The first time anyone saw a ship as large as the Rising Sun, the expression on their face was the same: shock. This is www.biquge.info even Zhang Song and Zhang Yongnian, who were accustomed to seeing Cao Jun's big scene on Cao Cao's side and showed disdain at that time, were no exception. When he was greeted by Li Sheng, he rode back to the port of the public security, raised his eyes to see this unique big ship on the river, and learned that such a huge ship was actually Li Sheng's ship, and he also looked dumbfounded.

"It's a normal boat. I once heard that in the old days, someone made a painting boat that could carry thousands of people. I don't know why it was scrapped later, but I think it's only the painting boat that is so big. Zhang Song is a well-informed person, and as soon as he saw such a huge body of the "Rising Sun", he quickly associated it with the legendary "Thousand People Painting Boat". In his impression, it seemed that only the "Thousand People Painting Boat" might have such a large volume, although the "Rising Sun" in front of him did not have any of the elegance of the painting boat.

"It's not a painting boat!" Li Sheng shook his head lightly: "Although I also want to build a big ship that can carry thousands of people, until now, I don't have that level of shipbuilding." The Rising Sun had only 350 men. However, he was not an elegant thing like a painting boat, but a battleship, equipped with sixteen trebuchets, eight fire crossbows, and forty-six bed crossbows, and had the ability to destroy two warships at once. Even though he has seen this ship several times, Li Sheng is always the one who can't see enough development, he looked at the "Rising Sun" named after his own name, smiled proudly, and excitedly introduced to Zhang Song.

"Battleship? There is still such a big battleship? This seems to be a lot more than the building ship. Zhang Song's face was full of disbelief.

"Don't be unconvinced, it's true." Li Sheng nodded and gave Zhang Song an affirmative answer, and then he gently patted Zhang Song's shoulder and said, "Don't look at it anymore, it's not early today, we have to hurry up and set sail." ”

"Oh...... Oh! Zhang Song followed Li Sheng and them, but he still looked like he was not giving up. The impact of the "Rising Sun" on him was too great.

The days that followed were somewhat hectic and boring. For Li Sheng, everything seems to have returned to the way Sima Yi was when he was still in Changsha. Li Sheng's day was almost full, but this person changed from the gloomy Sima Yi to the ugly Zhang Song. Candle night talk, candle night talk. Although he understood that this kind of thing did have its necessity in this world, Li Sheng still felt a little unbearable. He admits that it was a pleasure to talk to wise men like Sima Yi and Zhang Song. Especially when they have a crush on you and don't use their amazing wisdom to stimulate themselves, it is undoubtedly easy to talk to them, talk about the world's affairs, and tell them about the world's affairs. But everything should have a degree. Just like eating too much candy will make you feel a little greasy, the originally quite relaxed conversation has been talked about a lot, which also makes Li Sheng feel tired. Especially after Li Sheng slightly told Zhang Song some strange things, such as: "The earth may be round", and verified it with the reason that "the distant ship will appear to slowly rise from the bottom to the top in his eyes because of this", the relaxed conversation with Zhang Song almost became Zhang Song's obsession with Li Sheng. It was clear that Zhang Song was very interested in these things that he had never heard of before.

The scholars of this era know what the earth is talking about. Not long before them, Zhang Heng, his predecessor, made his own words about heaven and earth: "The earth is like a sphere, the sky is like an egg, and the earth is like an egg yolk. Heaven and earth stand on the air and carry water. They were not surprised by the idea that the earth was round, but they had always been puzzled by these two points: First, the earth is so big that it looks like it is flat, what is there to prove that the earth is round? Second, if man dwells on the earth, and if the earth is round, will not the people who live behind the earth under our feet stand upside down? Why don't they fall?

The problem is clear, and it is difficult to explain - those who have always believed in the Circle of the Earth are stumped on this point.

Zhang Song is naturally very clear about this. It was because he listened to what Li Sheng said about the first of the two problems that seemed to be solvable. Regardless of whether this earth circle is correct or not, just saying that this one problem has been solved is enough to excite him. He looked at Li Sheng's calm and calm appearance, and intuitively thought that he seemed to be still a little unfinished, and it seemed that there were more important things to say. So, he asked, pestering Li Sheng for the answer to the second question. He is a man who breaks the casserole and asks to the end. He thinks Li Sheng knows the answer.

