Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 816 Rumors about to be confirmed
"I really don't know how to turn stones into gold, gentlemen, our geologists are definitely not alchemists, we are scholars."

Luo Zuo looked helplessly at the envoys of Yan Kingdom in front of him, and anxiously explained.

In order to show the importance he attached to Luo Zuo, the King of Yan sent two heavyweight envoys, the first one being Prince Liu Xian of King Yan.

Since King Yan began to imitate Liu Chang and use corvée to teach his son, Liu Xian soon lived a life like mules and horses kneeling. Well, speaking of it, he and geologists really have a lot in common.Long-term tempering outside has made Liu Xian extremely strong. Although he is not as tall as Liu Bo, his thick arms are very like an elder brother of the Kanyu family.

Liu Bo was extremely polite to him, calling him elder brother.

Seeing Liu Bo, Liu Xian's face was also full of nostalgia. Liu Xian missed those brothers back then very much. When he saw Liu Bo, tears welled up in his eyes.

As for the second envoy, it is even more serious, and it is Zhang Wu, the current Prime Minister of the Yan Kingdom.

This person originally served as Lang Zhongling in the Dai Kingdom, and later made many military exploits, was promoted several times, and finally served as the Prime Minister of the Yan Kingdom as Chehou. This person has some talents in both military and strategy. He is a very determined main fighter, as radical as King Yan, so he is deeply loved by King Yan. During these days in Yan State, he has made great contributions to the internal development of Yan State.

The two came to Daiguo together, even Liu Bo had to lead his ministers out to greet them.

But their purpose is to invite Luo Zuo, who has great powers and can turn stones into gold, to go to their side.

Luo Zuo couldn't laugh or cry, he could only explain again and again that he didn't have such means.

Zhang Wu said with a serious face, "Your Majesty asked us to come here in person, and asked us to pick you up in a carriage. You can't despise my Majesty like this."

Before Liu Bo opened his mouth, Liu Buhai sneered.

"Do you have to go if your king sends a car? If you have the guts, ask him to send a car to Chang'an to see if anyone comes?"

Zhang Wu glanced at Liu Buhai, but he didn't attack him, and continued: "Regardless of Dai and Yan, they are all the land of the great Han, how can we treat one more than the other?"

Seeing that the two prime ministers were at war, Liu Xian got up hurriedly, said with a smile: "I didn't come here this time to rob Lord Luo, but to invite him over. Of course, if he didn't finish his work in Dai, we will You can wait for him to finish his work, my father doesn't have any malicious intentions, I just want to invite you to go to Yan Country to conduct exploration and find out the local gold, iron ore, copper ore, and coal."

Luo Jian hastily explained: "Prince, this does not mean that you can find it through exploration. Exploration is a long and even complicated matter. Even with the support of local officials, it will take a lot of time. In addition, these things are not possible. It is transformed by human means, it is to be discovered, if there is, there is, if there is no, there is no, there is no reason to say that I can find iron ore and gold mines!!"

Zhang Wu snorted coldly, "They said that you were in the country of Dai, and you could find a lot of coal everywhere you went, and you never missed it. Are these rumors?"

"It's all a coincidence, I just happened to meet"

Liu Buhui stood in front of Luo Zuo, and looked at Zhang Wu, "Is this how you beg for help?"

The eyes of the two people were not very friendly. Liu Bo knew that the two had fought for the position of acting minister, so they had some enmity and didn't like each other very much.

Luo Jian had no choice at the moment, so he had to sigh a long time and said: "In this case, I am willing to go. In fact, there is no need to continue the exploration here. What is found now is enough to mine for hundreds of years. Temple Knowing the situation here, I will definitely send people to come. I can leave some disciples and lead the rest to Yan Country, but I am not sure whether Yan Country can find the resources."

Liu Xian was overjoyed and bowed to him, "Thank you so much, Mr. Luo. Don't worry, no matter whether you can find it or not, I will definitely give you the reward you deserve, and I will definitely support the Kanyu family in Yan Kingdom."

