Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 471 The Scholar
While the Chen brothers seized the time to improve the smelting technology and strive to forge sharper swords, on the other hand, they followed Dou Ying to visit the children of the aristocratic family they had made friends with.Although the swords they forged were not as good as Liang Xiao said, they had enough advantages compared to the common swords in the world, and they became famous in the capital in just a few days.

The Han people were not far from ancient times, and they were very fond of martial arts.From the emperor to the common people, they all have the habit of wearing swords with them. This is especially true for young people who have nothing to do all day long and fight and make trouble at every turn.A good horse and a good sword are their most proud outfits, and they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money for it.

The Chen brothers forged a good knife and sword, which suddenly became the object of pursuit of countless teenagers.Many people begged for money, wanting to buy a new sword for display.For them, spending tens of gold or even hundreds of gold to buy a good sword is not a problem at all. The Chen brothers earned back the one thousand gold that they paid Liang Xiao.

At the same time, they strictly kept the secrets and kept their mouths tight. They never let anyone know that they bought these technologies from Liang Xiao. They only said that it was a coincidence.

For a while, many people were very excited and began to ask around, especially those businessmen from the Western Regions.

It didn't take long for someone to inquire about Uztec.Hearing that there is such a smelted refined iron, many people have moved their minds.Some people paid a lot of money and asked businessmen to bring them Uzi iron or Uzi swords. Some people simply decided to go to the Western Regions to see what treasures there are in the Western Regions.

Compared with those sporadic individual actions, the Chen and Dou families are more organized.Under Dou Ying's persuasion and under the example of the Chen Xu brothers, more than a dozen young people who were unwilling to waste their lives decided to travel far away.They inquired about the route, took enough supplies, and left Chang'an.

One person travels far, a hundred people see off.The news of Chen Dou's children traveling abroad soon became a good story in Chang'an City.

When Liang Xiao heard the news, it was the day of his wedding. Countless knight-errants, acquainted or not, came from all directions and brought the news to his ears.

Different from later generations, people in Han Dynasty were warm and open, and there were often uninvited guests.Even though Liang Xiao was mentally prepared and had greeted his neighbors and Li Zheng, the guests who came were far beyond his imagination, almost putting the water table outside the inner door.Looking around, almost all of them were unfamiliar faces.

These people sat down, and talked about the recent movements of Chen Dou's children in less than three sentences, and talked about the new sword made by the Chen brothers. I'm afraid that these stunned youths will really start fighting.

Liang Xiao was very satisfied.

At the beginning, the Chen family was chosen as the breakthrough point because the Chen family and the Dou family were strong but suppressed, and they had the greatest motivation to go out.Iron smelting technology was chosen as the breakthrough point because the Han people like to carry swords. Good swords and swords are the most likely to arouse heated discussions among the people. While meeting the needs of the court, there is still enough room for profit.

Now it seems that this strategy is correct and has basically achieved the original purpose.

Liang Xiao was very happy, but he had no time to enjoy the joy of success.At dusk, he took the carriage, went out, and went straight to Huainan Mansion.

Liu An, the king of Huainan, was sitting in the hall, talking with the guests.Listening to the various congratulatory words from the guests, he was a little absent-minded.

From Huainan to Chang'an, he had several long talks with his daughter, but he didn't get what he wanted.Liang Xiao said, Liu Ling will be given the policy of "seeking profit", and whether Liu Ling is willing to give it is Liu Ling's business.However, no matter whether he was insinuating, or straight to the point, Liu Ling always said: I don't know.

Liu An didn't know if Liu Ling really didn't know, or if he knew and didn't want to tell him.In a word, his daughter is about to get married, and she will no longer be his close think tank in the future.Her ingenuity is going to give advice to that boy Liang Xiao.

This is really a big loss.

Reminiscent of the seemingly clever but intangible strategy of "avoiding harm", Liu An always had the feeling of being deceived by Liang Xiao and Liu Ling.He knew the reason why women were not allowed to stay in colleges, but he was still very unconvinced that such a clever daughter was abducted by Liang Xiao.

Today is a rare and good opportunity. How to dig out that "profit-seeking" strategy from Liang Xiao's mouth is what Liu An cares most about now.As for the flattering words of the guests, he didn't care to listen to them at all, he just dealt with them with a polite smile.

There was a commotion at the door, Liu An stood up and straightened his auspicious clothes.

Surrounded by a group of officials and Xi Po, Liang Xiao came to Liu An and bowed deeply. "Uncle, I'm here."

Liu An looked at Liang Xiao with a smile, took his hand and walked towards the inner room.When Liang Xiao saw it, he felt something was wrong.According to the rules, Xi Po should go in at this time, pick Liu Ling out, put him in the carriage, and ask him to take him back to worship.Liu An What does this mean?
"Uncle?"

Liu An didn't speak, but his eyes became a little strange. "My son-in-law, there is something that I have never understood."

"Uncle, what needs to be said now? There are a group of guests waiting at my house, and the emperor will be here soon. See if you can..."

