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After waiting for a stick of incense, Liu Xiu's door opened, and he walked out of it.

Liu Yuan, Mama and the maid looked back, and their eyes lit up.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses and saddles, Liu Xiu is already handsome and handsome, and at this time he changed into a light blue straight-lined robe, which not only sets off his figure more symmetrical and slender, but also looks much more handsome and bright.

Even the big girl beside Liu Yuan couldn't help but blush when she saw Liu Xiu like this, and lowered her head. Mama smiled and exclaimed: "Liu Gongzi is really a talent!" ”

Liu Yuan was happy in his heart, with a serious expression on his face, and said: "My little brother has always been very energetic. ”

As she spoke, she walked up to Liu Xiu, carefully helped him sort out the folds on his robe, and said, "Well, the clothes fit well, and I will let the cloth village make a few more sets later." ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Second sister, two sets are enough." ”

Liu Yuan slapped Liu Xiu unhappily and said, "In big things, the second sister can't help you and the eldest brother, but in small things like food, clothing, housing and transportation, you have to listen to the second sister." ”

Liu Xiu's heart warmed, nodded to Liu Yuan, and hummed at the same time.

The Deng family's cloth village not only made new clothes for Liu Xiu, but Zhu You, Gai Yan, Long Yuan and others also got their own new clothes. As for Deng Yu and Yan Guang, the two of them had just arrived at Deng's mansion, and the tailor had not yet had time to measure the two of them.

Although Deng Yu's family background is far inferior to Deng Chen, it is also a well-off family, and there is no shortage of wear, while Yan Guang is a cultivator, and he has always been indifferent to things outside his body, and everything is casual and natural.

After breakfast, Liu Xiu, Deng Chen, Deng Yu, Yan Guang and others took a carriage to the suburbs.

On the way, Deng Chen looked at Yan Guang and asked, "Mr. Yan, what do you think when you saw Cai Gong last night?" ”

Deng Chen has always respected cultivators, and when he saw Yan Guang for the first time, he felt that this person was not simple, and he had an elegant and immortal aura that ordinary cultivators did not have.

Last night, when he heard Cai Shaogong say that Liu Xiu would be the emperor in the future, he always wanted to know whether the Liu Xiu in Cai Shaogong's mouth was the national teacher Liu Xiu or his brother-in-law Liu Xiu.

Yan Guang looked at Deng Chen, smiled indifferently, and said: "Gong Cai may have a deep knowledge of Taoism, as for Taoism, as a junior, I will not evaluate it." ”

He all commented on Cai Shaogong's profound attainments, but he did not evaluate his Taoism, obviously in Yan Guang's eyes, Cai Shaogong's Taoist cultivation was not very good.

Deng Chen was stunned for a moment before he understood the voice of Yan Guang's words. He looked at Yan Guang in surprise, he didn't expect that he would have such an evaluation of Cai Shaogong.

Liu Xiu pulled Yan Guang's clothes and hinted that he would be cautious, once such words were spread and Cai Shaogong heard them, he might not be able to cause much trouble.

Deng Chen cleared his throat and said: "Mr. Yan is a foreigner, maybe he doesn't know Cai Gong's reputation in Xinye, Cai Gong's Taoism is well-known in Xinye, and passers-by know it." ”

Yan Guang smiled disappreciatively, shook his head and said: "A household name, passers-by know it, that can only show off that he likes to show off, this is a delusion." I may only be a shallow learner, and I don't know what kind of genius there is in the world, what kind of root apparatus I have, and I can learn the Tao at the same time as I use delusions. ”

With one sentence, everyone present was speechless, and Deng Chen didn't answer for a long time.

After a while, he coughed dryly, stopped going around the bend, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Yan thinks that Liu Xiu, who can be the Son of Heaven in the future, is it Ah Xiu?" ”

The eyes of everyone present fell on Yan Guang in unison. Liu Xiu waved his hand with an embarrassed face and said, "Brother-in-law, how could it be me?" ”

Yan Guang lowered his eyes, he was silent for two or three minutes, and then Fang slowly spoke: "The people are difficult to govern, and it is difficult to govern with what is above them. The light death of the people, with the thickness of survival on it, is to die lightly. The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? What he meant by this was that the rulers above set up numerous exorbitant taxes and plundered the people for their own pleasure and pleasure, leaving the people destitute and starving. People can't see hope, and living is a kind of sin, a kind of suffering and pain, and of course they are not afraid of death

。 The people are not afraid of death, so they will naturally rise up, and it is useless to threaten the people with the death penalty of beheading.

He continued: "The way of heaven is still a bow? The higher ones suppress it, the lower ones lift it, the surplus ones lose it, and the insufficient ones make up for it. And today's court, if it goes against the way of heaven and goes against the way of heaven, how can it last long? "What is the way of heaven? In the Taoist concept, the operation of the way of heaven is like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, if it is too high, it must be pressed down, and if it is too low, it must be lifted up

Wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road', this kind of disparity between the rich and the poor occurs.

Many people simply understand Taoism as the rule of inaction, in fact, this concept is not right, Taoism has its own concept and standard of governing the world, that is, to conform to the way of heaven, the more typical character is Li Yu, serving the four generations of emperors, ruling the world with Taoism, becoming the mainstay of the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

Yan Guang's words did not directly answer Deng Chen's question, but it was very clear that the Xinmang Imperial Court went against the heavens and was already terminally ill and could not last long, as for who would be the emperor in the future, whether it was Liu Xiu, and which Liu Xiu, Yan Guang did not say it directly.