Several people chatted, Liu Buhai couldn't bear it anymore, and hurried to Zhang Buyi, who was sitting in his seat at the moment, just drinking his own tea, and what happened in front of him was I don't care at all.

"Zhang Xiang, these Yan people are so rude, why don't you just ignore them?"

Zhang Buyi raised his head slowly, glanced at him, and then said: "This Kanyu family belongs to the big man, it belongs to His Majesty, not from the Nidai Kingdom."

Liu Buhui nodded hastily, "That's right, but King Yan has always been irritable. I'm afraid that if Luo Gong fails to fulfill his orders, he will be detained by him."

Zhang Buyi squinted his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Then let's talk about it after he is detained."

If Zhang Buyi didn't open his mouth, then Liu Bo would not be able to stop him. During these days, Luo Zuo ran around in Dai State, and immediately set off a coal craze in Dai State. It is not a secret that Dai State owns coal. During the Warring States period, the coal here began to be transported to various places. However, no one knew that there was so much coal. He thought that his capital had coal, but he did not expect that there was coal on it. capital city.

Coal is everywhere here, there are many open-pit coals that are even well mined, and it is conceivable that the temple will be shocked by the discoveries here.

Needless to say the role of coal, whether it is to avoid the cold or large-scale smelting in temples, fuel is needed.

If Shangfang knew about the coal situation here, he might not want to move his headquarters to Pingcheng.

Liu Bo never thought that his family was actually sitting on Baoshan Mountain. This great discovery may completely change the current situation in the north. Daiguo will usher in a new destiny. Needless to say, just selling coal is enough to make this place extremely rich, which is innumerable wealth.

Liu Bo personally sent Luo Zuo to leave the country of Dai, and asked him to go to the country of Yan for exploration.

Whether it is the crown prince Liu Xian or the country's prime minister Zhang Wu, they all respect Luo Zuo very much, and the horse-drawn carriage drove towards the capital of Yan State. During the journey, Liu Xian combined his experience of serving in corvee in the past , asked Luo Gong many times for advice, and Luo Jian was surprised to find that the prince's experience was even richer than his own disciple, and the two immediately formed a good friendship, talking about some engineering matters along the way.

Liu Bi also attached great importance to this Lord Luo, and he personally led the ministers out of the royal city to greet him.

You know, this kind of specification is simply not acceptable to ordinary people.

And Liu Bi's courtesy to Luo Zuo actually aroused the dissatisfaction of some ministers. He is just an alchemist of the elementary school, so why did he make it so grand?

Are we real talents still going to visit him?
It's just that King Yan is very irritable, and the officials dare not say these things in front of him.

When Liu Bi saw the rumored Duke Luo, he looked up and down, and said in surprise, "I thought you had some unusual appearance!"

Looking at such a big posture, Luo Zuo felt a little guilty in his heart.

Of course he knew that the more polite the King of Yan was to him now, the greater the backlash he would suffer when he had no results. Maybe the entire school would be ruined in the Yan Kingdom.

But when the matter developed to this point, Luo Zuo had no choice but to turn around and run back to Daiguo, right?
Liu Bi kindly took his hand, got into the same car with him, and invited him to his palace with a smile.

Sitting at the banquet, Luo Jian was very uneasy.

Liu Bi was the first to ask about the matter of turning stone into gold.

"My lord, there is no way to turn stones into gold, it's just simple exploration."

When Luo Zuo began to seriously explain his knowledge, Liu Bi was obviously very dissatisfied. He didn't even hide his anger. He looked at the ministers who recommended Luo Zuo and asked, "Could it be that the ministers united Deceiving the widow?!"

Luo Zuo was taken aback by him, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is unavoidable that there is some alchemist style in such a touchstone, and your majesty, your majesty is against these alchemists and ghosts and gods, so long live your majesty the exploration!"

Luo Jian used the newly learned moves again, but he was not sure whether this move would work in Yan Kingdom.

And when he said this, King Yan's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it's not turning a stone into gold, and you can't involve the way of ghosts and gods! You have to follow what your majesty said! It's exploration!!"

