Chang'an City, Yanshoufang, a three-entry house.
"Second Young Master, Marquis Yong'an is waiting for your return in the side hall!"
At noon, Feng Zhidai came back from duty in the palace. As a Weiwei Shaoqing, he had to accompany you every day, but he still had more than an hour of rest at noon. At this time, Feng Zhidai had just walked into the main entrance of the courtyard. , Amu, the bodyguard of his house, quickly stepped forward and said.
"Marquis Yong'an~?"
Feng Zhidai was startled when he heard this and said: "How long has he been here? Why didn't you go to the palace to report to me?"
Amu cupped his fists and said: "Back to the young master, Marquis Yong'an has been here for half an hour. It was he who refused to let his subordinates go to report the news to the young master, saying that he could not miss the young master's errand in the palace!"
Feng Zhidai was suddenly full of questions, but he also knew that there were some questions. Even if he asked them, Amu couldn't answer them. He could only nod and say: "Okay! I know! Prepare tea quickly! Prepare tea." !”
"Haha! Wouldn't it be quite boring to have tea but no wine? The best tea in the world is the fairy tea. To others, this fairy tea is a rare thing, but to me, it is very common! Feng Shaoqing How about I bring you a bottle of ice-cold tenderness and let’s chat while drinking, how about~!”
While speaking, Li Zexuan had sharp ears and heard the movement outside, so he walked out of the side hall, looked at Feng Zhidai and smiled.
When Feng Zhidai saw Li Zexuan coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen the Marquis before! I didn't know that the Marquis came to visit, but Zhidai couldn't greet him personally. I hope the Marquis will forgive me~!"
Li Zexuan was the founding prince, and he was also the third-grade prince and Shaobao. Feng Zhidai was just a small guard and Shaoqing. Of course he should call himself a lower official!
At this time, Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said: "Haha! I came here uninvited. Feng Shaoqing should not blame me for being abrupt!"
Feng Zhidai did not dare to say anything, but his attitude was very respectful. Then he ordered the guards around him, "Amu! Go and prepare two pots of iced Wenrouxiang and a few plates of side dishes. I want to have a few drinks with the Marquis~!"
"Yes! Master!"
Amu hugged his fists and took the order and left!
Feng Zhidai stretched out his hand to invite: "Master Marquis, please! The house is humble and simple. I hope you won't take offense to the neglect!"
As Li Zexuan walked, he laughed meaningfully and said: "Haha! The mountain is not high, if there are immortals, it will be famous. If the water is not deep, if there are dragons, it will be spiritual. It doesn't matter whether the house is simple or not, what matters is a person's character !Although this house is not luxurious, the interior decoration is unique, showing that its owner is thoughtful and virtuous!"
Feng Zhidai hurriedly said: "Master Hou, thank you! Feng is just a rough man. His papers and martial arts are far inferior to those of the Marquis. In front of the Marquis, how can I, Feng Zhidai, be worthy of Huai Jin Huiyu?" , these eight words Ming De Wei Xin?"
"Haha! Humble! Feng Shaoqing is so humble!"
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At Feng Zhidai's warm invitation, Li Zexuan entered the room, and the two sat down. After a while, the food and wine were served.
It was noon at this time, Feng Zhidai thought about what Amu said before that Li Zexuan had been waiting here for more than half an hour, and it would take half an hour no matter what from Lantian County to Chang'an City, so he assumed that Li Zexuan must not have eaten. For lunch, he invited Li Zexuan to eat with him.
Li Zexuan did not refuse. He picked up his chopsticks and wine glass and started drinking with Feng Zhidai!
All of a sudden, people were drinking and drinking, and the atmosphere was quite lively!
But from beginning to end, Feng Zhidai never asked Li Zexuan about his purpose. He was a smart man. He knew that if Li Zexuan was willing to say it, he would definitely say it himself. If he was not willing to say it, then asking would be in vain.
"Drinking with Feng Shaoqing today reminded me of an interesting incident. I wonder if Feng Shaoqing has ever heard the story of Cao Cao cooking wine and discussing heroes?"
After drinking for three rounds, Li Zexuan suddenly looked at Feng Zhidai with burning eyes and asked in a serious voice.
"Cao Cao discusses heroes over wine?"
Feng Zhidai's eyes flashed, he thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Master Hou, I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge. Although I have read "Three Kingdoms", I have never heard of Cao Cao's story about cooking wine and discussing heroes! If Master Hou is willing to explain, I will be used to it. I will definitely listen attentively~!”
Now it was Li Zexuan's turn to be confused!