"Why?" He chased after Li Sheng and asked.

Li Sheng was finally chased by him and had no choice but to order someone to bring a magnet and a few pieces of iron. In front of Zhang Song, he took the magnet in his hand and pasted a piece of iron on top of the magnet. "Pop ......" The iron piece was firmly attracted by the magnet. Immediately afterward, he picked up another piece of iron and placed it underneath the magnet. "Bang ......" was another clear sound, and the piece of iron that should have fallen to the ground was also firmly sucked on the magnet. Then Li Sheng reversed the magnet. But no matter how much he turned the magnet upside down, the piece of iron that was caught on top of the magnet showed no sign of falling down.

"Got it?" Li Sheng asked Zhang Song with a calm face.

"Understand what? All I saw was magnets sucking iron. Zhang Song was asked by Li Sheng a little inexplicably: "What does this have to do with why the people under your feet don't fall into the sky?" ”

"Huh?" Li Sheng didn't answer Zhang Song's question, but just asked Zhang Song: "Why do magnets attract iron?" ”

"Because a magnet is a magnet. Because he's a magnet, he suctions, that's why he sucks iron. Zhang Song replied.

"So is it because of the suction of the magnet that the iron piece on the back of the magnet falls down?" Li Sheng asked again.

"That's natural." Zhang Song nodded affirmatively.

"So can we guess -- I don't know if that's really true. The ground beneath our feet is itself like a magnet with a huge suction. Because he has something similar to a magnet, we can stand on the earth, so that the people under our feet will not fall into the sky on the other side? Li Sheng smiled and put forward such a statement. Although he knows that gravity and magnetism are completely different things, but for physics, he is only at the junior high level, and he can't explain and prove what gravity is under the current conditions. Of course, in order not to affect the further discoveries of later people, Li Sheng only said that this was a conjecture, and he didn't know if it was a correct conjecture.

"Well, that's a new way of saying it." Although Li Sheng said that he didn't know if it was correct, and in his heart he thought that this was just a nonsense he said in order to send people away, but to Zhang Song's own ears, it was a new thing, and it was a very correct statement. He put this statement in his mind and analyzed it for a long time, but he didn't find anything that he could refute about this statement, so he believed that this statement was correct.

"Li Yuanjun is really talented, and even a problem that no one else can solve has been solved. Admire, admire. Zhang Song arched his hand at Li Sheng and said respectfully. For those who are stronger than himself, he will not be jealous, he will only admire, and then learn other people's things and turn them into his own knowledge.

"Where, where?" Li Sheng said humbly: "Actually, I'm just guessing. In fact, there is a more direct way to prove whether the earth is round or not. ”

"How?" Zhang Song seems to be very interested in this.

"Take the boat and go all the way in one direction. If we can finally return to the original place, won't that prove that the earth is round? It's much better than we're here wondering why the people down there don't fall into the sky. Li Sheng smiled and said his own way.

"It's really straightforward. But it takes a boat, and it takes a lot of time. Regarding Li Sheng's method, Zhang Song frowned and thought about it, and shook his head helplessly and replied.

"Hard-working people, the sky is not bearable, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu; Where there is a will, it can be done, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin passes will eventually return to Chu. Li Sheng said this sentence with a serious expression: "As long as we have this heart, we will insist on doing it, what else in the world can stump us?" ”

"......" Zhang Song was silent for a moment, his frowning brows gradually stretched, and his originally confused eyes became firm: "Li Yuanjun, you are right!" I really shouldn't just complain like that. ”

"Haha, what's the point of complaining? Everyone has bitterness in their hearts, and everyone can complain. Just complain and complain, and don't stop things because of it. Li Sheng said with a smile. Actually......" He asked Zhang Song to step forward, leaned close to his ear, and said mysteriously and quietly: "I have sent people to Jiaozhou to build a large shipyard, and I think that in the future, I can train an ocean-going fleet this year, and then I can firmly control the sea in my hands like the Jiangdong Navy controls the Yangtze River." Naturally, there is also the capital to do things that can be done to experiment whether the earth is round or not. ”

"That's an unprecedented feat. If that happens, don't forget to let me know. Honestly, I also want to go to the light smoke and see the outside world? Zhang Song said enviously.

