Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu who had fallen silent, feeling a little surprised. Is his father-in-law's mental endurance a little worse?
"Zi Yan just said that there is a secret place appearing on Tianheng Island?" Diao Chan asked with a smile when she saw her husband was depressed.
"Yeah." Chu Nan nodded: "Nan has never seen the secret realm, so he doesn't know what it is. However, General Hou later went to Tian Heng Island to check it out in person. I think General Hou's eyesight is not bad."
"If it's really a secret realm, Zi Yan can go with Lingqi and get lucky." Diao Chan thought for a while and chuckled: "The last time the big man appeared in the secret realm, Zhang Jiao got the inheritance of the immortal family in the secret realm.
I learned a surgical technique, and I remember that it was only the famous generals from the imperial court who joined forces to kill him, but several famous generals were also damaged, and they all died of illness within ten years."
"Is there really magic in this world?" Chu Nan was surprised. As far as he knew so far, there was a set of Nine Secrets of the Imperial Army passed down by the Soldier Immortal Han Xin. Advisors like Chen Gong had something similar to Qimen Dunjia. This
Chu Nan doesn't know much about it, but now he has more tricks.
"According to records, the secret realm first appeared at the end of the Warring States Period, before the Qin Dynasty swept Liuhe, and the magical power began at that time." Diao Chan saw that Chu Nan was interested in this, and smiled and gave Chu Nan some common sense about this circle.
At the end of the Warring States Period, the heaven and earth changed, and nine secret realms appeared on the land of Kyushu. It was also from that time that people gradually awakened to their divine power.
At that time, the Qin State was in a state of great power, and it recruited strange people and strangers. The emergence of the secret realm not only failed to stop Qin from unifying the world, but instead allowed the First Emperor to unify the world faster.
"After the First Emperor at that time wiped out Liuhe, he began to gather strangers from all over the world to seek the way to immortality." Diao Chan sighed softly.
"I guess it was a failure." Chu Nan nodded. In a different time and space, and in a different context, the obsession with immortality of those at the peak of power not only did not weaken, but in fact became stronger.
"I don't know." Diao Chan shook her head.
"I don't know?" Chu Nan said in surprise: "Didn't the First Emperor die and the land be divided?"
"That was what the court said to the outside world. In fact, the Han court had been collecting information about the secret realm. Unfortunately, after the First Emperor gathered talented people from all over the world, there was a period of ten years when no records were handed down.
There are records that the First Emperor disappeared, along with almost all the capable people and strangers in the world at that time. The Qin Dynasty soon fell apart, but after that, those who awakened to divine power were quite rare. From then on, until two hundred years ago, Kyushu
There are no more secret realms within the territory.”
When Diao Chan said this, she saw Chu Nan looking at her in astonishment, and said with a smile: "I was a female official in the palace before, and I had the honor to read the secret records of the imperial court. These things are not considered secret among the noble clan."
Chu Nan nodded silently, and then remembered that Diao Chan was originally a female official in the palace, and at least she had easier access to these secrets than ordinary people.
The First Emperor suddenly disappeared, and the heirs left behind were obviously not enough to control the world. Then Chu and Han began to fight for hegemony.
People like Xiang Yu, Han Xin, and Liu Bang were the only people who had awakened to divine power at that time.
Then there was a two-hundred-year period of depression. Until the period of Wang Mang, the secret realm appeared again in the world, and there was a new dynasty and the Guangwu Zhongxing. In the following two hundred years, the secret realm appeared five times.
But the time interval is constantly shortening. Zhang Jue's time was the third time. Zhang Jue obtained a certain inheritance, and then the Taiping Dao Rebellion occurred. Although it was eventually suppressed, the great Han Dynasty Guo Zuo was affected.
I thought it would be at least several decades before the next appearance, but in the years after Taiping Dao appeared, it appeared twice in succession.
The first time was in Jilu Village, where Lu Bu got Fang Tian's painted halberd in that secret realm. The other time, it appeared in Youzhou. As for what happened, no one knows.
"Every time this secret realm comes out, there will be many more people who can awaken the divine power. Two hundred years ago, there were very few people who awakened the divine power in the world, but now, there are not many people who have awakened the divine power in the world!" Lu Bu also recovered from his trance,
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It feels a bit like spiritual energy reviving.
Chu Nan groped his chin.
Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan with complicated eyes and said, "Zi Yan, in your opinion, scholars cannot be used by me?"
"It's not impossible..." Chu Nan thought for a moment and said, "Father-in-law, let's put it another way."
"Oh?" Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan.
"My father-in-law is not Lu Bu, but a local family in Xuzhou. His ancestors have been officials for three generations and have accumulated a lot of fertile land. Now 90% of the fertile land in Pi County is in the hands of my father-in-law's family. There are tens of thousands of children under his family. Most of the state and county officials are from
At the door of my father-in-law."
Lu Bu narrowed his eyes, looking forward to it. If he had such a background, would he look like this now?
"At this time, the world was in turmoil, and Xuzhou changed hands several times. Every time a prince came, the first thing he did was to visit his father-in-law. The princes wanted to fight in all directions, so they naturally needed to recruit troops, food and grass, that is, they had to collect taxes.
Most of the fields are privately owned by my father-in-law and several other large families."
"The current prince is a general. He was young and ignorant in his early years and lost his reputation. Now he wants to settle down in Xuzhou. Most of the people in the prefectures and counties have become family tenants. There are not many people with land. Even if taxes are increased, they can't collect much food and grass.
, a state and county official, most of the wealth is in the hands of his father-in-law, and his father-in-law is not optimistic about this prince, but he has strong soldiers and horses, and he does not dare to offend him too much. At this time, he came to ask his father-in-law for food. His father-in-law did not want to give it, but he had to give it.
Yes, so I discussed with several big families and each family contributed some to cope with it."
At first, Lu Bu listened with great interest, but after hearing it, his face gradually darkened. Isn't this general himself?
"At this time, if the other party asks my father-in-law to serve as an official to help him, will my father-in-law help wholeheartedly?"
Why?
"People's hearts are selfish, and Xuzhou is a place of four wars. My father-in-law has seen the rise and fall of two princes. If I try my best to help, will I lose everything? And what can my father-in-law get by helping the other party? Xuzhou's wealth and land
Even the talent belongs to my father-in-law, so even if I help the other party, what can the other party have to repay my father-in-law?"
"An official position? It's easy to get. After all, all the talents in Xuzhou are with my father-in-law. If he wants to hire people, he has to go through his father-in-law anyway. As long as the father-in-law wants, he can choose any official position. In addition, the father-in-law is not short of wealth, even
The wealth rewarded by the other party was given to him by you, father-in-law. Under such circumstances, will father-in-law try his best to help him? "
Obviously not!
Lu Bu was speechless. After Chu Nan's unusual explanation, he felt suddenly enlightened.
"When you go to your father-in-law, you have to have something to look forward to. In this way, who can be used and who can be trusted? I believe that my father-in-law already has the answer." Chu Nan said with a smile.
Many things are actually very simple if you put yourself in the other person's perspective and consider the other person's conditions.
"Go back and make some preparations to get the wedding done as soon as possible." Lu Bu stood up and said to Chu Nan.
After saying that, he left directly. It was obvious that today's conversation had a great impact on Lu Bu.
Chu Nan stood up, bowed to Diao Chan, turned around and left. As long as Lu Bu could change his mind, now that the world's general situation has not yet been decided, he might not have no chance!