Never heard of talking about heroes over wine? It shouldn’t be! Brother, haven’t you read history books? Oh, no, Li Zexuan suddenly realized that regarding the history of the Three Kingdoms, "Three Kingdoms" is the official history, and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is nothing more than a storybook at best, which contains the author's strong personal emotions!
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is no part about cooking wine and discussing heroes. The author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was from the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. He was not yet born at this time. It is normal that Feng Zhidai has never heard of this story!
"Ahem! This is just a short story that I have heard from people. Since Feng Shaoqing is interested in elegance today, I will tell you about it~!"
After coming back from his thoughts, Li Zexuan coughed twice, collected his thoughts, and began to speak: "It is said that after Cao Cao strangled Lu Bu at Baimen Tower, he took Liu, Guan, and Zhang back to Xuchang. At that time, Liu Bei said that he was Zhongshan After King Jing, the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing, Emperor Xian and Liu Bei became relatives and called Liu Bei his uncle.
At this time, Emperor Xian noticed Cao Cao's disobedience, so he sent an edict to Dong Chengyi to get rid of Cao Cao. Dong Cheng secretly joined forces with Liu Bei and other ministers to plot to get rid of Cao Cao. Cao Cao's advisers persuaded Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei as soon as possible to prevent Liu Bei from becoming big in the future. Cao Cao said: "It is within my control, so why should I be afraid?" In fact, he still had concerns. The world knows Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei They were both tiger and wolf generals, so on this day, Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to a small pavilion to warm wine and talk.
Place green plums on a plate and boil wine in a bottle. The two sat opposite each other and drank happily. When the wine was half full, suddenly the clouds were overcast and the rain was coming. The follower points to the dragon hanging outside the sky, while Cao and Xuande lean on the railing to watch. Cao Cao said: "Do you know the changes of the dragon?" Xuande said: "I don't know the details." Cao Cao said: "The dragon can be big or small, it can rise or hide; if it is big, it can stir up clouds and spit out mist, and if it is small, it can hide. form; if it rises, it soars in the universe; if it disappears, it lurks in the waves. Spring is deep now, and the dragon rides on time to change"..."
At first, Feng Zhidai was a little disinterested in this story. He felt that Li Zexuan had heard this story from the public, because there were many places in it that were not consistent with historical facts. It seemed that the original narrator of this story was deliberately belittling Cao Cao, who was a man at that time. Hero, so at first he only planned to listen to this story as a joke and didn't take it to heart at all!
But as Li Zexuan narrated, Feng Zhidai's face couldn't help but become serious, because he vaguely felt that Li Zexuan was making insinuations. Li Zexuan was insinuating Liu Bei, who was low-key and forbearing, and deliberately pretending to be stupid while plotting for kingship. Father, Feng Ang, the chief steward of Gaozhou and Duke of Geng! !
"...Feng Shaoqing thinks Liu Bei is really afraid of thunder, or is he pretending on purpose?"
After several glasses of wine, Li Zexuan finally finished telling the story of discussing heroes over wine. Then, he looked at Feng Zhidai and asked thoughtfully.
Feng Zhidai knew that he had to make his attitude clear at this time, otherwise wouldn't he become Liu Bei who pretended to be stupid and plotted to become the master of the world?
"Master Hou, although Liu Bei appears to be a benevolent and righteous man, he is actually a scheming villain who is greedy for royal power. I, the Feng family, are all upright and loyal from generation to generation. If he had been born a few hundred years earlier, the Feng family would have been decisive. I will not associate with Liu Bei!
When he was in Lingnan, my father had admonished Feng more than once. He said that today, the world is at peace, people are living and working in peace and contentment, and they can finally enjoy peace and prosperity!
As His Majesty’s ministers, we, the Feng family, must be loyal and dedicated to safeguard peace for Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty! The land of Lingnan has many tribes and has always been difficult to manage. My father is the general manager of Gaozhou. His daily work may often arouse criticism from some people, but he doesn't care. He believes that the saints are wise today. He firmly believes that as long as he can protect Lingnan for His Majesty, Land, all criticisms will disappear in front of His Majesty! "
"Pah pah pah~!"
"Okay! What Feng Shaoqing said is good! We have heard that Duke Geng is unparalleled in his loyalty and justice, and everyone in the Feng family is also a good man. Based on these words, it should be obvious~!"
Li Zexuan put his hands on his hands and laughed.
In fact, the reason why he told the story of Cao Cao cooking wine and discussing heroes was because he wanted to secretly consider Feng Zhidai. Although a person's character and inner thoughts cannot be accurately described using words, but a person Eyes, usually, are not deceptive.
