Two months later, it was already the first month of the fourth year of Zhenghe.

According to the convention, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lights should be put on for three days, and Taixue, who is usually busy with homework, is also a rare day off on this day.

Bai Xianfeng walked out of the restaurant with an unhappy face, and behind him, there was a sound of laughter.

When he got downstairs, someone came and pulled his sleeve by the sleeve: "Why should Ruizhi do anything?" ”

"Brother Guangbi, if I don't fit in, I really can't listen to their nonsense...... One by one, they pointed to the heavens and the earth, as if they were used as the prime minister, the world would be peaceful immediately, and the four Yi would be subdued instantly, but in fact, they did not know the crops or the army...... Zhou Quan is right, they boast of a clear stream, but they are really light streams! ”

Bai Xianfeng was a student of Taixue, and Hong Hao, who held him, came to Beijing to prepare for the imperial examination. One of the two is from Shaanxi, and the other is from Jiangxi, just because they have similar interests, they became Moqi. Today's Shangyuan Festival, Taixue is rarely on vacation, Hong Hao invited Bai Xianfeng and others to come to Fanlou for a banquet, but after three or two glasses of wine, there was a dispute in the banquet.

In the past year, the Cotton Chamber of Commerce in the Ming Dynasty and the Donghai Chamber of Commerce in the shadows have had a great impact on the Great Song Dynasty. The Chamber of Commerce, in particular, is widely known and has formed a very strong alliance of interests.

In the eyes of Taixue's students, this is a matter of Sven's sweeping.

The various forces that joined the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, those who were high-ranking officials, they didn't dare to scold directly, they could only be sarcastic secretly, but Zhou Quan was a live target, and these students were jealous of Zhou Quan's official position at a young age, so they had to say some attacking words.

After the secret agreement was reached in Rongcheng the year before last, they were the most powerful people to attack Zhou Quan, and now a year has passed, Zhou Quan has done a great job in Xuzhou and Haizhou, but they are still only too students, so they naturally have to attack again.

Bai Xianfeng originally didn't like Zhou Quan, and his father had studied qi with Mr. Zhang Zai of Hengqu. Now that Qi is in decline, Ercheng has unceremoniously taken away the inheritance of Qi Science, and Father Bai disdains to be with him, and he is powerless to change this matter, so he can only hide in the middle, but since he comes from a family of scholars, he certainly has a sense of superiority over Zhou Quan, who is not very well-read.

Therefore, when Zhou Quan was attacked last year, Bai Xianfeng also joined, but after a year of calm, observation, and deep thought, Bai Xianxian's views have changed.

The secret treaty of Rongcheng was not only not a traitorous treaty, but a stroke of genius in diplomacy and military strategy. It not only eased the relationship between Song and Liao, relieved the burden of annual coins, but also provided a large amount of taxes for the Great Song Dynasty, so that many people of the Great Song Dynasty had a way to support their families.

Just because of this matter, there was a heated debate, and those scholars talked loudly, but he was alone and left the table in a fit of anger.

"It's just an outsider, why bother hurting the harmony of your fellow house for him, Brother Rui, let's come back." Hong Hao persuaded again.

Bai Xianfeng waved his hand and sighed: "The Tao is not the same, since they regard me as a lowly person, why should I step forward to bring humiliation on myself." Brother Guangbi, you are also a person who wants to do practical things, staying with these people can only make your vision shallow and stubborn! ”

"Choosing good and stubborn is also ......" Hong Bi was just as he was talking, when he suddenly heard a bang from the preface, and then the people on the street flocked over.

He looked at each other in amazement, but saw a large Kong Ming lantern floating in the air, because it was pulled by the people below with ropes, so it did not go lightly with the wind, but followed the street, slowly moving southward, and it was about to reach them.

Under this large Kong Ming lantern, there is also a silk banner, and the two of them took a closer look, and it read, "Cotton Chamber of Commerce congratulates the Shangyuan Lantern Team on coming".

The two glanced at each other, Hong Hao's face was unhappy, and Bai Xianfeng smiled bitterly.

"It's really fanfare, I'm afraid the world doesn't know." Hong Hao said.

"This Kong Ming lantern can still be used like this...... Wait a minute, there's people up there, there's people up there! ”

The so-called Kong Ming lantern, of course, is a hot air balloon.

This thing is not difficult for the Great Song who has a lot of silk to do, the real trouble is how to carry people on it.

Now in the hanging basket under the hot air balloon is a thin man who is only more than seventy pounds, he is triumphant, and he keeps beckoning down in mid-air.

If it was just a large Kong Ming lantern, it would not be able to cause such a sensation in the Beijing Division, and there was a person on it, which was the fundamental reason why everyone ran and followed.

In the past, Luban could make wooden birds and fly in the air for three days and three nights, but that was just a legend, and it did not say that wooden birds could carry people. Now it's different, there is still a person in the basket hanging under the large Kong Ming lantern!

Woodbirds still have wings, but this large Kong Ming lantern doesn't even have wings!

Under the hot air balloon, it was the little lady who was holding the rope to prevent it from flying away.

Today's teacher is no longer a little girl, but a girl. gradually opened her body, revealing the appearance of a beautiful fetus, at this time her little face was full of excitement, and fine beads of sweat seeped out of her sideburns, and she didn't know whether she was tired or excited.

