During the days when Mao Geng and Wen Yuan were on the boat, they did their homework for the coming court. Who knew what strange problems the emperor had? No one had the courage to perfunctory Song Xiaozong. Zhao Xing was a shrewd emperor. If anyone wanted to perfunctory Zhao Xing, the outcome would be very miserable!

Mao Geng felt that his response was easy to deal with. Since the military weapon supervisor was interested in making hot air balloons, it was nothing more than technical and attitude issues. As long as it was technical issues, he could deal with Yuru. I wish that Song Xiaozong, a liberal arts student, would not be able to ask himself no matter how much he asked. Of course, attitude was not a problem.

But Wen Yuan was different. Song Xiaozong Zhao Xing summoned Wen Yuan to the court this time, but he didn't know what the purpose was. After repeatedly guessing the question, he thought that the emperor might be interested in running newspapers, but he might also ask about the authenticity of the deeds of the County Magistrate Xu. Because Wen Yuan fabricated the deeds of County Magistrate Xu, he would be labeled as a deception of the emperor. How to make up the lie so that the shrewd Zhao Xing would not be angry is a problem that must be faced. Wen Yuan was very nervous about this.

Mao Geng cheered Wen Yuan, saying that it was just a moderate exaggeration, and the emperor would not pursue it too much. It is said that Zhao Ling was a kind emperor. Besides, Wen Yuan was not an official who received the salary of the Song Dynasty. There were too many things for officials to exaggerate political achievements. Even Chen Liang, a famous scholar, had done the work of helping other officials as a drummer. This kind of thing could even be traced back to Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty. As long as he gave enough money to the official reputation, his reputation was not too bad. Li Bai could help him write an article praising merits. Therefore, even if Wen Yuan's report was a little inaccurate, it might not be severely investigated by the current officials.

After much persuasion, Wen Yuan's fear finally eased. Mao Geng told Wen Yuan that the emperor was actually a human being. With your Wen Yuan's eloquence and our careful preparations along the way, the court should not be a problem with passing the test. Moreover, we didn't want to be an official from the Song Dynasty, so there was no need to be so nervous. But it would be better to be an official. Speaking of being an official, Wen Yuan's desire for fame and fortune was rekindled again. In Wen Yuan's mind, after all, being an official is the right reason for life that will bring honor to his ancestors for generations.

Well, everyone has their own ambitions. Since Wen Yuan wants to be an official, that is normal. As long as he has this opportunity, Mao Geng will of course not stop him as his cousin.

On the afternoon of that day, the group came to Lin'an, Mao Geng, Wen Yuan and Dun Erbao stayed at the "Yuelai Inn" known as the most luxurious "Yuelai Inn", while Tan Xiaochun and Huang Wangcai led seven people from West China Construction Company to live in the economic inn "Sifanglai Inn".

Mao Geng walked on the streets of Lin'an with great interest and experienced the prosperity of the city in this era. On the other hand, he thought that it would be not easy to buy a piece of land in the prosperous place to build a model house.

He was speechless all night, and Mao Geng had no plans to visit other officials in advance. Considering that Xiaozong was a shrewd emperor, he might have been more suspicious when he was old, so Mao Geng decided not to provoke anyone before meeting Zhao Sheng, including Lu You whom he really wanted to see.

The next morning, Mao Geng and Wenyuan reported to the Ministry of Rites. It was of course not a simple matter to go to the palace to meet the emperor. After the Ministry of Rites reported it layer by layer, they had to wait for the emperor's arrangements. Before that, a subordinate in charge of etiquette was responsible for training etiquette, until there was no obvious mistake in the moves, so Mao Geng Wenyuan was spared. Wenyuan was very enthusiastic about etiquette, as if after learning this, he had entered the officialdom since then. Mao Geng was a little surprised that the Song Dynasty did not have to kneel down to worship the emperor. He didn't know that the Song Dynasty had to kneel down to worship the emperor before it was popular in the Song Dynasty. That set of kneel down to worship the emperor would not be done until the Mongolian Yuan period. Now when he saw the emperor, he just bowed. Mao Geng was originally going to follow the customs of the countryside, and he would kneel down and worship the emperor, but it would be better if he didn't have to kneel down. From this point of view, the Song Dynasty was still quite humane.

Mao Geng thought it would take several days before it was the emperor's turn to take time to meet him, but on the third day, the Ministry of Rites informed the two of them to go to the Ministry of Rites. They waited for the Ministry of Rites for one morning. It was already past noon, and finally waited for the small yellow gate in the palace to pick them up into the palace. If I had known that I would have to wait for so long, Mao Geng regretted not bringing some dry food and snacks, just because the Song Dynasty was a habit, and the lunch meal did not exist. This made Mao Geng Wenyuan, who was used to three meals a day, seemed to be going hungry to deal with the right thing.

