readx;

I don't know how long it took in the embarrassing silence, just when Sun Shao was about to roll up the map and leave, Lu Xun shook his head gently: "Expedition thousands of miles, the king won't really do it for a few pounds of coffee, right?" On the beauty of mountains and rivers, where in the world can be better than my Han, on the fertility of the land, what place can be more fertile than the land of Funan? The king is now rich in the world, why do he still have to use military force to seize that barren land? ”

"Barren land?" Sun Shao breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that no matter how stubborn Lu Xun was, he was not stubborn enough to be willing to go back to Wu to write, he shook his head and said: "That's not a barren place, if you compare the earth to a person, there is a person's thickest belly, occupying here, it is occupying the lifeblood of the earth." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Is it that important?" Lu Xun glanced at Sun Shao from the corner of his eye, unconcealing the suspicion in his eyes, obviously he felt that Sun Shao was making excuses for himself to send troops, in his opinion, it was not worth sending troops for this place at all. If it is understandable that reducing the pressure on Guishan is to let Guishan free up his hands to increase the pressure on Sasan, then Sun Shao's current actions are a little crazy.

Sun Shao did not continue to explain, of course his purpose was not this Aksumite country, although it was said that there were gold and diamonds there, but those could be obtained in other ways, and there was no hurry. He wanted the Arabian Peninsula, a land with the most oil in the world, and if the oil age is still far away, and if the reason is not easy to understand, then the other reason is straightforward: its location.

The Arabian Peninsula was the springboard between Eurasia and Africa, whether it was the Persian invasion of Egypt or the Egyptian invasion of Asia Minor, through which it was the focus of world conflicts until the twenty-first century. Whether he wants to mediate between Rome and Sassanid under the slogan of world peace, or wants to add fuel to the fire, muddy the waters even more, so that Sassanid and Rome will lose both, and then he will take advantage of it, sail the ship to the Mediterranean, and scatter his footprints on the wider land, he needs to occupy this peninsula, which has not yet been taken seriously by anyone.

What's more, this is also the world's best Arabian horse production area, with the Arabian Peninsula, the Han no longer has to worry about no excellent war horses, no longer have to worry about the nomadic raids, with war horses, and go ashore to compete with Sassanid and Rome has a foundation, otherwise his footsteps have been limited to the ocean.

"If you want to mediate between Rome and Sasansani, you can use other methods, if the king intervenes now, I'm afraid it will be even more chaotic here." Lu Xun shook his head, still disagreeing with Sun Shao's strategy: "The time, the place, the people, the time of the day are all three, whether it is the Romans or the Sassanids, they are all close to their own country and have geographical advantages, but we are far away from our homeland, in case something happens, the reinforcements are extremely unchanged." If heavy troops are stationed there, will you have time to withdraw them if something happens in the country? He raised his head and looked at Sun Shao, and smiled bitterly: "The reason why the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu are so quiet is because there are Yue Kingdoms on the side to check and balance, once they find out that you are beyond your reach, I am afraid that a big war will start." ”

"I know." Sun Shao said: "So I not only have to draw some more people from the Wu State, but also draw out the main force of the Wei State, so that they can't fight if they want to." ”

Lu Xun was speechless, and suddenly, he found that he had said it all in vain, Sun Shao seemed to have an idea for a long time, at least in terms of the overall concept, he already had a preliminary idea, and all he wanted to discuss with him was the specific implementation method.

"If there are not enough troops, it will be useless to go, and if there are too many troops, the burden will be very arduous." Lu Xun stroked his beard or shook his head: "The plan is a good plan, but it is difficult to implement it at present." I hope the king will think twice. ”

Sun Shao smiled with satisfaction, Lu Xun can say this, which means that he has already made a step, but he just said that he has not yet met the conditions. And he really doesn't have this plan now, he has to wait for the right time, he has to wait for Rome and Sassanid to invite him to go, otherwise, once he arrives in that place, he will start a war with the two great powers, no matter how strong the national strength is, he can only be dragged to death.