"No!" Liu An, who is always gentle and elegant, interrupted Liang Xiao very simply this time. "If this problem is not resolved, I will not let Ling'er walk out of this door."

Liang Xiao blinked his eyes, knowing that this level would not be easy to pass, he lowered his head and calmly winked at Alpha, who was accompanying him.Alpha is the most calm and won the trust of Liang Yu. This time, he was sent to serve Liu Ling.Seeing that Liang Xiao was blocked, Alpha immediately understood, retreated calmly, made a detour, avoided Huainan King's sight, and went straight to the backyard to find Liu Ling.

Seeing Alpha left, Liang Xiao also sat down. "In that case, let's talk about it, Uncle."

Liu An was also polite, and said straight to the point: "How can your strategy of 'avoiding harm' be put into practice?"

Liang Xiao frowned. "Uncle, can you explain a little more clearly, which point is not true?"

"Where is the land of descendants of merchants, and how to get there?"

"Since it is overseas, it is natural to take a boat."

"What kind of ship can survive the storms of the sea and go to the land of thousands of miles?"

Liang Xiao didn't speak, stared at Liu An for a long time, and laughed silently. "Uncle, have you ever sent someone out to sea?"

Liu An froze for a moment, then shook his head.He was very excited at first, and wanted to send people out to sea immediately, but he was thrown cold water as soon as he opened his mouth to discuss with the doormen.Guests who are familiar with the sea said that there are not only storms and waves in the sea, but also giant beasts.Besides, who has ever heard of the descendants of merchants going to sea to establish a country?Whether it is ancient books or legends, there is no such statement.

This sounds unreliable.

Liu An felt something was wrong at the time, but he felt that Liang Xiao could not lie to him, nor did he have the guts to lie to him.After all, he wants to marry his daughter, and they will spend a long time together in the future.He was really going to be unlucky, even Liang Xiao couldn't escape.

"Since no one was sent out to sea, how can there be no implementation of Chu's statement?" Liang Xiao rubbed his fingers and chuckled: "Did someone say that the sea is so windy and rough that it is difficult to sail a boat?"

Liu An nodded. "Yes, some of the disciples in my house are from the East China Sea, and they know a lot about going to sea."

"Then what kind of boat are they using? Is it a building boat?"

Liu An was at a loss for words again, but his eyes lit up.When Liang Xiao mentioned Lou Chuan, he remembered one thing.Liu Ling once took the building boat remodeled by Liang Xiao to go to the membership, and he also won the naval battle with less and severely damaged the Minyue Navy.

Building boats can go to sea, and there are many building boats in Huainan.

At this moment, a maid rushed out from behind, walked up to Liu An, and knelt down on the ground. "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is approaching. Weng Lord dares to ask you when you can leave."

Liu An frowned, and reprimanded: "Daughter's family, how can anyone be in a hurry to get married?"

The maid bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Lord is not in a hurry to get married. She said that if Your Majesty has something to discuss with Liang Junhou, you might as well postpone the wedding date, and there will be an auspicious date in three days. If three days are not enough, you can go further." It’s okay to postpone it for a few days.”

Liu An was angry and funny, and snorted: "This child is really an outgoing girl, so I can't keep it. Alright, alright. I'll send her out so that she won't blame me as the father."

Liang Xiao secretly laughed in his heart.Liu An is really a scholar, he didn't even try, but just because he heard a few gossips, his heart began to beat.It is indeed difficult for such a person to go to the sea to expand the territory.He stood up, took a step forward, and hugged Liu An's ear.

"Uncle, you haven't heard the story of the descendants of merchants, and the story of Xu Fu? Xu Fu only has three thousand boys and girls, but you have three thousand disciples. What he can do, you can't do?"

Liu An suddenly realized, and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Not long after, Xi Po helped Liu Ling out.There was no custom of covering the head in the Han Dynasty, Liang Xiao could clearly see Liu Ling's face, but it felt strange.Liu Ling knew that he didn't like heavy make-up, let alone crescent eyebrows and crimson lips, so most of the time he was light-hearted, and even turned his face to the sky.Today was a wedding, but she couldn't help it. Not only did her brows, crimson lips, and cheeks be painted bright red, but she also wore a high bun with a lot of emerald jewels inserted in it, making it magnificent and eye-catching.

Liu Ling gave Liang Xiao an angry look with a smile, and covered his lips with a smile.

Liang Xiao also smiled and lowered his head.

Liu An looked at the young couple and said nothing. According to the ceremony, he took Liu Ling's hand out of the inner room, came to the hall, and sent Liu Ling to the carriage.

Liang Xiao got into the carriage and raised his whip.According to the customs of the Han Dynasty, the bridegroom should drive for the bride to show her support.Generally speaking, it is generally limited to three turns of the wheel.Liang Xiao shook his horsewhip and drove the carriage forward for more than ten steps. The wheels turned nine times in full. Then he got off the horse and walked up to Liu An.

Just as Liu An was about to speak, there was a sudden sound of sobbing from the car. Liu Ling, who had not shed tears all this time, suddenly burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
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