While he was talking, the doorman had already arrived with a wooden tray and three large porcelain bowls filled with water.

"Drink, and leave quickly after drinking. My master doesn't like strangers coming in. If he sees me, I will be scolded again."

Although the doorman had a harsh tone, he was not evil-minded. Cao Liang smiled, took the bowl, and drank the water.

This water is authentic mountain spring water, sweet and refreshing, refreshing enough to instantly beat those mineral waters that claim to be the porters of nature. What is pure natural and pollution-free can only be found in this era.

At this moment, two people walked out of the village, an old man and a young man. The old man had white hair and a childish face, and was energetic. The young man was tall and straight, strong and majestic. The old man and the young man were walking and talking, and they seemed to be having a lot of fun.

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However, when he saw someone at the door, the old man seemed unhappy and shouted: "Marin, I...didn't I tell you that no outsiders are allowed to come in? You are so bold, and you actually...acted against it!"

The old man stuttered a little and was very angry, and his gray beard was sticking up one after another.

The doorman Marin was horrified and said hurriedly: "Master, they are just passers-by. They came in to ask for a bowl of water. I will send them away now."

He turned around and complained to Cao Liang: "I told the master not to let people in, but you didn't listen. This time I made the master angry. You should leave quickly."

There were many weirdos living in seclusion in the mountains, but Cao Liang didn't care. Since others didn't want to see strangers, there was no need for him to stay here and make others uncomfortable. Cao Liang raised his hand to the doorman and thanked him for the gift of water.

Zhiyi: "Thank you, sorry for bothering me."

As for the old man, Cao Liang didn't care. Although Cao Liang can be regarded as a model young man who respects the elderly and loves the young, he doesn't deserve anyone. He won't put his hot face on someone else's cold ass.

Just when Cao Liang turned around and left, the young man next to the old man suddenly shouted: "Brother, please stay."

Cao Liang turned around and asked doubtfully: "Is something wrong?"

The young man chuckled and said, "Brother, is this the Qi Gate Supervisor Cao Liang and Cao Ziming?"

Cao Liang was slightly startled. The other person revealed his identity with one word. He obviously knew him. However, Cao Liang felt that the other person was very strange. After all, the memory he inherited was very fragmented. The person Cao Liang knew before may not be able to know him now.

know.

Moreover, it was only yesterday that he was promoted from Habayashiro to the due-term gate supervisor. The other party knew his identity so well that he was obviously a member of the Imperial Guard.

"Your Excellency is..."

"Brother Cao, nobles often forget things. We have met several times before, and General Fu Xuan is joining the army." Fu Xuan said with a smile as he cupped his hands towards Cao Liang.

Cao Liang suddenly realized that this was not because he remembered things, but that the young man in front of him was actually Fu Xuan, a famous thinker and writer in the Western Jin Dynasty.

In ancient times, there were indeed only a handful of people who could be called thinkers. Although Fu Xuan's highest official position was only Jiuqing and not Sangong, the materialist ideas he founded were unique in this era.

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Fu Xuan believes that "vital energy" is the basic element that constitutes things in nature. The generation of nature does not rely on mysterious powers such as "Creator", "God" and "Heaven". This is the simplest materialism. Fu Xuan is also respected as "Fu Xuan".

son".

In ancient times, those who could be called "Zi" were all great thinkers, such as Confucius, Mencius, Mozi, Laozi, Sun Tzu, Han Feizi, Zhuzi, and Fu Xuan. They were called Fuzi, and naturally they had a place in the field of thought.

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Of course, Fu Xuan is only in his twenties now and has little reputation. He only serves as a general in the army and is a member of the Forbidden Army. It is not surprising that he met Cao Liang.

"It turns out it's Fu Canjun. I'm rude and rude." Cao Liang returned the greeting with his hands in hand.

Fu Xuandao: "Brother Cao is not on duty today, so you have time to go out and enjoy the mountains and rivers?"

Cao Liang chuckled and said, "I went out for an outing today because I had nothing to do. I passed by here and wanted to ask for a bowl of water, but I didn't expect that I was turned down. I can't compare to Brother Fu's guest."

Fu Xuan hurriedly said: "Brother Cao, don't get me wrong. Mr. Ma is indifferent by nature and doesn't like fame and fortune. That's why he closed his door to thank guests and did not allow anyone who is not an acquaintance to see him. Brother Cao is not an outsider, so I will introduce him to Mr. Ma."

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"No, I'm just a commoner. I'd better avoid a distant and elegant person like Mr. Ma. After all, I can't climb high. It's better not to see each other." After saying that, Cao Liang handed over his hands and was about to leave.

Fu Xuan hurriedly stopped him and said: "Brother Cao has misunderstood. Mr. Ma is not a proud and arrogant person. He has been indifferent to fame and fortune all his life, and has studied his craftsmanship. He is the most skilled craftsman in the world. He is just a dull man with a stutter and not good at talking, so he is

Don’t blame Brother Cao for thanking guests behind closed doors.”

Cao Liang thought, this old man's surname was Ma, and he was called the most skilled craftsman in the world by Fu Xuan. Could it be that he was Ma Jun, the famous inventor during the Three Kingdoms period?

Thinking of this, Cao Liang immediately asked: "Is this Mr. Ma the person in charge of the matter, Mr. Ma Jun and Mr. Ma Deheng?"

Fu Xuan nodded and said: "Yes, exactly. But Mr. Ma resigned from his official position last winter and retired to the countryside..."

Cao Liang didn't wait for him to finish speaking. He already strode in front of Ma Jun, bowed and saluted, "I didn't know Mr. Ma was here. I have offended you so much, please forgive me."

To be honest, Cao Liang in his previous life did not admire many people in the Later Three Kingdoms. Even the big boss Sima Yi did not make Cao Liang admire him.

But this Ma Jun is someone Cao Liang truly admires.

Ma Jun was born in Fufeng, and the Ma family of Fufeng was a large family. It produced famous figures such as General Fubo of the Han Dynasty Ma Yuan, Ma Rong, a master of Confucian classics in the late Han Dynasty, and Ma Chao, the hussar general of the Shu Han Dynasty.

When Ma Jun was young, he came from a poor family. He stuttered and was not good at talking. However, he was ingenious, intelligent, diligent, willing to use his brain, good at studying, and invented many things.

Perhaps people in this era have never paid attention to the value of scientific and technological inventions, but Cao Liang, who traveled from later generations, knows very well that Ma Jun's many inventions are the ladder to promote human progress. In a sense, Ma Jun

Jun is greater than those princes and generals.

Just one loom invented by Ma Jun can increase the weaving efficiency five to six times, reduce the intensity of textile workers, and play an irreplaceable role in the development of the textile handicraft industry.

It's a pity that Ma Junsheng was born at the wrong time. If he could have been born in the era of the Industrial Revolution, he could have killed Edison in an instant. But in this era when everything is of inferior quality and only high-level students are educated, the brightest diamonds will become dusty.
Chapter completed!