"Father, do you think this is really okay?"

Liu Hong got the formula offered by Gongsun Du, and he was overjoyed to be reckless in a certain hall, and after he was done, he remembered whether it would be fake, so he asked Zhang Rang.

"The ......"

Zhang Rang wanted to say no, but thinking that Liu Hong and his almost identical greedy character for money, he would definitely not let go of such an opportunity, if it was really true in the end, then he would be guilty of bullying the king.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Rang replied: "This matter has never been heard of before, so the minister doesn't know whether it's true or not, but the minister heard that the sea water is salty, maybe it's true." ”

"Really?"

Liu Hong was overjoyed, no longer paid attention to Zhang Rang, and even rose up again and pulled the two palace maids to continue the expedition.

As everyone knows, it's too much. As far as his tattered body goes, how can it withstand such a toss. Before he was done, Liu Hong felt that his eyes were so tired and tired, and then he closed it from his heart, and then fell asleep directly.

"Your Majesty?"

Zhang Rang and the palace maid were taken aback by this sudden change, but Zhang Rang was an old fox in the end, so he calmed down in an instant, stepped forward to talk about Liu Hong's snort, felt that there was still heat, and immediately relaxed, patted his chest and secretly screamed It's okay.

Then, Zhang Rang came back to his senses and warned the two palace maids fiercely: "This matter is not allowed to be mentioned with anyone, do you know?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The palace maid still didn't come back to her senses, but just nodded subconsciously.

Zhang Rang's heart sank when he saw this, and after transferring Liu Hong to the bed, he dealt with it. There are two less palace maids, Liu Hong didn't find it after waking up, and even if he did, he wouldn't care, anyway, there are no less than 100 palace maids in the hall, not worse than these two people, and besides, the four-legged palace maid is not easy to find, how many can be changed into four-legged ones, and if the palace is gone, you can also find it outside the palace.

It was the method of drying salt that made Liu Hong can't wait to order it to try.

Tao Qian, who was far away in Xuzhou, was very surprised when he received the order, but the emperor's order could not be violated, so he immediately started. However, Tao Qian, who was worried about the loss of labor and money, did not dry it on a large scale, but just dug a few pits, ready to try it first.

According to the recipe, it lasted several months, and when Gongsun Du was adrift on the sea, it was finally completed. Tao Qian looked at the almost snow-white salt grains, his eyes were full of horror, and he directly grabbed a pinch and stuffed it into his mouth regardless of the image, but the salty thing only made the good old man Tao Qian "phew" non-stop.

"Such white salt?"

Liu Hong looked at the new salt sent by Tao Qian urgently, and his face was surprised. When he couldn't help but want to reach out and get some to taste, he was stopped by Zhang Rang.

"Your Majesty! Let Lao Chen try it first, not afraid of 10,000, just in case. ”

Liu Hong was quite moved, but he didn't think that this thing could be sent to him, didn't he test whether it was poisonous first?

Looking at the righteousness and awe-inspiring, adding a mouthful of new salt, and Zhang Rang with a tangled face, Liu Hong was even more moved.

After a long time, Zhang Rang swallowed the salty saliva and said, "No problem, Your Majesty!" "What I thought in my heart was: This new salt is good, we have to get some for the house first, otherwise we will be blind and taste this sin ourselves!

"Good!"

Liu Hong couldn't wait to lick his mouth, and then he was as entangled as Zhang Rang: This salt only has a salty taste, and there is no bitter taste at all, what should I do, is it swallowed? Or swallowed?

In the end, Liu Hong still swallowed it, because he felt that as the son of heaven, how could he be weaker than Zhang Rang, swallowed it in one bite, and then, he didn't forget it.

"Water!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Rang came back to his senses, quickly poured a glass of white water, and handed it over.

Liu Hong drank it a few times, threw the cup, and laughed: "Hahaha!" Well, here's the opportunity to make money, here's the opportunity to make money! Father, how much do you think this salt should be priced? Isn't a hundred dollars too expensive? ”

A hundred bucks?

Zhang Ranghao was scared to death by Liu Hong's lion mouth, what is the concept of a hundred dollars? Even in Luoyang, the average people may not add up to less than 100 yuan in a month. Now a single piece of salt costs a hundred dollars, so what about the rest? Just drink water? It's salty enough and you do need to drink water, but that's not how you do it!

