Chapter 376 Looking for Talents
"Wait for dawn in the morning, lie down at night and shine on the Beidou; roll in the red dust to see the red dust, look for the market in the market; although the flat shoulder is narrow to pick the sun and the moon, the shoulders are steep and supportive. The two sleeves are clear and cold, the eyes are deep and clear, the green vines are green, and there is Shenzhou in the grass hall. "Not to mention the blue ocean, many people have been pulled out by Xiao Hao, a master of the sun and the moon, a master who dares to criticize and even oppose the existing Confucianism, and this guy himself is a master of Confucianism, which is simply a charcoal in the snow for the current Xuguo - of course, this charcoal fire has to be found by Xuguo himself.
"It should be said that he is an ordinary merchant hiding in the market, and the situation is relatively poor. But there should be a lot of such people. Mo Xinfang's face was full of speechlessness, "This person should get up early and return late, and live a hard life in the market; As for what to say, picking the sun and the moon to support the world is just a metaphor. The burrow is green and the vine is green, and it sounds good, but in fact, poor families are not like this!"
"The burrow is green and vine-green, so how about we look for it in winter?" Han Yufeng suddenly burst out of inspiration.
Mo Xinfang shook his head: "It can be used as a method. But I don't think it will work very well! Don't forget, the identity of the other party - the master of the sun and the moon, and he has become the sun and the moon five hundred years ago, but not the masters of the sun and the moon that we see now.
If he doesn't want outsiders to see his peculiarity, it's impossible for us to find it. And we don't know what this person looks like, whether he is middle-aged, old, or even young?
"Then this person can't be non-existent, it's arranged by Duke Long!" Lan Hai has the skeptical spirit of the prime minister.
"Impossible! The dragon princess can not say it at all, since she said it, it is definitely not for the sake of playing with people. Minister of Commerce Xiao Yuantang interjected at the right time.
"That's it," Xiao Hao finally came up with a plan, "Let's let the businessmen pay attention, as long as they pay attention to the more special." It doesn't matter if it's a flat shoulder or it's particularly cold. As long as it's a little special, pay attention.
In particular, there is nothing special about it, which is special in itself, and special attention should be paid to it.
How many people are like this in the entire Shangqiu realm? I don't believe that we can't investigate them one by one. Anyway, that guy has been in it for five hundred years, and it doesn't matter if he waits another three or five years. ”
Ha ha...... Xiao Hao's last sentence made many people laugh.
Xiao Hao looked around helplessly, this sentence was not what I said. It was the great and beautiful queen who said it. To be honest, Xiao Hao was also surprised for a long time when he heard Qingyue's words, it was better to be happy alone than to be happy, so he also said it, so everyone could have fun together.
For the time being, there was no idea, so everyone continued to be busy with their own affairs, but Xiao Yuantang instructed some general information for the merchants to pay attention to. Now, in just three or two years, businessmen have become the most important part of Xuguo, and under the guidance of Xiao Hao, the power of capital has begun to germinate. Under such circumstances, the composition of the power of the country is completely different from that of other countries, because the composition of the power of the country comes from both the people and the high-level, and the people are the foundation; it is not like other countries, the strength mainly comes from the top and there is little support from the people -- this is a loft in the sky.
And now this kind of power has erupted for the first time, and hundreds of merchants and tens of thousands of practitioners have helped Xuguo/Xiao Hao to inquire about information here in Shangqiu, the capital of the former Song Kingdom! Especially when I inquire about the information in the market, it is much stronger than the official power!
The first month. In the second month, the general situation of every market person in Shangqiu was clarified, and then they began to narrow down the circle and select one by one. It's really a dragnet search, big fish and small fish, big shrimp and small shrimp, and every day all kinds of businessmen walk the streets and alleys to see how every room is doing, and rural and remote places will not let go.
If such an action were to be carried out by the state, it would inevitably be a waste of money and waste, but if it was done by businessmen. But it's easy - that's how they lived!
Especially in Xuguo, these businessmen are grateful for their current life, and they always want to make a little contribution to the country, which is really a desperate performance. Sometimes a healthy social system does not require coercive measures, and everyone will consciously work for a better future.
Time passed. There was already goose feather snow in the sky, but at this time, the development of the Asahi country did not stop. In winter, there was no farming, many peasants began to go out to work, and a thoroughfare stretched out on the land of Xuguo; the original city walls in the Song and Cai kingdoms were pushed to and fell, and the city walls became the best base materials for the construction of the road. A wide and flat avenue connects all corners of today's Rising Kingdom.
And in order to fight for the right to build the main road, the merchants also fought hard -- the toll of the highway was expensive.
