Chapter 5 The advent of the strange book (2)
Zhou Chong was surprised and heard Wei Liao cheering again and again: "Okay, okay, very good!" The expression on his face was also very rich, with a look of joy.
A master like Wei Liao has the precious qualities of being in front of him and being unchanged. He rarely has such joy. Zhou Chong became even more surprised and thought to himself: "What's wrong with him? Did he pick up a treasure?"
Wang Ao patted Zhou Chong's shoulder lightly, raised his thumb, and said softly: "Brother Zhou, you are really amazing. Mr. Xu is very satisfied with the wolf brush. Brother Zhou, look, Mr. Xu walks around like a dragon and a snake, fluently and refreshingly, and has a strong momentum of accomplishing it in one go."
His words woke Zhou Chong up. As he said, Wei Liao kept waving his right wrist, which was much faster than usual. Zhou Chong's opinion was that he was writing, and it was almost flying. The reason why Wei Liao was just applauding was that he had no other expression because he was on the book, and he had no time to care about it, and he did not realize that this pen was no longer the same pen.
Zhou Chong made a gesture, Wang Ao understood and added ink to the inkstone, and the two of them retreated gently.
The breeze blew, and the paper rolled up. Wei Liao took the wooden ruler and pressed it down. He drank it with thick ink and wrote it quickly. His clothes rose slightly, and he looked like a fairy. His pictures of books were always imprinted in Zhou Chong and Wang Ao's hearts.
From then on, Wei Liao focused on writing. Sometimes the wind was beautiful and sunny, he would write on the rocks outside Banxianju. If the weather was bad, he would focus on military tactics in Banxianju.
Zhou Chong witnessed Wei Liao's stern attitude towards academic research with his own eyes, which made him feel very moved. How rigorous is Wei Liao's attitude towards academic research? You will know it by telling a short story.
Wei Liao completed the first draft in just half a month, but he did not finalize it, but devoted himself to pondering and revising it. Sometimes he would spend three or five days to make a word, either meditating or discussing with Zhou Chong and Wang Ao, and listening carefully to their opinions.
Zhou Chong remembered the expression in contemplation clearly, his eyebrows were slightly awkward, and he kept walking in the circle, touching his chin with his left hand, and his right hand was often swiping in the air, writing, or doing some unconscious actions. Sometimes, he would stand up suddenly, murmur in his mouth, nodding, shaking his head, or picking up a pen to modify it.
Zhou Chong also browsed the book "Yu Liaozi" and the number of words is not large, only more than 10,000 or 20,000 words. If you follow the speed of a modern master of writing online novels, it can be done in just three or five hours, or less. It took Wei Liao half a month for just the first draft. The reason is that his attitude is very strict, and he does not miss every word, and he must carefully consider it over and over again.
It can be said that the reason why the book "Yu Liaozi" has been passed down through the ages and has become one of the "Seven Books of Wu Jing" is because of Wei Liao's strict academic attitude, and every word has a meaning, which really deserves the praise of the word "Every word is pearl and gem".
After a long time, Zhou Chong still sighed: "I really didn't expect that it was so difficult for the ancients to write books. The rigorous attitude made people admire them. Writers of modern online novels should learn from him. The typos, other words, and missing words in online novels are endless, making people unable to read them. If you want to know how much effort Wei Liao spent on this martial arts of only more than 10,000 words, you will understand it if you don't say anything else. Just look at how many wolf pens he wrote were bald, a big basket! These pens were made specifically for him by Wang Ao and I.
"I first thought that only a few branches, at most a dozen wolf hairs would be enough. Unexpectedly, it was far more than this number. When the military strategy was finalized, I counted the collected wolf hair pens and wrote a total of 348 barren. I had only one idea at that time: Oh my God! What kind of attitude is this? Those black-hearted businessmen who do not seek to understand, only seek to make money, and push products to the market to cheat people, and so-called scholars who are determined to be in the eyes of money will definitely be ashamed if they know."
