Facts proved that Liu Yi's worries were unnecessary. After sending the cow back to Xia Dezhang, although Xia Dezhang felt pain, he still paid off the remaining money. He could not let go of his regret.

After several days of hard work, Liu Yiu has accumulated a lot of money. In total, he has nearly 30 stagnant. According to the current market price of 1,000 tantare per acre of fertile land, he can buy another 30 acres of fertile land. If he buys thin fields, he will buy more.

The Liu family made a living by farming. Liu Yi used to learn about agriculture and animal life, so after having the remaining money in his hands, Liu Yi had the intention to buy land in his mind. However, all this will have to wait until the ox disease has passed and he has more remaining money in his hands before he can put it on the agenda.

Moreover, after the New Year, he would be eighteen years old. According to the equal-land system of the Tang Dynasty, he could be granted eighty acres of dividing land and twenty acres of Yongye land, and there were also one hundred acres of land. In addition, the more than one hundred acres of old willows, they also had two hundred acres of land in total.

Two hundred acres sounds like a lot, but in fact, according to the field giving system, one step wide and 240 steps long is one mu. Two hundred acres are not a lot, and even the modern ones are less than twenty acres. Twenty acres are still very few for a willow.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Liu Yiu led Liu Erzhao out. Today is the day when Liu Erzhao officially joined Wang Zhihong's disciple. They had to arrive early, so it would be very rude to let the gentleman wait for a long time.

Originally, Liu should have gone to the courtesy, but he had a cattle at home and needed someone to take care of him. Lao Liu couldn't leave him, and Lao Liu was not used to dealing with officials. When he saw the people in the yamen, he felt uncomfortable, so he took the initiative to stay. In his opinion, it was enough to have Liu Yi accompany Liu Er Tiao. The county magistrate of Renwang was willing to accept Liu Er Tiao as his disciple, but he didn't see Liu Yi's face.

When Liu Yi and the other two arrived at the county town, it was already eight or nine o'clock. Because it was the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year will be in five days, and there is not much business in the yamen. So Liu Yi and the other two waited for a while at the yamen before they were invited in.

Wang Zhihong sat in the main hall, not wearing an official uniform, wearing a blue cotton robe, with tea next to it and servants on both sides.

Liu Yi and his two brothers walked in, bent over to greet Wang Zhihong, and said, "I have met Wang County Magistrate!"

Wang Zhihong nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Liu, Liu Ertiao, your brothers came so early. Haha, let's sit down. Today we are meeting privately, so don't be too tight. And after today, we will no longer be outsiders. Just be more natural with me."

"In this way, we will go over the hairpin. Thank you Lord Wang!" Liu You bowed and thanked him, and then sat down on the chair next to him with Liu Eryou.

At this time, Wang Zhihong said, "Today is the day when I get along with Erzhao's master and disciple," he waved his hand to signal to the maid on the side. The maid brought a celadon tea bowl and stood in the main hall. Wang Zhihong continued, "Perform ancient rituals. Erzhao must respect tea and kowtow to complete the ceremony. It is no more than noon now, and it is auspicious time. Let's start now."

It's that simple? Liu Yi was inevitably a little disappointed. He had thought that when the apprenticeship ceremony, guests would gather together and hold a banquet. Unexpectedly, as long as he had a cup of tea, it would be over.

Liu Erzhao stood up, walked to Wang Zhihong, knelt down with his knees and said respectfully: "Student Liu Erzhao, pay homage to his mentor."

After saying that, Liu Ertiao kowtowed three times loudly on the ground. After Wang Zhihong nodded, he raised his head, picked up the tea handed over the maid, held it high above the head, handed it to Wang Zhihong, and said, "Please ask the teacher to use tea."

"Well," Wang Zhihong took the tea with both hands, took a symbolic sip on his lips, nodded and said, "Okay, get up."

"Thank you!" Liu Ertiao then stood up and bowed and listened to the teachings.

Wang Zhihong put the tea bowl on the table and said, "From today on you, Wang Zhihong's disciple. As a teacher, I can help you. If you want to enter the official position in the future, you will rely entirely on yourself. Become a student first and then enter the imperial examination. You must know that the imperial examination is the right way to enter the official position. Although I can also give you a certain way out, it is an outsider after all. You must not do it."

"Yes, listen to your teacher's teachings. Students must do their best to live up to their teacher." Liu Ertiao responded respectfully.

"Well, please sit down. You don't have to be so restrained in front of me in the future. If you have any difficult questions, come and ask me."

"Students know, thank the teacher for their kindness." Liu Erzhao bent over again and took out the gifts prepared early and said: "A pair of words will be given to the teacher to show the students' sincere heart. Please check it out."

"Oh?" Wang Zhihong signaled his maid to take it and spread it. His eyes were attracted by the strange shapes on the rice paper. He couldn't help but stand up from the chair, walked slowly to the words, and savored them carefully.

After a long time, Wang Zhihong came back from the words and looked at Liu Ertiao and said, "I'm afraid this word is not written by you, right?"

"Sir, this is done by my elder brother." Liu Ertiao admitted frankly.

"Liu Yi?" Wang Zhihong turned his gaze to Liu Yi again. Seeing that he was drinking tea leisurely there, he asked, "Brother Liu, I wonder who you are a master of calligraphy? If you have the chance, Wang wants to visit him."

Wang Zhihong is also a person who loves calligraphy. As soon as Liu Yi's character was revealed, he discovered its differences. It is horizontal and vertical, thin and thick, with edges and corners at the beginning and end, square and straight strokes, and is like a knife carving. It has the roots and bones of regular script, but it is more square than regular script. It looks strong and powerful, but also exquisite. If this font is used to carve seals and print ancient books, the lines between the characters will definitely be clearer and clearer than regular script. This kind of character is born to exist for carving and printing.

The second time he was asked about this, Liu Yiu gave the same answer. He stood up and replied: "This font was created by Xiaomin when he was playing, but later he thought it was interesting and kept it. He could not be regarded as a masterpiece."

"It was you who created it?" Wang Zhihong walked to Liu Yiu and looked at him with a hint of softness. "Brother Liu is really a talented man, Wang admires you! I see that you are zigzag, like a knife carving, and have the style of regular script. I wonder if it evolved from the art of carving steles and silhouettes?"

Wang Zhihong had extraordinary knowledge and could see the origin of Song-Type characters at a glance. Song-Type characters were indeed fonts specially created by Qin Hui, who compiled the strengths of his predecessors, and were specially created for woodblock printing. The woodblock printing in the Tang Dynasty was not yet developed and there were very few places to be used. Wang Zhihong could see the origin of Song-Type characters, which shows that he had a good understanding of woodblock printing.

Liu Yishe said: "Master Wang is keen on. This kind of character is inspired by stone carvings. Therefore, there are traces of knife carvings left between the characters."

As expected, Wang Zhihong knew that he was able to understand a new font from the stone carvings, which also showed Liu Yi's talent.

Thinking of the large-scale calves of intestinal calves that had been causing him headaches these days, and hearing that Liu Yi seemed to have a cure. Looking at Liu Yi's symptoms today, Wang Zhihong asked with some hope: "I heard that Brother Liu has a good prescription for treating intestinal calves, I wonder if it is true?"

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Chapter completed!