Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 408 ;
Chapter 410 ;
Li Yu looked at King Ma Bin and asked in a low voice;
"Can Mr. Ma start?"

King Ma Bin was surprised in his heart, he immediately calmed down when he heard Li Yu's inquiry, stood up and said loudly;

"Return to the county uncle, it's time to start, please come in and check."

"Okay, sir please."

"The county uncle first please."

Li Yu waved his hand to stop all the maids and servants from following. He entered the room invited by King Ma Bin by himself, and was greeted by the smell of black ink, accompanied by the unique smell of books. His spirit lifted.

King Ma Bin also came in with Li Yu, stood in front of the desk where everything had been prepared, checked the pen and ink, put the list post on the left corner of the case, took a deep breath, and entered the state of the relationship between heaven and man ,
Picking up the brush and dipping it in ink, carefully filtered the excess ink on the inkstone, glanced at the first name on the list, took another breath, and finished writing.

"Worship to Li Yu in Bolong West, Kaiguo County, Lantian County..."

Li Yu was completely stunned when King Ma Bin wrote the first character. He was just barely able to write the characters properly, and it was definitely not special.
Don't say anything that is as strong as a person, and dare not mention the word Shen Yun. These things are far away from Li Yu, but this does not prevent him from admiring other people's calligraphy.

Although he couldn't describe it in words, how excellent the old horse's handwriting was, and how shocking it was in his heart,

But he still felt that Ma Binwang's beautiful, dignified and domineering calligraphy, and the posts he wrote were most suitable for Li Yu's identity and character.

As more and more words were written on the copybook, Li Yu had the illusion that every stroke on the paper seemed to be carved by a sword.
I really don't know how long this person has practiced calligraphy to have such a charm. Just talking about this handwriting, staying in Li's Zhuangzi to write various posts, and paying twice a month, I really feel wronged. Mr. Ma too much!
Li Yu suddenly remembered those masters in the previous life, such as Kuaishou video mad book masters, the resurrection of grass saints in the live broadcast room, the famous stars of a certain association, etc. They all boasted that there are few in the sky, and there is no such thing on the earth.

The characters written by those guys are full of artistic atmosphere, and the structure of the strokes is arranged so that people will not be able to recognize what kind of shit they wrote in their next life.
Comparing it with Ma Binwang's kung fu, heat, and written words, Li Yu doesn't know how to describe it, and has no way to evaluate it...

There is no comparison between the two. Li Yu carefully recalled the several calligraphy exhibition competitions he participated in with his father in his previous life. He really felt that there were very few skills that could reach the level of King Ma Bin.

It’s not an exaggeration at all. The ancient people were very focused on their work. Calligraphers have been famous for generations. Ma Binwang is also a poor child from a poor family. The opportunity to learn is not cherished like his life. When learning, he must work hard. Of course it will do more with less.

Then look at the guys in the previous life who, after writing a line, didn’t know all of them. They were obsessed with money, fame and fortune. The clown-like characters were so disgusting that they were so disgusting that they didn’t bother to take a second look.

Li Yu was not surprised for a while, the first post was written, Ma Binwang put down the pen, waited for a while, the ink on the paper was barely dry, no longer flowing, Ma Binwang carefully blew it, Picking it up and bringing it to Li Yu, he said modestly;

"It's hard to get everyone's eyes on bad things. The county Bomo will laugh at him. King Bin's skills are limited to this, and he has tried his best. Please learn from the county Boming."

Li Yu scratched his head, took the rice paper from Ma Binwang's hand, and couldn't help but praise;

"Bin Wang, you are too modest, such a good word has already entered the room, not to say that it is at the top, at least anyone who reads it will not be able to pick out many faults.

I know that you need to be quiet when writing. Bin Wang, you can write with peace of mind. I will wait outside in the main hall. Don’t worry and just write slowly. It must be written like this. After all, the Kong and Yan families are both literate. Lord, don't fool around casually. "

"Don't worry, county magistrate, do you dare to try your best?"

Li Yu nodded in satisfaction, took the rice paper out of the study in the back room with a smile, came to the main hall, put the rice paper on the table, and ordered Li Yi to arrange for the people who made the posts to come over, and excitedly gave Li Yi's real name called out;
"Er Gou, hurry up and send someone to call our Lantian accompanying manager Liang Da, who made the post, and tell them to bring all the people who eat, and make it here to catch up. Mr. Ma's writing is easy to write, and you can't frame it indiscriminately. , I need Manager Liang to sit in the town in person, so I can rest assured."

