Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 342: Duke Lu of Zhao State

The current owner is the grandson of the famous Ba Widow Qing.

The face of this man is not that cunning like a businessman at all. His skin is dark and his palms are covered with thick calluses. No matter how he looks at it, he is no different from an ordinary farmer. His face is simple and honest. , Yong E couldn't help chuckling, not laughing at this person's face, but the smirk on this person's face was exactly the same as his own.

"I didn't know that the Holy King was coming. If I had known earlier, I would have gone out of the city to welcome it. Please forgive me."

Just a few words, a smile appeared on Liu Chang's face.

"Hahaha, it's okay!"

The man hurriedly invited the king to enter the city, and stood to the side respectfully, maintaining the appearance of saluting.

Liu Chang raised his head and galloped his horse towards the city. Lu Lu hurriedly drove his horse forward, approached the king, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, we are here to beat the big businessman, you can't just flatter you. Forget about it!"

"Hmph, what nonsense, are widows the kind of ignorant monarchs who like to listen to others flatter themselves?! widows hate flattery the most, and it is best to be a straight minister like Wang Ling Zhou Chang! You should follow suit!"

Lu Lu's lips trembled, but he didn't dare to object.

Liu Chang and Yong E entered the city, and whispered to her: "This businessman looks very simple and honest, but he is a little silly when he smiles."

Yong'e rolled her eyes at Liu Chang and asked, "Are you here to see people's feelings this time, or are you here to do business?"

"Of course it's for the sake of business, isn't it a business?"

"Don't be deceived by this person. He is very prestigious in the local area and has friendship with my brother. I don't know if he is a villain, but he is definitely not a simple and honest person."

"Hahaha, I have seen many people like this. The widow's Tingwei is such a character. He seems simple and honest and has no thoughts, but he is a man of both sides. Don't worry, the widow knows how to treat such a person."

Seeing that Liu Chang was so confident, Yong E didn't say anything more.

Liu Chang was very curious about this place and looked around, but Yong E was very calm. She even knew where the best restaurants were here, and she knew this place very well. Liu Chang was a little surprised and asked, "Why do you treat this place like this? familiar?"

"Remember when I said that I had a Bashu swordsmanship and everyone came to teach me swordsmanship?"

"Ah."

"He is from Jiangzhou."

"No wonder"

Liu Chang quickly arrived at the Ba Mansion. Sure enough, it was just like the merchant mansion in Anyang. It was very crude and could not pick out anything wrong. Liu Chang even asked Yong E, who was on the side, and learned that this place has always been there. That's right, it wasn't because Chief Liu wanted to come here that he arranged it like this.

There are not many people in the Ba Mansion, including the servants, there are only about ten people, and their attitudes are also very humble.

Yong'e secretly told him that in fact, there were quite a few servants in their house on weekdays, at least dozens, and this was specially arranged because of Liu Chang.

Although the mansion is simple, but when it comes to food, these people don't dare to be stingy, probably because they know the virtue of the king, the patriarch named Ba Bang specially found special delicacies from various places.
Ba Bang also knew that Liu Chang was in the palace, and he must have eaten all the food in the world. Therefore, he did not choose big fish and meat, but ingeniously found many special delicacies that could not be found in other places.

Liu Chang naturally accepted it with a smile. He ate it with a big mouthful. Everyone in the Ba family and the officials who came along with him all looked at it. The king's appetite is really good, one person can eat three or four people. rations!

Of course, Lu Lu, who has been with Liu Chang all the year round, doesn't take it seriously. This is not the most ferocious time for the king to eat. When the king is out to fight, he eats a sheep and still feels hungry.

After eating and drinking, Yong E carefully helped Liu Chang wipe the stains on his face, but everyone in the Ba family just bowed their heads, for fear that a single sentence would offend the tyrant.

Ba Chong's face was simple and honest, but he was secretly complaining in his heart. How could their Ba family be, and the two tyrants after the word "emperor" appeared, let their family run into each other.

In fact, the Ba family doesn't really care about the big cake Liu Chang draws, that is, unlocking the restrictions on merchants. These restrictions can still play a role in the middle and lower-level merchants, but not for a behemoth like the Ba family. Say, nothing at all.