"I'll tell you. However, you need to make yourself watery first. Don't vomit as soon as you get on the boat like you are now. Li Sheng jokingly reminded Zhang Song.

"Where is there anything like what you say?" Zhang Song shook his head, he only smiled bitterly at Li Sheng's joke.

In this kind of discussion, inquiry, and answer with each other, the days passed day by day. Li Sheng seems to trust Zhang Song very much, not only is he with him day and night to ask him for advice, discuss current affairs with him, but also take him all the way to see, even the most important military camp in his own house is exposed to Zhang Song in front of him, so that he can see his roots.

"This is a trust that even ordinary courtiers can't enjoy." Zhang Song was moved in his heart, he was a smart person, and he naturally knew what Li Sheng was treating him so for. He once asked Li Sheng sideways, and he somewhat understood that Li Sheng had a heart for Xichuan.

“…… Therefore, Li Yuanjun treated me like this, in fact, he wanted me to help him on the Xichuan issue. After a few days of Li Sheng's incomparable trust, Zhang Song understood this problem very well. He didn't react, just waited, waiting for Li Sheng to mention all the things about Xichuan himself, and then he borrowed a donkey to go downhill to accept it. Of course, it is still necessary to do appropriate prevarication and hesitation, no matter how good the reason is, what you have done is indeed the act of a traitor, so you must have some doubts, otherwise you will be looked down upon - if nothing else, it is enough to make yourself suicide if you say that the world's clear discussion is enough.

"Hmm...... Be sure to do it. Zhang Song finally made up his mind.

However, to Zhang Song's own surprise, Li Sheng did not mention the matter of Xichuan. Just after he saw Li Sheng's intentions and made up his mind to push and half-push, a few days passed, and Li Sheng still discussed current affairs with him all day long, talking about anecdotes and the like, as usual.

"How so?" Zhang Song was a little puzzled by this. In the past few days, he vaguely tested Li Sheng, trying to lead the topic to Na Xichuan, but Li Sheng just pretended to be deaf and dumb, slippery like a loach in the pond, whenever he mentioned the question of Xi Chuan, he always cleverly put aside the words and discussed other aspects. "What a strong means of converting the problem." For Li Sheng's skillful hand, Zhang Song could only smile bitterly and admire.

After delaying for a few days without any results, Zhang Song couldn't help but feel a little unbearable. He thought to himself that he had been away for many days, and if he stayed any longer, he was afraid that his actions would be exposed and he would be noticed by the lord, so he proposed to Li Sheng that he wanted to leave. Of course, he also wanted to see if Li Sheng would impatiently ask himself to ask him to ask Xichuan when he proposed to leave.

"It's going to disperse after being together for a long time, this thing is really like the moon in the sky, there are always clouds and sunny days, and they can't last long." Li Sheng sighed, looked at Zhang Song's very determined appearance, and said to him: "Since Mr. Yongnian wants to leave, it is inconvenient for me to stay for a long time. Why don't you ask Mr. Yongnian to stay for a day, and let me lead the civil and military forces to the port in the east of Changsha tomorrow to personally send Mr. on board, how about it? ”

"How dare you do this?" Zhang Song hurriedly pushed back, "These days, the prince is already very kind to Song, Songzheng feels ashamed of his love for the king, and wants to find an opportunity to serve the king, thinking left and right, but he can't sleep at night, and he feels a little embarrassed." Where can you still let the envoy give such a big gift. It's really scary. Zhang Song was humbly polite.

