Originally, he recommended his elder brother-in-law to go to Cangzhou to clean up the mess, but in the end, he was forced to do the job instead. Zhang Shou felt that although his experience in Cangzhou in the past few months was not full of ups and downs - his elder brother-in-law who had also encountered an assassination attempt was more ups and downs and thrilling - but leaving the capital and seeing the situation of the people with his own eyes also made him gain a lot.
At this moment, he was sitting in Ge Yong's carriage, which the emperor had usually ridden in incognito and which had an ice basin on it on a hot day. He felt that the return journey was much more comfortable than the hard work of rushing here. He even enthusiastically and sincerely advised Ge Yong not to read in a moving vehicle, but he was given several cold stares by the teacher.
"Time is money, and money can't buy time. I don't have as much time as you do, so how can I not seize it? Besides, look at your two future students in the car behind you. They can't put down their books as soon as they get on the car. How can I lose to my disciples?"
Zhang Shou was a little confused. A few days before his departure, he organized a large-scale donation to Wendao Charity School. At the same time, under the witness of Ge Yong, he and Xu Weng discussed the issue of expanding the enrollment of Wendao Charity School in the future. Since it was not easy to reform the county and state schools, he could only start with Wendao Charity School, which was relatively mature in teaching and operation and had a great reputation in Cangzhou.
As for the fact that he had taken two students who were very interested in mathematics and had good talents from Mr. Xu and planned to use them as the second batch of students of Jiuzhang Hall, it was a pleasant surprise. Now, the two students from poor families were studying "Ge's New Edition of Mathematics" in the carriage behind, and they even made the studious old master Ge feel a sense of crisis!
"Teacher, time is precious. Living and learning is an admirable quality, but don't forget that you are not old at all." Zhang Shou flattered Ge Yong. Seeing that Ge Yong was not moved at all, he smiled and said, "I also know that learning has no end. Because of this, I hope that more people can work together to derive mathematics to a new level."
"You're just being lazy!"
Ge Yong ruthlessly exposed Zhang Shou's true nature. He was not embarrassed at all when he met people, but nodded happily. He couldn't help but roll up the book in his hand and knocked Zhang Shou on the head. He still smiled and looked relaxed when he met people, as if he would always look so bright and cheerful. He suddenly didn't know whether he should be angry or helpless.
"You have such good talent, but you just look so lazy."
"The more capable you are, the more work you should do. I don't want to become Brother Zhu who is so busy all the time." Zhang Shou laughed and said without any guilt, "If you hadn't brought me back, I'm afraid that Brother Zhu would have dragged me to help him for a day every day he was in Cangzhou. He is a hardworking person, but I am a lazy person who takes time off when I can. How can we be the same?"
"You're not even twenty yet and you want to take a break? Dream on! If you really want to take a break, I'd suggest taking a boat ride on the canal, but you wouldn't want to!"
Zhang Shou raised the curtains and looked at the sky, then said calmly, "When you came to Cangzhou before, didn't the emperor suggest that you take the water route because it was too slow, so he sent you a carriage? Now that you are going to the capital, you will definitely not let the carriage return empty-handed, but take the boat yourself."