Liu Bei was overjoyed, and asked repeatedly, "Sir, say it quickly." ”

Sima Hui smiled and said, "This person is far away in the sky, close in front of him. ”

Pang Degong suddenly stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes, Chengyan, isn't your ugly family the same age as Liu Bang?" ”

Huang Chengyan's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly excused: "Huang is just a mountain villager, it doesn't seem to match the conditions we just discussed." ”

Sima Hui waved his hand and said, "Brother Chengyan, don't be humble. The Huang family is a big family in Jingzhou, and you are now the head of the Huang family, so this status is not low, not to mention that you are still related to the Cai family. ”

Although Huang Chengyan has no official position, his wife and sister are Liu Xin's fifth wife, and this alone is far superior to the ordinary assassination history and Taishou, Liu Bei couldn't help but perk up, and hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Mr. Chengyan, don't shirk anymore." As long as you can help Liu Bang to the throne, you will be the future lord of the country, and you can't find such a good thing with a lantern. ”

After a short period of panic, Huang Chengyan quickly calmed down, arched his hand, and said, "In this case, Rong Huang will go back and discuss with Humble Jing." ”

The daughter belongs to someone else, and Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others can't force Huang Chengyan to agree on the spot. Back home, Huang Chengyan told Cai Yue what happened, and said angrily: "This Liu Bei is really entangled. Sima Lao'er is also right, helping Liu Bei so hard, haven't you heard of the dirty things he did in Xuzhou? And Pang Lao'er, why has he become active recently? If it weren't for the friendship over the years, I really wouldn't want to pay attention to them anymore! ”

Huang Chengyan didn't know that Sima Hui's purpose was to keep the world's ** as long as possible, until the Sima family finally grew up. The reason why Pang Degong's attitude changed abruptly was because his nephew Pang Tong won the top prize, and instead of being entrusted with important tasks, he was sent to a wild place such as Nanzhong.

Cai Yue has seen Liu Bang a few times, not to mention that he has just learned, just his short and fat five-short figure is a few grades worse than Liu Yulai. Listening to Huang Chengyan's words, she couldn't help but say worriedly: "Master, you have to make up your mind about this matter, and you must not harm your daughter." ”

Huang Chengyan was originally an arrogant person, even if he didn't have the secret family affair with Liu Xin, he couldn't look down on Liu Bang, seeing Cai Yue's extremely nervous appearance, he couldn't help waving his hand and said, "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”

Things have not settled, how can Cai Yue, a mother, put her mind at ease, she bit her lip and thought about it, and suddenly said: "Master, I have a way." Tomorrow, I will go to Xiangyang to find Xia Jue'er, and let her talk to Lord Liu, and say that Lord Liu does not agree to this family business. ”

Huang Chengyan flatly refused: "No! Only my Huang Chengyan's daughter refuses other people's proposals, how can I let others dump my daughter? ”

Cai Yue said angrily: "You didn't really dump your daughter, what are you anxious about." ”

Huang Chengyan shook his head and said, "It's not good to be fake, spread it, where will my Huang Chengyan's old face go?" The main thing is that Ugly will also make people point fingers and poke in the back. ”

For his daughter, Huang Chengyan is a treasure. Huang Yueying is smart and clever, and her grades have always been among the best among the children in the same grade in the college. You know, her classmates are all boys. Such an excellent daughter is also worthy of Huang Chengyan to take care of her like a baby.

But Cai Yue was full of thoughts, and said with a bitter face: "Then let's think of a way." ”

Huang Chengyan gritted his teeth and said, "The bell still needs to be tied to the bell, and the best way is to make Liu Bei shut up!" ”

"Shut up Liu Bei?" Cai Yue looked at Huang Chengyan in surprise and said, "Liu Bei, will he listen to you?" ”

Huang Chengyan laughed and said, "Liu Bei is a mad dog now, how could he listen to me?" However, he can't help but listen to Lord Liu's words, right? Tomorrow you will go to see your sister, tell her about today's incident, and ask Lord Liu to find a way to transfer Liu Bei as far away as possible. ”

Cai Yue hesitated: "Lord Liu, will he listen to me?" ”

Huang Chengyan said disapprehantly: "Don't worry, Lord Liu is an understanding person, as long as you bring the words, he will know what to do." ”

Early the next morning, Cai Yue asked his family to set up a carriage and go to Xiangyang City. Cai Yue was a frequent visitor to the State Governor's Mansion, and the guards guarding the door checked it a little and let her in.

Liu Xin has always been the most tolerant of her own women, Cai Yan can often go back to her parents' house, and Cai Jue can also go home to see, but she herself is unwilling to go back. However, Cai Jue is not alone in the state pastoral mansion, not only getting along well with Ma Yun and Bian Yu, but Cai Yue and Xiao Huang Yueying often come to see her.

