Liu Zhang and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and Guo Jia asked, "Dare to ask what is the relationship between Mr. and the Five Dou Mi Sect?" ”

Zuo Ci sighed: "The person who founded the Five Bucket Rice Sect is the senior brother of the poor Dao!" ”

"What?" Liu Zhang exclaimed: "You are Zhang Ling's junior brother?" ”

"Exactly!" Zuo Ci said with a smile: "The family teacher is a born person, but he still has his ideas, so let me be in charge of the same system as Zhang Ling." However, I had a disagreement with my senior brother so that it was convenient for Qingcheng Mountain to practice, while my senior brother Zhang Ling founded the Five Dou Rice Sect in Heming Mountain. ”

"Then you're here to intercede for Zhang Lu?" Liu Zhang's face suddenly turned cold.

Zuo Ci shook his head and said, "Definitely! I just can't bear to cut off my brother's Taoism, and I can't bear to suffer the people of Hanzhong. Saving people from fire and water is also a great merit. ”

"What the hell do you mean?" Liu Zhang asked in a cold voice, and Zuo Ci heard infinite killing intent from it.

Zuo Ci hurriedly explained: "Champion Hou, don't get me wrong, I just want to help you master the Five Dou Rice Sect in Hanzhong!" ”

"You're here to join me?" Liu Zhang's killing intent dissipated slightly.

"Sort of!" Zuo Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

"Humph!" Liu Zhang snorted coldly: "All of my subordinates are great talents, Wen Ke Anbang, Wu Ke Dingguo, what's the use of people like you pretending to be gods and ghosts?" ”

"That's not what I said!" Seeing Liu Zhang questioning himself, Zuo Ci lost his temper, and he said with a displeased face: "Everyone has his usefulness, I can be the champion Hou in charge of Taoism in the world, and let Taoism be used by you..."

"Yes! Then let Taoism override other religions, and then erode imperial power..."

Liu Zhang snorted coldly: "Do you want me to make Taoism the state religion, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism?" ”

"This..."Zuo Ci hesitated: "Champion Hou must rule the country with the words of a family!" ”

Liu Zhang laughed and said: "Confucianism and internal law, and accumulating hundreds of schools of thought is the real way to govern the country!" Governing the country with the words of one family is the art of destroying the country! Taoism is natural, but it lacks enterprising spirit, Confucianism is virtuous, but there is no blood surname, and Legalism stifles human surnames, which are not advisable! Only inclusiveness is the strategy for governing the country. ”

"This..." Zuo Ci looked sluggish, and Guo Jia, who was sitting on the side, was also full of surprise. They didn't expect that Liu Zhang actually knew the advantages and disadvantages of the words of a hundred schools.

Seeing Zuo Ci's eyes straight, Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Daoist Zuo, the Five Dou Rice Sect is deeply rooted in Hanzhong, I really need one person to control it, but I don't need it to fool the people!" ”

"What does Champion Hou mean..."Zuo Ci looked at Liu Zhang with a puzzled expression.

In fact, Zuo Ci didn't want to use the Wudou Rice Sect to become a tool for the princes to make profits, but if a religion wants to survive, it must get the consent of the imperial court, and in troubled times, it must have the support of the princes, or become a prince. Zuo Ci thought that the conditions offered were already very generous, at least they had exceeded his bottom line.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Taoism can only make the people yearn for a better life!" I hope that Wudou Mi will become a religion that leads people to goodness, not a tool to fool the people. I even hope that Daoist Zuo can break those tricks of the demon Dao to fool the people! ”

"This..."Zuo Ci was a little stunned, he found that Liu Zhang was a little different from what he imagined. In order to figure out Liu Zhang's thoughts, Zuo Ci asked, "Champion Hou doesn't need to make the people loyal to you?" ”

"The people are not fools, whoever is good to them, they can see and feel it, why use some ghost tricks to make them loyal!"

"I see! Champion Hou doesn't want anyone to use the name of Taoism to fool the people! Looking at Liu Zhang, who was smiling, Zuo Ci actually had an indescribable feeling.

"Not just Taoism, but all religions!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Whether it is Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Law, or Mo, they should all serve the people, not the princes." I hope that the purpose of Taoism can make people's lives better! So, if you want to serve under me and run religion for me, you must have what you can do! ”

When Zuo Ci heard this, he took out a wine glass and said, "In this case, I will salute the champion Hou for a cup!" ”

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Use the hosta to divide this cup into two, how about you and I drink together?" ”

"This..."Zuo Ci's eyes widened and asked, "Champion Hou knows about this technique?" ”

"Don't show it out! You have "Dunjia Heavenly Book", but I have "Taiping Technique"! ”

"How is Nanhua's "Taiping Technique" in the hands of the champion Hou?"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "One of the lord's wives is the daughter of Zhang Jiao. Before Zhang Jiao died, he entrusted the "Taiping Technique" with his daughter to the lord! ”

"In that case, I'm going to use real skills! Look at the thunder in my palm! Zuo Ci put both hands together, and his palms made two 'pop' sounds, as well as a faint firelight.

"This is..."Liu Zhangmeng stood up and asked, "Will you prepare this?" ”

"This is the Taoist Immortal Palm Thunder, how can it use the word preparation?" Zuo Ci looked displeased.