"only!"

Li Yi promised not to talk nonsense, and turned around to arrange for a few servants to follow;
"You separate to invite Manager Liang and his apprentices, don't delay, go quickly."

"Yes."

Several servants took their orders and rushed out. Here, Li Yu looked at the rice paper on the table, and greeted a group of maids and servants in a low voice;

"Hey, you all have a look at this masterpiece of Mr. Ma. This time it is much more powerful than the posts written by the two members of the Ministry of Rites that we invited before. Take a look, everyone, come and see, Tanchun Come here quickly, what are you doing slowly..."

A group of maids and servants came around the table to admire Ma Binwang's words, Tanchun looked at the rice paper and then at Li Yu, smiling embarrassedly;

"To the Patriarch, the servants will learn seven characters from Sister Yingxiang, the one here will know one, and the others, they know the servants, but the servants don't know them, the master should not embarrass the servants, if you don't know how to say more , and ask the Patriarch to forgive me."

Li Yu tilted his head to look at Tanchun, and said helplessly;
"Come on, if you don't know it, there's nothing you can do. You step aside and ask others to take a good look or you can learn a lesson..."

As soon as Li Yu said this, except for Ying Xiang and Li Yi who were still observing the words on the rice paper, everyone else stepped aside like Tan Chun, and Li Yu's face was full of displeasure;
"I asked Tanchun to retreat to make it easier for you to study. Why are you all retreating?"

A group of people didn't dare to move anymore, and Xichun said weakly;
"Patriarch, the servants don't know what's written on it, they don't know a single word..."

Xichun also felt that it was embarrassing to be illiterate, and said in the end that the voice was as low as a mosquito, and the other maids nodded in agreement. Seeing the situation, Li Yu sighed helplessly, and waved his hand again;

"Let's start, let's all back away, expecting you to join in the fun, I lost all my good mood, Yingxiang, you served me with Rong Niang, enlightened me with you, During the years when I was with my master, if you dare to say a word that you don’t know how to read, I will break all your hands and feet today and throw you out to fend for yourself.”

Everyone knew that the head of the family was joking and teasing Yingxiang again, how could they really hit her, several of them laughed, Yingxiang couldn't help laughing when she heard that her hands and feet were broken;
"My lord, please forgive me. Please be merciful. This servant can recognize all the words on it. Sir, look at the words written in Lantian County. It is majestic and awe-inspiring.

The four characters written by the founder of the county are full of form and spirit, and they are square and upright. They have put in a lot of hard work. Looking at the two characters of Longxi, they are like chiseled with knives and axes. They are all the frontier fortresses of our hometown. flavor,

Your name, sir, is even more written with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside. The word Lang Junrong, Ma Daguanshi, the knowledge of the slaves is too shallow, and I can't say more, but this layout, the writing method and structure of each word, Up, down, left, right, no matter where you look, it is not something ordinary people can do, and the wisdom in it can be seen.

If we just say that this post is written, our mansion will have a three-pointer of glory when it is sent out, and the monthly fee is not much, and the servants are talking nonsense, sir It's done. "

Li Yu listened very carefully, and compared Yingxiang's words carefully. Sure enough, those words are not all the same, each has its own characteristics, and the combination is very eye-catching.

The shape and strokes of the characters correspond to the literal meaning. This thought is really not simple. Li Yu looked at Li Yi and waited for his comment. Li Yi hurriedly made fun;

"Patriarch, the villain knows how to read, but he can't speak the learned words of Guanshi Han, but the villain also thinks it is very good, the writing is very generous, in line with your status, even three times a month is worth it."

In the back room, Ma Binwang wrote two more invitations, put away the rice paper, listened attentively to the conversation outside, and showed a satisfied smile.

The maid in charge was right. Those words were written with all my brains and all my strength, full of energy and energy.
Every stroke is carefully prepared and carefully designed in order to win a huge sum of money to open the door and let people know about the two monthly cases. I, Ma Binwang, will never take it for nothing, and it will definitely be worth the money.

Li Yu looked at Han Yingxiang and Li Yi with satisfaction;

Well, what you both said is good, very good, I am in a great mood today, and I will reward Miss Han with a silver hairpin, and Li Yi's regular money for this month will be double. "

Han Yingxiang showed two rows of white glutinous rice teeth, her face was flushed with excitement, and she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear with joy, so she squatted on the spot with a blessing;

"Slave and servant thank you Lord for your reward."

