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Chapter 70 A Hundred Flowers Bloom

At this time, Xiao Sui heard it aside and felt that Mao Geng was becoming more and more mysterious. These words seemed to be familiar. Yes! The same was true for those alchemists and liars in history. Mao Geng's performance today was exactly the same. With a sense of justice, Xiao Sui became more responsible as an important minister of the Song Dynasty. He now insisted on his own spirit, thinking that he could not let this kid succeed in cheating, but he would also expose this person's tricks.

Xiao Sui stood up tremblingly, wondering if it was because of excitement, but he just heard him say:

"My brother Mao family, I have also read "Eliz's Dream in Wonderland". It says that there is a transparent crystal palace in the Wonderland, saying that in the crystal palace, both people and things, I ask Mr. Mao, can there be such a crystal palace in the world in many years?"

Xiao Sui was the oldest old man present. He was seventy-three years old. He was not considered to be a tyrannical person to say that he was old. The old man was only questioning Mao Geng's words just now, which seemed half a beat slower. For a moment, everyone except Mao Geng Wenyuan, including Zhao Xing thought that the old man questioned well, and it depends on how Mao Geng said it.

But Mao Geng felt that although the questions raised by this old man with white hair and beard were not worth refuting, he was very old and had to think clearly about how to speak the words to the master's sect in advance, but once the on-site response was incurred, it would be exposed.

When Mao Geng hesitated, Xiao Sui thought Mao Geng could not answer, so he immediately said:

"It turns out that Brother Mao couldn't answer it! I thought it would be fine to dream, but if it was a fool and took the beautiful dream as real, it would be a bit ridiculous."

After saying that, he was going to give Zhao Xing a strong advice, but Mao Geng did not give him a chance to continue to play. Mao Geng happened to see the time watch placed in the hall. What was surprising was that the time watch was flashing brightly, and Mao Geng bowed to Xiao Shu and said:

"This adult."

Zhou Bida introduced in time:

"This is Xiao Shenzheng."

Mao Geng’s interface:

"Xiao Shenzheng, have you ever seen glass?"

Xiao Sui didn't know what glass was. Don't say that he had never seen it, he had never even heard of it, so he had to shake his head and said:

"I don't know what glass is like when Brother Mao said. I asked Brother Mao's question, but Brother Mao has not answered yet! The official family is here. If Brother Mao can't answer, he will admit that he can't answer. How can he talk about him with all his heart!"

Xiao Sui was obviously angry, and Mao Geng felt that the question just now was inappropriate, so he quickly reimbursed:

"Xiao Shenzheng, your fault! But the boy had no intention of offending. The boy saw a watch in the palace at a glance, and there was a watch on the watch. As long as Xiao Shenzheng saw the beauty of glass, it would be not difficult to understand if he talked about the Crystal Palace."

Mao Geng bowed to Zhao Sheng again and said:

"Boy wants to ask Xiao Shenzheng to take a look, touch the glass on the watch, please let the official do your best!"

Zhao Xing had already figured out the relationship between glass and transparent crystal palace. He immediately told the eunuch to carry Shi Ying to the middle of the ministers and said with a smile:

"It was only yesterday when I called the glass. Xiao Aiqing and several of you, come and see the beauty of this glass."

This timepiece was the one sent by County Magistrate Xu. It was originally not equipped with glass, because the glass had not been successfully fired at that time. This time, Han Wu ordered five timepieces, and Mao Geng asked Han Wu to bring a piece of glass that matched the timepiece and sent it to the palace, so that the first timepiece "running naked" timepiece was covered with glass. However, Han Wu was not as fast as Mao Geng walked by water by water, and it was not until yesterday afternoon that he rushed back to Lin'an. When Han Tuozhou sent the glass into the palace, the craftsmen in the inner palace immediately installed the glass, and it was already evening.

With this time watch, Zhao Xing's concept of time has become stronger, and the hourglass timing was naturally downgraded to secondary use. However, there is only one time watch. Fortunately, the human resources in the palace are infinitely rich. Wherever Zhao Shen goes, the time watch can be moved. For example, in the Zichen Hall during the Great Dynasty, the time watch will be moved to Zichen Hall. If Zhao Xing goes to Chuigong Hall, the time watch will be moved to Chuigong Hall.

After installing the glass yesterday, Zhao Xing thought that transparent glass was a bit wonderful, but Zhao Xing had seen countless rare treasures, and the crystals they had seen were more crystal clear and transparent than glass, so Zhao Xing did not take a piece of glass seriously.

In fact, if Xiao Sui had good eyes, he would have noticed that the timelines in the hall today were a little different, but Xiao Sui was old and had already lost his eyes, so he could not notice the changes.

