Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 257
Huainan Palace.

Prince Liu Qian quickly walked into Liu An's study.He paused at the door, took two breaths, rubbed his face again to make himself calmer, and then raised his hand to knock on the door.

"Come in." Liu An's voice came out, calm as usual, without any abnormality.Liu Qian was even more unhappy after hearing this.He took off his shoes, opened the door and walked in.It was warm in the room, and the heat was blowing in your face.Liu An was wearing plain unlined clothes, sitting in front of the desk, writing hard.

"Father, are you writing an article again?"

"Send a letter to the emperor."

"Return to the book?" Liu Qian was taken aback, and quickly reached out to hold Liu An's hand. "Father, two counties have already been cut in the last letter, are you still determined? Do you want to force the emperor to continue to cut down the vassal?"

"Who said those two counties were cut off?" Liu An raised his sparse eyebrows, and looked at Liu Qian displeased.

"Uh... well, it was granted to my younger sister, so it can't be counted as cut off. But the emperor issued an edict to reward my younger sister, shouldn't I choose another city, and have to choose two counties within the territory of Huainan?"

Liu An let go of his smile, rubbed his hands for a while, and sighed softly. "You still don't understand what the emperor means."

Liu Qian's face twitched.From Liu An's tone, he heard a touch of disappointment again.Although he was used to it, he still couldn't control his emotions when he heard such words.

"First of all, the emperor did not say that my letter was wrong. On the contrary, he asked Yan Zhu to write me a reply, thanking me for my concern for the court's affairs."

Liu An took out Yan Zhu's reply letter and pushed it in front of Liu Qian.Liu Qian didn't answer, he already knew the content in advance, otherwise he wouldn't have come to Liu An in a hurry.It wasn't mentioned in the edict, but the emperor didn't accept Liu An's letter at all, and the meaning was already very clear.It wasn't him Liu Qian who didn't understand, but his father Liu An.

"Father, I heard that the emperor has great confidence in Liang Xiao and tried his best to protect him. How can the emperor be satisfied with what the father said about Liang Xiao? Besides, my younger sister has a deep relationship with Liang Xiao. If you do this... my younger sister will how to think?"

Liu An snorted, very unhappy. "I hope she doesn't think about it. The disparity between high and low is simply impossible. Even if he is lucky and can be named a Marquis with military merits, when will he have to wait? I only have such a daughter, so I can't be delayed by him."

"Father Wang has good intentions, but my sister may not understand it. Since Liang Xiao escaped death during his trip to the Western Regions, why not let him fend for himself?"

Liu An crooked his mouth, laughed, and shook his head meaningfully. "Qian'er, this is the purpose of being a father. Think about it, now I say that Liang Xiao is wrong, the emperor can forcefully resign and ignore it. When Liang Xiao dies and laughs for the world, he can still say that I said something wrong. Isn’t that right? Now he has cut me two counties, and in the future he will have to give me back four counties.”

Liu Qian was startled, thoughtful.

"The dispute between me and the emperor is not a personal grievance, but a dispute between Confucianism and Taoism. The emperor is ambitious and wants to replace Taoism with Confucianism. He is so happy that he will definitely destroy this hard-won good situation in the future. Now the empress dowager is still alive. He is just about to move, once the Empress Dowager dies in the future, who else will be able to check and balance him?"

Liu An said, pointing to his nose. "Only your father and me. I just want to let the princes of the world know that Huang Lao's way is a good way to govern the country, and young people can't do things well with only their blood."

Surprised and delighted, Liu Qian clapped his hands and smiled. "Father, you are really far-sighted. In this way, all the princes in the world know that the father is unparalleled in wisdom. Naturally, the father is the first to look forward to it, and everyone expects it..."

Liu An raised his hand and interrupted Liu Qian.The father and son looked at each other and smiled.

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Liu Ling rubbed his hands, put down his pen, and tilted his mouth proudly.She stood up, barefoot, and walked on the warm floor.The soles of the feet stepped on the soft seat, itching, as if someone was gently scratching.

Liu Ling suppressed a smile, tilted his head, and looked at the manuscript he had just copied.

The manuscript is not long, only a few hundred words, accompanied by two pictures, but it is the brainchild of Liu Ling and those who are responsible for making clairvoyance for several months.In order to understand this truth, they searched all the ancient books collected by the Huainan Palace, but they could not find the answer. In the end, Deng Guobin decided to design the plan himself after half a month of meditation. After repeated tests, countless manpower and material resources were spent. Just summed up the reason.

Although this manuscript is very simple, it is the Tao hidden in clairvoyance.If you master this way, you can not only create a clairvoyance, but also a magnifying glass that can observe small things.In fact, clairvoyance is made on the basis of a magnifying glass.

Liu Ling dedicated the first clairvoyance to the emperor, but she wanted to show this manuscript to another person.

"Unfortunately, you are not in Chang'an." Liu Ling sighed regretfully, and carefully put away the manuscript.She decided that she would not let anyone see the manuscript until that person saw it. "Let's see if you still dare to be self-righteous." Liu Ling snorted softly, and then sighed again. "The New Year is here again, and I don't know when you will come back, but I'm really anxious."

