The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek. ----- Qu Yuan's "Lisao"

It is said that when Chen Long heard Huang Gai talk about Huang Zhongbao's red blood knife, his heart moved, although it was too difficult to return to Qingyuan Village the same way, he did not have this time at present, and the moat made people shudder, he took the peach blossoms last time, flew from high to low, and almost died in the abyss together, and he was even more uncertain about flying back. But if you can find the location of the sinkhole and go down the rope from the sinkhole, you may be able to get the Green Gun back.

Thinking of this, Long Chen quickly checked the light brain map. Since coming to Lingling, Chen Long has accurately located Qingyuan Village according to the route, Chen Long recalled the route and direction from the water curtain cave in Qingyuan Village to the underground waterfall, and then into the sinkhole, and slowly drew a road map from Qingyuan Village to Tiankeng. In the end, the light brain was located in the depths of a big mountain about fifty kilometers in a straight line north-northeast of Qingyuan Village, and Chen Long clapped his hands and said, "It's done." ”

Chen Long pulled the straight-line distance from Tiankeng to Lingling on the light brain again, which was about more than 360 kilometers. Chen Long thought to himself, even if he went to the sinkhole by himself, it would be difficult, so he simply waited for his special division to be established and carried out a hard wilderness survival training. Even if you can't get it back, you can count as having completed a necessary training subject.

The plan in his heart has been decided, seeing that everyone has gone to work on their own tasks, and it is not early, he pulled Huang Gai and said: "Third brother, you and I go to the street together, see if you can meet your father-in-law and Huang Zhong, and everyone will go shopping and drink tea together." The two of them did not bring their entourage, and walked into the main street in civilian clothes, only to see that after the yellow scarf, the shops on the street opened for business, and the empty street a few days ago was lively again.

The two stopped walking, and Chen Long saw that the prices of grain and vegetables were quite stable, and his heart was a little calm. After walking around, I didn't find Huang Zhong and Huang An, and walked to the door of the Shengjia iron shop. The old man Sheng was smoking a dry cigarette at the door, and when he saw Chen Long and the others, he quickly stood up and threw the dry tobacco stick aside, and said deeply: "Lord Taishou, the old man is reasonable." ”

Chen Long saw that he was very respectful, and remembered that he was not too guarded last time, and with an official hat, the common people were naturally much more polite. The old man took Chen Long into the door and sat down, calling his wife, sons, and grandchildren to come to see Taishou. Chen Long comforted them one by one, and saw that the grandson of the Sheng family had a tiger head and a tiger brain, very cute, so he took some money on his body to reward him, and the old couple of Le's faces were full of chrysanthemums, Chen Long said: "Sheng Lao, the stirrups were built well last time, I asked Huang Gai to come back and order a large number of goods, you have to find me a good blacksmith in the city, and help the army together." The old man said with a smile on his face: "This is natural, it's not me who boasts, nine out of ten blacksmiths in the city are my disciples and grandchildren, and I can recruit them all with a word." ”

Chen Long said: "I can see that your old skills are good, I will draw two more patterns for you today, and you can type them out for me." As he spoke, he took a piece of charcoal and drew it on the white wall, and when Huang Gai looked at it, he saw that a slender and curved saber gradually appeared on the wall, about three feet long, half a foot long, and the blade was extremely narrow. Huang Gai asked: "The handle of this knife is not long, and it seems that it is not suitable for holding power with both hands." Chen Long smiled and said, "This is the standard weapon of your cavalry division in the future, and it is suitable for light cavalry raids." The knife must be held in one hand, and it must be light, narrow, and thin, which is conducive to the horse's sprinting speed advantage, and is most suitable for surprise combat. With the use of the horseman's light shield, it can achieve the effect of coming and going like the wind and chiseling through the enemy formation. Sheng Laohan and Huang Gai nodded when they heard this.