Of course, she can't pull the hot air balloon alone, even with Zhou Quan next to her, in fact, the hot air balloon is tied to a float.

"How, I said that I want to give you the most lively Shangyuan, do you think this year's Shangyuan Festival will be more lively than the old year?" Zhou Quan asked her with a grin.

The little lady nodded vigorously, her heart full of joy.

"Don't be angry, although I didn't come to Beijing to accompany you during the New Year, I am here to accompany you now!" Zhou Quan said again.

But the teacher's small mouth immediately pouted: "Brother liared, you are here to hold the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce!" ”

"But didn't I ignore those guys now and concentrate on playing with you in the streets?" Zhou Quan said.

Both the Cotton Chamber of Commerce and the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce are loose alliances of interests, and the annual meeting is indispensable if this alliance can be more durable and stronger.

Especially in the past three years, when both chambers of commerce have shown bright prospects.

"I want to be with my brother." Shishi looked up at Zhou Quan and wanted to say what was in her heart, but there were too many people around her, and she didn't dare to speak.

I could only lean a little closer to Zhou Quan to get closer to him as much as possible and feel the warmth on his body......

Zhou Quan's little girl's mind has not yet been realized, he has always regarded his teacher as his sister-in-law.

Hong Hao saw the intimacy between Zhou Quan and his teacher, and snorted coldly again. He didn't think about it, thinking that it was Zhou Quan and his maid, and felt that this son was really frivolous, no wonder he would get involved with the princess of Liao.

Bai Xianfeng stared at the hot air balloon and couldn't retract his gaze.

"Ruizhi, do you look stupid, how can you look like these mediocre people in the market?" Hong Hao looked at him and felt a little cold in his heart.

Originally, the two had similar interests, but because of their inconsistent attitudes towards Zhou Quan, now he has a lot of unpleasant things when he looks at Bai Xianxian.

"Alas, there is such a strange thing!" The white vanguard suddenly stroked his palm and shouted.

"Sensationalism, for the country and the people, there is no benefit, where is it worth making such a fuss about you!" Hong Hao began to think of the allusion to Guan Ning's cutting of the seat, and secretly thought in his heart, if this white pioneer didn't say a reason, he would have to cut off relations with him.

"This is a militaristic weapon, in the battle array, the commander often can't see the whole battlefield, doesn't know the changes in the enemy formation, and can't spread the order to the whole army, but with this thing, condescendingly, not only can you get a glimpse of the enemy's formation, but also can let the whole army see the order...... For example, with flags! ”

Bai Xianfeng stared at Zhou Quan for a year, Zhou Quan promoted the flag on the Haizhou ship, he also heard about it, and then linked it with the hot air balloon, he stroked his palm again and sighed long.

Hong Hao knew that Bai Xianfeng was from Shaanxi, and the front line of the war with the Western Thieves, just like Mr. Zhang Zai of Hengqu, Bai Xianfeng was good at talking about military affairs when he was a teenager, although he was admitted to Taixue in Beijing, but deep down, he still wanted to be like Fan Zhongyan and preside over military affairs in the northwest.

"I want to see Zhou Quan, I want to tell him, how important is this large Kong Ming lantern with the flag, this is a militaristic weapon, and it should not be shown lightly!" Bai Xianfeng thought in his heart.

Floats parade through the streets, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the Great Song Dynasty, and even more, some floats also find popular kabuki, or dance or music, attracting idle people to follow closely. But today, all the floats have been stolen by hot air balloons.

Just behind the Fan Tower, on the highest corner tower, there is a desk, and there is a person sitting next to it.

This person leaned on the railing of the chair and was leaning down to look down, he saw Bai Xianfeng and Hong Hao, and naturally saw the hot air balloon.

He stood up suddenly: "This ...... What is this, Mr. Wang, do you know what it is? ”

Beside him, a man who looked like a Taoist priest frowned tightly.

"This monster too!" The Taoist priest shouted.

His eyes were full of nervousness, and he stretched out his palm and made a few gestures with his pen.

The man on the top of the building laughed: "Not necessarily, Mr. Wang might as well take a closer look, this is just a large Kong Ming lantern, hmm, I want to think about it...... The hot vapor rises and the cold air falls, which is to borrow the power of the hot vapor to rise and hold it up, as long as there is enough hot steam...... Hmm, there's someone up there, someone can take it off? ”

That person was Zhao Ji.

The Taoist beside him is Mr. Dongwei Wang Laozhi, a Taoist priest who is now very famous. Hearing Zhao Ji's words at the beginning, Wang Laozhi originally had a sneer on his face, but his expression turned around at this time, and he said solemnly: "It is precisely when he sees someone above that he calls it a monster!" ”

"Oh?"

"If you are in the emperor, aren't you a monster?"

Wang Laozhi's meaning, the person who floated in the air in a hot air balloon, was above Zhao Ji, and he was a demon when things were abnormal, so he called it a monster. After Zhao Ji listened, he glanced at the hot air balloon again, and a fire of ignorance was born in his heart.

Since ancient times, as emperors, no matter how humble they may be on the surface, they cannot actually allow others to be higher than themselves.

Zhao Ji is an extremely smart person, otherwise he can't just look at the principle of hot air balloons. After listening to Wang Laozhi's words, he was about to order Yousi to destroy the hot air balloon, but when he finally looked at it, he saw the words "Cotton Chamber of Commerce". (To be continued.) )