Looking at Chen Ping’s look of stifled laughter, Kong Jia was slightly puzzled, what was so funny about this?
And the other party wasn’t such a rude person, either.
Unless he couldn’t hold it in anymore, he definitely wouldn’t behave like this.
Luckily, it didn’t take long for Chen Ping to finally hold back his laughter.
At this moment, Zhao Lang froze slightly and said that
“Teacher, are you saying that after you find the King of Yan, you will use the other party to do your part?”
Hearing Zhao Lang’s reply, Kongjia nodded appreciatively, then continued to say that
“Long’er, this is where the name of great righteousness comes into play.”
“Not just with the King of Yan, but also with the kings of the other six kingdoms, you should also pull together and divide them.”
“My teacher has heard that the countries have now resurfaced and are all dominated by the King of Chu; you can greatly divide those among them.”
One by one, Kong Jia analysed the strategies he had put together over the past few days.
Zhao Lang also listened and nodded, seeming to agree with him extremely.
Seeing this scene, and then thinking about how surprised he had been even before, Kong A couldn’t help but feel extremely comfortable in his heart.
Although he was an extremely open-minded person, he also remembered what Zhao Lang had once said, ‘A disciple need not be inferior to his master’.
However, as the head of the Confucian family, this bit of pride was still there.
How could he not even be able to subdue his own students?
After a good analysis, Kong Jia asked, with a bit of a quiz.
“Then, King Zhao, what are you going to do now?”
Zhao Long was thoughtfully silent for a while, and Kong Jia did not rush, his own topic was too big, and it was extremely normal to have to think it over.
Only after a while did Zhao Lang say.
“Teacher, what do you think about this.”
“Now I will first look for the king of Yan in the land of Yan afterwards, but if I can’t, I will make one myself and fight for the name of the great righteousness.”
“If the king of Chu is powerful, choose the other weak kings of the six kingdoms, and use affection, power and money to make the other follow him.”
Zhao Lang told what he had done one by one.
Kong A listened with bright eyes, he did not expect his student, to comprehend so quickly!
“Very good! Long’er, that’s the big strategy! It’s just that the exact implementation will depend on the specifics.”
Listening to Kong A give himself specific problems and analyse the reasoning in concrete terms, Zhao Lang’s entire being went a little numb.
No wonder so many famous scholars in later times studied the Chinese classics.
Zhao Lang originally thought that it was because he was not thinking ahead, but he did not expect that it was because he was short-sighted.
Although he had already done this himself, it was because of having thousands of years of insight from his previous life!
These truths have been told to us by the old ancestors long ago.
This is the heritage of Chinese culture.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lang said with heartfelt conviction that
“Teacher, the student has been taught.”
Just hearing these words, Chen Ping at the side was a little confused.
He had known something from Zhang Er in the past two days, and Zhao Lang had found the King of Yan a long time ago.
But why didn’t he say anything?
Wasn’t this the best time to impress people?
Chen Ping asked himself, if it were himself, he would not be able to hold back from saying anything.
The other party is the head of Confucianism, how rewarding would it be to impress the head of Confucianism?
Zhao Lang asked, slightly puzzled, at this point.
“Teacher, is it too much for a student to use these tactics…”
The following words were not too good for Zhao Lang to say, after all, those means he used to calculate, but he could not be called honorable.
To be honest, although this was done, there were some small pimples in his heart.
When Kong A heard this, he knew that Zhao Lang had encountered an obstacle. Indeed, Long’s heart was still virtuous, and he had some tactics that he could not bear.
But he did not answer the other party’s question directly, but asked that
“Long’er, who do you think is noble and who is light in this world?”
This question, which Zhao Lang still knew, was
“The people are the noble, the community is second, and the king is the lighter.”
These words were spoken by Mencius.
Kongjia nodded, knowing that Zhao Lang did not just conform, being the head of the farming family, the interests of the farmers were also the interests of Zhao Lang.
Of course, the people do not refer to the farmers alone.
“Then is chaos beneficial to the people, or is chaos beneficial to the people?”
Zhao Lang was slightly stunned, already knowing what his teacher was going to say.
“Are you saying that as long as the end is for the people, you don’t have to care too much about the means?”
“Isn’t that going against the teachings of the sages?”
Confucius returned with a smile.
“Long’er, are you going to hold yourself to the sage?”
Zhao Lang was stunned, of course he had no such idea.
Kongjia’s face was solemn as he said
“Long’er, the world is in turmoil and chaotic times except to satisfy the ambitious people’s desire for power.”
“For the people of the world, every moment, every moment, is a great torment!”
Kongjia had seen chaotic times.
The powerful and the rich were fighting for power and profit, the warriors were scattered with corpses and the people were starving.
Words cannot express the horror of the situation.
So no matter what means Zhao Lang used to deal with those powerful people, Kongjia did not see any problem with it.
