Chapter 011 The Greatest Person
Han Xin's mansion was not far from the imperial palace.
This was specially arranged for him by Liu Bang, with a nice excuse: I can come to see you anytime when I miss you.
Han Xin knew it very well.
The mansion Liu Bang gave him was very large, and the specifications were also at the level of a prince, although he was no longer a prince. There were courtyards, attics, rockery, and everything else. To be fair, if this place was used as a retirement home, it would be really good.
It’s a pity that Liu Bang was indeed old, but Han Xin was still too young.
Han Xin walked into the lifeless mansion. The servants in the mansion stood on both sides with their heads down. Han Xin was very strict whether he was managing the army, the country, or the people, so the servants were very afraid. In the entire courtyard, there was almost no laughter, and even a few faces could be seen. Everyone kept their heads down and did not dare to look Han Xin in the eye.
Han Xin narrowed his eyes and knelt in the study.
A mighty and tall servant wearing a sword stood in front of him, bowing his head and listening to his orders.
"Go and kill Jia, Xu, and Zhang, and bring their heads to me."
Hearing Han Xin's order, the servant did not hesitate at all, even though the three people Han Xin wanted to kill were Han Xin's best retainers, who always stayed by his side. After the servant left, Han Xin calmly picked up a bamboo slip and began to read it carefully.
Several screams were heard in the yard, followed by curses, crying, and screams of terror.
But all this did not affect Han Xin, he just read calmly.
It was not until the three bloody heads were thrown in front of Han Xin that he casually put away the bamboo slips and lowered his head to look at the heads.
After looking at him for a long time, he said, "Take him away and bury him with honor."
…
At this moment, Liu Chang was sitting in front of Empress Lu, grinning and smiling foolishly.
"Han Xin is worthy of being Han Xin. He saw at a glance that I was not an ordinary child. He was amazed by me and asked me to be his apprentice. He said that only I could inherit his legacy and sweep the world for the Han Dynasty and become invincible in the future!"
"I was still hesitating at the time, so he begged my father to agree to it. Finally, I saw that he was already quite old, and it would be difficult for him to not have an apprentice, so I reluctantly agreed to it."
Empress Lu shook her head and sighed.
Liu Chang asked in surprise: "Why is mother sighing?"
" Your father says every day that Ruyi is the son who is most like him. I think his perspective on people is indeed not as good as before."
"what does it mean?"
"nothing."
Liu Chang laughed and shouted, "My father said that he would prepare a gift for me to become a disciple, and that he would find someone to send me to the Marquis of Huaiyin in a few days!"
Empress Lu frowned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Do you remember what I said to you a few days ago?"
Liu Chang was stunned. When he was about to ask again, Empress Lu had already ignored him.
During these days, Empress Lu said a lot to him. Liu Chang sat in the hall and thought seriously. What was the sentence?
He lowered his head and suddenly saw the package containing the handsaw, and he woke up with a start.
“If you are going to ask for something from someone, you should first ask for it.”
Liu Chang narrowed his eyes and gently touched his chin with his hand.
But what do I have that can be used by a big shot like Han Xin?
My identity? My... I don't seem to have anything else.
Before Liu Chang formally became the disciple, the courses at Tianlu Pavilion had already begun.
The teacher was still lazy, as if he didn't care about learning. He picked up the classic of Huang-Lao doctrine and began to recite it weakly. Liu Chang's mind was not here at all. He deliberately sat next to Liu Heng, looking at him with a smile, and his attitude changed 180 degrees.
This surprised Liu Ruyi very much.
"Fourth brother, I brought a few steamed buns here. Do you want to eat some?"
"Fourth brother, what you just said was really good. I really admire you."
Seeing Liu Chang surrounding Liu Heng and licking him shamelessly, Liu Ruyi couldn't sit still anymore. He shouted, "Hey, I'm hungry too, why don't you ask your third brother if he wants to eat?"
"Oh, you'll be hungry."
Liu Chang rolled his eyes at him and gave the steamed bun to Liu Hui.
Liu Hui was the only prince in the palace who could compete with Liu Chang in terms of appetite. His body shape could prove it. He always had a lot of delicious food hidden on him. During class, Liu Chang could always see him secretly taking out some food from his sleeves and eating it secretly with his head down.
