Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 20: Personal Notes
The lady looked at the portrait with a hint of surprise on her pretty face.

It turns out that he has some talent.

This was the most similar portrait of herself she had ever seen.

However, the writing style is too crude, focusing more on form than meaning.

This was something she had never come across when she was studying before.

When she was studying, her teacher taught her painting, and he only taught her the meaning.

The lady looked at Zhang Sui curiously and asked, "Did you really learn this from Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou?"

The fact that Zhang Sui was Ding Yuan's disciple was told to her by the second lady Zhen Mi.

Zhang Sui lied without blushing or beating his heart: "Yes, ma'am."

"That's how my teacher taught me to draw when he was alive."

"But the master didn't teach me for long."

"At that time, the general happened to invite him to the capital to serve the king."

"He led his army and left in a hurry."

"Before leaving, he gave me some portraits and books."

Zhang Sui said with a sad face: "It's a pity that you went to Jingzhao to serve the king and never came back."

"He was murdered by the traitors Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu."

"All relatives were also beheaded."

"I was also implicated and hunted down at the time."

"I had to burn the books and pictures to escape."

“Although I am unwilling.”

"But books are dead, and people are alive."

"Mr. and his relatives, although his works are gone."

"But as his disciple, I will continue to carry on his legacy."

Although the lady had already learned from the second lady Zhen Mi that Zhang Sui was Ding Yuan's disciple.

However, at this moment, after hearing what Zhang Sui said, she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

She had also heard of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou.

In the past, she married into the Zhen family, and Ding Yuan came to her wedding day.

However, at that time, Ding Yuan's official position was not the governor of Bingzhou, but the governor of Bingzhou.

At that time, the Zhen family was even more prosperous than it is now, with a constant flow of people coming and going.

Although her husband was still young at the time and held a low official position, being only the magistrate of Shangcai, Ding Yuan still gave him enough face and treated her husband like a brother.

Unexpectedly, now both her husband and Ding Yuan have passed away.

The lady said with emotion: "By this calculation, you can be considered as a descendant of the old friend."

After a while of mourning, the lady pointed to the two lines of words on the portrait and said, "Are these the simplified characters that Mi'er mentioned that you created yourself? How do you pronounce them?"

Zhang Sui said: "She is smiling like a spring peach, with her hair piled high like clouds and green hair; her lips are blooming like cherry blossoms, and her teeth are fragrant like pomegranates."

There was a blush on the lady's pretty face.

Are you praising yourself for being good-looking?
Yesterday she looked at the portrait Zhang Sui painted for his second daughter, and also saw the calligraphy he wrote.

By comparing the two paintings and the inscriptions, we can know that Zhang Sui should indeed be a disciple of Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou.

Ordinary people can never paint in this style, nor write such beautiful words of praise.

The lady said: "Very talented."

"Besides these, what else are you proficient in?"

Zhang Sui pondered for a moment.

He wanted to say that he was also proficient in strange and lewd techniques.

For example, making a crossbow.

For example, making a simple compound bow.

For example, making a bulldozer.

Among them, the crossbow and the simple compound bow were what he learned from the short videos he often watched before he traveled through time.

As a social animal, before traveling through time, he had only two hobbies in watching short videos: beauties and history.

Beauties, as the name suggests, are all about long legs and big breasts.

Lying on the bed, he can enjoy the feeling of having three palaces and six courtyards in ancient times. It’s so cool.

History is a variety of historical allusions and historical inventions.

These historical allusions and historical inventions were not only paid attention to in the late Han Dynasty, but also in other dynasties.

For example, the relationship between the two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe, who were both crazy about doting on their brother.

For example, many people think that precision instruments such as gears actually existed as early as the Warring States Period.

During the Qin Dynasty, there was even an institutionalized system of sophisticated bronze crossbow mechanisms.

Through these historical allusions and historical inventions, Zhang Suicai gradually got rid of the terms "unappreciated talent" and "angry young man".