"This is just an idea, and I haven't talked to anyone about it yet." Sun Shao rolled up the map, put it on the table, and patted it gently: "But it's a big matter, and I have to make some preparations in advance to think about it in the long run." If they don't agree, maybe I'll have to burn another fire, maybe five years, maybe ten years, maybe fifty years, and I won't even see it in my life, and I'll have to wait for Abong and Akang's generation. ”

Lu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and finally smiled: "If the king can think like this, the minister will be relieved." Conquest of such a large area of land and competition with such two large countries is indeed not something to be taken lightly. The Han Dynasty is gradually recovering its vitality, and the development of the Yue Kingdom in recent years has also been very rapid, or many years are better. ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao heard the change in Lu Xun's self-proclaimed mood, he flicked his sleeves and stood up: "The Queen Mother sent an invitation to invite the academy's sacrificial wine and craftsmen to feast in Changle Palace, Ah Feng seems to be going to publish some new discoveries at that time, I want to go to the party, I don't know if the general is interested?" ”

Lu Xun thought for a while, put away the map on the case, and said: "There are many new things in the gathering in Jiuwen Special Pastoral City, and I will also open my eyes and see what kind of knowledge these people are discussing. ”

Sun Shao nodded happily, motioned to the two Lang officials under the corridor to hand over the materials brought to Lu Xun for collection, and finally said to him: "You have to pay attention to your eyes, there are still a lot of documents to read in the future, and you are old in your early forties, what will you do in the future?" Go back and ask the doctor from Tai Hospital to prescribe a prescription for you, and send someone who knows massage techniques to treat you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Xun bowed and bowed again.

…… Special Mu Chengyue Palace, Changle Palace side hall.

The dazzling beauties of all ethnic groups wore beautiful palace clothes, held exquisite plates, shuttled between the tables like butterflies, and placed plates of exquisite snacks and tableware on the lacquer tables.

In the apse, Daqiao sat on the main seat with a smile, Xiaoqiao sat next to her, Guan Feng sat on the other side, Xiahou Hui, Yesudra and others surrounded on the side, Sun Cheng and a few other little children surrounded Daqiao, squeaking and chattering, either he pushed you, or you touched him, only Yesudra held his mixed-race son and sat a little depressed, her son Sunny was born with a pair of beautiful blue eyes, but Daqiao just didn't like it, he was three years old, and Daqiao didn't hug him once, Yesudra had always felt that the bridge looked down on them foreigners, but he didn't dare to squeak.

There is a blackboard directly opposite the bridge, Sun Feng is holding a piece of chalk and talking eloquently, Yanghu and Du Yu are each holding a big bag in their hands, standing aside with a small face, ready to come forward to demonstrate at any time. The three of them invented something that was said to have a great effect, and Ohashi called a party for him, and he was about to give a speech on stage, and Ohashi was afraid that he would be frightened, so he asked him to demonstrate it in the apse first.

Sun Fengzheng is talking about the principle, but unfortunately these women don't understand anything except Zhou Yu, and the bridge is only interested in the grandson who he brought up, and now he is tall and big, and he is about to talk in front of everyone like a scholar, and her heart is beautiful, even if Sun Feng tells a shit, she is happy. As the eldest mother, Daqiao is like this, and Guan Feng as a mother is even more so, and Zhou Yu, as an enlightenment teacher, of course, also feels honored. Xiaoqiao looked at Sun Feng, who had a bit of Sun Shao's demeanor when he was young, with a smile on his face, but he felt a little regretful in his heart, Sun Shao married several ladies and soon had children, Guan Feng was pregnant for the third time, but his daughter had no signs for so many years, and he could only help others educate his children every day.

"Queen Mother, the king is here." Yang Huiyu carried the hem of her skirt and trotted all the way in.