Hearing his teacher’s different interpretations of the sages’ remarks, Zhao Lang also let out a slight breath.
The small knot in his heart was however much relieved and he returned, saying
“The student has been taught.”
Nodding in satisfaction, Kong A continued.
“It’s just that the time to do these things again nowadays is a little shorter, so you need to hurry.”
Zhao Lang still nodded obediently.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ping at the side, however, sat back a little.
He was getting anxious for Zhao Lang.
It was clear that all these things had already been said, but why did Zhao Lang just not say anything?
Chen Ping couldn’t help but shake a little twice.
Kongjia looked at it and was also a little puzzled.
The two talked until late at night, when Kong A looked out of the window and continued to say that
“Let’s stop here for today’s lesson, and you, Long’er, will rest in the manor today.”
Zhao Lang saluted and answered.
Then he led Chen Ping towards the outside.
When the two walked to the door, Kongjia remembered something and then followed.
Only when Zhao Lang had left the door here, Chen Ping could not help but ask
“Gongzi Long, you have clearly arranged for the Yan King and the other kings have their responses.”
“Why didn’t you say anything to the Confucian head?”
“It would be better to let the head of Confucius know your methods.”
Zhao Lang, knowing what Chen Ping meant, gave a smile and said that
“Why should I say this when my teacher has been so kind as to teach me the way of doing things for people? Is it only for your own bragging rights?”
“Besides, some of these matters are also military machinations, and it is good that fewer people know about them.”
Hearing these words, Chen Ping was slightly stunned, and then lowered his head somewhat in shame.
He himself was also several dozen years old, and this mentality was actually still no match for Zhao Lang, a young man.
The main reason was that the position of the Confucian head was too special and he wanted to be acknowledged by the other party.
If he were an ordinary person instead, his state of mind would not be the same, and at once his heart was pleased and he said that
“Duke Long, benevolent and virtuous.”
Zhao Lang laughed and
“Brother Chen Ping has praised you, I will see you back to your room first.”
Soon the two left the place without noticing that there was still a man standing behind the door of the courtyard.
Only after the sound of Zhao Lang’s two footsteps had gone far away did the person behind the door slowly walk out.
It was none other than Kong A.
The words Zhao Lang had just said were still in his ears.
He was worried earlier that the world was in turmoil and that this would be a little late.
Never did he expect that Zhao Lang had actually made the arrangements long ago.
Looking at the direction in which the two men left, Kong Jia said with a complicated expression that
“No matter what means you use! As long as you can give stability to the world, this name of Confucian head, teacher, can be resisted for you.”
Soon, the night covered Kongjia’s self-talk.
Early the next morning, Zhao Lang invited his teacher, and those great Confucians who were temporarily unoccupied, to his manor to give lessons to the youngsters.
It was a waste to have so many great scholars sitting around and not using them.
Those great scholars who were leaving, Zhao Long also offered money and courtesy.
Afterwards, Zhao Lang led the people back to the manor.
There was not much time left for him nowadays.
There were also an extremely large number of things on the stately home.
But with Chen Ping and Xiao Yu, Zhao Lang was able to save a lot of time and focus on the military.
Looking at the hundreds of ‘Justice’ brand grenades in front of him, Zhao Lang was still a little disappointed.
This little amount of stuff was not enough to consume in a small war, the production still could not keep up ah.
But looking at the extremely tired Corn, Zhao Lang could not blame them even more.
If he couldn’t, he would just use the crudest black powder.
If it was less powerful, let’s make do with quantity.
“Asu, hard work. ”
Zhao Lang said with slight heartache.
Asu’s age was in a previous life, when she was in high school, but now she was hiding every day and building gunpowder for herself.
“House Master, Su doesn’t work hard.”
Asu returned with a smile.
Like a big brother, Zhao Lang stroked the other man’s head and
“Alright, you have a good rest one of these days, well, by the way, ask Uncle Fu to come to my place for a while.”
Zhao Long intended to give the most elementary black powder to Uncle Fu now, the improved version of corn, but it was not yet time.
And again, only the ingredients would be told to be made and distributed, and the final mix and match would still have to be separate.
This is the biggest weapon bottom card one has now, and one can’t be too careful.
It was only Fubar who could put his mind at ease.
Soon, Fubuki reached himself and
“My lord, you called the old slave.”
Uncle Fu’s self-name Zhao Lang had thought of asking the other party to change it before, but the other party promised with his mouth, but never changed.
Zhao Lang just let him be, too.
“Uncle Fu, I have an urgent matter on my side that I need to hand over to you.”
Zhao Lang spoke directly, not needing those courtesies with Uncle Fu.
Uncle Fu’s face was solemn as he said that
“Your Excellency, just say it, old slave will definitely do it!”
Zhao Lang handed over the materials for the black powder to the other party, and then said that
“Uncle Fu, follow the method above and make these in large quantities.”