In this realm, whoever wants to come, they will know the news in advance, so as to prepare, if there is no outsider, they can live as they want.

Ba Chong just hoped that the tyrant would leave soon.

But Liu Chang obviously didn't think so. He lightly tidied up his short beard. With the increase of age, Liu Chang's chin and cheeks were gradually covered by short beards, which made him appear more masculine and more courageous.

Liu Bang's beard is very good-looking, and he takes care of it every day. Liu Ying failed to inherit her father's beautiful beard. For some reason, there is a piece on his lips without a beard, which makes his beard not very coherent. , lost its beauty.

And Zhao Wangruyi, who is most like Liu Bang, has only a short beard, which is also incoherent, which makes him very sad. He is obviously the most like his father, why is the beard not like it?

Only Liu Hui, Liu Heng, and Liu Chang have very good-looking beards. Liu Hui's beard is very long and can be put down, adding a bit of generosity, while Liu Heng's long beard makes him look like a refined Elder scribes.

Liu Chang's beard is very aggressive, and it smells like a tyrant. It can be said that in terms of tyrants, Liu Chang is the best match in all aspects. From a distance, he looks like a tyrant, and from a close up, he looks like a tyrant. Even more tyrant.

"Yes, it is a family of loyalty, no wonder the first emperor valued your family so much!"

When Ba Bang heard this sentence, he didn't know whether to thank the king for his praise, or to immediately kneel down and apologize. After all, it is not a good thing to be valued by the previous king.

Just when he was struggling, Liu Chang suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that when the first emperor built the imperial mausoleum, you gave him a lot of things, is there such a thing?"

"There is indeed such a thing, but it was not my family's volition, but the tyrannical king of Qin at that time forced my family to contribute and donate mercury and other things. It almost went bankrupt, and it was not until Emperor Gao ascended the throne that he gave my family life and let us escape. suffering."

Ba Kang refused to be called the First Emperor, but just called King Qin, and his words were full of dissatisfaction with King Qin.

Liu Chang asked suspiciously: "But the few people heard that the first emperor valued your family very much, and even brought your eldest mother back to Xianyang to settle down. How could he force you?"

"Your Majesty, the King of Qin is greedy. He didn't value my family, but only the property of my family, so he imprisoned my eldest mother in the name of a reward, forced my family to sacrifice it, and arrested more of my family members to go to Xianyang. The emperor is merciful. Specially pardoned my family"

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment!"

Ba Chong hurriedly walked out, Yong E hurriedly pinched Liu Chang's arm, Liu Chang looked at her in surprise, "No?

"Bah! That person is oppressing you! He said that the First Emperor was tyrannical and robbed him of his family property, but in fact, it was to prevent you from robbing him. Also, he said several times that Emperor Gao was kind, and he probably wanted your grandfather to oppress you! "

"Ah? Take my grandfather to oppress me? How many years has my grandfather passed away, is he trying to rob a tomb?"

Yong E blushed so anxiously that Liu Chang laughed loudly and said loudly, "Don't worry, no one can suppress the widow except you!"

The surrounding sages also thought that they were not good things, but when they heard Liu Chang say such words so loudly, they just bowed their heads. In terms of face, they were still far inferior to their father and grandfather.

During Liu Bang's period, his sages were able to speak in the hall, making the historian unable to write, and his whole body trembled with anger.

I was worried that after it was recorded truthfully, this history book would not be able to be read, and it would often become a banned book in the next few years.

Liu Chang can be regarded as a perfect inheritance of Liu Bang's style, and he doesn't know what shame is at all. Yong'e glared at him, and was not afraid at all, scolding: "You wish that everyone passing by could crush you!"

Just when the two of them were publicly indecent, Ba Chong walked in respectfully.

He was holding a bamboo slip in his hand, and it could be seen that it was carefully prepared. Ba Chong cautiously walked in front of the crowd, and just said to Liu Chang, "Your Majesty, this is the handwriting of Emperor Gao."

Everyone was shocked and stood up to worship.

Liu Chang was stunned for a while, then nodded and said, "What did he write?"

Ba Dang was stunned and asked, "Don't your Majesty pay tribute to Emperor Gao's handwriting?"

"Oh, forget it, it's okay!"