Mao Geng and Wen Yuan entered the palace with the little yellow gate. After a long journey, they saw two rows of warriors standing in front of them, all the way to a hall. They felt an invisible pressure. When they saw this kind of formation, Mao Geng was a little better, but Wen Yuan was a little unable to move. Wen Yuan's face turned a little white, and his breathing became rapid, making Mao Geng feel that Wen Yuan was like Qin Wuyang in the story of "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin". Mao Geng thought to himself, like this scene of a three-step, one foot, one whistle, one whistle, one whistle, everyone would be stage frightened. When he thought about it, he became more and more admiring Jing Ke. Don't say that Jing Ke's psychological quality is really good!

Mao Geng himself was not much better, his heart was pounding, and his palms were sweating continuously. Mao Geng had to repeat to himself in his heart: I am not here to seek an official, anyway, I am slow in my reaction and eloquence, and now it seems that my psychological quality is not good, and I am definitely not a piece of information to be an official. Even if the court performs miserable today, it is nothing great. As a result, the psychological pressure is indeed lighter and I feel much better.

When people relaxed, they began to pay attention to the environment. Mao Geng discovered that although the buildings in the palace were extraordinary, they were far from all aspects compared to the Forbidden City that they visited later generations. For example, if there was no glazed tiles, it was a lot worse in style. As a businessman who produced glazed tiles, Mao Geng felt that the Song Dynasty Palace was a bit out of grade. Since Song Xiaozong was not short of money, the entire palace should be renovated immediately and replaced with the same glazed tiles.

Mao Geng was thinking about it, and he had already reached the threshold. If he didn't pay attention, he almost tripped over the threshold and fell. By the way, this was an act that was extremely inconsistent with the etiquette of the audience. Mao Geng quickly gathered his mind and cheered up to deal with the court couple in front of him.

Because Mao Geng and Wen Yuan were not officials, Zhao Ling summoned them today to deal with newspapers and cement. Both matters were unprecedented in this dynasty and not to allow more people to participate for the time being. Therefore, only the left and right prime ministers Zhou Bidahe Liu Zheng, as well as the political affairs of the political affairs of Wang Lin, Ge Bi and Xiao Sui. In addition to these five important officials, there are also the crown prince Zhao Dun.

Mao Geng and Wen Yuan came into the hall with fear and fear. The eunuch who was in charge of etiquette worshipped the etiquette. The two made extremely standard bows to the Song Dynasty officials facing north and south according to the etiquette they practiced in advance, and then they heard an old minister with gray hair say:

"Mao Geng and Wen Yuan, the two students, the official family summoned you to come. If you have something to ask, you can answer it according to the truth, do you understand?"

The person who spoke was Zhou Bida. Mao Wen and the others answered together after hearing this:

"Boy understand."

Mao Geng was fine, but Wen Yuan's reply seemed particularly nervous. In Wen Yuan's eyes, the Chugong Hall, which had only a few people, seemed particularly empty and had a strange and strict look. At this time, Wen Yuan couldn't help but sweat on his back.

Zhao Xing sat on the imperial throne, observing his expressions and expressions. In order to relieve the tension between the two, Zhao Xing said with a kind of joy:

"You two students are asked to speak. You don't need to be frightened, just treat it as saying it's at home, but you must not say anything false."

After saying that, he asked the eunuch to bring a stool to the five elderly officials, and let them sit down.

Only the prince Zhao Dun was still standing.

Zhao Xing's words and the actions of considerate the old ministers next had a miraculous effect of alleviating tension. Wen Yuan took a deep breath and his mood turned calm. Mao Geng felt that Zhao Xing's grasp of people's hearts was so easy.

Once he entered the palace, he was called a student of the Song Dynasty. For Wen Yuan, he felt that he was one step closer to the fame of the Song Dynasty, so he was nervous and a little excited, and a hint of blush appeared on his face.

Zhao Xing immediately asked about the hot air balloon straight to the point. Zhao Xing understood that since the hot air balloon can be ascended to the sky, it can of course be condescending on the battlefield and select important enemy generals to shoot one by one. In Zhao Xing's eyes, the hot air balloon can be completely made into a super secret weapon of the Song Dynasty.