Zhang Rang hesitated for a moment, looked at Liu Hong with an expectant face, and said: "One hundred yuan is very reasonable, not to mention that this snow-white color alone is worth this price, not to mention that he doesn't have any other tastes such as bitterness." ”

Zhang Rang originally just wanted to talk about why it was worth the price, but he didn't have Liu Hong's greed for money, which had reached the point where everyone was shocked. Hearing this, Liu Hong said with a tangled face: "That...... Shouldn't I order more? Say one hundred and fifteen? Or two hundred, two hundred and five? ”

Zhang Rang's body trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Although this salt is indeed very good, ordinary people can't afford it, and those who can afford it are only these ministers in the court, or those big families, if it is more expensive, there may be fewer people who can afford it." ”

"So?"

Liu Hong smashed his mouth twice and said, "Then one hundred and fifteen is good, and a little less is good, so that I and my father can use it more." Well, tell the Imperial Dining Room and tell them to use this in the future. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang responded, "The old minister will urge Taozhou Mu to increase the scale of drying and transport the Cheng over as soon as possible." ”

While speaking, Liu Hong had already left quickly.

How can you not be so happy, a certain museum to travel around, a must!

Therefore, when Zhang Rang ordered things to go down and found Liu Hong again, he passed out again in a certain hall. As a result, several more people were poisoned by Zhang Rang. The difference is that Zhang Rang didn't dare to hide it this time, declaring that Liu Hong was sorry for his health, and asked the imperial doctor to come for treatment.

As a result, the problem was a big problem, and the imperial doctor told Zhang Rang euphemistically that because of His Majesty's continuous explosions/seeds, His Majesty, who was already weak, had reached the point of running out of oil and drying up, and now all he could do was temporary recuperation.

As everyone knows, if it weren't for Zhang Rang's assertion and concealment of the facts last time, it would never have been so fast.

It can only be said that fate should be like this!

As a result, the price of the new salt was 15, and the news of Liu Hong's illness spread to Liaodong together. Let Gongsun Du understand that history has once again entered a corner, and it is still a corner in advance.

"Great changes are coming, and we must speed up!"

Under the order of Gongsun Du, Liaodong expanded its army again, this time to 200,000. Ten years ago, this would have been a typical example of reckless warfare, but now Liaodong, which has a population of more than 5 million, is a piece of cake. What's more, due to Gongsun Du's encouragement of childbearing, nearly fifty percent of them are young and strong (between fifteen and thirty).

These can't change the course of history, after Liu Hong fell this time, he didn't get up again, he could only lie sick in bed, and the situation in Luoyang suddenly became mysterious.

Especially after the whole summer, Liu Hong's condition has not improved, which has attracted many people to start their small actions.

He Jin entered the palace more often, and summoned the ministers who took refuge in him more often, almost once every other day. And the royalist ministers led by Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun were also not bad, and frequently entered the palace to visit Liu Hong, but most of the time they were stopped by Zhang Rang.

It was not aimed at Huangfu Song and them, but Zhang Rang was worried about his status, and he also frequently gathered the rest of the ten permanent servants, and decided not to let the minister visit as much as possible. Zhang He aroused the dissatisfaction of the captain of the military academy, Jian Shuo, but when Zhang Rang came up with the excuse that this was the emperor's order, he could only comply.

In this way, Huangfu Song and others could only retreat to the next best thing and met with Liu Hong's eldest son, Liu Wei, many times. After that, Liu Wei went to visit many times, and then He Jin, Empress He and others, who got the news, also joined the ranks of visits and went frequently.

However, this is useless, Liu Hong's condition is still getting worse day by day, so Zhang Rang is nervous, and even the visit of Empress He and the two princes is secretly forbidden, well, almost every time he refuses to visit with "His Majesty has fallen asleep or something".

It's just that Queen He is not a master to be messed with, a lot of spilling, cough cough, no, it is a sharp scolding, and there are still many times when I can go in to visit. Liu Wei is different, his mother died early, and the ministers who supported him were typical royalists, the kind of people who would not disobey orders, and could only wait for him alone in the wind.

In the end, Zhang Rang saw that Empress He and Liu Xie were going to be extremely hostile to him, and he was worried that Liu Hong would be purged after his death, so he let Liu Wei in a few times, otherwise there would probably be no chance to meet.

Summer is coming to an end and the weather is getting cooler.

Liu Hong seems to be getting cold, and the time he spends awake every day is getting less and less.

Zhang Rang also felt that he might be cold, in order not to be cold, one day he took advantage of Liu Hong's brief sobriety and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you need to summon the prince or the prince to come?" ”

Liu Hong has been lying down for so long, probably understanding his own situation, and his brain suddenly became smarter, and he immediately heard the meaning of the words, and swept his eyes lightly.

