Shocking Appearance of Sweet Potato
Next, the Hundred Schools of Philosophy had all arrived. Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang from the School of Political Conspiracy had also arrived.
"Junior Brother, long time no see." Ge Nie said to Wei Zhuang.
"Senior brother, long time no see. I don't know if you're a match for me now.”Wei Zhuang said.
"Oh, is this Daren's senior brother?”Red Lotus asked.
Red Lotus was originally the Han Country's Princess. After Great Qin conquered the Han Country's capital, she had changed her name to Red Lotus and joined the Quicksand Organization.
Looking at the arrival of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy, Ying Liang realized that he was halfway to his goal.
Especially when he saw the two successors of the School of Political Traversing, he recalled his evaluation of the School of Political Traversing: " When you are angry, all the vassals will be united. When you are at peace, the world will rest."
It meant that once they were angry, the princes would be afraid. If they were quiet, the world would be peaceful.
It came from "Wealth Cannot Be Lust" and was selected from "Mencius·Teng Wengong II"."Teng Wengong II" was an article in the Confucian classic "Mencius." "Teng Wen Gong Xia" was written from 372 to 289 years ago, belonging to the pre-Qin prose. The work explained the truth through the sayings of Mencius and others, and the image was vivid.
The full text (extract) is as follows:
"Aren't Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi true men? Once angry, the vassals will be afraid, live in peace, the world will be extinguished.”
Mencius said,"How can this man be a real man? Haven't you learned etiquette? When a man wears a crown, his father orders him to do so. When a woman marries, her mother orders her to do so. She goes to the door and tells her: 'When you go to a woman's house, you must be respectful and cautious. Don't go against the master!'It is the way of a married woman to be obedient.”
The translation was as follows:
"Aren't Gongsun Yan and Zhang Yi really ambitious men?" Jing Chun asked. Once they were angry, the vassals would be afraid. When they calmed down, the world would be peaceful.”
Mencius said,"How can this be regarded as a man with ambition and achievements? Haven't you learned etiquette? When the man was crowned, his father lectured him. When the woman got married, her mother lectured her and sent her to the door, warning her,'When you're in your husband's house, you must be respectful and careful. Don't go against your husband!'Obedience was the most important thing in a woman's family.”
However, recalling the performance of the Zongheng family in the original novel, The Legend of Qin, such an evaluation was a little false. Although there were all sorts of reasons, Ge Nia and Wei Zhuang were a little disappointing to the Zongheng family's reputation.
"Everyone, today is the day of the reopening of the debate at Jixia Learning Palace. It's still early, and the Little Sage Manor has already prepared breakfast. After everyone has eaten, it will be time for the debate to begin.”Fu Nian said.
After Fu Nian finished speaking, the scholarly disciples began to serve breakfast.
Ying Liang looked at the porridge in front of him and felt a little incredulous. No matter how he looked at it, it looked like the sweet potato porridge of the later generations. However, in this era, there were no sweet potatoes in the Central Plains. How could there be one now?
Ying Liang laughed at himself. The sweet potato was the only divine seed before the appearance of Yuan Shennong in the future. How could it be possible for it to exist now?
He didn't think too much about it and opened his mouth to taste it. When he took the first bite, Ying Liang was so shocked that his spoon fell to the ground.
Seeing Ying Liang drop his spoon on the ground in shock and still in a daze, Fu Nian asked,""What's wrong with Lord Xiao Yao? Is the food not to your liking?"
"What? Ah! May I ask what this porridge is made of? I wonder if there are any more?" Ying Liang came back to his senses and asked anxiously.
Fu Nian didn't know what was wrong with Ying Liang, but he still said truthfully,""The chef in charge of the daily food in the Little Sage Manor bought this from the market. Because it tasted sweet after tasting it, I prepared it for everyone today. There shouldn't be much left, but it should be about a hundred catties.”
"Is that so? He dared to ask Fu Nian to sell the remaining sweet potatoes to Ying Liang. Ying Liang was willing to buy them for 100 gold. Also, could you tell Ying Liang where he bought the sweet potatoes and if there were any more?”Ying Liang said excitedly.
"Duke Xiaoyao can gift the scholarly faction to him if he needs it. There's no need to buy it. As for the place of purchase, I'm sorry. Fu Nian had sent people to buy it before, but I heard that the person who sold it had died in a shipwreck.”Fu Nian said.
Just as they were talking, the scholarly disciple Fu Nian had sent to get the sweet potatoes had already brought them over. Ying Liang saw that they were the sweet potatoes of the future generation.
After seeing and confirming that it was a sweet potato, Ying Liang immediately instructed,"Zhang Han, the Six Sword Slaves of the Network, from now on, take care of these sweet potatoes. If one of the roots is missing, you will pay with your lives. Remember, even if Young Master Fusu and I are killed, you must protect the sweet potatoes, understand?”
Looking at the excited Ying Liang whose face was flushed red, Zhang Han and the Six Sword Slaves were at a loss. However, Zhang Han had interacted with Ying Liang before and understood that Ying Liang would not shoot arrows without a reason. He immediately accepted the order,"Zhang Han is willing to use his life to guarantee that everything is there and everything is there.”
Looking at Zhang Han who had made the military pledge, the Six Sword Slaves looked at each other and looked at Young Master Fusu. Because the Six Sword Slaves belonged to the Network, they had received orders to protect Young Master Fusu. Now that Deputy Xiao Yao Ying Liang had given the order, even if they and Young Master Fusu were killed, they had to protect Sweet Potato. They were at a loss.
Young Master Fusu knew that Ying Liang would not do this without a reason, so he said,""Do everything according to Deputy Xiao Yao's orders.”
"Yes." The Six Sword Slaves replied after hearing Young Master Fusu's words.
Following this, the remaining 100 jin of sweet potatoes were protected by the Six Sword Slaves and Great Qin's army.
Even though the members of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy were also enjoying their breakfast, their attention was focused on the people on the main stage, especially Great Qin's new Duke Xiaoyao.
Seeing how Duke Xiaoyao was so shocked that he could not even hold his spoon properly, many people secretly laughed. They had never thought that Duke Xiaoyao would be so shocked just because of some food that they had never seen before. It was simply too unsightly; they had thought too highly of him.
Red Lotus, who was in the quicksand, also noticed this scene. Because of the hatred of the previous subjugation, he laughed and said,"Mr. Ge Nia, I never thought that the great Duke Xiaoyao of Great Qin would be like this. I really don't know what kind of ability this Duke Xiaoyao has. It seems like we're making a mountain out of a molehill.”
"Senior Brother?" Wei Zhuang also looked at Ge Nia in confusion.
Ge Nia looked at the panicking Ying Liang and frowned."It's not that simple."
"Oh?" Wei Zhuang asked.
"Although we haven't seen each other many times, Duke Xiaoyao shouldn't be so flustered by such a small amount of food. It's definitely not simple, especially when it concerns the empire.”Ge Nie said with certainty.
"Is that so? Then we'll wait and see." Wei Zhuang said after hearing Ge Nia's reply.
The other Hundred Schools of Philosophy had also heard what the Zongheng had said, and they decided to see what would happen next.
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