"My husband and I met for a short time, but we got to know each other deeply. Whenever something is discussed, a similar conclusion can often be reached. It can be said that my husband is one of my great bosom friends. Now that my bosom friend is leaving, how can I not send it? Alas, the Shu Road is far away, and I am only afraid that after Mr. returns, I will not come to the conclusion, and in the future, the sky will be separated, but I will not be able to meet Mr. first. I really hate it, I can't help when my husband is still white. Li Sheng said half-truthfully, slightly emotional, but his eyes were slightly red. Aside from the fact that Zhang Song's appearance is really not flattering, Li Sheng's conversation with Zhang Song is pleasant. Zhang Song has read a lot of books and knows a lot of miscellaneous things, so he can naturally talk with Li Sheng in all aspects, which makes Li Sheng rise up the illusion that he discussed the world with Zhuge Liang when he was a teenager - Zhuge Liang is also a person who reads a lot and sees things clearly, and he and Li Sheng can also talk about everything.

was so emotionally said by Li Sheng, Zhang Song was also a little moved. "Am I too suspicious of Li Yuanjun? After all, he knew that it was very unlikely that I would want to find someone to offer Nishikawa. It is very likely that he really ordered someone to keep me because of my reputation, and then became so reluctant to each other because we were happy. Well, that's a possibility. Otherwise, it would not explain why he was so kind to me. The more Zhang Song thought about it, the more ashamed he felt, he felt that he suspected a person who should not be suspected by himself, which was definitely his own shame.

Right now, it's late at night, and it's early for everyone to rest. Even if Zhang Song wanted to talk to Li Sheng about the things that he had been unable to rest assured in his heart, he couldn't. There was no choice but to sleep first and wait for tomorrow.

Outside the ancient city, beside the boat, Zhang Song faced Li Sheng with a pair of reddened eyes, and hot tears slipped from his eye sockets, wetting his face that did not look handsome. "Songhemeng envoy and you do not give up, hospitality for a long time, become a confidant, I want to stay in Changsha for a long time to intersect with you, but Song is a person who has a business trip after all, and now he is away for a long time, and he has to return to Xichuan to pay his life. I hope you all Haihan. Zhang Song choked up and said politely, arching his hand to bow to everyone.

"Good go, sir!" Li Sheng also burst into tears, his eyes were red, and he stepped forward to support Zhang Song, who was about to bow down: "We are equal to Mr., and we deserve a great gift from Mr." Please don't make it difficult for me to wait, sir. It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky. Please be careful on the way to the river. Fang today under the princes to fight, the situation is chaotic, there are few mountain bandits and forest robbers in various places, quite not peaceful, for the sake of the safety of Mr., I thought that a hundred elite men were deployed on that ship to escort Mr. into Sichuan. After that, they became the master's subordinates. ”

"How dare you ...... this?" Zhang Song still refused.

But he saw Kong Ming over there and persuaded him: "Yongnian Xiu is going to resign." The lord has always valued Yongnian, and he doesn't want Yongnian to make any mistakes on the road. Besides, Yongnian came on the road alone, and there was always a lack of people to take care of him on the road. Although Yongnian doesn't care, as far as my father-in-law is concerned, he can't see Yongnian suffering. Besides, now that all the personnel have been memorized, if you want to retreat, it will be a lot of chaos and trouble. Please also accept it for Yongnian. ”

"Then what's so embarrassing......?" Zhang Song is still humble.

But I saw that Li Sheng stiffened his face: "It's just a little part?" Doesn't the gentleman look down on me and don't regard me as a friend? ”

"I don't dare to ......" was coaxed by Li Sheng, Zhang Song was slightly stunned, and had to thank him again and again: "So, I'll accept it." As he spoke, he got up and stood, stretched out his hand and took out a slender box from his arms, held it with both hands and handed it to Li Sheng: "Li Yuanjun treats Zhang so favorably, Zhang is really grateful." Now let's tell the truth to Li Yuanjun. My lord Liu Zhang is really weak, although he has the heart of forgiving the people, but he has no power to forgive the people, and Zhang Lu Demon Dao pressed me in Hanzhong, which made Shuzhong quite unbearable. However, the strength of Shu is weak, but sooner or later it will fall into the hands of that Zhang Lu. Loose and talented, I can't bear to see the people die at the hands of thieves. Therefore, I want to visit the Lord of Shu to enter Shu to settle Lishu. In the past, he went to Xuchang to see Cao Gong, and went to Huainan to meet Liu Gong, all for this matter. However, Cao Gong was arrogant and brutal, and he could not do it, and Liu Gong was too weak and the road was impassable, so he could not let it go. Songben hesitated, and suddenly made Jun Yi a confidant, and he was despicable and ugly, and treated Songsong preferentially, so that Songyou was grateful. At the time of Matsudegawa, Zeng wrote a topographic map of Xichuan, and recorded the mountains and rivers of Xichuan, the city checkpoints, and the population and soldiers on it, which was a detailed description of Xichuan. Now the grace of the envoy of Hemeng, this picture is dedicated to the envoy, hoping that the king will enter the Sichuan as soon as possible to collect the Shu in his hands, one to solve the danger of the people in Shu to be tired, and the other is to become a king with the foundation of Shu. Song is willing to obey the tail of the king and help the king. In this way, the people are very lucky, Yizhou is very lucky, and the world is very lucky. Pine can also take this opportunity to make a contribution and leave a name in history. This sincerity is Song's lifelong wish. ”

