For a moment, Huo Shi felt as if there were countless wind and rain hitting his head. Is it really a coincidence that something like this happened at this time?
Huo Shi didn't believe it.
Almost instantly, he thought of what Chen Ke had told him before, that those people from Emperor Qin's clan were about to take action.
So, what happened to my brother was arranged by those people?
He was slightly silent, and then whispered: "Father, mother, what are you going to do?"
At this time, Huo Shi had already made a decision in his heart. No matter what, he would not and could not protect his brother.
If you take a life, you must be responsible for that life.
Huo Yinian and Huo Lin looked at each other, then looked at Huo Zhen and said, "Now that your brother is back, the two of us will explain our attitudes."
"My Huo family has never done anything to bully men and women, and we have never used our power to harm other people."
Huo Yinian sat there with a slight coldness in his voice.
"Our family was originally an ordinary Guizhou family. Back then, we were even bullied by some wealthy people to the point of being unable to survive. Your mother almost committed suicide."
"At that time, our teeth were almost broken. We just wanted to live for a while and hated that person so much that our teeth itched."
"So, even if your brother becomes the county guard now, we can't become the kind of people we hated most at the beginning."
Huo Yinian let out a breath, and then said, "I have discussed with your mother and send your brother directly to the Yamen."
"Let him surrender."
"I'm waiting for you to come back today just to tell you that you don't have to worry about this matter."
"If it doesn't work, just hand it over to the Governor and let him handle it."
Huo Shi lowered his head, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red. In fact, he felt a little embarrassed.
His parents really did their best for him. At this time, they would rather send his brother to prison than implicate himself.
He could see the meaning.
Before Huo Shi could answer, Huo Zhen spoke.
His voice was also deadly calm, as if he didn't care about anything.
"Father, mother, brother,"
After Huo Zhen paused for a moment, he continued: "Although I did such things while drunk, I have a hunch that it was not me who did it, but someone framed me."
His mind was spinning rapidly at this moment: "And I'm just a Guizhou leader, why did you spend so much effort to frame me?"
"This sword points to you, brother!"
Huo Zhen sighed: "For the current plan, the only way is to hand me over, but it must not be handed over to the Yamen."
"Brother, you can hand it over directly to Governor Chen and say that you are my brother. Your death will make people feel unfair, so hand it over to the Governor. I hope the Governor can handle it."
A wise light flashed in Huo Zhen's eyes.
He knew that if he wanted to have a way to survive at this time, he must follow the pace of Governor Chen.
Governor Chen is the number one in Penglai Island. Even the eldest son does not have as high a status as Chen Ke here.
Therefore, finding Chen Ke can block most of the conspiracies.
If he really did that kind of thing while drunk, he would be punished with his life or go to jail.
But what if he didn't do it and was really framed?
Then only Chen Ke can restore his innocence, not even his brother.
Because he is related by blood to his brother, no matter how fair his brother makes a ruling, as long as the ruling is beneficial to him, the world will doubt it, and those people can take advantage of the situation to make other plans.
Huo Shi naturally thought of this now, sighed immediately, and looked at Huo Zhen.
At this time, he felt that Huo Zhen had indeed not done that kind of thing, otherwise he would not be so confident.
He walked forward and looked at the three of them with tears in his eyes: "How lucky I am to have a true brother, father, and mother in this life!"
...........
Hu Chuanjun's Mansion
Yinglun played with the wine glass in his hand, his eyes slightly squinted, and his cheeks were a little drunken red.
"Brother, be careful, something will happen to Chen Ke's most loyal subordinate this time."
"Can he just watch his brother die?"
"Even if he can watch his brother die, can his parents watch their child die?"
Yinglun put down the wine jue and said with a soft smile: "Can he be unfilial? Of course not."
"And once people reveal their greed, they will be caught by greed, and then step by step towards the abyss."
"When that time comes, we can close the net."
Ying Ku looked at his brother and sighed faintly: "Brother, this method is very good."