He finally understood that in the long river of history, an ordinary social animal like him was actually nothing at all, and would eventually turn into a pile of yellow earth without a sound. However, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Firstly, strange and lewd techniques were not popular in ancient times.

On the contrary, you will be looked down upon.

In ancient times, strange and lewd techniques have always been regarded as "playthings that will lead to loss of ambition."

Ma Jun, a genius craftsman in the late Han Dynasty, invented so many things, but he was a minor official all his life.

Secondly, although the Zhen family is a prominent family, it is a famous family.

However, according to history, the current Zhen family has actually declined.

Moreover, the situation would slowly rebound starting from the time when the second daughter Zhen Mi married Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi.

Wuji County is within Jizhou.

The current owner of Jizhou is Yuan Shao.

If these weapons were really made, there would be no good ending.

If these weapons were invented, there would be a high possibility that they would be discovered by Yuan Shao's men.

According to the lack of attention paid to craftsmen in ancient times.

There is a high probability that I will be taken away by Yuan Shao's men, and then locked up every day like a beast of burden, and then asked to make these weapons.

As for what many people fantasize about, that Yuan Shao would take this seriously and even promote him to be a military advisor, this is just a fantasy and is simply impossible.

No matter how great an ancient craftsman you are, you can never become a military strategist.

Not to mention that craftsmen were looked down upon.

In ancient times, if one wanted to become a military strategist, one not only had to have strategy, but also had to have a good background.

Although he claimed to be a disciple of Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou, he had no real evidence!
Moreover, Ding Yuan was no match for Yuan Shao, who was a member of a family of three officials for four generations.

Not to mention, he doesn't have the ability.

In that case, why not stay in the Zhen family?
Another thing is that in history, Yuan Shao was eventually destroyed by Cao Cao.

Then, what else can be brought out and can be used by the Zhen family——

Zhang Sui raised his head and looked at his wife and said, "Arithmetic, ordinary arithmetic, is not difficult for me."

The lady and the second lady Zhen Mi looked at each other.

Second Miss Zhen Mi drew a right triangle in the air and said to Zhang Sui, "You should have seen this figure. Now, our Zhen family has purchased a piece of good land. Someone has calculated that the two sides are 30 steps and 40 steps respectively. So, how many steps do you think the hypotenuse is?"

Zhang Sui laughed out loud.

Isn’t this the “Pythagorean Theorem” that we learned in junior high school?

The second lady Zhen Mi was quite angry when she saw Zhang Sui laughing.

This scoundrel, I don't know what he is laughing at.

It just makes people angry.

It seems like he is determined to win!

The lady was not angry, but asked, "Is this question very simple?"

Zhang Sui met the second lady Zhen Mi's suppressed angry gaze, and then he stopped smiling and said, "Fifty steps."

Second Miss Zhen Mi: “.”

The lady was a little surprised and asked a few more questions.

There is mental addition and subtraction.

There are also other trapezoidal and square figure area and perimeter calculations.

Seeing Zhang Sui coming over with such a confidant, the lady let out a long sigh.

It’s more than enough for the Zhen family!

Besides, he is still a man.

It is much more convenient for men to go out and do things than women.

Madam said, "Zhang Sui, I will appoint you as the personal secretary of my Zhen family."

"I'll give you half a year. You can follow me or the Second Miss to learn about the affairs of my Zhen family."

"Half a year later, you will help my Zhen family do more things."

"I will definitely not reduce your reward."

"If you carry me with you for the next six months, I will give you half a roll of silk every month. How about that?"

Zhang Sui's heart was lifted.

This is not too good!
Only half a piece of silk a month; Captain Zhen Hao's salary is far less than that!
Moreover, your remuneration will increase.

This lady clearly wants to cultivate herself.

If you don't agree to this, then you're out of your mind.

In the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty, going to other places, at least for now, Zhang Sui couldn't think that with his status, he could find a better place than staying in the Zhen family!

Zhang Sui bowed and said, "Madam, I am willing to serve you like a dog or a horse!"

(End of this chapter)