Chen Long then drew another dagger, but it was a pattern of a serrated dagger used by the military in later generations. Chen Long explained: "This dagger has a sharp edge on the one hand, a serrated tooth on the other, and a blood groove in the middle, which needs to be made of good steel, and it is not easy to build. The sawtooth can be used to cut through thorns and thorns during the march, to open up nuts, to cut down trees, to set up camp tents, and the blood groove is good for daggers to pull out. You can create a sample to see first, and then order in large quantities. Sheng Lao Hannuo agreed, and glanced at Huang Gai, and couldn't help but suspect that Long Chen was a god descending from heaven, otherwise where would there be so many wonderful ideas?

Coming out of the Sheng family, the sky was dark, and it was the setting sun. The two walked back to the Huang Mansion, and the servant said: "Master Huang said to let the two of you come back to the study for tea, and the two Huang masters are waiting in the study." Chen Long didn't have time to see the peach blossoms first, so he went directly to the study with Huang Gai, and Huang Zhong and Huang An both got up to greet each other. The four of them sat down one after another, and the next person served tea.

Huang Zhong obviously had something to say, and he couldn't wait to say: "Wenlong, I chatted with Brother Huang An for an afternoon, and my brother Gu Dao Wenlong has the ideal of seeking happiness for the people of the world, which is very much in line with my heart." But how? So how can political consultation be achieved? ”

Chen Long knew that if he wanted to subdue Huang Zhong, he had to explain his ideals clearly, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Hansheng, the happiness of the people in the world is nothing more than four words: food, clothing, housing and transportation. Under Fang today, some officials levied and extorted violently, so some people had no clothes to wear; There are thieves who rob houses and houses, so some people have no food; There are wealthy families who take advantage of it, so some people have no land to live in; There are warlords who are reckless, so there are people who have no way to go. Not to mention that the people are sick and cannot seek medical treatment, and there are children who cannot receive education, which is the immorality of the Son of Heaven. Everyone is born of their parents, they are all flesh and blood, why is the gap between the rich and the poor so big? Now I want to realize the happiness of the people, and I should give light to the meager endowment, revitalize agriculture and run schools, so that everyone can support and rely on. County officials are all from wealthy families, and if they control the government of a county, they will harm a county, and if they control the government of a county, they will harm a county, and the world abounds. Now, if I want to realize the happiness of the people, I should not stick to one pattern and open up the bureaucracy, so that the talented and virtuous people in cloth clothes can also be promoted. The county officials belong to the army, all from the people, but the officials are unscrupulous, and the generals are immoral, so that the army of the county and county is all private soldiers. Now I want to realize the happiness of the people, and I should purge the officials and make laws, so that the county officials will not be able to harm the people, the army will not be able to disturb the people, and the robbers will not be able to rob the people, and I will become an army that protects the land and the people. Wealthy families, not engaged in production, sitting on thousands of acres of fertile land, hereditary replacement, full of fat cream, but the tenant farmers are destitute and exploited by the wealthy. If I want to realize the happiness of the people, I should suppress the wealthy families and return to the farms, so that there will be no shortage of food rations, and gradually become rich. If the people have a life to rely on, the old to support, the sick to rely on, the young to learn, the poor to eat, and the poor to have a plan, then the happiness of the people can be realized. ”

Chen Long stopped and looked at Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong held a cup of tea, but didn't drink it, listened carefully, muttered for a long time, and sighed: "All of you here are close relatives, I have a word, I don't know if Wenlong can listen to it." At today's luncheon, I heard the poems written by Wenlong, and I was quite disgusted. We are all subjects of the Han family, although the world is disturbed, why not rise up to correct the dynasty and return the world to an innocent world, why do you want to rebel? ”

