Now there is only one person in the Three Kingdoms of Yu Zemeng who can be called Emperor Taishang, that is the founding emperor of Zeguo, Qin Zhanying's grandfather, Lu Xiaoxuan's grandfather, and Lu Kong.

It's been more than three years since the last time I saw him, and after Lu Fang died, the old man passed the throne to Lu Xiaoxuan, and then drove out to find the news of his long-missing sibling.

If it weren't for the fact that the Lu family's ability to survive in the sea was much stronger than on land, he had been gone for so long, and everyone was really afraid that something would happen to him at sea.

As a result, when they met again after three years, Lu Kong still looked like a sturdy old handsome guy, 10 cm taller than his grandson, and his shoulders were still thicker than his grandson.

At the port, Lu Kong held a coconut and sucked it: "South Vietnam has become our family?" ”

The official in charge of the reception nodded: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is heroic, he is very good at fighting, and he is good at governing the people's livelihood. ”

Lu Kong couldn't connect Yingwu with Yingying.

He had a beautiful doll in his mind, so petite and thin that he could lift it up with one hand and throw it high, several meters at a time.

It was the weakest child in their old Lu family for several generations, when they were born, Lu Kong and Lu Fang, daughter-in-law Mu Yue, Lu Xiaoxuan, and Yang Shengzi took turns to protect the child's heart with internal force, assisting him in heartbeat and breathing, so that he was raised with difficulty.

For that child, Lu Kong has only one request - just live, if you want to go further, you will be less sick, and don't let his mother worry about it.

However, Lu Ying, or Qin Zhanying's temperament and brain power are also the hardest in the family, he is very assertive, after entering the East Palace of the Central Plains, how many people can be impressed by his talent, and how many people can bring benefits, Lu Kong can also imagine a little.

It's just that I didn't expect that after a few years, Yingying would fight.

"It's really grown up." Seeing Qin Zhanying who rushed over, Lu Kong sighed with shock in his eyes.

Growing up is the most amazing thing, and it can turn a child who was buried in his arms three years ago into a beautiful man who is almost a god.

Seventeen-year-old Qin Zhanying's face still has similarities with Concubine Li, simply put, if you praise him in the face of "Alluring the country and the city", no one will feel inappropriate.

But also because it has grown, Qin Zhanying is still a little different from her own grandmother.

According to Empress Lu, Concubine Li has the delicacy of a cat, and her years of rich court life and the gorgeousness of gold and jade inlays make her gorgeous and compelling.

Qin Zhanying, as a man, has deeper and sharper facial features, but unexpectedly, he is so handsome that he is not aggressive, and often inspects in the field makes his aura very calm and amiable, like a bodhisattva standing in the field, and the next second he hands a bowl of water to the farmers who are working, talks to them, and listens to their voices.

And such a weighty beauty with a tall skeleton is like a single peak standing by the sea and turning into a person.

Lu Kong was stunned for a while, and sighed: "If your grandmother was like this back then, I also understand why her name should be recorded in the history books." ”

Qin Zhanying expressed her distress: "If everyone has to praise my appearance first when they see me, it will be too late to talk about business." "The prince himself prefers to finish the business first when everyone sees him, and the small talk can be put later.

"Have our relatives found it?"

Lu Kong pulled out a sturdy child who was gnawing meat from behind him: "I found it, it's called Wohu." ”

Qin Zhanying: "Crouching Tiger? ”

The child swallowed the meat in his mouth and said in accented Chinese: "My name is pronounced Makawalu, which translates into Chinese as a fertile lake, and my cousin calls me Wohu." ”

It's a girl.

She has brown and yellow deep skin, a pair of bright and firm eyes, looks the same as the Han people, Miao people, are the appearance of the Chinese system, and there is a subtle difference from the Han people, take a closer look, the facial features are as deep and handsome as the stone carving.