You must know that palm thunder is Zuo Ci's original skill, and even his master can't do it. But Liu Zhang smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air, how could he not know what the palm thunder was? Liu Zhang, who grew up playing with firecrackers, is too familiar with this smell!

"Fart's palm thunder!" Liu Zhang pointed at Zuo Ci and said, "It's good that this thing didn't hurt your palm!" ”

"Shhh This thing is my original creation, I haven't told anyone, how does the champion Hou know that it will hurt his hand? ”

It turned out that when Zuo Ci was preparing gunpowder, he once injured his palm because of the wrong amount of medicine. Later, Zuo Ci slowly became proficient, and he was able to prepare a palm thunder that would not hurt his hands.

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I also know several important raw materials in it, such as miscanthus salt, charcoal, and sulfur..."

"This..."Zuo Ci said in despair: "It turns out that the palm thunder has been there for a long time, and I am still complacent, thinking that it is something I invented..."

"Zuo Dao Chang doesn't need to be like this, although I know it, I can't do it!" Liu Zhang really couldn't bear to hit Zuo Ci again.

Zuo Ci asked suspiciously, "Can't do it?" So how do you know? ”

"One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal" In modern times, as long as you have seen mine warfare, who does not know the most earthy gunpowder formula, but who can make it according to this formula? And Liu Zhang couldn't tell Zuo Ci that he had crossed over.

"I've seen this thing in my dreams, but the power in my dreams is much more thunderous than your palm!" Since he couldn't be honest, Liu Zhang had to pretend to be ghosts. Although he doesn't like to pretend to be a ghost, many unexplained things can only be explained by ghosts. Let's just say that his crossing is the most bizarre thing!

"Dreams... Dream? Zuo Ci looked at Liu Zhang dumbfounded and asked, "Dare to ask Champion Hou, how powerful is the palm thunder in your dream?" ”

"This..."Liu Zhang hesitated for a moment and smiled: "The palm thunder in my dream can blow up a living thing in the city at once, and the most powerful thing can make a radius of a hundred miles, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

"Goo-du..." Zuo Ci and Guo Jia swallowed their saliva, since Liu Zhang could say the formula of palm thunder, they naturally thought that the palm thunder that Liu Zhang said could achieve the effect in the dream. Unbeknownst to everyone, Liu Zhang had already exaggerated the effect of gunpowder.

You know, even if it is an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb in later generations, it will blow up a city at most. It's just that Liu Zhang didn't calculate, whether the city in later generations was a hundred miles away. After all, in ancient times, the general city was only a few miles away, and even Luoyang was only a dozen miles away.

Seeing Guo Jia and Zuo Ci's sluggish faces, Liu Zhang smiled and said, "Dreaming! It's always a bit exaggerated, just look at Mr. Zuo's palm thunder and know that even if you increase the amount of medicine, it won't achieve the effect in your dream. However, we can try to research it and see if we can make a more powerful palm mine! ”

"What does the champion Hou want to create a palm thunder?" Zuo Ci suddenly looked vigilant.

"Nature for war!" Liu Zhang said bluntly: "My Han people have been harassed by foreigners all the year round, if there is a palm thunder, we can use it to defeat foreigners." Moreover, whether this thing is used for defending or besieging cities, it is a sharp weapon! ”

"Humph!" Zuo Ci snorted coldly: "I won't let this thing become a weapon!" ”

Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "It's your kind of thinking that makes the Han people weaker and weaker!" ”

"Why?" Zuo Ci looked puzzled.

Liu Zhang sighed: "The palm thunder you are talking about, I call it gunpowder." Perhaps, you were the first to invent this thing. But there will never be a shortage of smart people in the world, and maybe one day, foreigners will also make gunpowder. When the time comes, they will use gunpowder to make weapons to fight us Han Chinese, what should we do? ”

"This..."Zuo Ci was stunned, as a Taoist priest, he rejected war from the bottom of his heart, but war is everywhere. You don't want to start a war, but no one else will stop there. Whether it is Zuo Ci or Guo Jia, they are both smart people, Liu Zhang just dialed it slightly, and they understood.

"It's easy to want peace!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "There is a clean and peaceful politics inside, so that the people can be fed, clothed, and live and work in peace and contentment." There is a strong force outside, so that the foreign tribes do not dare to make any changes, and the Han will be in a state of peace, otherwise everything is empty talk. ”

"What does this have to do with gunpowder?" Zuo Ci was still puzzled, after all, he hadn't touched on guns and bullets, and he didn't know the true power of gunpowder.

"I won't talk about Qingping politics!" Liu Zhang smiled: "Let's just say this powerful force!" You may not know it, but this gunpowder is much more powerful than a sword. If you can make more powerful gunpowder, it can even achieve the effect of my dreams. We only need to infiltrate the foreign tribe with a few daring men to defeat tens of thousands of foreign armies, and even wipe them out. When the time comes, how can any foreigner dare to talk to us Han Chinese? ”

"This..."Zuo Ci was stunned, he was not only a Han Chinese, but also a hot-blooded Han Chinese. In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the foreign race has not stopped. All Han people hate foreign races to the core, and Zuo Ci is no exception. After listening to Liu Zhang's narration, Zuo Ci seemed to see countless foreigners fall under the thunder of his palm.

"Champion Hou, what do you need me to do? Despite the commands! Zuo Ci looked ruthless, for the sake of the Han people, he let go!

(To be continued)