Chen Long said: "The world, the world of the people of the world." Han Sheng wanted to help the Han room, and he could sincerely express the sun and the moon, but he had no choice but to shine on the ditch. I want to ask Han Sheng, above the court today, but the Son of Heaven is in charge? Huang Zhong was silent, and Chen Long continued: "Above the court, it is nothing more than being swayed by relatives and eunuchs. The Son of Heaven lost his morality, accumulated so far, so there is the scourge of today's Yellow Turban, the people of the world are too bitter, and there is no way out, the county guards all support the army and respect themselves, and the small people are dreaming of becoming emperors. The general trend of the world has collapsed, war is inevitable, and ending the war as soon as possible to unify the whole country and return the people of the world to a peaceful world is the great principle of the world. Today, in front of Han Sheng, I can swear that if I win the world, I will not be the emperor, and replace the imperial power with the system of political consultation, and the representatives of the political consultation will be selected from the people of the world to formulate a national policy for the benefit of the people. If you violate this oath, you are willing to die at the hands of the villain. ”

Huang Zhong stood up, shook the ground, and said, "Huang Zhong has been taught. Thanks to Wenlong, who can afford it and explains it to me in detail, I woke up like a dream today. I, Huang Zhong, want to fight for the ideal of the king, but the Han family is kind to me, and I can't bear to leave. Chen Long knew that Huang Zhong still hadn't turned a corner, and it was good to be able to say this, so he stood up and helped Huang Zhong and said: "It's Hansheng who can afford me, I always welcome Hansheng here, and I hope Hansheng will come as soon as possible and seek the world for the people." ”

After talking about the big event, everyone talked about the art of war again, talking about Huang Zhong's red blood knife, Chen Long became interested in the black bamboo secret realm again, and Huang Zhong promised to have the opportunity to take Chen Longtong to explore the secret in the future. The servant came up and said that supper was ready. The atmosphere of the family banquet was cordial and lively, the four strong men drank a lot of wine, Chen Long returned to the room drunk, and saw that the peach blossom poison was gone, and the color was as bright as before, and he couldn't help but be entangled, and the two of them did some good things without mentioning it. After the event, Peach Blossom touched her lower abdomen and whispered secretly: "I hope I can get pregnant this time." Chen Long fell asleep early on the side, looking for Zhang Ning in his dream, where could he still hear.

Early the next morning, Chen Long woke up and remembered that he should go to meet Jiang Wan today, so he called Huang Gai, Huang Gai said some about Jiang Wan's situation, and said that Jiang Wan was Liu Min's cousin, Chen Long hurriedly called Huang Gai to call Liu Min. Three people and three horses came straight to the Jiang clan. The Jiang family is a famous family in Lingling, and a large courtyard occupies a corner of the east of the city, and the servants at the door heard that the Taishou was coming, so they hurriedly went in to report to the master of the family. After a while, the middle door opened, and a man who was quite tall, sixty years old, wearing a scarf, wearing a Confucian robe, and quite a fairy style and bones hurriedly greeted him, and said: "I don't know if it is too guarded, Jiang Chong has missed the welcome, forgive the sins." At a glance, seeing Huang Gai and Liu Min standing behind a tall and handsome man, he knew that the tall and handsome man was Chen Long, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Liu Min called his uncle, who turned out to be the current patriarch of the Jiang family, Jiang Chong, the father of Jiang Wan.

Chen Long helped Jiang Chong up and said with a smile: "Patriarch Jiang, I will come uninvited today, and I hope that Patriarch Haihan will come." Then Jiang Chong hurriedly said where, welcome, welcome, waved his hand and invited a few people to come into the Xuan Hall to sit down and have tea. Passing by the Jiang ancestral hall, Chen Long bowed a few times with incense, Jiang Chong saw that Chen Long was polite and polite, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

After a few cups of tea, Long Chen got to the point and said to Jiang Chong: "I heard that the patriarch has a son named Jiang Wan, who is very eloquent and smart, can you please come and meet?" Jiang Chong understood, and hurriedly called someone to call Jiang Wan, while everyone was waiting for Jiang Wan's effort, he smiled and said: "I don't know, my wife and I got this son when we were more than half a hundred years old, and we are quite spoiled. Where the wandering wreckage is, please be too guarded and not to blame. ”

Long Chen nodded, thinking to himself, do talented people have personalities? After a while, I saw a person with high appearance, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, a white face and no beard, a towering forehead, with tiredness, and soft boots. When the man saw his father, he bowed down and said, "What did my father call me?" Said that Bi Na looked at Chen Long and the others, saw Liu Min and Huang Gai, and said hello.