However, Mao Geng's answer disappointed everyone, including Zhao Xing. Mao Geng pointed out that hot air balloons have many shortcomings, such as being afraid of wind and rain, and it is difficult to control their position in the air. On the battlefield, they can only use the chain lift-off method, which means that ground personnel need to use ropes to control the height and position of the hot air balloon. Generally speaking, hot air balloons can be used to observe the enemy situation, and of course they have their own functions for combat between the two armies, but their actual combat effect will be very limited and not an ideal practical weapon. If the official wants to make hot air balloons, this is not difficult. It takes only three or five days to make the hot air balloons. At that time, the official can observe it on the spot and know what is going on. As for the skills of making hot air balloons, they can teach them all. Find a few craftsmen in the military weapon supervisor for a little guidance, and they can make them skillfully by themselves. To put it bluntly, the hot air balloon is a large Kongming lantern, but it is a little difficult to make alcohol blowtorches.

Mao Geng finished talking about hot air balloons in a very common way. When he saw the disappointment of the official family, the prince and the five old men, Mao Geng felt that maybe the basin of cold water had been poured a little too much. Mao Geng was about to say that you guys don’t need to be so disappointed. I have another good news, and you may be excited when you say it.

But before Mao Geng could create artillery, Zhao Shen then changed the topic:

"When I read the "New News", I am always attracted by the magical things written in "Aliz's Dream in Wonderland". I am a little confused. Are there really something unpredictable in the world that is true?"

Zhao Xing suddenly asked this question, which made Mao Geng Wenyuan unexpectedly. This question obviously exceeded the scope of the two people's guessing questions.

According to the division of labor between the two, Mao Geng answered the technical matters, and Wen Yuan dealt with the others, because it is obvious that Wen Yuan's adaptability and speech are much better than Mao Geng. If Mao Geng had not cultivated a sense of superiority like a military advisor in Qujiadong, he might have been a big problem with speech.

Although Mao Geng has made progress in his speech, he is far behind the eloquent Wen Yuan. Therefore, all the things that make the emperor happy are placed on Wen Yuan. Mao Geng hopes that Wen Yuan can easily fool the audience, and he can also make Song Xiaozong, who has been worried about state affairs all day long.

But Zhao Xing suddenly asked this question, which made Wen Yuan unprepared and even didn't know how to talk about it. If Chen Liang thought about everything and said that "Eliz's Dream of Wonderland" was completely fabricated, Wen Yuan was also afraid that the official would have a crime of confusing the public. The news of the gold and silver mines was a lesson for the past. The official just started his priest and said that it was impossible to say anything, and Wen Yuan didn't know what to do for a while.

Mao Gengxin said, why don’t you play according to common sense? This is obviously a strange question and a biased question! Why are you using it to test people?

In fact, Zhao Shen has been a little annoyed these days, for no other reason. This is because he is struggling with the death of Jin Shizong and the ascension of Jin Zhangzong. Although Zhao Shen is a pragmatic emperor and does not seek fame, he has to call 20-year-old Jin Zhangzong Wanyan Jing as his uncle. Zhao Shen has not yet cultivated to such an invincible face. Therefore, in history, Jin Shizong passed away in the first month of the first month, and Song Xiaozong abdicated to the crown prince Zhao Dun in February.

Zhao Shen originally expected Mao Geng to bring good news to himself, such as having a hot air balloon, he could kill the Jin soldiers without any power to fight back, and so on, but Mao Geng was so good that he poured a basin of cold water on his head. This made Zhao Shen's mood, which had finally become eager, suddenly returned to the freezing point, okay! Then let's not talk about the bleak reality, talk about dreams and fairylands, and I will never be willing to feel unhappy with me anymore!

Mao Geng didn't understand what Zhao Shen was thinking about a retired person at this moment, otherwise he wouldn't be so ignorant. In fact, he made a big blow to the hot air balloon's killing magical power to make Zhao Shen happy. This is the right choice at this time.

Now, when Mao Geng saw that Wen Yuan was silent, the hall was terrifyingly quiet. Mao Geng's mind was slight, thinking that he might not be able to count on Wen Yuan, so he would answer it himself:

"The official family wrote some wonderful things in "Eliz's Dream of Wonderland", but these things look wonderful now, but in the future, everyone will feel that they are no longer ordinary. Perhaps in the future, everyone will witness them every day and use them every day, and there is nothing strange about it."

Mao Geng, regardless of the surprise expressions of the people present, continued:

"For example, when I was recording the bamboo slips, even Saint Kong had to carve bamboo into a book. How could he think that hundreds of years later, he could not only write with a brush, but also paper as thin as a cicada's wings! The few carts of books in the past can be packed in just a small box! How could the ancients think that they could also stereotype, and print tens of thousands of books in one edition! When the ancients fought with bronze swords, they would not have thought that there was a sharp steel knife in the world, which was as sharp as iron and mud! Therefore, the kid dared to say here that in the future, everything is possible in the future decades and hundreds of years! The dreams written in "Eliz's Dream in Wonderland" may become real one day in the future."