“But it must be the main thing, these three things, they must never be mixed!”
Zhao Lang emphasized extremely solemnly a few times.
The safety manual was given to the other party again.
These were things that must never go wrong.
After a good while of instructions, Zhao Lang finally said solemnly that
“Uncle Fu, this list of materials must never fall into the hands of anyone else!”
Although it was not a big problem without the recipe list, he still had to make Uncle Fu pay attention to it himself.
Sure enough, Uncle Fu nodded his head extremely solemnly and said
“Please rest assured, Your Excellency, this matter, old slave will definitely not let outsiders know about it!”
After saying that, he rushed off with the bill of materials, and looking at the other party’s back as he left, Zhao Lang nodded his head in relief.
Look at the efficiency of the other party’s work!
Fubo, always trustworthy!!!
After leaving the place, Fubo soon returned to his room and copied the bill of materials on a piece of cloth.
Then he quickly went to a room and spoke to a man dressed as a servant, saying
“Send it to Xianyang urgently! No mistakes must be made!”
Soon there was a group of fast horses heading in the direction of Xianyang, galloping away.
Zhao Long was ready to go and see the progress of the Mozi disciple Fan Xiliang in making the crossbow at this time, when he happened to walk out of the Zhuang and saw the departing fast horse.
Yet he was not surprised.
He now had dozens of stately homes in Liaodong, and two salt farms had been opened privately, as well as the wharf.
All passed messages by horse, and this was the messaging and postal system he envisaged.
Looking in the direction of his opponent’s departure, Zhao Lang could not help but think that
“The First Emperor and Father, by now, should have received my letters as well.”
At this moment, in the palace of Xianyang, Qin Shi Huang was looking at a letter and holding a jade pendant from the royal family of Yan.
“Your Majesty this is a letter from Gongzi Lang, and news from the Technical Institute.”
Zhao Gao, who was at the side, said with slight disbelief that
“Your Majesty, this Gong Zi Lang has then taken in the royal family of Yan?”
“This isn’t going to be a fake, is it?”
It wasn’t that Zhao Gao couldn’t trust Zhao Lang, but mainly it had only been a short time since he had taken in the royal family of Qi, and he had received a jade pendant from the royal family of Yan.
This progress was indeed somewhat astonishing.
If the royal families of the six kingdoms had been so easy to subdue, Qin Shi Huang would not have had to expend so much effort back then.
Qin Shi Huang looked closely at the jade pendant in his hand and said.
“This is indeed a token of the royal family of the State of Yan.”
As the previous King of the Seven Kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang could of course recognise the jade pendant and could not help but say, with some emotion, that
“Lang’er is still a great talent. ”
Zhao Gao asked in due course.
“Who did Gongzi Lang want this time?”
Qin Shi Huang said indifferently.
“There are no important people this time, they are all servants from his original manor.”
“It seems that Long’er is determined to escape.”
“What about Long’er’s back route that you were asked to check?”
Zhao Gao quickly returned that
“The situation has been mapped out.”
“With the guards of Liaodong County, the passage to the Duke’s Wave Grassland can be choked off at any time.”
“The water route is a bit troublesome, the southern counties are now but less receptive to the decree.”
Qin Shi Huang gave a cold laugh at once.
“They are looking at the long term, I am afraid that even the county sheriffs have fallen back to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms.”
Zhao Gao didn’t answer immediately, but he knew that as the Black Ice Guards reported the situation everywhere.
He also knew that the situation was not good today.
Within the country, the remnants of the six southern states had risen again.
Externally, the Xiongnu are also moving frequently and seem intent on threatening the frontier.
Even Goguryeo, normally the least present, is showing signs of springing up.
The south is also unsettled.
Zhao Tuo couldn’t leave easily with his men.
So how could his own majesty be in a good mood.
He could only be persuaded to say that
“Your Majesty restrain your anger.”
Qin Shi Huang shook his head and quickly asked that
“Do you know this Zhang Han, Long’er vaguely asks if he is one of my men.”
Zhao Gao thought faintly for a moment and returned that
“Zhang Han is not in Liaodong now, he has been transferred by Shangqing Meng Yi, I heard that he is a great general of talent.”
Qin Shi Huang frowned, and then said that
“Let him make a trip back to Liaodong and meet with Lang’er.”
“Tell him to ask less, say less, and just listen to Lang’er’s arrangements.”
Naturally, Zhao Gao responded to each and every one of them until late in the evening, when Qin Shi Huang finally said that
“Now that it is almost time for the harvest and things are close at hand, you tell the ministries to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and to be on guard.”
“The turmoil must not spread to the homeland of the Great Qin.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Zhao Gao answered, and prepared to retire.
Qin Shi Huang seemed to have remembered something at this time and said that
“By the way, you should go to the Technical Institute again and give a reply, so that Lang’er will not find out the end.”
Zhao Gao’s face instantly stiffened.
