Guo Rong said, "But Emperor Yanyou failed to annihilate the Anning Palace rebels on the river. Instead, his water camp was severely damaged, and he also suffered a lot in the attack on Jinling City. When he ascended the throne, he was infamous for killing his brother and usurping the throne.

It can’t be said to be perfect, but I can make a guess about his thoughts. He may think that Mr. Han is unkind and ungrateful. However, Emperor Yanyou was taught by Mr. Han. In the end, he chose to be forbearing and fight with others.

Will Mr. Han reiterate the friendship between teachers and students, or will he block and restrict Xuzhou? I can’t guess..."

Feng Liao was secretly frightened. Guo Rong was arranged by Anning Palace to be with Yang Yuanpu so that Anning Palace could monitor Yang Yuanpu's every move at any time. However, Guo Rong was deceived by Han Qian and Shen Yang at first, until Long Que Only when the army gained momentum did we see clearly the reality of Taowu gathering people infected with the epidemic and starvation.

This means that Feng Liao underestimated Guo Rong more or less, but he did not expect that Guo Rong was living in Qianyang, Guizhou, and could judge so many key contents from just a few words during business trips in the past.

After Yang Yuanpu captured Jinling, he held a grand ceremony as soon as possible. He couldn't wait to succeed to the throne and changed his name to Yanyou. Naturally, Feng Liao and others got the news a few days earlier than Shang Lu. What they were most worried about now was Yang Yuanpu's dialogue after he succeeded to the throne. state attitude.

Did Yang Yuanpu realize the seriousness of internal and external troubles and continue to ease the relationship with Xuzhou and Han Qian, or did he first make Xuzhou the primary target of suppression and impose various restrictions?

Yang Yuanpu's different stance will also determine Xuzhou's different responses.

Feng Liao and others have more confidential and front-line intelligence information. It is not surprising that they would make such a judgment. It is not easy for Guo Rong to see this.

Feng Liao thought to himself that before, Guo Rong fell into the hands of Han Qian and was even regarded as incompetent by Anning Palace and was alienated. Perhaps all of this was because Han Qian was too powerful and made Guo Rong seem slow and stupid, but Guo Rong was actually You're not any worse than others, right?

Han Qian had no intention of continuing to play riddles with Guo Rong. In fact, he had long seen that although Guo Rong was an old man from the Guangling Jiedushi Mansion, he did not fully agree with many of the practices of Anning Palace, and sometimes he could not help himself.

Before Yang Yuanpu left the palace to live in the palace, Guo Rong had a lot of contacts with his father. Regardless of the fact that Anning Palace had a relationship with his father through Guo Rong, it can be said that Guo Rong agreed or admired his father to a certain extent. of people and political opinions.

This should be the key to Guo Rong's slow response to matters related to the Dragon Bird Army. After all, he served beside Yang Yuanpu, and he did not show too much desire to restrict Yang Yuanpu's actions on behalf of Anning Palace.

When he was sent to Shu as an envoy, he learned of the dramatic changes in Jinling. Guo Rong helped him kidnap Princess Qingyang and return to Chu. It can be said that he had completely "betrayed" Anning Palace. After returning to Chu, Guo Rong himself had no one in the world except Xuzhou. A place of shelter.

Han Qian didn't want to be confused with Guo Rong, and said: "No matter what the new emperor thinks of me, I have no intention of causing trouble to the world. However, the former emperor and his majesty both made it clear that Xuzhou will be given to me Han Qian. I will retreat to Xuzhou." As for running it, no one in the world can say anything wrong about me - I invited Mr. Guo to come over and meet me, I really want to ask Mr. Guo to help me!"

"..." Guo Rong remained silent.

Han Qian continued: "Master Guo must want to ask, since I want to ask Master Guo for help, why did I wait until today to see Master Guo? To be honest, the reason why I mentioned this matter now is that Master Guo has someone in Anning Palace. There are so many old things, no matter how rebellious the thief Xu Hui and others are, most of the other people are just coerced and have no choice. I think Mr. Guo is a sentimental and righteous person, and he will not think about the old things. He promised to serve in Xuzhou—but Mr. Guo shouldn’t have this worry now, right?”

Guo Rong pondered, still unable to guess what Han Qian wanted to do when he saw him.

Han Qian's words are true on the surface.

In the past, Xuzhou and Yueyang were one. If he really agreed to serve in Xuzhou, his old life in the palace would not be easy.

However, no matter how slow Empress Xu was at this time, she should have known that Xuzhou and Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu were at odds with each other, and Empress Xu's enemy at this time was Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu, so if he was serving in Xuzhou, he would not

What a violent reaction it provoked.

It's just that Han Qian chose this time to ask him to take up a position in Xuzhou. Is it really as simple as what he said?

Seeing Guo Rong's hesitation, Han Qian could guess what he was thinking and said: "When Mr. Guo met my late father, I was still naughty, and I didn't meet Mr. Guo much, but the letters left by my late father

Many people admire Mr. Guo for his knowledge of the world and his intention to apply it to the world. However, being trapped in a cage of intrigues is not what Mr. Guo wants. I ask Mr. Guo to help me, not because I want to take advantage of Mr. Guo and others.

No matter what your majesty thinks of me, Xuzhou will never hold back when it comes to annihilating the remnants of An Ning Palace, let alone secretly communicate with An Ning Palace. Otherwise, I

How can I feel at ease?"

"No matter what, I am a remnant of Anning Palace. If you want to use me, what will the world think of you?" Guo Rong asked.

"It's impossible for me to completely ignore the eyes of everyone in the world, but I want peace of mind -" Han Qian said.

"If you really want to use me for something, do I have a choice?" Guo Rong asked.

"Master Guo, please speak." Han Qian said.

"If you use me, I can assist in the matter of acting as an official. Of course, there are many contents in these books, which I can't understand, and these books are related to the war weapons, ships, fine iron, and cloth made by Xuzhou.

What's the connection between them? It's even harder for me to get a clue. Can Mr. Han teach it to me?" Guo Rong put several volumes in his hand that were almost torn and filled with annotations on the table, stared at Han Qian and asked.

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At present, the books sold by bookstores in Qianyang and other cities mainly popularize the basic knowledge of arithmetic and physics, but do not involve specific applications.

And the part that combines arithmetic, physics, and craftsmanship is the core secret that Xuzhou really keeps secret.

Unexpectedly, the condition proposed by Guo Rong was to have immediate access to the core secrets of Xuzhou.

Feng Liao narrowed his eyes and looked at Guo Rong. He guessed that Guo Rong made such a request to see if Xuzhou really trusted him, but the question was, was Guo Rong really trustworthy?

"What's wrong with this?" Han Qian said with a smile, regardless of what Feng Liao and the others thought, "This is a happy decision for us!"
Chapter completed!