Liu Mastiff was not too sure if this was Ma Jun at first, but seeing the respect of the people around him, and he himself was not like the rest of the craftsmen, he hurriedly made a big salute, he already knew in his heart that this person was Ma Jun, Liu Mastiff bowed to him, this is an elder salute, Liu Mastiff said: "Meet Uncle Ma!" Ma Jun didn't dare to accept it, and hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The two got up, Liu Mastiff walked to Ma Jun's side, Ma Jun had a faint pungent smell, Liu Mastiff only felt that he had never smelled it, he held Ma Jun's hand cordially, and said: "I have heard that my father has said about my uncle's things, and I have heard that my uncle is skilled in craftsmanship and the great talent of the country, so I thought about when I can meet my uncle, today, I have a chance...", Liu Mastiff said with a smile.

"Your Highness has a good reputation... When His Highness was young, I also saw His Highness, but I didn't think about it, but now, he has become a handsome young man, and I don't dare to recognize it! Ma Jun said, he took Liu Mastiff to the study, the changes in the house are very huge, Ma Jun demolished a large number of houses, leaving only one, barely allowing the officials to work, and the rest of the place, are vacant, or built something else, Liu Mastiff does not know why.

Entered the study, the study is not big, and it can only accommodate Hua Xiong, Ma Jun, Liu Mastiff, Cao Pi is waiting at the door, Hua Xiong entered the room, and said with some displeasure: "This is almost the same as Zhang Song's study, Ma Jun, you have to be careful...", Liu Mastiff already understood in his heart, these two people, must be a little festive, sure enough, Ma Jun looked at Hua Xiong in front of him, and said a little dazedly: "Jun looks a little familiar, I don't know who it is?" ”

"Why don't you recognize me?? The shoes on your feet are still mine..."Hua Xiong was about to say, but when he looked down, he saw that Ma Jun was still wearing the shoes that had been damaged before, and he had sewn them up again, Hua Xiong's eyes widened, and he didn't say the next words, Ma Jun smiled and said: "Oh, it turned out to be Hua Jun, Jun didn't open his mouth, I thought it was the prince's groom!" ”

Liu Mastiff hurriedly dissuaded the dispute between the two, looking at Hua Xiong, he coughed, Hua Xiong naturally understood what the prince meant, this time, they can be regarded as asking for others, but Hua Xiong was still a little angry in his heart, the three of them sat down, Liu Mastiff and Ma Jun greeted for a while, chatted for a while, and talked about the matter of the continuous crossbow, talking and talking, Liu Mastiff asked: "Ma Gong here, is there such a sharp weapon?" ”

"Naturally, there is." Ma Jun understood that the prince wanted to take a look, so he asked the craftsman to bring a repeating crossbow and handed it over to Liu Mastiff's hands, Liu Mastiff looked at it seriously, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, this continuous crossbow was very exquisite, Liu Mastiff also understood the importance of this thing for the country, playing with it in his hand, looking like the Son of Heaven, Ma Jun has also been looking at the prince, and he has always had his own worries in his heart.

Nowadays, craftsmen can gather together, and the work has become a gathering point for craftsmen to create at will, which is all related to today's son, it is because today's son attaches importance to these, so that there are today's results, but if in the future, after a hundred years of himself and the Son of Heaven, will these disappear with the times? Ma Jun has always been very worried about this, and all the officials in the DPRK and China are disgusted and hostile to craftsmen.

And this prince, I heard that he is very close to these talents, so what will be his attitude towards these novelties in the future?

It wasn't until he saw the prince happily playing with the strong crossbow in his hand, he was extremely happy, and the worry in his heart was relieved, it seemed that this prince was a little different from the rumors, he was also interested in these, he could realize how important these would be to the country, in addition, he also found that the prince, who was crowned with all kinds of benevolence, nobility, gentleness, and love for the people, seemed to be very interested in this kind of military weapon....

The look on his face was very similar to that of Liu Wei, the son of heaven who was keen on expanding his territory and wanted to conquer everything.

Since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty basically has no foreign enemies, annexed Goguryeo, the Wa Kingdom, and the Buyeo Kingdom have all become subordinate to the Han Dynasty, and they have been directly sent to govern the Prime Minister, which has taken away the power of their king, nominally the country, in essence, the counties of the Han Dynasty, and Zhenla in the southwest, and the same is true for Funan, and advanced into Xizhou, cutting off the north and south of Kushan directly, but all the areas that the Han can border have been swallowed by this irascible Son of Heaven one by one.

Even, more distant areas, such as Su Shen, Ding Ling, these, are tribute to the Han Dynasty, but also as a subsidiary of the Han Dynasty, although it is different from the Wa Kingdom, Buyeo and other countries, but nominally the Han Dynasty's subordinate, which is a bit terrifying, looking at it, most of the people that the Han can contact, most of the Son of Heaven has been conquered.

He originally thought that this prince, who had been loved by hundreds of officials, must be a different and more gentle one, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Seeing that Liu Mastiff loved it so much, Ma Jun smiled and said: "Since Your Highness likes it, then take it...", hearing Ma Jun's words, Liu Mastiff was overjoyed, pondered for a moment, and said: "How is this good, the sharp weapon of the country, dare not accept it, not to mention, dare not deceive Ma Gong, it is Captain Hua who wants a .....", hearing Liu Mastiff's words, Hua Xiong thought that it was over, and this guy would give this thing to himself? ?