Lu Kong said: "Wohu is the same generation as you, nine years old this year, living in the Americas that Qiu Yu said, her father was bitten by a sea snake, and went early, and the cattle and horses of the Alkungang tribe left behind were about to be snatched away by others, my brother left a sword for future generations, plus this child can also recognize the climate, when I met her with abundant seeds, she was almost eaten raw by people from another tribe as a divine medicine given by God, and it took a little effort to save her." ”

Qin Zhanying asked, "What about Uncle Tai?" ”

Wohu replied: "I don't know, when my grandfather turned seventy years old, he went to sea with the whole ship, saying that he was looking for his hometown, but Uncle Kong came over, and he didn't know where he was, and we didn't meet him on the sea when we came." ”

Qin Zhanying: ......

Based on the lifespan of the Lu family, Lu Kong's brother who is drifting all over the world may still be alive, but he doesn't know where he is now.

There are not many people in this world who can make Qin Zhanying speechless, and Lu Kong's mysterious brother is one.

Uncle Tai is still floating!

Qin Zhanying: "Then are you still looking for my brother?" ”

Lu Kong replied: "For the time being, settle Wohu first, let her learn from you for a while, and I'll go back to Xiaoxuan to have a look." ”

Qin Zhanying: "What did she and I study?" ”

Lu Kong: "Learn how to be a king." ”

The grandfather and grandson exchanged information.

Qin Zhanying briefly talked about the causes, processes, and results of her attack on South Vietnam, as well as her experience in the past few years.

Lu Kong also said briefly: "I went out this time, mainly to find people, the America that Qiu Yu said was the first place I went to, the ocean is too wide, it is not easy to walk, if it weren't for the guidance of the sea spirit to find many small islands for supplies, I almost died halfway." ”

Lu Kong spread out the nautical chart he had drawn and dotted on the string of islands above.

Hai Ling is the old blue whale who grew up with Lu Kong, and gave Lu Kong a lot of help when he was sailing in the ocean.

If Qiu Yu was here, he would probably spit out three words when he saw the location of the island pointed by Lu Kong on the chart.

Hawaii.

After Lu Kong arrived in the Americas, he didn't have time to repair, he first fought with a very aggressive local tribe, and then formed an alliance with another tribe to exterminate the tribe that tried to sacrifice strangers to the sky.

Then Lu Kong showed his superior strength and ability to predict the weather, all the way to find a large lake in the Americas, with the help of several old priests, found the Algonquin tribe, and saved the Wohu Lake that was about to be sacrificed and divided into food, but if he was one step late, the chest of the Wohu was cut open.

He said that he took a little effort to save Wohu, referring to the fact that Lu Kong swept all the tribes near Wohu's hometown, and before leaving, he had snatched back the territory of the Algonquin tribe, that is, three of the five large lakes and the surrounding land and jungle, and Wohu was the little queen of these territories, known as the Queen of Makawalu.

In other words, Qin Zhanying's cousin Ms. Wohu came here not only to visit relatives, but also for state visits, and she hoped to cooperate with her rich and prosperous aunt Empress Lu and cousin Qin Zhanying to get some money, food, weapons, knowledge and books from here, so that she could go back and develop her own territory.

Wohu said solemnly: "Cousin, let's say it first, I don't have any covetous thoughts about the Lu family's country, I know that you will be unified in the future, and you will never split a piece of territory for me, and I don't want to leave my hometown, but you can't annex my country in the future, we are too far apart, you can't govern there." ”

Reunification is the biggest "correctness" of the two countries, whoever dares to challenge will die, after Qin Zhanying ascends the throne, the two countries must be united into one, and whoever dares to stop will die.

Lu Kong had taught Wohu in advance, so that she understood the seriousness of this topic very well, so the little girl immediately made a statement.

Qin Zhanying: "Don't worry, I don't have that thought." ”

Wohu: "But if my cousin is willing to have a child with me, I can divide your two lakes......"

