goodbye today. If I am lucky enough to come back, I hope you can continue to teach me!"

In the past two years, Lin Hao has learned a lot of knowledge from the knowledgeable Zhuang Xuejiu, which is difficult to learn in modern society.

After all, the meanings of ancient and modern times are different, and a lot of knowledge has been arbitrarily distorted by several dynasties in later generations and has long lost its original meaning.

Therefore, Lin Hao benefited a lot from studying during this period, and naturally respected this scholar Zhuang very much!
Zhuang Xuejiu looked at Lin Hao, the student he considered the best, and could only sigh helplessly:

"Go! I won't say anything about fighting bravely in battle, I just hope you can return safely, go soon and come back soon!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhuang!"

Lin Hao glanced at the people in the classroom, then asked Hu Zi to take the things out of the book box, and then Lin Hao took out the gifts one by one.

Lin Hao took out the glass sculptures he had made himself and distributed them to everyone one by one.

Everyone looked at the crystal clear glass statue and thought it was carved from crystal!
When they saw these lifelike statues clearly, they realized that they were all themselves!

Then there was another round of amazement from the crowd!
This is one of Lin Hao's successes in the past two years. It can be regarded as a precursor to the vacuum tube. Lin Hao used transparent glass to make statues of several people to deepen everyone's impression of him.

Especially when he saw Minglan, who couldn't let go of the glass statue and put it away as if it were a treasure, a faint smile appeared on Lin Hao's face!

Then Lin Hao bowed and said, "Okay, classmates, let's say goodbye now!"

"Goodbye, Brother Haolin!" Everyone, feeling lost, waved goodbye.

Then he took Hu Zi and left Sheng Mansion and went straight back to the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion!

"Father, what's the situation?" Lin Hao asked immediately when he arrived at the Duke of England's study.

The Duke of England, who had just left the court, said:
“It’s a bit strange. This time, the Tanguts deployed troops on the border and seemed to be coming aggressively, but they didn’t move at all on the border. They didn’t even have a small-scale team to raid the valley. I don’t know what their purpose is!
After Lin Hao closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, he finally made up his mind and said to the Duke of England:
"Father, please come with me. It's time to explain some things to you!"

"Oh!" The Duke of England raised his eyebrows.

Then Lin Hao brought the Duke of England to the blocked attic, where they saw a telegraph machine in each of the four directions, ticking away.

At this time, Lin Hao said to Hu Zi: "Send a message to Xingqing Prefecture immediately. I want to know why the Tanguts deployed troops on the border!"

Looking at the intelligence room of the information center, Lin Hao smiled proudly. This was the radio transmitter that Lin Hao had spent a year and a half to make using laboratory methods!
A total of 16 telegraph machines were built, with four installed in the north centered in Bian Jing, connecting one to Xingqing Prefecture of the Dangxiang and one to Xi'an; one to Linhuang Prefecture of Shangjing of the Liao Dynasty and one to Beiping.

Changsha in the south was an information center, with four telegraph machines installed, connecting one each to Yangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Bashu.

At this point, Lin Hao's tentacles covered the entire Song Dynasty, the Dangxiang Kingdom, and the Liao Dynasty!
Although this intelligence center is not yet perfect, there is still a large area of ​​territory missing, and it even only covers a few major cities.

But the general communication nodes have been laid out, and we just need to produce more transmitters to fill them.

Lin Hao believed that by then all the information in the world would be under his control!
At this time, the Duke of England looked at the people in the room with a blank face. For a moment he didn't know what they were doing. He only heard the dripping sound!
After waiting for a long time, Lin Hao saw a telegraph machine finished receiving the message. Hu Zi immediately took the note and said:

"Master, the latest news is that the 50,000 Tangut troops gathered at the border not to defend the border, but because of internal strife within the Tanguts~!

After Lin Hao read the contents on the note, he handed it to the Duke of England!
"The Tanguts are in turmoil!" Then the Duke of Ying seemed to come to his senses:
"No wonder, no wonder they are standing still at the border. It turns out they are afraid that we will take the opportunity to attack them, so they are bluffing!"

Then he looked at the incomprehensible machines behind Lin Hao. He discovered half a year ago that no matter what information Lin Hao wanted, he only had to give an order, and no matter what the information was, it would be immediately presented to him.

At first I thought that Lin Hao had completed the construction of the intelligence network in Bian Jing, but now it seems that it is far more than that. You know, Bian Jing is thousands of miles away from Dangxiang.

In less than half an hour, I received such accurate information!
At this time Lin Hao said:
"Father, how about we do something big this time!"

"Oh, what do you want to do?" asked the Duke of England curiously.

Afterwards, Lin Hao told his plan again, and the two discussed it until it was getting dark, and finally came up with a stable plan.
(End of this chapter)