Luo Zuo was overjoyed, he didn't expect this thing to work in Yan country.

Liu Bi couldn't wait any longer, and waved his hand, "Well, you can rest for a day, and then let these two people take you to explore, and go around all over the place, Liaoxi, Liaodong, Fuyu, all of them. It seems that you don’t need to explore much, just get some gold mines, iron mines or something!”

Luo Zuo lowered his head helplessly, and let out a long sigh. The matter has come to this point, but there is no chance to refuse. I hope we can gain something in these barren places.

Chang'an, in the Hall of Houde.

Holding the memorial in his hand, Lu Lu was telling Liu Chang the latest information in a low voice.

"On behalf of the state minister, it was said that the King of Yan sent someone to forcefully invite Luo Zuo away, and asked Luo Zuo to go to Yan's country for exploration. Rumors spread from all over the north that Luo Zuo and the Kanyu family could turn stones into gold, causing widespread concern everywhere. There was a sensation, and I couldn’t wait to ask Luo Zuo to go.”

Liu Chang frowned, "Go on."

"The Kanyu family has discovered more and more coal in Dai. It is said that the entire Pingcheng is covered with coal, which has surpassed that of any other region."

Liu Chang was not surprised at all, and grinned, "Daiguo has a lot of coal, how normal is that, otherwise, what would I send Luo Zuo there for?"

Lu Lu pursed his lips, starting to grab credit?

Liu Chang continued: "Luo Zuo was invited to the country of Yan? Why do you say that he can turn stones into gold?"

"Because Luo Gong went to two places and produced a lot of resources. Therefore, it is rumored that he can turn stone into gold."

When Liu Chang heard this, he muttered in a low voice, "Yan Guo, Anshan, Mohe, Fushun, hahaha~~~"

As he spoke, Liu Chang couldn't help but raised his head and laughed.

Lu Lu was confused, "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?"

"I went to the country of Yan, so I'm afraid this rumor will be confirmed, and the minerals of the country of Yan are really no less than those of the country of Dai."

"How did His Majesty know?"

"Is there anything I don't know? By the way, how about this? After Luo Zuo finishes his investigation there, you can ask him to go to Berkshire again. Well, there is also Xia Guo, which is the part of Xia Guo that is close to Beiting Kingdom. In this way, his reputation of turning stone into gold is really confirmed."

Lu Lu didn't know what the emperor was going to do, but he felt that the emperor must not be doing something good.

"Your Majesty, don't you hate these theories of ghosts and gods the most?"

"What? Did Luo Zuo dance to the gods before exploring? Or did he perform sacrifices? How can this be regarded as the theory of ghosts and gods? Touching stones into gold, this is what I call Gexue. If you learn it, you can definitely do it. Alloys are also gold. , Do you understand? Don’t pay attention to such news. Such news is not harmful to the development of geologists. Hasn’t Mr. Huang been holding onto geologists all day these days, and started to intervene in the knowledge of geology? ? Leave it to An, An knows how to use this kind of rumors to manage her own affairs well."

Lu Lu responded hastily.

Liu Chang couldn't help but said: "Liu An's school is true. It's not too shameless. It's just taking the hundred schools as its own nourishment. The stronger the hundred schools are, the stronger their schools are. The geology of the geologists is also taken by them. All the recruited people have organized people to study geology. Liu An said that he is not afraid of the expansion of the hundred schools. He is really not bragging. The expansion of the hundred schools will be beneficial to him. Everything can be his own. This is too much!"

Lu Lu hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness said that he was helping them organize, and also said that the knowledge of hundreds of schools is interoperable."

"Listen to his nonsense, there are all kinds of Huang Lao, and I only believed such nonsense when I was young."

As Liu Chang said, he began to straighten his clothes and prepare to get up.

Lu Lu knew at a glance that this man was going to go hunting again. Thinking of Yu Shigong's advice yesterday, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I heard that His Highness held a Kanyu conference in Taixue to promote the geomancy. Shall we go see it too?"

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, "The Gazetteer Conference? Since when did this man become a man of affairs?"