The development of commerce, coupled with the unstoppable Enlightenment, coupled with effective guidance, made the potential of the entire Asahi Kingdom increase almost all the time. The kingdom of Asahi is now like the rising sun, rising and the darkness of the heavens is retreating. Xuguo is becoming a splendid pearl of the Oriental character of China at an unprecedented speed.
At this time, Chen Guo's reform in the south had reached a critical moment, and Nangong Zhi was already a little tired. The nobles are unwilling to give up their rights and interests, don't look at it nicely, but if they really start to do it, they are not willing to give up a single hair! On the other hand, because of the counterattack of the nobles, the commoners and slaves who repeatedly saw hope were brutally suppressed several times, and the entire Chen Kingdom began to be turbulent and unstable! And many nobles even had the figure of the royal family behind them, making it even more difficult to change the law!
The most important thing is that Nangong Zhi has been assassinated several times! This is simply unheard of!
"Master, why don't you ...... Let's resign!" said the heartfelt old servant next to him.
"Resign?" Nangong Zhi sneered and shook his head helplessly, "I resign now, those nobles will definitely not let go of themselves, and Your Majesty will not let me go either!"
The most important thing is that I am not reconciled! Don't these nobles want to rebel, very good? I'll have a good fight with these nobles from tomorrow, but I have the imperial decree in my hand, so I don't believe that I can't kill a few thorns.
But Lao Wu, you leave the capital now, and when you go back, you will assist my family and all our cronies to move to the border of Xuguo, and when we can't do anything, we will enter Xuguo!"
“...... Yes!" Wu turned to leave.
A storm is coming in the kingdom of Chen!
At the same time, the countries around Asahikoku also began to panic. Some of the people began to panic, and some began to imitate and learn from Xuguo, and Xuguo also opened his arms...... Do you want to come? Come on, come on, just pay the tuition and come as you like. If you can't grasp the core, you want to learn the surface, that's impossible! Back then, the Red Empire suffered this loss and was almost toyed with by the Western powers, and now Xiao Hao wants to take advantage of this opportunity to treat the surrounding countries.
Without grasping the core, all kinds of advanced ideas are nothing but ideological poison; now, Chen Guo has been poisoned, and the poison is not shallow. The entire Chen State is in turmoil, and all Xiao Hao needs to do is wait! When the situation in the Chen Kingdom becomes out of control, Xiao Hao will send troops and include the Chen State in his territory in one fell swoop!
With the fall of the Song and Cai kingdoms, the east seems to be calm for the time being, but under the calm is the most strange waves! But I don't know where and how dangerous it is!
Chen's changes continued, and when all the members of the family had evacuated to the borders of the kingdom of Xu. Nangong Zhi's power of transformation suddenly intensified, most of some gentle methods were abandoned, and the heads of nobles continued to roll off the guillotine.
And now the countries around Xuguo are also learning some of Xuguo's thoughts, etc., and at the same time, they are also observing Chen's changes and adjusting their own countries and policies in a timely manner. Of course, the countries that really have such a mindset to keep pace with the times are only a minority, and most of them are still in a state of insensitivity in fact. They still maintain the habits of the past.
In many cases, people are nostalgic creatures, unwilling to change too much, or even accept a little change; and for those with vested interests, change means the loss of interests. Under the combination of all these aspects. There are still too many countries that are unwilling to change, or even acknowledge, the dramatic changes that have taken place in their eastern neighbors.
Whether you say ignorance, insensitivity, or stubbornness, the human mind is always the most complex.
In such an environment, Xiao Hao got good news, after three months of screening, his subordinates finally locked on the target, a middle-aged man selling tofu.
Fang Chengyang and one of the largest businessmen in Xuguo, at this time, respectfully stood next to Xiao Hao and made a report: "Your Majesty, according to our multi-faceted visits and investigations, there is a local yard that has been making tofu for five hundred years, and it is said to be an ancestral craft.
According to various local legends and many stories and signs, we have found that this so-called ancestral tofu workshop has always been run by one person, whether it is young, middle-aged or old! This is obviously not normal! You think, for 500 years, not a single woman has come forward, and not a single boy has appeared, and every time it has started from a young man, bought tofu for decades until old age, and then a young man appeared again, and the old man disappeared! It is said that there must always be a burial and something like that.
Although this man is well disguised, it would be difficult to find him according to the ordinary people's thoughts, but he never imagined that we could find him in such a way. ”
In the end, Fang Chengyang's tone was a little proud; a small businessman of his own actually pulled out a master of the sun and the moon! As a big businessman like Fang Chengyang, they were also peripheral members of the Ministry of Commerce of the Xuguo Kingdom, and they were qualified enough to know something.