Li Yi also bowed in salute;

"The villain thanks you for your reward."

"Let's be polite, that's right! Just now you said that the three monthly routines of our Ma University are worthwhile. What you said is very reasonable. Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to Liangyi, and then transforms into four images, and then all things are born. There is a saying that one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. The number of three is in line with the meaning of the law of heaven and life, and I like it very much.

Li Yi!If you have time today, go to Mrs. Situ and report it. The monthly salary of Ma Da's steward will be set at three times in the future. Don't compare it with other chief stewards. She is very knowledgeable and should be treated with respect.

and also!Hurry up and mobilize the people from the mansion to serve Ma Da's affairs, don't delay too long. "

Li Yi is very serious about his work, and he will respond immediately after seeing the Patriarch's explanation;

"Wei, the villain will deal with it right away, sir, sit down, and the villain will go out and make arrangements."

Ma Binwang, who stood quietly in the room and listened to the movement in the outer hall, had mixed feelings. He rewarded the maid with a silver hairpin for his speaking skills.

Thinking about my wife, she hasn't changed a wooden hairpin for more than ten years. No matter how calm King Ma Bin is, there are fine beads of sweat involuntarily bursting out.

King Ma Bin shook his head violently twice, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuff. Li Yu generously rewarded his servants with such joy and refreshment, which directly stimulated the emotions deep in King Ma Bin's heart.

King Ma Bin gritted his teeth. He had already made up his mind to save up two months' worth of money to give to his old lady who had suffered for half her life, and to his regular wife who had been working hard for 13 years and never complained. A silver hairpin, or a silver hairpin back...

This is the first time I have relied on my own ability to exchange for a lot of money. First, I will make arrangements for my family members so that I can feel at ease. I am the only child in my family.

The whole family has worked hard for so many years to study for themselves, and today it finally pays off. If I don't arrange for the young and old in the family, what face do I, King Ma Bin, have to live in the world?

Not to mention that the steward Ma in the back room had calmed down and started writing more seriously, but that Li Yu in the main room outside was discussing the large characters on the rice paper with Yingxiang, and that Steward Liang, who was in charge of Li's second room's ceremony books, brought a few A little old man came in from outside;
"Meet the patriarch, Wanfu Jinan."

"Regardless of the etiquette, come and have a look, we have a new steward in our mansion, who will be responsible for writing various ritual books in the future, steward Ma's handwriting is very good, and this time it is sent to the Confucius and Yan families The invitation card, Liang Guanshi, you have to sit in the town in person, so that the head of the family can rest assured."

In front of many people, the old man in the lead, who valued the warmth of his heart so much, owed his body to reply respectfully;
"Don't worry, the patriarch, I will personally take care of the production, the size of the mounting, and every process will be as rigorous as before, and I will never make a mistake and discredit our Li family."

"Okay, let's get started."

"It's the patriarch."

Manager Liang waved his hand, and the four little old men who accompanied him quickly put down the wooden boxes on their shoulders, took out what they needed and immediately started to get busy.

When Manager Liang saw the copybook, he praised it again, and then instructed four of his subordinates to frame it carefully and compare the size of the backing paper carefully. In just one stick of incense, the first exquisite invitation card was finished. Manager Liang held it carefully and sent it over;

"Report to the patriarch, this new one is not very dry, and it needs to be put on for an hour before it can be used. Please have a look at the patriarch."

Li Yu didn't take over, just took a few glances like that, and praised cheerfully;
"That's right, it's extremely exquisite, let me just say, I can rest assured that you, Manager Liang, are sitting in charge in person, and I'll put it aside to cool down and wait for it to work. Wait until it's done, and then I'll personally send it to the two elder brothers to show my respect and value."

Without saying a few words, King Ma Bin from the room came out, saluted respectfully and spoke calmly;
"Report to the county uncle, all the posts have been written."

"Come, come, King Bin, sit down and rest for a while, tell them to keep busy, let's gossip and gossip."

"Thank you county uncle."

After the five old men who framed the invitations carried the guy and went to the back room, Li Yu spoke unhurriedly;
"I don't know where King Bin is from, can you tell me?"

"If you come back to the county uncle, your ancestral home has been in Chiping County, Qinghe, Shandong Province, and it has been hundreds of years."

Li Yu asked with some doubts;
"A certain observation of King Bin's handwriting is dignified and dignified. It can be regarded as a masterpiece of everyone. I wonder if he has done any errands in the court?"