When Feng Zhidai just spoke, Li Zexuan concentrated on observing Feng Zhidai's eyes. When the latter spoke, his eyes showed sincerity and there was no evasion in the whole process. In theory, what he said was What he really thinks!
Unless his acting skills have reached the Oscar-winning Best Actor level, what he said is all from the bottom of his heart!
"Thanks to Mr. Hou's praise, Feng is very happy to be such a confidant with Mr. Hou! Come on, come on! Feng will do it first as a courtesy!"
Feng Zhidai secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his glass, saluted Li Zexuan, then raised his neck and drank the wine in one gulp!
"Haha! To be honest, I came to visit Feng Shaoqing today to ask for something!"
Now that Feng Zhidai has passed the "test", and according to Li Xiaogong who is far away in Lingnan, Feng Ang has always done his job in Lingnan and has never done anything extraordinary, Li Zexuan plans to explain his purpose of coming.
It's not that he's doing something unnecessary, it's something like finding a partner, which must be done carefully. If one day the partner he finds does something treacherous, even if he has not participated in it, at least he will end up with one. Is it a charge of unknown persons?
In any case, he is definitely not willing to hang out with a future rebel. Before cooperation, he must investigate what should be investigated!
"The Marquis has something to say, and Feng must do his best to the best of his ability!"
Feng Zhidai cupped his hands and said solemnly.
"I don't dare to take the order seriously. I really have something to ask Feng Shaoqing, or in other words, I have something to ask Duke Geng!"
Li Zexuan put down his wine glass and said with a serious face: "Feng Shaoqing must have seen a football. This football is made of rubber produced in a small country in Nanyang. The workshop in my hands has a great need for this material now. Although the small country in Nanyang now has They are willing to sell their domestic rubber to this prince, but there is no guarantee that they will not have second thoughts in the future, and the current workshops are inseparable from rubber, and the people of the Tang Dynasty will also be inseparable from rubber in the future, so I will I am thinking of planting rubber trees in the Tang Dynasty to completely solve the workshop’s consumption of rubber! In this way, my workshop will not be led away by people from other countries~!
The land of Lingnan has a humid and hot climate with abundant sunshine and rain, which is most suitable for the growth of rubber trees. Therefore, I plan to plant rubber trees on a large scale in the land of Lingnan. I hope that Feng Shaoqing and Geng Guogong can help me! By then, hundreds of thousands of people throughout Lingnan will benefit from rubber trees! Now that the people are well fed and clothed, Lingnan will naturally be in peace~! "
Feng Zhidai suddenly understood the purpose of Li Zexuan's visit today. He thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Master Hou has brought such huge benefits to Lingnan, how can Feng not agree? But in this matter, the official We still need flying pigeons to pass the message, please ask my father for instructions!"
Feng Zhidai has been in Chang'an for so long, how could he not know about football, which is popular all over the world? How could you not know that all footballs are made from Li Zexuan’s workshop?
It is precisely because he knows how precious rubber is that Feng Zhidai agrees without hesitation! Because he understands better than anyone else that these patches of rubber forests can bring huge benefits to the people of Lingnan!
Li Zexuan laughed and said: "Haha! It should be! It should be! I am waiting for your news!"
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Two days later, in the evening!
As the sun sets over the west mountain, the sky is getting dark, and the people under the sky are about to face the dark night. But tonight, the Yanhuang Academy is the most unique existence in the entire world!
"Pull up the switch and provide power to the entire academy!"
In the past few days, all the wires from Bahe to Yanhuang Academy have been installed. Not only that, all the wires inside Yanhuang Academy have also been arranged! Today is a good day for Yanhuang Academy to receive electricity and use electric lights for the first time!
Li Zexuan gave an order, and Mo Zhong followed the instructions and pushed up the main gate of the hydropower station that supplies power to Yanhuang Academy!
With this push, the entire academy area quickly turned into a rarely-seen academy that never sleeps at a speed visible to the naked eye! !
In each teaching building and room, under the bright light, the students and teachers could not help but cheer:
"Wow! This lamp is so bright! It feels brighter than five candles lit together!"
"Electric lights! Electric lights! It turns out that everything written in the "Physics" textbook is true. There are really people in this world who can make electric lights, and there are really people who dare to tap electricity!"
"Haha! With this electric lamp, I will be able to see the words written in the book clearly at night! That's great!"
What these students don't know is that even if they don't take the initiative to read, Li Zexuan will force them to read! The evening self-study at Yanhuang Academy is coming soon~!
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