Chapter Eighty-Nine: Journey to the West
Lu Bing said with a smile: "How can it be said that it is futile, there is no end to the advance, in the future, after our side stabilizes, it will definitely expand outward, and the terrain you have studied has become the route we can march." Unifying this territory is nothing, if we can rule the world and let the sun always be on our territory, then it is the fiercest, and build a real empire on which the sun never sets, although it is still far away, but I am young. ”
"The sun? The sun goes down at night. Ji Lianhong scratched his head and didn't understand.
Lu Bingdao: "Because the earth is round, what am I talking to you about this, you don't understand, it involves too much." In short, what you have done is very useful, and in my opinion, after going south and north, you have also gained a lot of knowledge, and your martial arts have made great progress, I am right. Isn't that useful, too, because otherwise you'll admit that you haven't grown at all. ”
"That's right, that's right, by the way, what are you doing with so many chairs in this hall, is it difficult to let people sit on the court, there are not many of them, is there one of mine?" Ji Lianhong said, Lu Bing said with a smile: "Where do I dare not leave a place for Ji Daxia, there is naturally a place for you." ”
Ji Lianhong nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Okay, tell me quickly, what has happened in the world during my absence, hurry up and finish speaking, I have to go back to see my wife and children after I have eaten and drunk and rested for a while." I want to kill them, you are really not human, you are just born with my child" Ji Lianhong fell into self-repetition, Lu Bing immediately told him what had happened over the years in a nutshell, and Ji Lianhong also told him about his journey from south to north.
It turned out that Ji Lianhong went to the south first. He even crossed the strait to investigate, and recorded in detail the map topography and local specialties, as well as the number of major ethnic groups. Then he went to the Western Regions and even walked in the desert, and after rushing to Mobei in the wind and rain, Ji Lianhong had already become the rough appearance he is now. It is estimated that he will not be able to raise it for a year and a half, and when Ji Lianhong went out, he brought more gold and less silver to hide jewelry, but when he came back, he didn't spend much money at all.
It is difficult to spend the money in the barren mountains and mountains, and as for the martial arts, it was also refined at that time, facing nature, and the countless hardships and obstacles along the way. Ji Lianhong's martial arts have gone through this. From resistance to obedience to help and adaptation, so the martial arts must be improved, so this is the enhancement of Ji Lianhong's martial arts that Lu Bing can see at a glance. Read 10,000 books. Traveling thousands of miles, whether it is reading or traveling, will increase people's knowledge and enhance their minds, and Ji Lianhong is no exception. His insolence just now was also well-founded. Look at how Lu Bing treats him, for example, he is much better now. Of course, there are also factors that are easy to change and difficult to change.
Ji Lianhong went down to rest, and Lu Bing arranged for Feng Bao to order him to go down, customize clothes, prepare carriages and horses, and wait for Ji Lianhong to wake up and send him back to Dengzhou. At the same time, he opened dozens of books and more than 60 maps recorded by Ji Lianhong, and Lu Bing studied them carefully. Ji Lianhong looks cynical on weekdays, but he really takes his work very seriously, such as the things he recorded, which can be used to publish a book and pass it on. Ji Lianhong was originally a Taoist priest. Different from the literati, Ji Lianhong is very good at arithmetic, and all kinds of numbers are very accurate, and the markings are also very good. There is no excessive exaggerated embellishment and abstract descriptions of the literati, all of them are realistic. Lu Bing felt more and more that sending Ji Lianhong out was a very correct thing for him to do.
Thinking that Ji Lianhong was about to go home, Lu Bing was secretly worried. As Neuer and Ji Lianhong's child grew bigger and bigger, the child's eyebrows were a little like Tuyi. Huahua can't take it off, that is, Neuer's chief of guard. Lu Bing was careless, and the thing he didn't want to see finally happened, but he couldn't break this qiē, fortunately, Lu Bing sent Tuyi to Xiliang and became a pawn under Xia Dade's account. I hope Ji Lianhong doesn't find out, and after living the rest of his life like this, at least he can be happier.
Neuer's! Thinking of Neuer's various actions, Lu Bing couldn't help but smash the dragon book case with resentment.
At this time, someone came in to report, and a scholar asked to see him, saying that he was an old friend of the lord. Lu Bing was stunned and couldn't help laughing, today is really lively, this Ji Lianhong has just gone down, why is there another person, or a scholar. The guards have the experience of Ji Lianhong, and they dare not underestimate others, it is very likely that they are really the old friends of the lord Lu Bing, but this person is really a little too young.
Lu Bing received the information brought back by Ji Lianhong and ordered someone to bring that person to the palace. The man came to the top of the main hall, bowed deeply and said, "Xiaosheng see Lu Gong." ”
"Look up." Lu Bing's tone was calm but not angry, the scholar looked up at Lu Bing, the cloud was light, not humble or arrogant, and he was a talent. Lu Bing didn't know this person at all, but this person dared to pretend to be his old acquaintance to see him, and at such a young age, he was either a grandstander or he did have real talent and dared to recommend himself, at least he had the guts. Lu Bing was going to scare him first, since he wanted to joke, then joke to the end, Lu Bing was just about to speak, but he vaguely felt that this person was a little familiar, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't think about it, so he asked: "Child, who is your father?" ”
The son doesn't say his father's name, but now that Lu Binggui is the king, he has to answer truthfully when he asks, and the young man said: "I have an old relationship with the Shen family, my sister is married to the Shen family, my father is Caiwi, his surname is Wu Mingrui, and the word Yanqi." ”
"It's you, Wu Chengen!" Lu Bing laughed out loud and pointed at this person and said.