"Very good!" Xiao Hao nodded, "I'll go by myself, you don't want to follow." ”
"Your Majesty, this will be dangerous!" Mao Yuanhui warned urgently beside him. After Xiao Hao's order, Mao Yuanhui became a master of the sun and the moon, and even the Autumn Leaves Wutong Mountain has jumped among the hundred schools in just one year, but Mao Yuanhui chose to be loyal to Xiao Hao. In a sense, Xiao Hao can be regarded as Mao Yuanhui's "extraditer" - half of the bearer master. Therefore, Mao Yuanhui's loyalty to Xiao Hao is natural, not only will he not be ridiculed, but he will be rewarded.
"No need. Xiao Hao waved his hand gently, "Don't forget that this person is a master of the sun and moon five hundred years ago, do you think he will stand still in five hundred years?"
"Uh...... Okay!" Mao Yuanhui could only nod helplessly. I have to admit this fact. In five hundred years, even ignorant small animals can become monsters, let alone the human race, which is the leader of all things, let alone the elite of the human race, the master of the sun and the moon! And after entering the master of the sun and moon and the same light, the gap between each level will only be even greater; under such circumstances, the gap between Mao Yuanhui and the other party is absolutely unimaginable! Perhaps. Under the oppression of the other party's ability, Mao Yuanhui didn't even have the ability to resist!
As early as when he was in the trading center, Xiao Hao suspected that there must be some kind of extremely huge gap between the Sun and Moon Tonghui masters, otherwise the death of the Sun and Moon Tonghui masters would not be able to directly affect the luck of the human race on a large scale, and even turn into a holy peak after death; All of this has already made Xiao Hao start to be careful.
Now Xiao Hao has a general understanding, and it is because of this understanding that Xiao Hao refused the protection of Mao Yuanhui and even Yang Sheng, and only took a few small ordinary guards. Bring some gifts and visit in person.
According to the location provided by Fang Chengyang, Xiao Hao found the target, it was a middle-aged man who looked dark, the years had left deep marks on his face, and he was wearing a coarse cloth green shirt with many patches, but his whole body was relatively clean. Behind him lay a flat pole, and in two wooden barrels were two kinds of tofu - one delicate and one coarse and old. Both barrels are very large, and can hold at least seventy or eighty pounds. It can be seen that it is very heavy and heavy, and ordinary people can't pick it up at all.
At this moment, there are many people around this person who ask for the price. But they all seem to be relatively wealthy people. Although this person's tofu is said to be very good, tofu is also a luxury for ordinary people, so most of the people who ask the price are some outsiders and relatively wealthy people. These people are mainly the original Asahi people who came over with the expansion of Asahi Country.
Xiao Hao and a few guards watched from the side, unhurried. Xiao Hao didn't bother the grand occasion in front of him. He even stopped the guards' thoughts, and in Xuguo, Xiao Hao had to lead by example. In the face of new political love and social thoughts, if Xiao Hao can't do it himself, how can he let others imitate and learn. So when Xiao Hao saw a lot of people who recognized him, he just smiled and nodded. It is necessary to show affinity to the common people, and to the powerful and powerful, it is necessary to show thunderous means! This is Xiao Hao's thinking.
Xiao Hao is waiting here. Wait until the evening, wait until everyone disperses, wait until this person sells all the tofu short. At this time, Xiao Hao took a step forward:
"Hello, do you know a 'talent' who is ambitious and talented, has no one in his eyes, and is full of mistakes and omissions?"
The word "talent", Xiao Hao bit it very hard, obviously mocking.
"I don't know!" the man was about to move forward by bypassing Xiao Hao, and the tone of his answer was full of impatience.
"Tut-tut......" Xiao Hao shook his head wordlessly, "I think this person is not only ambitious and talented, no one in his eyes, and full of mistakes and omissions, but also ridiculously covering his ears and stealing the bell, having no self-knowledge, self-deception, and self-righteousness, and this life has no goal, just wasting his time."
What can we do if we have sold tofu for 500 years? What is the benefit to the world? There are more people selling tofu in the world, and one more or less has no effect on the world. Oh, is it meaningful to be drunk and dream like this in a good year?
I've heard the saying: Life is short, but I don't regret it. When I grow old, I can tell my children and grandchildren about my great deeds, but the only regret is that I have not had time to finish so many great deeds.
And some people, until they die, they have nothing to say, and they only have two words to run around all their lives: boring!
What kind of gap do you mean by that?
If you have ambitions, you don't have to live for a hundred years! Tsk, a great life, even if you have a thousand years of life, what can you do? 10,000 years of life can't afford to be wasted!"
"Bang!" the man finally got angry, and threw the flat shoulder directly down, "What do you say!