"If Huo Shi is unreliable, then it only means that the system of counties and counties is really inappropriate."
"After all, Huo Shi was born in the so-called Baijia Palace, and was promoted by Chen Ke."
"If something goes wrong with a person like this, what would His Majesty think?"
"Your Majesty will feel that the other county guards cannot be trusted either."
"At this time, while His Majesty is still suspicious, we can persuade His Majesty to hand over the power into the hands of people like us."
"Is enfeoffment still far away?"
He raised the wine glass in his hand: "It's not far."
Before he finished speaking, a young boy from afar ran over in a hurry, with a panicked expression on his face.
"It's not good, it's not good."
"Lord, it's not good!"
Hu Chuanjun frowned slightly, looked at the boy and said, "What's so frivolous?"
After the boy took a breath, he hurriedly said: "Our people discovered that Huo Shi took his younger brother Huo Zhen and went straight to the prefectural and county government offices."
"It seems that he is bringing his younger brother to surrender!"
What?
Ying Luan suddenly sat up, with an incredible look in his eyes.
"You said he was going to take his brother and surrender?"
"His parents agreed? His brother didn't cause trouble?"
The boy knelt on the ground and said with panic in his voice: "According to our reports, Huo and his wife also agreed with Huo Shi's actions."
"Even Huo Zhen himself is willing to surrender."
"It doesn't look like it was forced!"
Yinglun stumbled with disbelief in his eyes, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground without holding it firmly.
"How can this be?"
"What on earth do Huo Shi think?"
"Why would you send your own brother to death?"
He took a deep breath, and then looked at the boy beside him. After this stimulation, his mind was even clearer now.
"Prepare a chariot for me immediately. I'm going to the Governor's Mansion to meet Chen Ke!"
"This matter must happen before Huo Shi meets Chen Ke. He must meet Chen Ke first, and then pin the matter on Huo Shi!"
"Otherwise this would be difficult!"
Ying Ku on the side looked at Ying Lun who was also cautious: "Brother, do you need to think about this matter?"
"I feel that the opportunity has been lost on this matter. Even if we continue to rush, we may not be able to achieve the original results."
Yinglun closed his eyes slightly and sighed: "It's up to people to make things happen, but it's up to God to make things happen. Let's see if God is on our side!"
After saying this, Yinglun hurriedly walked outside.
At this time, the Governor's Mansion
Chen Ke was pulling Fu Su to look at something. He was writing and drawing on the paper, and then laughed and said, "Fu Su, look at this thing."
He smiled and said: "This thing is also recorded in the book. I heard that burning can start a fire and can burn for a long time."
"If we could have this thing in winter, wouldn't there be a lot fewer people freezing to death in this cold winter?"
Fusu looked at the picture on the paper and some written records, and touched his chin.
"Teacher, does the "Kang" you designed before need to be matched with this thing? "
"In the past, I always felt that burning wood would be too wasteful, but using this product can reduce a lot of costs."
"only....."
"How much of this product is there? Can it be supplied to the whole country?"
When Chen Ke heard this question, he touched his chin slightly and recalled his memory.
Coal is something that can be used for three to four hundred years based on the current storage capacity on the earth.
Of course, this is what happens when the whole world uses it together.
So now that Da Qin has found all the minerals in other areas and stored them, won't it be able to be used by Da Qin for a longer period of time?
As for other people...
What do people from other regions have to do with Da Qin?
Besides, after coal is gone, there will still be oil. The place where the most oil is unearthed is the Middle East.
But now, it is still a wild area.
When Great Qin's cavalry attacked the Western Region and occupied that piece of land, they could continue to attack along the Western Region and completely occupy that piece of land.
Da Qin's territory does not need to be too large, but some places with sufficient resources must have Da Qin's land!
If oil and coal were supplied to the Qin Dynasty together, it would probably be able to be used by the Qin Dynasty for six to seven hundred years.
