Sun Ce pulled Yang Xiu into his seat and patted his shoulder. "Dezu, don't want this aggrieved expression. I tell you, ordinary people really don't want to use this method. You see so many scholars passing by Wancheng, who have I barely been able to pass by? I really think you are smart, but your knowledge is too small. I want to take you to see the world and broaden your horizons, and don't be trapped in those few sentences saying "Poems". This world is so big, how can those volumes of broken bamboo slips be explained thoroughly?"

Yang Xiu was so angry. "General, I think I am ignorant of a young man. It's better to be scheming than to be scheming. It's fine if you are ridiculed by you. Why do you criticize the classics and aggravate my sins? Every word of the classics of the saints is so precious, so how can you slander it?"

Sun Ce glanced at Yang Xiu sideways and chuckled: "Every word is pearly? You can't make a living because your Yang family relies on the "Shangshu" for fear of losing their jobs, right?"

Yang Xiu was so angry that he got up. "The general didn't humiliate me enough, would he humiliate Hongnong Yang?"

"Look at you, are you so excited? The Master said that people are not angry without knowing each other. What are you? A gentleman is like jade. I think you are a glass, and you will be broken when you touch it."

"Uh..." Yang Xiu was speechless, turned his head and refused to talk to Sun Ce.

"Okay, even if you are right, every word of the saint's classics is gems, but the beads are outside, don't you want to search and complete them? Think about it, if you are lucky and find one or two original chapters of "Shangshu" before Qin, wouldn't it be a merit?"

"There are no remains outside? How could there be the original chapter of "Shangshu" in Kuaiji's barbarian land?" Yang Xiu's tone softened, but he refused to change his words. The Yang family passed down the "Shangshu" now, but the "Shangshu" passed down now are all broken copies, and it has been incomplete since Fu Sheng. There are more ancient Chinese "Shangshu" and less than half. If you can really find one or two remaining chapters, it is indeed a merit.

"It is true that Kuaiji is a wild land, but Wujun was popular because of Wu Taibo. Who knows if he brought a few articles when he went to Wu? Think about it, how many ancient monuments were collected in Nanyang. If you search in Wuhui, you will have some gains, right? If there are any ancient books engraved on a stele, you will have the opportunity to start a sect and establish a sect, why bother reading people to write articles in Nanyang?"

Yang Xiu looked at Sun Ce and was a little moved. Chun and Hu Zhao of Handan and found ancient steles in Nanyang, and gained a lot. Now he has become a school of his own, attracting many scholars to study. The literary style in Wuhui was not strong and there were not many talents. If he found ancient steles in Wuhui, his influence might be greater than Chun and Hu Zhao of Handan and Hu Zhao.

"Chuai is not as good as Nanyang. Can the general afford idle people?"

Sun Ce smiled and was full of confidence. "I didn't have much money when I first arrived in Nanyang. Don't worry, I'm still a little sure of making money, and I will never lose your little expense."

"Okay." Yang Xiu gave up halfway, and agreed.

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Yang Xiu returned to the prefect's mansion and came to Yang Hong. Yang Hong sat in front of the hall, looking at the wintersweet in the corner of the wall in a daze. Hearing Yang Xiu's footsteps, his eyes trembled, lowered his eyelids, closed his eyes to rest.

Yang Xiu walked to Yang Hong, opened his mouth several times, but didn't know how to speak. After a long time, Yang Hong chuckled: "Do I leave? If I set off now and walk fast, I still have time to go home for the New Year."

"Uncle Cong may not be able to go home."

"What, Sun Ce wants to take my life?" Yang Hong turned around slowly.

"Of course not. General Sun agreed to pay the taxes and tributes to the court, and he needed to be escorted from his uncle to Chang'an."

Yang Hong was slightly stunned, thought for a moment, and nodded. "Then I want to thank him for saving me face. Dezu, I will leave the matter of Nanyang to you in the future. Sun Ce is very cunning. He governs like using troops. He can often win by surprise. You have to be careful of him."

Yang Xiu nodded and smacked his lips. "I won't stay in Nanyang either. Yuan Yao wants to go with him to Kuaiji, I will go with him."

Yang Hong was stunned, then frowned and stared at Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu said the story, but didn't say what Sun Ce advised him. After hearing this, Yang Hong couldn't help laughing. "I'm too late to remind you. That's right, you run into his camp every now and then, and your heart is no longer in Nanyang. This is not bad. You are the same age as him and have a solid marriage. If you can talk like this, you will definitely achieve something in the future."

Yang Xiu blushed and felt ashamed.

Yang Hong smiled silently, looked at the wintersweet, and murmured to himself. "Sun Ce is a good method, and everyone comes. First, he won over Ma Chao and Yan Xing, and obtained two hundred elite cavalry in Xiliang, and formed an alliance with Han Sui and Ma Teng. Now he won over you and became an ally with Yang Situ. The civil and military officials who rely on the court have become his help. Who else can do it against him?"

"Uncle, I..."

Yang Hong waved his hand, turned around, and walked slowly towards the hall. "You are all smart people, who judge the situation. You are not a pedantic person like me, who do not know how to change and bring shame to themselves. You can find someone to go to Chang'an to pay tribute. I can no longer accept such shame. I will go to Ruyang to guard the tomb. I cannot make any progress in the world. I will do my best to do my life."

Yang Xiu opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He had been with Yang Hong for the longest time and understood Yang Hong's mood best. It was too cruel to him to end such a bleak ending. But what could he do? Faced with Sun Ce's forced, he could only compromise.

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After settled down in Nanyang, Sun Ce boarded the Jingzhou Navy's warship, set off from Wancheng, and went down the Qingshui River. Only more than 5,000 personal guards were accompanied. Qin Mu and the cavalry led by him were divided into two, leaving part of it for Huang Zhong's command and part of it for Zhou Yu. Only Chen Dao, Mi Fang, Ma Chao, Yan Xing and others were left beside him, and less than five hundred knights.

A few days later, Sun Ce arrived in Xiangyang, and Sun Fu, Liu Pi and Cai Mao rushed to greet him.

When Sun Ce climbed Yuliangzhou, he saw a brand new academy, occupying half of the continent, with white walls and black tiles, pure and dusty. There was a path outside the courtyard wall, covered with fine sand. Trees were planted on the side of the road, and it was obvious that it was transplanted at a high price. Through the courtyard wall, several towers were exposed with eaves, with figures on them, and groups of people were silhouetted on them, some were leaning on the railings to read books, some were walking with their hands behind their backs, and some were looking at the distance, leisurely and contented.

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Cai Degui, it seems that you have made a lot of money in the past six months. The academy is built so beautifully, it is even more spectacular than the Nanjun County School."

Cai Mao was proud. "General, although I have not made any money, I also know how to repay kindness. The general's ability to be like this is the bestowal of my Cai family today is given by the general. If the general wants to respect literature and Confucianism, and write history and books, how can I not support one or two? If the general thinks it is still acceptable, I want to build another wooden school and ask Achu to be the sacrificial wine. Do you think it's okay, General?"

Sun Ce looked at Huang Yueying who was talking and laughing with Cai Ke in the distance and smiled slightly. "Don't your Cai family have a workshop? Why do you need to build another wooden school? If you really want to invest, follow me to Kuaiji. I have a big business for you. I dare not say that if you have too much, it should be fine to double your Cai family property within ten years."

Cai Mao was overjoyed. "Just follow the general."
Chapter completed!