Qin Zhanying immediately politely refused: "It's easy to be a fool if you marry with close relatives." ”

Wohu looked regretful: "That's a pity, the lakes in my hometown are good, by the way, I heard that you also have half-brothers, are they good-looking?" Can you marry me as a queen? ”

This young queen has a very special personality, she wants to deepen the connection with her rich cousin, so she naturally proposes to marry, and if this cousin can't do it, she will change it.

Her courtship needs are similar to those of most male courtships, not looking at the soul, but only on whether it can bring her benefits and give her excellent offspring.

"Before you become an adult, I don't want to discuss marriage with you, cousin," Qin Zhanying squatted slightly, "Let's talk about something else." ”

Wohu: "Okay. ”

The little girl has learned a lot of things in the days she has followed Lu Kong, she is proficient in Chinese, she is good at arithmetic, and her brain is not bad, Qin Zhanying communicated with her for a while, and after adapting to her unique mode of thinking, she felt that this child was good, and she must be a good hand at work.

Lu Kong was amazed, he also knew that Wohu, who grew up in the American tribes, had a peculiar temperament, but he didn't expect Qin Zhanying to be able to communicate with this little girl so smoothly.

The irascible and willful child of his childhood actually became gentle as he grew up.

When Wo Hu asked if he could follow him when he governed this place, Qin Zhanying did not refuse: "Remember to pick and choose more when you learn, don't worry about the things in the ceremony, and don't care." ”

Wohu: "Don't you learn etiquette?" I've heard that the best thing you can do is etiquette. ”

"The least important thing is the ceremony, before the ceremony, the important thing is the land, just like those people in your homeland, the people here also stand on the earth and live, those poems and songs, those arrogance and condescension of the kingdom are too far away from the land, and it will not help your people to eat, drink, and clothe."

For rulers, etiquette is certainly the icing on the cake, a part of civilization, but apart from the land and those who stand on it, etiquette is nothing.

Wo Hu stared at Qin Zhanying, making sure that this strange and beautiful brother was really teaching her, and finally showed a sincere smile.

"Brother, I will definitely learn from you."

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Qin Zhanying lowered her eyes and gently patted Wo Hu's shoulder.

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"Ying Ying has an extra cousin of the Queen of the Great Lakes?!" Qiu Yu was stunned as she held the letter.

Awesome to my Lu family's gods of war, after your family succeeded the emperors of Yu Ze and the two countries, they also opened a branch in the Americas.

Lu Kong, the eldest brother of the cheap master, is also magical, how did the other party drift from the South China Sea to the Americas, and then drift again in Benjiu to find his homeland at an advanced age?

The point is that the letter also said that Uncle Lu set off on the east coast of America, so he couldn't drift to Asia at all! Across the sea from the east coast of America is Europe! In case of bad luck, it is not surprising that the old man drifted to the North Pole.

Qiu Yu muttered: "History has been completely deformed, what will be the direction in the future, mortals like me can't see it clearly." ”

The only thing to be thankful for is that Qin Zhanying's physical condition is very good, not only did he not fall in the war against the south, but he also completed the expedition and began to develop and operate there.

Qiu Yu knows that there are not many people in the world who have awakened their national consciousness now, and many people have been beaten by foreign races, and they only feel that it is the city head changing the banner of the king, and they do not feel that it is a shame to be ruled by a foreign race.

Especially in South Vietnam, there are many places that are still under slavery, and if the conquered mature land is completed at this time, it will be the territory of China since ancient times, just like the Lu family's business in Lu Song, Johor and other places over the years.

Now the merchants of Yu State take a boat to do business there, and all they hear is Chinese, and they are all people from a country, and when Qin Zhanying ascends the throne, the integration will naturally go further.

Seriously calculated, the Tubo Plateau now has a lot of exchanges with Bashu, and even the great lama Sangzhu has come down to exchange Buddhism, giving Qin Zhanying the title of a Buddha, and it is also in response to Qin Zhanying's policy direction of integrating all parties.