"Don't dare to hide it from the county uncle. Wu Dechu once spent a lot of money and got a chance to be a teaching assistant in Bozhou. However, he was born poor and was ridiculed for a long time. He was young and frivolous at that time. Finally, he couldn't help arguing with others. leave angrily.

I started to travel north and south, and finally came to Chang'an City. By chance, I entrusted him with Zhonglang General Chang He~Chang General's mansion for more than two years.

I originally thought about entrusting General Chang to find a serious job, but after living in Chang'an for the past two years, I realized that it is impossible for poor people to become officials.
Even if General Chang is a general of Zhonglang, he can't guarantee the affairs of his gentlemen, let alone King Bin, a commoner, has seen all the children of various aristocratic families running around in the past two years, and it is difficult to be perfect if he wants to become an official. Only then did King Bin realize that it is difficult to become an official.

Now I don't have those fantasies anymore, I just want to go back to my hometown in Shandong, and be a private school teacher in a big family with peace of mind, and it is serious to do some down-to-earth things for my family.

But he didn't want that when he was about to leave, General Qin came to the Chang Mansion as a guest, and asked to invite King Bin to come over by name. King Bin was a poor man, he was valued by General Qin, how could he not like it, and how dare he entrust him?

So he agreed on the spot, packed his bags, and came back with the general. Fortunately, the county uncle treated him respectfully, and entrusted the chief officer with a huge sum of money. "

Li Yu listened to the past of the steward of Ma University, nodded frequently, and said with some regret;

"The teaching assistant in Bozhou, although it is a professorship from the ninth rank, is fortunately a serious job. In the first two years of Wu Dechu, the world was initially determined, and many places have not been cleaned up. Bin Wang can have a chance to fill the vacancy. not bad.

It would be a pity to just throw it away like that, but I can also think of your situation at that time. Without the backing of the mountain, you just endure it, and you can bear it for a while, and you can't bear it for a lifetime.
In the end, he will be squeezed out, and he will have no future, and he will be just a junior official from the ninth rank all his life. It doesn't matter if you don't want it, King Bin thinks about it, don't think too much about it. "

What Li Yu said was also true, and the stewards of the University of Ma have been nodding in agreement;

"Thank you for the county uncle's relief. Bin Wang has long thought about it. As the county uncle said, it is also a job to teach people when you have no future, but it is better to find a big family to be a private school teacher. It will be more profitable. And those that cannot last, will be sold out sooner or later, so there is no need to sigh."

"That's right, if it wasn't for that incident, you wouldn't have come to Chang'an City, and you wouldn't have had a meeting with a certain family, so it's just a coincidence.

King Bin, please stay at ease in my Li family. My Li family will definitely not treat King Bin badly. King Bin can ask someone to report to his hometown and arrange for his family to come to Chang’an City for a reunion, so that you can enjoy the family. You can rest assured in this way Working as an errand in Li's second room, I don't know what King Bin thinks? "

King Ma Bin said with some embarrassment;

"Don't dare to lie to the county magistrate, that's what King Bin was thinking just now, but how can King Bin afford to buy a house in Chang'an City, he can only look for those small houses that are vacant by the imperial court, give some money every year, and make a temporary one. The place of residence is good for family reunion.

However, all these have to be done through the door, Bin Wang had just thought about it, and when the opportunity came in the future, he would ask the county uncle to help him find a small house for his family.

I just came to our Li family's second room today, and I haven't finished one of the errands, how can I ask for help first, so I dare not speak easily. "

Li Yu said indifferently;

"What's so difficult about this? Since you have entered the door of Li's second room, King Bin, you are your own. Why do you need to see too many people? Although a certain family does not know the number of roads, but a certain family has many brothers. In the past two days I'll give you a heart-to-heart to find out how to get through the door, and entrust those brothers to arrange it for you.

If you think about it, it won't be too difficult. You can write a letter to your family and ask your family to take action first. I'm afraid there will be some clues about this matter before King Bin's family arrives in Chang'an City. "

King Ma Bin was overjoyed when he heard this, stood up from the grand master's chair, and bowed politely;
"Thank you for the county uncle's help. King Bin will remember this feeling in his heart, and he will not forget it for the rest of his life. There are also many rumors among the people that the county uncle is anxious and righteous, and has the style of Meng Chang in ancient times. It is so true when I see it today. , the name of Lord Mengchang is truly well-deserved..."

(End of this chapter)