Zhang Feng was dumbfounded.
Ever since he won this villa at the gambling table last time, he had completely forgotten about this matter.
If it weren't for the old man mentioning it today, he might not even remember that there was such a thing. But where did Jingshu get this news?
Why did she go to tidy up the house?
However, Zhang Feng instantly understood that this must have been spread by Chen Tieniu, that big mouth. When he saw a woman, he didn't even know how to walk. As long as Jingshu slightly thought about it, none of them would be able to fight.
No wonder the old man would be so angry. But this wasn't right!
Even if Jingshu went to tidy it up again, the villa had never been lived in before. This wasn't a big deal, right? Why didn't he want the villa now that it was returned to him?
No.
There was a ghost!
There was a big ghost inside!
Sure enough, Li Yuan's words instantly made Zhang Feng understand.
"Kid, I heard that your house on Xiao Mountain was built differently from the houses at the foot of the mountain and all the houses in the Tang Dynasty."
Zhang Feng nodded.
He didn't understand what the old man was selling in his gourd, but Zhang Feng also had his own plans.
He patted his chest and said, "That's needless to say. This is our Zhang Feng's product. How can it be compared with these ordinary adobe houses? Moreover, this academy is something that I poured my heart and soul into. Shouldn't I tidy it up properly? "
Li Yuan glanced at Zhang Feng and said smugly, "Do you know that this brick wall can only be used by those rich and powerful people with meritorious deeds?"
"I know! But aren't we viscounts now? In any case, we're also people with status. We can also use this brick, right? Besides, this is the academy. There's no rule that says that the academy can't use bricks, right? "
During the Tang Dynasty, there were rules governing the use of bricks. Ordinary people would either build mud houses or use stone strips to build their houses. However, bricks were strictly controlled. After all, they were not only used to build houses, but also the main material for building city walls. Those who were not powerful and meritorious were not qualified to use them.
If bricks were used rashly, then the slave would be demoted to the border area and would never be able to enter the city. As for the rich merchants, they would be demoted to slaves.
Similarly, he would never be able to rise again.
However, the Academy was different.
Originally, there were not many people who built academies in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, the academy did not explicitly state that bricks could not be used, so Zhang Feng took advantage of this loophole.
Even if he was caught, he wasn't afraid!
On the one hand, he was building an academy. If anyone dared to say anything, then please take out the relevant documents and say that the Tang Dynasty's law stated that the building of an academy could not be done by turning stones.
If anyone dared to take out something, then he would definitely become the target of the world's literati.
On the other hand, he was a viscount at this time, the Viscount of Lingshan. The bricks he was using now were not the common black bricks in the Tang Dynasty, and they were not as big as the bricks in the present.
His red bricks were the ones in the future. This kind of brick did not belong to the category of bricks used by the government.
Therefore, Zhang Feng wasn't afraid that the government would find trouble with him.
Seeing that he couldn't threaten Zhang Feng, Li Yuan had to give up.
Li Yuan snorted twice and then gave up.
"Boy, you have foresight. If the higher-ups investigate this thing, something will happen sooner or later. Fortunately, the Old Man still has some connections in the court. If you ask the Old Man, maybe the Old Man …"
"Okay, okay, okay. Old Man, you'd better put it away! Could it be that the person you know is more powerful than Zhangsun Wuji, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice? "
Li Yuan glared.
In the end, there was nothing he could do.
He could only snort twice again and say, "Aiyaya, you boy, you don't know how to respect the old and love the young at all. I don't know how you are a teacher. How do you want to educate your students? If all the students you teach in the future are like you, how can it be?"
"If there is no one watching over you, boy, won't you turn the sky upside down?"
After Li Yuan finished speaking, he patted his forehead and said, "I remember now. That Yu Shinan was also tricked by you to go up the mountain. That Godly Doctor Sun Simiao also went up the mountain. The Old Man also heard that Yu Shinan has already announced that he will stop writing. Moreover, he seems to be looking for Chu Suiliang and the others. This is all thanks to you, boy, right?"
Zhang Feng was talked about by Li Yuan in such a way that he couldn't figure out what Li Yuan was going to do in an instant.
He looked at Li Yuan suspiciously and asked, "Old Man, what do you want to say?"
Li Yuan didn't say anything. He only took out a brocade covered item from his embroidered robe and patted it in his hand, saying, "The Old Man has a volume of Shangshu here. Boy, you should know its weight, right?"
Hearing this, Zhang Feng's eyes instantly widened to the size of copper bells.
Shangshu!
This was one of the five classics of Confucianism. Back in the Western Jin Dynasty, wasn't this thing lost?
If this was true, then …
How could it be in the old man's hands?
Zhang Feng couldn't help but feel his heart heat up.
With a 'bang', he stood up.
And Li Yuan seemed to have long known the fatal attraction of this thing to scholars. Instead, he covered the bamboo slip with his embroidered robe. Looking at the slowly approaching Zhang Feng, he said, "Boy, what do you want to do? Don't come over … "
Zhang Feng rubbed his hands and said, "The old man is really loyal! This boy here really lacks this kind of good thing. If you are willing to part with it, we can talk about anything! "
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