Chapter 306 Vampire
Using the world as the board and the people of the world as chess pieces?
Are you talking about me?
Lu Sen was a little confused. He didn't think it would be so powerful.
A sailor brought cups and hot tea.
When the treasure ship set out from Hangzhou, a large amount of roasted tea was stored on board. Although a lot of it was sold along the way, the remaining tea would take five years to digest if the crew drank one or two ounces of it every day.
Moreover, tea itself has the effect of preventing scurvy. For people like Bao Zheng who have been drifting on the sea for a long time, drinking some tea every day is the most useful.
"You are too kind to me, Governor Bao." Lu Sen took a sip of the hot tea. To be honest, the taste of the tea was just average. After all, it was tea leaves for sale. How good could it be? "I, Lu, don't have such a big heart."
This kind of behavior is obviously something that only a villain would do, and Lu Sen wondered how he could possibly do it.
The cabin was swaying gently. Although the treasure ship was large and very stable compared to ordinary ships, it was still affected by the waves when it was parked on the sea.
It's not an aircraft carrier with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons.
Having said that... Lu Sen felt that it was not impossible for him to build a ship with such a large displacement himself!
However, the problem is power. If it relies solely on sails, how many people will be needed to make it move?
Bao Zheng also took a sip of tea. He put down the cup and said with a smile: "Before I was in the government, I was worried about the people. Although I claimed to have a clear understanding of worldly affairs, during these days of drifting on the sea, I finally realized that if you have concerns in your heart, there will always be some deviation in your view of people and things."
Lu Sen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did Bao Fuyin get anything?"
Enlightenment in Longchang! Although this story is about Wang Yangming, the meaning is the same.
In a small space, in a lonely moment, with nothing to worry about, you can always realize some great truths, and it is even possible to change your outlook on life and the world.
For example, a certain young man with a mustache had an "enlightenment in Longchang" experience in prison, and finally realized that military power was the most important bargaining chip for him to reach the highest position, rather than relying on eloquence.
Bao Zheng took a book from the side, flipped through two pages, and said as he looked at it: "Before you answer Master Lu, can you first help me solve my doubts?"
"Please speak." Lu Sen clasped his fists and bowed.
"Whether it's the sea chart that Master Lu gave us a year ago, or the shadow play of the immortals, or even some of the quotations of Master Lu that are circulated among the people, they all show one thing." Bao Zheng raised his head and said with a melancholy tone: "Master Lu already knows a lot of things in this world . For example, the country of these Xirong people, for example, the black barbarians in the western land, and for example, during this period of time, I discovered that the world is not what the ancients said, the sky is round and the earth is square, the earth is round!"
Lu Sen raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Bao Zheng had been paying attention to Lu Sen's expression. When he saw the latter like this, he knew that he was right.
He stared at Lu Sen quietly, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally asked: "Why is the ground round? Why don't people fall off?"
He is indeed one of the smartest people in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The ancients just had less experience, but they were not stupid, especially people like Bao Zheng.
Once they accept new knowledge and concepts, they grow no slower than modern people.
Lu Sen was silent for a while, then he laughed: "Yes, the earth is round. Bao Fuyin is really amazing."
"Why?"
"I don't know!" Lu Sen waved his hands: "Actually, I know a little bit, but I can't explain it."
Why is the earth round?
We can't start from the Big Bang. We have to talk about gravity to barely explain why the earth is round. Besides, it is not called gravity now, but the material "field".
In addition, before he traveled through time, the Webb Telescope had already been launched into space. According to the deep space images it captured, the mainstream Big Bang theory of cosmic singularity seemed to be beginning to become unstable.
So it is possible to explain it, but to explain it clearly... it is very difficult.
"Is it a secret of immortals?" Bao Zheng asked.
Lu Sen was a little embarrassed. Finally, he sighed and said, "I guess so."
Bao Zheng nodded slightly, looking somewhat disappointed. In fact, he had a very strong desire for the unknown.
Putting down the book in his hand, Bao Zheng then laughed: "It doesn't matter, as long as you know this matter, it will be enough. I don't understand it, but people in the future will understand it."
Bao Zheng knew that he was very smart, but he also knew that there were many smart people in this world, and that there would always be someone in the future who could figure out the things he could not understand or explain.
Lu Sen breathed a sigh of relief. If Bao Zheng insisted on asking him to talk, it would be difficult for him to refuse.