Unexpectedly, Ma Jun smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll give you two..."

"Ah, thank you Ma Gong, thank you!!"

"The cost of this item is two thousand, since it is His Highness, then it will be charged one thousand six hundred yuan, and the other one remains the same, a total of three thousand six hundred yuan!" , Ma Jun said with a smile, Liu Mastiff was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, and hurriedly asked Cao Pi to take the money, but Hua Xiong almost jumped up angrily, he said: "It's just that you accept my money, why don't you even collect His Highness's money, he is the prince of the Han Dynasty, and it is your honor to be able to look at your crossbow!! ”

"Hua Jun's words are wrong, I gave a gift to the Son of Heaven, and I received two thousand yuan, and His Royal Highness only received one thousand sixteen...."Ma Jun said.

"This is a gift?? Are you robbing money?! ”

Hua Xiong pulled up his clothes and was about to reason with him, Liu Mastiff hurriedly stopped him, looked at Ma Jun and said, "Uncle, I didn't bring so much money here, I'll send it back to the palace, how about it?" ”

"Good...."

Liu Mastiff and Hua Xiong fought one by one, and the matter was finished, Liu Mastiff asked about his doubts, and he asked: "Uncle, why are there so many old people and children in this house.... Could it be that they are all craftsmen's relatives? Ma Jun didn't speak, stood up, and took Liu Mastiff to visit Jiangzuo's mansion, Hua Xiong also followed, everyone had already begun to work, and in the inner courtyard, the craftsmen were doing their own things.

There is nothing in common, some people are building huge frames, while others are tinkering with fist-sized stones.

Ma Jun explained: "These craftsmen are all great craftsmen, who have learned from Hongdu Sect before, making all kinds of novel utensils, they are here to make what they want to do, most of them have failed, however, there are occasional successes, Your Highness looks at the person on the far right, he has recently increased the continuous shooting crossbow to the point of nine consecutive shots, which is a great success in the near future..."

After reading these, I came to the outer courtyard, where there are all kinds of spinning machines, and even all kinds of items that Liu Mastiff has never seen in his life, and those children and the like are using them, Ma Jun explained: "As for them, they are the first batch to use these instruments skillfully, and learn how to make them, and then tell the rest of the craftsmen, of course, those are official craftsmen, we call them small craftsmen, they are all doing construction, plate building and the like... Of course, when things are made and can be used, they can also make them in large quantities and provide them in large quantities..."

Liu Mastiff nodded and said, "This is indeed very good, but why are they all children, or old people, the first use of these things must be dangerous, this kind of thing, should not be allowed to do it." ”

Ma Jun was silent for a long time before he said: "Your Highness doesn't know, these are beggars who have no arable land, no settlement, and no livelihood in Luoyang... They are all poor families, I brought them here because I want them to eat and not starve to death...", hearing Ma Jun's words, Hua Xiong was fine, but Liu Mastiff was taken aback, his eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "How can there be such poor people in Luoyang??? ”

"Your Highness, among the world, the most people are the poor people, where can there be none?"

"Isn't there a relief house?? What do they do to eat!! ”

"They are supporting the people in the countryside, and those who have land and are registered in the household register, they can't be counted..."

"It's... How many are there? ”

"Many?? No, Your Highness, there are not many of them, Luoyang is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the officials are hardworking and love the people, here is the least in the world, in the Han Dynasty, I don't know how many such people, maybe they won't starve to death, but it's not much better, they can only wait for the government's relief all day long, so as to live, before, there were still families who dared to help the people, but now, they don't dare..."Ma Jun said.

Liu Mastiff pondered for a long time, but he didn't speak.

After Ma Jun finished speaking, he didn't say much, but Hua Xiong opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, you don't have to care, no matter what time it is, there are always poor people.... Some people are getting richer and richer, and some are getting poorer, this is not something you can think about and change, even those saints in ancient times have no way to change these, they can only say a few words of mercy.... That's the way it works..."

"No, this is not a natural truth..."Liu Mastiff shook his head, looking at Hua Xiong and Ma Jun in front of him, at this moment, he looked so serious, so solemn, he opened his mouth and said: "I swear, after I ascend the throne, among the Han people, no one will suffer from hunger and cold, everyone has arable land, everyone has surplus clothes... What the ancestors couldn't do, I'll do it!! ”

Ma Jun was shocked, looking at the prince who was full of confidence and extremely serious in front of him, he was silent and didn't say anything, the prince can think about the people of the world, this is a good thing, at this time, he can't destroy his confidence, maybe when he grows up, he will understand what he just said, how difficult it will be, everyone has food and clothing, such a world, it seems that it can only be found in the era of ancient Yao Shun.

Ma Junzheng was thinking about it, but Hua Xiong on the side suddenly laughed, he looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness is heroic!" ”

"If I can live to that day, I will help His Highness create this kind of prosperous !!"

Ma Jun looked at Hua Xiong on the side in surprise, this guy is also crazy???