Chapter 2762 Experiment
Bai Erlang wrote an article first. He originally wanted to write a long article, but halfway through he felt that the people in the inner city might not be able to appreciate his good writing skills.
So he crossed it out, scratched his face, and simply wrote threatening words in the style he was best at.
He copied all the accusations made by Bai Shan and his companions when they went to the city gate to persuade the King of Goguryeo and the Go royal family to surrender, and then wrote down the truth about the battle at the city gate. He tried to persuade them earnestly at first, saying that the King of Goguryeo could abandon the generals and soldiers who fought for him, so how could he not abandon them in the future for his own power and wealth?
The King of Goguryeo could give up anyone, no matter if they were as capable as Shen Ming or as loyal as the two thousand soldiers;
He also threatened that the emperor was very angry at the King of Goguryeo for his perverse behavior, especially since the battle had injured the emperor's favorite general, General Qibi Heli, so are you sure you want to bear the wrath of the Jin Dynasty together with the King of Goguryeo?
After making the threat, he changed the subject and compared how the King of Goguryeo treated his people and how the emperor from afar treated the people of Liaodong.
The Gao royal family has already imposed a lot of taxes in the past two years. This year, in order to use military force against the Jin Dynasty and Silla Baekje, they have increased taxes even more. In the past three months, they have collected taxes three times.
Only the people in the inner city are better off. They have paid additional taxes twice so far, but they also know the situation outside. I heard that people in places farther away not only have to pay taxes to the royal court, but also have to pay more to the local authorities, making their lives even more difficult.
These all have data, including specific dates and the additional taxes each household has to pay. Of course, Bai Erlang doesn't have the time to look up the information, as Bai Shan told him all this.
At this time, he was sitting at a table not far from Bai Shan's bed, writing hard and handing each sheet to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan leaned on the bed with his arms, reading with great interest, and said to him, "Write a few more short stories, such as the story of the refugees who had to go to the city gate every day to get relief porridge because they had no rice at home."
Bai Erlang scratched his head and said, "But wouldn't that push Minister Feng out?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "Let's skip that and write about the three times the King of Goguryeo increased the donation, how they prepared food for each donation, and then jump directly to the current relief porridge."
Bai Erlang nodded, and he had a clue. "Are you painting these stories too?"
"Yes," Bai Shan said, "You write out all the drafts and draw them. I'll ask Lord Fang to find some clerks to copy them out for you."
Bai Erlang was not very confident. "Can the Kongming lantern really bring these papers into the inner city?"
"You can try it outside the city first," Bai Shan said, "and ask the Imperial Observatory."
Bai Erlang nodded and stared at Bai Shan, "Your injury recovered so quickly? You can get up now?"
Bai Shan then realized that he had almost sat up to read the manuscript more conveniently, and he immediately lay down again, "The medicine Manbao prescribed is good."
Bai Erlang was very suspicious, "General Qibi has only been awake for two days. He has such a high fever that he can hardly drink water. How could you..." He looks like he is about to get out of bed and jump around?
Bai Shan lay on the bed and said, "I'm young and I recover quickly."
Bai Erlang curled his lips and stopped asking. Forget it, they were all brothers, so he just didn't ask.
Bai Erlang spread out the paper, thought for a moment, and then began to write the story. He had spent the past two days squatting at the city gate watching refugees receive porridge, so he had naturally spoken to them and knew a little about their affairs.
When Manbao comes back, he can just ask about the stories of some of the miserable soldiers in the prisoner camp.
"I'm not good at drawing. Since your back injury doesn't affect your arm much, why don't you help me draw it?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Leave the story you wrote."
Bai Erlang stayed happily.
Bai Shan looked at him and waited for a long time. Seeing that he didn't respond, he asked, "Why don't you leave?"
Bai Erlang said, "I'll wait for Manbao to come back."
Bai Shan continued to lie there motionless.
Manbao does have a lot of material. Any wounded Goguryeo soldier who falls into her hands has a tragic story.
The fact that he was abandoned on the battlefield by Goguryeo was pitiful enough.
Manbao spoke with great interest, Bai Erlang also took notes with great interest while holding a small notebook, and even Bai Shan was listening attentively.
Manbao was so excited that he came over to Bai Erlang to read his story and said, "I'll draw it too. I'm pretty good at drawing now."
Bai Erlang said disdainfully, "Your paintings are not as good as mine."
"Just tell me if you want my help."
Bai Erlang said firmly, "Yes!"
But the main force was still Bai Shan. As soon as Bai Erlang left, he got up from the bed, closed the doors and windows, spread out the drawing paper, and started drawing according to the story written by Bai Erlang.
The three of them worked together and finished the story and the drawings in one night. Then Bai Shan gave the things to Daji and asked him to take them to Lord Fang to find someone to copy them...
Manbao and Bai Erlang took a stack of white paper and the Kongming lanterns made by Bai Shan in the house and went out into the wild.
An official from the Imperial Astronomical Observatory accompanied them. After they arrived at the designated location, he pointed to the small town and said, "The wind is blowing from the east now. If you stand in this position, the Kongming lantern will be able to float to the small town after it is launched into the sky."
Manbao placed the stack of white papers in the half-opened cloth bag, secured the rope, and then lit the candle with Bai Erlang...
The Kongming lantern rose up slowly, and when it was almost as high as Zhou Man, it sank and floated for a while, and could not fly for a long time.
Everyone: ...
The official from the Imperial Observatory couldn't help but ask, "Isn't the stuff you're carrying too heavy?"
When Bai Erlang heard this, he quickly pulled out half of the paper.
The Kongming lantern was about to fall to the ground, but with the weight off, it began to fly up. Under their earnest expectations, it flew higher and higher, and farther and farther.
A faint breeze blew, and the official from the Imperial Observatory said: ...
He turned his head to glance at the two people who were still looking up at the Kongming lanterns in amazement. Just as he was about to speak, a noticeably stronger gust of wind blew over. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory immediately shut up and stared intently at the Kongming lanterns flying further and further away...
Fortunately, fortunately, I didn’t embarrass myself in front of my colleagues.
A strange thing happened in the small town that day. Paper was scattered from the sky for no reason.
The emperor felt something was wrong when he heard it, and thought that it was Goguryeo who took action. He quickly summoned Yin Li to question him. Before he came, he had already criticized the King of Goguryeo several times in his mind.
Yin Li said, "The white papers were placed on Kongming lanterns by the Prince Consort and Zhou Man and blown into the city."
Emperor: "Why?"
Yin Li said he didn't understand either.
So when Zhou Man and Bai Erlang were returning happily, they were stopped by the imperial guards who were waiting at the street corner, and even the Imperial Observatory who was traveling with them was brought before the emperor.
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(End of this chapter)
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