After all, the other party is an elder, in every sense of the word.
Looking at the relieved Lu Sen, Bao Zheng continued to ask curiously: "I still have one thing I don't understand, please enlighten me, Master Lu."
"I will certainly tell you what I can answer."
"Since Master Lu knows so many truths in this world, why doesn't he write a book about it?" Bao Zheng asked a question he had long wondered: "As long as it is what Master Lu said, I think everyone in the world will believe it. In this way, there is no need to go around in such a big circle and find ways to drive the people to leave their homeland and wander around."
Indeed, all Lu Sen needed to do was write a book and write down everything he knew.
Things like the geographical environment, local specialties, gold mines, silver mines, etc., can definitely make many businessmen go crazy and rush out.
In addition... you can also write down some basic physics knowledge.
For example, the simple cycle of water resources in nature, the reasons for the formation of clouds and fog, what is atmospheric pressure, and then extended to steam engines, etc.!
After writing these things, Lu Sen can definitely be called a "saint".
But the problem is that his current identity is not suitable for writing these things.
After a moment of silence, Lu Sen slowly said, "I know a lot of things, more than you think, Bao Fuyin."
Bao Zheng was a little unbelievable at first, then he thought for a while, nodded slightly, and agreed with what Lu Sen said.
"But these things should not be said by me."
"Why?"
"No matter how good or wonderful what I said is, it is taken for granted in the eyes of the world." Lu Sen said in a low voice: "People will attribute these things to the power of immortals and magical knowledge, and then take it for granted. They will not deliberately study it and then deify it."
Bao Zheng was indeed a smart man. He understood what Lu Sen said after just one thought. His expression changed slightly: "So Master Lu meant that the essence and truth belong to the common people, not those in high places?"
"What you gain from personal exploration is your own, and you will be more interested in studying it." Although Lu Sen's eyes were looking at Bao Zheng, they were not focused on the latter. Instead, he seemed to have traveled through time and landed on a world nearly a thousand years later: "If you feed everything to your mouth, you will only cultivate a lazy and useless person, and the same goes for the nation."
This is what Lu Sen really thinks.
Bao Zheng was shocked. He stood up and bowed to Lu Sen, saying sincerely, "I see. No wonder Master Lu always wanted us to deal with Xixia and Khitan, but he just stayed in the center of the army and didn't really participate in the battle. It turns out that we misunderstood you before."
In fact, many people in the court thought that Lu Sen was cautious about his health, and that since he possessed magical powers, it would be a very easy task for him to deal with Xixia and Khitan.
But he was unwilling to take action, and instead asked his soldiers to charge into battle, resulting in heavy casualties.
Now I finally understand that Lu Sen still has such thoughts.
Of course, there are also some people who are unwilling to let Lu Sen take action. After all, if the immortal takes action, the world will only know that the immortal has great magical powers and there is no need to consider the majesty of the temple.
"You don't have to do this, Prefect Bao." Lu Sen stood up and returned the greeting: "Just don't blame me for not caring about the lives of the people."
"At this moment, I still know how to distinguish the important from the unimportant." Bao Zheng sat down, drank a sip of tea, and suddenly asked, "What does Master Lu want to do by coming here from afar?"
Lu Sen thought about it and told the whole story.
"So there really is a giant Fusang tree, and it's not just a fabrication in the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Bao Zheng showed a shocked expression, and then he nodded: "Yes, the immortals have appeared in the world, so it's not surprising that there is a giant Fusang tree. Are the strange beasts recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas real? For example, the nine-tailed fox whose voice travels around the world?"
Lu Sen coughed lightly and said rather embarrassedly: "There are two Qingqiu foxes living in my house, one of them is my wife."
Bao Zheng stopped talking and looked at Lu Sen quietly, but his eyes were strange.
Lu Sen felt quite embarrassed by being stared at, and asked awkwardly: "Prefect Bao, what do you mean by this?"
"Master Lu, please exercise moderation." Bao Zheng lowered his eyebrows and whispered, "Don't repeat the mistakes of King Zhou."
Lu Sen was very embarrassed and had to look up at the top of the cabin.
He couldn't refute it. It was good to be out of the house. The vixen had restrained herself a lot these days. In the cave before, Xianxian stuck to him almost every day. Although they didn't always do that, they were still very annoying.