The two eunuchs carefully brought Shibiao to the middle of several old ministers. Without waiting for Xiao Sui who was slow to come over, the other four ministers surrounded him first, took a look, and then touched him, which was considered to have seen the wonders of glass.

Zhao Dun also received a mailing ship transferred by Empress Dowager Wu yesterday. It was because his father was extremely frugal and had the same requirements for his children. Therefore, the Han family had to transfer any gifts to him by Empress Dowager Wu. But this was good, and the father was not convenient to denounce him. Zhao Dun had already understood Mao Geng's general meaning at this time, but he still couldn't believe that the world could build a transparent crystal palace. Zhao Dun did not have to join in the fun of the five old ministers, but just waited for Mao Geng's further explanation, and stood there, looking calm.

Xiao Sui was the last one to experience the glass. The old man's eyes were really not very good. He looked and touched it very close. Finally, he confirmed that there was indeed a transparent hard shell on the watch. Through this hard shell, you can see the copper handle inside swaying and the pointer turning. The old man finally nodded. But when the old man was about to leave, he was a little worried. Maybe he was afraid of being misled by hallucinations, so the old man knocked on the ivory board. He probably felt that it was true that he had knocked on the ivory board and heard the sound.

Xiao Sui felt that he didn't use much force, but with a light knock, the sound came with a "ding-ding-dang" sound - not bad! The glass broke all over the floor.

At this moment, Xiao Sui felt a little frightened and hurriedly apologized. Zhao Shen didn't think it was a big deal, but instead kept comforting Xiao Sui.

Mao Geng only thought this scene was very funny and almost laughed out loud, but immediately realized that he wanted to help Xiao Sui find a step down, so he said in time:

"Report to the official family, I have brought some glass this time. I'll send a piece to the palace tomorrow. Xiao Zheng doesn't need to worry about this!"

After the eunuch had packed up his hands and feet, Mao Geng began to explain:

"Xiao Shenzheng, I'm answering the adult's question now. Of course, the glass that Xiao Shenzheng saw just now cannot be used to build a crystal palace. However, the glass that the boy brought this time is three feet square in size, and in time, he can make larger glass. With glass, it is not difficult to build a transparent house similar to the crystal palace. The boy was about to build a house in Lin'an, so he might as well build a transparent house. At that time, Xiao Shenzheng saw it as real and would never doubt it again."

Mao Geng thought that there were many types of glass curtain walls in later generations, and there was no way to use hidden frame glass curtain walls for the time being, but it took some effort to create a glass curtain wall with a clear frame. If you build a landmark building on the streets of Lin'an, the business of West China Construction Company will surely be very popular.

After Mao Geng said this, the monarch and ministers in the Chuigong Hall were all smart people, so they naturally understood that what Mao Geng said was not wrong. But then Ge Bi immediately thought of a deeper problem and said:

"I report to the officials, and I think that if Brother Mao is right, then as Brother Mao said just now, the secrets of heaven must not be revealed, and secrets must be kept strictly. The affairs of the Crystal Palace belong to the secrets of heaven. If Brother Mao wants to build such a transparent house, it will be suspected of revealing the secrets of heaven."

When the monarch and ministers present heard this, they thought to themselves! Mao Geng said that the sea thousands of miles away buried the secrets that the world dreamed of, and this matter itself must be kept strictly, and even clues cannot be revealed.

As soon as he thought of this, Wang Lin immediately said:

"I reported to the officials, and I think that the "Ellish Dream in Wonderland" written by Chen Liang was suspected of leaking the secret, so I should stop publishing it as soon as possible."

Wang Lin said while complaining about Ge Bi. Building a transparent house is nothing more than building a transparent house. Chen Liang leaked the secrets. Could it be that you, Ge Bi, have you not even read "Eliz's Dreamland"?

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Dun was so anxious that he suddenly had something happened when he saw that he was about to take over. If the people of the world knew that there was a secret like a treasure buried under the sea thousands of miles away, wouldn’t they have to flock to salvage it? No matter whether they could salvage it or not, this alone would be enough to make the Song Dynasty uneasy. But the problem is that "Eliz in Wonderland" has been published for many issues, and it is obviously too late for Wang Lin to talk about this matter now.

After all, Zhou Bida was the left prime minister. He thought of the same problem as Zhao Dun, but Zhou Bida was calm after all, and said at this time:

"The "Ellish Dream in Wonderland" has been serialized for many issues. It may not be helpful to stop publishing at this time. The old minister thought that the publication suddenly stopped, but it was afraid that it would be more obvious. The old minister thought that people in the market would just read this article and just have a dream. The old minister did not think of a countermeasure for a while, but it seemed that they had to think of other countermeasures."