The scholar couldn't help but be a little excited and said, "Lu Gong still remembers Xiaosheng? ”
"Did you call me Master Lu back then? I remember that I called you a lifelong nephew, and it was really an old friend, why did you come here today? Lu Bingxi said, the four joys of life, a long drought and a rainy day, a foreign country to meet the old know, the cave house to spend candle nights, when the gold list is inscribed, now it is also regarded as a foreign country to meet the old know. Back then, Shen Yew wanted to get involved in the Dengzhou color wisp business, Wu Chengen's father Wu Rui was the pawn of the Shen family, originally he was just a small businessman, and later because his daughter married an official of the Shen family, Wu Rui's business slowly prospered. He often tells stories to his son, and Wu Chengen has a great talent for storytelling, on the streets of Dengzhou, Wu Chengen tells stories there, and Lu Yi and Lu Xun gather there to listen. It happened that Lu Bing came to check the goods, and happened to meet Wu Chengen.
At that time, Lu Bing was rehearsing the play of the Monkey King, so he was naturally very happy to meet the real Wu Chengen, and the two had a conversation, but Lu Bing told Wu Chengen a lot of stories about Sun Wukong. Later, the father and son left after finishing their business, and at that time, Cai Longyu ordered the soldiers to attack, which stranded a matter about Journey to the West. Now that he has met again, how can Lu Bing not be overjoyed, this is also a figure in history.
"Xiao Sheng came here like this to ask Duke Lu for an important matter, and this matter has a lot to do with you." Wu Chengen said.
Lu Bing was puzzled and asked, "Virtuous nephew, please make it clear, you don't have to be polite when you talk to me, if it is reasonable, I will definitely do my best." ”
"Then you're welcome, you told me about this "Journey to the West". But you told me the beginning, and then you had a lot of opportunities, and I never had the chance to see you again, and then I wrote this book in combination with "The Poetry of the Three Tibetan Scriptures of the Tang Dynasty" and combined with various myths and stories, and the relationship between immortals and Taos. If you have time, read it, and if you think it's good, print it out. Wu Chengen said.
Lu Bing blinked his eyes and asked, "Why do you want me to print, there are so many bookstores in the world, why do you have to go to great lengths to find me?" ”
"Before, they didn't dare to print it, saying that the content of my story was too much of a reaction. Later, in troubled times, bookstores didn't dare to print, in fact, even if they wanted to print, I wouldn't give it to me. Lu Gong's Di Bao and Minbao are well-known all over the world, although the time has not been cancelled, but the technology and printing methods are well known, and the bookstore under your name is also a fine product. Literati should be crazy sometimes, I think this book is an unprecedented book, and I must find the best bookstore to print it, and it will surely last forever! And because of this ability, there is only one person left in the whole world, Lu Gong, I have the courage to come to see me, ask you to help me, with your help, I will be able to quickly make this book popular all over the country, this book is worth it. Wu Chengen said.
Lu Bing frowned slightly, puzzled: "You said that this book has been admired for thousands of years, but why don't you dare to publish it?" It's just a myth. ”
"Not only that, there is always a deeper truth behind the truth, and this book is by no means as simple as it seems. Back then, they didn't dare to print it, but now they dare to print it, and it's just to offer you treasures, so I won't give them to them. Lu Gong, let's take a look before making a conclusion. Wu Chengen said.
Lu Bing didn't understand what Wu Chengen meant too much, so he said: "That's it, I'm busy with official business, you leave the book first, and then don't leave Beijing first, I'll take the time to finish reading it as soon as possible and then look for you, okay?" Lu Bing's curiosity started, it turned out that in his current history, Journey to the West, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and others were not originally created by Wu Chengen, but the story told to Wu Chengen by himself, and this kid contacted other historical materials and folklore, so he wrote it down. But why did he say that he didn't dare to print it, he was not a child anymore, and he was not a fool, Wu Chengen would never and did not dare to coax himself, could it be that there was another mystery in this story, and what he saw before was only an abridged version? Lu Bing couldn't figure out what this qiē was for, and Wu Chengen happened to bring a written book to Lu Bing, and then thanked him for his successes and then retreated.
Lu Bing reviewed the official document for about an hour, and at this time it was getting late and Ji Lianhong was still asleep, probably really tired. Lu Bing asked the imperial dining room to cook and eat, and then asked people to bring it to Fengtian Palace, just above this hall while reading and eating, Feng Bao wanted to serve, but Lu Bing said that he had hands and feet and did not need to be served, and asked Feng Bao not to treat himself as a eunuch, to do more business, the palace needs to be taken care of inside and out, and Feng Bao is the best person to play his role, Yunyun.
Naturally, you can't read official documents when eating, because you are afraid of getting dirty, and you are easily distracted and unable to think about office. But it's okay to read a novel, "Journey to the West" has become the first thing Lu Bing wants to see, if you don't read it, you can't stop reading it. It's no wonder that others didn't dare to print this book before, but now they rush to print it, it is really a good book, Lu Bing is fascinated by it, and he is amazed by Wu Chengen's thoughts and wit, this book suddenly saw it late at night. (To be continued......)