In the distance, Mao Yuanhui, Yang Sheng, Han Zongfa, and Mo Jiajia followed several Sun and Moon Tonghui masters suddenly became nervous; just when this person was angry, these Sun and Moon Tonghui masters only felt that the world was dark in front of them, and that kind of ant-like feeling hit these people's hearts. Cold sweat flowed out of the backs of these high-flying Sun and Moon Tonghui masters for the first time.
"Sure enough, it's him!, but it's the same sun and moon, but the gap is so big, there is no power to resist!" Yang Sheng and Mao Yuanhui glanced at each other and shook their heads wordlessly. Both of them were woken up by Xiao Hao. In a sense, the two are still brothers!
But on the other side, Xiao Hao was unconscious and shook his head, "I found out again that I have a narrow-minded and intolerant bearing." There is no prime minister's mind. It is said that he has the world in mind, but he can't tolerate a little disobedience. Also, I like to shirk responsibility and not be responsible for my own things.
What sin have you sins, O barrels, that you have been accommodated in this way. ”
Xiao Hao said as he walked directly past this person, sorted out the flat pole and wooden barrel on the ground, and picked it up himself, and then used a small magic power to clean up the ground.
"Forget it. It's so disappointing. Excuse me. ”
Then Xiao Hao hung the flat shoulder on the other party's body very naturally, and then turned around very simply, leaving with everyone, seeing that he was about to disappear around the corner without hesitation.
This...... Not to mention that Yang Sheng, Mao Yuanhui and others were disappointed, even the tofu seller was stunned. Today's thing is really weird! First, his identity was revealed in one breath, and then he, a master of the sun and moon and the same light, was actually taught a lesson by a little kid and scolded Huai, and scolded a dog's blood spray! Then this little doll actually turned around and left!
How can this work!
As soon as possible, a magical power caught Xiao Hao and the others back.
"Hey, you're a senior, you have to have a little grace. You've lost your last demeanor now!" Xiao Hao was unexpectedly unhurried.
"Little doll. Don't be a fool in front of the old man! Today, you have to explain everything to me clearly. Otherwise, the old man won't mind making you into tofu!" At this time, the middle-aged man finally showed a trace of hideousness. Then one hand controlled Xiao Hao's everyone, and walked forward with a flat shoulder on his shoulder.
Xiao Hao and a few guards seemed to be wrapped in bubbles, and their feet flew slowly about a foot off the ground.
"Hey, you're a senior, you don't even have the most basic demeanor. ”
"Treat a tricky little doll like you. It's going to be a thunderbolt!"
"No, you misunderstood. I'm not talking about this, but I want to say -- you don't even dare to admit your own mistakes! You are really the best among people, and you don't dare to admit your mistakes, but instead you vent your anger on others. No wonder you're going to lie like a mouse for 500 years. If you lie down for another 500 years. It will become a thousand-year-old turtle and an old birthday star and mascot. ”
"Boy, you're noisy, you know!"
"I'm just telling a fact! Oh, you say that you are a master of the sun and the moon, but you can't even accept the opinions put forward by others, and you can still have the current results, I am really drunk. ”
"Boy, where did you get so much weird nonsense! Very good, I'm going to get home soon, I'm going to make you into tofu!"
"People say that there are three Venerable Beings in the world, one virtue, one knight, and one tooth, what do you have that is worthy of my respect!" (There are three supreme things in the world, morality, title/nobility, age/old man.) In particular, it is explained that ancient morality is not the modern moral meaning, but refers to the method of leading to beauty, the code of conduct, etc., and the meaning of modern morality is derived from the later period. )
"Boy, you are unwilling not to anger the old man!"
"Hey, how can you do this, old man, boy, I'm just giving you advice. It's just that I'm not as old as you and can't speak. Just take care of it when you're old. If only I could find a grass nest to lie on for 500 years, maybe I would be able to get rid of my problem. ”
Burst...... The guards who followed Xiao Hao couldn't help laughing.
"Squeak ......" An old firewood door opened, and the handful of tofu buyers threw Xiao Hao and others into the yard, but Xiao Hao and others let themselves stand up as soon as they were let go, and a small magic power avoided the embarrassing "landing".
"Boy, say, how did you find me!" At this time, the middle-aged man's face changed, and in a short period of time, he turned into an old man with fairy wind and bones, to be exact, an old man with a childish face and crane hair, and an elegant robe in light cyan clothes.
"1,000 Luck Coins can buy your whereabouts, and that self-righteous bullshit poem!"
"What!" Suddenly, the old man was furious, all his hair really rose to the sky, and the crown of his hair was instantly shattered. (To be continued......)