So everyone's eyes looked at Mao Geng again.

Mao Geng was struggling with the argument that Ge Bi made that "the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed" and thought that building a transparent house would be to reveal the secrets of heaven. If he wanted to create more new names in the future, would he be regarded as "letting it all out"?

Mao Geng thought to himself that he was so good at court, but he actually went further and further away from the topic. These were not among his own preparations, and I didn't think I should stop the serialization of "Aliz's Dream in Wonderland".

Mao Geng glanced at Wen Yuan and thought to himself, cousin Wen, why are you stage frightened? As for this, you have agreed that all non-technical questions will be answered. I didn’t expect that I would be depressed when I saw the emperor.

Wen Yuan was an audience for most of the day, and Mao Geng was just talking nonsense. Wen Yuan subconsciously felt that what Mao Geng said was true and false, and he was always worried about Mao Geng, but the result was obviously encouraging, which made Wen Yuan bolder. What he talked about now is the issue about the "Xinbao", but the real and false reports of County Magistrate Xu that Wen Yuan was worried about and the insulting romance novels of men and women now seem to be small problems.

Wen Yuan is Wen Yuan after all, and once his psychological burden is relieved, he immediately shows extraordinary adaptability. Wen Yuan's eyes rolled and said loudly:

"The cavalry officer, Xiaosheng, thinks that if he is worried about the secret of heaven, he should not rashly stop the serialization of "Eliz in Wonderland". Xiaosheng, in response to this matter, we can learn from the strategy of "Cao Cao's Seventy-Two Tombs", not only to publish "Eliz in Wonderland", but even more strange articles, whether gods, demons, ghosts, or erotic martial arts, just publish them. At that time, the world will only find it interesting to read, and no one will think that there is any secret in it. This is the foolish opinion of Xiaosheng, and I would like to ask the official to correct it!"

As Mao Geng listened, the more he heard, the more he felt that Wen Yuan was taking the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and was suspected of selling private life. After he said this, even erotic novels could be published in a grand manner. Then the previous romance stories were not considered "depressed" at all.

After hearing Wen Yuan’s words, Zhao Guo was not busy expressing his opinion, but just asked Zhao Dun:

"Dun'er, what do you think?"

Zhao Dun is the most worried about leaking secrets among the monarchs and ministers. After all, his father's rule was very limited. When it was his turn to rule, Zhao Dun himself would never want to see one day everyone gathered in the sea thousands of miles away. Millions of people were looking forward to a secret that determines the fate of the world. Then wouldn't he, the emperor, be controlled by others!

Therefore, it is necessary to strictly keep the secret and hide it from the sea, and it is necessary to take the lead in salvaging this secret.

Zhao Dun pondered for a moment and said:

"I believe that Brother Wen's plan is feasible. Brother Wen doesn't think that "Eliz's Dream of Wonderland" will inevitably reveal the secrets of heaven. My son is just worried that someone will inevitably associate it based on this. But Brother Wen's plan is full of flowers, and the so-called flowers are fascinating. Even if you are interested, you will not be able to tell which one can bear fruit."

Zhao Guo felt that Zhao Dun was better than Wen Yuan. Although the meaning of "Seventy-Two Questioned Tombs" means that, it is far less artistic than "a hundred flowers blooming". Zhao Guo was quite satisfied, but Zhao Guo still had to ask Zhou Bida:

"What do you think Zhou Aiqing?"

Zhou Bida smiled and said:

"I have reported to the officials, and the old ministers think that the saying "a hundred flowers bloom together" is very good. A flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together is spring. It is like the poem has the Huajian School, the graceful school, the bold school and the mellow school, each of which is good at winning the game and competing for glory. The old ministers look forward to the emergence of talents in the literary world in the Song Dynasty, showing their elegance and creating a prosperous era in the literary world. If so, today's discussion can be passed down as a thousand-year-old talk."

Mao Gengxin said that when the words came to the mouths of senior politicians, there was an intriguing art of speaking. It clearly had the intention of fooling the people, but he wanted to say it as a literary event that could be passed down as a beautiful story. Of course, after emancipating the mind and without shackles, the result may really be a literary event, well! That's enough!

Zhao Shen smiled and said:

"I have many talents in the Song Dynasty, and there are many literary and elegant people. I am just like Zhou Aiqing. I also look forward to a prosperous literary era in the Song Dynasty. What a plan to bloom with a hundred flowers, good! I will follow you."
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