"Ah...... This is the topographic map of Xichuan? Li Sheng was very surprised when he saw Zhang Song handing the wooden box to him like this, and then he was humble: "Xichuan Liu Jiyu and my uncle Xuande are brothers of the same clan, so Liu Jiyu is also my uncle." The foundation of my nephew and uncle is unfilial, how dare I be. I respect Mr. Jing, Mr. Jing's talent, if Mr. can turn to me, I will be very willing. But to do so is not a gentleman. Li Sheng frowned and had a bitter face, but his heart was overjoyed, and everything had gone very smoothly so far. It's just that it's so hypocritical, but it makes Li Sheng feel a little uncomfortable: "Lying and deceiving people, I've been doing too much recently." It's the way things are in politics, but just like that, it doesn't fit my personality. He cursed himself secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he acted very realistically - if there are any Academy Awards or anything like that in this era, Li Sheng thinks that with his current level, he can indeed win it steadily, of course, these are all things that Zhang Song doesn't know.

However, seeing that Li Sheng used a reason to retreat from himself, the smart Zhang Song didn't understand that this was just Li Sheng's superficial shirk. However, although it was just a word of shirk, Zhang Song was still moved in his heart. Of course, this move is not for the strong words in front of Li Sheng, but for the sentence behind Li Sheng: "I respect Mr. Jing, but Mr. Jing's talent, if Mr. can turn to me, I will be a thousand promises." What does this mean? It shows that Li Sheng values himself very much. Zhang Song, who has always been despised because of his appearance, was naturally very moved to suddenly get such attention from Li Sheng. He bowed to Li Sheng again, and said with tears in his eyes: "Matsumoto is a fancai, you have to pay so much attention to it, and it is a great blessing to come to Matsumoto." After all, there is only one person in Ransong, and there are millions of people in Shu. I hope that you will have mercy on the sufferings of the people, and that you will not waste great things with one man. It's not like he wants to leave the king. There are also many heroes in Shu, who have been looking forward to the Lord for a long time, and Song went to discuss with them about welcoming the king into Sichuan, and it is also for the sake of the great cause of the king. However, it is only a little different, and it is unknown how long the afterlife will be. Song still wants to gallop the world under the envoy's tent. Please take this map. ”

The words are so clear, and if you don't take it down, it really seems that you are hypocritical. Although what he is doing right now is a hypocritical thing, it is not hypocritical if he is not seen through by others. Isn't it? - Li Sheng didn't say much at the moment, so he put away the wooden box, but he didn't look at it, just took Zhang Song's hand and told him carefully: "Yongnian is going to a big event, but you have to pay extra attention to your own safety." A few days ago, Yongnian talked to me and mentioned the matter of Xichuan, and I knew that Yongnian had already known my heart. The reason why I have been refusing to promise Yongnian is that I am afraid that Yongnian will use my life too much. Now he can't, and he has to let Yongnian know. No matter what Yongnian does, as long as he keeps his name. Those things like winning over heroes can be done if they can be done, and they can't and don't have to be too demanding. Xichuan Haojie, it is enough for me to have eternal years. Others, I have my own way of dealing with them. ”

"Lord......" Zhang Song choked up, and only called out such a sentence, but he stopped talking with tears streaming down his face. At this moment, he had changed his name for Li Sheng, and regarded himself as Li Sheng's courtier. Because of Li Sheng's attention, he felt that the chagrin that he had arisen because others despised him before was actually completely unnecessary. "Whatever they despise, I just need to have the trust of the lord." The soldier dies for his confidant, for Li Sheng, Zhang Song only has the idea of how to die to serve at the moment.