Liu Chang raised his head, gave a pretentious greeting, and then asked, "What did he write?"

Ba Bang was silent for a moment before presenting it in front of Chang Liu. Chang Liu hurriedly opened the book and read it for a while, then he understood that it was a book of praise from Emperor Gao to their family, and the reason for the praise was that the Ba family sponsored the family. a lot.

It was probably written by Liu Bang before he became emperor. The meaning of it was to praise the Ba family and express his gratitude for their gifts. In fact, it was a simple reply.

"Your Majesty, how are you?"

"Oh, that's a nice word."

Liu Chang put away the book, put it aside at will, and asked with a smile: "I can see that your family was loyal and good. When the original emperor built the imperial mausoleum, now the widow is also building the An Tomb in Hexi, but ah, the widow's Anling, there are a lot of things missing."

Ba Dang pursed his lips and hurriedly said, "I am willing to prepare mercury for the king."

"Oh, the widowed Anling doesn't need this, you can prepare some food, cattle and sheep, iron and copper, agricultural tools and so on."

"Your Majesty. Don't you want to accompany the funeral?"

"Yes, the widow's belly is delicious, and the first emperor was extravagant. What kind of mercury and evil gold are used, but widowers are different, widows need food, cattle and sheep, etc. to be buried with them, and enjoy them later."

"That farm tool, iron and copper?"

"Oh, if the widow has finished eating this food, they can catch ghosts to farm for the widow!"

When Ba Dang heard it, he only felt dizzy. Well, this one is not at peace in the underworld. Ba Dang couldn't say anything about the unreasonable request made by Liu Chang.

He pondered for a moment, then said tactfully, "I would like to serve the king, just because I'm worried that people in the world will mistakenly think that the king is a tyrannical king like the King of Qin."

The Ba family is basically not bound by the restraining order here. They can do whatever they want. They even have land and hang it on the sons-in-law of foreign surnames. Many local officials have accepted their funding, and some simply It is their foreign surname children.

Therefore, they are not as enthusiastic about Liu Chang as the middle and lower-level businessmen. The middle and lower-level businessmen really dare not violate the restraining order, so they are willing to pay a great price.

Ba Chong probably understood in his heart that if Liu Chang opened his mouth, he would definitely not ask for too little. As a businessman, the more assets he had, the more vigilant he would be when spending money. In their eyes, offering this kind of thing to the king It is thankless.

Giving less is a serious crime, and giving too much is a disaster.

Liu Chang laughed, but did not speak, Zhou Shengzhi stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "When the King of Qin wanted to build the tomb, you gave everything, but now the king wants to build the tomb, but you are so hesitant, do you love King Qin more than Do you love the king?"

"Or is it that your Ba family has not forgotten the Qin state, and wants to destroy the big Han and restore the Qin state?!"

Such a big hat was suddenly buckled on his head, and everyone was stunned.

He said in horror: "Don't dare! This gentleman has misunderstood, it is absolutely not the case, I will prepare!"

Ba Bang could also see that this great king would never take Emperor Gao's handwriting in his eyes.

Liu Chang frowned and said displeasedly, "Shengzhi, don't do this!"

The two kings and ministers cooperated very well, but Ba Chong had to intercede for Zhou Shengzhi. The second half of the banquet was also very pleasant. Everyone was happy. Ba Chong also decided to use his family property to build the imperial mausoleum for the king. Looking at his face, it seemed that Now the whole house will be emptied.

In fact, Chang Liu knew very well that these things were nothing to the Ba family. If Chang Liu hadn't counted on the merchants to revitalize the economy, the information provided by Embroidered Clothes alone could have stolen their home. .

Although Xiuyi's power in Bashu is weak, he is quite aware of the big family with great wealth, and Liu Chang also has a lot of knowledge of their family background and behavior.

So at night, Ba Chong left, and Liu Chang also rested here.

At this moment, Yong'e just shook her head, "Even if you use the excuse that there are disaster victims in the world, if you say you want to help the people, then future generations will still think that you are a prince of benevolence and righteousness, but you have to use the imperial mausoleum as an excuse, Now later generations say that you are hiding food in the imperial mausoleum, starving and killing the people."