In six to seven hundred years, wouldn't it be possible for Great Qin to find new resources?
If you really can't, then maybe it's a good thing to let this world perish together when that day comes.
Fusu looked at the smile on Chen Ke's face and felt a little strange.
He looked at Chen Ke and called in a low voice: "Teacher? Teacher?"
Chen Ke came back to his senses, looked at Fusu and said, "Don't worry, coal is not the only thing that can be burned in this world."
"There should be something else."
"Aren't all the things in the world just for us to use?"
He handed the paper in his hand to the people who were already waiting behind him: "Go, let people from Heibingtai and many counties search for this object within the territory."
"Whoever finds this will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold and exempted from taxes for three years."
"The county where this thing is found will be exempted from taxes and corvee for three years."
"The chief of the county who finds this thing will be rewarded and credited with a meritorious service."
The man from Heibingtai lowered his head and said, "Here."
After the man left, Fusu walked to Chen Ke, looked at Chen Ke and said, "Teacher, are you sure there is such a thing in Penglaizhou?"
Chen Ke just sat there casually, leaning on the table with his hand: "Of course there is."
"You don't have to worry about this. There are quite a lot of this kind of ore distributed in Daqin."
He squinted his eyes and said slightly: "However, it seems that there are more of this kind of things in Dai County, and then there will be quite a lot further north."
"When I finish what I'm doing, maybe I can start dealing with the affairs of the Huns in the north."
When Fusu heard this, a look of excitement suddenly flashed in his eyes: "Does the teacher want to attack the Huns in the north?"
Chen Ke nodded: "That piece of land should contain a lot of resources."
"So Da Qin must get it and cannot let them fall into the hands of foreigners."
"When the matter in Penglaizhou is settled and we return to Xianyang City, we can officially launch the war against the Xiongnu and Baiyue."
"At that time, Da Qin's combat effectiveness will definitely increase by more than one level!"
Fusu was also a little excited. Peking with the Xiongnu and Nanping with the Baiyue. Why isn't this the ideal in the hearts of every man in the Qin Dynasty?
.........
Outside the Governor's Palace
Huo Shi took his younger brother out of the carriage, then looked at the stretching Governor's Palace and sighed quietly.
Just when he was about to lead people in, bursts of dust rippled in the distance.
A chariot came quickly, and there was a man standing in the car. He looked hurriedly, and his clothes were all hurriedly put on.
It's just winning.
The Yinglun chariot stopped in front of Huo Zhen, then he got off the car and stood in front of Huo Shi and said, "Huo Shi, do you really want to send your brother to die?"
There was some shock and disbelief on his face: "How can you be so cruel?"
"Do you just want to watch your parents, the white-haired person giving away the black-haired person?"
"Don't you feel any guilt in your heart?"
"You can obviously save your brother!"
Just after he finished speaking, before Huo Shi could speak, Huo Zhen spoke.
He looked at Ying Lun standing in front of Huo Shi and chuckled: "I guess this is Mr. Hu Chuan, right?"
"I won't bother you to worry about my brother's affairs, and I won't bother you to worry about my affairs."
"Whether I did it or not, I know it in my heart."
"Of course I won't admit this crime."
He looked at Mr. Hu Chuan and said, "Now, I'm here to surrender, but I'm also here to redress Governor Chen's injustice!"
Hu Chuanjun's expression was somewhat solemn: "Huo Shi, you have to know that this is the winner's Daqin after all!"
There seemed to be some threat in these words.
But Huo Shi said: "You are wrong, this world is the world of His Majesty the First Emperor, not the world of the winner."
"In this world, the only one who can make the decision is His Majesty."
His expression was cold: "I hope you can pay attention to it, otherwise I may think you have evil intentions."
Hu Chuanjun's expression became even more grim: "Huo Shi, do you really want to die like this?"
"If you are willing to cooperate with us, not only will your status continue to improve, I can even give you a guarantee."
"When your Majesty makes me king, you will surely be my prime minister."
"how?"
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