Deng Chen fell into deep thought, carefully pondering Yan Guang's words. Liu Xiu nodded again and again, and he agreed very much with the concept expressed by Yan Guang.

To make a long story short, everyone took a carriage out of Xinye City and came to the western suburbs.

The western suburbs of Xinye are relatively desolate, and the blacksmith shop that Deng Chen mentioned is on the edge of the White River in the western suburbs.

On weekdays, pedestrians are rarely seen along the White River, and only occasionally anglers come here, and the blacksmith Zhang built his blacksmith shop here, and the business can be imagined.

The carriage stopped in front of the blacksmith's door. Deng Chen was the first to get out of the car, and Liu Xiu and the others followed Yuguan.

Liu Xiu raised his eyes and saw that there was a dilapidated building in front of him, which covered a large area and had a large yard, but the courtyard wall was a fence made of branches and wooden strips, and many places were dilapidated, as if the wind could blow it down.

Looking inside, there are several thatched huts. The outer courtyard wall was enough to be broken, and the thatched huts inside were not far behind, and two of the houses had no walls at all, and a shed roof was supported by four or five wooden stakes.

And there are no signs hanging outside, and people who don't know will never think that this is a blacksmith shop when they come here.

Seeing that Liu Xiu and the others were dumbfounded, Deng Chen explained: "If you put out the signboard, you have to pay taxes to the government, and the sixth child doesn't have so much money to pay taxes." ”

Deng Chen didn't know what Blacksmith Zhang's specific name was, but Blacksmith Zhang claimed to be ranked sixth, and Deng Chen kept calling him the sixth.

Deng Chen walked to the gate of the courtyard and asked as he pushed the door, "Is the sixth child at home?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, with the sound of coughing, a middle-aged man in dirty and tattered clothes walked out of the inner room.

Seeing Deng Chen walking in from outside the courtyard gate, the middle-aged man patted the dust on his body, bowed his hand, and said, "Deng Gongzi." ”

Deng Chen walked up to the middle-aged man with a smile, bowed his hand in return, and said, "Sixth, I came here this time to ask you to help me create a few handy guys." ”

Blacksmith Zhang nodded, then turned his gaze to Liu Xiu and the others who came with Deng Chen, and asked, "Deng Gongzi, who are these people?" ”

"Ah, they're all my friends, and this is my brother-in-law." As he spoke, he pointed at Liu Xiu. The latter stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Under Liu Xiu." ”

Blacksmith Zhang glanced at Liu Xiu a few times, nodded to him, then looked at Deng Chen, and asked, "What is the weapon that Deng Gongzi wants this time?" ”

Deng Chen raised his head and said, "Sixth, let's go in and talk!" ”

The blacksmith Lao Liu nodded and made a gesture of invitation to Deng Chen.

Deng Chen, Liu Xiu and others walked into the courtyard. To their right, there are furnaces, molds, tools, and other objects for crafting weapons. But it looks like it hasn't been used in a few days, and it's covered with dust.

"It's been a few days, hasn't it?" Deng Chen asked casually.

Lao Liu said expressionlessly: "Thanks to Deng Gongzi's care, I still have some savings in my hand, and I can barely survive." ”

Deng Chen said: "I told you a long time ago that the blacksmith shop should be opened in the city, in such a deserted countryside, it is strange that the business can prosper." ”

The sixth smiled bitterly: "Deng Gongzi, you also know my temper, if I really move the blacksmith shop into the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for even a month." ”

He has never been a good businessman, and he has an eccentric temper, and he will not take business from many people who don't like him at all. If you can't make money, you have to pay taxes, and you can't run a business.

Deng Chen looked at the sixth child helplessly, shook his head and smiled, he turned around and beckoned to the servants behind.

A close servant of Deng Chen's came over briskly carrying a small wooden box. He placed the wooden box on the ground with a dull thud.

When I opened the lid of the box and looked inside, the small wooden box was full of coins, including both copper coins and turtle coins, and it was estimated that there would be at least four or five thousand coins in such a box.

After seeing it, the sixth child looked at Deng Chen in confusion, and asked, "Deng Gongzi, what is this?" ”

Deng Chen reached into his arms, took out a piece of silk from it, and handed it to the sixth child. The latter took it and unfolded it, and it was written a list: twenty swords, twenty knives, thirty daggers, and five hundred spearheads......

The sixth child was taken aback when he saw it, what is this going to do with so many weapons? Without waiting for him to speak, Deng Chen asked, "Sixth, how long do you think it will take to build these?" ”

"This ......" Lao Liu pondered for a moment, and said ambiguously: "So much, at least three years and five years." ”

Deng Chen shook his head, he didn't have that much time. He asked, "What if I get you enough helpers?" ”

The sixth said: "Even with the help of ten or eight veterans, it will take at least more than half a year to create so many weapons. ”

Deng Chen pondered for a moment, still frowning. More than half a year, although it is not too long, but I still don't have that much time.

Seeing that Deng Chen was not satisfied, the sixth child smiled bitterly: "The spearhead is still better, but the sword needs to be tempered a lot, and it only takes half a year to make it, and it is just barely usable." Liu Xiu couldn't help but ask curiously: "I don't know what kind of sword is barely usable?" ”