"His Royal Highness is following your order to support the Kanyu Family."

Liu Chang immediately dismissed the idea of ​​hunting, and said with some pride: "That's just right, such a grand ceremony of learning, how can we be missing? Go over and hear what this Zhuzi wants to do!"

Liu Chang did not go out with much fanfare. When he and Lu Lu sneaked here, the place was very lively and people came and went. Although Liu Chang lowered his body and was dressed in ordinary clothes, with his appearance, he wanted to It was still too difficult to hide himself, and he was quickly recognized. In desperation, he had no choice but to walk up to the stage under the embroidered clothes.

The Kanyu Conference held by Liu An is actually to publicize the many propositions and knowledge of Kanyu School, and even arranged several debates between Kanyu School and Mohist schools, which is considered a very good event.

The main purpose is to create momentum for geologists.

This attracted a lot of students, and the whole venue was surrounded. When Liu Chang appeared here, there was another climax immediately, and all the students cheered.

Even the many students who were preparing to fight, mustered their strength at this moment.

Liu An was a little surprised by his father's sudden arrival, so he hurriedly got up and made way for Liu Chang to sit on the top seat, while he himself sat on the side.

Liu Chang nodded triumphantly, signaling to everyone that the meeting can continue.

With the emperor around, the academic atmosphere became somewhat intense.

The next person to play was a young scholar from the Mo family. Facing Liu Wu from the Kanyu family, this young Mohist did not panic at all, and directly launched an attack from the root of the Kanyu family. The disciples of the Mohist school believed that the knowledge of the Kanyu family was flawed. , the beginning is a sharp question: "To control the people? To benefit the people? If it is to benefit the people, why should the people be regarded as Kanyu? If it is to control the people, how can it be said to be virtuous? If it is considered to be a country, why is it prospering? ? Why treat people as animals?"

Liu Wu took a deep breath and began to answer.

Liu An nodded repeatedly.

Liu Chang was a little dazed, he subconsciously wanted to tell Lu Lu, but suddenly remembered something, and his face darkened.

Lu Lu kept a straight face, he only realized now that he shouldn't have persuaded His Majesty to come here.

Sitting here will obviously affect His Majesty's mood.

After all, the knowledge is still here, but the person who can explain it to him is no longer there.

"He was asking whether the opinions of the geologists are used to control the people, or to benefit the people. If it is used to benefit the people, why should the people do this kind of drudgery? If it is used to control the people, why should they say they are His knowledge is very virtuous. If it is for the benefit of the country, why would he advocate such things as corvee? If it is for the benefit of the king, why would he propose to control the people to do things and treat the people as livestock? I love it, but I don't like superiors controlling the common people."

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head, Liu An was looking into the distance, and started talking in a low voice.

"These people from the Mo family must have discussed it beforehand. You see, father, they come on stage one by one, and they are using the loopholes in each other's words to attack."

"The last one asked about the role of geomancers, and Liu Wu answered him with the idea of ​​benefiting the common people."

"So this guy started using his last answer to attack him."

"Father, look, he's going to fight back! Liu Wu still has some talents, and the Mo family uses the morality in his own academic claims to question other academic claims."

"Father, I'm going to win!"

Liu An is not just a translator, he can even preview in advance, focus on explaining, check for gaps and make up for omissions, and tell the shortcomings and advantages of both debaters.

Liu Chang immediately heard clearly and saw clearly.

When Zhao Wan played in person, Liu Chang became a little excited.

"Ann, who do you think will win?"

"Liu Wu will definitely lose, but if the Kanyu family can't lose today, if Liu Wu loses, then I can only go on the field in person and use the knowledge of the Kanyu family to confront Zhao Wan, and I can't let Zhao Wan lose too badly , I have to save him some face, father, what do you think I should say later?"

Liu Chang was silent for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Call him a traitor to Confucianism? Then spit on his face?"

Liu An was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Father is right, you can use the relationship between knowledge and users as an argument, let him hide his face and go away!"

"Well"

(End of this chapter)