Although the status of the crown prince Zhao Huan is statutory, his power is also very large, and he has the support of Cai Jing, Zhu Mian, Tong Guan and other important ministers. However, the Son of Heaven still prefers Zhao Kai, the king of Yun who is rich and rich, and has the support of Liang Shicheng, Wang Huang, Li Bangyan and other important ministers, and has a very good relationship with Lin Lingsu, which is destined to fight between the two kings, and there are too many battles hidden behind this battle for succession, at this time, Lin Lingsu thought of this, and in this case, he had a bad feeling in his heart, and it was obvious that the assassination was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

After Yan Beiqing left Jiuyang Palace, the whole person changed to another face, he began to get busy, and he also took the initiative to pass the news to Liu Zhenglong, so that this guy knew that the words had been passed on to the master, and the defense work began to be deployed here.

Pan Feng finally came to pick up Liu Zhenglong into the mansion in person, and the two of them sat in the carriage and walked towards the Pan mansion, in the car he said: "My father, my uncle attaches great importance to this matter, and has also done repeated deliberations with the staff, I feel that the whole thing is definitely not as simple as Tong Yansi said, maybe there will be a big conspiracy against the Pan family, and I hope that Brother Liu will tell his father the truth when the time comes." ”

It seems that Pan Fu feels that Liu Zhenglong is not telling the truth to himself, and there is a lot of content hidden behind this. After all, the Pan family is one of the four major families in the military, and it has a history of more than 100 years, and the power can be said to have reached the point of being unbreakable.

Liu Zhenglong knows so much, but he has to look more far-reaching, after all, Liang Shicheng and Lin Lingsu have already been involved, this is definitely not as simple as Tong Yansi imagined, if it is not good, it will be out of control, it seems that this matter is still to be done with caution.

Pan's Mansion, covering an area of 500 acres, is a medium-sized mansion in the capital, compared to the mansions of Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng and others, it is still inferior, but it is also a mansion, after all, it is a hundred years of renovation and expansion, this is the heritage of the meritorious family, this is not to say that it can be compared with the prince of the political hall.

Originally, a small person like Liu Zhenglong was just Pan Feng's personal friend, and he couldn't talk about distinguished guests in Pan Mansion at all, but this time it was related to the future fate of Pan Mansion, and Pan Xu, the prince of Runan County, as the head of the family, had to pay attention to it, so he met Liu Zhenglong with Pan Jing, the general of the right guard.

Before the banquet, the two brothers Pan Xu and Pan Jing met Liu Zhenglong in the reception room, and this time Pan Feng was only responsible for guarding the door and not letting anyone approach, in case the news spread.

Pan Feng wanted to know the content of the conversation, but he knew that it was impossible, so he could only wait silently outside.

This secret conversation lasted for more than an hour, which was indeed beyond Pan Feng's expectations, and what made him feel even more incredible was that his father and uncle were as close as if they had not seen Liu Zhenglong for many years, and this intimacy was incredible.

Incredible things are still to come, under Pan Xu's arrangement, Pan Feng's two younger sisters Pan Yun, Pan Jing and Pan Jing's two or three daughters Pan Hui, Pan Jin, and Pan Ru have all come to see Liu Zhenglong, these five girls are all Pan Fu's daughters, and the eldest Pan Yun is only nineteen years old, and the youngest Pan Ru is only fourteen years old, all of whom are to be married in the pavilion, which is too incomprehensible.

I can't figure it out, Pan Feng still suppressed the curiosity in his heart, and he didn't know how he passed the whole banquet, and the whole person was dazed, which made Pan Xu see it in his eyes.

Pan Yue lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, what are you thinking, why are you so distracted." ”

"Old five, don't you know, someone is going to plan to assassinate the old fairy when you are on duty, and then blame our Pan family, hey, I don't know the specifics, but it seems that my father and uncle know what is going on."

In the Pan family, Pan Feng is the second, Pan Yue is the fifth, the two brothers have a very good personal relationship, but the personalities are very different, Pan Feng belongs to the kind of literati who are more cautious and less impulsive, and he is decent and thoughtful, Pan Yue is the kind of impulsive, not calm, simple-minded martial artist, kung fu is the best in the entire Pan family, among the children of the family, it is second only to the young master of the Gao family, and the art of war is higher than the other party.

Pan Yue was confused by Pan Feng's words, and when he was about to speak, he found that his father was glaring at him, and he was so frightened that this guy swallowed back what he was about to say.

Pan Feng, Pan Yue misunderstood, but Liu Zhenglong would not be stupid enough to think that the Pan family was ready to marry his daughter-in-law, and it was just a close attitude that people did this, which meant that they regarded themselves as important guests and were as close as a family, after all, ordinary male guests could not see female guests.