After telling this again, Zhang Song and several of Li Sheng's staff members poured goodbye to each other, took a glass of wine from Li Sheng's hand and drank it all in one gulp, and were about to turn around and leave. Suddenly, he heard a call from behind him, Zhang Song turned his eyes to look, but it was Zhuge Liang who walked up quickly.

"Brother Yongnian wants to go back to Yizhou first to get such a big deal for the main business. Originally, with Brother Yongnian's talent, I shouldn't have to worry about anything. However, Brother Yongnian is not as good as he was when he went back at this moment, and there are many differences in this matter. Brother Yongnian's friends and old friends are naturally easy to win over, but there are other groups of people in Yizhou who ask Brother Yongnian to pay attention to it. Such as Yizhou engaged in Zhang Ren, Jiangzhou Taishou Yan Yan, Zhonghu Army Li Yan, as well as CD Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others. During this period, there may be those who oppose Brother Yongnian inviting the head of my family to enter Sichuan, and please don't care about Brother Yongnian. Everything can be taken slowly and not impatient, if the opportunity is not secret, it will be bad to make a big thing happen. Just like the lord does, please ask Brother Yongnian to ensure his own safety. Zhuge Liang Chunchun admonished. In fact, most of the things he said came from Li Sheng's thoughts, but he warned Zhang Song that Li Sheng's status and identity were not good, and Zhuge Liang, who has always been famous for his wisdom, handled it.

"Ah......" Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Zhang Song couldn't help but gasp: How can this Mr. Kong Ming know so well about my Yizhou characters, could it be that he has long been willing to seize Yizhou? But even if he had a heart for a long time, it was nothing. After all, I already worship Li Sheng as the master, and Li Sheng is already a family. It's just that the people he mentioned are not easy to handle. These people have the ability, but all of them have strong personalities, but they are not so easy to convince them.

Because of Kong Ming's call, Zhang Song felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier. However, he is a strong person, and his self-esteem level may not be much lower than Kong Ming. At the moment, he didn't want to say how many difficulties he had because of this, so he just nodded slightly and said, "Thank you Brother Kong Ming for your concern, I will find a way to deal with this matter." Then he said to Li Sheng and them: "My lord, I have a good friend Fa Zheng, whose talent is still above me, and he cannot be reused under Lord Liu Zhang. After I went back, I had to deal with the matter of attracting talents, so I couldn't immediately go to the lord's side as the chief counsellor. Therefore, I want Fa Zheng to be the contact between me and the lord, and I also ask the lord to accept it if necessary. He's a bit weird in temper. ”

"Fazheng? Isn't it the law of filial piety? I have already heard of the name of the two wise people in Shuzhong, which is as famous as Mr. Yongnian. Please also ask Mr. Yongnian to say good things about me, I will clean the couch here and wait for Mr. Xiaozhi to come. Li Sheng heard Zhang Song mention the incident, and immediately said happily.

"Alright, I'll leave it at that." Zhang Song saw that Li Sheng agreed to his request, and said something like great admiration for Fa Zheng, and his heart was even more moved by Li Shengzhi's trust in him. He didn't say anything more, just turned around slightly, and boarded the merchant ship that Li Sheng had prepared for him without looking back.

"Anchor! Raise the sails! As the captain on the merchant ship, who had been a sailor and had been a soldier, let out this majestic and loud shout. The huge merchant ship slowly moved, the huge anchor ingots were pulled up from the water, and the specially made bamboo sails were raised high. The warm sun breeze blew with a little warmth on the bamboo sails on that side, pushing the merchant ships to move north little by little.

"Are you going back?" Zhang Song stood at the head of the bed, looked at the dripping river, and didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly, he heard Li Sheng's voice from afar behind him: "Yongnian, go all the way!" ”