"The king is here, well, let's go out." Daqiao stood up happily, Yang Huiyu and Zhang Yu came up left and right to help her, but she waved her arms and said, "No need to help, I'm still young." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Qiao Yue walked in quickly, and said with a smile: "What, I said that the Queen Mother doesn't need to be helped, you don't believe it." ”

"What Aunt Yue said is true, I was wrong." Yang Huiyu responded cautiously.

"Who is Yue'er bullying again?" Sun Shao walked in from outside, glanced at the colorful cheerleaders, patted Sun Feng's head and said, "Boy, after looking for so many heavyweight cheerleaders, if you can't tell a story, you will be in trouble." ”

"You don't have to." Daqiao couldn't say anything about Sun Shao's hand: "Anyway, it didn't cost you any money, even if it was smashed, I was willing." Ah, go, don't worry, my mother believes in the one you invented...... That one...... It's going to be a big hit. ”

Sun Shao rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders, Guan Feng walked up and pulled his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's the first time Feng'er has spoken in front of so many people today, you can't hit him, if you mess up, it won't be good in the future." ”

"He's going to mess up?" Sun Shao's mouth crooked: "This vertical man fights in groups on the street, and dares to defend his innocence in Tingwei, do you think he will have stage fright?" ”

"That's what he was supposed to be." Guan Feng distinguished.

"Humph! I think if it weren't for Ayu's good discipline, this kid would have been spoiled by you and Amu sooner or later. ”

"Yo, it turns out that the king still remembers Ayu." Xiaoqiao happened to pass by, and when he heard Sun Shao's words, he couldn't help but interject.

"Auntie, what are you talking about, when did I not remember Ayu?" Sun Shao shrank his neck, turned his head and ran, he was afraid of seeing Xiaoqiao now, Xiaoqiao's vision made him feel that he couldn't do it, but he clearly felt that he was very good, and he had children in a row in the past few years.

"Hey, what are you doing so fast, I still have something to say."

"Auntie, don't chase him anymore." Guan Feng pulled Xiaoqiao's sleeve and persuaded with a smile.

"Queen, you are not in a hurry, a son and a daughter, seeing that they are pregnant again, but Ayu has no shadow yet, the queen is in charge of the harem, should you also help Ayu think of a way?" Xiaoqiao took Guan Feng's hand and said with a flattering smile.

Guan Feng's face suddenly turned red.

The side hall has been economically prosperous, the celebrities invited by the bridge sit in their positions reservedly, today is the first time that the prince has delivered an academic speech, the queen mother presided, the king, the queen and several ladies have appeared, it can be said that it is not grand, can be invited to this occasion, it means that they have a certain status in the academic field, but can not be ashamed. The organic spirits have begun to organize the language, ready to publish the appraisal when the time comes, and they are most worried about the king Sun Shaozai, although he has not learned in the Taoist Academy, but several sacrificial wines in the Taoist Academy have secretly revealed that the king has skills without learning, and has unique insights into various technologies, if the prince invents just a simple thing at that time, and they exaggerate, it may backfire.

As soon as Sun Shao entered the front hall, Cui Qian rushed out from the side, stopped Sun Shao, and arched his hands to laugh. Sun Shao looked at it and was inexplicable: "How did you get here?" ”

"The Queen Mother invited me." Cui Qian said with some grievances, and took out the invitation card from his arms, "Look, the king, this is not fake." ”

Sun Shao glanced at it, then looked at the crowd of black oppression, smiled bitterly, and said with a straight face: "If you have something, just say it, don't laugh like this, look fake." ”

"Whoa!" Cui Qian subconsciously stood up straight, and then collapsed again: "King, the prince is the same as you at the beginning, wise and martial, seeing that he is about to be seventeen, he should join the army soon, right?" You see that there is still one Sima in our army missing, isn't it ......?"

"Just know there's nothing good about you." Sun Shao raised his hand to interrupt Cui Qian, and said without saying anything: "Don't think about it, he won't go to your army to do anything else." ”

"So where does the prince want to go? Sima of other departments can't do it, and so can the deputy general. Cui Qian lowered his eyebrows in disappointment.