"Just say it, the widow can't hear it!"

"The First Emperor copied it once, and you copied it again."

Liu Chang suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Everyone calls King Qin, but they don't dare to call First Emperor. Why do you dare?"

Yong E suddenly hesitated, and Liu Changchang waved his hand, "Go ahead, forgive me!"

Yong'e then said: "When my grandfather often talked to us about the past, he was always called the first emperor. We asked, and he said. Liu Ji can be called the high emperor, and the first emperor is a hundred times better than him, why can't he be called?"

Liu Chang suddenly laughed, "If your grandfather is still here, we can probably become very good friends! We will become brothers with different surnames!"

Yong'e looked at Liu Chang in front of her and nodded, "My grandfather should like you very much. My grandfather is just like you. He is defiant, rude, and often impeached, and he is not afraid at all. less and less”

"Hahaha, be content, that's my grandfather, you change someone, let alone Shiyi, your head will fall off! If my enemy scolds me behind my back all day, I'll have to cook him!"

In the following days, Liu Chang visited all parts of Jiangzhou, while Ba Gang was preparing food seriously. Apart from the food, Liu Chang also asked them to work with the government to help build the road from Jiangzhou to Chang'an. .

There used to be roads here, but due to the destruction of the war, the diversion of waterways and many other problems, it became difficult to travel. Bashu has always been the stable granary and rear of the Qin and Han Dynasties. Liu Chang is unwilling to see any problems in the exchanges between the two sides. .

Facing the tyrant's many rude demands, Ba Chong could only recognize it by pinching his nose.

Zhou Shengzhi and Mr. Fan have been following Ba Chong's side all day long, threatening him from time to time. Even Ba Chong, a nephew who is a county magistrate, was arrested by Zhou Shengzhi, saying that he was embezzling to collect taxes and shelter the village People, it can be regarded as a shock to Pakistan.

After staying here for a few days, Yong'e suddenly proposed to take Liu Chang to meet her teacher, a master swordsman from Bashu.

According to Yong'e, this teacher was not a local. He was skilled in swordsmanship and made a big mistake when he was young. Later, he came to Bashu as a prisoner. He was not released until Emperor Gao ascended the throne.

Although he is very old, his ability is very high, Yong Te respects him very much, and once wanted him to teach his swordsmanship to his own soldiers.

Liu Chang was also curious and wanted to see this swordsman. Under the leadership of Yong'e, they came to a countryside and met the ordinary old man here.

This old man is very old, probably a little younger than Gai Gong, and should be about the same age as Zhang Cang. Liu Chang looked up and down the old man. Liu Chang.

"Old man, I heard that you are very good at fighting?"

Liu Chang asked arrogantly.

Yong E hurriedly said to the old man in a low voice, "Master, this man has superb swordsmanship and defeated me with one move. However, he is extremely arrogant and arrogant. Master can teach him a good lesson!"

The old man nodded, suddenly realized.

He looked at Liu Chang for a long time and said, "No need, I can't teach him a lesson, go back to dinner with me."

Yong'e asked in surprise, "But my grandfather said that you are a swordsman."

The old man pointed at Liu Chang and shouted, "Look at his physique, I'm a swordsman, and he, if he takes a sword, he is a swordsman, if he takes a knife, he is a swordsman, and if he takes a stone, he is also a stone saint. Who can be an overlord?"

"But master said that skills can allow me to defeat enemies that are much stronger than myself."

"Yes, but not like him!"

"Hahaha~~"

Liu Changchang was overjoyed and said with a smile, "The old man is still very discerning, I don't know what to call him?"

Yong'e took the lead and said, "This is Duke Lu!"

"Oh, is it from Qi again?"

"No, Duke Lu was originally from Handan."

ps: Brothers, I thought renting a house would be easy, but I have been busy for two days and haven’t found a suitable one, because I have no place to live, so the update is very helpless. I have to find a place to live as soon as possible today, it is very stable Come down and update, otherwise I'm so sorry for the readers who have been waiting.

Because of my family affairs, I have delayed work. In fact, I am very helpless and ashamed. When the child is healed, even if I have ten shifts a day, I will make up for the supplies I owe during these days. You can take screenshots as proof.

(End of this chapter)