"The Fusang tree is responsible for the country's destiny. In other words, the reason why the Song Dynasty was unable to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was largely because the Fusang tree had gone overseas?" Seeing Lu Sen's embarrassed expression, Bao Zheng took the initiative to change the subject: "Later, Master Lu, you transplanted a tree back, so the Song Dynasty was able to easily conquer Xixia and then move north to oppress the Khitan?"
Lu Sen nodded: " The idea of luck is illusory, and I am not sure whether it is true or not, but I still want peace of mind."
How to feel at ease? Of course, all the hibiscus trees were moved back to Song territory.
If it cannot be moved back, it will be destroyed, like the Fuso plant of the East China Sea.
"No wonder the court has been doing things much more smoothly during this period compared to previous years."
As a scholar, Bao Zheng originally did not believe in such things as supernatural powers, but the appearance of Lu Sen completely changed the three views of many scholars.
"Since Master Lu wants to destroy this lost Fusang tree, it has a bearing on the people of the Song Dynasty and the fate of the country. We cannot stand idly by." Bao Zheng sat up straight, clasped his hands together, and said righteously: "If you urge me to do so, I, the whole ship, will go with you."
"We can handle it." Lu Sen thought about it and couldn't directly reject Bao Zheng's kindness, so he said: "Then we will go there together by boat tomorrow. I and my disciples will be the vanguard, and you can ask Bao Fuyin to follow us in the rear."
Bao Zheng thought about it and agreed. He actually wanted to play as a striker, but when he thought about the strength of his side, he seemed not to be qualified, so he gave up.
After chatting with Bao Zheng for a while, Lu Sen said goodbye and drove the aircraft back to the manor.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Alice coming back.
Although Alijie looked beautiful when she wore Song Dynasty clothing, there was always a sense of incongruity.
And now she was wearing the white robe of the Brotherhood's assassin, which looked quite exotic and mysterious, and extremely dashing.
As soon as she saw Lu Sen, she walked up quickly, squinted her eyes and smiled, "Sir, you guessed it right. Governor Domenico is in trouble."
"What's up with him?"
"Dead. The body is pale and the skin is wrinkled. It's obvious that something has sucked all the blood out of the body."
There are vampires now?
Lu Sen sat down and sighed, "I reminded him the day before yesterday that being too greedy is not a good thing."
"Then you gave him peaches, my husband." Lu Xianxian came out of the house and smiled charmingly, "You are really mean."
Lu Sen said helplessly: "He was the one who begged me for the peaches, and he was also the one who didn't want to believe my warning. He wanted to die, so what can I do?"
Lu Xianxian came over, hugged Lu Sen from behind, leaned against him and said, "But I like whatever my husband does."
Alice was extremely envious watching from the side. She also wanted to be close to her husband, but unfortunately Lu Sen had never touched her.
Lu Sen patted the vixen's arm, asking her to be serious, and then said, "It will probably not be long before someone comes to discuss business with me."
"What will they talk about?"
"Everything." Lu Sen smiled and said, "As long as it can make him live forever, I believe he is willing to offer everything he has."
The vixen chuckled, rubbed her face against Lu Sen, and then ran away to play the garland-making game with Jingjing and Bilian.
Shi Lei stood aside, watching his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, not daring to look or think too much.
Almost all the women here were his master's wives, so he didn't dare to look at them carelessly.
Lu Sen turned his head and looked at him: "Leier, go wait outside the door. I think the guest will come soon. You can bring him in directly later."
Shi Lei bowed and walked out of the manor.
Lu Sen began to spread out a piece of white paper on the table and practice writing.
Not long after, Shi Lei came in with a woman.
"Master, the person has been brought in." After Shi Lei finished speaking, he stepped aside.
The woman who came was a middle-aged woman. Lu Sen felt that she looked familiar. After looking at her for a while, he suddenly realized: "Oh, it turned out to be Princess Theodora. No, I should call you Her Majesty now."
The woman in front of him wearing a purple dress was Princess Theodora whom Lu Sen had met a year ago.
Compared with her previous frail appearance, Theodora now looks a dozen years younger.
"Long time no see, Father Lu, I have been missing you." Theodora sat down by herself.
Lu Sen looked at her for a while and asked with a smile: "How does Governor Domenico's blood taste?"
"Not bad!" Theodora grinned, her white teeth looking extremely sinister.