After hearing Mao Geng’s words, the people present couldn’t accept it for a while. It was not until after a while that Liu Zheng said:

"Well, the past I didn't dare to think about, today I have come true. Today I didn't dare to think about, the future I might come true. Is that true?"

It was not until this time that Mao Geng realized that he had just delivered a revelatory speech at the highest leadership of the Song Dynasty. Oh! This seemed to reveal the secret of heaven. As he said it, he said something that shouldn't have been said! It's hard for him to speak so smoothly. Is it really possessed by Military Advisor Zhuge?

Zhao Shen also came back to the spotlight at this time and said thoughtfully:

"I didn't dare to think that people could fly into the sky before, but Mao Geng did it; I didn't dare to think that cement could turn into stone, but Mao Geng did it; I suspected that it was said that it was the wax paper invented by Kang Yuliang, and it might be the credit of you Mao Geng. Haha, good! Everything is possible! Mao Geng, tell me, who is you, can you have such ability to be able to understand the world?"

Upon hearing this, Mao Geng immediately burst into cold sweat. He thought to himself that Song Xiaozong was indeed an authentic human being. He immediately guessed the truth of the matter, but stop! Don't continue to reason! At this point, Mao Geng had no choice but to use his shield:

"I reported to the official family, I just happened to meet a mentor. My mentor happened to have an adventure. Only then did the boy understand some skills that others could not."

When Mao Geng saw Zhao Shen's reaction, he still seemed so kind and did not see any murderous aura. However, Mao Geng kept escalating his master's story and constantly making up for loopholes. Mao Geng continued to interpret without waiting for Zhao Shenxu to find out the truth:

"According to my mentor, he also found some out-of-context chapters from a wreck. Among these out-of-context chapters, on the one hand, some unheard skills were recorded, and on the other hand, some sporadic stories of the bearded guest who was called kings overseas. According to records, the bearded guest was called kings overseas. The capital was built on a huge island, but it was passed to his descendants, unfortunately encountered a thunderous earthquake and tsunami. A huge island suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea, and the dynasty built by the bearded guest was destroyed. What a pity! What a pity!"

When Zhao Shen heard this, he couldn't help but say "Oh", obviously a little skeptical.

But Mao Geng knew that once a person gets old, he would easily believe in ghosts and gods. Even if Zhao Shen is sophisticated, he is still an old man. When he reaches his retirement age, he still has difficulty distinguishing the superstition of the immortal path. However, in order to avoid becoming the most conspicuous target, he has to set up a plan to escape. Thinking of this, Mao Geng simply took the initiative, so he had to continue running further and further on the road of deception:

"Reporting to the official family, my teacher once told the boy to pay attention to the sea thousands of miles away. If the conditions are ripe, he must dive into deep water to salvage it. There may be a secret that many people have dreamed of. My teacher said that what he found before was nothing but a drop in it, so this secret must be kept strictly. My teacher is worried that if other tribes obtain these secrets, it may be detrimental to the Song Dynasty."

Mao Geng deliberately said this as a warning. Anyway, he will no longer be the biggest threat in the world, because there is a more dangerous secret lying in the deep sea. In this way, he will at least not be eliminated by the people in power in front of him and will soon be eliminated. After saying such a big picture, logically one by one, one by one, it can be regarded as a super-level performance. Even Wen Yuan has admired him, it is really! I am like this! Is it easy for me!

After hearing this, Prince Zhao Dun immediately asked:

"I don't know where the sea is located? How can I salvage those secrets?"

At this time, all of Song Xiaozong had already understood the logic of Mao Geng's words - this secret thousands of miles away. Otherwise, let it be buried under the sea and not see the light. If it was to be salvaged, it would not be allowed to let other tribes take the lead. Zhao Dun was just anxious and said the words first.

Mao Geng hurriedly used a way to comfort him and said:

"Oh! According to my mentor, to salvage this secret, you must first make a submarine boat that can dive a hundred feet to do the salvage, otherwise you can only sigh."

OK! Mao Geng thought to himself, I finally set another condition. If this condition is not met, there is no way. But I will strive to achieve this condition little by little so that the people present will not despair. Only by letting them see hope little by little can they not doubt the logic of the story I told.

Alas! When Mao Geng thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - it's not easy to get involved in the Xiaozong Dynasty! It's not easy!
Chapter completed!