Zhang Rang was shocked in his heart, and he felt like he was being seen through, so he quickly lowered his head.

Liu Hong sighed in his heart, understanding that Zhang Rang was worried about the problem after his death, and he didn't want to say anything, let alone let him be buried with him. Retracted his gaze and was about to speak, but his throat itched and he coughed violently.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang was already busy stepping forward almost, gently caressing Liu Hong's chest to smooth his breath.

Liu Hong couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and when he saw the sincere worry in Zhang Rang's eyes, he decided to help him.

"Tomorrow, let Bian'er and Xie'er come here together, I haven't seen them for a long time."

After saying it for a long time, it naturally can't be true, it's just an excuse. In this regard, Zhang Rang naturally doesn't care, what he cares about is, which son does Liu Hong like as the heir? Could it be Liu Bian?

Following.

Liu Wei and Liu Xie's brothers, there was also an unexpected person, that is, Queen He also came, but after arriving, before Zhang Rang dissuaded him, he waited outside the door, without the slightest intention of going in.

Zhang Rang felt incredible and somewhat understood, after all, Liu Hong didn't want to see her, if he had to go in, it was hard to guarantee that Liu Hong would not feel disgusted, worried about the harem and so on, which would have a bad impact.

turned around and went inside, but he didn't get closer, just hid behind the screen, secretly listening to the conversation between father and son.

Liu Hong noticed Zhang Rang, but he didn't say anything, just lowered his voice a lot, even if Zhang Rang listened attentively, he couldn't hear much useful information.

The relationship between the two brothers was not bad at this time, especially Liu Wei, as the elder brother, took care of Liu Xie a lot on weekdays, at this time they didn't feel any difference in Liu Hong's words, but just asked and answered what Ping Suli learned.

Finally.

After Liu Xie returned to the queen's bedroom with Empress He, it was different.

Under Queen He's inquiry, Liu Xie thought a little more carefully, but it was not obvious at this time, and his brother's care was still vivid, so he hid it deep in his heart.

Queen He was different, her heart was full of joy, and she deduced that her son was even more happy. This made Queen He a little more proud every time she saw Zhang Rang in the days that followed, which made her quite unhappy.

Liu Hong's body became more and more deteriorated in the flow of time, and the time he was awake became shorter and shorter, and he began to talk nonsense.

On this day, Liu Hong seemed to know that he was going to die soon, and took advantage of his short sobriety to recruit the captain of the military academy, Jian Shuo, the tenth permanent attendant Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, and selected the heir-

Liu Xie!

Selective, not = long!

Jian Shuo was loyal, and he didn't care who inherited the throne, he just did what he was told.

Zhang Rang and the others were horrified, thinking about Queen He's hostility to them in recent days, they felt shuddering.

"What should I do?"

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others quietly gathered together with a haze.

"What to do? What else can I do, Your Majesty has already given orders, it is impossible for us not to obey them, besides, there is Jian Shuo that guy knows. Zhao Zhong said with a wry smile.

Zhang Rang's face became more and more gloomy when he heard this.

Everyone was silent for a long time, and a trace of ruthlessness suddenly flashed in Zhang Rang's eyes, and said: "Except for us, only Jian Shuo knows His Majesty's will, so he might as well be him." ”

"This ......"

Everyone was taken aback, this is too bold! Jian Shuo is a eunuch at any time, but he is tall and big, his martial arts are not good, not to mention, and there is a school of subordinates, how can he be removed?

"Why don't we go and beg the queen! You and I don't get in the way of the queen's mother, and they will let us go. "Zhao Zhong seems to be a little soft.

The rest of the people were moved and nodded their heads, for them, it didn't matter who was the emperor, as long as they could be favored.

Zhang Rang said: "Even if the queen agrees, can the general agree?" ”

Everyone was amazed! Yes, the queen's mother's surname is He, and the general's surname is He, the two are brothers and sisters, and even the general's name is obtained by the queen's mother. These are not the key, the key is that their relationship with the general He Jin can be described as the same as water and fire, and they don't like each other on weekdays.

After a pause, Zhang Rang said again: "Also, don't forget, the queen's attitude towards us these days is probably not so easy!" In the end, even if you can save your life, I'm afraid you will lose everything you have now, are you willing? ”。

Would you like to?

Zhao Zhong and the others asked themselves, but the result was naturally unwilling. It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift! is used to being high, how can he be willing to be that rich man.