Xishan Temple of the Sea God.

Zhao Hao is giving special lessons to his two disciples.

"In the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, three laws of motion are proposed. These are important laws in mechanics, which explain the basic laws of motion in classical mechanics and are the basis for studying classical mechanics and even physics..."

There was a separate chapter on mechanics in the "Elementary Physics" that Zhao Hao had given them before. The two disciples were naturally familiar with it. Today, the master had put in a lot of effort and was willing to explain it in depth to them, but the two of them were a little reluctant to listen and kept looking out.

"It's been three days, why is there no movement at all?" Jin Xuezeng whispered to his senior brother.

"Yeah, there's no news at all." Yu Shensi also sighed. "It's so frustrating."

But there was a dull thud, and Master Zhao slammed a thick volume of "Principles of Mathematics" on Jin Xuezeng's head.

"How dare you be distracted in my class? Are you tired of living?" Young Master Zhao flexed his wrist and slapped Jin Xuezeng's book on Yu Shensi's head again.

~~

The Temple of the Sea God was actually the temporary county government of Chongming County. The signing room was in the middle of the back hall. The county magistrate and the chief clerk shared the east side hall, while the chief clerk and the six clerks shared the west side hall.

At the door of the back hall, the officials coming and going were all horrified to see the eldest master and Master Yu kneeling inside with sad faces, each holding a thick book in their hands and not daring to put it down.

No one dared to linger at the entrance of the palace, fearing that they would be hated by the master and the master. They all quickly hid far away and gloated over the misfortune of others in places where the two could not see them.

"What's going on?" In the east side hall, the chief clerk asked the county magistrate.

"The Supreme County Lord is showing off his power. I wonder what mistake the master has made?" The grass-green official robe on the county magistrate had been starched and turned into light green.

"Alas, this master is usually not easy to mess with, but I didn't expect that he would let a teenager take care of him like his grandson." The chief clerk couldn't help but be amazed.

"Be careful. If the magistrate hears you, you'll be the one kneeling there." The county magistrate warned him, then sighed and said, "Our magistrate is really unlucky. Among the more than 1,400 county magistrates in the Ming Dynasty, he is the most unlucky one."

"That's right. It would be better to withdraw Chongming County quickly and let everyone be reborn, which is better than being half-dead now..." the chief clerk agreed deeply.

"Well, who said it wasn't true?" The county magistrate nodded in agreement.

~~

Jin Xuezeng and Yu Shensi were so focused on putting out the fire for their master that they didn't care what the people below thought.

"We are not human beings. We don't even cherish the opportunity to be taught by Master in person."

"Yes, we have reflected deeply on our mistakes, accepted the punishment, and only ask Master not to be angry."

"Master is still growing, and getting angry will affect his development. Then we will be in trouble."

The two of them talked back and forth, and finally managed to calm Master Zhao down.

He sat behind Jin Xuezeng's desk with his head resting on his head, his feet propped up on the table, and said unhappily:

"What's wrong with you? You've only been an official for a few days, and you can't learn anything? How can you pass on my legacy?"

The two thought to themselves that they probably wouldn't live to see the day when their master would pass on his legacy to them.

But who would dare to stir up trouble at this moment? Just nod your head obediently.

"Yes, yes, we have disappointed Master so much."

"I'm mainly worried about the Haisha Gang. It's already the third day, why is there still no news? Isn't there something wrong?"

"Yes, Master. If anything goes wrong over there, the situation will be out of control." Yu Shensi sighed.

"Hey, is it just because of this?" Zhao Hao was actually very worried, otherwise he wouldn't have used them as punching bags.

But Mr. Zhao was too proud to care about his reputation and pretended not to care. He picked up the book and flipped through it while saying calmly:

"I have done everything for them, whether it is something a teacher should or should not do. If they still can't do this little thing well, then I can't do anything about it."

He wanted to take on too much responsibility and personally send Madam Shen to the position of gang leader.

But the Shachuan Gang has 3,000 members and 40,000 family members, and is much stronger than the county, not to mention the outsiders like Jiangnan Company. Such a powerful collective has its own independent will, and if outsiders rashly get involved, there will only be harm and no benefit.

Master Zhao could only let them solve it on their own while he waited for the results.

"As expected, Master is the one who keeps his composure. Let me learn from you."

Jin Xuezeng and Yu Shensi nodded their heads hurriedly, pretending not to have seen the ridiculous scene of Teacher Zhao holding the book upside down.

"Or, why don't we ask someone to find an excuse to go and take a look?" Jin Xuezeng couldn't help but said after he finished speaking.

"Go to hell." Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at him and said, "It just makes people think we are trying to be too aggressive."

"Oh, Master's routine is really profound." Yu Shensi praised.

As they were talking, they heard a burst of quick footsteps.

Ma Yinglong ran into the signing room out of breath. "Here, here I come!"

"What's going on?" Zhao Hao said unhappily, "Everyone is so impatient."

"Someone is coming from Sansha Island." Ma Yinglong gasped.

Jin Xuezeng and Yu Shensi asked in unison, "Who is coming?"

"Ma... Elder Dong Ma."

"Great!" The two of them jumped up and hugged each other excitedly. "We won, we won!"

"I'm here, so I'm here." Mr. Zhao calmly sat up straight, put down his book and stood up. "Isn't this natural?"

As he spoke, he glanced at his two disciples and said, "Also, did I allow you to get up?"

"No, no..." Jin and Yu quickly knelt down again.

"Get up." Zhao Hao then let them go.

"Thank you, Master." The two men stood up with shameless faces, patting their knees while Ma Yinglong asked: "Where is the person?"

"I'm waiting in the front hall."

"Let's go and take a look." The two were eager to run out, but they stopped themselves abruptly and bowed politely, "Please come in, teacher."

"Well, that's more like it." Master Zhao then paced in a square step and walked out steadily.

However, when he was leaving the house, his toes hit the door sill and he stumbled and fell out. It was obvious that his heart was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Fortunately, Gao Wu was quick-witted and rushed forward, and rescued Zhao Hao with a scoop from the bottom of the sea, preventing his face from coming into close contact with the ground.

"Why is the threshold so high? Saw it off for me!" Young Master Zhao was so angry that he kicked the wooden threshold.

"Sawing, sawing, sawing them all quickly." Jin Xuezeng immediately shouted to the clerks to do it quickly.

~~

When Master Zhao, accompanied by Jin Xueceng and Yu Shensi, appeared before Elder Ma, he regained his calm and composed demeanor as a noble young master.

"I am Ma Dong, an old man, and I am here to meet you, young master." Elder Ma was dressed in coarse linen clothes and in heavy mourning.

Zhao Hao was startled by his attire. "Elder Ma, who is this?"

Whether it's Chen Huaixiu or that little Teng, they're losses that Master Zhao Chen cannot afford.

"Young Master, you have misunderstood." Elder Ma hurriedly explained, "I am following the orders of our Gang Leader Chen to invite you and the County Master to attend Gang Leader Shen's funeral."

"Oh? Boss Chen?" Zhao Hao finally felt relieved after hearing that. "So, the rebels have been defeated?"

"Thanks to the young master and the county lord, they have all surrendered." Elder Ma replied in a deep voice: "Now the gang is united in supporting Gang Leader Shen!"

"Okay, I didn't make a mistake in choosing the right person!" Zhao Hao clapped his hands and cheered.

ps. Chapter 2.