Pan Feng's mother, that is, Pan Xu's wife, the county duchess Gao's eyes looked at Liu Zhenglong and seemed a little wrong, it was definitely the mother-in-law's look at her son-in-law, how to look at it and how she liked it.

Pan Jing's wife Cao's gaze was much colder, obviously in her eyes, Liu Zhenglong was not from a wealthy family, so there was no need to take it seriously.

This banquet is short and boring for Liu Zhenglong, after all, the real banquet will take more than an hour, at that time, the children of the Cao family, the Gao family, the Shi family, the Wang family and other meritorious families will attend, and Pan Xu's friends will also attend.

Obviously, the Pan family did not mean to arrange for Liu Zhenglong to attend the banquet, and soon arranged for Pan Feng to accompany him and leave.

On the way back, Pan Feng wanted to explain, Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "You don't have to say anything, in fact, Ling Zunyou invited me to stay, and said that he would introduce me to the children of other meritorious families, but I didn't want to go the military line, so I refused, I will take the exam next year, I hope to have a good result." ”

"Also, after all, in the world of civil officials, without a background, the military is not easy to walk, no matter which way Brother Liu you take, we are all friends, you are the most honored guests of our Pan family, what is the use of the Pan family, just ask."

Liu Zhenglong patted Pan Feng on the shoulder and said: "I really have something to cooperate with the Pan family here, I want to develop shipping, first I want to buy the shipyard in Quanzhou, it is said that it is your Pan family's industry, the price can be twice the market price, of course, you don't have to answer me in a hurry to answer this matter, it will be too late after the year." ”

Pan Feng is really not familiar with this piece, but since the other party has doubled the price, it is not a big problem in this guy's opinion, he said with a smile: "Our family's business has always been in charge of my third uncle, I don't know the specifics, I will do my best to help you lobby the third uncle." You have given so many opportunities to make a fortune to the Liu family, do you also point out a way to make a fortune for our Pan family. ”

Good guy, how did you become a golden boy, as if you can turn stones into gold, Liu Zhenglong was a little crying and laughing at this time, he said with a smile: "Our Great Song Dynasty's arms have not made great progress, and it is difficult to play a role on the battlefield, if it is improved, it is not as simple as wealth, what does it mean, think for yourself, I will give you a way to improve the arms, and I will recommend another person to you called Bang Tian Lei Lingzhen, although he is only a side branch of the Jiangnan Ling family, But the ability to make firearms is definitely the first in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The power and influence of the meritorious family in the military are all in different regions, as the Cao family of the first family, has always had the absolute right to speak in the forbidden army in the capital, and nearly a quarter of the generals have dealings with the Cao family, this influence is huge, it can be said that it has been so big that the housekeeper is afraid of it. The Gao family is in the Privy Council, has always mixed well, and has influence in the border army, and has private trade routes with Western Xia, Liao, and even Goryeo. The Shi family has the most weapon workshops in the Great Song Dynasty, almost all over the north and south of the river, not only that, but there are hundreds of dart games in the local area, which is a force that cannot be ignored in the local area. If the Shi family's weapons workshop is aimed at the production of private weapons, then the influence of the Pan family is official, not only that, but the escort of domestic military rations, weapons, armor, firearms, shipping, etc. have the shadow of the Pan family.

Pan Feng is still very sensitive, of course he knows what it means to play a role on the battlefield once the firearms are improved, maybe one day the Pan family will surpass the Cao family and become the first family.

Liu Zhenglong knew that when it came to firearms, it was not possible to convince Pan Feng in three or two sentences, and he had to come up with some dry goods, otherwise even if he persuaded Pan Feng, it would be difficult to persuade the entire Pan family to intervene. He told the other party what he knew, especially the method of improving the black powder ratio in the later stage, it was enough to have these, after all, it was impossible to expect to evolve to the era of hot weapons overnight, but with the foundation laid now, then everything in the future was possible.

What shocked Pan Feng the most was the concept of the iron-shelled thunder proposed by Liu Zhenglong, which made this guy sound incredible, but he still saw what it meant once the iron-shelled thunder was made.

Liu Zhenglong finally said: "Although I don't want to take the military route, I still want to learn the art of war and strategy, arrange troops, and hope you can find me a good master." ”

Pan Feng didn't know what state Liu Zhenglong's force belonged to, nor did he know what level of military cultivation he had reached, but he still readily agreed.

When he returned home, Liu Zhenglong was still thinking about the conversation with Pan Xu and Pan Jing, he was like a movie, carefully scrutinizing every detail, for fear of deviations, this time he was involved in Tong Guan, Gao Yu's side, Liang Shicheng, Lin Lingsu, and even Fang La's side, which is destined to be a monstrous thing, and if it is not good, it will fall into the abyss of no return, and since the Pan family is involved, you must know that the meritorious family has always been a loss, a glory, and a common advance. I really don't know where I'm going to end up this time.