Jiang Chong hurriedly asked his son to see Chen Long, Jiang Wan heard that it was too guarded, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, and stood behind his father after the salute. Chen Long faced the prime minister of Shu in later generations, and saw that his face was as usual, neither humble nor arrogant, and he said in his heart that this should be a capable person, so he went straight to the point and said: "The name of Gongyan is like thunder, and I hate to see each other today." My husband needs to make a contribution, and I am here today to discuss with your father about inviting you to become a priest. Your cousin Liu Min is already an official in my office, Gongyan is a great talent, better than Liu Min, can be my long history, on official positions, only under me and Liu Xian, I don't know what Gongyan wants? ”

When Jiang Wan heard this, he was noncommittal, just looking at his father. When Jiang Chong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Fortunately, if you look at it, I, Jiang, should obey it." But the dog is lazy and has never been an official, but suddenly occupies a high position, for fear of delaying the big things that are too guarded. When Chen Long heard this, he smiled and said, "Didn't I invite Gongyan to be an official?" The previous Taishou didn't use Gongyan, it can only be said that they have no vision. Jiang Chong also smiled when he heard this, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

Before Jiang Chong could say anything more, Jiang Wan suddenly said: "I am too upright, and I came to see Jiang Wan in person today. Last night I took a lesson, saying that today there will be a noble person who will come to the door, and it should be on the Taishou. I wonder why I can't see through the origin of Taishou, since my divination has always been accurate. ”

It turned out that Jiang Wan had great talents and was also skilled in divination. After Liu Min returned, he went to Jiang's mansion and talked to his cousin about his prestige and persuaded Wan to go out. Jiang Gongyan started class last night, expecting that Chen Long would come to the door in the next few days, but he felt that the hexagram was obscure, like a divine dragon descending from the sky, I don't know what kind of character Chen Long is, how could such a great talent suddenly emerge in this world? Today, I wanted to see how Long Chen was doing, and I saw that Long Chen was extraordinary, and he was really a dragon and phoenix among people, so I asked Long Chen about his origin. Chen Long knew that the people of that era attached great importance to the family, which was actually a shortcoming in recruiting talents, so he lied and said: "My ancestor once helped Emperor Guangwu revive, but he was surnamed Hu, and the first emperor gave him the surname Chen." After resigning, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and became a hermit for generations. I studied from an immortal master when I was a child, and the immortal master saw that the world was in turmoil, and the people of Li were hanging upside down, so he allowed me to go out to save the world. The name of the immortal master is strictly ordered not to be announced, and he also hopes for Gongyan Haihan. Jiang Wan was suspicious, but he couldn't help but be in awe, and said: "It turns out that Taishou is the first emperor's entrepreneurial help, and Gongyan has offended. I look at the hexagram, Taishou is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and it will be able to solve the people of Li in the upside down, listen to Liu Minyan, Taishou is also determined to benefit the people. Now that I have the favor of Taishou, and my will is the same as Taishou, Jiang Wan is willing to beg for his life and help Taishou. With that, he slammed it to the ground.

Chen Long was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped Jiang Wan up with both hands, and said: "I have Gongyan, just like a towering giant tree, not only one arm, the future of my Lingling will fall on Gongyan." Jiang Wan thanked him again.

Chen Long comforted Jiang Wan for a long time, Jiang Wan knew everything, and was very familiar with the style of Lingling, Chen Long also benefited a lot, and told him that he would be responsible for the internal affairs of Lingling in the future. On the occasion of his farewell, Jiang Chong thanked him for his kindness.

Chen Long got Jiang Wan's promise, and he was in a very good mood, and the prime minister of Shu in later generations would naturally be able to govern the small Lingling in an orderly manner. Chen Long rode slowly, thinking that this special division should also be established, originally intended Huang Zhong to be the division commander, but now Huang Zhong hesitated, he had to go into battle in person, this military general talent is really stretched, perhaps, it is time to go to Xiangyang to find good talents.