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Liang Xiao stood in front of the tent with a smile on his face. The four Alphas were each holding a tray with stacks of gold coins in the tray.

"According to the customs of our Han people, tomorrow is the new year, and today is New Year's Eve. The whole family should get together, have a New Year's Eve dinner, and watch the year. The younger generation should pay New Year's greetings to the older generation, and the older generation should give red envelopes to the younger generation. I dare not pretend to be yours. Elders, but I hope that we can get together like a family, have a happy New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the year together.”

The knights who came after receiving the order suddenly realized, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.It was almost dinner time, Liang Xiao suddenly summoned them, they thought there was an urgent task, but it turned out that it was the Chinese New Year.

"My lord, your Greek is even better." Paris laughed.

"Thanks for the compliment." Liang Xiao said with a smile.With four Amazon servants to help him correct his accent at any time, his Greek has indeed improved rapidly. "Your Chinese is also pretty good. You need to drink an extra glass of wine later."

"Okay, okay." Paris was very happy.He turned and patted Mad Dog Alexander on the shoulder. "Look, I said learning Chinese is useful."

Alexander shook his shoulders and pushed Paris's hand away.Paris didn't mind either, and looked at Liang Xiao with a smile.

Liang Xiao said some more auspicious words, then walked up to everyone, said "Happy New Year" and put a gold scarf in their hands.The weight of a gold coin is equivalent to two five baht coins, and its value is equivalent to about three or four hundred coins, which is not too little or too much.The only difference is that this gold coin is not a gold coin circulating in the market.

One side of the gold coin is engraved in relief with the image of the legendary king whom the Greeks are proud of—Alexander leaping on a horse and whipping his whip. The other side is engraved with a seal character "Shou" in the middle, surrounded by the four spirits that Han people love to see. .

This gold coin combines Greek culture and Han culture, and is a commemorative coin designed by Liang Xiao himself.

Greece, as a former great empire, has already collapsed, and these Greek survivors have no branches to rely on. Liang Xiao wants to gather them and take them for his own use.But the integration of two cultures is a long-term thing, and it cannot be accomplished overnight with just a few words.

He himself is actively learning Greek, and he also encourages these Greeks to learn Chinese. Now he is taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese New Year to distribute customized money, and he is also seizing every opportunity to let these Greeks become familiar with Chinese culture, accept Chinese language, and at the same time learn Chinese. Experience his respect for Greek civilization.

This works very well.Not only did the Han people like Tu Niuer find it novel, but the Greeks couldn’t put it down after receiving the money. Many people kissed the relief of Alexander, tears streaming down their cheeks, and some even cried aloud.For a while, the thoughts of the homeland came to my heart, and some heroes were unavoidably short of breath, and their sons and daughters loved each other.

Liang Xiao comforted him with kind words.He had already greeted the Yuezhi officials who accompanied him along the way and arranged a banquet.In order to express his congratulations, he invited these officials to attend the meeting, and in addition to a gold coin for each person, he presented a big gift - a piece of silk.

Yueshi officials were overjoyed and smiled broadly.Looking at these Greeks with red eye circles, they also spoke comforting words.Unknowingly, he also thought of his family's status as a refugee, with complicated emotions and mixed feelings, and he got a little closer to Liang Xiao and others invisibly.

After distributing the money, Liang Xiao announced the start of the banquet.Han people, Greeks and Yuezhi people gathered together, raised wine glasses full of wine, and wished the Han people a new year together.Everyone spoke half-baked Chinese, pushing cups and changing cups, raising their hands and dancing together, or singing loudly, or pouring lightly and singing softly.

In order to make everyone happy, Liang Xiao showed his true colors as a local tyrant.Not only did he greet the Yuezhi people in advance, he bought a lot of wine and meat, and he also brought Kabuki from nearby cities to add to the fun.Most of the knights under his command are young teenagers who practice riding and archery every day, and their hormones are soaring. They need to let them vent their yin and yang harmony.

For a time, the cold and windy grassland was full of spring.

Liang Xiao knew that the quality of wine was not good, and he would easily make a fool of himself when he was drunk, so he restrained himself all the time, unless it was absolutely necessary, he just took a sip reservedly.Even so, facing nearly two hundred enthusiastic knights, he was still drunk.After insisting on settling the Yuezhi officials, he couldn't hold on anymore. He fell on the shoulders of Alpha, Beta, or Shia, staggered back to the tent, fell headlong on the bed, and fell asleep. It was dark and the sky was dark, snoring loudly.

In the middle of the night, Liang Xiao woke up habitually, and couldn't help being shocked when he saw the scene before him.

The big tent was in a mess, with jade bodies stretched across, he was pillowed on Alpha's waist, Beta was pillowed on his lap, and Shia was curled up in his arms, sleeping soundly.The three Amazon female warriors were all disheveled, with lazy expressions and dizziness on their faces.
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