On a sunny day, Wei Liao put down his wolf brush with a relaxed look on his face, stood up, did a few chest expansion movements, shook his sore neck, and said comfortably: "That's it."
Zhou Chong and Wang Ao, who were standing behind him, cheered in unison and said, "It's done! It's done!"
"Congratulations to disciple Wang Ao!" Wang Ao's eyes were filled with tears.
Zhou Chong was even more impatient and rushed up, picked up the manuscript from his desk and read: "Volume 1: Tianguan 1: King Hui of Liang asked Wei Liaozi: 'Huang Emperor's punishment of virtue can be victorious, is there any?' Wei Liaozi replied: 'Punishment is used to attack him, and virtue is used to defend him, which is not the so-called Tianguan's time and day yin and yang facing backwards. Huangdi is just human affairs. Now there is a city, and it cannot be taken from east to west; it cannot be taken from north to south; there is no one in the four directions to take it according to the time? However, those who cannot take it are high, the city is deep, the weapons are well-equipped, and wealth and valleys are accumulated, and a plan for a rich man. If the pond is shallow and weak, then it will be taken. From this point of view, the time and day of the heavenly official is not as good as the human affairs.'"
I thought to myself: "I thought it was different from the "Wei Liaozi" circulated in history, but I didn't expect that history would be the same again, just word by word." Looking back, it was indeed the same.
"Congratulations to Brother Wei, for achieving this masterpiece, it must be a strange book that has been passed down through the ages." Zhou Chong congratulated Wei Liao.
Wei Liao held his fist and bowed, saying, "This book can be successful, Brother Zhou has a great achievement. If Brother Zhou had not made such a high-quality wolf hair for Liaozi, how could Liaozi have written so quickly? Liaozi thanked Brother Zhou here."
"Brother Wei's words are so serious. This book can be accomplished by all the power of the teacher! Zhou Chong is just a little bit thin and not enough to be appointed. Zhou Chong dares to ask Brother Wei, what is the name of this book?" Zhou Chongqian said.
Wei Liao touched his beard, patted his forehead lightly, and said, "If Brother Zhou doesn't mention it, Liaozi really never thought about it. What's the name of Brother Zhou?"
"Isn't this a ready-made name?" Zhou Chong thought to himself, and said, "Zhou Chong is foolish in his opinion, this book is called "Yu Liaozi". The military strategy is named after the military genius. "Sunzi", "Wuzi" and "Sima Fa" all follow this example, and there is no exception to this book."
Wang Ao nodded in favor and said, "Sir, what Brother Zhou said is very reasonable, please make a decision."
Wei Liao pondered for a moment and said, "Since all the ancestors are like this, Liaozi is no exception, just call it "Yu Liaozi"." He picked up the wolf hair pen and wrote the three words "Yu Liaozi" at the beginning of the scroll.
Zhou Chong patted his forehead lightly and thought a little dizzy: "I really didn't expect that I actually named such a strange book. It's so honorable that I was dizzy."
Friends who are familiar with history know how famous the book "Yu Liaozi" is. It is a rare opportunity to witness the book's work with your own eyes. This is enough to make people excited for a lifetime. Zhou Chong even gave the title of the book. How can he not be dizzy? Not to mention Zhou Chong, anyone who understands the historical achievements of the book "Yu Liaozi" will be dizzy.
Wei Liao clasped his fists at Zhou Chong and said, "Brother Zhou, Liaozi has a small request, so please allow Brother Zhou to allow him."
"Brother Wei has something to say, Zhou Chong dare not do his best." Zhou Chong returned the favor.
Wei Liao smiled and said, "Liuzi was able to write military books because of Brother Zhou's strength. He first made paper for Liaozi, and then made pens for Wei Zi. Pen, ink, paper and ink are necessary for scholars. Among the four objects, paper and pen are more important. Liaozi dared not enjoy it alone. He wanted to ask Brother Zhou to promote these two techniques and let scholars all over the world use Brother Zhou's paper and pen last time. What did Brother Zhou think?"
Chapter completed!