"I don't know." Sun Shao patted his forehead with a headache: "This kid doesn't like to tell me about anything now, he is very rebellious." ”

"You said it earlier, didn't this delay things?" Cui Qian suddenly realized, without waiting for Sun Shao to react, he ran to the bridge in a puff of smoke, Chen Hai, who had white teeth, and Yue Hai, who had a straight face, were talking about something around the bridge, looking at Cui Qian, who was running over in a hurry, they had a tacit understanding to huddle together and block Cui Qian out.

"The prince is very popular." Lu Xun didn't know when he stood behind Sun Shao.

"Who knows if he's really good or because he's the crown prince?" Sun Shao said disapprerovingly: "They are all busy in vain, I won't let him go to any fleet, it's okay to go, you can't go as a prince." ”

Lu Xun smiled faintly: "The king is ruthless? ”

"When you should be ruthless, you have to be ruthless." Sun Shao waved his hand: "Okay, let's start immediately, let's take a seat." ”

Lu Xun nodded and sat down with Sun Shao. His current identity is still the general of Wu State, so he arranged it by Sun Shao's side, a bronze bell rang, and the hall suddenly quieted down, Yang Huiyu stepped forward prettyly, bent over and saluted everyone, and said crisply:

"The prince has completed three years of study in Funan College, and he has received the guidance of all the masters, and he has gained from the way of civil and martial arts, and now the queen mother invites you to a banquet in Changle Palace, one is to thank you for the prince, the second is to congratulate me on the great Yue Guotai Bai'an, share the peace, and the third is to ask you to make an evaluation of one of the prince's achievements......"

Yang Huiyu is not particularly pretty, but the temperament from a famous family is very rare in the Yue Kingdom, which values business and military force. She said above, and some people whispered below, people who often come and go to Temu City know that this is the daughter of the Taishan goat family, and those who have stayed in Funan College for many years to do research are not clear, as soon as they heard that it is the descendant of the hanging fish Taishou, and Cai Yong's granddaughter, they all showed a look of sudden realization.

After Yang Huiyu finished his introduction, Sun Feng walked to the front of the stage generously, bent down and saluted the teachers from Funan Academy first, and then turned around and saluted to the place where Sun Shao and other nobles were, in order to show respect for the teacher. Yu snorted, turned his face and ignored him, but said in his heart, after two years, Lao Tzu begged for bones, and when the time came, he would go to Funan Academy to compete for knowledge, and it was uncertain who this big sacrificial wine was.

After the salute, Sun Feng began to explain his invention, what he invented was actually a still, similar to the original principle of Sun Shao's barrel for distilling spirits, except that he used it to distill seawater and extract fresh water from it for use at sea, his uniqueness was that he used a concave mirror composed of several silver-plated glasses to concentrate sunlight to heat the speed of distillation, and designed some pipes that used seawater to cool, and these pipes condensed steam at the same time, and at the same time raised the temperature before entering the still. Overall, the principle is not complicated, but the design is quite exquisite, and more importantly, he has done detailed experiments and obtained relatively accurate data, such as the size of the still and the concave mirror, under what circumstances, how much fresh water can be distilled in a day, and how many people can be sustained.

After talking about the theory and experiments, Yang Hu and Du Pre, who had been standing aside, stepped forward, one showed the concave mirror in their hands, and the other showed a model of a distiller with a cooling pipe, they skillfully assembled it, and displayed Sun Feng's theory alive in front of everyone, in the sun, the glass bottle that was painted black at the bottom soon bubbled, and a drop of water began to drip in the condenser tube. Du Pre took some water from a cup, and then sent it to the three generals in charge of the identification of practical surnames, Cui Qian and the others tasted it, saying that they were all acceptable.