But when Liu Chang handed the steamed bun to him, Liu Hui smiled and gave the bun to Liu You who was sitting behind him, and then reached out to Liu Chang again.
Liu Chang was stunned and almost forgot that Liu You was also here. He hurriedly gave another steamed bun to Liu Hui.
Only Liu Ruyi didn't.
Liu Ruyi was so angry that his teeth were itching. This guy called him "Third Brother" all the time when he needed his help a few days ago, but now he didn't even want to give him a steamed bun. He was not hungry, but he just couldn't stand Liu Chang's partiality.
Liu Heng was very calm. After eating Liu Chang's cake, he asked calmly, "What do you want to borrow again?"
"Oh... Fourth Brother, I don't want to borrow it, but can you take me to the next door after class? I want to meet those craftsmen. I need a lot of things..."
"no."
"Fourth brother~~"
“…”
After class, Liu Chang followed Liu Heng and they walked towards Changle Palace. After Liu Chang's persistent pleading, Liu Heng had no choice but to take him to find the craftsmen. Liu Heng was usually a quiet person, and Liu Chang followed him, chattering like a sparrow, talking endlessly.
Liu Chang also told Liu Heng the secret that Han Xin had chosen him, although after Liu Chang's bragging over the past few days, this was no longer a secret.
Finally, they came to the location of the Changle Palace wall that was under construction. It must be that Liu Heng had a good personality, otherwise he would have been unable to stand this chatterbox. Liu Chang's chatterbox nature was different from Liu Ying's. Liu Ying liked to talk about great principles and quote classics. Once he opened his mouth, he would confuse people. He would repeat the same principle in different ways, as if he was showing off how many books he had read.
But the intellectuals of this era just fell for this kind of talk, and Liu Chang's chatterbox was meaningless and full of nonsense, most of which was complaining about others, and the rest was bragging about himself.
Are there any other weird people like this in the palace? Yes, there are, including Liu Bang... ahem.
Liu Bang had eight sons. Under the excellent matching mechanism of the Western Han Dynasty, each of these eight sons was very outstanding.
The eldest son, Liu Fei, was the king of Qi. He governed Qi with a good ear to advice and within a few years he made Qi even more prosperous than before the war.
The second son, Liu Ying, was a gentle man who loved reading, was respectful to wise men and had countless virtues. Looking throughout the Han Dynasty, there were few such outstanding successors.
The third son, Liu Ruyi, was brave and heroic, and liked to make friends.
The fourth son, Liu Heng, is kind-hearted. He may look insignificant, but no one can match him when it comes to getting things done.
The fifth son, Liu Hui, was kind-hearted and friendly to everyone, and no one disliked him.
The eighth son, Liu Jian, is just a baby now, but he will not have any shortcomings when he grows up, so he can be considered an average person.
Only the seventh son, Liu Chang... well, he is a defective product among many outstanding descendants. He inherited all of his father's shortcomings and the power of a overlord, but he did not inherit the brains.
Changle Palace was still under construction. From afar, one could see a dense group of people busy working in the distance. There were also several fully armed soldiers nearby, supervising their work. This was the first time that Liu Chang had come into contact with ordinary people outside the palace. He was very excited and even quickened his pace. He wanted to see the engineers of this era.
But when they got closer, Liu Chang was stunned by the scene before him.
They were a group of skinny people who looked like humans. They were wearing something that could not be called clothes, otherwise it would be an insult to clothes. In short, they were wearing a mess of dirty, dusty things, holding huge, suffocating stones, and walked towards the palace wall with difficulty.
They were so thin, their bodies were dirty, the same color as mud, their hair was messy, they held the stones with great effort, each step was so heavy, and there was almost no expression on their faces, neither despair nor numbness, nothing could be seen.
In the distance, a group of craftsmen were continuously pounding the soil with a large stone rammer. In front of them was a square wooden mold filled with soil. They used the most primitive method to make the soil dense and connected into one piece.
This was different from any ancient scene Liu Chang had imagined.
When the soldier saw Liu Heng coming, he bowed and greeted him with a smile.
Liu Chang followed Liu Heng in a daze.
Liu Heng walked forward and the craftsmen saluted one after another, with smiles suddenly appearing on their faces. They put down the tools in their hands, and the soldier did not say much, turned around and pretended not to see it.