Qiu Yu didn't know if Qin Zhanying would be able to see the future clearly in this increasingly complex situation and lead everyone in the right direction.

"I'm ashamed to say that I still see that kid as a signpost."

Qiu Yu opened the wooden box and put the scented letter paper into it, and the faint medicinal fragrance touched Qiu Yu's sense of smell across thousands of miles.

He spread out the paper, wrote a reply letter to Qin Zhanying, thought twice, and put the rabbit wood carving he carved on the letter, preparing to let the messenger send this small gift over.

Can Qin Zhanying see the future clearly?

Qiu Yu didn't ask this question in the letter, because he felt that the cousin of the native queen was probably the biggest variable fanned out of the butterfly's wings, and there should be no greater variables in the future.

The strength of my butterfly wings shouldn't be so strong that Yingying can't see the future clearly, right?

If Qin Zhanying knew Qiu Yu's self-doubt, he would say, I have never seen the future clearly.

Since he was a child, because of his strong curiosity, he always likes to pick the path that others have not taken, and he has encountered many difficulties.

In order to facilitate his rule, he carried out a cruel purge of the upper echelons of South Vietnam, which did not avoid anyone, and also made Wo Hu look at him with a sense of awe, and he no longer dared to mention jokes such as "does my brother want to marry my brother", even in the hearts of American native girls, it was an inconsequential joke.

Of course, in this purge, Qin Zhanying tried to let Wohu and his army watch how a war was fought, how to clear up the traitors, how to judge enemies and friends, and how to appease the people.

The prince's cousin taught all dry goods, without any water at all, and Wohu, who was only nine years old, was also very talented, and worked very hard to absorb this valuable knowledge and experience into his brain.

The sequelae of the purge was naturally the poor administration at the beginning, but soon, the most powerful people in South Vietnam actually took the initiative to send out a representative to seek Qin Zhanying, the manager of South Vietnam, and asked him for order.

"Your noble highness, your faithful servant beseeches you, to give us officials, or to appoint officials among us."

Qin Zhanying: "I was going to do this, but old man, you just came, won't you be messed up?" ”

The old man replied in fear: "No, everything has its own laws, the supreme heaven is higher than the old man, the old man is gone, the sky will take us, as long as we come along, we can still live, but we need His Royal Highness to give us shelter, help us avoid the threat from the Siamese people, teach us knowledge, you are the embodiment of the rain god, spread valuable knowledge everywhere, help us avoid natural disasters, we are also your people, and we also desire your protection." ”

Qin Zhanying was stunned and replied, "Naturally, you step aside, I will arrange everything soon." ”

After all, before launching the purge, Qin Zhanying had arranged the people who filled the pit and the manpower needed to rebuild order.

But what the old man said made him never forget.

On top of the rulers of the princes and nobles, there is also heaven, earth, and nature, without the princes and nobles, heaven and earth still exist, and there will be no instant vicissitudes because of who dies.

Those who stand above the people do not have to exist, they are gone, the people can still live, and even if it were not for the threat of the Siamese people, the people thirst for strong protectors, and they may have lived better without the lord who collects their taxes.

[I have always regarded tax collection as a transaction, the people pay taxes, I give them shelter, but I never thought that I am dispensable to them, which shows that something is wrong, God gave me the throne, not let me sit on the top of everyone's heads, so what is the point of me sitting in the position of ruler? 】

If the formula that the people must be led and protected by the ruler is not true, Qin Zhanying's idea that the taxes given by the people as "this is what should belong to me" immediately dissipated.

Qin Zhanying wrote her confusion on the letterhead, folded the paper again, put it on the lamp and candle, and watched it burn quietly.

As the letterhead turned to ashes, Qin Zhanying sat on the table and asked herself, have I done enough now? Do you deserve my place? In the eyes of civil and military officials and people, I seem to be a very virtuous prince, but if I am not taken for granted by the bloodline of all beings, I must do more to be worthy of the power in my hands?