"Don't worry, give me a taste." Sun Shao beckoned, Du was stunned for a moment, and looked back at Sun Feng with some worry. Sun Feng bit his lip and thought about it, and nodded vigorously. Sun Shao took the cup and licked the water in the cup, although the water had a taste, but in general, there was no problem with drinking.

"Well, it's much better than drinking urine." Sun Shao nodded with a straight face.

"Poof!" The crowd, who had always been very serious, couldn't help but burst into laughter, and Sun Feng and the three of them suddenly turned red.

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Hai got up from the table and said loudly: "When you really get to the sea, if there is no fresh water, if you have urine to drink, even if God helps." He turned around and looked at Sun Shao solemnly: "The king, the minister thinks that although this invention still needs to be improved, it is of great significance, so please ask the king to lead the Taoist Academy to study it, and don't let it go as a child's play." ”

Sun Shao smiled slightly, turned around and walked to Sun Feng, who looked unconvinced, and stuffed the cup into his hand: "Son, congratulations, with this thing, even if the water is cut off at sea in the future, you don't have to drink urine." ”

Sun Feng took the cup and looked at Sun Shao at a loss, Yanghu and Du Yu also looked at Sun Shao a little nervously, Sun Shao glanced at them, returned to his seat, and said nothing.

Of course, these experiments and data cannot be accurate, but for a young man who has just graduated in this era, Sun Feng has done a good job, so when he finished speaking, not only those nobles who are interested in technology, but not very professional, can't find fault, even the pedants of the Daoshu Academy also nodded again and again, saying that it is very rare, Lu Ji, on behalf of the Daoshu Academy, expressed that he is willing to continue to develop, and pay Sun Feng a certain transfer fee in accordance with the regulations, and write his name into the records of the Daoshu Academy.

"I have a request." Sun Feng blushed rarely, raised his hand and said: "I didn't do it alone this time, many people have helped me, Yanghu and Du Pre are my indispensable assistants, and painting the bottom of the still black is Du Pre's idea, this method provides a lot of help to speed up the distillation speed, I hope that the Great Sacrificial Liquor can write the names of the three of us together." ”

Lu Ji was a little surprised, turned around and discussed with a few craftsmen, and finally nodded affirmatively. When the three teenagers saw it, their faces turned red with excitement, and Yang Huiyu sent three cups of sugarcane juice in a timely manner, and they held them in their hands and saluted respectfully to the teachers of the Daoshu Academy.

Thunderous applause.

Looking at the jubilant Sun Feng, Daqiao couldn't help but be overjoyed, his eyebrows and smiles, but Guan Feng cried with joy.

Although Sun Shao has a tiger face, he is very pleased to look at his son's eyes, this kid not only dares to think and is diligent in his hands, but also can win these two little talents into his own friends, it seems that the education over the years has been effective.

…… Late at night, the cool evening breeze blew away the heat of the day, and Sun Shao and Sun Feng, father and son, walked side by side between the long palace walls. Sun Feng arched his hand and followed behind respectfully, and Sun Shao walked slowly in front.

"Are you going to join the army, or are you going to travel?"

"According to the regulations, there are still three years before I reach the age of joining the army, and I want to take advantage of the time now to travel first." Sun Feng replied softly: "My father often said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, although I have not read 10,000 books, but I have also turned a small half of the collection of books in the college, and it is time to go out for a walk." ”

"It's good to be at home, it's hard to go out, it's hard to go out, aren't you afraid?"

"My father often said that only when you endure hardships can you become a superior person."

"I also said that the son of a daughter can't sit down." Sun Shao smiled: "Besides, if you want to go out, your eldest mother and grandmother will be worried." ”

Sun Feng paused for a moment: "Father, I have been meditating with my master since I was able to walk, practicing Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, cultivating my body and mind, and boiling my muscles and bones. ”

Sun Shao turned his head, looked at Sun Feng, who was already as tall as himself, sighed, raised his hand to touch his head, and gently patted his neck: "Son, I am proud of you, I have always been!" ”

(To be continued)