Hearing that Cai Yue was coming, Cai Jue greeted her happily, couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked repeatedly, "Oh, sister." Why is your face so ugly? Isn't Mo sick? ”

Cai Yue sighed and said, "Sister, here's how it happened. ”

Last night, Cai Yue had insomnia. Cai Yue was born in a large family, and she understands very well that in the eyes of large families, face is often more important than life. She didn't know if she would make Liu Xin and Ma Yun unhappy if she said this. If you really get into trouble, it will not only hurt your daughter, but even implicate your sister. But it has come to this point, but it cannot but be said.

Cai Jue was given to Liu Xin by Cai Mao at the age of thirteen. The relaxed environment in the state pastoral mansion makes Cai Jue not suffer from gains and losses like her sister. Hearing Cai Yue's intentions, Cai Jue smiled and said, "This is not a big deal, why are you so nervous, sister?" You can rest assured, when the master comes back, my voice will be enough. ”

Cai Yue took Cai Jue's hand and said, "Good sister, can you go and talk to Lord Liu now." ”

Cai Jue frowned and said, "There seems to be something going on today, the master is busy early in the morning, and I don't know if I'm done." In this case, sister, you sit down for a while, and I'll send someone to the front to take a look. ”

Liu Xin is indeed very busy today. Early in the morning, Ma Jun and Kong Wen appeared in the state pastoral mansion with excitement on their faces, and they brought two good news.

The first piece of good news is that the institute has produced better iron, thanks mainly to the coal brought back from the Black Stone Mountains in the Western Regions. In order to reduce the pressure of transportation, the base of ironmaking was set up in Yiwu Castle in Youfufeng County. It was originally built in accordance with the standards of the western suburbs of Xiangyang, and the secrecy fully met the requirements. The toughness, strength and hardness of the newly produced ferrophonium have been greatly improved. The armor made of this new type of iron is only half as important as it used to be, but its protection is twice as high. It's just that the new ferrowill is more difficult to melt and requires a lot of coal.

Another piece of good news is that the Great Qin weapons that Liu Xin brought back from the Western Regions, after repeated experiments by the craftsmen of the research institute, finally figured out that the material used to cast these weapons was not iron, but copper. In other words, these are a kind of bronze weapons. It's just that the composition of the bronze produced by the Great Qin people is not the same as that of the bronze produced by the Han people, and the hardness is higher, between bronze and brass.

Liu Xin was overjoyed to learn that the weapons used by the Great Qin people were made of bronze. In his impression, the development of human society has gone through the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, and the current Han Dynasty has obviously entered the Iron Age, while the Great Qin Empire is still in the Bronze Age. The sense of superiority beyond an entire era gave Liu Xin a new understanding of the unfamiliar Great Qin Empire.

However, Liu Xin did not take it lightly, and asked, "Have you tried these weapons, and how are they compared to the weapons of my Han Legion?" ”

Ma Jun is not good at words, and he is a little stuttering, so Kong Wen arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, although these Great Qin weapons are not as sharp as the overlord swords used by our Han army, they are superior in weight, and their lethality is almost the same as that of overlord swords. ”

Liu Xin's heart that had just been put down was lifted again. Compared with the ring-headed knife originally used by the Han army, the sword is already a very big progress, cutting gold and jade, sharpening iron like mud, and it is comparable to ordinary weapons. And the bronze weapons of the Great Qin Empire were so powerful that Liu Xin was surprised, and couldn't help but ask, "How is this possible?" ”

Kong Wen said: "Actually, it is also normal, the ancient divine soldiers, such as the cadre and the Mo Ye, are all cast in bronze. It is not impossible that these weapons can be as sharp as the overlord sword. ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "It seems that there is some truth." When you go back, work hard, and be sure to increase the power of the sword. A good weapon is the second life of the soldiers, and the institute needs to work hard in this regard. ”

Ma Jun and Kong Wen surrendered together. Suddenly, the guards came to report that Mr. Zhang Zhao was coming from Jiangnan. Zhang Zhao is now in charge of the construction of Jianye City, but also in charge of the production of sericulture, rice, and tea in the counties south of the Yangtze River.

As a Yangzhou assassin, without Liu Xin's permission, Zhang Zhao did not dare to leave his post without permission. He came to Xiangyang this time to escort tea on Liu Xin's order. Now in the south of the Yangtze River, the bandits and bandits have long disappeared, and for such a thing as escorting goods, you can just send a few subordinates and transfer a team of soldiers and horses. But tea is different from other goods, and it is too important for Liu Xin.

When the five Xiongnu departments were divided into last year, Liu Xin promised Hu Chuquan and others to give them the monopoly rights of some important materials, including tea. Now, the materials urgently needed on the grassland, such as salt, iron, cloth, etc., have been handed over to Huchuquan, Chiwule and others for monopoly, but the monopoly of tea has not been fulfilled. This is not because Liu Xin backtracked, but because the tea farm in Jiangnan only started construction last year, and the output is only a handful, and even the demand in Dahan cannot be met, let alone exported to the grassland.