Am I doing enough for the people?

No, in other words, if the ruler does not have to exist, then we are not a noble being, we are dispensable.

Who are those who are really indispensable?

If it is not a prince or nobleman in the clouds, it will naturally not be a god or Buddha, so it can only be those people standing on the land.

When he understood this, Qin Zhanying's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that his logic would deduce such a result, but after thinking about it for a long time, he found that it was really the case.

In the previous ten years of practice, Qin Zhanying has faintly touched the edge of many things, but it is hazy and unpredictable, he wants to see clearly, but he can look through thousands of years of history books, and he can't find the answer to help him see clearly, he knows that the day of understanding has not yet come, and he still needs to continue to accumulate knowledge.

But at this moment, the thin paper that had been covering his eyes so that he could not see everything clearly turned to ashes, and he suddenly saw the scenery behind the paper.

Qin Zhanying blinked his eyes, covered his head, and chuckled, realizing that he was not at all afraid of the scenery he saw, even if the nature of this scenery was enough to make the gentry and landlords crazy, he even had an irrepressible excitement after realizing more knowledge, and ...... The joy of knowing that I am closer to my mother and Qiu Yu in my heart.

His curiosity began to stir again, and he cried out, "Hurry, go through the notes you have taken, or go to the fields and see the people, and judge with your eyes whether the conclusions you have deduced are correct."

Qin Zhanying held down his heart that was beating too fast and was uncomfortable, and used his internal force to calm himself down, and then he blew out the candle, changed his bedclothes and went to bed.

He didn't want to investigate tonight, and he didn't want to read any more words.

Qin Zhanying hugged the pillow and thought to herself, some truths are already very clear without dialectic and second thought, so it's good to rest now, and tomorrow I will go to the local village near the port to investigate the customs.

Yes, Qin Zhanying was extremely sure that her derivation was correct.

It turns out that those people in the fields are really much more important than the princes and nobles, they are the silent part of the history books, and the emperors and generals who created wonderful legends shed blood and tears, but they are also the foundation of history.

And the foundation is the most important.

Qin Zhanying closed his eyes, and this time, he saw another self in his dream.

Yu Wuzong, who was wearing a dragon robe, took off the dragon crown on his head and smiled appreciatively at him.

"I've been confused for a long time, and I also asked questions about these things before I died, thank you, I got the answer."

Qin Zhanying walked in front of Yu Wuzong: "Then what should I do in the future?" If the existence of the emperor is not necessary, should I do something else? ”

Yu Wuzong asked rhetorically: "What are you doing if you don't be an emperor?" ”

He and Qin Zhanying pressed their foreheads against their foreheads: "I didn't get an answer like you, but I know that before you decide to make a certain change, you have to observe more, just like gathering intelligence before a war, the more you have to make major changes, the more cautious you must be." ”

Qin Zhanying: "And I don't know how I want to change, I'm just unsettled by the knowledge I suddenly obtained. ”

Yes, once you have an answer, more questions follow.

Fortunately, Qin Zhanying is always willing to accept challenges, for him, it is one thing to have a strong desire to control, but the answer to the question of exploration is by no means a suffering, but a pleasant long journey, if you know all the knowledge, know the cause and effect of everything, it is a great misfortune for Qin Zhanying, if there is no unknown in the world, how boring his life should be.

Qin Zhanying closed her eyes.

Qiu Yu, who was carving the sandalwood in his hand into a hairpin, didn't know that he, Lu Xiaoxuan, and Jin Hongzhu had set off the biggest butterfly effect in the world, and it had come quietly in the quiet and silent night tonight.

At the end of the seventeenth year of Cheng'an, Emperor Cheng'an fell due to kidney disease, and the prince immediately returned to Beijing, and Qiu Yu, as a well-known doctor in Yu, also put down all the affairs at hand and rushed to Dajing. ：，，.